The New York Herald Newspaper, January 6, 1876, Page 8

8 SING SING Details of Escape the Christmas Plot. IT WAS FRUSTRATED. HOW \L Well Conceived Conspiracy Thwarted by Official Vigilance. In reference to the recently discovered plot for the weape of prisoners from Sing Sing Pevitenuary, some wf ihe details of which appeared yesterday, the Humaup ceived trom the prieon the following letter, This was shown by a reporter tc Mr. Benson, the head feeper. After reading {+ that oficialdeclared that it pve a true statement of the plot 80 far as it has been feveloped. The letter reads thus:— ~ SinG Sine Prison, Dec, 20, 1875, Yo rue Evrron or THR HERALD :— ‘The borrors of the last few days are beginning to | mobside and we can Bow breathe more freely, for it is avident thas we have fearful ordeal—a great y of us—from death by poison, and not a few from being murdered im cold blood by men maddened with @rink and drugged im order to insure the success of one of the most fiendish plots on record, On Christmas Day, after partaking of a breakfast es- pecially provided for the occasion, we were inarched to she bread rack in companies and thence to the hall, whe: ere locked up for the day, little thinking piracy was then on foot for the destruction | and the liberation by wholesale of gearly 1,500 prisoners On the anniversary | of that day when the Saviour of mankind tame ipto the world, a crime of the most givantic char- , Seter was fully and cunningly matured aud ready to be yat into execution, On thai day, if the fell degigns of eeper Hastings had been carried out, the coun- | iy would now be shocked, and no doubt the | rs teeming with the great outrages of a combined | Briminal force le} loose on society. Fah thanks to | God and the prompt action of Warden A. Watker, this | bellish plot was discovered in good time to be effectu- ally suppressed. loseph Kingsland, a convict, who works on the book- Dindery contract, is said to be pretty well represented | by moneyed friends outside. Keeper Hastings, on the | of the pistoi was heard. The gunsmith gave an exact NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1876.—TKIPLE SHEET. Bing Prison, about one o'clock yesterday afternoon, the Principal keeper entered hurriedly and reported to bis chief that William Gill, a twenty years man, was miss- ing, and added, pointing to @ schooner under ful! sail on the Hudson River, “1 believe he is on board that vessel.” The schooner, it appears, bad hauled out from | the prison dock about an hour previously, having | taken on board @ cargo of marble dust, At the | ume indicated she was well out in the river, {about half ® mile south of the prison, and | gliding toward destination smoothly under a #)x- knot breeze, The Warden on hearing the information | bounded from his chair to a window which commanded * full view of the river, and after looking for @ moment at the craft ioned instructed the telegraph | operator to commu once with Tarrytown, that ® boat might be row: t that point to intercept the schooner find capture the fugitive. Meantime a strict Search of the prison had been instituted, ana before the Message indicated had been completed, Gill was found stowed away between two beds in the cell of another convict, Instead of going to the messroom for dinner, Gill had stolen into the main prison, where he hoped to secrete himself until such time as he could quietly | walk away, He now occupies a dark ceil. THE MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING CASE. The condition of the boat builder, Mr. Jonn Johnson, of Lafayette avenue, Brooklyn, who was shot through the lung bya highwayman, if due credence is to be given to his statement, on Monday morning last, was yesterday slowly improving, The police ircely | Assert the belief that the wound was eelf-inflicted, and fay that everything tends to convince them of the cor- rectness of that theory. Captain McLaughlin, of the Ninth precinct, found dealer ortirearms in New York whose store is near Mr. Johnsou’s place of busi- ness on Water street, who identified the weapon, a Smith & Wesson seven-shooter, which was discovered by the side of the injured man when the neighbors came to his assistance immediately after the report description of the appearance of the purchaser of | the weapon, which he sold on Wednesday last. The description tailies with thatof Johnson. He says the man asked to see some cheap pistols, and selected the one found, for which he paid $450 He then had the chambers loaded, but said he did not want any more of the cartridges, as he intended making a present of the pistol toa friend, The customer is described as being in wvery excitable state of mind at the time. The seller of the pistol yesterday accompanied the po- lice to see the wounded ‘man. As the latter was co#- ered with the bedclothes he could not,be positive about the identity of Johuson with the purchaser of Wednes- day Jast, but the resemblance was very strong. WHAT MR, JOHNSON’S FRIENDS BAY. * New York, Jan. 5, 1876. To rae Epirorn oy THR HeraLp:— In Tuesday's Heratp, in the account of the shoot- | is poor, seems to have lent to in order to make | money out He saw within his teach what a m Might mistake for a mine of Wealth, if it ly be ly worked, He ut himself mun! with Kingsland’s | jends, and soon arrange vere perfected to | vet e latter free This w to be done | for E certain sum of money, _ part | bo be paid conditionally the remainder to be placed | im bank to the cr astings, and made payable | when the job was fnished. But how was this “blood | money’’ to be earned by the keeper without draw. | mg ‘suspicion on himself? He took in wax | THE IMPRESSION OF THE KBYS which open the lever locks, and frof the wax duplicate Keys were made, Bat this was only a part of the work, With-the keys of the door secured it might be | tagined that the remainder of the programme would be | “apy of execution, Not so, however; for it must be | remembered that four or five guards are on duty in the | ball when the prisoners are locked up; and this being | she case on Christmas Day some means must be “provided which would render thein powerless | dr insensible to the danger surrounding them | and the unhappy wretches who might be suspected as enemies of the plot, A great number of | ibe convicts here would take no-part in the conspiracy; | but they were to be drugged or put out of the way | by any means, not even death excepted. Hastings | bas some knowleage in the science of ‘medicine, | having served ome time in adrug store at Newburg, im this State, and his experience in this line of onsiness Was to be turned to account in the following manner:—He purchased large quantity of | brandy, which he drogged with poison of some fort, and then distributed it among tome of the convicts | w his confidence, to be given by them to those who | plot. | were uot prepared to take part in their There was in bottles enough of this stuff ve make, if properly administered, at least | 100 men insensible and sufficient to kill nearly half that sumber. Now, if you can fancy the guards asleep Yom the effects of this drug, given to them by way of # friendly drink; the convicts who work in the hall boring under the same influence, and Hastings with fhe key of the gullery stepping to tho ever and unlocking fifiy cells with one nof bis band, you can imagine the consequences. | To unlock one cel] the whole fifty of them must be un- | barred, and this the keeper does with as much ease as | ou