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10 THE COURTS. The Naylor Revenue (ase—A Commission To Go to England Asked For. THREE CARD MONTK ON THE RAIL Assignments of the Courts for 1875. Me. Leone Juvin, charged with having smug- gled about fifty silk dresses into this port from France, was vrought up yesterday for examina- tion, but, by agreement between the Commis- sioner and defendanv’s counsel, the examination Was postponed tll Tuesday next, The examination in the case of Giovanni Mon- falcon, charged with having murderea Vincenzo ‘Tramontano at Palermo, Ltaly, was concluded yes terday. Commissioner White reserves ois deci- sion till Monday next, Surrogate Hutchings bas admitted to probate the will of the late Bartolome Blanco, the old Spanish merchant, who ie!t an ate of over $3,000,000 behind him, a considerable amount of which he bequeathed to churches and charitable societies, The deceased owned 152 houses in New York and Brooklyn, on any of which there 18 not a Gollar of mortgage or debt, and bis personal es- tate amounted to $1,300,000, The will Was made 4m 1845, when his property amounted to oniya the of what it was when he diea, THE NAYLOR REVENUE CASE. In the United States District Court, before Judge Biatcniord, the case of the United States vs. Nay- jor & CO. again came up yesterday for argument, on motion made by the government jor an addl- tional commission to go to England to take Jurther testimony there in reference to the ques- ton involved in the matter, Counsel for the re- spective parties were in attendance, and agreed upon the interrogatories. or some oi them, whicn are to be propounded to the witnesses whom it is deemed desitabie to examine. It ts understood that the commission will be ready to be for- warded to England by the mail steamer of Wednesday. In regard to @ motion made by counsel for the government for the sup- pression Of certain portions of the depositions already taken in England, on the ground that those portions are immaterial and irrelevant to the issue, Judge Blatchiord decided that such Motion would be more in regular order when the | ease came on for trial. The action i the present instance 1s brought by the government to recover from Naylor & Co. a large sum, on the ground, as alleged, that the detendants had imported from Burope steel rails and fish piates, and entered vhem at an undervaluation at we Custom Hoase, SUPREME COURT—-CHAMBERS. THREE CARD MONTE ON RAILWAY CARS. Before Judge Donohue, Mr. Henry D. Monell, arrested on a requisition from the Governor of Pennsylvania, on a charge of having been an accomplice of a gambler named McCormack, in rovbing a Pennsylvania farmer of several nundred doilars on a railway trai, be- tween this city and Philadelphia, by means of the three card monte game, was brought up yester- aay On a writ of habeas corpus case. Telegrams having been shown from Philadeiphia, expressing ab inten Won Dot to prosecute the accused, it being ascertained that he 1s a respectable man and the suspicions agaiust him ill-founded, he was dis- | charged. DECISIONS. By Judge Lawrence. Smith vs, Smith.—Decree of divorce granted to the piaintif. Russell ys. Butler et al.—Order as settled. COMMON PLEAS—SPECIAL TERM. DECISIONS. By Chief J Daly. Schlort vs. Schlort, Jr.—Appicaiion for divorce | granted. Krekeler vs. Thaule.—See decision, By Judge Robinson. Lucas vs, Lucas.—Judgment of divorce grantea to plaintifl. 5 By Judge Loew. Jennie L. Haigh vs. Joseph L. Haigh.—Judg- men} On application of plaimtuf declaring marriage between ber and the defendant void. AT. TOMBS POLICE COUL QUICK WORK. Before Judge Kasmire. On Thursday afternoon about one o'clock De- tective Dorsey noticed two suspicious! looking men standing on the corner of Baxter and White streets, having with them a biack bag. after /ol- lowing them for some time he opined that they were looking for some place to get rid ot their bag, and their great interest in a certain three bail sign confirmed his opinion. He arrested the men aud brought them to the station house, where, on | hing (he bag, it was found to contain fiity | of fannel shirting and two pieces of cash- mere cloth, In afi vajned at $50. The story of the men regarding how they had come into possession O! the goods Was very Unsatis/actory, 50 they were heid uuti) yesterday, when Dorsey succeeded in DNGibg av OWher tor the goods in the person of Mr. Josepb Buxton, of No, 280 First street, Jersey City. Mr. Buxton says the goods were stolen from a box ontside of his store between eleven and tweive O'clock ou Thursday morning: and, as Dorsey arrested the thieves at one, it will be seen that they had only time to get to New York. «They were heid in $2,000 each to answer at the General | Sessions, A HUNT IN WASHINGTON MARKET. Every Saturday afternoon Washington Market is crowced by poor people, who goto the cheap Blails to lay in the ensuing Week’s provisions. Io many instance ey with them all the money vet: tied upin the corners others have pocket books. Beside the housewife, who is bargaining to save a few cents, there are others in crowa whose business is not to buy, out to eal. Ti th st p successes they achieve in tue dense cTowWds are Olly kKnUWK UO themscives, and the harvest of pocketbooks t reap 18 enormous, Yesterday Detective McDonald, o! the Third pre. | Cinct, stationed himsei! wie market. on te Vesey street side, and stndied the crowd. ently be noticed @ little woman, ten inches high, bustling in an unnecessarily vigor- ur Way Uirougn the crowd. He foliowed her, and tue more le saw of her the more interested he be- came, until Gnally he was so inquisitive a8 to look at ber when ehe had her hand deep in the pocket of a Mrs. Wyman. The detective kept bis eye on the hiwie woman afier she had withdrawn her hand and asked Mrs. Wyman if she had lost anything. Mrs. Wyman had her pocketbook in the basket and nothing 14 her pocket, so the lite Woman was euchred. Away went the detective through the crowd again after the little thief. The next woman whose pocket she rifled was Catherine Henson. The detective’s inquiries 0: Msr, Hen- son developed the fact that she had lost her pocketpook, about §12, all she owned in the Word. This was enough. Mrs. Hensdn was told to stand where she was fora moment, while the officer went after the little flea, He nad for a mo- ment lost sight of her, an diminutive stavure enurely. en first ween sue her head; now she had a fashionable and jaunty hat, She was brought to the street station ana searched. in | pasket were found toree different hata and on her person three diferent dresses. In her 080m, stockings, pocket une basket were found severa! packages of mout: Pres. about four ieet she would have slipped olin A d amounting to about $85. Besives tue $38 she # $25 vill On the Mississippi and Alabama Railroad Company, and a $2 bill on the Erie and Kalamazoo Kalroad Bank. Her name was Philomena Kat- ferstich, and Victor Heimourger, the interpreter, recognized her when brought ‘to Court as tie woman who, a year since, stole his new overco: The Judge veid her in $1,500 to answer at the Gen- eral sessions, ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGES FOR 1875. The following assignment of judges tor next year | for the State just been mad arte of this city and county has SUPREME COURT, Jannary, March, May and Octo- ber, Judges Davis, Brady and Daniels. Special Term.