The New York Herald Newspaper, December 30, 1874, Page 6

6 PACIFIC MAIL. The Ways and Means Committee Sti Sifting Mr. Irwin’s Accounts. MR. DELAMATER’S LOSS OF MEMORY ——$+ The Statement Made by Mr. John Roach, the Iron-Ship Builder. aeeieteneemeiamsene THE DU The Mysterious Stranger Disappears in the De- funct Brooklyn Trust Company. ‘The Sub-Committee of the Waye and Means re- sumed business at hall-past ten o'clock yesterday morning. Messrs. Beck, Dawes, Burchard, Niblack, Kasson and Wood were in attendance, and Pacific Mail was represented by Mr. Rujus Hatch and Mr, Clarke Bell. A few loungers dropped tn during the day, among whom were Rickard Schell, Leonard Jerome, Luwrence Jerome, Joun Morrissey and others, Yhe facts elicited from the witnesses yesterday were nov very interesting, Mr, Delamater, the casbier of the Marine Bank, was a little too much Jor the committee, as he could not recall the name of the gentleman that presented the $276,000 check, and the only record that he could find on the books placed It to the credit of the Brooklyn ‘Trust Company, au association since exploded, Mr. Billing#, an ex-director of che Pacific Mail, was subjected to qaite @ long and probably rather annoyiog eXamination, which resulted in bis acknowledging a posted in the affairs oj the street, that when STOCKWELL WAS PRESIDENT of Pacific Mail ne did pretty macn he uked, and their beads making any investigations into his management, Mr. John Roach was examined very carefully by Mr. Dawes, who would not hear Mr. Roach’s written statement or allow him to make any explanations about a certain contract. It appears irom statements made by people well acquainted with Pacific Mail affairs that when what Stockwell was elected President he controlled the | stock and put in a board of directors to suit bim- self. The company then owned some 26,000 shares of their own stock, besides some shares of Panama | Railroad stock, Stockwell commenced putting the siock up, and when it was at eighty the directors decided io sell the 26,000 siares for the benefit of the company, but Stockwell, thinking the stock would go to par, decided to hold them and guaranteed the company that price. The money given to Irwin, some $750,000 in all, was probaoly given on Stockwell’s private account, as he was forced to assist the subsidy in order to raise the price of the stock. At @ meeting of the directors one of their number, MR. SMITH, Mstinctly told Mr. Stockwell that the expenses in relation to the subsidy for the purposes of explain- ing the China trade, employing counsel, &c., Bhowld not exceed $5,000. Afterward, when the stock began to fall, the false entries in the Pacific Mail books that have recently been brought to light must have been made, were made it was /ouud that Stuckweil owed the company about $2,600,000, and he settled with them as follows :—$1, 100,000 in noves secured by a mortgage on the Howe Sewing Macnine Company, the transier of the Webb Steamsiip Company, at the nominal figure of $800,000, when it dia pot cost him half thateum, and the $750,000 paid to Irwin trom what he claimed was his private ac count. It was nearly eleven A. M. before the committee commenced business by the examination of Mr. George S. Scott, who stated that @ paver said to be a transcript from tue Pacific Mail Steamsnip Company's books was sent to his oMice, that claimed that they were in debt to the company several huncred thousand dollars. On examina- tiou of our books we found that no transaction of the kind had been made. THE ENTRIES In the Pactfic Mati Steamship Company’s books referring to us were faise. We were first made aware of this claim through Mr. Rufus Hatch, tbe | I was a director of the Pacific Mall Steamsnip Company at the same time. The charges of the company against our firm were of various amounts, the largest somewhere about $150,000, 1 will turnish @ transcript oj the account against us by the Pa cific Mail Steamship Company. There is not @ ingle charge against us that is correct, I believe Ihave not examined the en- tries on the Pacific Mail Steamsnip Company's Managing director of the company. them ali to be [alse. books. I have seen nothing but the transcript. Mr. Christian B. Macdougal was then sworn and aod am @ police officer eorge S. Coe and remem- Der tis calling my attention to a genleman wio had some transactious with the American Ex- | cnange Bank; Mr. Coe called my attention loa gentleman Who bad presented a check tor @ large Sum of money; | think Mr. Coe Was rather anxious his name; Mr. Coe pointed him out to me; } do not remember whether there was anybouy wich him; the last time Lsaw the gentiemen I followed he ‘Was sitting in an office oi the Kguitavie Butding; J learned irom Mr. Coe that the gentiewau’s name said—| reside in this Sy, by occupation; I know about it as the man would now give was Mr. King, formerly PuSTMASTER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; 1 cannot reco lect whether there’ was auyvody with hum; to the best of my belief there was no | body with bim when ae weut iuto the Park Bank, Mr. W. C. Noyes, of tue firm oi Harriott & Noyes, ‘Was the next wituess examined. oi the frm of Harriott & Noyes; doing business avout five years; (know Mr. A. B. Stockwell, the lorwer President ot the Pacific Mail Steamship Company; I do not know Mr. Irwin; in May, 1872, we lad considerable business trans- actions with Mr. A. B, Stockwell; I have no know!l- eck Lor $650,000 that Ls credited to us in the Pacific Mail Steamship Company’s edge avout the ¢ books; we have never received any avaiis [rom that check; this check, No. 3,023, tarough our bands; it is what we call an EXCHANGE CHECK; it was given simply in exchange ior our check on ihe Continental Bank, 48 an accommouauon to Mr. Stockwell; the $7,647 that we paid above the $500,000 was returned to us on the following day by acheck irom the Panama Railroad Company ; it could not have been the interest on $650,000 check, a8 no such loan was made to us; I Gisunctly say that these entries of $650,000 are Ja.se, a3 BObOdY belonging to that company had any authority to make use of our name in avy such transactions. Mr. Dawes then asked Mr. Noyes what would be the interest on $650,000 Irom May 24 [o September 10. cent per annum; f have no knowledge way the exchange checks Were not both dufedon tie same day; the figures for which we drew tue check were given us by Mr. Stockwell; I do not know why he hadthe check drawu for such an | amount; it was done sunply at bis request; we bad no business dealings with slaridge & Irwia that | know ol. At Mr, Beck's request Mr. Noyes repeated the description of poe transactiou of exchange of checks between them and Mr. Stockwell. Mr. Woo then asked:—‘-Were you interested with Mr. Stockweu im any of fis transactions 7”? Answer—No, sir, we only acted as brokers. Mr, John P. lisley was then sworn. He said:—I belong in Philadelphia; | kuow nothing abont sir. King’s transactions with the Pacific Mall Steam- sbip Company, except what I heard irom Mr. Coe, o. the American Excuange Bank; | know Mr. Kin, 48 | live in the summer ip Minnesota, where he r eides; Ido not know in what bapk in St. Paal Mr. King keeps mis accoant; the testimony of Mr, Coe yesterday explains everytuing that I know, Mr. Griswold, of tue firm of Darling, Griswold & Co., Was then sworn—i am a member of the firm ot Dariing, Griswold & Co. i these two cheeks were both indorsed vy us; No. 2,552, dated May 30, 1872, tor $1,469 17, drawn by W. S. King, and indersed rare to Daring, Griswold & Co., and indorsed y us; the other, No. 2,550, for $5,000, and made jayable to Us Irom the same person; | have no pieces how that money was usea; { do not re- member Mr. King; | only know that I tndorsea these caecks and that the amount was paid out in differentaums,; | am one of the