The New York Herald Newspaper, December 1, 1874, Page 3

WW. P, HAVEMEVER. The Mayor Suddenly Expires at the City Hail. HIS LAST MOMENTS. Action of the Courts and Muni- cipal Bodies. —_——— SKETCH OF A LONG LIFE. Conveying the Body to the Family Residence. — POPULAR FEELING FOR DECEASED. His Last Night at Mr. Charlick’s, on Long Island. Preparations for Funeral. THE NEW MAYOR. Commotion Among the City Hall Politicians. On the floor of his office in the City Hall, at ten ! minutes past noon, yesterday, the Mayor of New York, Hun. Wiliam F. Havemeyer, dropped sud- denly down, after rising from bis chair, and in | ® very brief time expired of apoplexy. He bad stood up from his seat with the evident inten. | Uon of proceeding to a lounge in the retiring , foom adjacent to his office, and advanced but a step when tne hand of death seized him. During the few momenta of struggling life that followed he never uttered a word. There was no premont- tory Wurniug, DO wrestling for existence when he fell upon the floor. He passed into the other world as calmly as an infant und death leit on his features no painial tuken of its sting. He was exactly seventy yeara and ten months old, and Wanted but one month of completing his two yeara’ term a8 Mayor of this city. Krom the time he fell until he wag iaid upon the lounge in his private apartment and life pronounced extinct he made but one apparently conscious movement, Before the face and torm grew rigid he raised his left band slowly to his forehead for a moment and as slowly laid it down again by his side, SPREAD OF THE NEWS, ‘The news communicated itself like wildfre. In Qiteen minutes aiter the demise the corridors of the City Hall were thronged ana flags were Promptly hoisted at half mast along the line of Broadway. The universal topic of conversation Was the manner of the late Mayor’s death, and she general belief credited the cause to apopiexy. @ecease of one who had passed the Psalmist’s Umit to numan years, it was with great surprise the friends of Mayor Havemeyer learned of his | wus nidden deep, making small presence in out- sudden end. Thongh three score and ten he had | the steady eye, the hearty Jaugh, the iull-voiced speech, the sanguine color and robust frame of a man twenty-five years younger. Five minutes prior to his decease he boasted to Alderman Mor- | Fis of his robust health and strength. He little seemed to think the shadow of death covered him at the moment; nor did Alderman Norris, despite the fact that he noticed an unusual pallor in bis friend’s face, feel alarmed. The Mayor entered the office shortly before noon. The few who hap- pened to be present in the outer room observed mothing remarkable in his appearance, except that he seemed exhausted, as if from walking. This was truly the case. He bad committed himself to an unusual degree of exertion for one of bis years. He had walkea over three miles in the cold and trying atmos- phere, On Sunday he had been the guest of Mr. Oliver Onarlick, «t his residence on Long Island, Leaving there for New York yesterday by the nine o’cloek train from Flushing he was unfortunate enough to be detained on the journey by the break- ing down of the train two miles and a half irom Munter’s Point, Unable to get an imm Giate conveyance he walked all the di tance to the ferry on the Long Island side and osgain walked from tbe ferry on the New York uslde to the City Hall. He was one hourand a half behind the time at which he expeeted to reach bis destination. I¢ was as he passed into huis private office that Alder. men Morris observed he breathed with some effort, and, approaching him, inquired if he ‘were ill. UNCONSCIOUS OF 118 STATE. Alderman Morxis—If Your Honor feels unwell, Detter send for your family physician, Mayor Havemevex—On, I will be all right pres- ently. It isnothing, Just a little extra walking. The air is fine and bractny. Train broke down coming from Flushing. Had to walk over a coupie Of miles. Thus spoke His Honor between heavy fits of | breathing, such as one might observe in @ person | winded from climbing up a mountain. “He weemed to sulfer trom wind colicin the stomach,” remarked Alderinan Morris, “and he continued belching for a ilttle while, until he nally gave one long expiration thut appeared to give bim great relict.” ALVERMAN—Your Honor ts evidently better now? Mayor—Oh! now 1 um all right. I always had ® splendid constitution, Good health and goud Spirits go together. Nothing decrepit about me. tew meo wear their years better, ALDEKMAN—Do you pever wear @ chest pro- tector? Mayor—No, nothing but the ordinary flannel. With a constitution like wine you dou’t need such things, “lle was always very proud of his physique,” fewarked Alderman Morris, “and it must be Saul ne took good care of It.” ‘it was only last week 1 was talking to him about wis friend James Keily, School Commissioner, who died so vuddenly. We talked a long time about him, and te wound up the conversation by saying, ‘Well, we must all go that wayone day. Some go io a aurry und some are allowed tine to yet ready, and it’s among them | hope to be, now that Lam leaving office anu politics tore “A SUDDENNESS OF THE DEMISE. “I leit nim,” said Alderman Morris, “after the conversution ubuut the chest protectors. 1 hud Juat reached the thresnold of the dor leading tnto the outer :oum lacing on the park When | beard a heavy vump behind me on the floor, and, turning, saw the Mayor vad talleo on his back almost o:1- toutgily. He had apparently stuod up to go into Xt room and dropped id in the attempt.” there wus reat consternation he outer room when the Alderman falled ior Leip, aud proclaimed tue fatal eveat that had happened. Help came to him iustuatly, and, throug combiued strength of live men, the vouy ot the Mayor was lined ap and taken iuto the next room, where it was laid upon 4 green rep lounge. “It wus us mucn as we could 40," satu coe Alderman, “his weight was immense, tnd the five of Us could hardly nave curried bim shiee tect jurtier.’’ WURRE WE DIRD, In the oilice where the sad occurrence took lace w woud fire Was burning brigntly on tne earth; @ green paper screcs between the eriul viaze and (he armchair where the Gilways sat when readiug or writing bis The bind of the window loukiug Was drawn up j above the iorehead. the | | away of the remains. tn | Among the earlie | He sent at once for Dr. Farrington, of te Astor However reasonable to icel no astonishment atthe | Foo | leaned and ret | and ihen turnet | portion oF on the it unti tt Was driven away, tained to carry the sous aud friends, an the deceased occupied the top of the bureau. The carpet had been swept, and the chamber, in its cl brivht and warm appearance, had little to Le gtr gloomy refiections on the uncertaio- tes of lie, He had opened tut ove letver, whic Was from C. 8. Wing, of Northport, Long Gnd contained a check for $10 tor the aufferers: by the Tuscambia (Ala.) tornado, when he arose from his chair to Walk weross the fluor. He teli in the centre of the room, ‘The noise startled the letand, People im the otrtsite office, and Mr. Wen- dell, Chief Clerk, Mr. Beuneviile, the pri- vate secretary, Alderman Morrs, Mr. ftal- Joran, the doorkeeper, and Messrs. J. I, Karrett aud FP, ssidy rushed In and lifted up the Muyor and ed Lim towlounge mM the in her private office, Aiderman Mortis and Mr, Maly ah commenced 10 rub has hanus, whue Messrs. Cassidy and Barrett putled off his boots gue be. gun Vigorousty to rnb