—january (adjourned), February and March (adjourned), Judge Van Brunt; April, Judge Lononue; Oevober (adjourned), Judge Van Vorst; November, Judge Lawrence; December, a ye Chanivers and Special Terms (for non-committal bosiness).—January, Judge Barrett; Fevruary, Judge Lawrence; March, Jadge Donohue; April, Judge Barrett; May, Judge Lawrence; Jaue, dudges Brady and Davis; July, Judge Barrett; Au- gust, —; September, Judge’ Donouue;, Octover, Judge Lawrence; November, Judge Dononne; De- cemver, Judges Davis and Brady, Circuits and Oyer and Lerminer—Janvary, Part} Judge Donohue; Part 2, Judge Van Vorst; P: % (adjourned), Jndge Lawrence; rebruary 1 (oyer and Terminer), Judge Barre’ General Tern art Part 4 2, Judge Van Brunt; Part dndge Don e March, Part 1, Juage 3, Part 2, Judge Van Vorat; Part 3 (ad, , Judge barrett; Apri, Part) (yer an er), Judge Law- renee; Part 2, Judge Van nt; Parts, Indge Van Vorst; May, Part | (Oyer and Terminer) Dononne; Part 2, Judge Van Brant; Part damourngd), Judge Lprseth: swage Pah A sOueg ) Okey duder. on | executions unsatisfied but for her remarkably | Chambers | Donebue; Part 2, Judge Lawrence: Part 3, e Van Vorst: Tec Parti, Judge Barrett; Purt 2, Judge Van Brunt; Part 3 (adjourned), Judge Donohue; November, Part 1 (Oyer and Terminer), Judge Barrett; Part 2, Judge Van Brunt; Part 3 (adjourned), Judge Van Vorst; December, Part 1, Juage Dononue; Part 2, Judge Van Vorst; Part 3, Judge Lawrenee, 7 ; SUPERIOR couRT. i ont General Terms.—January, Judges man, Us and speir; Febri ¥ sadges Monell, Freed- man and Van Vorst; March, Judges Sedgwick, Van Vorst and Speit; April, Judges Moneii, Curtis and Speir; May, Judges Monell, Freedman and | Sedewick ; Jone, Judges Curtis, Sedgwick and Van Vorst; October, Judges Freedman, Van Vorst and Speir; November, Judges Monell, Sedgwick an we: December, Judges Monell, Curti# and au Vorst. j Special Terms.—January, Judge Monell; Fepra- | ary, Judge Sedgwick; March, Judge Curtis; April, | Juage Freedman; May, Judge Van Vor: June, Judge Speir; Octover, Judge Curtis; November, Judge Freedinan; December, Judge Sedgwick. Jury Terms—Part 1—Jauuary, Judge Van Vorst; | February, Judge Speir: March, Judge Monell; Apri, Judge Seagwick; May, Judge Curus; June, Judge Freedman; October, Judge Monell; Novem- ge Van Vorsi; December, soe Speir. Pa january, Judge Sedgwick; Feoruary, Judgg Curtis; March, Judge Freedman; April, Juage Van Vorst; May, Judge Speir; June, Judge Monell; October, Judge Sedgwick; November, a i Curtis; December, Judge Freedman. Chambers in Vacation—Juage Speir, trom Mon- day, July 6 to Monday, July 20, inclusive; Judge Sedgwick, from Tuesday, July 21, to Tuesday, August 4, inclusive; Judge Monell, from Wedues- day, August 5, to Wednesday, August 19, inclusive; Juage eedman, trom Thursday, August 20, to ‘Thursday, September 3 lLaociusive; Judge Curtis, irom sTiday, September 4, to Friday, September 18, melusive; Judge Van Vorat, from saturday, September 19, to Saturday, October 3, Inclusive, Generat Terms in Vacation—Tuesday, Augnst 4, Judges Monell and Sedgwick; Thursday, Sepiem- | ber 3, Judges Freedman ana Cartis, COMMON PLEAS. General Terms.—January, Chief Justice Daly, Judges Robinson and Larremore; March, Chief | Justice Daly, Judges Loew and J. Chie! Justice Daly, Judes Robinson and Larre- more; November, Chief Justice Daly, Judges Loew and J. F, Daly. 5 Terms—(Vor trial of issues of fact)— | Part 1.—January, Judge Loew; February, Judge | Larremore; Mareh, Judge Kopinson; April, Chief | sustice Daly; May, Jucge Loew; June, Judge | Rovinson; October, Chiei Justice Daiy; Novem- | Ro 3 Oct miei Justice ’ Daly ;'N ana Terminer), suage ber, Judge Robinson; December, Judge Larre- | | more. Part 2—February, Judge J. F. Daly; April, | Daly; December, Judge J. F, Loew. | y Terms.—Fevrnary, Judge Loew; April, | Judge J. F. Daly; June, Chief Jastice Daly; Ucto- ver, Judge Larremore; Decemver, Judge Robin- son. | _ Chambers—(and Special Term issues of law). — January, Judge J. | son; March, Judge Larremore; April, Juage Loew; May, Judge J. F. Daly; June, Judge Loew; July 1 | to 15, Judge Larremore; July 16 to 31, Judge Van | Brant; August 1 to 15, Judge J. F. Daly; August 16 to 31, Judge Robinson; September 1 to 14, Chief Justice Daly; September 16 to first Monday of Uc- tober, Judge Loew; October, Judge kobinson ; Nc- vember, Judge Larremore; December, Chiel Jus- tice Daly. | BROOKLYN COURTS. SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TERM.—THE LAW'S DELAYS—‘‘THE MILLER AND HIS MEN” AGAIN IN COUBT—MOTION TO STRIKE OUT A ‘‘SHAM” ANSWER. Before Judge Pratt. The case of Richard Richardson vs. Joel T. Price and Philip H. Wiedersum was brought before | Judge Pratt in the Special Term of the Supreme Court of Kings countpyesterday. Mr. P. Keady, attorney for plaintiff, moved for an order to show |.cause, returnable at ten o’clock on Taesday next, why the defenaants’ answer snould not be stricken out®as a “sham” and judgment ordered | Jor the plaintu®. Ip his aMidavit in support or | the motion the plaintifi’s counsel alieges that this is one of eight suits originally commenced in Jan- uary or February last in Justice Morse’s Court by certain workingmen then employed at the Columbia flour mills, Atlantic docks, Brooklyn, Who alleged that Thomas R. Gordon, the lessee of | the mill, owed them vVarluus balances jor Wages. ; fhe trialo. the causes was delayed as much as possible by the deiendant, who finally appealed to tne County Court, where Judge Moore prompsly ae- | cided in javor of the wWorkingmen, reiusing any | farther delay. Executions were then issued in each case, but the sheriff could find oo property velouging to Gordon, and the executions were re- | turned unsausiled, This 18 one oj seven suits | now commenced against the bondsmen, Rice and Wiedersum, Who gave the wm the «Justices? Court. Tne | jendants allege in their answer that they ‘have no inormation sufficient to form a | veiiel, tnat the copy undertaking annexed to the | appeal de- | compiaint and made @ part thereof! is a true copy | | of Lhe undertaking which it is “allegea” they Mauve aud delivered in the Justices’ Court; that they do | Dot KnOW What proceedings were bad Iu the County Court, and do not know whether the exe- | cutious were returned unsatistied, | sel lor the plaintul alleges, is “a sworn answer,”’ | and ought Lo be stricken out. nexed to the complaint is a true copy oi the | one made and deilvered by them in the court below; and second, because the proceediugs in | | tne County Court and the rewurns of the | are matters of record in the County Clerk’s office, which show tor them- | selves What they are; and chat the original under- | takings in each case are still on file im the Jus- | | uce’s Court. ‘The rights of eight workingmen | wil, be determined in a great measure py tae: | action of ihe Court on this motion to strike out alieged sworn answer. | For piaintia, ?. Keaay; ior defendants, Henry D. Lapaugh. SUPREME COURT—GENEBAL TERM.