proprietors oi Lue FIRTH AVENUE HOTRI. Mr, sworn—I am the casbler Of the \, and was in May, 1872; Irom I @t these checks | shonid imag- ine they were im by Mr. King, woo pad tem placed to bis credit; the oheck ior $1,459 was paid ih vo us On May 31, and the $5,000 check on June 1; tne first charge against Mr, that we find tn our books Was $800, and tnen paid to Mr. eee a te jon i there was $2,760 paid to Tiffany & Oo. for jewels and $125 d to Mr, Brackett; on June 21 find @ charge of to himseif and $48 to Tiffany & Co. and Loen LES OF A DIRECTOR EXPLAINED set, Known long ago to those | the directors never bothered | When investigations | —l am a member we bave been bas passea ihe Auswer—i make it about $15,700 at seven per | fiat were voth | NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY. account; | koow Mr, King personal; member seeing Mr, King in company wita any one; he Never remained here very long and was generally alone, ‘Mr. Gage was then asked to make a transcript | of Mr. King’s acgount to farnish to the committee and to be appended to bis evidence, Mr. Gage then produced the hotel register, May 29, 1872, and said Mr. ning arrived at dinner time May 29, 1872. His name 1s registered here, Mr, Beck and the otner members of tne committee then examined the signature 80 a8 to Compare it with those on the diferent checks, Mr. John Roach, the well-known shtpbuilder, | was then sworn. Mr. John Roach asked permis- sun to read a statement that he had prepared, Mr. Dawes conducted the examination:—I have been in the iron steamship building about three ‘ail Steam-hip Company sce the fall of 1871; I ‘was then butlding oue vessel for them that was to trade between here and Aspinwall; I built two vessels for them prior to June 1, 1872; J had no other transactions with them at that time; I had po kuowiedge that (hey were applying to Coagress: jor @ subsidy except what 1 saw in the daily papers; 1do not think Ispoke to anybody about the SUBSIDY; ne oMcer of the company asked me to aid them im the pessage of that subsidy; 1 spoke to Do member of Cotigress on the subject; kpow who was employed by them for that par pose; L never saw any money pass between any j Mdividuais for that purpose; | know nothing more than what ramor attributed to Mr. Irwin; othing passed between myself and Mr. Seockwell about the subsidy; upon close investigation in my mind | think that Mr, irwin came to me and asked me for some statistics of the China trade; that is all the coanection I have had with him; 1 was in New York during the winter of 1872. Mr. Dawes then put some Very direct questions that resuited in eleciting the injormation that beiore June, 1872, Mr. Roach bad no connection at ali with the suo- sidy. Mr. Roach then said:—My dealings with the présent board have had no connection with any expenditures prior to Jane, 1872, The ‘ollowing ia Copy Ol the statement pre- pared by Mr. Roach to read to the committee, but Which they were evidently not curious to hear:— MR. ROACH’S STATEMENT. MR. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEXEN OF THe ComMITTER With your permission, which I have the honor to ask, . before answering any questions, to make a brief aiement with direct reference to the subject matter now betore you. I think 1 might aimost establish a species ot claum to such an indulgence, in view of the ss, for T wreckers? of the Mail steamship Company as the one obnoxious n Who persists in sianding between them and their in- 1 victim, Itis my behet, however, Liat this state- of mine will be not only of interest in itgell, but nd save the time of the Commit. ydirect them to the asking of ing questions than those they might propose without it First—1 believe | may say, without egotism, that it isa well known fact that! have given the best days of my hfe to the advocacy, in public and private, of the doc- trine that it is @ neressity of American commercial prosperity that we should build and own our own steamships. I have had, if I rightly remember, the honor of both conversing and corresponding on’ this subject with your present Chairman, Mr. Dawes, long before the Pacific Mail subsidy becaine any where a matter of consideration, This fact is of value and per- tinence at this tine, a4 throwing a strong explanatory light gpon the position in which the coarse ot events has placed me. Second—I desire to state, distinctly and finally, that during the entire discussion of the granting of the sub- sidy to the Pacific Mail » partin that discussion, directly or indirectly, and have no knowledge that | ever spoke on that subject, at that time, to any pubic man in Washington, in or out of Con gress, Neither did | have any “understanding,” as itis called, on this subject, covert or otherwise, with the { company or with any party or parties acting for them, Third—When the question of granting the subsidy wis before Congress, | understood it to be in the fortn of a eheral law. not intended for the specific benefit of the ‘acific Mail Steamship Company, only as they were Ukely to be, as they atterwards’ proved, the lowest bidders under the terms of the law, so tairly and honorably obtaining the contract. It then, or at any subsequent time, improper means have been employed tw further the Interests of the company betore Congress, I sincerely hope endless assaults made upon me in the pubise 1 seem to be regarded by the would-be Pacific m such indeed there were, may be promptly discovered and punished as they deserve. I have in my possession, nevertheless, the means of showing that the govern- meut will be in no way a loser by now carrying out the Provisions of the contract, as made under the law, with the parties now composing the company and who have not inherited the “original sin” reterfed to, should its existence 1p those days be proved. Fourth have built six vessels tor the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, and | have now in hand contracts for the construction of five more. For all of these ves- Seis the contract Was awarded to me in the regular and customary Way, not atall by undue tavor of any kind; but simpiy because [vas the lowest responsible bidder theretor. questions which may be asked me with reference to these contracts, for they have pecn falsely and mali- ciously connected witn the subject matter now before your com mittee. Especiaily ao I deny and defy any man, in or out of the company, to show that my sup- posed influence or management in Washington, or the Use thereof, entered into thoss contracts in any way whatever. Fijth—I have by me, taken from my own books and capable ot the fullest verification, the necessary data of the cost of the eonstruction of these vewsels, to show, in comparison with the prices actually received by me theretor, that my profit on these contracts was but a smail margin. it any, and afforded me much less than a fair commercial gain. The advantage to me in building them lay, first, In thus practically proving to the world ch a thing could now be done in this country; ud, second, in thus honorably opening the way toa rapid and éxtended development of American ship- ui ing. Sizth—Afler the act granting the subsidy in question became # law I was sull unknown to the Pacite Mail | Steamship Company in this matter, and they actaally made contracts with other parties for the construction of their iron steamstups before they had any dealings concerning them with me. | aScrenth knowing well the nature and, prospective magnitude of ibe Asiatic South "american | wade on the Pacific, and believing that America had | now obtained a suMciently strong hold upon it to control its development, and, knowing, at the same time that the iron steamship tw be the ‘inevitable ship of the future, ] at once vegan to increase my facilities tor evety other business pre! own mind, that | would controi the constroction of the great fleet, which | plainly saw would be required. ‘the resale has but proved the correctness of ny caiculations, and {am glad that it has thus fallen to me to demon- strate that we can build such ships as these in America, Oi the largest ciass, on the most extensive scule, and that ship Company to come to me, whether they would or Not, no other man being prepared to undertake imme- diately that whien their necessities imperatively de- | manded, to do itas cheaply end in the time required, | and in a manner fluancially: adapted to their pecuniary | circumstances. ‘These are the honorable methods of Jegitumate business, and such as are open to ali men. Ninth.