might unlock your desk; but the effect is to place fly men at liberty to leave their cells and enable ‘bem to } TAKE POSSESSION OF THR PRISON. The yard door is opened with another key, andthe way clear for 1,500 men, some of them groaning uncer what they conceive to be the injustice of their positions, aud the majority prepared to per- Detrate any conceivable crime. Only imagine the horrors of the — situatio 500 out. laws at their liberty to go where they would and do what they might wish for the time being; for there is | m0 power at hand that could be brought to bear in time to check or avert the evils which this living torrent of desperate and depraved men might commit, J.B. R. Yesterday the Henan reporter had a long conversa- Mon on the subject of the plot with Warden Alfred Walker. Mr. Walker believes the State Prison Inspec: dors, who are to meet at the prison to-day, will thor- pughly sift the matter and discover exactly the part played in it by all concerned, both within and outside of the walla At the reporter's | request he was shown’ a bottle of the drugged liquor with which prisoners and keepers were to be plied, the pistol, a seven-shooter, which Keeper Hastings fur- misbed to convict Brice, and which was fully loaded; the jackscrew provided by Hastings for Kingsland to force an opening through the iron grated window, and the two false keys for unlocking the lever lock guard- ing the doors of fifty cells. Warden Walker told the reporter he knew on the #24 of December that “something was wrong,” and took steps accordingly. He had extra men placed around the prison on Christmas night, strongly sus- pecting what was going to happen, aud was particularly ‘anxious to apprehend THE OUTSIDR ACCOMPLICKS IN THE Por. By request the Warden instracited Mr. Jackson, an officer of great confidence and trust about the prison, to have the reporter showh that portion of the Peni- Yentiary where the escape was to be attempted. Keeper James Bowe, an old and trusted employé, was detailed to show the interior of the jail The whole prison contains but 600 cells, and, to the Gisgrace of the people of this’ State,’ it must he said that 1,461 prisoners are penned up together in these wretched holes. When two or more prisoners occupy the same cell their beds are placed one over the other alter the mauner of berths hipboard. Kings- Jand occupied cel! No. 565, on the sixth ter (or gall toward tue river side of the prison. It is as secure as any cell in the prison. At this side of the building on the ground floor there is @ lookout office, where a keeper is constantly on duty to watch all the ranges of cells, which are well within his sight, In addition to this two officers go their regular rounds, one on each fide of the galleries, to see that everything {s right after the prisoners are iocked tn. Besides these three officers, some six or eight pravileged con- victs are allowed the liberty of the halls. It will, therefore, be seen that no escape could be effected un- Jess by the consent of at least three keepers, Kings- land bribed Hastings, and the latter got Harter imto the plo. Weeks was not in their con- fidence, but being on duty in the lookuut office, they bad to dispose of him, aud the best wat do it was by drink, which they gave bim. They then commenced to administer liquor to some of the con- viets who were in the halls, and had not the Warden with his men come upon the scene at this critical juncture the confederates would have suc- c5eded in their designs As soon as Kingstand would Bave lef his cell the way was clear for tito to run down the six flights of stairs leading to the ground floor, It is thought that the second window trom the porth end of the gallery was that selected for opera tions, Here it was intended to APPLY THB JacKScREW. indow is ve the floor level e same distance from the ground on the rom the window to the wail, overlooking there is about a reed. On the pr’ four feet in. height, nds ten feet. A man running would clear the railroad track he from the prison wind: im a few bounds, cross the biiieide to the north of t qearries, snd pass over the whica separate whe anve above of Simg Sing On they should scramble up the biil after GETTING OUT OF THR PRIBON WINDOW, Bofore leaving the prison it Would not have taken any of the confederates three minutes to let out the in- mates of a whole gallery of cells These people Deing thus put in possession of the balls, and their confederates, the keepers, beving the ke; it remained optional with them = cither fo ‘liberate the remainder of the neariy 500 felons or simply to escape by themselves; and as instincts of such people are-always for evil, the chances are that the contents of the entire Penitentiary would have been on the country. And the narrow escape which the ef the State have bad frow this dire ca- fehy can only be appreciated by considering the fact tbat ‘the ‘two faithless officers were caught by the War- den le im the very act of ony out the pre. this fearful Niminary mepe to the execution of fev gtr ‘he jirators were su) between five and six o'clock ‘Christmas Day. Keepers Hastings and ho Keeper Weeks was aiso suspended on once a ‘of being intoxicated on bis post, and Kings- hang ana water. Brice were sent w the dark cells om bread and A SCARE AT SING BING. . ‘While @ Hera. reporter was conversing with Warden ‘Walker. ip the mrivate office of that official at Sins | before his family and the world as a would-be suicide. | ‘ng of Mr. Johnson, you stated that Mr. Johnson was shot at a distance of about seventy-five feet from his house and that the general impression ie that he shot himself. Please allow me, in the cause of justice, to correct this false impression through the same col- umns that brought it to light, I have an uncle living in Brooklyn, opposite the scene of the tragedy, named John Gooulilf, He bad risen early on Monday and went to the window to look out. He saw the door of | Mr. Jobnson’s house open snd Mr, Johnson, with his | wife, appeared on the threshold. Mr. Johnson had his hat on, and alter kissing bis wife and bidding her goodby she went in and closed the door; he went down the stoop and on reaching the ground two men rushed upon him from bebind atree where they had secreted themselves and one of them shot him and then they both robbed him and ran away. Now this is what he saw and what he told members of his family, and why he does not come out with the | facts, but allows the ‘police to circulate false rumors | | about Mr, Johnson, is a mystery to me and to other , members of the family. I would not have written the above facts if the rumor had not deen so cruel to Mr. Johnson as to make him ouv ‘This can be relied on as a true statement of the case ag witnessed by him, ag he is @ member of a Baptist | church. Ifthe Brooklyn police will exert themselves | to find the robbers instead of circulating stories of his shooting himself because they canvot find the persons who shot and roboed him it will speak a great deal better for the force, Very respectfully, yours, CLARENCE £. HORN, No, 115 West Twenty-seventh street. P. 8 —I suppose the reason of his’ silence is to avoid being beld asa ess during the tedious and fre- quently tardy operations of the law. CR a. LESSER’S WONDERFUL RECOVERY. Louis Lesser, the dry goods merchant, of Jersey | City, who lodged a bullet in his head and three in his side three weeks ago, has almost entirely recovered, although every attempt to remove the bullets