his iver, Mr. Benneville hur- Tied to the Park Hospital and soon returned with Dr. Wenger. In the meantime a bianket and heavy | coveriet were procured fiom Mr, sutton, Keeper of the cig Hall, una thrown over the heaving and coovulsed form of the dyiug Mayor, while the rub- bing of the hands and cet Was Vigorously Kept up. Dr. Wenger made a busty examinaton and h riedly wrote out 2 prescription, which he de- spatched with a mossenger, Who, however, nad not more than reacied the outer door when the city’s Chief Magistrate was dead. THE CHAMBER OF DEATH. The adjoming room, Wiere the corpse was laid, was In Striking conirast to the one already de- scribed. A large, dismt), black sale stoud in one corner; opposite wis & low lounge, whereon the UVouy reposed at full ieu,th, enveloped iu a rug and one or two vinukets. The heat was siightty elevated, and a white huudkerchie!, drawn around the chin and up the sides of the tace, was fastened ‘the green bhud was drawn down, ‘The softened light streaming throug jel on =the face ‘with a very singular effect, chunging the natural complexion ihe cold, pale hue of marble. Very magination served to fancy this ta yet So rigid, so benevolent yet su seve chiseled, a8 that of some ygraud old Roman Sen- | ator who had tulleu into the eternal sleep at bis post of duty. A profound atitiness retgned in the chamber, broken only vy the Gtful sobbings of Mr. Henry liavemeyer, ‘a son of the deceased, who bent himsell down low aud gave vent to his grief over the bosom of his !ather. At the head of the lounge sut an old triend of the Mayor's, Com- uussioner Matseil, gazing with @ teariess, yee intensely sorrowlul countenance the stricken features of his faivntul pate: Hundreds came {in throughout the few hours of the afternoon, prior to the taking ‘They were representative n of the Bur, politics, commerce, art and liter: ture. A vast Humber of press represeutatives Made Anappearunce on the scene. Everything was periormed with decorum. While there was little show ol! grie!, there was great seriousness of demeanor, and the chumber of death was exces- sively impressive 1n its stillness and gluon. SCENES IN THE OUTER OFFICE. Captain Petty, o: the City Hall police, was notified of the sad event. and piuced severai of is men at all the entrauce wrs to the Mayor's suit of offices. Tie startiiog inrelligence rapidly spread through all the departinent and officials and ex-officials were speedily makin their way to the City Hall. ‘they came fung in rapid successton, through the side dvor, opposite the private entrance to the Marshal’somice. So shocked were all these men that, as they pussed through the aoor as the policeman opened Kt, their laces seemeit to fall and sadden as they en- tered into the presence of death. Every one went to with bis hat in bis hand, and, when ussured by the doorkeeper and messengers that it was really a tact that Mayor Havemever was dead. they turued awuy to commune with their own thoughts, arivais was ex-Mayor Hall, House, and when tne late Mayor’s two sons-in-iaw | arrived there was another and more minute ex- amination of the body. Ohamberlain Laue was sent ior by Alderman Morris and kindly consented to go and inform the members of tne late Muyor’s jamily. THE CORONER'S PROCEEDING. Soon after the death announcement Coroner Etcknom, who had been notified, appeared, and guve an order for the removal of the remains to the late residence of deceased, No. 385 West Four- teenth street, Dr. Marsh, who was ut the City iuil, 1s of the opinion that death resulted from apo- plcxy or diseuse of the heart. An inquest will be eld to-day ut twelve o'clock. AT TWENTY MINUTES TO TWO the double doors opening into the main hallway were thrown back and acoMlo, carried by three men, was brought into theroom. ‘They placed tt on the floor exactly in the centre of the apart- Tent, and promptly set to work uncovering the body of the dead Mayor for transfer to It. No sooner had the clerk, who during the greater part of the day guaraed.tae door, drawn back one side of it than @ rusn for udmittance to the death chamber was made by the crowd outside, Kutrance was then Jenied to all, aud the preparations ior the removal ol the body were made im the presence of the iew lotimace iriends of the family who at the time occupied tne Mr. Matsell in a gentile, feeling manner removed the weeping son irom beside the dead body of his lather. Both were equally touched by vhe sudden ceasing or a lie in whic so much of their own had bee bound up, but the griel of one ward show, while that of the other found expres- siou in tears, Fer a moment Mr. Havemeyer rested it the man upen whom his father ry much duriog many years, toward the body as he noticed they were about to move it. The old cotton quilt that hac teen wrapped around the body al- most as soon 4s death rushed in, taking the place of life, was catelully taken off and revealed the rigid figure uf the Mayor in the calm stateliness Of death, As he lay upon the well- worn sofa, his teet resting on a@ chair, the vid | quilt tucked closely around the body and under the Jeet, as 1f to keep within its compass the natural heat, it was dificult to realize there was neitner LUPE NOR HRAT NOR PULSE Nor breath In his splendid structure. No blot or mark marred the classic beauty o/ the face. It yet retained the warm softness of lie, and the old man louked as if a gentle sleep had quietly, silently, witn velvet tread, stolen upon his Yielding senses. All but the head was covered by the quilt, but the well made onttine of the iorm sustained the seeming quietness in the face, and perfected an ideal easily jagined, ‘the raising of the guilt showea him es he had falien, with all bh isharoess on—in his every day at- Ure. Owing to the smallness of the room the ten or twelve personas in it were crowded against the walls when the work of placing tne body in 1ts frac cofin was begun. The head of the sola was turocd toward the window which laced Broadway, and the undertakers had placed the head of tae cofin in the opoosire direction. This arrangement made 1t necessary to turn the body completely ronnd— no easy task inthe little room. lt was elfected with scrupulous care, cach friead lending such as- sistance us Wus in nig power, From the time the Physician announced the arrival of death up tothe putting of the body in the casket it scarcely seemed as if his message could be true, But as the Mayor lay in the Coftin, placed there by strange hands practiced in such Ixbor, it was more than plain an all-power!ul agent beld him down, or the STRENGTH IN THE MAN would perform ull necessary oilices for him. Then, Death spoke cut with silevt und unsoundin: voice, making more dreary and awtul his iron a eeot, All in the room seemed struck with the message of the inoment, avd those nearest in con. ection to him appeared tuen to icel every earthiy tie was surely severed aud that it was deuth in- deed they looked upon. A second’s silence tol. lowed the resting Of the body on the bottom of the coffin, aud then the undertakers, assisted by Mr. Matgell and one or two friends, pat a folded blanket at the head to keep it irom striking agaiust the wood, aud padded the sides and other end of the casket with the old quit. Mr, Matsell whispered to Captuin Petty, who was in uttend- unce, to send jor tar policemen, und in afew Wiuutes they came into the room. Bit by bit the ld was put upon the coffiu—the largest piece covering the liexd being leit to the