—Up to the time about when the two large ships, City of Tokio and City of Peking, were about one-third constructed, everything in connection with these con- tracts seemed to be working wetl At this time the peculiar management of the company's affairs by the iS i administration had brought them to such a tos Dass that it seemed as if the company Itself must go my own private capital already tnvested in these ships. The aspeet of things waa, indeed, discouraging, tor these | vessels had been planned and built as postal service ships, not likely to be rofitabie for an: | ile abe unconiected with public employment, 1 then decided in my own mind that in case the company could not get through its difMcuities the government would suli be giad to obtain the services of these ships from any party able to offer them, aad I mortgaged my own private proverty to carry out my plans, all throuzh the Rreat financial convulsion of last year, while at that | Nery time the then President of the company advised | me to sell one of the ships I was constructing in order to | be able to complete the other. It will be seem, 1 think, thatthe position I have beld in this matter has been thoroughly independent and seli-reliant. It was dur ng this time, as 1 have good reason to believe, that a combination Was made in the interest of parties who had made or proposed to make short sales of the com- pany’sstock, and uihere to wreck the company. throw ivinto bankruptey and give the Pacific trade over into the hands of foreigners. Immediately after this, how- ever—iy own holding on and making this effort to fin- ish the ships being the main agency in keeping the com. pany alive—the present directors came into power. and by their efforts the flnances of the company were put in te Important sums of money were re- r they had been apparently lost, and these jed the company to make further payments on cou- struction account. Ten h—Then came the more full development of the combination of which Ihave spoken, and the present raid upon the company’s interests begun. Threats of rivalry by foreign smips and the introduction of Ku- ropean capital were supplemented by an effort in Wash- ington to prevent the scceptance of the ships by the government, overlooking the objects of the law and the | purposes oi their construction, interposing the techni- | cal plea that the ships had not been completed within the specified tame, and throwing them back on the company’s hangs ata time when were still largely indebted to myself, A bill was actually under consider. ation betore one of the comm|itees of Congress putung this proposed rejection on this technical plea into the form of a law. it was then, in response to a letter trom the Chairman of that committee, that I Grat iy Rall in Washington in this matter. [aid not appear before that committee, however, as an advocate of the company or | in mere defence of’ Its subsidy contract, for i consider | the latter good in law this day; but to urg: as best I could that the government should not even attempt to tuke advantage of so purely technical an objection, and to enter my solemn protest against the passage.ot 4 !aw which combined the abrogauon of a solemn contract | with giving a deadly blow to an important American | commercial interest. Eleventh—lo show the depth of the plot for the assas- sination of the Pacific Mail steamship Company, I will state that within these past sixty days I have received Anonymous letters, sekiing forth in what manner might, in the position [occupy turn the destruction of the company largely to my own private gain, the writers ently imagining that, lke themseives, T had no other besides my bank account nor any but purely sél- interests to serve. As there were no other witnesses present the committee adjourned until half-past one and sent @ messenger to bring Mr. Deiamater, the cashier of the Marine Bank, before them, as that person | had tatled to make hts appearance at noon accord- | tng to the promise ne made the committee on Monday. It was alter two P. M. betore business was resumed. The first witness examined at the afternoon session was Mr. Delamater, the cashier of the Matune Bank. He stated :—I hold in my hand the siip that shows the deposit of a $275,000 check of the Brookiyn Trust Company; in our credit book we find on the 30th of May, 1872, a deposit of check for $275,000 trom the Brooklyn Trust for kee ck io the ledger we have on the 30th day 01 May tue sum of $275,000 credited to the Brooklyn Trast Company; I know nothing further than What the books show; this 1s the only iniormation that | can give on the sub- ject; | read Mr. Clarke’s statement and I remem- ber | told him that the parties depositing it were responsible peopie; their stock was then worth $120, and I had every reason to believe that they were responsibie ; Mr. Mills was the President of the Brooklyn Trost Company at that time and Mr. Rodman the cashier; the check when deilvered would {all inco the bands of the receiving teller; a check might have been brought by the messenger of the company ; there 1s a charge On our books on May 30, of $160,000 against the BROOKLYN TRUST COMPANY | that came in three checks; tuere ts also a charge | oF $60,000 on dine 1; on tue 12th Of June a sum of $512,000 was drawn out; tuat womid include that 4 de we gave nim our check for $2,900 to balance nis | ance ma: ears; i lave bad transactions with the Pacific | mship Company I took no | nd trust | that the parties to the corrupt transactions so arising, if | Tam fully prepared to answer, in detail, ail | we chn build them economically and well —My policy has proved a success, however, only | | in this way—that it compelied the Pacific Mail Steam- | Mati but thatdid not make any material oife: | | down and that with it must be sunk a large amount of 8 purely mercan- posit of $275,000 aud other sums; the mext bal | Ny Ov us wason the Sth of September; ; 1 do not re- | the checks between April and tie 5th of septem- ver have been returued to the Brookiya Trust Company; | received the check (rom the Brooklyn Trust Company, and | have never tad any knowi- edge of the individual from whom this check came; when [told Mr. Clarke tat 1 knew the per- son from whom the check came I meant that I Knew the firm or company; personaly, | have no idea who the man was that brought the check; L do not know what the Brookiyn ‘Trust Company can tell you in the matter, as they were only customers of ours, that brought thelr uc- counts like any ordinary merchant; I can give you no details how that $150,000 was checked out, we take no cogni- zance ol the indorser; at the time the deposit but the committee concluded to examine him. | of $275,000 was made the Brooklyn Trust Company had about $151,000 to their credit with the Marine K, but as they drew $150,000 the same day they had $276,000 leit; sums were drawn out aiter- wards, on June 2, $58,000; June 3, $2,000; June 6, $100,000; June 12, $60,000 and June 1s, $100,000; there were also a large number Of deposits maae dur the same time; we received the money from the American Exchange Bank on tie follow- Ing day through the