—JOHN CAR- _ BOLL's WIDOWS AT LAW, | Before Judges Barnard, Tappan and Donohue. | The Generali Term of the Supreme Court has de- | cided upon the appeal taken from the Supreme Court by Mrs. Elizabeth Carroll, who was the sec- | cond wite of John Carrol, and to whom bis prop- | erty had been wilied. at about $100,000, women, Elizabeth having | marriage doned Margaret in ‘Tne property was valued and was claimed by two and Margaret, _ botn | certificates, He aban- Kugland, in 1840, and coming to Brooklyn married Fiizabeth, by wiom he haa @ iamily of six children, ‘The first wile came jrom Lnogland, bringimg with her four coilaren, upon rhe death Of her nusdand, and at- tempted to establish her right Co the estate of the deceased bigamist. She was not, it was held, entitied to more than her dower, Application jor 4 new trial was made by Wie No. 2, a8 s00n as No. 1 was deciared entitled to the dower, she hav- ing satisiactorily proved that she had been mar- ried in Glassip, Eogiand, in 1834. Judge Barnard denied the apf widow, Elizaveth, repealed, now affirms the order. The General Term | ATTEMPT AT ARSON. | A villanous attempt was made by some un- | known person early yesterday morning to destroy | the five storied tenement No, 856 First avenue. The iact of the attempt having been made was learn-d at six A. M., when the mantel piece ina v not rehed and some parts o| itcharrea, | ‘The fire that caused this sliigut damage may have been started by some homeless person who sought retage room for the purpose of keeping Warin during the might; yet itappears more likely to bave veen started by an incendiary. Mr, Eisner, owner of the butiding, reported the above facts at the Nineteenth precinct station yesterday. INCENDIARY FIRE ON 8’ ATEN ISLAND. bad @ shawl over | Early yesterday morning fire was discovered in | the stable adjoining the timware and toy Jactory on the west side of Sarah Ann street, Tompkins- | Ville, and before the flames couid be checked bovh the stable and the factory were totally destroyed, togetuer with @ dwelling house adjoining. A horse and wagon, with all the contents of the stable, were also destroyed. The Hames communi- cated to two (rame houses on the site side of the street, and they were consumed, with most of their contents. The | factory was owned ana occupied by Julius Jager, | who, with bis famiy, lived in the upper part, and manufactured toys; the house adjoining was owned and occupied by Michael Donohue, and the two houses across the street were owned, oue by & wiaow Woman, named Thompson, and the ouner | | by Mr. Frederick Diederich. All the dwelling | houses were insured. The factory and stock are | said to have been involved in debt to more than double the amount of tueir worth, and the stuck | and building to nave been insured for $11,000 in | the Germania, North British and other insurance companies mach more than their vaiue. There is luttie doubt that the premises were set on fire. BURGLARS IN NEW JERSEY. Yesterday morning James Watkins, residing at Fast Orange, beard @ noise at bis Kitchen dvor, He got up and, looking out of the window, ob- served two men climbing over the front raliing. | | | | He fired at them with a pistol and then closed the | ON several occasions, during the interval between | | window. The shooting attracted the attention of a neighbor, who ran out of his house and founda Man sitting om the stdop shot in the leg. could give no satisfactory account of himself he | Was held and handed over to a constable. | retused to give his name, | AMr. William Delaney, wno resides in Walnut street, Kast Orange, also heard burgiars at work poaee | at his windows, who fled, jeaving benind them a | Killing of nt fli set of burgiar’s toois. The residence of Mr, An- Wag Alby enpered, soy F. Daly; May, | | Judge Larretmore; June and October, Judge J. F. | F. Daly; February, Juage Robin- | undertaking an | Ail this, coun- | First, because de- | Jendanis know well that the copy under'aking an- | no higher grade | cation, and irom this decision the | nt room on the third floor of the building was | Ag he | one or the thieves was found concealed io a bed. At Orange they entered the fancy store of Thomas ea, OD Main near the police stati eri at 000 worth Sf goods, At Belvedere, Mont ne ‘wort ere, clair, Weat Orange, and South » they have recently entered over twenty dwellings and carried Off over $10,000 worth of property. HOMICIDE IN THE FIFTH WARD. A COUNTBYMAN PATALLY BRATEN-—-THE PRINCI- PALS IN THE PENITENTIARY. yesterday afternoon that Mr. Jobn Stewart, @ cooper, recently living in Cairo, Greene county, this State, had died in Bellevue Hospital from the effects of violence, Mr, Stewart, having business im the city, put up at Steel's Hotel, No. 316 Green- wich street, and on the evening of the 7th inst., | While in the saloon No. 216 West street, kept by Samuel Thompson, Mr, Stewart became involved in 8 quarrel with several men then present, the result being that he was badly beaten. it is said that two of the assailants have been arrested, tried amd convicted of assault and battery, and are ‘now | serving out a term Oo! imprisonment on Biackweil’s Island. | Alter bemmg beaten Mr. Stewart returned to bis | hotel, where he was attended by a physician, and | continued to improve till a few days ago, when symptoms of erysipelas were mantiested, where- upon some friends of the injured man carried him to Jersey City tor furtner medical treatment, and where perhaps he could receive betier care and attention. nding, however, that the change did not prove beneficial Mr. Stewart was broagnt back to bis hotel, and, continuing to grow worse, the friends on Friday carried him to Bellevue Hos- pi where he died yesterday, as stated, from erysipelas following ‘the injuries he had re- ceived. Mr. Stewart wae said to have been & | very respectablo man and well known in Cairo. His wife was with him when he died, and as soon | as she can obtain possession of the remains she proposes taking them back to Greene county for interment, and au antopsy will be made on the body by Dep- uty Coroner Early. he principals in the assault on Mr. Stewart were Edward McLaughiin, known as a desperado and a dangerous man, and James Darr, or Garr, | The former on conviction of the assault was sen- tenced to three months on BlackWeil’s Island, while his coniederate, being considered less guilty, | recetved only one mouth, Two others were less prominently engaged in the assault on deceased, j but they have not been arrested, | Mr. Stewart, who was a large, fine looking and | good natured man, was th the habit of coming to | the city at tervals, to dispose of his goods, and | generally on these occasions dropped into Thomp- \ xon’s place, where he Was acquaintea, to chat and | | joke with Stephen Rockieller, the barkeeper, and otuers, | On the 7th. when Mr, Stewart was in the place, he remarked in a joking way to Rockfeller that he could whip any Irishman, but without intending to give any offence, Late that night Mr. Stewart | entered the piace, when McLaughlin, hearing the | remark that had been made, took decessed to words, Mr, Stewart was knocked down and ter- | rbly beaten about the kead with a club, resem- | bling inose used by policemen, in the hands of | McLaughiin, The injuries Mr. Stewart thus re- ceived, resulted m his death, Coroner Woitman will not some days, THE M’CORMICK MURDER. In the case of Michael McCormick, one.of the ‘longshoremen on strike, who