The New York Herald Newspaper, January 12, 1876, Page 6

NEW YORK HERALD; WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1876.—-WITH SUPPLEMENT. THE STATE CAPITAL Preparing the Way to Abolish | Capital Punishment. AND FACES ea dees vet S MASKS LEGALIZED. | Showing Mercy to the ¥ic- tims of the Sheriff. aera THE SENATE COMMITTEES. —_-—_—— | { Sharp Practice of the Street | Railroad Companies. ef the Dunlap and Taylor Feud. | them, shall designate {rom among the daily newspapers Disposing | | Letter of Resignation from | Ex-Auditor Thayer. Report of Superintendent of Pub- lie Instruction. Avmayy, Jan. 11, 187 ‘Tne reluctance of juries nowadays to bring in a ver- ict of murder in the first degree, by reason of which 80 many villains have of late escaped the penalty rght- fully due to their crimes, will, in all probability, be pro- @uctive of legislation during the present session of the Legislature, which will materially affect not only the | existing statutes in relation to the various degrees of | murder, but even the pardoning power of the Gover- oor, A bill is now in preparation which will, in a week or 80, be introduced in tho House, which will provide that the pardoning power, now vested in the Executive, shail be taken away from him and transferred to the Court of Appeals, with the stringent proviso that no pardon ehall be granted by the Court unless by a concurrent vote of all the members, This is, I understand, only the forerunner of another bill, which will have for its *bject nothing more nor less than the abolishment of tapital punishment and the — substituiion " of | tmprisonment for life as the wafost penalty for murder in the first degree. The impression seems to prevail among many of thé members who have been | spoken to as to the*advisability of a change in this respect of the mairder statute that juries would more readily thar, they now do convict a murderer of mugder | ‘m th, Grst degree if the pevaity was imprisonment for | ‘Mie, and that, with the pardoning power in the bands of the Court of Appeals, under the restrictions to be | provided for by the bill I have alluded to, murderers | will not escape very easily hereafter. This view ot the | question 1s strengthened, too, by the state- ment made the other day to a witness in! the caso by one of the jurymen who | leclared Scannell “Not guilty” on the ground of in- tanity, to the effect that, had the jury been able under ihe law to bringin a verdict which would have con- ‘igned the accused to imprisonment for life, they would ave brought in such a verdict, This statement, when 4 is borne in mind that the jury got out of the dim- tulty by acquitting him on the ground of insanity, shows to what iengths a jury will go when they are un- | wilting to bang a man, though convinced his crime de- | terves at least the severest penalty under the law next | © hanging. Mr. Lyon, of Kings, to-day made the first | move in this line of legislation as to the murder statutes by introducing a bill which will effectually put an end to the tricks, devices and technicalities by which «convicted murderer now manages, with the sia of astute counsel and rather too liberal laws, to postpone the carrying out of the penalty due to bis crime for a year or two, if not indefinitely. In fuct, ander it the only appeal that can be taken in a capital +tase is to the Court of Appeals direct, WHAT THE BILL PROVIDES, The dill provides that in every trial for homicide where a conviction shall be had for murder in the first degree it shall be the duty of the presiding Judge be. fre whom such conviction ts had, within ten days after the sentence of the Court shall have been pro- nounced, to cause a full record of the trial to be made up and duly certined, and to transmit it to the Clerk of the Court of Appeals. The clerk, im- mediately upon the receipt of the record, must submit it to the Chief Justice, who atthe earliest day practi- cable is required to convene the Court of Appeals, to review the conviction. Even if the Court should bappen to be sitting in regniar session when the record’, is received, it shall be specially convened to review the case. Notice of the time and place where the Court shall sit must be given by the clerk to the Dis. | trict Attorney of the county where the imdictment was found, and alto to the prisoner. Counsel ts, of course, given the right to appear on euch review. The Court may allirm the conviction, or may for any error in Jaw. or upon the merits grant a ‘new trial If the tonviction shall be affirmed ‘no further appeal of proceedings shall be allowed except a respite, | if any ix granted, by the Governor. Whenever and as often as aconviction shall be reviewed and a new trial ordered by the Court of Appeals the proceedings apou any subsequent conviction, if for murder in the first degree, shall be again reviewed in the manner already described. If the District Attorney or the counsel for the prisoner, or both of them, shail | fail to attend upon the day appointes for the review of the case, it shall, nevertheless, be the duty of the Court without delay to proceed to review the pro cecdings of the Court below us transmitted to it, and | to render judgment in like manner as if oral argument | had been made before the Court. The record of the \rial before the lower court must be made by the Menographer of the court or some one else duly au- thorized, and shall contain a copy of all the evidence and exceptions taken on the (rial, and the expenses in- | tident to the making up of the record must be detrayed by the prisoner, or by the county if be is too poor to tefray them, THE CITY CAR COMPANTES’ 30K. It Is the practice of the railroad and stage companies | ‘mn New York city to exact a cash deposit {rom every | tonductor and driver they employ asa gort of eate- | guard fund out of which the companies can get even | with any conductor or driver who forgets the law of eum and tuum to his own profit, Mr. Killian will introduce a bill to-morrow to make the exacting of this deposit from the men a misd meanor. To show what a hardship it ts for the drivers | and other employés to have to make a deposit on being | tnployed it is only necessary | { | was actually starving, Was secured a place on one of the city roads as a driver through the influence | of a local politician, but on going to | work was told that be would have to deposit | $50 with the company belore getting a car. As the | party whahad secured bim the place had obliged a | treat many other poor friends of his employed by city tailroads by advancing them the money necessary to make the required deposit, and is by no means a gold tuine, be was unable to advance the $50, and the poor wan thus lost his chance of getting work. What makes is deposit business particularly infamous in these | tard times, in the opinion of those who are ‘umtlar with its results, is that the companies are not | ‘ausfed with the men furnishing & bond signed by ome responsible party. They want the cash down. 'f, as | learn, these deposits exacted from employes in ease of one of the richest city lines sometimes awerage $5,000 a week it can be readily seen whata saying bosiness the deposit system ts to the compa wes, ws they do Bot pay interest on the money to its nghiful owners. “MASKS AND vaces.”