Clearing House; | do not remember making any statement to Mr. Clarke tbat I cnew the man who brought the check to our bank; 1 do not recollect my attention being called vo the matter by any odicer ol the American Ex- change Bank; 1 HAVE NO RECOLLECTION of the check whatever; I do not know whether the check had any indorsements or not. Mr. Dumont Clarke, the cashier of the American Exchange Nationai Bank, was then recalled and conjronted with Mr. Delamater. Mr. Clarxe said he recognized Mr. Delamaier, and that he was the gentleman with wnom he bad the conversation at the Marine Bank, Mr. Clarke said that he had asked him about the person who had paid in the $275,000 check if he was ail right, and that ur. Dela- mater replied. “Yes he was ali right;”’ 1am satis- fied that Mr. Delamater satd ne knew the person ; 1, mysell, know nociing more about we matter, Mr. Delamater then resumed:—We have had no business with the Brooklyn Trust Company since thew reorganization; | know the oficers of the present company, althongh we have done no busi- ness with them; I do not know the names of the trustees with whom we settled our account; 140 not know where you can find them. Mr. Dela- mater then retired, carrying off his books. Mr. O, P. U, Billings was then sworn aud exam- ined :—I reside in New York, and have been a ai- Tecior of tne Pacific Mati Steamship Company; 1 was elected in 1871 and remained in ofice until late in 187: was a director during the passage of the subsidy; | Know that Mr. Irwin was sent to Washington to represent the Interests of the company; he-was employed, I believe, t) try and secure the passage of the bill; | do not know of any other person having been employed for that purpose ; I do not know of any money having been used for the purpose of aiding the pussage OF the bill; Ll was present when STOCKWELL WAS AUTHORIZED to expend money vo assist the passage of the bill; it is such along time since the meeting of tne Board that |can hardly remember the exact lan- guage that Was made use of at the Board; | re- member so:ue discussion about the resolution, aud Mr. Stockwell said it Was necessary to spend some money to entertain, employ counsel, &c., in order to secure the passage of the bill; 1 beneve Mr. Stockwell stated that @ sum o1 $10,000 wouid be all that was necessary; I am certain that no large sum Was set apart for the purpose of influencing legisiation; during my attendance at the meet- ings I heard of no atvempt being made by the com- pany to INFLUENCE LEGISLATION ; I donot know of any sum oO! $600,000 being re- tained for such gurposes; such a thing could be done, as the direMors were in the habit o! leaving considerable power in the hans of the President, Secretary and Treasurer of the company. Mr. Dawes then commenced his cross-exami- nation, in which he asked @ numoer of questions as to the POLICY OF THE COMPANY, whether they wished to know wuhat their Presi- dent was doing in regard to the subsidy. Mr. Billings was very careiul in his replies, but ac- knowledged that if the airectors of the company had beep very anxious to know what ur. Stock- Well was doing, they could have found out ov reference to tueir booxs. He then said:—I never beard of any of the directors making any inquiries as to What Mr. Stockwell was expending on the matter; became a director on the 16th of Novem- ber, 1871; 1 went in with what is cailed the STOCKWBLL BOARD; 1do not know whether Mr. Stockwell- owned the majority of the stock at that tim thik the stock was then worth about fovty-iour; it went during the Stockwell administration above par; lam not sure whether 1 was carrying auy stock: I may have bad a couple of hundred shares; I do not think lever made any examination into the books of the company ; the auditing committee ex- amined the vocks regularly; it was the habit of that company to leave tle drawing of checks en- tirely in the hands of the President and Treasurer ; Ido not remember any call being made on the President to make a statement of what he had done in regard to the subsiay. Mr. Beck then read a copy of the resolution au- thorizing Mr Stockwell to spend certain sums in aiding the passage of the subsidy. Mr. Biilings then said, -“That is the only authorization that I kuow being made with the company’s consent; I do not know why these moneys you speak oi (about $150,000 in ail) were put into Mr. Irwin’s hand; ! never teard any member of the Board of Directo's make any remarks about it.’” Mr. Beck then said, ‘Does not it appear to you that the directors of the company shut their-eyes tothe action of the President?” Mr, billings said, ‘That i8 a Mutter of opimion.” But, being pressed, said he believed that it was generally customary for the directors of bap la to ex- amine closely into their accounts, but it was an- derstood in the Pacific Mail Steamship Company to leave the matter in the bands of their President; . the matter of entertainments, I believe was some dinners that it might be necessary to give in Washington to as- sist the passage of the subsity; the Board of Directors ratified the resolution giving him discretionary power to expend certain sums; | don’t know exactly what Particalar use, personally, tiiat 1 was to the Board of Directors, and pernaps if @ close investigation was made into many of the companies throughout the countr, will be found that the directors leave pu dad eal reasurer ; 1 in the hands of the President and knew that Mr. Stockwell was operating in Pacific ence, a3 it was customary in New York; I do not remember stating tha’ ir, Stockwell denied hav- ing used any large sums of mouey for legislauve purposes; the accounts of the SAN PRANCISCO AGENCY are generally submitted every three months; I do not remember the names of the Buard of Auait at that time; 1 was not selected as director irom any. particular position that I could occupy in the Board; I knew that the company nad applied for a suosidy; I never heard from pny agent of tne | companies that they were applying for such a sub- sidy; 1 may have asked at the office of the com- pany how the affair was progressing and heara that there was @ prospect O! obtaining 11; I have Jeurned trom the ofticers of the company of the dt Jerent loans made by the company; I do not re- member ever making inguiries as to how much it would cost to get this subsidy; i! | had examined the vooks } should probably have known what Was going on, bat at the meetings the President was in the habit of making a statement, watch | the directors generaily accepted; at that time [ had no other connection with the company except as director, but since I have acted as attorney tur | them, and was pretty well acqaaimted with thew financial condition. Mr. Thomas B, Musgrave was then sworn—I knew Richard B, Irwin; he had considerable busi- ness With me tn 1872; he bought and suld stocks through our honse; it was a business of deposits and dispursements on checks; 1t was more a per- sonal account than otherwise; this Is a copy of his account during the period you speak oj; on the 25th of May Mr. Irwin deposited $9,000 with u: on July 10 there was another deposit of $13,000, and on July 25 of $5,800; these are all the cash a posits he made with us; he drewvun us for $6,000, payable to the American ®xchange Bank; I was in the habit of seeing him quite oiten; I betieved he was engaged in the subsidy in Washington; it | was @ general impression | bad got from what he had told me; be never told me Of any amount that he disbursed; I do not think there is anytoing in this account that has anything to do with bis dis- bursements in Washington. The committee thea adjourned to meet to-day at hall-past ten A. M. THE POLICE COMMISSIONERS. THEY DISMISS TWO DETECTIVE OFFICERS AND DECIDE TO REORGANIZE THE DETECTIVE FORCE. The Police Commissioners met yesterday morn- ing