last—screwed down and then all was reudy jor removal, THE LAST VISIT of the Mayor nad ended ; he was now about to rest once more im Ms ordinary home, and from there he was soon fo pass to the jartner home which shouid be lis future resting place, Every prepa- ratton for the conveyauce ot the body to the family residence in Fourteen h street was wade in tne quietest, least ostentatious manner possible. Lt appeared the fricuds and family desired tu have as little excitement created as possible by this partor the sad rites, and wished it over as soon as it could be decentiy done. Was uu ordinary rosewood casket, taken up hap: hazard when it was called jor, and tue convey- ance provided to Carry it to Fourteenth sureet | Was, to the aummazement of everybody, a hospital | ambulance. Many thought the management of these matters wus in hands ‘nat either did not understand a proper dignity for the aead or the respect of the people for their magis- trate, ‘The ambulance was 4 shabby one, much used, drawn by w single equally shabby looking horse, and it offeaded the sensibility of w large the public. It was thought and sald Q more deceat equipage could and should have been found, and those Who Ought Lo have thougnt ol that were severely ceusured, THR GREAT BRART of the multitude was touched vy the sudden and unexpected striking down of this vigorous life, and it went oui in latge sympathy to the sorrow- ing triends, =A ey admiration of the munly Independence of the deceased Mayor was unmis- takable among the peuple, and tuey teit strongly that @ proper rexpect fur him and them Wus not manifested in these proceedings. The coffin ciwsed and ready, it was shouiders of tne four the doors were turown open, a littl jormed, headed by tue Governor ele Louy of the Mayor was carried out of the building. A ueuse crowd oO; men that had gathered im the vals und corridors of the City Halt during te poli me cavalcady dny Irom the time (he news of tne Mayor's death Was whispered in (oe sireets rushed into tie purk (ne instant the cotin was pouced, They surrounded the ambuiauce, although there was notuioy to see. Aud continued aud remained near Oue carriage was ob- thas was the only one that lolowed the anibuance to the residence ol the family, As THE MELANCHOLY CAVALCADE turned ont of tne rark into Broadway it was fol- lowed by a large concourse 0, peopl They con- tinued for suue time runoing aloug the stuewalk, beside aud in view Of the ambulance, until it reacned Canal street, aud then a gieut many ieli over - thi Oe eee late! Ninee Ist naan iit mbas Mae eyed oa ‘agains Dut lor the vow ope ‘The coitin prepared ;| NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1874:—TRIPLE SHEET. ing—some four or five along the length of Broad. way to Fourteenth street—no sign upon the thor. oughiares gave evidence of the deavo of the Mayor of the ciry. Carts, wagons, omuibuses und Cerriaves filled the treer-, Creeping crowdedly a@iong, mMindiess of the distinguished passenger be- gide them. Drivers yeleu ats ubooin horses and other drivers, Uncous ions and regardless of the load the amountance wes veating, Pedes- trians streamed up and down the streets on both sides, but no outward mark of any kind gave them warning of what Was passing beside them. AS the ambulance moved up Broadway, the crowa that had started with it from the City Mall fell off by degrees, until at about Grand street scarcely | It was DRIVEN SLOWLY, and the rate of speed was not changed during the eutire Way, Near Spring street a momentary block occurred, which arrested its progress a [e¥ mmutes, ‘The stoppage was caused by some heavily laden wagons coming out by a side street, and the ambulance had to anti they bad cleared out of the way. White it rested, a policeman stood on the curbsione chatting — goou-naturediy with a Irtend, He had no suspicion of the dignity any were jet, contained in the ambulance, probably had not | heard of the death of a prominent man. the ambulince started and moved siowly on. ‘The sharp, biting air concentrated people's atten- uon on themselves, wud they walked briskly up aud down the sidewalks, Intent upou their own affairs, At Bleecker street another halt was becessary in Cousequence o) the crossing of sume street curs, Some one baving carried the news to the neighborhood a crowd had coliectea oa one of the corners of the street. They lookea curi- ously at the ambulance for a jew moments and then turned aside, various expressions marking Themselves upon their countenances, From there to Fourteenth street the character of the vehicles that filled the street was changed. Wagons w fewer in number and private conveyances mo abundant, nonceable, trians that Men made up the currents of pedes- FLOWED UP AND DOWN on botn sides of the great thoroughfare below Bleecker street; ladies were in the majority above it, They looked as busy us the men, as much 1 @ hurry, as indifferent to that which already filieé the miuds of so many, The amou- lance Lever fora Moment quickened Its speed—it sustained & consistent und steady gait; but at Fourteenth street 1t was forced to move even slower stil. Once turned from Broadway and to Fonrteenth street the progress was freer; but yet the ambulagce went lazily along. Masses of peopie hurried about in all directions— along, across, up and down tive street—chilaren, beggars, servants, pedlers and ladies; vut none noticed the umbulance—not a head was turned to | look ulter it as it went, ‘The shabby, dingy con- veyance, with Its meagre horse, stule aiong, prom- iment Ip the minds of a lew, but buried trom the knowiedge of many. Across the street to the resi- dence it crept, aud there it was met oy four or five genticmen, who had gone before for the purpose. A committee from the Board of Aldermen RECEIVED THE BODY from the ambulance on the sidewalk, in company with the Iriends of the family, and followed tt into the house, where it was carried by two policemen ana the undertakers, Mr. Matseill, the late Mayor's sous and some three or four other gentlemen, rela- tives, stood ranged aguinst the walls on both sides of the ball when the body was carried into the res- idence. ‘They had prepared a small room at the end of the hall torts reception, and there it wus temporarily placed on stands. ‘Ite Aldermanic Committee, composed of two members of the Board, Mr. Matsell, tis two sous, the sons of the deceased aud thelr iriends, stood in tne room as the body was.rested on the trestles, and for ® moment not a sound was heard. Every- thing =within =the munsion gave evi- dence of wealth and luxurious ease and taste, but no sign or sound gave token of the presence o! jadies. Grief was plainly pictured on every face making up the group aiound the cortin, as it stood ae the tresties in the parior, but a greater grief, a deeper sorrow was hidden from tuem all. An aged lady was sorrowing for her ues companion! Swept suddenly from her, mak- ing her LONELINESS MORE DESOLATE, in silence above their heads, shut up within the hmits of her chamber, unable to respond to her heart's (\r8t impuise and rush, into the presence oi the dead, she mourns more than all the others can, jor she knew him more and best. ‘The intel- lugence of the Mayor’s sudden death was com. muoicated to Mrs. Havemeyer by City Chamber- lain Lane, He was intrusted with the delicate office because of his intimacy with the family, It 18 understood she has been in declining health tor some time, aod great care was necessary in