? A delegation ot New Yorkers, headed by ex-Mayor Gunther, is expected here this evening in the interests of the Liederkraoz and other societies that areanxtous to have masquerade bails this winter, but have tho wholesome fear tn their hearts that, 1: they ehould be | | eld before propor proceedings are iaken nere to guard | inst the danger, the anti-masqnerade of 1845 may be enforced by the Police C fissionera — The delegation will be gratified, | vo doubt, on their arrival bere to learn that Mr. Kilt tian boldly wook the bull by the horns to day by intro- | cing a dill to repeal the law, so that any incorpo. | rated Society in the State can hold masquerade parties | sad bails to their hearts’ content, and go to and [rom theif residences and the general rendezvous in cos- | Ye and masque. it js too arly yet faik about what chance the bili bas of be inga Though it bas many frends it certainiy wn Meet with vigorous opposition :n both houses from those who believe that the law of 1855 is a good law. | It is possible, however, that the bili, amended so as to | sliow local authorities to decide as to what societies it | would be safe to grant the privilege of baying masquer- ade balls, may be passed in tine forthe Liederkrante | eud the other merry-making associations to ceiworate the centennial year before the 40h of July. <A QUESTION OF TWENTY Days | ‘The Sheriff of New York county, according to his friends, instead of making moncy bas been for e time past lighted his Official duties to his great ar and, consequently, personal sorrow. Pivaer,tbe anvrodaced o gireumstances, Mr Engiebart’s litte bill, to-day. amending ibe code of wrowedure ia | the | subordinates; also the abolition of the office of apprais- to cite one case which | Wavagance tn State Prison management and report a securred last week. A deserving man, whose family | plan for the reform of the same. the general orders and there being none, that order of business was laid on the table, on motion of Mr. Surr- MAN. | | Marshail and other streets in Brook! | cedure. | such a way a8 to interfere serious!y with one of the money making processes is the height of cruetty. Under the law as it now stands, when the Sherif arrests a person on civil proc- ese he bas the right to keep him in jail forten days before he accepts Sn undertaking, and the attorney for tif has ten days more within which to accept an ng. It may mot be always the case, but it that it or those who for a well-to-do man whose board at tel de Ludlow they think will bring in a » sum into the shrievaity pocket, no matter the pla the und said riff, id She act hol him, get ban how good his security may be, he is given the benefit | oi the full ten days. Then if the attorney for the piain- ut be ‘der will not depart any too soon, why he, too, al- 0: he agrees to accept the undertakin, hart's bill provides that when the Sh @ man he shall deliver the undertaking Engle- T arrests mmediately 8 bis full ten days’ privilege to expire before | aM very often happens when the | in ants to be obliging to the Sherif, so that his | to the plaintifl’s attorney, who, within three days, must | give notice of justification tw the deiendant or his attor- ney. In this connection | may state that a general bill is to be introduced next week by another member of the Assembly, making the office of Sheriff in every county salaried one, without any fees whatever, and Mt Ss said to mect with the approval of the Governor as @ reform measure. WIPING OUT A SWINDLE, Senator Bixby seems determined to wipe out that $15,000 job of the Datly Register, which was saved from desiruction in the Assembly last year by tricks ‘that were not vain and ways that were dark. A bill be introduced to-day provides that within twenty days aiter the passage of the act the presiding justice of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, the Chief Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and the Chief Justice of the Superior Court, or a majority of published in New York, and having a circu- lation of not less than 20,000 copies daily, three newspapers, in one or more of which sball be published, at the rates or prices established by law, every notice or advertisement in legal proceedings or which may be required by law to be published in one or more news- papers in thecity. If the notice or advertisement is re- quired to be published in only one newspaper then the publication shall be made in ‘one of the newspapers 80 designated, and if it is required to be published | ‘n two or more, the publication shall be made in the | corresponding number of the newspapers designated, | provided that nothing in the bill hall ‘be held to apply to or require any notice or advertisement wo be inserted | in any of these newspapers which is or may be directed | by law or ordinance to be published or inserted in the City Record, tbe official paper. The act of 1874 creat- ing the Daily Register, and requiring all legal notices to ve published in it, at’a cost to the city of $15,000, a 1s repealed by the bill. THE COMMISSIONERSHIP OF JURORS. A bill which Senator Bixby intends to introduce to- morrow will settle the controversy between Tom Dun- lap and Douglas Taylor as to the Commissionership of Jurors, It takes away the power of appointing the Commissioner from the Mayor, and places itin the hands of the Recorder, District Atto) on County Clerk. As Phelps is a repabliean pa ‘aish and Hac-. kett anti-Tammany, the proposition will find favor with @ repubiican Senate, and must certainly pass, MORE POWERS TO CANAL COMMISSIONERS, The Special Joys Committee of Canals will make their report in a week or go. It ts said they will advise the | enlargement _—of the powers of the Canal Commissioners, giving each full control of the appointment of his own ers and the substitution of a board of audit, where the State will be represented by the Attorney General. WAYS AND MEANS, The Ways and Means Committee have organized and apportioned their work to sub-committees. GIVING THE CITY CHARTER A CHANCE, The friends of the new charter for New York are of opinion that it is wiser to postpone its introduction un- Ul some day*next week, It is growing in favor every hour among those who were at first disposed to oppose it, The current of opinion in its behalf will, be deeper and stronger next week than this, ¢ THE PROCEEDIN SENATE. Aunany, Jan. 11, 1876, Senator Ropertson moved the appointment of com- mittees as follows :— On CLatms.—Messrs, Moore, Loomis and Harris. ON FiXaNox.—Messrs, Harris, McCarthy, Moore, Hammond and Jacobs. Ox Jupiciary.—Mesars, Robertson, Prince, Rogers, Carpenter, Bradley, Kennaday and Schoonmaker, Jr. On Mititia,—Messrs, Wellman, Doolittle and Bixby. Os CaNats.—Messrs. Cole, Rogers, Sayre, Doolittle, St. John, Gerard and Starbuck. On Raitnoaps.—Messrs. Selkreg, Wagner, Tobey, Bradley and Kennad: Oy Crrrs.—Messrs, Woodin, Booth, Wagner, Baaden, Tobey, Jacobs and Morrissey. On Roaps and BrivpaRs.—Messrs, Sayre, Selkreg and Lamont, On Literatcrs,—Messrs. Booth, Prince and Gerard. On Svats Prisons.—Messrs, Wellman, Vedder and Schoonmaker, Ox Banxs.—Messrs. Coleman, Wellman and St, John. On IxscRANCE.—Messrs. Tobey, Booth and Bradley. On Exxotion anv Division or Towxs anb Cocntixs. — Messrs. Emerson, Cole and Lamont. | ; the Canal Fund. $5,000; Commissioner of Accounts (appointed by the joyed by the Sherif | Mayor), $2,000. No subordinate in any department shall receive a greater salary than the highest salary paid to the head of the department, except the Superintendent of Pohce, whose salary shal! not exceed $10,000. By Mr. ExGLenart—Fixing the rate of interest at seven percent, It provides tor forferuog the rate of rest, Dut not the principal, im ease of receiving a Al! contlieting acts are repealed. No—Regulating the wages of labor on ‘ks of the State, By Mr. Ki.tias—Amending the act to prohibit per- sons from wearing disguises and arme, It excepts mas- querades, &c., from the provisions of the act. By Mr. Hersuny—Altering the boundaries of Hopkin- ton and Covington, St. Lawrence county. By Mr. Hatusay—Amending the Revised Statutes relative to allowing writs of error-in criminal cases, By Mr, Wapp.t—Authorizing the Supervisors of Queensbury, Warren county, to pay over certain moneys, By Mr. Forsrsr—Amending the Morrisania Consol- dation acts, Also relative to wills of personal estate. Also @ supplemental act reguiating the storage of combustivles. 