and overlaid some unimportant routine bust- ness, with two acts of startling significance to te | attachés of the Police Department. The first of these is the dismissal from the potice force of the | two detectives Tilley and Heidelberg, who were tried on Monday for the theft ofa blanket, Com- missioner Matsell introduced the motion for the expulsion of the officers, and every member of the Board voted for it. After this action nad been taken, Commissioner Disbecker of- fered @ resolution that the detective force should be reorganized, He referred to tue testimony given on Monday during the trial of Detectives Tilley | id that it indicated the | and Heidelberg, and necessity for changes within the Detective Office. He believed that immediate action should be taken, and, therefore, moved the resolution, Mr. Voorais remarked that he knew that tne detective foree ought to be reorganized; yet he dia not be- lieve in reorganizing it hastily. He thought that another system for, and the manner of changing tne constituents of, the detective force should be thought out carefully. Superintendent Walliag is aiready entrusted, be said, to report in what way tne force should be reorganized to increase its eMciency, and he thought it improper for tne Bourl to act upon the suvject pelore they knew of the resuis of the Super- invencent’s inquiries and reflections. Com- missioner Voornis also thonght that as cer- tain evil features, hitherto concealed, seem about to show themselves outside the body of the detec. tive force, they ought to be given time to develop | themseives. They would carry ther own cure, and the means of preventing their recurrence Commissioner Disvecker said, in response, that wh le ne agreed with most of Mr. Voornia’ sent Mens, be .€1t that Lhe peowle had yecome distrust . DECEMBER 30, 1874—WITH SUPPLEMENT. ful of the detective force, and wanted itto be changed immediately, Coumissioner Disbecker’s resolution was then adopted by the Board, The Commissioners will Meetat ten o'clock to-day In execulive session to bear Superintendent Watlinz's report, and to adopt 4 plan for the coming reorganization, PUBLIC. HEALTH. SOME FACTS ABOUT THE SMALLPOX—ITS COURSE THROUGH THE CITY, AND HOW IT CAN BE - STOPPED. The Commissione#s of the Board of Health held their regular weekly meeting yesterday afternoon, The most important details of the business they transacted were, frst, to order @ certain Dr. Bergnaus, of No. 49 West Twenty-fourth street, to be prosecuted for not having reported a case of smallpox which came under bis notice and was treated by him forfour days; the second impor- tant feature was the resolution adopted requesting the Police Commissioners to detatl twenty-five men from the sanitary squad to assist the healtn officers in their search for concealed cases of swallpoxs, A very interesting report was received from Inspector James B. Taylor, of the Vaccination De- partment, It detailed the work of the Vaccina- tion Corps, between the Ist and 26th of Decem- ber, and pointed out some of the good results of that work. During the time mentioned there were §,349 persons vaccinated, of whom 2,987 were treated so tor the first time. All the others, 6,362 in number, were revaccinated. Since the last report of its operations the Vaccination Corps bas been at work im the section of the cit bounded by Broadway, Houston and Fifty-nint streets and the North River. The vaccinators have gone irom house to house. Inspector Taylor in bis report pointed out that the course of the smailpox 1s shilling to the westward—that it is beginning to move downward on the west side of the city. He attriouted its gradual departure Irom the east side of the city to the work of vac- ciation which has been done there. The vac- cinators have got ahead of the disease, and have checked it above Grand street in tnat quafter, He says that they will very soon get beyond its preeincts on the west side of the city, ana will thus check the progress it 1s now making down town. The report says that since the mates of the Dea! and Damb Asylum have been vaccinated there have been DO new cases of smallpox in the insutution, . ‘The icliowtng comparative statement of cases of contagious diseaves for the two weeks ending December 26, is trom the report received (rom Dr. Day, the Sanitary Superintendent: é Week Ending Diseases. Dec. 19." Dec. 26. Typhus iever i ‘Typhoia tever 9 let fever sl rt 1 | Diphtheria 138 Smalipox. 92 Cerebro-spinal meningi The following 18 the usual weekly report of Dr. Harris, the Kegistrar of Vital Statistics :— Bureau or Virat Stanistics, Dec. 29, 1874, To rae Secretary of tue BoaRp or Hxauti:— Sin—The total number of deauis in the week ending on the 19th of December was s7land the number re- ported last week was 565. The increase of mortality uring the two weeks shows that the chief part ot it is charged to pulmonary diseases and the causes incident w enfvebled vitailty.. In the weck ending on the ivh inst, there were 1W deaths trom pbthisis, against 65 trom that disease in the corresponding week last year, and there were 87 trom pneumonia and bronchitls, agains. 72 in corresponding week last year; 32 from smnalipox, ayainst 1 last year, and 59 from diphtheria, against $4 sast year, and 177 deaths trom the zymotic class of causes Aitogether, against 123 in corresponding period last year. the crowded tenements and the poor classes throughout the city gave the increased mortality wit- essed ip the past two weeks. ‘The mean temperature last week was at 31.9 decrees Fanrenueit, and in the previous week it was 30.6 grees. The neeay poor require chari whic! teach and help to live healthtully now when the season is inclement and the demand tor labor so depressed that vast numbers must live scantily and tn crowdea tene- menis ‘The death rate is now fluctuating between 27 and 28 per 1,000 of (he popuiation, Ibe deau: rate for the past filty- two weeks, and tor the year 1474, is 27.5 per 1,000 ot the total estimated population of 1,W4,0W souls ‘This raio shows a tavorable decrease trom th steadily rates of the previous eighteen months. Respecttully sub- mutted. ELISHA HARAld, M. Duy Registrar of Vital Statistics, THE COKPORATION COUNSEL. Mayor Vance has addressed the following sharp communication to Mr. E, Delafield Smith, Counsel to the Corporation, in relation to the farming out of this gentleman's duties to favorite lawyers :— EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, CITY HALL, New York, Dec. 30, 1874. E bogie thle) Smurn, Esq., Counsel to the Corpo- ration :— Srk—in making the appropriations for the pur- pores of the government of the city ior the year 75, the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, upon your representation and in consideration Of the many htigations in which the city has be~ come inyolved, appropriated, as a contingent iund to the Department of Law, tae sum of $100,000, A practice, sume time since Introduced, has grown into a system in the administration of the Law De partment, of selecting for particular cases special counsel and vesting the counsel so selected with all the powers of the Counsel to the Corporation, Gisere onary, and otherwise, in relerence to such ation. ‘This | consider to be an abuse in the admintstra- thon Of the department wuica ought to terminate. The system virtuaily suddivides the duties o1 the office of the Counsel to the Corporation over a Lumber of lawyers’ offices in the city; so much 80 that 1t 18 difficait to determine where oficial re- sponsibility rests. The contingent fund appropriated to the depart- ment is not intended to ve avplied in farming out, as it were, special litigation 10 spectai counsel, The sole object of this iund is to obtain the ser- Vices of such eminent counsel as can be secured to aid you in protecting the interests of the city in litigations 