communicating sucn appalling information to her. Sne had, however, to be imformed of what occurred and prepared tor What must follow, and there 1s no doubt it was done with as much regard for her feelings as pos- sibie. As the undertakers again Ilited the lid irom the coffin, domg 1c piecemeal, as they had put it on, each member of the group surrounding At pressed jorward to catch the first glimpse ot the face. It was still the sume cold, calm and smiling ; nothing haa moved or was altered. and quilt were removea. the body lifted, ready to be taken out, and the room was leit to the under- takers, Who st about preparing the late Mayor tor nis last reception. ‘the ambulance was then gone, the carriages had followed it, what crowd had collected in front of the residence was dispersed, and nothing remained ontside the mansion to point to the sorrow brought u) on the house with. out warning and almost ina moment. Modestly and unostentatiously the dead Mayor was carried to hig home; but he will be carried irom there goon again, and his funeral will be celebrated with vast pomp and -circumstance, deep regret and honor for the dignities he bore so well. SKETCH OF MAYOR HAVEMEYER. William F. Havemeyer was born in Pine street, in this city, in February, 1804. He was the son of William Havemeyer, who had emigrated to this | country from Germany six years previously. The elder Havemeyer had acquired a knowledge of the mechanical processes in the refining of sugar as they were then in use in his native land, and scon ater landing ip this country he obtained employ- Ment in @ sugar house in thiscity. He there be- gan a life which ended in a highly successful busi- eas Career, and he was long recognized as among the leading sugar refiners of the metropolis, MR. HAVEMEYER’S EARLY TRAINING. Young Havemeyer received his eiemeptary eda- cation in private schools, one of his tustructors being Mr. Wilson, well known in his day as “the blind teacher.’ At the age of fifteen he entered Columbia Coltege, from which he was graduated in 1828 with distingaisned honors, After leaving college he went witn his tatner tolearn the sugar refining bnsiness, which from small beginnings had grown to be a prosperous and Profitable branch of industry. In the sphere of life which he chose for himself be showed the sam? conspicuous qualities and superior business quail- fications which had made his father successful, and it was not long till be began operating on bis own account, Aller some years his father, warned by the advance of age, relinquished tne business, and the son became the purchaser of his father’s interest. From the very beginning he bad so combined pradence, economy and integ- rity with untiring industry and strict attention to business detatis that he not only amassed great wealth, but commended himself to the notice and | henor of the business men with whom he was brought in contact. Thirty years ago he already held the front rank among the merchants of New York, aod it was his hign standing as a business man which first brought him into prominence asa political leader. ‘Three times elected Mayor of New York, first in the vigor of his youth and again in bis old age, he was never entirely out of the Sight of the public cye, and few men have reaped more honors in their day than William F, Haves meyer. MR. TAVEMEYER, MAYOR OF NEW YORK. Mr. Havemeyer began his public career im 1864 In that year he was chosen a member of the Gen- eral Committee of Tammany Hall, and on account | Of bis business ability he was appointed chairman ofthe finance committee of that suciety. He dis- Played so much skili and wisdom in this position 48 to gain many friends in the democratic party, and in the political canvass jor municipal officers in 1845 he was nominated as tne candiuate of bis party for Mayor. Mr. Havemeyer was elected vy @ large majority, coming into ollice with the best wisbes of the whole community. That, we are oiten told, was the palmy era of Mannattan bis- tory. It must ve remembered, however, while the municipal government was then car- ried on at an annual expense of only $4,000,000 the city proper scarcely extended Leyond what are now the limite of the Futn Congressionai district. No More remarkable illustration of the changes which have taken place tn the development and growth ol the cliy within @ comparutively recent period | can ve lound anywhere than tn thiw simple fact. Dying as the ruler of tne proud metrop- olla of the New World he was also ity ruler in tue iniaocy of its commercial suprem- acy. ud Correction Was governed by a single officer; tue police were appointed, controlled and dis+ missed vy the Mayor; jobs were unknown and ‘rings’ nad not yet been invented, At (hat time, too, tue vince of Mayor was someting more than # civic Donor. Tobe Mayor of New York iu taose das wus to be at the ueud of the city government 1D tact as Well us 10 name, and novody begrudged the Chie: Executive o: the metropolis either the power or the patronage of his position, hor feared ‘nat he would iat] to govern wisely and Well. tT Da tag led ey ry wit and fra 4 ans Hau LOW, nO 0} then better meu Were Guoten toahoe. mtd oy +| wait | On the sidewalk, too, a differeuce was | Tne blanket | that | At that time the Department of Charities | Bavemeyer was the first time Mayor of New York Jonn Ewen was Comptroller, Elias L. Smith street | Commissioner and James !'. Brady Counsel to the Corporation, Men like these Leld oifice more for | the honor and the general good than for the emoluments or the patronage. Mr. Have- ; meyer earned recognition as one of | the best men of that day, aud no oue doubted eitoer his intelligence or his integrity | as Mavor of New York. During his term, wh hen Was only for One year, he accomplished m1! excellent work tor the good of the city—that Is to Say, In the slang of the day, he instituted many | greatly beedea reforms. Among these Tegulations affecitug the comfort and e of | emigranis, Tis matter, so fraught with tne best | Interests of che city, and, mdeed, of the whole country, hud long been eit. m a great degree; to | take care of itseli; but Mr, Havemeyer brought it strictly within municipal contro!, aud bis views Were Joun4 'o be so practical’ and beneticial | that they were soon atterwards aduptea by the Legisiature 1h @ general enactment tor the state. Mr. Havemeyer also took a deep interest in or- gauleng « correctional system and a svetem of ropolis, and the comprenea- | ve i their different deparcmeuts which beeu erected on Ward's and Randall’s Ist and stand as proud monuments | of che nee and veneticence of the | peopi ew York, were — originally planned after his suggestions, In the reorgan- gw!ion ot the ma great respect, (1 morale and eficiency of the force being greatly improved by the care he always exercised 1a the appointment of police- meu. Every candidate recetved from hun the most “careful scrutiay, and in tus way he was abie tw 5 only the best men. Many are the instances in which inen proposed to ) bim for appointment, and whose ant tents did not justuy their flim the place, were brought to yy the manly way in which he appealed to ir feelings On assuming the responsibility of their appointinent, In this Way he securea some | of the very best men in the department. Uther | Matters of a most equal importance engaged nis | attention, and in every way his aumiuistration | was so honorable and successiul that he was so- hheited to: | as his successor. MIL