proved a failure. He is able to leave his bed and converse with his friends, His case bas completely puzzled the physicians | RECORD OF CRIME. An unknown thief stole a piece of black silk, valued r a | at $23, from the tig manufactory of Adolptus Hoffo- | fitTime he left home his {amily did not know of bis lodt, on the fourth floor of No, 339 Broadway. The tea store of Stiner & Sons, at No. 1 avenue D, was entered by burglars, who stole $7 in cash from the ull. | Aur lap robe, valued at $75, was stolen from the | carriage of J. M.. Hartshorn, of No, 300 Madison ave- | nue, while it was being driven down Madison avenue trom Forty-first sireet to Twenty-sixth street, | Jobn fwitchier, in the employ of August Leeman, jeweller, No. 64 Greenwich street, bas suddenly disap- peared, taking with him five silver watches, valued at ) $40, and watch materials to the value of $30, | from in front of the grocery store of John Madden, No. , Mavenue A. | “The liquor store of Christopher Johnson, at No. 84 West Fourth street, was entered by thieves, who stole 150 cigars, valued at $7. | The apartments occupied by Jennie Westfeld, No. 42 Leroy street, were rovbed of a gold watch and chain | vained at $60 The thief 18 supposed to be named Joseph Barker, é An unknown thief stole $11 from the till of the cigar store of Oscar Speyer, No. 130 West Thirty-tifth street, | ‘A case of wine was stoley from a wagon belonging to Edwin S& Rose, ot No. 21 Jay street, while it was standing in Hudson street, near King. | The apartments of Bridget Smith, No. 175 West.) | Houston street, were rovbed of $25 worth of clothing by sneak thieves, Thomas Smith, fifty-two sgars of age, called at the | store of Peter KR. Carey, Hamilton avenue, Brooklyn, | near the bridge, and, representing himsel!’ as captain | of a canal boat in Gowanus Canal, obtamed $17 in goods | and money from Peter Smith, He was arrested and is | held to answer. Mra. Lambard, of Brooklyn, yesterday caused the arrest of Jobn Rogers, & boy 1m ber employ, for stealing $17. He is held to answer. | ‘The proprietor of a sausage tactory, one Hans Rost, | who carries on busiuess on Raymond Street, pear Til- lary, Brooklyn, was arrested ou suspicion of using puirid meat, Rost was arraigned before Justice Walsh, and the mysteries of the manufacture of sausages will | be explored by that magistrate on January 12 Frank Delilly, Charles Clifford and Thomas Connolly were taken to the New Jersey State Prison trom Jersey Ciy yesterday. Two brakemen on the new Amboy Railroad, named James Campbell and Edward McDouald, were commit. | ted for trial yesterday on the charge of burglary at the | house of Joseph Fagan, in Perth Amboy, on Sunda; | ‘Three sneak thieves, giving the names of John Jor- | dan, Michael Rooney and Maurice 0'Coni were | caught in the Pennsylvania Railroad depot at Jersey City yesterday aad committed for triai by Justice Ketse. No. 128 Schermerhorn street, | An inveterate wif beater named Edward McDonnell was arrested in Jersey City yesterday. According to | the pitifu: tale tola by his wife she was obliged to | leave him twice, and now be seeks to force her away | trom him entirely, in order that he can marry another | woman whom it is alleged he pow supports. ‘A tramp, giving his name as Robert Henderson, was plying his avocation along the basement of houses in | Jersey City yesterday atternoon, when he was over- hauled by Officer Eaton, who locked him up. Thomas Maran, a member of the “Larkin gang,” in the First ward, Jersey City, absconded last summer, And did not again appear ll yesterday, when he was ed and commitied for trial. His gang cleaned out saloon kept by Poilip White and beat the proprietor | severely. Some time during the holiday week thieves gained an entrance into tbe schoo! buiiding of District No. 6, town of Flushing, L. | vile , aod gaining access to the | false a carried at 180 vol- ©. The trustees have offered $00 recovery of the books and infor. | mation that will w the conviction of the thieves, | or $25 in either case. Ail the doors were found locked, | 48 usual, upon reopening the school ou Monday. Each book was statnped on the tite page, and identification | ise ay morning two fashionably attired young | men went to a boarding bouse at No. zi0 Bloomiieid street, Hoboken, and said they wanted to board there if they could agree upon terma. Whilo one engaged the landlady in conversation the other went to look at | the bouse, Shortly after they took their leave, ap- | parentiy dissatistied with he accommodations offered. | When E. K. Brown, one of the boarders, returned at | carried away under their Ulster coats two other coas | and two vestsof his, worth about $70. HIGHWAY ROBBERY. At a late Bour on Tuesday night Nicholas Meyer, Ed bear First avenue, about ten o'clock, he was stopped by three men, whe sprang upon bim, knocking bim down. ‘ Two of the robbers then held him while the third fifled bis pockets At Gret Meyer struggied | soreamed for assistan pistol of one of the to blow bis brains out regis dave beep mada ‘A barrel of cut loaf sugar, valued at $24, was stolen | | bi noon he found that the well dressed young men bad | who resides at No. 207 avettue A, called at the Soven. | h precinct station house and reported to Captain | that whilo walking down Twenty-third | and but he was (gyn the | me! who threatened | he resaned The robbers o | caped with « gold watch and chain valued at $250, an | i= thyst ring worth $50, and §32 im money, No ar | THE DYNAMITE FIEND. BECOLLECTIONS OF AN OCTOBER TRIP ON THE CELTIC—W. XK. THOMAS’ LIVERPOOL PLOT. Increased interest bas been aroused concerning the dynamite fend, Thomas or Thomassen, by the discov- ery of the mysterious box which he shipped from Liv- erpool on the White Star steamer Celtic, last October, The identity of the shipper of this peculiarly con- trived package with the man who wrought such havoc at Bremerbaven cannot be for the moment established with entire certainty. The name, W. K. Thomas, je the same, however, and he also corresponds In size, the man who sailed from Liverpool to this port last October being @ large man, a8 was also the monster who wrought such fearful slaughter at Bremerhaven, and subsequently destroyed himself in his stateroom onthe Mosel The writer yesterday talked with some of the employés on tke Celtic, who distinctly remem- ber Thomas, The barkeeper said that Thomas’ room was near the bar, and both fre- quently spoke to each other as they passed to and fro, Thomas, the barkeeper says, was a very corpulent man, He was a gourmand, too, very fond of good living, and notably pleasing in his manners, He did not seem to have anything of the German about him, being more like an Englishman or American, During the greater part of the voyage he was in the company of the ship’s doctor, who entertains very agreeable recollections of him; indeed his happy disposition and genial manners were the subject o¢ very general commendation, “From what] saw of our passenger,” eaid the barkeeper, ‘I don’t think he was the sort of man that would commit suicide; at least he did not look like 1 then.”’ ‘The barkeeper could not ind bow old he was, but thought be might be about ty. Mr Pennell, the superintendent of the pier, remem- bers Thomas distinctly. Yesterday he recited the whole story of the strange box, and gave the writer an outline of Thomas’ appearance. On the arrival of the Celtic at her pier on Sunday, October 24, tne mysterious box was brought ashore and placed in his charge, the purser cautioning him to be very careful of it ag it ccntained $30,000 in specie. Mr. Pennell laughingly answered that he guessed there was BO $30,000 in that box, but the purser continued to urge him to be watchful of it, saying that he had kept it in the “specie room” all the way over. After being brought on the wharf, it waa placed by Mr. Pennell’s order in front of the Custom House office, while the rest of Thomas’ baggage was being examined. By Thomas’ request it was left on the pier, when the rest of his baggage was forwarded to the Fifth Avenue Hotel Its storage in the baggage room of the com- pany, the causes which led to an inspection of its con- tents, their nature and its peculiar arrangement, have already been described, The box is now at the Ninth precinet station house. Superintendent Pennell re- members Thomas as a large man, whose age might be anywhere from forty-nve to fifty-five years. He was a jolly-looking, weli preserved person, and spoke with a very slight German accent. He looked more like a German of the better class than an American. In the latter particular his deseripion and the barkeeper's | aaffer, THOMAS’ HEAVY VALISR. Since the attention of the Celtic's crew has been called to the discovery of Thomas’ peculiar shot box, two other interesting circumstances connected with bis trip are recalled by the stewards who waited on him, Itis now remembered that a certain portmanteau which Thomas ordered sent to bis room on the ship when embarking at Liverpool, was remarkably heavy for its size. Although not larger than such as may be carried ordinarily in one hand, it required the united eflorts of two stout porters to bear it to his room, No particular notice was taken of this circumstance at the lime further than a passing remark of one of the men concerning the great weight of so small a package. Another peculiarity of this strange portmanteau that when fhomas was ing the ship alittle boy might easily have carried it, so light bad it becoma When Thomas vacated his cabin there wera found spots of candle grease on the floor and wood- work, These spots indicated that the occupant of the cabin had used a light of his own, contrary to the rules of the vessel, Now itis supposed he used the candle hght for the purpose of getting rid of the contents of his heavy portmanteau, which he must have dropped over- Doard in the night time, which, 1t is thought, must have been another iniernal machine. WIS PLAN. It is known that eariy in last October Thomas tried to effect an insurance on what he represented was $30,000 in specie in Liverpool, and then be is believed to have had in view the execution of a plan similar to that attempted on the Mosel. If he obtained the tn- surance on his little box of shot, which he represented as guld, he no doubt would have left the Celtic at Queenstown on one pretext or another, having first set agoing his infernal machine, Which, in ail probability, was in the valise that was placed in his ‘stateroom, Then the vessel would have been destroyed soon after leaving Queenstown. Failing in his endeavor to obtain the insurance, in | order to save his reputation he was obliged to continue. the voyage. In his Mosel trip it will be remembered he had shipped only for Southampton, intending there to set his trap. Thomas had crossed the Atlantic per- haps thirty times. He was known to have visited America at least twice during the past suinmer, and the intention to visit this country, It appears that he had become pecuniarly embarrassed. When be returned to Dresden the lest time he wrote to bis banker there stating that he bad made arrangements to settle in De- cember. How Thomas returned bas not been ascer- tuned. He remained four days at the Fifth Avenue Hotel and spent a good deal of his time in his room, Where be went next is not known, nor can it be said what he did while ' here, barrel which Thomas used in Bremerhaven vas made of strong material, and was divided by means ofa partition in tbe middle, through which there was ahola In the one division it was assumed that he bad placed the igniting apparatus, and the other was filled | with dynamite, He accompanied the barrel when it was taken to the depot cf the North German Lloyd Company, and told the porters it should be handied with care, It is pposed that his plan was to effect the ignition by m of a clock-work apparatus, which in ail probability was to have been set in motion when he arrived in Southampton, to which place oniy he had booked. It appears that he intended to sail with the ill-fated Deutschland, but the apparatus for eflecting the ignition was not completed in time. The number of the victims 1s constantly being increased. Accord- ing to authentic information, the list of dead and wounded amounts to 170 persons. The Weser Zeitung at the time of the disaster as. serted that Thomas was to have shared the proceeds of bis hellish plot with others; so that "he must have had accomplices in bis stupendous crime. NTERPRISE, FISHING AN INNOVATION IN THE TRADE—STEAM VERSUS SAILING VESSELS, The great seat of the fish trade in New York is at East Fulton Market. Here there are eighteen different | firms, who collectively do a business ranging in the millions yearly. They receive this article of food from all parts of the coast, even going as far as New Brung | wick for the requisite supply for the New@York mar- ket. All of these firms employ a number of fishing smacks and fishermen, who ply their trade around Sandy Hook and from Montauk Point to Cape Hat: teras, This business bas increased so extensively of late years that the present means of bringing fish to market have been found inadequate, and Rogers & Edwards, commission dealers, in East Fulton Market, conceived the idea about steam propeller built for the purpose of bringing the boats and fishing gear to the ground and the yield back to the market, Orders | were given to Mr. George W. Mallory, of Mystic, Conn., to build such a craft, and sbe 1s now being fitted up for her work in Wallabout Bay. This propelier, which is called the Gerret Polhemus, is 79 tons burden, is 103 feet in jength, 20 teet across the beam and has 9 feet depth of nold, The Captain is Clinton Beebe, one of the oldest Jersey pilots. Under him will be twelve ex- rienced fisherinen, a fireman and an engincer, The Polkemus will carry six fishing yawis, tour forward and two ait, and two men are as signed to each yawl She will also carry 15,000 | fathoms of line “and 15,000 fishing hooks "Six ‘tee- houses are provided for the ‘reception of the fish, as aiso a number of water boxes. She will be able to carry with ease 60,000 pounds of fish and do the work of six sailing vessels, The great advaniace will be in the saving of time, as the Polbemus can leave Now York at night, arrive at the fishing grounds around Sandy Hook in from three to four hours, and return im time for the opeving of the market the morning follow. ing the day of Mshing About half the ice that is now required will suffice, and that saving will go 'ar toward aying the cost of The fishing smacks now in carry from 10,000 to 15,000 pounds o/ fish only, and are always more or less delayed by wind, tides aud fog, The principal species of ish brought’ into the New York market by these boats are cod from Jauuary te May 15, mackerel trom that time tillJuly, aud ther uefish till the latter part of December. The Gerret Polhemus will be in readiness ten days, and will