0/ magnitude in wach it is or may be engaged. With you rests the responsibility, and you cannot relieve yoursel! thereof by handing over the care of a particular litigation to auy coun- sei you may select, It ia your duty to represent the city in all its litigations, and where, in the dis- charge of this duty, it 18 necessary ior you to ap- pear in Court, you ought to attend there. i desire your immediate attention to the subject matter oi this communication. Respectiully, SAMUEL B. H. VANVE, Mayor. CORONERS’ WORK YESTERDAY. Coroner Eickhoff yesterday held & number of inquests, including one in view of the body of George Lowery, of Buffalo, who died suddenly yesterday morning of heart disease at the Sinclair House, Broaaway and Eighth street, and in the cases of Uharles Davis, who died at the Yorkville prison on Monday, and Fanny Ann Audray, who poi soned herself with Puris green on Monday even- ing at No. 180 Prince street. Verdicts in accord- ance with the facts were entered. He also held inquests in the case of Francis Gaul, English, and Joan Reardon, Irish, who died at the Charity Hos- pital, Coroner Woluman inquired into the cir- cumstances eas | the death of Daniel Kil- marven, a child, at No, 204 Kast Forty-seventh street, who dieu yesterday; Bridget Graham, aged jorty-six years, of No, 269 Tenth avenue, who fell down stairs on Monday evening, and Frecerick Smyet, aged two years, who died suddenly yester- aay at No, 47 Curistopner street. in the matter of the death of Edward Thornton, ABUSES OF a sailor, of Philadelpnia, who, on tie uight of the | loth was killed by being rum over by an East Broadway car in Chatham street, Coroner Wolt- man took voluminous testimony yesterday, and the jury renoered a verdict attributing the deatn to accident, thus relieving the empioyés of the road of the charge of carelessness, A few days ago two young women appeared be- fore Coroner Eickuoll and made aMdaviis seriously compromising the projessional reputation of Dr, Charles De Moor, o1 No, 802 sixth street. Upon the information thus laid @ Warrant was issued, and Monday evening Dr. De Moor and his brother Herman, of tue same residence, were arrested by Detectives Bennett and Tieman and confined tn the Central Oftice. The exact nature of the al- loged crime has not transpired. THE FERRY SLAUGHTER. Sergeant McGiven, of the Seventh precinct, yesterday notified Coroner E:ckhof to hold tn- quests into the cause of death of Charies Natrang, of No. 42 Clymer street, Williamsburg, and John Karamanacher, of Jamaica Plank Road, who met their death owing to the collision in che fog on Monday evening between the ferry boat Alaska and the caitie boat Colaen. Karamanacher died at ; Bellevue Hospital at eight o’clock on the evening of the accident. The bodies sre at the Morgue. Among the witnesses whose names are furnished by the Sergeant are the pilot, two deck hands and the enginger of the Alaska and Tuomas Copnors, No, 334 South Second str Willtamsburg; K. O. Rice, No. 118 Fifth street, Williamsburg; J. L. Beli, No. 252 Union avenue; W. E. Hant, No, 278 South Fourtn street, Williamsburg; James Benson, No, 584 Water street, New York, ana Officers Moyland and Leary of the Seventh precinct. The date when the inquiry will be opened has not been fixed by the Coroner, but it wui be held next week, TER. James Payne, a gardener, was struck by the ioco- motive of @ train on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad,on Monday night, and ai- most instantly killed, It appears that Payne, who Was about seventy years of age, Was walking along the track, when, in the fog, his presence was not observed by the engineer and he was struck, The remains were pickea up and on examination Payne’s neck was found to be broken. On bis per- #0n Was & bottle ol whiskey. He leaves a wile and quite a young family, bis eldest chiid being ooly mine years old, . Murphy, Esq., ali of this city. WALL STREET NOTES. THE LAKE SHORE STATEMENT AND DIVIDEND— A CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT—THE GOLD 6IT- UATION—INCREASING ANXIETY—GROWING DE- SIRE FOR THE BEASSEMBLING OF CONGRESS— ANOTHER TRUNK LINE TO THE WEST. ‘The atreet has now two points of interest con- cerning which it is fretting itself against the walis of private secresy. The one is THE REPORT IN LAKE SHORE, A meeting of that company was held yesterday morning, at which a dividend of 34 per cent, pay- able on the Ist of February, was declared out of the proceeds of the six months’ business ending Decemper 31. The eXhibit upon which the dividend has been declared 1s a8 follow Business of the six months ending with Deeember 31, 1874 (December partly estimated, Gross earnings. ...6 Operating expeases and taxei Net earnings......... Pretty Interest on funded debt, dividends on teed stock, leases ot rouds..... id off. Paine annual report tor 1874, with full detafis of the business of the year, will be issued as soon alter the Ist of January next as it can be prepared. The street with reason regards this running down the cash balance on hand to runa@ great rdilroad to less than $3,000 as a serious risk, hence a decline tn the stock to-day even upon this declaration. Besides the admission that the stock is no longer (uaving skipped a dividend for ejgh- teen months) an eight per cent dividend paytug stock, which is@ regretful admission, inasmuch As it 18 typical of @ greater falling off elsewhere, there 1s THE DANGER that any serious accident, such as the destruction of @ bridge, might render that $2,700 valance Wholly inadequate to the requirements of the company. OI course, the flouting debt of last year- which was nearly $6,000,000 and is now mainly converted into a bonded debt—naving been pald off, the company has now a fresh credit for contingencies; bus even while that credit may be goud, it is not encouraging to study this exhibit of the foremost conueciiou Of the greatest trunk line of the continent and then reflect upon the value of our railway property. The moral of this 18 a very simple one. Lake Shore couid have continued to this day to pay legitimate divi- dends upon legitimate actual stock, but in under- taking to water the stock you strain the road to meet an excessive Charge, which strain, while it may be sustained for a short time, finally gives way, and the eight per cent stock of a road ng $35,000,000 of stock upon which to pay dividends must reduce tts average when called upon to pay dividends o@ $50,000,000, This is precisely the re- duction which the Commodore, after having fought the situation @ year ago with admirable sagacity, bravely admits, It wid be observed that he reaches this conclusion with the doating debt of Lake Shore wiped out, consequently he is IN A POSITION TO MEKT POSSIBILITIES of danger with @ full credit, Ibis ig perbaps the best that can be said about Lake Shore at the present time or until that report promised after January 1 next ‘as soon as it can be prepared”’ is given to the pubiic. It 1s to be sincerely hoped that this preparation will not extend into May next, when @nother annual election cakes place. be Commodore, of all other railway magnates, should know that the shortest road to public con- fidence is perfect freedom in his statements, THE GOLD MARKET shows remarkable sluggishness in view of the alleged gunpowder facts which underile the car- rent situatiog, and to which Mr. Cox has already mace his entrée as a sort of Guy Fawkes. If this giowing Sunset can only succeed in sending some of 018 penetrating beams tnto the bank vaults of the country, aud even into the ‘'reasary, tt may help us, perhaps, todetermine the exact quality of the precious metal there deposited. If it wouid only help us to the quantity we would be thank: There are grave thoughts affecting men in Wall street. Mr. Cox's brave, though somewhat vague and wholly