180 placing the citizens of the State on an equality with the national banks as to interest. By Mr. West—Fixing the fees of constables and sheriffs. RESOLUTIONS, Mr. Forsrer called up*his resolution calling on Con- gress for an appropriation to complete the Harlem River and Spuyten Duyvil Creek improvements, and it was adopted. By Mr. Suenman—That the Committee on Civil Divis- jons inquire into the propriety of abolishing the county of Hamilton and adding the territory to the adjoining counties, and, if they deem it expedient, to report a a bill tor that purpose, Agreed to, By Mr. HoGxnoom—That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the subject of ex- emptions from taxation; what property is thus ex- empted, and report their opinion as to imposing taxes on such property, Agreed to, Adjourned. EX-AUDITOR THAYER RESIGNS. ALpany, Jan, 11, 1876, The following is a copy of the letter of resignation sent by the late Auditor of the Canal Department to the Governor:— Ye To His Excellency Samugt J. Tinpex, Governor‘of the State of New Yorki— ; On the 16th day of wos hd T was duly appointed to the office of Auditor of the Canal Departinent of the Suite of New York. From tume I pertormed the duties of that office to the best of my ability until the 28th of December, 1875, when I was served with what purported to be a copy of an order of the Governor of the State of New York, duly certified as such copy, and as having been on that day filed in the office of the Sec- Tetary of State, whereupon I ceased to act as Auditor, In view of the particular time and circumstances of the service of this paper, I deem it proper here to state tne following facts:—A meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the Canal Fund was ealled for and held on the 16th day of December, 1875, At this meeting, which seemed to have been arranged for the purpose, certain persons known as inembers of a Commission for the Investigation of Alleged Frauds in the Management of the Canals appeared and made cer- tain statements, and presented what they represented as testimony taken before them in reference to certain acts of the Auditor in reiation to the purchase of cer- titlcates of indebtedness issued by Canal Commissions, whereupon it was suggested that the said Board should immediately pass resolutions in pursuance of the pro- visions of chapter 783 of the Laws of 1857, requiring the Governor to suspend the Auditor upon its being represented to the Board that I bad no bearing before such commission, and that the statements pre- sented were entirely ez parte and new to me, The Board declined 10 act in the matter then, except to remit it to such commission with a request that I be allowed to appear before it and make such staic- fer such proofs as might seem propor. On ember I appeared before such commis- gion and requested at the outset to be allowed to make | a statement, in the form of testimony, in regard to the several matters which had been referred to by the Commissioners before the Board of Commissioners of ‘This was refused, and the Commis- sioners proceeded in their own manner for four da; to cross-examine me, not only in regard to the matters communicated to the Commissioners of the Canal Fund, but as to the others, and as te none of which had had the least opportunity to give any direct testimony or statements whatever, On the fifth day 1 was ac corded the privilege of baving my statement read in evidence, occupying bat a few minutes in time and comprising four pages of the 124 pages of testimony re- ported, and then I was again subjected to a further cross-examination of great length and rudeness. The Board of Commissioners of the Canal Fund bad ad- journed to and met on Tuesday, Decem@er 28, 1875. lt was only at the hour of that meeting that either my | counsel or myself were furnished with a copy of the | testimony taken, Nevertheless, the matter was taken | up at once, and, after hearing my counsel, the Board | adopted the following resoluvio Resolved, That # requisition is made upon His Exeellency, the Governor, to suspend Francis 8, Thayer, the Anditor of the Canal Department, and to appoint a suitable person to perform his duties, if it shall be made to appear to him that the suid Auditor has violated his duty in respect to the public money in his charge and subject to his draft, the par- ticulars of which alleged violation of duty appear in the re- | | Ox AGHICULTUR&—Messrs, Moore, Prince and St John. On ComMerck axp NaviGation.—Messrs. Rogers, Coleman, Moore, Bixby and Loomis, ON MANcPacTURKs.—Messrs, Doolittle, Baaden and Latnont. Pentic Hnatru.—Messrs, Emerson, Booth and B Os Priviieoxs axp Exzctions,—Messrs, Prince, Car- penter and Starbucl On 1 —Messrs, Woodin, Harris, Rog- Joun. ON Arrains.—Messrs, Vedder, Selkreg and Kennaday. On Pu Exrexpirurs. —Messrs, Baaden, McCarthy and Loon Ox Pesiic BenoiGs.—Messrs. Coleman, Emerson aud Hammona. on Laws. —Messrs, Selkreg, Cole and Kennaday, CHARITABLE axbd RELIGIONS SUCLETIES.—Messra, rthy, Wellinan and Starbuck. Ow Rereexcumeny.—Messrs, Carpenter, Emerson and Morr.ssey ON. G Baaden and Jacobs. ON Saur.—Messrs, Sayre, Woodin and Morrissey. Isveesat Arrains op Towss anp Countizs.— srs. Vedder, Sayre ana Hammond. PRINTING. —Mesors, Wagner, Doolittle and Loomis. Vutacks.—Messrs. Carpenter, Wagner and Mor- McCarthy and —Messrs. Coleman, ON oN riss os Joint Liprary.—Messrs, Harris, Schoonmaker. On RuLes.—Messrs. Woodin, Robertson and Jacobs. Mr. Ragers, from the Thirty-first district, appeared and was sworn in. Mr. Prince declined to act as Chairman of the Com- mittee on Privileges and Elections. He stated as his reason, because of his proximity to one of the contested election districts 1t wouid not be in good taste for him to act on the commitiee. Was lad over, The question of excusing him | RILLS INTRODUCED. By Mr. Bootn—Kelative to religious societies, By Mr. Genanp—Relative to banks. By Mr. Bixuy—Relative to the publication of legal notices in the city of New York, by Mr. Exemsoy—Relative to weights and measures. RESOLUTIONS, ¥r. Wooprn offered the foliowing:— Resolved, That a specias committee of five be appointed to which shall be reierred the subject of the apportionment of members of the Legislature under the last enumeration, with instructions to report by bill at an early day. Adopted. y Mr. GeRanv—Relative to the handling, storing pment of explosive subsiances, Adopted. Mr. Puince—Relative to the boundary lines be- tween New York and Connecticut. Adopted, The bill for a better water supply for Yonkers was or- dered to a third reading. ‘Adjourned, ASSEMBLY. Avnaxy, Jan, 11, 1876. Mr. Stas had consent to introduce @ resolution that | the Commitice on State Prisons tnquire into the ex- The resolution was adopted. This being the day for the consideration of bills on | RILLS INTRODUCED. By Mr. Brows—Amending the Revised Statutes rela. tive vo fecs to coroners. By Mr, Miniex—Amending the act to Incorporate re- | ligrous societies, By Mr. War Telative to obi By Mr. Grai st n—Amending the Revised Statutes ing property under false pretences. GALLAGHER—To authorize