ITAVEMEYER’S BUSINESS CAREER. | Previously to his catry upon public life Mr. | Havemeyer bad retired ir business. It Was im 1828 that he purchased his lather’s imterest in the | sugar refining business, the other share, } to the jather of his cousip, Mr. C, | being also purchased by the sun, In 1842 | Was changed, botn of the cousins retiring | active mercantile pursuits and ieaving the | ness to the br fi from busi- thers, A. and D.M. Havemeyer. ‘The new tirm was alterwara merged into the ex- isting Grm of William Moller & Sons, It was not | tu Mr, Havemeyer’s nature to long remain entirely disconnected trom business, aod in 1851 he was chosen President of the Bank o1 North America, | Lhts position he held ior ten years, resigning it in 1861, He also engaged in railroading and otner interests, aud was closely interested witn Oliver Charlick lu the L island roads. He was for a loug time Vice President of the Flusniag and North Side Railroad, ot which Charlick 18 Prest- dent, ‘This business connection. and the imendship consequent upon it were thoughe to have tniiuenced him to some extent tu the tenacity with which he upheld Cnar- } lick and Garduer tn the recent complications in regard to the Police Commission, it 18 hardly worth while to consider this point, now that death has swept away ali differences, when all enmities are to be jorgotieu und when all men are willing | tbat only the good wtuct Mayor Huvemeyer has done shall live ater mm, THE SECOND TIME MAYOR OF NEW YORK. As Mr. Havemeyer never entirelv gave over his ove: looked the importance of the political condl- tion of the metropolis, For years he was always named a8 a candidate lor Mayor wheuever any municipal wrong was to be reouked, Tuough oftener named than nominated, he wus nominated im every real emergency. Au exception to tnis was, perhaps, in bis second eandidacy in 1848, when he wus nominated and elected Mayor of New York for the secoud time. The general sense Ol satistaction with his previous udministranon aud the acceptaoility of his services as President of the Board of Eumugra- tion were the priucipal reasons tor the honors and power of the manicipality being again conterred upon him, Throughout his second term Mayor Havemeyer displayed the same sigual abiity aud integrity which had characterized ms previous administration, aad when he retired it | was with Che plaudits of both parties and all class- | es. Few men at his time of lite weremore highly honored, either a3 a public officer or a private citizen. A third nomination was tendered nim in 1857, but he declined to accept it. In 1859 he was again nominated for Mayor by ‘lammany Hail | against Fernando Wood, who was the leader of the Mozart Wall democracy, George Opd;ke veing the repuplican candidate. Mr. Wood was elected, However, and alter the close o: his municipal career, even then in its Wane, a new elemeat took | Possession of Tammany Hali, galvanized into hile | by the downtali of the Mozart democracy. meyer Was ailowed to enjoy his retirement with- out disturbance duriug the next ten or tweive years, | MAYOR HAVEMEYER AND THE COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY, the municipal government of New York. @evotle the Aldermen ran riot in the city treasury, | and the city fatners, in the expressive language given over tou master. By a succession o1 ; Movements Tweed was abie to grasp the supreme control and the Mavor became a noneatity. During all this time Tweed’s majorities were over- whelming, and an effort at reform seemed a hopeless undertaking. Suddenly, and almost as it by magic, the committee of Seventy, compused of many earnest republicans aud earnest aemo- crats, sprung into existence, and the usurper of Tummany was overturned, Mr. Havemeyer was made chairman ot thiscommittee. Tnis position ne filled from the organization o! the committee of | Seventy, in 1871, till afver nts election as May | 1872, Though mis services Were not so gre: those o1 Mr. Tilden and one wr two other persons, yet they were important and valuabie, and gave | him something of bis old prominence. A compact reform party had not b-en Jormed, however, and | the nominations ior the Mayoralty in 1872 be- came @ serious question for all the existing polltl- cal orgauizations, ‘Tammany Hall noumicatea Abraham R. Lawrence ior Mayor. James O'Brien ‘was the candiaate of Apollo Hall. Neitaer had the indorsement of the Committee of Seventy, which just then was @ power in politics mot to be | despised. The republicans saw an opportunityet electing their candidate by making a successiul | bid for that indorseme! In this emergency Havemeyer’s selection wi Imost inevitable. His | record 48 a war democrat made him acceptable to the republicans. His services in behaif of reform made him acceptable to the Committee of Sev- enty. de was accordingly nominated, and, atded by the reaction which had set in against the Gree- ley movement, he was for the third time elected Mayor of New York. MAYOR HAVEMEYER'3 THIRD TERM. It was no easy task which our venerable Mayor had undertaken iu consenting again to assume the station in which twice before he had gained such signal honor, The office of Mayor bad been shorn Oi most O1 its power and authority. All (he buoys and landmarks had been changed since he was the pilot of our municipal bark. Party Jeaders and private cliques were anxious either to dictate or control his appotnments, lt was not | likely, irom the veginning, that the Board ot Al- dermen would act narmoniously with him. He was surrounded by dangers on every side, and he felt | himself controlled by»machinery which he ve lievea to be all wrong, but which be had no power to remedy. An indiscreet word or act, an unacceptable nomination—anything, in | short, which either was or could be construed | invo a mistake—was certain tu separate him trom every real interest of the city and take from bim all his Irends except his own personal following. luareply to an address presented to him avout the time Of assaming the Muyoraity, he so sharply detined bis Own position that the politicians took ih as rei of alarm, In the course 01 his remarks @ Said tm “By the union of the honest and well disposed portion of our community, a victory over the ad- herents of tne Ring hus been achieved, whose re- | sults, though promising ror the future, have not remains to be done velore bur city shall have beeu cleansed irom the corruptions which have ex- ; years. You have adverted to tne fact that L have not been elected to office as a partisan, | bat by a combination o1 men of all parties, resulved | to redeem the city from muisrule. My acceptance Don-partisan basis, My sentiments on ti were freely expressed when | accepted the Womina- tion, and they are unchangea. ¢ cannot afford to lose the t/uits of victory by any partisan demon- straiions, In union 18 vur strengtn. I desire to be Mayor for ali the people, and suuli do all in my power to promu'e the wellare of the city without regard for party. [telt that the time had come for ail gvod citizens to center the political arena point | the retirement of private lie to take part in the the work of reform,’ A Mayor who had been only a montn in ofice Must indeed be a vold man thus to set lumself iree | not only irom ail pariies, out so pointedly trom the party waich had elected him, aud become @ law there could be no immediate quarrel, His trst iomimations, which were tor city marshals, fire and uock commissiouers, super- intendent