convey her boats and fishing grounds about the 16th of this manner of going to work will be to get ry one boat ‘at a time, send it out, and when that 1s anchored wi its 400 fathoms of line, with 400 hooks attached set, another will be sent out, till the whole six, cover large circle, are disposed of The steamer will the sail around the circle he close of the day, wake the fisn and yawls on boa nd return with the yield to the market, It will be seen that the enterprise of Mesara. Rogers & Edwards has started an innovation in the fishing trade of New York which will be a great advantage to both dealers and consumers in the matter nh «The | of fresh fish, and it will in all probability yield tae creased proiits to its enterprising projectors, KICKING A WOMAN DOWN STAIRS. Peter Collins, of No, 107 First street, Hoboken, was brought before Recorder Bohnstedt yesterday to answer a charge of kicking brs landlady, Mra. Susan Hannon, down a and further with kicking ber til) the was senseless. To all of this the prisoner replied that he never laid a band spon her, and that all the cuts and praises upon ber body were caused falling down stairs while intoxicated. Collins by the Recorder to await the result of Mrs. daw bo vy was | and creditors who shall unite in the n about | w to the | BLEECKER STREET RAILROAD. THE RECEIVER'S WORK OF REORGANIZATION. The work of reorganizing and regenerating the Bleecker Street Railroad is progressing very favorably under the skilful management of the lately appointed receiver, Mr. Alvan 8, Southworth, The cars are ron- ning on better time already aud the receipts for the present week are twenty per cent in advance of the receipts of the corresponding week last year. There seems to be a general desire among the stocknolders, bondholders, creditors, and others interested in the road not to press apy of the suits, but to give it a chance to recover itself from its present depression. The income of the roadis ample to pay its indebted- ness if properly husbanded and managed. In fact, since its commencement in 1865 it has never had a fair cbance, but bas been more or less under the control of local politicians. In 1868 the following rt was sent "in to the company, showing that the road at that time was worth $605,000. This report was found by Mr. Southworth am the records of the company, and speaks for itself:: PETER B, SWEENY'S REPORT OF THE ROAD. Estimated increase in 188, Estimated income in 1868. Disbursements for all pa: in Botimoted reduction (a IRoSn Estimated disbursements in 1868. Balance of income to pay debts. Total debt December 31, 1987. -...2.2... Balance December 31, 1568. *Except payment of notes. It in safe t9 say the company will owe nothing on the first lay 1809, and that thereafter the road will ¢ dividend of from three to four per cent per anuum. A care- ful inventory has been made by the committee of the assets of the company, from which it appears, after estimating the Franchise at $40,000 and the lease of depot ground at ite cost, viz., $5,000, the whole property is worth the sam of $665,000, bere ey by $290,000 than the amount of mortgage bonds rn n, ‘The committee beg to call the attention of the Board to the importance of securing @ shard of the travel brought by steamboats on the North River, and would recommend that negotiations be entered into with D. D. Smith & Co., at Nyack, if possible, the landing of their boats at some he present terminus of the road, and that the officers of the company be authorized t9 expend not to ex: coed ——— dollars to insure such landings. It is believed that by this means at least $4,000 per aunum would be added to the receipts. . This report is signed by a committee, consisting of Peter B. Sweeny and two others. Tn 1873 the city agreed to-accept one per cent on the gross receipts per annum as tax on the franchise, im place of $60 a car for forty cars. This oat to the city that year $2,460, or $400 more than the tax on the cars would amount to. This system was brought about by a new franchise granted in 1873, by which the Bleecker Street Railroad bi right to ran over a por- tion of the line of the Broadway and University Place Railroad, and, of course, the value of the original fr chise is increased thereby. The people who are trying to lease the franchise of the Bleecker Street Railroad to the Twenty-third street Railroad are well aware of is well as of other rights and privileges which have not yet been made manifest. At present on ac- count of the increased travel the improved system of col- lecting fares by the use of the bell punch, which is under pertect espionage, the road which was worth on Jan- 1, 1868, $665,000 ts now worth $1,600,000—that 000 in’ bonds and $900,000 in stock. It is because of the increased value of the road and its franchise that the people who controlled it so long still wish to remain masters, to the great aggrandizement of themselves and the ultimate ruin of the bond and stockholders, Threats have been openly made by certain politicians ofthe old ring that they would again control of the road in a week, if not by fair means, then by foul Taking time by tne torelock, Mr. Southworth, who has been ap- pointed receiver by order of the Supreme Court, and which order commanded him to rescue the franchise of the company and all pertaining thereto, applied to Captain Thomas Kennedy, of the Ninth pre cinct, for a force of men to guard the premises. Two policemen are continually stationed at the door of the receiver's room to prevent the intrusion of evil minded persons, and in case that information is received of any preconcerted attack Superintendent Walling will be im- mediately isp to for a strong force to preserve the property of the company. Eleven conductors were dis- charged on Monday and seven additional on Tuesday night. These mem are intimately connected with the old régime and are particularly loud in their threats, RAILROAD REPORT. Ata meeting of the board of directors of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company, held yesterday, a report from the auditor as to the business for the six months ending with the 3lst of December, 1875, was presented, as follows :— Gross earnings. .. sees Obergping expenses and taxes..... Net earnin| oa Interest on leases of roads, and dividend payable February 1, 1876, on guaranteed stock. 1,419,000 Balance. $1,075,000 REORGANIZING A RAILROAD. A movement is proposed by the bondholders of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company to purchase and reorganize that road. It 18 proposed to obtain a decree for the sale of the property as early as practi- cable, under both six and seven per cent mor and to parchase the road on behalf of the bondholders lan, The holders of bonds will then receive new bonds in exchange for the present issue. It 1s claimed that this plan will not Increase the aggregate mortgage debt of the company beyond that now outstanding, and that it arranges for the future payment of interest in cash for the first few years, TROUBLED EXPRESS COMPANIES. A meeting of foreign express companies’ representa- | tives was held yesterday at the office of Baldwin Brothers, on Broadway, in reference to sending repre- sentatives to Washington to appeal to Sec Bris- tow to relax the recently enforced rule respecting the importation of packages from abroad by foreien ex- press, It was finally that a ropresentative should proceed so Washington without loss of time, COMMISSIONER FOWLER'S