the Buffalo and Island Ferry Company to increase its capital By Mr. Brapiry—To increase the pension fund of the Police Department of Brooklyn; also to improve : By Mr, Lyow—To promote the administration of | juatic By Mr. Covrex—To repeal the act of 1875 to alter the | Commissioners’ map of Brooklyn. By M. M. Campesti—To amend the law of 1875 rela- tive to the election of boards of town officers. By Mr. AMAM—Amending the act relative weights and measures. By Mr, ENGLEMA the rate of interes! to Amending the taw relating to | 10 tO amend the o of pro- By Mr. Fautox—Providing for the removal of trus- tees, guardians, &c. By Mr, Warrs—Amending the act of 1873 to re- organize the government of New York eny, It fixes | salaries a8 follows:—Mayor, §8,000, Comptroller, $3,000; Commissioner of Public Works, §8,000; Cor. | poration Counsel, $12,000 (ail legal costs collected by bim to be paid into the city treasury); President of Board of Police, $8,000; Commissioners of Board of Police, $6,000 each; President of Public Parks, $5,000; Commissioners of Public Parks, aothin Fire Department, $5,000; Commisaio1 partment, §5,000 each; Presideut of Charities and Cor. rection, 00; Commissioners of Charities and Co rection, $2,600; President of Health Depart- ment, $5,000; Commissioners of Health Depart- ment, $4,000; members of Board of Aldermen, | transactions | bly. President of | re of Fire De- | $4,000; President of Board of Aldermen, $5,000; Presi- | dent President Commissioners of Taxes and Assessments, $4,000; Commismoners of same, $4,000; President Department of Docks, $5,000; Commissioners of same, pething: Commimover aad Sorvevor of Buildin department of Taxes and Assessmetits, $5,000; | State bourds of education of port of the commission to investigate the affairs of the ‘anals of the Stace, which has been submitted to this Board and which is herewith transmitted. ‘The Board, by the resolution, did not asgume to pass upon the question of whether or not I had violated my duty, but, on the contrary, expressly disclaimed any intention of even expressing an opinion on that subject and simply remitted the whole matter, with the testi- movy, to Your Excellency, This’ resoluuion was adopted between the hours of one and two o'clock P. M. of December 28, At that time and for some days | following, I am informed, Your Excellency was in New | York city. | afternoon, I was served with the copy of the order of However, at about six o'clock of that same suspension heretofore referred to. It thus appears that, although the Board of Commissioners of the Canal Fund had expressly disclaimed any imteution to pass upon the question of my having violated my duty in respect to the public moneys under my charge and subject to my drait, there never had been by any one, im any form, specification of a single duty which I had neglected, nora pretence that I had illegally withdrawn adollar from the Treasury of the State. My suspension was a foregone conclusion not to be influenced by proofs or argument; that in fact the order bad been executed by Your Excellency prior to the action of the Board of Commissioners of the Canal Fund, upon which it purported to be founded, robably before the closing of the testimony. Freeemns that the statute under which I had been sui pended makes no provision for a trial or any review of the action of the Executive under it’ I thus find my- | self suspended without any specification of duties | alleged to have been violated having been made in any form, but by an arbitrary exercise of Executive powor and without any means Of review or trial and without any provision for my restoration to office, thus leaving me suspended during the balance of my term and the duties of the office to be discharged by Your appointee. | In view of the fact that I am pot conscious of having violated any duty and by far the greater portion of the in relation to which the testimony taken relates were entered into by’ me with no other motive than to promute the best interests of the State ip securing the opening of the navigation of the canals in due season, and with the understandimg, from an interview with you, that such transactions would meet your-approval, 1 am ata loss to account for your precipitate action. In consequence of this anomalous position in which I thus nd myself, and to avoid any embarrassment to the public service, ] hereby resign the office of Auditor of the Canal Departments of the State of New York, to take effect immediately. Respectfully, yours, FRANCIS & THAYER Jancary 11, 1876, THE SCHOOL QUESTION. WHAT THE STATE 6UPERINTENDENT OF EDUCA- TION RECOMMENDS—THE GRAY NUNS ONCE MORE. Aunaxy, Jan. 11, 1876. The annual report of Superintendent Gilmour, the State Superintendent of Instruction, was to-day re- ceived by Speaker Husted and submitted to the Assem- {tis quite a voluminous document. It has the following suggestions concerning the granting of certitl- cates to teachers and the Gray Nun act:— After describing the result of the new mode of exami- nation of teachers the Superintendent 8. It is my purpose to hold during the ‘present year Several examinations in diferent parts of the State to accommodate those desiring to offer them- selves as candidates for State certificates. As such examinations will ‘neecssarily involve some expense I recommend that an appropriation be made for the purpose of detraying the same, Prior to the passage of the act above referred to on June 9, 1875, chapter 853, Laws of 1875, being an act to amend chapier $24, Laws of 1871, entitled “An Act to incorporate the Sisterhood of Gray Nuns in the Stave of New York," had been passed. The section amend- ing chapter 324, Laws of 1871, reads as follows: Sxorion 7. The said corporation is here! grant diplomas aud honorary testimonials in such form and finder sach regulations as its Board of Trostees imay de- termine, to person who shall have or may hereafter be xraduated at any seminary of learning of said corpora- tion, located within this State; and any such graduate to whom a diploma may be awarded may ble such diploma or a dup! hereof. in the Dop tion, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction may thereupon, in his discretion, issue a certificate to the effect that such graduate le qualiied teacher of the common 4 etment of Public Lustrue | schools of the State. This act makes an invidious distinction in favor of the graduates of seminaries of learning of @ certain corporation; {it marks a discrimimation not accorded to graduates of other schools and colleges in the State; tt gives to them a prefer- ence not even granted to those who have passed ; the examination and hold the certificates of the regents of the university tn academies and academical departments of Union schools tncorporated by and under the aid of thé State. Chapter 353, above referred to, be- came a law without the knowledge of this department. 