died from the eflects of a stab wound received on the evening of the 24th ult. at the hands of .n unknown Italian, who, it is alleged, was acting on the de- | fensive, Deputy Coroner Early yesterday made | &@ post-mortem examination on the body at the | Morgue. Dr. Eariy sound the left leg and thigh | much swollen, the tissues being infiitraved with hold the inquest for @ | pus. There was a stab wound on the external and anterior aspects of the lett | thigh twelve inches above the Knee, The brain was normal; abscesses im the leit lung; liver, spleen and kidneys congested. In the Voctor’s | Opinion death ensued drom pyemia, stad wound of the thigh. Coroner Woltman made | inquiries concerning the matter at the Twenty- | eightn precinct station house, but could obtain no | Important facts touching the manner in which | McCormick received the fatal wound. Thomas Cox, of No. 91 Charlton street, gave the first in- | formation avout McCormick veing stabbed, but he | did not know who did it. Coroner Woltinan has | noc named a day for the investga‘ion, THE LIVINGSTONE MURDER. James Hunt, who was held in custody in Jersey City by virtue of the verdict of the Coroner’s jury, | which charged him with being an accessory to the | murder of William Livingstone, was brought be- | fore Jadge Bedie, in the Court of Oyer and Ter- miner yesterday. Counsel for the prisoner ap- plied to have. him admitted to bail, and in @ lengthy argument contended that than manslaughter conid be established against the risoner ac- cording to the evidence. Counsel argued that the verdict of the Coroner’s jury was not war- ranted by the testimony ae far as Hunt was con- cerned. "it looked too much like subjecting a man to punishment because his companion, who was the real criminal in the case, could not be found. The Court deliberated for some time and then an- nounced that bail would be accepted to the amount oO! $15,000, The security Was promptly iurnished by Hunv’s tather and Mr. Jonathan Dixon. The trial was set down for the third fuesuay in Janu- ary. Reilly is sull at large. CRIME ON LONG ISLAND. Tt now appears likely that the circumstances de- | veloped in the investigation of the cases of Lewis | Jarvis and Eibert Jackson, convicted of the mur- der of Samuel J. Jones, at South Oyster Bay in June of last year, will lead to the discovery of a number of other heinous crimes, in which mem- bers of the dangerous gang of negroes to which Jarvis and Jackson belonged are implicated, Atew days ago a paragraph appeared in the newspapers stating that there was a suspicion that a begro named Joe Lawrence lad been guilty | or tbe murder of two children near Say. ville, the allegation being that he had been criminally intimate with a Mrs, Deaton, a white woman aud the reputed mother oi the cuildrea, lt appears thar Lawrence has jong been known to the criminal authorities of Queens county as a dangerous character, and through the instrumen- tality of pisurict Attorney Downing, ou represen- tations made by Detective Payne ana others, he Was some time ago indicted by the Grand Jury on a charge of bigamy, and a bench warrant was | Issued for his arrest. This warrant was placed in the bands of Officer Josepn Wikinsen, of Ja- aica, Who on Friday evening succeeded in ar- | Tesuung Lawrence in Brookivn, and he is now in | the celis of the Jamaica Town Hali, on the charge | named in the indictment. wu reporter yesterday Lawrence admitied that he was guilty the clarge of by mda having ; on the 26th = of March, 1562, married Jane A. Jackson (Who made the cum. plaint against him) at Newbridge, Queens county, the ceremony being performed by the Rev. Mr, Wake, &@ Methodist clergyman, and that on the 6th of Aprii, 1873, he murried’ Jennie Moore, at Freeport, the ceremony being pe’ med by , the Rev, Mr. By the first wite he has three chidren, Lawrence further acknowledged to having, in company with Elbert Jackson, now une der sentence oi death tor murdering Samael J. Jones, robbed the dwelling of Mr. slbert Floyd Joues, of South Oyster Bay, last winter, and he | implicated others who, he declared, were with | them. The robbery had been planned jor some time previous, and on the morning mission the gang made jurd’s Hotel, 1 South € the truth or his statemen he told where some ot t be found. Regarding the charge made against him in ref- erence to the two chiluren Ol Mrs. Denton, le de- nied ever having married the woman, and declared that the only Knowledge be had of Vous at er Bay village garding the stolen property could Was what he obtained irom her. He was intimate wito her betcre her husband left her, going fre- quently vo her house, She is represented tobe & fine-looking woman, and Lawrence says that after Denton jest her, driven away by her uniaithtul- ness, she continually threw herself in bis way, he beimg sure to meet her av every baliand party where he played as a violinist. h te made inquitics Of her regarding the laren, as he alleges, she always toid him that she bad put them iu the Home for tne Friendiless, in New York, He insisted iurther that he had not seen her for five months, | TERRIBLE REMORSE. | STROUDSBURG, Pa., Dec, 17, 1874. ‘The greatest excitement prevails in Annville, Pa., over the coniession made by George Peters, | @promineas citizen and hotel proprietor of the | Place, that he murdered his first wile sixteen | Years ago. She was found dead in the barn at- | tached to the hotel, with her skull crashed in. | As her body lay tn astail occupied by @ horse, it | | Was supposed that she had been kicked to death. | the finding of her body and the contession, Peters | has made determined attempts to kill bimael{, and it was alter being discovered hanging irom a beam | tn his barn and cus down that he delivered him- self up to the Sheriff of the county, and deciared that the reason of his desiring to commit suicide was the remorse that seized nim at times over the ife, He says that he and his wife santiy together until # year dL. Wien & cogiNess suRApe BO, bao always lived Ak 00 hawore her In conversation with | on Information was received at the Coroners’ office | Marned man, thirty years of age, by trade @ | Coroner Woltman nas taken charge of the case, | jollowing & | | were task about it, and, after the exchange of some | ad had Hons to entertain ber brother, and the barn to catch some chickens. Her husband barn, impelied by a feeling he could not ‘Mrs. Peters had chased a ebicken into one the stalis, and was stooping over to catch it as he entered. Something in the act seemed to call all the wrongs he thought he was sue: and, seizing a pitchfork, he serppen forward dealt his wife a tremendous Ww over the head. She fell tothe floor and never | spoke afterward, The full extent of the horrid deed he had committed at once rushed ‘0 his mind. He took the body of his wife mm arms anu called her by name and endeavored to restore her to consciousness. It was useless, however, for she was dead. Although almost crazed with remorse, the fear of detection and punisnment for the crime, and the instinct of concealing it, predominated, He at first thought | he wouid hide the body 1 the straw, and at night | fire the barn, but a better plan presented itself, and he acted upon it, Dragying the body to the stall occupied by his