unexpected resolution has crystallized them. lt would prema- ture to state the shape they take, yet the question is gaining interrogators why, as we have the visible supply of graim at all the ports of this country, afloat and in warehouse abroad, reported every week, should we not have, beiore we begin to attempt legislation upon the subject of specie resumption, an answer both from bank and government officers to the inquiry, What is tne visible supply of coin in this country at the present time, including all gold certificates, gold , checks—everything, in jact, representing coin that is not the actual bard metal i? It is to be hoped that Mr. Cox will not per: lution =~ to be shelved im tne and Currency Committee, but that he will insist on its consideration before tue new Finance bill providing for resumption may be Gefinitely acted upon, so that the country ma: know what ts the starting point for the new de- Parture. Thes the sentiments of the street, THE SPROIE SHIPMENT to-morrow will be nearly $1,000,000. It is absurd, the shrewd observers claim, to suppose that we can sustain such & constant drain and preserve the ostensibie status reflected in the Gold Room. There is certainly great uneasiness expressed on this subject, and much relie/ is looked for from the action of Mr. Cox’s resolution. The total pay- ments by the Treasury on account of Jaauary in- terest, thus far, are $5,044,000. A NEW TRUNK LINE TO THE WEST, The Carolina Central Kailway Company has just completed its road a distance of 242 mues from Wilmington to Shelby, connecting at Charlotte with the leading Southern roads, A connection will shortly be made with the Western North Carolina road, a sale of which has been decreed under the first mortgage. 1t 1s stated that imme- diately thereupon it will be extended to the Ten- nessee line, connecting with the Western aud Nortnwestern road. When these two missing links are added the Carolina Central and tne Wostern North Carolina will form the shortest line to the Atlantic for a large part of the South ana West. The Carolina Central is almost entirely owned in New York and ts said to be the only an- finished road in the United states upon which work was never ped in spite of the panic, Ite completion how will help to make Wilmington one of the leading cotton ports of the country, and a3 that city is bearer to Cincinnati and Lowsvilie than any other Atlantic port, it must in time get a large share of the Western irade. MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. MARRIED. GooxIN—BLopGet.—On Tuesday, December 29, 1874, at St. Mark’s church, by the Rev. J. H. Ry- lance, D. D., Mr. CHARLES B, GOOKIN, of Boston, Mass., to Miss M. I, daughter of Charles F, Blodget, Esq., of New York. HOLDERER—MURPHY.—On Tuesday, December 22, by the Rev. George S, Chambers, August Hoxp- ERER to LUCILLE MATILDA, Ce daughter of J. F. No cards, LANGHORNE—SWINTON.—On December 10, by the Rev. Drz 8. D. Burchard, at the Tuirteenth street Presbyterian church, FRANK C. LANGHORNE to KaTE M. SWINTON, both of this city. SHIELDS—HOLTAN.—On Monday, December 28, at St. Bernard’s church, by the Rev. Gabriel Healy, ALEXANDER J. SHIBLDS to ELLIE M. HOLTAN, both Ol this city. DIED. BAKER.—At Basking Ridge, N. J., December 28, ALIcg, daughter o: Edward F. and Cassepdra Baker, in the 16th year of her age. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral, from her parents’ residence, on Wednes- day, December 80, at twelve M. Her remains will be taken to New Rochelle, by the 11:30 A. M. train, on Thursday. Bacon.—At Flushing, on the 25th December, the Rev. George W. Bacon, M. D, The remains were interred in Greenwood Ceme- tery on che 29th December. BURNHAM.—In Brooklyn, on the 28th inst., 5. JANE BURNHAM. The remains will be taken to Troy for inter- ment, CarTsr.—At Honolulu, H. £, on Monday, No- vember 30, Lieutenant A. BEACH UarTen, U. 8. N. U, 8. 8. Benicia), son of the Rey. A. B. Carter, D, , in the 28th year of his age. OHATPIELD.—Suddenly, on Tuesaay morning, De- cember 2%, Mary GouLD, ony child of Cyrus H. ane Mary Gould Chatfeld, aged 5 months aud 19 ‘Hel latives and friends of the family are re: it. fully invited to attend the funeral, Oh tharsdey oe one o’c.ock, trom the residence of her parents, Grand H: tel, Broadway and Thirty-first etreet, CoLe.—On Tuesday, mber 29, GEORGE JOAN CoLk, son of J. H. Cole, Esq., aged 26 years, Relatives and iriends of the family are respect- oH LEME WA ds the funerai, from his late residence, No, roome sireet, on Thursda, say? A o’clock A. M. + Adhd LoRBITT.—On December 28, 1374, CATHERINE, be- loved wife of William Corbitt, native of parish of Ardfinan, county Tipperary, Ireland. Ser tare her late residence, 18 Morris street, Je Jity, on Wednesday, Decem! 3 atone Orelock Pe Mt. _ eee URTNEY.—In this city, on Tuesday, Decemper 29, 1874, ELLEN H. COUNTNRY, of Charivston, “The remains will de conveyed to the latter city. ORANR. Oaldweil, N, J., on Tuesday, Decem- ber 29, Saran B., wife of Moses P. Crane, in the 730 year of her age. Relatives and friends are requested to attend the funeral, at ber late residence, on Thursday, 31st inst., atone o’ciock P. M. Carriages will be io waiting at Montclair on the arrival of the 10:50 train trom foot of Barclay street, Curtis.—On Taesday, December 29, Jutia BRIDA- HAM CURTIS, Widow of George Curtis, in the 65th year of her age. Fanerai service on Thursday morning, December B31, at ten o'clock, at her late residence, No. 27 Wasnington place. Friends are requested to At- tend witnout further invitation. The remains will be taken to Providence, &. L, for mverment, ~ —At No. 6 Lafayette avenue, Brooklym, FIs: one ‘ my barn mober 29, 1874, JACOB FISLER, Uf Dow. the 63d year o! his aze. oy eral services t0 be held at mo "te sasihence to-day (Wednesday), December 30, at five o’gloc! P.M. Remains to be interred t Philadelpp FLoop.—in Jersey City, on Moaday, Decomve’ per ba ATHERINE FLOOD, aged »3 years. ee? he iuheral services will take place at St. Mary’s church, Second street. Jersey City, on Wednesday, atnine A.M, Kelatives and iriends are respect fully invited to attend. . FLYNN.—On Tuesiay, December 29, 1874, MARY MATILDA Fiynn, the dearly (eioved daughter of James and Charlotte Flynn, aged 2 years and 2 mouths. The relatives and friends 0! tue family are re- spectiuily invited to atieud tue funeral, at halt ast one P. M., Wednesday, Vevember 30, (rom her te residence, 216 Kast Tweu'y-tich street, GarRauaNn.—On December 1374, of smallpox, WILLIAM GARRAHAN, buuve of Strokestown, county Roscommon, ‘ireland, Wl be interred December 30, at one o'clock sharp, from Hetlevne Hospital, GILDERSLEERVE.—-On Sunday, Decemner 27, ANNA E., beloved wife of William H; Giliersieeve and daughter of the late Thomas i, Sanderson, Relatives and friends of the family are respect tuily invited to attend the funeral, on Wednesday, the 30th inst, one o’clock, from her late reai- Lead 1,003 Second avenue, corner Filty-toird stree! Long Island and New Jersey papers please HoFeMIge.—1in Brooklyn, Sunday, Decem| vee Aen ele OF Hodmire, jatives and friends of he {imily are respect- fully Invited to attend the (ineral, from. her?iate residence, No. 104 Wilson street, Brooklyn, E D,, on Wednesday, the 30th inst., at two o'clock, KAvsPveiscH.—Iin Brooklyn, on Tuesday, De~ cember 29, of diphtheria, FLORENCE ISABEL, daugh- ter of Edward L, and Lucy ¥, Kalbfleisch, agea 1 year, 1 month and 8 days. The relatives and friends are itivitea to attend the funeral, on Thursday, at iwo P. M., from the residence Of ber parents, No. 46 South Portland avenue, KINNEY.—In Chicago, ANNIE A. wile of Rev. Henry O, Kinney and daughter of ‘the late John B. unter. Relatives and friends of the ay, are invited to attend Sheynnersl, irom Holy Trinity church, cor- ner of 125th street and Fiith avenue, on Thursuay, at eleven o’clock. Lyncu#.