1 recommend that the act be repealed by a act, for althoagh |t is claimed by many that the later general law repealed the former special act, still as doubt on this point has been expressed, it ts better that the act he specially stricken from the statute book, fo that all teachers tt applying for State certificates may be upon the same levei and be required to pass the saie examination, 4 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, There are reports that propositions have already been made, aud in some cases accepted, that certain rochial schools tot under the control of the should be used by the trustees or the distrets in which they are jocated on condition that tne veachers shonic be appornted by those having the con- tol Of such achogis. ay thai the course of swstrucuon | t | | | | | | He was conveyed to St. Mary's H | beyond the power of any man or set of men, party or be subject to their approval. The adoption of such a Policy Would be a step toward the destruction of our system of public mstruction. I earnestly recommend that the Legislature take such steps as will securely imbed in the constitution of the State our common schools; as will place them sect to interfere with their admirable working or in any manner impair their usefuiness or tend to their destruction. Let the constitution be so amended as to make it ob- gatory that a free, public, non-sectarian system of education shall be maintamed inthe State, thus mak- ing our echool systema unity that will exist through- out all time, THE HARVEST QUEEN. NO FURTHER NEWS OF THE SHIP—OPINIONS OF THE OWNERS AND INSURANCE COMPANIES. A cable despatch, dated Liverpool, January 10, which stated that a headboard with the name ‘Harvest Queen’’ upon It bad been picked up off the coast of Wexford, Ireland, occasioned a good deal of anxiety in the city yesterday, A Hsnatp reporter called at the office of Charles Marshall & Co., Burling slip, and inquired of Mr. Charles Lamson, one of the partners who own the Harvest Queen, concerning the report. Mr. Lamson stated that no additional particulars had been received, although momentarily expected. He did not believe that the ship had been wrecked, and thought that the fact that one of her headboards had been found afloat was easily explained. The ship might have been boarded by a sea which washed it off The vessel was in perfect order, so fur as known, The Cap- tain (Jansen), was an experienced nay 1 ed familiar with the coasts of Great Britain and would not be at all or to put bis ship in a dangerous position, Easterly weather bad prevailed in the channel, which would naturally keep the ship back. With westerly winds they frequently make the run irom Queenstown to Liv- erpool in three days, but head winds always greatly prolong the voyage. It has not yet been ascertained on what day the Har- ‘Vest Queen sailed from Queenstown, when she arrived December 29 from San Francisco for orders which awaited her there. She doubtless put to sea very soon, and is certainly fully due at Liverpool. To-day definite advices will reach Mr. Lamson trom Liverpool, ‘The Harvest Queen isa fine sailing ship of the cele- brated Black Ball line, ut 1,500 tons burden. She is thoroughly equipped and is as stout a ship as floats, The insurance companies feel no great anxiety about the fate of the ship, reasoning in the same manner as Mr. Lamson concerning the drifting headboard, which has but little weight with them as proof of the wreck of the craft. A BELATED STEAMER, No little anxiety was caused in this city yesterday af- ternoon owing to the non-appearance of the Fall River steamboat Old Colony. At séven o'clock last evening a telegram received at the Heratp office from Newport brought the tidings that great anxiety existed there also, as word had been telegraphed trom New York that no news of her whereabouts had been received in this city up to seven o’clock. A HxRaLv reporter went down to the vessel's wharf and awafed news; but soon the good boat brought her own news by arriving shortly alter eight o'clock. As soon as she was made fest a Henasp reporter made his way on board, and found Captain K. M. Simmons, her commander, in his cabip. He said:— “T have no wondertul story to tell yous simply this, that I lef’ Newport at nine o'clock last night with about 200 passengers. Shortly afterward we encountered a violent gule from the west-northwest, and as ithad not moderated when we reached Gar- diner’s Island at three o’clock this morning I deter mined toanchor in Gardiner’s Bay, opposite Orient, Long Island, which 1 did till nine o'clock this morning, when we proceeded on our voyage. We had strong winds coming along to fight against. We are about twelve hours behind time. We leave for Newport at one o'clock to-morrow morning (Weduesday).” The vessel has sustained no injury. : BENEVOLENT FRENCHMEN. The Société Francaise de Bienfaisance held a meeting, when reports were received showing that the society during the past month expended the sum of $577 85 in cash donations among the poor and destitute of French’ Dationality in this city. In addition 1,818 pounds of bread and 506 plates of soup were furnished to the poor; thirty-three tons of coal and sixty-three pairs of shoes were distributed, Thirteen sick persons received med- | {eal treatment from the physicians of the society eight were sent to the hospital, and twenty-seven pe’ sons were sent back to France at the expense of the society. Fifteen persons were provided with employ- ment. The proceeds of a recent performance at tho Academy of Music for the benefit of the seciety amounted to $1,130 66 MALICIOUS PROSECUTION. Action was brought yesterday in the Supreme Court, Kings county, before Judgo Pratt, by a coachman named Richard McTaggart against a German saloon keeper, one Christian Encke, to recover damages in the sumi of $5,000 for malicious prosecution, The plaintiff ‘was arrested on complaint of Encke on October 2, 1874, on the charge of stealing a gold watch and chain, valued at $200. It appeared that on the date given he was or- | dered by his employer to call for the defendant at his | residence on Myrtle avenue. Mr. Encke called at a house tn Willoughby street, where a lady got into the carriage. They were driven to several places in New York and wound up a hotel in the Bowery. Two men assisted the defendant back to the carriage and told the plaintiff to ‘take that man home," The follow. ing day McTaggart was arrested on charge of stealing the watch. The answer of detendant was a gener nial, but the jury gave a verdict for plaintiff in th of | i ! RUN OVER BY A LOCOMOTIVE. | Yesterday morning, shortly before dawn, Joseph Weiner, a German, residing in Ferry street, Jersey City Heights, while on his way to New York, crossed the Weehawken branch of the Erie road at First street, Hoboken. While crossing, Engine No. 52 approached without bis noticing it, and the cow catoher striking him, threw him to the ground, fracturing his right thigh and causing severai scalp wounds He was thrown many feet trom the road, landing him on marshy ground. The engincer hastened to his assist tance after. stopping the locomotiva When the wounded man was picked up he was unconscious. pital, tn Hoboken, where Dr, Chabert set the broken limb and dressed tho scalp wound. LARGE PETROLEUM SHIPMENTS There are no less than eighteen ships now lying at Weehawken, loading with crude oil for Europe, The freights paid are also good in comparison with what they have been for months past There has not been so much activity seen along the New Jersey shore for along period OPPOSED TO INFLATION. Frederick Schroeder, of Jersey City, went Into the waiting room of the Hoboken ferry yesterday morning with more than a fair allowance of whiskey fumesin his head. He then commenced attacking the ‘‘infa tioniste” in a maudlin speech, and ended up by tearing anumber of ten-dollar bills to pieces. While 80 en- gaged Police Officer Jacobs put a stop to his idiotic con- duct and took him to the police station. He was fined $2 by Recorder Bohnstedt, who advised him to beware of fusil and be more economical for the future, THE PANGBORN LIBEL VERDICT. \ ‘The sealed verdict of the jury in the case of George | Watts, coal dealer, of Jersey City, against Z K. Pang- born and others, proprietors of the Evening Journal, was