INDICT- MENT. General H. W. Slocum, who on Monday tast was ap- pointed President of the Board of City Works, Brook- lyn, by the Common Council, formally qualified yester- day. His boudsmen are Nicholas Wyckoff and William H. Marshall. The newly appointed President then took his seat in the Board with his brother Commissioners, Adams and Fowler, The latter official is the same against whom the General made an onslaught before the Schroeder tndorsement mass meeting at the Acad- emy of Music in the last election campaign. It is nol therefore, to be wondered that they should not feel very (raternally disposed toward each other. Mayor Schroeder, tn recognition of this fact, sent the subjoined Jevter to the District Attorney, eliciting a reply, which is also appended :— Mayor's Corres, Ciry Aa a. 4, wie Sin—lf your office I Tit Witlacl's. “Fowler, recently. ndicied’. Very respeck- fai, ¥. A, SCHROBDER, Mayor, but am not the precise A Wil Grovably be abl sto, wate ively in « day v SO WINCHESTER BRITTON, District Attorney. The indictment alluded to is the one presented by the Grand Jury of the Kings County Court of Sessions on last Saturday, to which Mr. Fowler pleaded not guilty. He is charged with malfeasance in office, tp bavin, corruptly received the sam of $1,000 from the People’s Gas Company. The cost of gas to the city last year for lighting the streets and public buildings was $600,000, This but $500,000 has been inserted in the tax le’ for that purpose. Mr. Fowler has aked for an early trial through his counsel, General Roger A. Pryor and exJudge Morr: ANOTHER LIBEL SUIT FOR $100,000. ‘The case of George Watts against Z. K. Pangborn, W. B. Dunning and James A. Deer, was called for trial in the Supreme Court, Circuit, Kings county, before Judge Pratt and a jury yesterday morning, Defendants, from whom $104,000 damages is claimed, aro owners of the Bening Journal, of Jersey City. The plaintiff alleges that that paper published the most “heinous, malignant and continaous slanders ever perpetrated,” that the libel caused the plaintiff to fail in iness—that of dealor in coal—lose his credit and impair bis health. The case is brought in Brooklyn by consent of counsel. siderable testimony taken and the trial to-day. Counsel for plaintiff, Treadwell defendants, Fulier and Abbot. Orrice oF tax District Arroayer, Kings Cocrtr, Room No. 3, County Cour? Hovss, Brooktyn, Jan. 4, 1876 Hon. P. A. Scrroxper, May. Sir—Your favor of tb: was co will be resu: Cleaveland THE WAY OF THE TRANSGRESSOR, Michael Brown, prosecuted for bigamy on a charge by his first wife, Maria Brennan, pleaded guilty In the Kings County Court of Sessions, before Judge Moore yesterday, and was sentenced to impris- onment im the Penitentiary for five years. ‘Charles Nostrand, who was indicted for the larceny of fifteen cents’ worth of sugar from a grocer, was seu- tenced in the eame court for six months to the Pen W. Knox and Edwin Williams pleaded guilty larceny and were sent to the Penitentiary for each. Both have been there before. ‘nited States Commissioner Winslow yesterday com. itted Frank Oliver, a young man, to jail in default of $260 bail, to answer the charge of inducing @ sailor- pamed Frank Merwin to desert from the guard ship Colorado, at the Brooklyn y Yard. Merwin is the complainant in the coxa H 5 i i <3 2 THE POLICE BOARD. THE POLIOR MAGISTRATES ENTER A PROTEST. The new Police Commissioners commenced their work in earnest yesterday morning. After ® private Consultation word was sent to the Superintendent snd the four inspectors to report forthwith at the office of | President Smith. Accordingly, Superintendent Walling, followed by Inspectors Dilks, McDermott, Thorne and Speight, fled into the room, wondering what new change was contemplated, Their anxiety was speedily relieved by Ge who arose and delivered an me rd address iu’ which be at the policy of the new Board was to hold the executive officers of the depart ment to a stricter accountability than they were held formerly. The rules of the department were made to be enforced, and the Board would see that they were entorced. The President called the attention of the ofticials to the rule requiring ali orders to emanate from the Board ag a body and to be promulgated to the force | by theSuperintendent, Individual Commissioners were | _ authorized to give orders, as was formerly the prac- tice. The personal appearance of the men in the various precincts was a matter which required the careful at- tention of the tnspectors. Patrolmen should be kept tn proper trim and station houses should be frequently in- Spected. With this bit of wholesome advice the execu- tive officers wore dismissod. | Among those who sought audience with the new Commissioners yesterday was Police Justice Otter- bourg, who came to enter protest. It re that Sergeant, Smith, of the Essex Market Police ‘squad, acting under orders from Superintendent Walling, has declined to allow the justices of that court to designate what officers of his command should serve warrants. His reagons for this action are based upon two grounds: pi it interfered with the proper working of bis com- mand, as al] orders to his force should come through him; second, it was in conflict with the rules and reg- | lations of the department as laid down in the Police | jan Justice Otterbourg- took issue with the Sergeant on the subject and appealed to the Board, announcing at the same time that he had ordered from his court all the police stationed there and would not ‘mit them to serve warrants until the matter was decided. He thought that the magistrates should have the power to designate any officer serving in their court whom they saw fit to serve warrants, irrespective of what the Ser- geant might direct, The entire matter was referred by the Board to their counsel for opinion. A number of politicians paid their respects to the new Commissioners: TON. Among the most prominent were the Mayor, Hon. Thomas C. Campbell, Aldermen Morris, Billings, Lysaght, Shetls, Cudlipp and Reilly, Senator Jacovs and ex-Senator Jimmy O’Brien, THE EXCISE BOARD. The following will show the transactions of the Ex- cise Board during the past six months, It should be | remembered that the fiscal year of this department commences May 1:— MAY 1 TO DECEMBER 29, 1875, INCLUSIVE. Number of applications received. 6,873 Cash received on account thereof, + $385,708 | Number of licenses granted. . 6,745 | Number of applications refused 66 | Number of applications withdrawn 32 Number of applications transferred to ac- count 1874 and 1875... 20 Number of applications laid over..... 20 Amount received for licenses issued...... Amount received for applications refused... Amount transferred to account 1874 and 1875. Amount deposited with Chamb Apphitations, 1875 and 1876, ‘Account 1874 and 1876... Total....... ‘The Board have arrested 1,100 persons during the six months for violation of the Excise laws, and 2,500 ha been arrested by the police. Two hundred indictments have been found and three persons convicted, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. | At a meeting of the Fire Commissioners, held yester- day, the quarterly statements of the relief fund and | fire insurance fund were presented. On December 31, 1875, the former fund stood $215,404; and the latter $1,505. { Fire Marshal Sheldon's report for December was also — read, of which the following is a synopsis:— | Number of Gres during December 139 ‘The estimated loss aggregating. $361,036 Of which the amount of loss on buildings was, 73,055 Of which the amount of loss on stock was 88,881 Insurance loss on same, 57.790 Of which on stock Mest ies 51,065 ‘The comparative report with the same month of last | | year is:— | 1874. 