of butidings, police anu park commts- sioners and city chambveriain all received the sunc- ton o1 the coniirming power, The appointment of | George W. Matset! as superintendent of police was | his first act to create decided dissatisiaction, the mau veiny generally regarded as unfit ior the | offics, though he bad filled it with uccept- | abulty ia the halcyon days. His vomination Ol police justices and the reiusal of the Board vi Aldermen to confirm them was his first veal contest witu that bouy, He had thea veeu in office only five moutns, and trom t time uutil his death te had no peace, uvither giving nor taking quarter. On one occaston Alderman Mon- heimer charged him with vribery; on anotuer the Board of Aidermen passed a resolution coun demaing is official conduct, and finally there was a movement to impeach him, and charges looking 10 his removal trutm ottice ou acconat uf his reap: Eaaeen Coariick and Gardner us Police Cou oe, Biter thes cOhvicuon in toe Mapreme ere hig | cipal police he also gained very | ome w candidate ior re-election, buc | | he dectined, ano Judge Jonn R. Brady was choseu activity in business affairs, so be never altogether | The | new leaders knew not Joseph, and mayor Have- | These were remarkabie years in the Uh ed ‘or ol one of them, “chucked ojium” at one anotner, An honest man had no crance im that den ot thieves. Thecity of New York was ready to be ul ot the numination was because*it was made on a | A ew cuarter | wus To ve mage, however, and as there wus Poth. | ing to be dune until it had passed the Legisiature | au aujournment. He accompanied wis motion vy | | Court of oMicial misccauucr, were presented to | Governor Dix. Out of these matters ulso came ; his trouble with John Kelly, and the surprise of | his severe strictures upon the Tammany magnate. All thia is tresh in the minds vi the readers of the HERALD, and need not de related in detail in re- | counting the history of a Mayor who died in the | harness, with these incomplete events engaging | his attentiun, | PERSONAL AND MENTAL CHARACTERISTICS, | In. person Mayor Havemeyer was of medium | height and possessed 4 tull and portly figure, in- dicating @ spleudid vita! organization. tn mai ner he was dignified and courtly, impressing | those with whom be came in contact with a sense of his culture and intelligence. Tuough a man of warm feelings aud able of the most las Inendships, We someumes assumed a cold critical ana even cynical exterior. Very popular , upto the last year of his itfe, ne never lost the es- | teem of those who knew him best, nor do we Chink his personal integrity was ever questioned even by (hose who most ttoronghly disagreed with bis Political polices He was aman of firmness, sta- bility and worth, Though be sometimes carried the frst of these qualities to the extreme Of stub- hornness, he was generally guided by common | sense, and consequently, though olten dogged, he | was seldom absurd. He curried youch {nto age, | and, though dying at three score and ten, Death | came to nim without any premouitions of his near | approach, | ACTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL. | ——--- -— | A special meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held attwoo’clock to take action on the death of the mayor, Alderman Flanagan was called to the chair, No speeches were made, and ‘the following | resolutions were offered by Alderman Van Schaick | and adopted :— in view of the sudden death of the Hon. William F. Havemeyer, Mayor of the city, be it Resolved, That a joint special committee, to consist of five members trom each branch of the Common Coun- cil, be appointed tom tor the tuner: se By | Alderman hy incit will incet in joint s 4 on Tues atone o'clock P. M., tor the purpose t taking such ac! ks nay be deemed best calculated tw manitest respect for the memory of deceased, Hon, | Wiliam F. Havemvyer, late Mayor of this city. ‘The toliowing are the committee of five ap- | Pouuted by this Board:—Aldermen Van Schaick, | Monbeimer, Billings, Retily and Morris. BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDERM. This body also met at two o’clock, a iull attend- ance being present, President Strack opened the | proceedings with the following remarks:—Gentle- men, I have the sad news to convey to you of the death of His Honor the Mayor. 1 hope there will | ve some action in view of the mourniul event, | which must properly express our regret, and tbat | We may attend rhe obsequies tn a body. Aiderman Clancy offered the following resolu- tion which was passed : Resolved (the Board of Aldermen concurring), ta | special committee of five from this Board be appolmed tw xtiend the obsequies of the Hon. William F, Have- | meyer, late Mayor of the city ot New York, deceased. The tollowing gentlemen were appointed as such committe Assistant Aldermen Clancy, Healy, | Brooks, Coddington ana Waue. Assistant Alderman Heuly submitted the fol- lowing, W lich was also passed :— Kesolved (the Board of Alder:nen concurring), That a Joint session of the Board of Aldermen aad Board of As. | sistant Aldermen be held on ‘tuesday, December I, 1874, at one o'clock P. M., take such action’ as may lion to the obsequies of the late | Havemeyer. | _ Alter the passage of this resolution.a motion | Was made to adjourn, which was carried. | JOINT COMMITTEE MEKTING, Shortly atter the adjournment of both boards, the joint committee, consisting of ten members, | assembled in the room of the Aldermen. Tue | chatr was taken by Alderman Van Schaick. A sub- | Committee ol taree was appointed to arrange tor | the luneral and report this morning at tweive | o'clock, previous to whe main assemblage, which ; takes piace at one. A resolution was passed | directing that the City Hall and other pubiic de- necessar, in rela- Mayor, iliam FF, | the joint coa:mittee. i A PRIVATE FUNERAL INTENDED. A sub-cominiitee of the Board of Aldermen, con- sistiog of sessrs. Van schaick, Morris and Waue, | waited upon tne family of the deceased in the af- ternuun to learn thew Wishes in regard to the retos The Bourd of Aluermen desired that the | tami | the City Hall and to bave a public tuneral. They | Ovjected, however, upon the ground that Mayor | Havemeyer had always expressed a wish that wnen he died he shouia be buried without auy ostenta- | iow whatever. I'hey kindly thanked the comumnit- have paid deceased, but requested that no tor- mality whatever be shown. ‘Ihe fuueral, the | family announced, woulda not take place at an | earher date than Friday, in consequence o1 tue duct that William F. Havemeyer, Jr., Was in the city ot New Orieans. He tas been telegra,hed tor, and day next or eariy Friday morning. at nuon. The a and when tt is lai the dead mayor. death of tue deceased, SIONERS. | preambles and resolutions :— expected demise of Hon. Willan been olficiaily communicuted to this Board, au: Whereas the Venerable Mayor was engaged up to the very lust moment of bis earthly career in the Guce of the duties of his ottice, anxionsly caring for the wellure of the municipality, and whereas the sterling honesty of purpose, keen tp ere of merit and right dealings of the iste Mayor made him subject for Veneration and respyct, fore be It Resolved, ‘That this Board deem the dewth of Hon. William c. Bavemeyer to be a public calamity by which the city has been deprived of an upright oficial, the community ot an honest citizen und the mercantile { worid of @ model business man. | Resolved, that to the widow and children of the de- ceused we ‘extend our heartielt_ and siucere condolence in this their hour ot aftiction and trust that w divine Frovidence will speedily assuage their grief, for “in the just of lite we are in death.”’ | solved, That us a mark ot respect for the memory Ot the illustrious deceased, this oifice be closed ou the day of the tuneral, and that the Commissioners attend | the obsequies of the lute Mayor ina bouy. Resolved, That « copy of these resolutions, properly engrossed,’ be transmitted to the tamily of the late Mr. Mavemeyer and published in the city press. | resolutions, made an impressive und teeling speech, in which he eulogized the deceased, paying | proper respect to his many virtues, at the same Ume admitting that the late Mr. Ha: yer made | Some mistakes; but these, Mr. Marsbuli suid, were he head than ot the heart. resident also paid bis tribute of praise to the late Mayor, aiter which the preambles aod res- Olutions were adopted, and the meeting adjourned, PROCEEDINGS IN THE COURTS. In the Supreme Court, Circuit, Judge Van Vorst on the bench, Assistant Corporation Counsel Miller moved an adjournment of the Court. Judge | Vau Vorst in granting the motion spoke as fol. lows:—The announcement of the death of the Chief Magistrate comes with a great suddenness, I have known Mayor Havemeyer fur a great | any years, apd have respected him most highly | yet been actually uttained. Gur opponents aro | a8 an honest merchant and a citizen, He has filed | Still Dumerous and artiul, and a great deat of work | isted in its administration during the latter | suggestion trom any source at all which reflected | | upon his integrity or honesty in the discharge of | | his duties | or in ga Chief Magistrate of this city any other position he has ever | occupied. His dimMcult and | task of discharging the duties of such | an office as he bas heid to the satisfaction | ol every person, but | believe he uas endeavored honestly and traly to pertorm his duty, The mo- | tion to adjourn is proper under the circumstances, | Tus Court Will, thereiore, stand adjvarned tll | hali-past ten o’ciock to-morrow moraing. Judge Brady, hoiding Part 2, Supreme Court | and act promptly, and i | were summoned trom | Circuit, on veing apprised ot the deatn of Mayor | Haveimeyer at ouce excused trom iurther duty as | work, | Was Willing to do so to aid in completing | # juror u son Of the deceased, Who was the twelith | | jurorin @ cave then on triuk ‘The trial, wuich Was Neary coucluded, proceeged with tue eleven | Jurors, und #t its termination the Court ad- journed. in the Supreme Court, Special Term, held by Juuge Van Brunt, ex-Judge Dittenhvoetfer moved @ very leeliug tribute tu the decease: Brunt very vnetly remarked that he thougnt it eminently proper, as @ mark of appropriute re- spect to the memory of the Chie: Mugisirate of the city to wdjourn, and gave au order to this elect, ‘The only branch of the Superior Court in session ‘Was the Special Lerm, Judge Freedman veing on the bench. On receiving intelligence of the deato o1 Mayor Havemeyer, Mr. J. 5. Luwreuce moved ap adjourpmeuc of the Quart, Judge Freedman Inade @ lew teellug And appropriate cemarks aud ten grauted tue motion. EX-Mayor Hall anuounced to Judge Larremore, holaing ‘speciai erm ol the Court of Commou Pleas, the death of ms successor in office, a speedy adjournment followed, Judge Larreuore, Judge Van Attiug eulogium upvu the deceased. led by Mr. Vildord A. H. Burtiett. Si Matcniugs at o! proper eatry oa ke the necessary arrangements ed. | in the chamber’ of this Hoard, to | partmeuis be draped in mourning. Messrs. Pinck- | ey und Maloney were appointed secretaries of | consent to allow the remains to lie in state ut | tee for the feeling of respect they would so gladly | an answer received that he will be here on Thurs- If possiple the | family desire the remains to ve buried on Friday i at present preserved on ice, out the Iriends of the tamily will have an opportunity to take theif last look at ‘The memovers of the Board of Aldermen will superiutend the arrangements for the funeral and to-day tne Board will meet to pass @ resolution o1 condulence With tne family on the ACTION OF THE FXCISE COMMIS- On learning the sad news of the death of the | Mayor the Commissioners of Excise held @ specia, | | meeting, Mr. James L. Stewart, the President, in | tae chair, Commissioner William H. Stiner, in a | lew appropriate remarks, offered the fullowing Whereas the painful inteliigence of the sudden and un- ¥. Havemeyer has perforin: Commissioner.D. 1), 1, Marshall, in seconding the | positions of public honor and trust, and always | | with ddelity. I have never heard the slightest | embarrassing 10 grating tue motion, passing a ew words of To the Surrogate’s Court, Mr. G. F, Langvein nore the aweuroinent of the Court, which was seco’ ‘Bogute | of thi airected au arument, w she minates of aoe dour” = traned adouraed ati 3 MAYOR VANCE SWORN IN. | At nalfpast two o'clock Alderman S. B. Ml Vance, President of the Board of Aldermen, whé | by vircue of the latter office will officiate aa | Mayor until the Ist of January, was sworn in vy Judge Noah Davis, of the Supreme Cour Tue ceremony took place in the private room of the Judge on the second floor of the new Court House. | Judges Van Brunt, Barrett and Westbrook and Mr. Thomas Boese, Clerk of the Superior Court, were also present. The matter only took a few minutes to complete. Then Mr. Edward Knight Officer of the Supreme Court, carrted the official document to the Mayor's ofice, where It was placed on file. The following is a copy: | _ 1, Samven #. H. Vance, do solemnly swear that i | will support the constitution of the United Stated | And the constitution of the State of New Yor! and that l will faithiully discharge the duties the office of Mayor of the city of New York accord- lng to the best of my ability. i SAMUEL B. H. VANCE. Subscribed ana sworn before me, this 30th day of November, is74—Noaw Davis, Justice Supreme Court, and Bled in the Mayor's office tms Sutn day | ot November, A. D,, 1874, according to ordinance, | Mayor Vance remained jor about an hour at the | OMice yesterday and ansacted some necessary | routine business, He appeared to feel deeply the sudden death of the Mayor, He left shortly be fore tour o'clock. The following communication will be trans mitted to the Common Council to-day :— Mayor’s OFFICE, NEW YORK, Nov. 30, 1874. TO THE HONORABLE THE COMMON COUNCIL:— It is my painiul duty to announce to you the death of the Hon. William F, Havemeyer, the Mayor of this city, at twenty-five minutes past | twelve o’cluck this'P. M. While engaged ia we | discharge of his public duties he Was suddenly r Mnoved trom our midst, It was his proud distinc. tion to have been elected by his fellow citizens tor three different terms to the chair 0! Chie! Magis- trate of the city. No citizen ever filled that chair with a more sincere desire to advance the public welfare. He had no thought nor desire but to carry into effect what appeared to him to pro- | mote the best mterests of the community. His last administration o1 the government was daring a transition period, turbulent and embarrassing. His services during this period will long be re- membered witn gratitude. A native of this city, | his long le has been identided with its material | Prosperity. | .ToyoulT recommend such action as will mark the public appreciation of our Serer