openea tn the Kings County Supreme Court, before Judge Pratt, yesterday morning, when it was found that they found for plaintiff in the eum of lea The action grew out of eighteon alleged libellous cba ia mi appeared in that paper, reflecting upon the chracter and damaging the business of Mr. Watts, The amount claimed was $100,000, and the trial occu. pied the attention of the Court for four days. SMALLPOX IN BAYONNE, N. J. The residents of Bayonne, N. J., have been so scared by the breaking out of smallpox that the evening schools have been almost deserted, Only twenty-three pupils were present on Monday evening, and it is feared that the Board of Education will be obliged to close the schools. TRAMPS AS HIGHWAYMEN. A farmer named William Meffeus was driving along the Hackensack plank road early yesterday morning, when two tramps jumped across a fence and attacked him. One seized the bridle while the other Jumped on but was felled to the ground by a heavy fous’ whip, The other clung to the horses till Meffeus lashed bim on the face with his whip and nearly blinded him. Meffeus then lashed his horses and drove of. The affray occurred near the railroad depot. A TRAMP TURNS HANGMAN. {From the Boston Post.} Thomas Love was arrested tn Worcester on Saturday for a peculiar crime, Love is a vagrant, with no osten- sible means of support, and has part of the time lived ‘on the bounty of A. J. Duncan, who resides In Worces- ter, The other morning Mr. Duncan went to his Darn to feed his cattte, not in the meantime seeing | Love, and, after he had finished, came down on a ladder from the loft, going down backwards. When Mr. Dun- can had nearly reached the (oot he felt a rope touch his and @slip-noose was thrown around his neck, Mr. Duncan turned round and found bimselfin the toils | funeral, trom of Love. Love bad a long rope and one end around the neck of Duncan. Love pulled at the other end flercely. A struggle ensued, which ended in the of Dun- can from an untimely end and the hasty fight of Love from whe barn, Love was captured on Saturday. | road a route which would have obliged the trains to run “ment” | thieves of $25 worth of foreign coins, | Hudson River Raiiroad depot in Laight street, | | thief stole an Overcoat, in the pocket of which was a RAPID TRANSIT. a el SHALL THE GREENWICH STREET EAILWAY BE ALLOWED TO RUN ACROSS THE BATTERY? It appears that an effort is being made to give the Rapid Transit Commissioners the power to designate routes through the public squares or breathing spots now under the management of the Department of Public Parks if the furtherance of rapid transit demands it, In order to get the wedge in an application was made some time ago on behalf of the New York Ele- vated Railroad Company to extend its road through the Battery from the present terminus in Greenwich street to the neighborhood of the South Ferry. On receipt of this proposal for a license the Commissioners of Public Parks asked the Corporation Counsel, Mr. W. C. Whitney, for bis opinion ag to their power to grant the same, and he returned them one which said that they might, Ifso minded, grant said company a lieense re- vokable at will to extend its lines as desired, He also at the department's request furnished a draft ofthe sort of agreement that might be entered into, and it was placed on file to be finally considered at the meeting of the Commissioners of Parks next Thursday. The particular project mentioned has met with se- rious opposition from prominent citizens on the ground that it was a positive encroachment on the rights of the poor in the crowded tenement districts who have no other means of obtaining pure air during the heated term than those aflorded them by evening strolis im the parks and squares. These gentlemen contend that if the Park™ Commissioners yield the Battery to the Elevated Railroad the precedent will be established which will authorize the leasing to some other company or companies of Washington and Tompkins squares, Central Park and other public places now of so great benefit to the artisan and laboring classes sanitarily. The Corpora- tion Counsel’s opinion was read at the meeting of the department beld on the 8d of December last. Substantially it related that by chapter 200 of the Lawa of 1571 it was providea that the Park Commissioners shail possess all the powers and authority in relation to the parks hereto- fore possessed by the Mayor, Aldermen and Common- alty of the city, and that this power had been continued by the charter of 1873 to the present time; so that all authority of the city over these places resides in the Park Department, Under its earliest charter the vity acquired an absolute ownership in fee simple in a strip of land all round the island of Manhattan, be- tween high and low water mark—an owner- ship without limitation of any kind, nor coupled with any trust. This strip for the most part had been sold and built upon, The opinion went on to fay that such total disposal of the fee in question might be a questionable transaction, so far as the department might become concerned. It related, however, that the strip was absolutely owned by the city and that portion of tin the Battery covers the entire width of Greenwich street at Battery piace junction, through the Battery to the edge of the Battery and State street ‘On receipt of this opinion, a resolution was adopted desirmg the landscape architect of the department to examine and report forthwith the best route to be adopted for the extension of the Elevated road in this direction; and the Corporation ‘Counsel was requested to draft the form of.an agreement between the depart- ment and the boy weg for the license of this part of the Battery. In this connection it is proper to give MR. WHITNEY'S OWN STATEMENT of his course in the matter. A Hskatp reporter called | on him at his residence in Park avenue last night, and | asked bim if he had acopy of the agreement he had | drawn up and forwarded to the department. ‘No, sir,"’ said he, “I have not; buatl can tell you that it merely provides for the grant of a revokable license to the Elevated road to run its tracks through the Battery, from Greenwich street diagonally to the corner of State street, near the for- | ries The first project was to obtain tor the up Battery place from Greenwich street, across the place, and along State street, on the Battery side. The landscape architect and the engineers saw iminediately that this route would be alike disadvantageous to the road and the department; to the former because the trains would have been compelled to turn two sharp angles, a thing | almost impossible, to the latter because the | establishment of the road on the | Battery side would necessitate the felling of some of the finest shade trees on the Battery, Therefore the general opinion was that ifthe route be built at all it should be built, as] have before indicated, diagonally from Greenwich street, crossing the Battery further in, thus leaving the trees uninjured and the object more easily attained. My own opmron ts that Mt would be wise to grant the company this licenge, which should be revocable at the option of the depars- “ At the meeting on the 3d of December the Park Com- missioners adopted Colonel Stebbins’ resolution asking the Corporation Counsel to inform the Board whether the Rapid Transit Commissioners appointed under chap- ter 606 of the Laws of 1875 have ee right to des- ignate any route over or through Battery Park, Mr. hitney sald yesterday that.be had not had time to ex amine the question yet, Mr. William Irwin, Secretary of the Public Parks