1875.) Fir a 139 Loss. +$147,215 $961,936 Insurance. . 1,477,680 | Indictments were found’ against Jamos Sutton ‘for perjury, he having sworn falsely relative to loss and damages in the fire at No, 23 Liberty street and No. 58 | Maiden lane, on June 24; against Francis C. Gearty and Frank Gearty, of arson in the first degree, for set- ting fire, as alleged, to the premises occupied by them at No, 133 Washington street; and against Solomon | Greenburg, of arson in the first degree, for setting fre, | as alleged, to premises occupied by bim at No, 124 Mon- roe street, November 24. | Morris W. Goldstein has been convicted of arson in | the third degree, for setting fire to his premises at No. | 153 Varick street, on August 29, and sentenced to four | years In the State Prison. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PARKS. | Acommittee of citizens from the Twenty-third and ‘Twenty-fourth wards, consisting of the following gen- tlemen—W. H. Barney, Waldo Hutchings, J. G. John- ston, H. F. Spaulding, A. D. Ewing, J. H. Goodwin, M. L. Delafield, Rev. C. H. Burr, Jr., T. M. Cuthbert, Web- ster Woodman, L. Delafield, E. D. Ewing, W. T, Acker- man and G. H. Petnie—having learned that the annual portion allotted to the Department of Public Parks tor the purpose of keeping in repair the roads and bridges tn the above named wards bad been cut down from $50,000 to $40,000, and believing, from past experien that even the greater amount was insufficient to keep the said roads and bridges in good order, called upon the | Park Commissioners yesterday to cousult with them to the best meays of remedying the magter. There are about 136 miles of roads in the two wards; and the Com- « missioners say that $50,000 \s not enough to keep them in rf condition, Some action will, probably, be taken in the matter at the meeting of the Board to- morrow afternoon. MUNICIPAL NOTES. Mayor Wickham was away from his office nearly the entire time yesterday. Alderman Lewis officiated dur- ing his absence. To-day it is expected that a name will be sent in for Commissioner of Public Works to the Board of Alder. | men by the Mayor. Those who claim to know some- thing of the inner workings of city politics assert that General Fitz John Porter will be the winning candi- | date. A few hours more, however, will probably deter- mine the truth o! the rumor. ‘A meeting of the Dock Commissioners was held at their office in Duane street yesterday. The Treasurer reported $410,460 90 to the credit of the commission, $15,283 17 having been expeated during the past week and $8,348 52 received for dock and slip rents. ptroller Green will begin the payme: en y be taken ap numerically by Assembly districts and receive their salaries in that order, KINGS COUNTY SUPERVISORS. ‘The corridors of the Kings County Court House lead- Ing to the Supervisors’ chambers were thronged yester- day afternoon by ‘the workers’’ of both parties, demo- crats and republicans, who were scenting out “the loaves and fishes,” the occasion being the organization | of that Board and the distribution of certain county fears. The apartment in which the esting was eld was crowded to excess. Supervisor-at-Large James Howell, Jr., called the Board to order. Two of the majority, republicans, were absent, which ieit them | but one majority. A committee was appointed to drait | rules and regulations for the government of the new | Board, It was then resolved to go into an election for | President ot the Board pro tem. The result of the vote | was the unanimous election of J. L. Ryder. Supervisor Strong moved that the Board then ad- Journ. The yeas aud nays were taken, and Mr. Ryder, | who is @ republican, voted, to the surprise of his party, | with the democrats in the negative. The motion to adjourn was lost. A motion to proceed to the election of Clerk was then made and carried, The republicans, | not wishing to risk the clerkship of the Board, again | moved to adjourn, and again faiied by the same vote, | Supervisor Stillweil moved that Euward B. Cadiey, | the present pepeig bd retained. The republicans, wiih | the exception of Supervisor Ryder, voted against Mr. | Cadley, but he was elected. It was moved by Supervisor Moran that William Mo- Cormick and Michael Clancy. gineers of the Court House, de retained in their p ns. Intimations of “backsliding and treason” were heard among the publicans in the courso of an angry discuss! Which ensued, to the great amusement of the demo crats in the lobby. The engincers named were reap: Pointed. Several other positions were aiso filled by mocrats, who were thus rewarded for the complit which the democratic Supervisors paid by giving their ‘undivided vote to Supervisor Ryder jor the Presidency of the Board. FINANCIAL CONDITION OF ELIZA- BETH. The Mayor of Elizabeth has issued his annual mes. sage, which sets forth that « very large amount of the city bonds have been retired from the market in ad- vance of their maturity, and the price has egy nga on short bonds’ The tax levy for 1875 Fists oe ‘The city has paid uhe State and county 144,460 14, and has collected up to the ist 267,774 65. The debt of the county bas bees reduced $500. 000, ry | Twenty-eig! | widow of the late Robert Colt, in the 6lst year of | AM. Services at | native ACCIDENTAL POISONING. faceted Edward H. Andrew, aclerk in the drug store of wel, Hasaré & Os, under the Fifth Avenue Hotel, ip the sof taking chloral Tossday night he took an ovendase: wineh sited death yesterday morning, at bis residence, West tw nty-eighth meet” ey sa ———_—__—_ SEARCHING THE MORGUES, A gentleman called at the morgues in New York; Brooklyn, Jersey City and Hoboken Yesterday ig. -b of William Clayton, an auctioneer, aged fve years, who left his Fesidence, No, '4 Denne street, oy York, last Wednesday morning and has not returne cepatiatammaa HEALTH OF JERSEY CITY, According to the reportot the Board of Health of Hudson county, N. J., diphtheria has greatly abated try Jersey City during the past month. There are over 300 children attending Public Schoo! No. 1, at the corner of Central nue and Congress street, whore health ia endangered by the defective drainage of the premises: and County Physician Stout states that more cases diphtheria, ‘and malarial diseases have their origi in this building than in ail the other pubbe buildings the city combined. There are six cases of smallpox i the county, and over 100 of bronchial affection among adults, attrputed solely to malaria! poison, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, ENGAGED. Kavrmay—Prerp.anper.—On Sunday, January a, Mr. Wiuuiam Kavrman to Miss Sanat PREILANDER, both of thiscity No cards. eth liter losars Levy to Haxsan Lyow, both of Brooklyn, E. D. No cards A Lexington (Ky.) papers please copy. MARRIED. > j Banta—Couuiws. —December 20, at Greenville, N. J Joux H. Banta, of Jersey City, to Miss lvs Cousin late of Buffalo, Bsuor—Msver.—On Saturday, January 1, 1876, at the residence of the bride’s perenie hy the Rev. J. Lewis, Horace M. Bisnor, to Exta E, Maven, daugh+ ter of Theodore F. Meyer, of Tremont, N. Y. McKgyna—O’Nertt.—At St, Ann’s church, on the 5tth Inst., by the Mg yi Thomas S, Preston, M. J. Mo- Kenna to Exiza W, O'NetL1. ‘ Scumwper—Dar.