horse, he placed it therein, believing that when the corpse was found it would appear that death was caused by the horse, The body was found and the above theory at once ad- vanced and accepted in the community, not the leas Syed of suspicion 01 foul piay being enter- aine A lew years after the death of Mrs, Peters her husband married again, and fe says that he sub- sequently related to his second wile the juli par- ticulars of the crime. ‘The friends of Peters are horrified at his contes- sion of the crime, aud some of them believe him to be insane, It is said, irom his manner, how: ever, that he is perfectly sane, and Nas been driven uy the promptings of a terrivie remorse to reveal e bloody secret of his itie. CHRISTMAS DISMISSALS. THE CHRISTMAS PRESENT WHICH TWENTY FIRE- MEN RECEIVED FEOM THE FIRE COMMISSION- ERS—ACTION O¥ MAYOR VANCE--FIREMEN CHARGED WITH GROSS DISHONESTY AND SUM- MARILY REMOVED. The recent action of the Fire Commissioners in suddenly dismissing quite a number of fremen on account of their tilegal business transactions with salary brokers (to whom they nad sold their sala- ries) and other Matters has provoked consider- | able criticism in official circles. A few days ago Several O! the firemen in question went belore the Mayor and complained bitterly of the manner in m which they had been treated vy the Commis- sioners, They frankly admitted that they had violated the rules of the Fire Department in | selling their salaries to the brokers, but claimed that many others who were quite as guilty as they had been spared by the Commissioners, who had most unjustly selected them as the pub- lic Scapegoats. Some of these men had been serv- ing faitbfuly in the department for a number of years, and they claimed that they were entitled’ to some consideration and that they should have had a chance of retrieving their past errors by their good conduct tn the iniure. The Mayor lis- tened very kindly to their recital of grievances and promired to investigate the matter at once. He wrote @ terse letter to the Fire Commissioners requesting them in plain, straightforward terms, to explain their proceedings in this matter and to let him know the reasops which prompted their action, THE POPULAR IMPRESSION. In official circles this was regarded as the first step toward the removal of the Commissioners. “Why should the Mayor take the trouble to demand an official explanation?” satd a prominent office- holder in the City Hall yesterday, “unless he is dis- leased with thé action of the Fire Commissioners? ‘11s certainly not usual for the Mayor to inquire | into every. petty dismissal wich occurs in an; of the departments, and he would look very fool- ishif he had officially demanded an explanation without having any strong reasons for doing so.”? This view found general acceptance yesterday, the impression beg prevalent that Mayor Vance did not ike the Fire Commissioners’ way doing business, and that the pecnijar hardstip ot these cases had enilsted his sympatay. It will not be forgotten that these dismissals made at the most critical period of the year, at the beginnjng of a winter which prom- | ises'to be an exceptionally severe une for the poor. Most of these firemen have large ‘amines ‘to support, and their wives and children are thus suddenly deprived of their meas 0! subsistence, “it is a bard case,” was the opinion generally ex- pressed, Generous men ask why the Comnmission- ers did not wait at least until after Christmas or New Year, more especialiy as these transactions with salary brokers were Weil known, not only to them but to the heads aiso of every other depart- ent in this city. It was hinted at the same time that the true explanation of their barsh proceed- ings in this imstance was to be found in their de- sire to make room for otuer applicants for places, who were strongly backed by politicians of in fluence and other men whom the Commissioners were desirous of conciliating. “ A FIREMAN’S STORY. One of the dismissed firemen, who stands yet in such awe Of the Fire Commissiozers that he begged that his name might not be published, ex- pressed his feelings yesterday in the following manner:—‘It’s all nonsense,” he said, ‘to make the public belleve that the Fire Commissioners were paul ed by their regard for the best Inter- ests of the department. Jam convinced that they wanted to have our places because they were pes- tered to death by politicians who desired them for their irienas. Now these sales of salaries at a (lis: count nave always been a matter of common not riety. We were not the only ones wno liad to o tain our salaries in advance from the bro! ers. tell you of many others who e still in the department and tave done the me thing over and over again, and the Commis- sioners know it, too, But they had political iriends to pack them and we had not, and 80 off went our heads, For my cwil part, I have a large family, who are now wantthg the very necessaries of life, and J can see no prospect of obtaining any other employment.” Others of the discharged firemen made similar statements, and it was manuest that if they had acted wrongly they had been bitterly punishea, and also that they keenly ielt the consequences o/ their misconduct. ‘A LEGAL QUESTION. The firemen, ic will be remembered, were dis- missed on the complaint of several brokers wlio had advanced them money on account of their salaries, and who clauned that these Habilities had not been settled. Oue important considera- | tion in this matter was whether these contracts | With usurers ana saiary brokers were not void and whether in that case the Commissioners should not nave refused to entertain any com- plaints coming trom them. A prominent lawyer ‘who was questioned in re; this was undouptediy the case, according toa re- cent decision of the Court of Appeals. He added that the Custom House, Post Ofice and other gu- tnorities always declined to listen to any com- Plaints of these brokers, Mayor Vance, who was algo called upon in rela- tion to this subject, said, with is wonted courtly dignity. that be could not disclose, lor tye present, his action, beyond the fact that he had demanded an explanation from the Fire Commissioners. He declared that he was making no Officiai investiga- tion, but that “he was simply gathering informa- tion.” When asked whether he imtended to re- move the Fire Commissioners, he replied, wieh bis pleasantest smile, that this was ‘a leading ques- tion,” and that for the present he wished to be excused irom answering it, 3 THE FIREMEN’S OFFENCE. The Fire Commissioners were sought at their office, which, however, seemed to be deserted by every one of them. Mr. White, the Secretary, Stated thata few of the discharged firemen baa | sold their salaries to two or three brokers at the | and if they came to an: the cutidren | ; that it was necessary to remove them, same time, and were thas eed of gross iraud, ‘Others had'run up heavy bills at various groceries and refused to pay them. The action of the Fire Commissioners was imperative, as many of the taxpayers who had been switdied by the fyemen declared they were not fit to be in the department, fire they (the compiain- ants) would warn the citizens to look out for their woods, for if they were #windlers they might also be