chief, Re- } spectully, SAMUEL B. H, VANCE, Mayor. THE KELLY-HAVEMEYER LIBEL SUIT. It 1s unnecessary to recite tn detail, they having | already been fwly given in the HERALD, the pare | ticulars of the libe! suit brought by Jonn Keily against Mayor Havemeyer. As is well known Mr. Kelly considered the charges preferred against |, him by the Mayor a wauton and unjustifiable ak tack on his character, and he tnvoked the arbitra tion of the courts in the matter. Objections were made to certain portions of the Mayor's answer | and a motion to strike out these objectionable portions was to have been argued on last Friday belore Judge Donohue in Supreme Court Cham- bers, but on intimation by the Mayor's coun: sel that the opposing counsel bad noticed the case | 80 as to compel a hearing belore him, Judge Dono- hue refused to hear the argument, aud postponed | Vhe cause till yesterday, when it come up tora | hearing before Judge Westbrook, holding the same Court. The court room was crowded, and tha opposing counsel, Mr, Henry L., Clinton ana Colonel Wingate representing Mr. Kelly, and ex-Judgea Waterbury and Porter Mayor iavemeyer, were promptly on hand with pletaeric files and law books, 1n readiness to procee | case. A brie: outline of the legal grounds on | which the mouion was based Was given by Mr. | Clinton, alter which Mr. Wing entered sully into the merits o1 the case, Eularged comment was made on tne concluding paragraph of the answer, explaining asthe reason for publishing | the Mayor’s lengthy letter against Mr. Kelly, de- claring that the latter, in conjunction with John | Morrissey, had usurped power in dictating ta ‘Tammany Hall the nominations lor county oficers. | When he had concluded Judge Waterbury em tered on his reply. NEWS OF MAYOR HAVEMEYER’S DRATH. He had not proceeded tar, however, when @ | rumor reached the court room ol the sudd | death of Mayor Havemeyer in nis office. It was quickly whispered about. A gentleman commu- nicated the rumor to Judge Porter, and sug gested the propriety of communicating tne act to Dis associate, aud thas terminating the argument. “We must consider the Mayor ailve ull oficiaily notified otherwise,” was Judge Porter’s reply. “Mayor Haveomeyer has just died,’ whispered another gentleman to the opposing counsel. “Is 1t possible 7 asxed Mr, Clinton, in astonish: ment. “A singular coincidence,” exclaimed Mr. Wine gate. “He must have died while | was talking.” The commotion iu the court room, iolluwed by an ominous silence, and particularly the sudden sitting down (us if speeculess) of Mr. Waterbury when the news was comuwunicatea to him, ab tracted tne attention or Jadge Westbrook. “What's the mutter?” he asked Officer MoNiernay. “It 1s rumored that Mayor Havemeyer has j died of apoplexy in his office,” answered ‘the officer, in .a low voice. Judge Westbrook then summoned the counsel inside the bar and held a whispered consultatiun with them, and the counsel returned to their places in silence. ‘Send jor Ofticer Ricketts,” said Judge West- brook, und that officer was immediately startea to ascertain whether the rumor, which had now | Teached every one in court, true, Mr. Ricketts returned in a few minutes and imparted jo the Court that the painful rumor was true the Mayor nad suddeniy expired in his office, “Officer Ricketts says ihe rumor is true,” ans nounced Juage Westbrook. “They are just running oe the flags at half mast,” said Mr. Ricketts, rolling up the window ie. “fhat ends the whole complaint, then,” ex: claimed Judge Westbrook. Mr. Clinton—I have heard that His Honor the Mayor died in the discharge of hw duties a fe munutes ago. Of course toat terminates this proe ceeding, Judge Westbrook—Yes, sir, Mr. Ciintun—Luis is not the proper time co ex. press our commiseration or our sense of the loss | sustained; aod I therefore move, without jurtber | remarks, if it pleaye the Court, that we now ud: | Journ. | . Judge Porter—This brings to a sudden termina- tion the preceeding in wuich we as counsel for the Mayor were instructed to vindicate one of his last living utterances. (Here counsel appeared overcome with emotion, as iis voice trembied.) It we were to proceed further with it it would 140 vindication of wis memory. from the nature of the proceeding it terminates with bis life, 1t | Will be jor Your donor to determine whether or not it would Le proper to grant the motio suggested vy my lewrned iriend, I[ thing that he, and even those he _ represents, would be ready to give their cordial testimony to the long career 80 honorably pursued by bim im the pusitiows in which he has been placed vy the Partiality Of bis iellow cluzens, and they, us Well us bis [riends, Will rejoice tu having an upporta- | Mity to terminate this unhappy besoin dia life has been one memorabie througn the history ot New York. and I would ve perhaps wanting in candor if 1 were not to say that 1 entertain no doubt of what Your Honor’s decision must have been on the present motion if a decision had been cailed tor, Bite in justice to my client, if I dy not say that he had the most entire conviction | that betore any trivunal he would have veen adie to sustain the charges. 1 say this because,! would | be wanting in duty to him it { were not to say that he wroie what he beileved to be true, and was | Prepared, as he supposed, to prove. Mr. Cuintox—I cordially concur with the learned and distiugaished gentleman in paying a tribuse Of respect to the memory of the deceased bee but L regret that my Iriend has permitied aay thi to drop irom ts hps as the mer of this case, While we do hom | to the Mayor of tue city, and imdalge in th 2 2 4 | utmost iiverality in regard to tus memory, f | cannot permit the deciaration which bas Just laliea from my iriend to pus® With. out a word of reply. That imy client would be vindicated beyond all peradventure, | bave not the sightest doubt. Bus as wy friend almoat re- gretted tne opportunity of trying the merits, L would say that the same iacts will under; Judicial investigation in the suit vetween the same plaintiff? and Judge Waterbury, and there- fore at a proper opportunity, at a fut lime, wil be presented to a Court aad jury i0¢ adjudication. Having said tuis much | can only solemuity of the occasion 18 such as mm | disarm (ie hosulity of tus Mun and his associaves, Lut that we desire that lis lauits, Whatever they may have been, may ve buried in his grave, We have ho desire to ucter other than words of kind ness and such a8 Wouid be sultabie on such ap im portant occasion. Judge WEsrBROOK—Owing to the sad event which has just taken place the Court will now be ad: journed, It wil be unnecessary to proceed fur- ther with this motion; it must end wita the life of the party against Whom the action pended. This motion stands permanently adjourued, In view of the long wud distimguisiied Cureer of the Chiet Magistrate of this city, woich nas just enued so suddenly and unexpectedly. itis but dué te tra and to the public that the Conrt should be how adjourned until to-morrow, Waoatever differences Of Opinion there may have been as to the pubic acts vi his life,” he hax been connected prominently with the public affairs of the city; aud while men differed in judgment us to some acts of bis life, we all, { velleve. concede (hat he Was an nunest’ man, possessing Very Many Calms on the public confidence wad respect. trioute the Court cheeriuily concedes, a ree HY Ite powith tig wvaine of it. The Gort enim ‘a ule uo toomurruw,