—At Yonkers, N. Y., on Wednese day, January 5, 1876, by the Rev. L. W. Mudge, Cuar.es L. BER to AnNin Dar, both of Yonkers. TORRY—Witulamson.—On Weanesday, January 5, 1876, at the residence of Thomas Unckles, Eeq., by thé Rey. Charles H. D. D., Wiitram J. Torry to Buancee, daughter of the late Charles H. Wi)iiamson, Esq., of Brooklyn, No cards. DIED, Atvorp.—In Madey) ah Conn., on the 4th inst.,, at the residence of W. BK. Truvee, SUSAN ALVOKD, widow of the late Jesup Alvord, Funeral at Eocene Conn, on Friday, January 7, at baif-past two o'clock P, M. Carriages will be in at- tendance at the depot on the arrival of the twelve o’clock train from New York. Axprew.—On Wednesday, January 5, Epwanp H. Asprew, in the 44th year of his age. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to at~ tend the funeral, from his late residence, No. 105 West ‘treet, at half-past seven o’clock P. M. BLACKBURN. —At the institution of the Ladies’ Union Aid Society, 253 and 255 West 42d st., James Biack~ BUBN, aged 79 years, during life a member of the Meth+ odist Episcopal church, Willett st. by neral services will take place at the institution, this afternoon, at half-past one o'clock. Boxngav.—On Wednesday, January wEav, tn the oor of his aga, Notice of fun hereafter, Brokaw.—Friends are respectfully mvited to attend the funeral of Davin C. Brokaw, on Friday, at twor o’clock, from the residence of-A. V. Hart, No 359 Schermerhorn street, Brooklyn. Browy.—On January 5, at his residence, 44 West 24th st., the Rev. Nememian Brows, in bis S6th year. Funeral at one o'clock on Friday, the 7th inst., ab Huntington, L. L Remains leave city residence at half past eight A. M. Brown.—On Tuesday, January GroRGB BROWN, native of Tyrone county, Ireland, at his late residence, wd on ud , Francis Boxe . No, 518 West 39th st., aged 32 years. The relatives and friends are tag. suatg 4 invited te attend the funeral services, at the Chapel of the Shep’ herd’s Flock, No. 330 West 43d st, on ary 6, at one P. M. Coir.—On Wednesday evening, January 5, Mary ‘hursday, Janw uch age. Faneral services at the residence of her son-in-law George K. Davis, 77 West 124th st., on Thursday aftere noon at three o’clock. The remains will be taken t& Pittsfield, Mass., for interment. Covix.—In ths city, on Wednesday, January 5). Kare Reitty, wife of James Coyle, of Jersey City. Friends of the family are invited to attend her far neral, from the residence of her sister, Mrs. Walla: No, 56 West 24th st.. on Saturday, Sth inst. at nin St Peter's church, Jersey City, al Doorxy.—On Wednesday, January 5, TERRSA ANNA. Friends of the family are respectfully invited to at- tend the funeral, from her late residence, 102 Bedtord’ st., on Friday morning; thence to St. Ji h’s church,. where a solemn requiem mass will be offered at tet o’clock, and thence to Calvary Cemetery for inter ten A. M. | ment. Durrt.—On Tuesday, January 4, at Englewood, N. after a protracted {lines uddenly, Joux Durry, of county Roscommon, Ireland, in the 48th and friends are invited to attend the at St. Cecilia's church, op Friday, January 7, at ten o'clock. Dewx.—On Wednescay, January 5, Owry Duy, ane tive of Templeboyd parish, county Sligo, Ireland, in the ‘77th year of his age. His friends and relatives, also those of his som Michael, are requested to attend the funeral, on Friday, January 7, at balf-past two precisely, from bis jate resk dence, 152 Leonard street. EaGax.—On Tuesday, January 4, Dasten, only son 0} Michael and Teresa Eagan, aged 1 year and 11 months. ‘The relatives and friends of the family arc respect fully invited to attend the funeral, trom his late resi: dence, 656 3d av., on Thursday, January 6, at one o'clock. Exeet.—On Wednesday, the 5th inst., after a linger. ing illness, Rosauie Exce., widow of the late Simom —— im the 66tn year of her age. ‘The relatives and friends of the family are invited tor attend the funeral, from her late residence, N Oras st., on Friday, the 7th inst, at eleven o'clock: A J. Epwarps.—At Newtown, L. I, January 4, 1876, Exviavern Isapeita, daughter of George W. and Aum Maria Edwards, in her 26th year, Funeral, op Thursday morning, January 6, at half- jt ten o'clock. Curriages in waiting at ten o clock at enth Street ferry, Greenpoint. Relatives and friends of the family respectfully invited to attend Ferratt.—On January 4, 1876, at the residence ov his parents, Mount Vernon, Wx. Lily aged 30 yeal Funeral from the above place on Thursday, at three o’clork. FieaixG.—On Jannary 5, 1876, at her residence, 86 Cannon st., MarGaner PiaeMiy Her relatives and friends mrited to attend her » faneral, without further uotice, at two o'clock on Fri- day, January 7. KATH. nuary 5, Racue. Heats, widow of the late John Heath, in the 4th year of ber age, ‘The relatives and friends ak are requested to attend her funeral on Saturday, 8th inst., at two o’clock P. M., from the residence of her son-in-law, John Woolsey, Clarkson st., Flatbush,. fourth house east of Flatbush Hervick.—On January 3, Wittsam Hernicn, in the 6th year of his age. The furreral will take place on Thursday, January 6, at one o'clock, from his late idence, 89 Delancey st Relatives and friends are invited to attend. Lex.—On January 3, 1m Brooklyn, after @ short il- ness, Mrs. [pa Lee, daughter of Walter and Margaret Joyce, aged 25 years, Mitenmu.—At Charleston, S. ©., December §1,. Sreruxy G, Mitcreu. ae remains will be interred at Nantucket Island, Ags. Mcuurx.—In Brooklyn, on Wednesday, January 5, poh eldest daughter of the late Bernard aud Naney ‘allen. Notice of the funeral in vo-morrow’s papers. McGroncr.—On Wednesday, January 5, our dear little Gracte, aged 2 years, 8 months and 14 days. Funeral on Friday, at three P, M., from she resi- dence of her p A. and Martha A. Perey MoGeorge, Palieade av., opposite Hill st, West Hobo- N. J. witcken —On Wednesday, January & 3818, Many Ky aged 2 ears, onths an es pe Trends also the members of Amity ge, No, Sad, Fae vals oo Friday, January 7, 1806, vited |, on Friday, 5 from the remdence of her parents, No, 17. Barrow at, at ten o'clock A. 4 Ni "—At the Windsor Hotel, on the evening of January 3, 1876, Joux P. Nxsmiri, in the 79tn year ov his age. Fi service takes place at the Church of St Joho wn Wieingelian, corser h st. and Madison av. on Fre ‘the 7th inst, atten A. M. Relatives and irenda ited to Prxey.—In Brooklyn, on January 5, Mra Evzanert the 87th year of her age. Funeral will take place from We, refldence of Rev. Manning, 147 Park place, on arday, January Reuss P. Mp Relatives and friends are invi to attend. 5, at seven P. M., of diphtheria, Ap- Foote coat aacghier of Yona. snd Helen A. Palla Notice of hereafter. Licata January 4, Jouy Ravrenry, in the oath t ye. Wt J fanerel will'take piece 08 ‘Thursday, January 6, at two o'clock, from bis late reside: ‘801 Sd av. atives and friends are invited to atfon ‘Srawart.—At Pleasant Valley, near Pittston, Pa, peewee | January 1, Rev. Ancmpary & pastor of Langeliff Presbyterian chu: 2 Wurts —On Tuesday evening, lerems at the - dence of his parents, on Clinton av., West Hoboken, oe Joux N. Wuyrts, aged 9 years, 9 months % pacers from the residence of his parents, Thursday, January 6, at two o'clock. Winsuir.—At Jersey City Heights, on Monday, Jana~ Gronoe 0, Wivsnir, in the 69th year of his age. fatives and friends are invited to attend histuneraly on Thursday afternoon, 6th inst, o'clock, from Simpson M. EB Church, Central av.. near atm Jersey City Baivhta ] 4.