De- partment, told a HERALD reporter yesterday that thi draft of the agreement had: been réceived and read at the last meeting of the Commisstoners, on the 7th inst., but that nothing decisive had been done in relation to it The document was placed on file to be considered at the next meeting, which will be held on Thursday, He did not feel at liberty to give any information as to its contents, because it would, if any portion of it were adopted, be altered in many par- uculars, Mr, George P. Andrews, {p the Corporation Counsel's office, said he had merely glanced at the draft of the agreement, of which there was no copy tn the office. He did not'remember much concerning tt. = granting of the license will be opposed vigor. ously. THE RECORD OF CRIME The apartments occupied by Charles Vitro, on the second floor of No. 11 First street, were,robbed by sneak. Some unknown thief entered the barroom of the Bel- vedere House, at the corner of Irving place and Pif- teenth street, and stole $30 in cash from the money drawer, The office of Phillip Bonfort, at No 40 New street, was entered by thieves who stole acloak and also a copy of Webster’s Dictionary, valued in all at $20. ‘A package of ladies’ shoes, valued at $65, was stolen from the counter of the store of F. B. Falkenderg, at No, 58 Warren street, Some unknown thief stole a qnantity of wearing ap- ee from the trdnk of William Morris, at No, 65 South ‘uth avenue. A keg of brandy, worth $25, was stolen from the Clothing to the value of $60 was stolen from the apartments of Henry Menie, at No. 181 Spring street. During the temporary absence of Thomas A. Harding from his office, at No. 223 Mercer street, an unknown pe sear book on the Greenwich Bank, with a balance of A fire was kindled about ee on Monday fn an | anoccupied frame building on Twenty-second street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues, South Brooklyn, ‘by some unknown incendiary. Before the flames were | extinguished the structure was damaged to the extent of $600. The loss is covered by insurance. Philip Simons, of No. 518 DeKalb avenue, Brooklyn, caused the arrest of Jacob Harris and Abraham Bor- ger, of New York, yesterday for attempting to collect from him §188, a'debt which he owed the accused prior to their going into bankrupicy. They were released on bail by Justice Walsh. © ‘The residence of Joseph Kuhn, No. 88 Graham ave- nue, Brooklyn, was robbed on Monday night last of clothing to the value of $130. The Grand Jury of the Kings County Court of Oyer and Terminer yesterday presented nineteen indict- ments before Justice Pratt They are still pursuing their labors. Thomas Harrigan. of No. 922 Bergen street, Brook- lyn, was accosted by ® man, about fifty years of wearing @ dark beard, on Tuesday morning early. while in the act of aiighting from @ car near the Fulton ferry, and robbed of his pocketbook containing $15 The residence of Mr. Roland De Boute, of No, 69 Fourth eon Brooklyn, was robbed of about §2,000 worth of clothing and Jewelry within the past month. The suspected thief is William Marshal, who was re- eee vahbes Lod heed of settee by Judge Moora, on ing ty e charge of burglary at the prem- foes ote ouighibor of ttn, De Bone a! 4 A girl named Maria Sullivan, of No, 416 First stree! Jersey City, stole a sacque from a dry goods store, an 1s pow avalting trial, Patrick Scanion, who attempted to kill Edward Mur- ray in Laidlaw avenue, Jersey City, with a revolver, was arrested yesterday. Scanlon atiempted to murder & man in Northern New York a few months ago. RECKLESS FIREMEN. The citizens of Williamsburg complain that the fire | i 1 i ™ ceeding to fires, No bells are sounded on the engines or ladder trucks, and as they dash over the crosswalks without warning pedestrians are in frequent peril of life or limb, | MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, ENGAGED, Brswetr—Hymax.—Reotcca BeNvert, to AN. Hymas, of Butlalo. No cards, Buflalo papers please copy. MARRIED. Passworx—Gnar.—January 1, 1876, by the Rev, Will- jam Loyd, Harky Passmore to Li ; daughter of Jobe Gray, of Fishkill. No m bain gn of this city, DIED. | Aoxew.—On Tuesday, Jannary 11, of diphtheria, Josxrn, son of William and Aunu Agnew, aged 2 years, 4 months and 15 days, et, . The relatives and friends are invited to attend the Parents’ residence, 47 Skillman st, the 13th inet, at two P.M. Brooklyn, Thurs Akiva, —On 1 Uon, ELizaBsTa AkiNS, at ber imte West 44th st. Notice of funeral hereafter, sade drive their apparatus at a reckless pace while pro- | A. , Janaary 11, 1876, of consump: | P. > Bram.—At San! Me Bee ita Barbara, Cal., December 24, 187% and friends of the family are invited te attend the funeral, on Thursday, at two o’clock, from bors ik Breokiee yaday, January 10, Bose: Boxy,.same 72 yearn.” e too - ‘un Services at th idence FE. 0. Vidaud, No. 349 eae rebirth ne Remains Wednesday, January 14, at four o’clock P. M. land, Me., for interment to be taken to Por! Browng.—At Elmw Roslyn, L. 1., on Tnesday, January 11, 1876, of dipni ‘He u ( gon of Minnie L. onda. Beeee ee Deeee, Ipise? Funeral from the residence on Bogart, yn, on Thus iy, Jani at , Long laland train leavea Hunter's Potat of 40.ao ak oe turning, leaves Roslyn at4 P. M. be Philadelphia papers please copy, CanreNtTer.—Litime, only daughter of Edward and Maggie Carpenter, aged 6 years, 7 months and 7 The relatives and friends are invited to atvend her- funeral, at ten A. M., Thursday, 13th, at her late resi- dence, 23 West 30th st. CopLax.—Ou Monday, 10th inst, Wius PF. Comix, ‘aged 30 years, Friends and acquaintances, members of Lodge No. 60, F. and A. M., Mount Zion Chapter Na 231, R. A. M.. Ancient Lodge of Perfection, ARS Liberty Division No. 7, 8. ot T., and Typbhographica. Union No. 6 dre requested to aitend the No. 1,415 2d av,, on Thursday, 13th inst, at two P. M The members of Ancient Lodge of Pert AA R. are requested to meet, with Concord Lodge No, 60, FP. and A, M., at Ionic Loi room, Masonic vig gt on Thursday, at twelve o'clock, for the purpose of ab tending the funeral of our late worthy brother, J. G W, Willis F. Copian. By order of the T. P. G. M. CHAS. G. BUNELL, G HL B. ea) of his age, of diphtneria, only son of M. B. and iar ret M, Cowperthwait. Funeral from the residence of his parents, at Yonkers, Thursday, atten A. M. Cxompis,—On Monday, the 10th inst, at half-pas> ten P, M., Hayxan SrimuinG, wife of William A, Crom Pe formerly of Carlsie, Cumberland county, Eng Jan Funeral services to be held at the residence of he» uncle, David Thomson, ‘No. 35 Vandam st., this after: noon, at four o'clock. The friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend. Decatcr.—Suddenly, at his residence, in Boston, ov the 9th inst., Commodore Stgruzy Decater, U. & N., aged 60 years. * ‘Funerai services on the 12th inst,, at the Church o} the Messiah, in Boston. His remains are expected to arrive in this city on Thursday morning, and will be accompanied by his family, from 153 Madison av., at at a o'clock A. M., to-the family vault at Green- woo Dorg.—-On Tuesday, January 11, 1876, Tomas Dork, the beloved son ot James and Mary Dore, aged & months and 24 days, Friends and relatives are respectfully invited to at tend the funeral, on Thursday, 13th’ inst., at two o'clock, from his parents’ residence, 66 Mulberry st. Dyer.—January 11, Caues A. Dyer, Jr., infant sor of Caleb A and Charlotte Dyer, Eanty.—In Brooklyn, on January 11, Jamns Earty, aged 63 years, native of the county of Leitrim, Lreland. Relatives and friends of the family are respectfully Invited to attend the Mune seis. will take place ob Thursday, January 15, from the Chureb of St Charles Borromeo, corner of Livingston st, and Sidney place, Brooklyn. FsLpMaxN.