thieves. They were all tried in two days and dismissed. Colonel Charies 8, Spencer defended them, but most of them pieaded gutity to the charges. Impairing as it did tne respect which sould be entertained for the department, and curtatiing its efficiency as weil, their conduct made it incumbent upon the Fire Commissioners to dismiss them, Mr. White thougut that the dis- missals had a moat galatary effect in breaking up this system of selling salaries. The repty of the Comnnssiouers, he said, to the letter of Mayor Vance simply gave the oficial proceedings in the case, and siated that tneir conduct in incurring abilities under taise representations was injuri- ous to best Interests o! the department, 80 Mr. White admitted that the fremen had a right to run into dept, this being @ iree country, but insisted that thev had no right to do so “‘on the strength of their unilorms,”” The toilowing 18 @ correct list of the dismissed Men and those appointed in therr places :— NAMRS OF THE DISMISSED. Fireman Daniel Dempsey, Engine No. 2; George K. Whitenurt, Engine No. 9; James Goodall, of No. 27; John 8. Crait, of No. 30; James L. Shutt, of No. 41; fhomas Gras, of Hook and Ladder No. 1; Join N. Ward, of the same; James 8, Baliantyne, of No. 6; William Wogan, also of No. 6; John Brown, of Engine No. 23; Patrick Doyle, of No, 32; Luke Gleason, of No. 12; John F, Cassidy, of No. 7; Jonn 8. Beechinor, 0! No. 9; John Lake, of Hook and Ladder No, 6; Fraucis McGinley, of No. 9; David Olosey. of No. 30; George W. Town, of Hook and Ladder No, 10; Foreman George Mc! hin, of No. 16, and Assistant Foreman William Hudson, of No. 13, NAMES OF THE SUCCESSORS, Philip Hilton, Engine No. 20; Jonn J, Golden, of No. 42; Martiu Grill, of Hook and Ladder No, 8; George Wheeler, of Engine No, 4; Alexander Mekenver..0f 00k aud Ladder No, 3; Kopert Ty of | rd to this point said | | the expiration of bis term—November, 1876, | Varick, on Monday aiteruoon, December 21, atone | Ferrall, distilier, in the 35th year of his age. of No, 12; John Robisson, of Wo. ae pation of Hook and F, NO. 1; Wilnem of ‘No. 23; W H. Quinn, of No. 3; nive, Of No. 2; William Nople, of Hoo! Ladder No. 1; Jonn E. Boyle, of Engine No, 27; Wtilam Hennessey, o! No. 41; Henry Murray, of No. 32; James McGrath, of and Cadder No. 9; Kaward Hogan, of No. 10. Van Cott callea yeaterdi ing upo! but what the result of the interview was co not be ascertained, MUNICIPAL NOTES. Im the Mayor’s office there are few appoint- ments which amount to much in a pecuniary sense. Notwithstanding this fact Mayor-elect Wickham has been importuned by hundreds for these positions. It 18 understood that the two principal officials who will take charge of the Mayor’s official routine business have been al- Teady designated. Mr. Joel 0. Stevens, formerly Under Sheriff, with Messrs, Kelly, O’Brien and Brennan, wili be Mayor’s marshals, and Mr. George W. Morton, one of the secretaries ol the Tammany Hal) General Committee, wil) have control of the Permit Bureau, Dame Rumor was again busy yesterday around the City Hall. This time there 1s said to have been lately an tmportant gathering of four individuals not entirely unknown to the public—Governor- elect Tilden, Mayor-elect Wickham, Comptroller Green and Mr. John Kelly. Object, mutual admi- ration, congratulation and pi offering. it is emphatically asserted by leading politicians chat a bargain was made to retain Green in ofice ly er haps the imnocent and liberal taxpayers and voters will have something to say on this point. ‘A special meeting of the Board of Aldermen was culled for one o'clock yesterday, to take action on the death of Assistant Alderman Henry 4 Linden. When the hour arrived but two of the ity Favhers were found to be present—Aldermen Cooper aud Koch. A: City Hall lounger suggests he never knew @ quorum wanting when a big dinner oF excursion was on the ¢apis, There 18 not much interest felt in the death of a republican Assistant Alderman. Mayor Vance gracefully officiated yesterday tn the marriage of three couples—two from La Belle France and one. from the Emerald isle. His Honor carried out the ceremonial with the dignity of a Chesterfield ana the religious solemnity of a Meth- odist divine. The happy brides emerged trom the Executive Chamber *lushing al) over with satis- faction and happiness, The following statement has been made by Com- missioner Van Nort of public moneys received b. the Department of Pubiic Works during the wee ending yeaterday:—Croton water rent and penal- ties, $15,147 17; tapping Croton pipes, $138; sewer permits, $270; sewer pipes sold to contractors, 819 75, Toral, $19,434 92. Among the visitors at the Mayor's office for the past few years is a lady who imagines that she ia the owner of the City Hall. On the first of every month she calls for her rent, and 1s invariably in- formed by Halloran, the Mayor’s messenger, that His Honor 1s not in. ‘This seems to satisfy her, but she cails ‘ain and again with similar results. The lady ig apparently about forty years of age and dresses neatly. Her residence or antece- dents nobody seenis tu know. MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. MARRIED. FRAZIER—NEIMYER.—On Thursday, December 17, 1874, by Rev. David R. Frasier, at the residence ofthe bride’s mother, ANTHONY FRAZIER tO JULIA NEIMEYER, all of this ott Arkona CVA Ghanere jchmo! Balumore (Md.) and please copy. LYDDY--CONNELLY.—On Thursday, December 17, 1874, by Rev. Father Merrick, S. J., at St. Francis Xavier’s Roman Catholic church, Sixteenth street, DaNtgL R, LYDDY to MARY AGNES CONNELLY, both of this city. 1 ROSENFELD—PATMAN.—On Wednesday, Decem- ber 16, by Rev. Dr, Adler, assisted by Rey. Dr. Gottheil, Louts ROSENFELD tO FREDERICA, daughter of the late Joseph Fatman, both of this city. Svurron—Hoyt.—On _ Thursday, December 17, 1874, at the residence of the bride’s parents, by the Rev. Hugh Miller Thompson, D: D., EDGaR SuTToN to Lizzie, daughter of Oscar Hoyt, ‘Esq. all of this city. DIED. Baptis.—On Saturday, December 19, JonN BapTis, son of the late John Baptis, boat builder, in the 72a year of his age. ‘The relatives ana friepds are tnvited to attend the funeral, on Tuesday afternoon, at one o’ciock, from his late residence, 156 Hudson avenue, corner of Sands street, Brooklyn. Bos.L¥T.—On Friday, the 18th inst., of diphtheria, youngest daughter of G. Bollet and the late Mary S. Bollet. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend vhe funeral, from the residence, 168 Al- len street, on Monday, 2ist inst., at one P. M. BucKLEY.—On December 19, 1874, ELLEN BUCK- Ley, wife of Denis J. Buckley, aged 38 years, ‘Tne friends of the family, and those of her brothers, Thomas and Peter Fagan, are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 349 Madison street, on Monday, at two o’cloc! BULGER.—On Saturday, December 19, 1874, after @ short illness, MARY AGNEs, Only child of William and Mary Bulger, aged 2 years, 7 months and 28 days, Tne relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfully invited to attend the tuneral, from the residence o! her parents, 426 Canai street, corner o'clock, BuRDICK.—On Saturday, December 12, at Pilatka, eT WELLINGTON W. bUKDICK, iD the 36tn year of 3 age. Funeral will take place cn Monday, December 21, from his late residence, No. 271}, Putnam ave- nue, Brooklyn, a two o'clock P, M. Frienes and relatives of the family are invited. BuRNS.