—On Monday, December 28, 1874, after a shert illness, ELizaberH A. LYNCH, aged 26 years, ceugnier of Fanny Leahy and the late Thomag Yue The relatives and friends and those of her brother, Daniel F. Lynch «nd her prothers- in-law, Owen Cogan and Matiias Smith, are respectfully tvited to attend ber funeral, this day (Wednesday), December 40, at hul!-past one o’clock, from her late residence, 206 East Twenty- sixth street, near Third avenue, MaRsH.—At Morrisania, N. Y., on Sunday, De- cember 27, SARAH ANN, widow or the late John Thomas Marsh, in the 66th year of her age. Relatives and friends of the iamily are invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of her son, Dr, E. T. T. Marsh, No. 18 West Twenty-iourth street, this (Wednesday) afternoon, at one o'clock. MaYeR,—On Tuesday, Deceiver 29, FLORENCE Maye, son of Cornelius and Zazilia Mayer, aged 5 years, 7 months and 24 days, i The funeral will take piace from the residence of his parents, No. 171 North Eighth street, Brooklyn, = nS on Thursday, December 31, at two o’clock MOLLOY.—On Tuesday morning, December 29, Mrs. ELLEN MOLLoy, @ native oi Cloghan, Kings county, lreland, The relatives and friends of the tamily are re- spectiully invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 326 East Thirty-sixth street, on Thursday afternoon, at one o'clock. MURPHY.—At Hoboken, on December 29, of pneu- monia, DENNI8 MURPHY, 10 the 60th year of his age. ° ‘rhe relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from St. ary’s Catholic church, Ho oken, on Thursday, the Bist inst., at three o'clock P. MURRAX.—On Monday, 28th inst, THomas MUR- RAY, son of Michael and Briuget Murray, aged 2 fears. Funeral will take place irom the residence of his parents, No. 350 Kast sixtieth street, on Wednesday, at one o'clock, P, M. The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited toattend, MoMaNNts.—Mrs, CATHARINE MOMANNDsS, in the 88th year of her age. The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectiully invited to attend her funeral, on Thurs- day morning, the 31st inst., ab half-past pine o'vlock, from the residence of her dauguter, Mrs, Ann McManons, No, 82 Ludlow street, and ‘rom thence to Calvary Cemetery. Nasu.—In Brooklyn, on Tuesday, December MARY EmMa, second daughter of William 4. ans Fanny E. Nasb, in her 9th yeur. Notice of funeral hereafter. O’BRIEN.—Suddenly, on fueaday, December 29, HENRY G. O'BRIEN, youngest son of R. L, and Elizabeth O'Brien, aged 2 years and 12 days, The relatives and friends of the pay re re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of his parents, 324 West Thirty -sixth aurect, a5 one o’clock this day (Wednesday), De- ce: ma O’ConNoR.—On Tuesdav, December 29, JERE- w1aH O'CONNOR, @ native of Killarney, county Kerry, Irelan ‘Lhe faneral will take place on Friday morning. at eleven o'clock, from his late residence, No. 369 Pearl street, to St. Anarew’s church, corner of City Hall place and Duane street, ana from there, of ne o’clock P. M. precisely, to Calvary Ceme- O’NETL.—On Monday, December 28, after @ Hager illness, PHILIP U’NEIL, in the Tlat year of nis age. The relatives and friends of the family are re- e@pectlully invited to attend the juneral, from bis lave residence, 100 Clay street, Greenpoint, L. 1, on tnis day (Wednesday), at two o'clock. Packgk.—In Brookiyn, Tuesday, December 29, Hattig B, danghter oi Daniel and Harriet B. Packer, in the 20th year of her age. Funeral services at No. 10 Kemsen street, on Thursday, at turee P. M. PARSONS.—Sudaenly, in Brooklyn, on Monday, December 28, UHESTRR, son of Frederick A. and Anna L, Parsons, aged 4 years. Funeral services will be heid at the residence of his parents, No. 285 Henry street, this (Wednes- day) afternoon, at two o'ciuck. PLatt.—in Brooklyn, on Monday, December 28, CuaRLes L., son of Joseph and Hester E. Platt, aged 27 years, Notice of tuneral to-morrow. PooLk.—Ou Tuesday morning, December 29,. Horace, Fkaxcis, sou of Jon@F, and Repecca G, Puole, aged 1 year and 1 month, Tne faneral will take piace from his parents? residence, No. 334 Eighteenih sireet, Brooklyn, to- day Wrote atone P, M, PREATER.—Od Monday morning, December 28, Brooklyn, JaMES HAMILTON PREATER, only ‘conat James H. and Agnes E. Preater, aged 3 years and 3 mopths, Interred in Cypress Hills Cemetery. Rvg.—On Tuesday morning, December 29, of Mulignant scarlet lever STEPHEN GREEN, son of Asher B, and Libbie Rue, aged 3 years, 9 months and 15 days. funeral from the residence of his parents, No, 560 Lafayette avenue, Brooklyn, on Thursday, December 31, at two P. M. Simonson.—In Brooklyn, on Tuesday, December 29, of scariet fever, EMILIE DipaME, daughter of William and Annie M. Simonson, aged I year, 6 months and 1 day. ‘ The reiatives and frends are tnvited to attend the funeral, on Thursday, at two P. M., from the residence of her parents, No. 161 lompkins ave- nue, southeast corner oi Willoughby. SPEAR.—On Sunday, Vecemper 27, at the resi- dence of her uncle, George M. Mitchell, 439 West Nineteenth street, Cuskissizf HENDERSON, beloved wile of Tuomas D. Spear, in the 26th year of her age. Friends and relatives are invited to attend the funeral, irom the Presbyterian churen, Twenty- third street, near Seventh avenue, on Wednesday, December 30. at uine A. M. Her remains will be taken to Tarrytown lor interment. SPBIDEL.—On Tuesday morning, 29th inst. GunistiaN F. SPEIDEL, aged 47 years, 2 months and 7 days, Relatives and friends of the family are respect- fully invited to atteud the funeral, irom the resi- dence oJ hus sister, Louiss J. Ackerman, 112 Joan- son street, Brooklyn, on Saturday, January 2, at two o'clock P. M. STARK.—After @ short {llness, EMMA STARK, in the 19th year of her age. The relatives and trends of the family are re- ectfully invited to attend the funeral, from her ie residence, Mity street, Brooklyn, OD Sunday, January 8, 1875, at two o'clock. UNnpgRHILL.—On' Monday morning, December 28, MARGARET V., widow of James W. Underhill and daughter of the late Joseph B. Varnum. Relatives and frieuds are invited to attend the funeral, (rom Calvary church, Fourth avenue, cor- ey erentyiiras street, ou Thursday, 31st inst., at VANDERPORL.—On Monday evening, December 28, of diphtheria, JULIA “Louse, only child George B. and Maria Louise Vanderpoel, aged 4 years and 6 months, Funeral services at the residence of her parents, No, 1382 East Twenty-third street, corner Lexing- ton avenue, on Wednesday, at hall-past two P, M. Warp.—In Brooklyn, on Sunday, December 27, CATHARINE, Widow oj she late Patrick Ward, in the 68th year of her age. The friends and bog! Soke of the family, also those of her sons, Thomas, Marck ond James, Gre requested to attend the iuneral, trum ner late residence, 876 Hudson avenie, Brooklyn, on Wednesday, December 30, at two o'clock P. M, Werr.—On fuesday evening, December 29, 1874, Katig, the beloved daughter of Mra, C, Weir, of Yorkvule, Notice of funeral hereafter. Witpgk.—On Saturcay, December 26, JonNn 8. WILpe, in the 482 year of his age. Relatives and {rieuds of the fly are invited to attend the tuueral, on Wednesday, the 30th inst,, at hall-past nine A. M., from hus late rest dence, 163 West Twenty-first street, Woops.—On Tuesday morning, December copy. ber 27, 1874, MARGRET ANNE, the beloved daughter o! Lei and Mary Woods, aged 2 years and 4 months, Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral, on Wednesday, December 30, at half-past oue o'clock, from the residence of ber parents, 169th street and Tenth avenue, Woostrr.—On Tuesday morning, December 2% CHARLES H, Woosrer, aged 51 years. jatives and friends of the family are invited t¢ 1874, Rel attend the funeral at nis late residence, No. Gates avenue, Brooklyn, on Thursday, becem 31, at one o’viock P. M. Gatos avenue cars, Fulton ferry.