—In Brooklyn, W. D., January 11, 1876, Apgia M. H., daughter of John D. and Wilhelmina. Feldmann, aged 2 years, 8 months and 1 day. Relatives and friends of the family, aiso themem- bers of Herrman Lodge, No. 268, F. A. M., aro respect fully invited to attend the funeral, from No. 219 Sands: &t., Brooklyn, ow Thursday, 13th_inst., at two P. M. viLvortx.—In Brooklyn, on Tuesday morning, Jan- uary 11, ELizaveru GciLPoyie, tn the 30th year of her age. : The relatives and friends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, from her late res! dence, 180 High st, on Thursday morning, at half-past nine o'clock, trom thence t St. James’ cathedral, Jay 8t., Where a solemn requiem mass will be offered up tor Cowrrrtawa:r.—MonTcomery B., in the 4th | the repose of her soul, thence to the Cemetery of tho Holy Cross, Fiatbush, for interment. Hamu.toy, —On Tuesday, January 11, of croup, Erta, eldest child of Edward H. and Susan EK, Hawailton, aged. 4 years, 3 months and 16 days. ‘Her littie song was :— Tam a little soldier of the Cross In the army of the Lord. She now sings it in heaven. Funeral on Thursaay, January 13, at one P. M. sharp, from the residence of her parents, No, 94 South 5tb sh, Brooklyn, E. D. Hayus.—In this city, on Sunday, January 9, afler a. severe iliness, Tuomas TnowBRIDGS Hayes, in the 71sd year of his age. Funeral from St, Thomas’ church, at twelve o'clock M., on Wednesday, January 12 avesink, N. J., on the 11th inst, tain Wintias Jounson, in the 74th year of his age. re invited to attend his fu- |, On Thursday, the 1th inst., at twelve o'clock, at bis late residence, a Jover.—In Brooklyn, January 10, Mary Joyce, widow of D. B. Joyce, in the 81st year of her age. Funeral from the residence of her daughter, Mra S. January 11, Lewrs, son of fMerts, aged 3 years and T HL Sterling, 61 Livingston st, Wednesday morning, the 12th inst, at eteven o'clock. Keaye,—On-January 11, 1876, Toomas Keane, native Ri Castlebar, county Mayo, Ireland, in the 50th year of 18 ARE. ‘ Relatives and friends of the family, those of his brother Hugh, and also of his brothers-in-law Jobn and Michael Ryan, are respectiully invited to attend bis funeral, on Thursday, January 13, at ten o’clock A, M., from his late residence, 19 Mott st., to Church of the Transfiguration, where a solemn requiem mass will be offered for the ropose of his soul, thence, at balf-past one o'clock P. M., to Calvary Cemetery. Kesskpy,—On Monday, January 10, 1876, Hexry CG, Kenxspy, aged 23 years and 7 months. ‘The relatives and triends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend his funeral, from’ his late resi- dence, No 834 West 36th st, on Friday, January 14, 1876, atl P.M. Lerrerts.—On Bema d Lewis and Phoebe A. months. Relatives and friends of the family are respectfully Invited to attend the funeral service, at the residence of bis Tardy No. 60 Charles st, on Thursday, Jap- wary 13, at half-past two o’olock P.M. Levericu.—Suddenly. in this city, January 10, of congestion of the lungs, Caaruxs P. ‘Levenica, in the 68th year of his age. The relatives and friends of the family are invited to. attend the funeral services, at the Fifth avenue Presby- \erian church, corner of 55th st, on Wednesday after- noon, 12th inst., at quarter-past four o’clock. Maciny.—On Monday, l@tn inst, of croup, Hexry Gov», son of Patrick and Delia Maginn, aged 5 years, 9° months and 14 days. Funeral from the residence of his parents, No. 89 Park place, Brooklyn, on Wednesday, 12th inst., at two o'clock. Relatives and friends are respecttully invited. MARSHALL. —At Portchester, N. Y., oa January 11, Denoray Hoyt Mansuati, wife ot Gilbert Marshall, in: the 63d year of her age Funeral on Thursday, at half-past eleven A. M. Martins.—On Sunday afternoon, at White Plains, Srepauy A. Manrivs, suddenly, of diphtheria, The funeral will take piace from Grace chi White Plains, on Wednesday, 12th inst., at one o'c! or aoe leave Grand Central depot at 10:25 and Mitarp.—On Monday, January 10, at elght o’clock A M., Many ASN, beloved wife of C. F. Millard. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to at- tend the funeral, from her late residence, No. 219 West Sisst Sk, this day (Wednesday), at one P. M. mMoCrintis.—On January 1876, Witerr EB. Mc- | Crii.uts, infant son of Charles B. McCrillis, aged 1 year | and 6 months. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. the- funeral, from the residence of his parents, 234 East Broadway, on Thursday, January 13, 1876, nt one P.M, McFartax.—On Tuesday, January 11, 1876, WruntaM, fon of Joseph and Aune MéFarlan, aged 11 years ‘and & months. Faneral on Thursday, January 13, at one o'clock, from No. 500 Hudson st, corner of Christoph: Perra.—On Monday a January 10, at the residence of Mr. Ellwood oro, of diphtheaa, erty here birgen y di bt na i, and ate A ‘alta, grandson of Dr, Wm. ‘axwell, aged 6 years. Pie ip bed and jsrvners are heiaaer hap nen the neral service, at eleven o'clock, this esday, morning, at 28 East 38th st. : ? Qvastory.—In Brooklyn, January 10, 1876, TBO. Quastorr, in the 61st year of his aga Relatives and {riends are respectfully invited to at- tend bis funeral, from his late residence, 701 ay., on Thursday, 15th, at ten o'clock A. M. Sayrg.—On Sunday, the 9th Inst. after # short {ll- ness, MARY Abas, widow of Dennis Sayre, In she 60th year of ber age, Relatives and friends of the family and those of her son, James D. Sayre; are respecttally invited to attend the funeral, from All Saints Protestant § church, corner of Henry and Scammed sts., on Wednes- day, January 12, at one o'clock P. M. SuBrakRD.—On Sunday, the 9th ‘on’ MARGARET, widow of Thomas Shepherd, iu the year of -ber 0. selelncives and friends are invited to attend the funeral, (rom her late residence, No. 69 Morton st, on Saura.—On Tuesday, January 11, 1876, of dij : Fr trom the residence of his “srone.—On Tuesday, the 11th Inst., of pneumonia, neral, on Thursday, the 13th, at eleven o'clock A. M., (ness, MarGaret Tracy, th wife of David Tuursday mourning, the 18th inst, at half-past ten Joun Fraycis, son of James Francis and rents, No. 1,085 2d av., on Thursday, January 13, Joux Hewny, Jr., sou of Joha H. and Esther M. Stone, from the residence of bh 249 West 22d st. Tracy, aged 40 years, the danghter of Thomas and o'clock. niet, zaberb ‘Smith, aged 1 year, 11 months and 11 days. at haif-past ten M. Relatives aud friends are invited to attend the fa- .—On January li, after a long and fu ‘TRACY. is pain: Apa ley, of Capery, parisi of Stranolor, county Donegal, Ireland. ‘The friends of the family, and also those ef ber brother Patrick Quigley, are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, oo ‘Tioreaay, wary 13, from ber late residence, 100 West 87th st., corner 6th av, Ber remains will be taken to the Church of the Holy Innocents, 37th st. and Broadway, where a requiem high mass will be offered for the repose of her soul, at ten o'clock, from thence to Calvary for interment. 1, Ireland, and California papers please copy. Wittig —At Astoria, Sumday evening, January 9, Martin Wins, in the 58th year of bis age, at bis late residence. The relatives and friends of the family are respectfalty invited to atiend the funeral, on Wednesday, January 12, at three P. M. Wriont.—L 0, 0. FA ial meeting of Good will be held at the ‘Witi Lodge, No, 280, Lu. lodge poe No. es West sharp, on Thars i, for the ” yf atvending the fuvera: of our late brovher, “sammoe We Wright. By order of the N. G. JOHN RYAN, Secretart, ects Py