—On December 19, 1874, THOMAS Burns. ‘The relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend te tuneral, from 13 late residence, No. 320 Kast Thirty-first street, on Mouday, December 21, without further notice. a CuarMan.—On December 15, GusstR ., only daughter of William H. and Mary Chapman, aged 4 years, 1 month and 17 days. The reiatives and friends of the family are re- ctiully invited to attend the iunerai, at the Huguenot church, Staten Island, on Sunday, the 20th inst., at three o'clock P. M. CLARKE.—On Saturday, December 19, 1874, the only daugtuwer of Juseph and Margaret Clarke, aged 3 years, 10 months and 19 days. Funeral trom the residence of her parents, 217 Coucord street, Brooklyn, on Monday, December 21, at two o'clock, ‘ CONKLIN.—-At Mount Vernon, East Chester, suddenly, on Friday, Pecember 18, GEORGE CONKLIN, 10 the 75th year of bis age, Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the juneral, irom his late residence, ab two o’clock P, M., on Monday, Decémber 21, Jersey City papers please copy. CUNEHAN.—On Saturday, pecember 19, of diph- theria, MARY AGNgS, only daughter of Michael and Bridget Cuneban, aged 3 years and 56 monwus. ‘The relatives and friends gre invited to attend the saneral, from the residence of her parents, 330 Pearl street, on Sunday, December 20, at two o’clock P. M. DepERicx.—Suddenly, at North Madison, Obio, on December 17, FRANCES LEE, Widow of the late Zachariah Dederick, o! this city. Her remains will be brought to New York. Notice of funeral hereafter, Haan.—On December Hi, after a brief but pain- fal Uiness, BogTius T., the beloved son of Thomas Egan, aged 22 years, 4 months aud 11 days. mterred in Calvary Cemevery, Beep en acest, st his residenes, abe ‘ ast 'Thirty-s; roe riday morning, 181 inst., THO! Rp kirk Relatives and iriends are invited to attend the funeral, [rom the Brick church, corner of Fifth avenue and Thifty-seventh street, on Tuesday morning, 22d inst., at ten o’clock A, M., without farther notice. Brockport and Rochester (N. Y.) and Lee and North Adams (Mass.) papers A pisase copy. FERRALL,—In Brooklyn, E, D., on Friday, De- cember 18, JOHN A. FSRRALL, 800 Of the late Jonn Relatives and friends of the amily are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, No. 181 South Second street, on Mon- day, December 21, at ten o’clock A. M.; thence to St. Peter and St. Paul’s church, Where there will be a solemn requiem mass forthe repose of his soul ; thence 10 Ualvary Cemeteryr FITZPaTRIOCK.—On Saturday, December 19, Caria- RiNE FITZPATRICK, Gaughter of Samuel Fitzpat- rick, aged 2 years and 10 months. The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectiully iavited to attend the funeral on Sun- day, December 20, at one o'clock, from the resi- Poteo§ of her father, No. 321 West Thirty-seventn stree' FRANKS.—On December 17, JOSIAH J. FRANKS, in the sist year or his age, Relatives and triends of the samily are invited to attend iuneral at Reformed church, Bergen avenue, Jersey City Heights, on Monday, Decem- ber 21, at two o'clock P. M. GaARRISON.—On Friday, December 18, Mrs. Many GARRISON, relict of the late Captain Samuel Gar- Hg of St. John, N. B., in the 80th year of her latives and friends are invited to attend the funerai, from the residence of Henry M. Bearns, No. 80 Lee avenue, Brookiyn, on Sunday aiter- noon, December 20, at nali-past one o'clock, St. John papers please copy. GaUCGuBREN.—On Friday, December 18, MICHARL GAUGHEREN, a native Of the parish of Rathwire, Killucan, county Westmeath, Ireland, ‘dhe relatives and iriends of tne family are re- Spectiully invited 10 attend the funeral, on sun- day, December 20, at one o'clock, from hia late re- sidence, 106 West Tweut)-second street, San Francisco papers please copy. Goovnur.—On Friday, tue 16th inst, at his daughter's residence, corner of Fifth avenue and 180th atreet, Mr. WELLS GOODHCE, of Beattieboro, Vt., aged 72 years. ane ‘ai services in Brattleboro, on Tuesday, the ry SaMuRBL HALL, ay Relatives and 1 funeral, from nis jate residence, No, 400 South Tepio seteg, ROAT DyWAL Orange RyeRuA, NAWapks _ i 2iet st eleven o'clock A. M. Oar Mr will ben wai et the Morris and Speed Sopot, Newark, on the arrival of train which leaves New York at 9:10 A, M. HaMILTox.—On the 18th inst., at his residence; Bixty-sixth street and Fourth avenue, JOHN Ham. a ‘@native of Sneem, county Kerry, Ireland, ith year. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral, from St. Vincent Ferrer church, Sixty, sixth street and Lexington avenue, on Monda’ the 2ist tnst., at ten o'clock A. M., where a solem! Tequiem mags will be offered for the repose of hi: i and thence to Calvary Cemetery for inter! men’ Hakt.—On Friday, Decemoer 18, Colonel Ley; Hakr, in she 79th year of 1s ag ‘The relatives and friends of the family are in: vited to attend she funeral, from his late resis dence, corner of Eighty-iourth street and Fis} avenue, on Sunday, 20th inst., at one P, M. HoLBROOK.—On ‘the 18th inst. at her home Morristown, N. J., Mrs, NANCY HOLBROOK, wido) of Ephraim Holbrook, o1 New York, in her 23¢ ear. z Funeral services at St, Peter's church, Morris | town, at one P. M., on Monday, 21st inst. Kigoin.—On Saturday, Decemper 19, MARY ©. beloved daughter of Bernard and Bridge. Kiggin, Relatives and friends of the family are respect’ fully requested to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 318 Broome street, on Monday, tne 21s! imst., at two o'clock P, M. KoRNER.—On Friday, December 18, 1874, HENRY L. KORNER, & native of Hanover, Germany, in the 42d year of his age. The funera! will take place on Sunday, Decem- ber 20, at two P. M., from his late residence, cor- ner of North Tentn and First streets, Brooklyn, E. D. ‘rhe remains will be interred in the Lutheran Cemetery. ‘The triends and relatives of the family are invited to a\tend without further notice, Lapavcu.—At Pleasantville, ou December 19, Henry D. Lapavau. Lravy.—On Friday, December 18, at the ra- idence of her sister, in Blissville, L. L, ELLEN Leavy, in the 50th year of her age. The relatives and iriends of the family arere- quested to attend the funeral, from the residetce- of her sister, Mrs. John Kane, at the above plate, on this (Sunday) afternoon, at three o'clock. Ligvs.—The funeral of HERMANN LIgvs will tare: lace at one P. M., irom 87 Henry street, Nev ork, Relativ: nd friends are kindly invited jo W. KUSTER, attend, ¢ . tter a lingering illness, on poe LINDEN.—A: December 17, at the residence of his sister, No. West Forty-seventn street, the Hon. HENRY i. LINDEN, in ‘his 35th year, His fellow associates, the honorable Board if Assistant Aldernien, the Equitable Association, also the friends of nis brothers, John, James ant Peter, are mvited to attend the funeral, from the above piace, on Sunday, December 20, at twelve o’clock. MARTIN.—At Perryville, Hunterdon county, N. J, on December 18, 1874, JOHN MARTIN, aged 40 years and 9 months. He was @ native of Mount Melich, Queen’s county, Ireland. Funeral -ervices at one o'clock P, M., Sunday, a C. V. Hall’s, Perryville, N, J, MorGan.—1n Aiken, S. C., December 14, FRANE R. Morgan, aged 18 years, son of Grifith and Elizy 1, Morgan. Funeral on Sunday, December 20, at half-pasp one o'clock P. M,, at the residence of his parents, No, 387 Franklin avenue, Brooklyn. MORRILL.—Suddenly, on Tharsday, December 17, JoLia G, wife of Jesse L, Morrill, MD, The 1uneral will take place at her late residence, No. 149 West Foriy-fourth street,on Sunday, the 20th inst., at hall-past twelve P. M. ‘The relatives and {friends o! the family are invited to attend, MULVILLE.—JosePH P. MULVILLE, of consump: in the 31st year of Lis age, on Saturday, De- tion, cember 19. + Reqnuiescat in pace. His remains wil! be taken from the residence of his brother William, No. 533 Third avenue, om Monday, at hal!-past one o’clock P. M., to Valvary Cemetery for interment, His relatives and iriends. are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, McCormIcK.—On Friday, December 18, 1874, MICHAEL McOorMICK, aged 82 years. Relatives and iriends, and also the ’Longshore- men’s Protective Association No. 3, will please at- tend the funeral, irom his late residence, 74 King street, on Sunday, the 20th inst., at two o'clock. McDonaLp.—On Friday, December 15, 1874, at the residence of her uncle, Join McDonald, 14t East Broadway, Lizziz MCDONALD, aged 16 years, 6 months and i9 days. Relatives and friends will please attend the funeral, at two o'clock, on Sunday, the 20th inst. McGraTH.—On Saturday, December 19, MARY,. widow of Dennis McGrath, @ native of Lismore, county Waterford, Lreland, aged 67 years. ‘The relatives and friends of the ‘amily, and those of her son-in-law, Robert Kelly, are respect- fully invited to attend tne funeral, trom her late residence, 312 East Thirty-ninth street, on Mon- day, December 21, at two o'clock P, M. McManvus.—On December 18, MARY ANN Mc- MaNobs, wife of Owen McManus, at her residence, No. 1,042 First avenue, between Fiity-sixth and Fiity-seventh streets, Native of parish of Killes+ handra, Irva, county Cavan, Ireland, NeEssITt.—In Montgomery county, Maryland, on Wednesday, 16th inst., of croup, Rocz BROOKE, infant son of George F. and Louise H. Prxg.—On Tuesday, December 15, EMANUEL B. PIKE, beloved husband of Jane Pike, alter a shoré. illness, in his 54th year. ‘The relatives and friends of the family are in- vited to attend the funeral, on Sunday, the 20th inst., at twelve o’clock, trom his late residence, No. 401 State street. The members of the Brook~ lyn Benevolent Society are invited to attend. ‘The members of the Hebrew Mutual Benefit So- clety are hereby notified that the funeraf of E, B. Pike will take place, from mis late resiaence, 491 State street, Brooklyn, oo Sunday, the 20th inst, at twelve o'clock. A. S. VAN PRAAG, President. PURCELL.—A month’s mind requiem mass for the repose of the soul of Rev. JOHN PURCELL will be celebrated on Tuesday, 224 inst.. at ten o'clock, at st. Malacbi’s church, Vansicien avenue, East New York. The reverend clergy and other friends are re- spectiully invited to attend. ROBERTSON.--Un Monday, December 14, at the residence of his mother, 874 Lexington avenue, alter @ short fliness, GEORGE R. ROBERTSON, 80n Of, George and Aun Robertson, in the 20un year of nis age. Sis remains were interrea in Cypress Hills Ceme- tery, on Taesday, December 15. KopsN.—On Saturday, December 19, 1874, EMILY, the beloved child of John and Annie Roden, aged. 2 years and 4 montis. : "The friends of the family are respectfully in- vited to atzend the funeral, on Monday, the 2180. lnst., from 35 amity street, at one P, M, New Zealand papers please copy. RovsE.—At st. Luke’s Hospital, on Monday’ morning, December 14, 1874, after a lingering ill- | ness, CHARLES W. Kouss, aged 56 years, SCHOONMAKER.—In Brooklyn, on Friday evening,. December 18, LILLIE JOSEPHINE SCHOONMAKER, aged 4years and 6 months, only child of Hiram: Schoonmaker, Jr., and grandohild of Henry T. and Eliza McCoun, Funeral on Monday, at three o'clock, at the resi- dence of H. T. McCoun, 275 Washington avenue. Seppon.—Un December 19, EDWIN B., only 80D of George B. and Lizzie A. Seddon, y SIMONL—ON December 19, 1874, JOHN THEODORE, | beloved son of Theodore aud Adelaide Simoni ani grandson of Junen Crevier, aged 14 months, ‘The relatives and iriends are respectfully Ine vited to attend the funeral, on Tuesday morning, becember at tea o’ciock, from No. 283 Washing- ton street, Hovoken, N. J. Suss. —On Friday, December 18, of membranous: croup, FANNIE M. Sims, only child of Alired andj rece E, Sims, aged 7 years, 10 moutns and 12 ays. The relatives and friends are invited to attend; the !unerai, on Monday, the 2st inst., at twor o’clock P. M., from the residence of her parents, 292 Sonth Third street, Brooklyn. SmirH.—On Friday, December 15, JANE E. SMITH). wife of Washington E. Smith, aged 25 years. Relatives and iriend® are invited to attend the tuneral, from her late residence, 235 West Thirty- first goes on Monday, December 21, at one o’giork, Surri.—on Thursday, December 17, BLANC! beloved daughter of Join and Minnie Smith, age: 5 years, 11 months and 17 days. ‘Relatives and friends are requested to attend the funeral, from the residence of her parents, 203 East Forty-iourth street, to-day (Sunday), at two. P.M. ; ‘SMira.—At Hoboken, N. J., of pneumonia, Davrp SMITH, aged 45 years. —* ‘The relatives and friends and members of Ho- boken Lodge, No. F. and. A. M.; Pentalpoa Chapter, No. 11, R. A. M., and the members of Fra- ternity Lodge, No. 112, L 0. 0. F.; also Hobuck ‘Tribe, No. 2, 1. 0. oi Red Men, are invited toattend the funeral, from the Methodist Episcopal church, Hopoken, on Sunday afternoon, December 20, at one o'clock, The members of Fraternity Lodge, No. 112, I. O. 0. F., are herevy notified to attend a special meet. ing at their lodge rooms, Odd Fellows’ Hall, Ho- boken, on Sunday, December 20, at_ tweive o clock precisely, for the purpose of attending the funeral of their late brother, David Smith, The members ue LS iand and io ie Bee jully invited to attend and join a oraer of MT MILLER, N. 6. vSBR, Secretary. , The members of Hoboken Lodge, No. 35, F. and A, M,, are hereby summoned to attend a special com- munteation on Sunday, December 20, al their lodge rooms, $0 and 82 Washin, atreet, Hoboken, at twelve o'clock precisely, for the purpose of plied the funeral of th smith. ix late brother, Davia ae ea tgeand Join with them. tp diatly invite: trend a . 4 stort R. A. ANDE! order of ‘JOHN P. SEYMOUR, You are hereby auiamoned (0 al rel on our ate brother, D. Smith, the Wigwam, No. 80 Washington street, Hoboken, on Sunday, De- bier ALFRED DOBSON, Sachem. 1B. BIENER, K. R. Srantny nin, Bioki Pepi s 19, 1874, WiLLiam J, STANLEY, age years. tree! yn, Mouday, the 218t inst., n A. hi The remains will be interred at’ Rosedale: Cemetery, Orange, N. J. SrouTHorr.—On Friday, December 18, Mrs. Jane oa reve 4 HOFF, Telict of the late Lambert stootholt, ears, aesiatives and friends of the family are respect~ fuliy invited to attend tne funeral, on Sunday, De-, cember 20, at one o'clock P. M., irom the residence: Of her son, J, Stoothoof, 16 Vandam atreet, WHYTE.—At Fremony N. Y., on Tuesday, Decem-, ber 16, of congestion of the brain, HELEN WHyrs, in the 220 year of her age. The remains were interred in Woodlawn Oeme< Weky on Thuraday, Decamber 12- Secretary. vf 0. BR. M., NO. 32—-BROTHERS~« tend the twneral