The New York Herald Newspaper, April 14, 1876, Page 5

vA ‘AT. STEWART. Final Tributes to the Earthly Remains of the Great Merchant. AN IMMENSE FUNERAL. Scenes About the House and at the Church. | HIS) HUMBLE RESTING PLACE, 4 Profusion of Rich Floral Emblems —__+-—_—_ It is probable that no private citizens of New York ever before had pnid him at his funeral such a sponta- Deous tribute to his memory as was yesterday dis- Played by the people of ‘the metropolis to the remains of Alexander T. Stewart as it passed to the vault in St, Mark’s churchyard. At as early an hour as eight o'clock yesterday morn- Ing, crowds began to assemble on Fifth avenue and in Thirty fourth street, and os there were no police visi- blo at this hour, quite a number of men and women gathered on the walk dircctly in the shadow of tne marble palace in which the body of the greatest mer- chant America has ever known lay dead. Durag the previous night the usually quiet niansion was filled with the bustle of undertakers’ assistants and the hur- tying to and fro of the florists who wero engaged in furnishing and placing in position the various marvel- Jous pleoes of floral art, The remains of Mr. Stewart were placed in the coffin by Mr. Hamill and his assist- ants, the dead merchant being attired in a simple walk- tng dress suit, much lke what he was wont to wear In Wfe, consisting of a black frock coat, a vest cut low, with black docskin trousers, a white ovening tie, the thirt bosom bearing three plain pearl buttons on its mowy surface. The face of the deceased looked very patural, having a slight pink tinge, and the right hand \ay by bis side, while the left was placed in an eas; Mtitude across his breast, During the early morning the house was very still, without any signs of life in Yhe grand ball, where the body was laid in state on an vblong and massive mound of flowers three fect high, which was covered with moss, in which white roses tnd japonicas wero thickly studded. Around the hall were placed choice works of sculpture in. white marble, Those who have not seen the interior of this vast and noble hall can form no idea of its palatial magnificence, anid briefly it may be said that the surroundings were a ‘Gt setting for the casket and the banked masses of gor- Yeous and odorous flowers, VISITORS TO THR DEAD, Between eight and nine o’clock Mr. William Libbey, who is now the only living head of the firm of A. T. Btewart & Co,, and his lady and his two sons arrived, Mrs, Stewart, broken with grief, sav man upper salon over the grand hall, and with her were Mrs. Clinch and the three Misses Clinch, ber daughters, together with Mr, Chnch, Mrs. Judgo Hilton and other connec- tons of tha family. Tickets and invitations haa been sent to many ladies who were friends of the family, and tho Jarge salons on the eastern side of tho mansion were filled with thom belore ten o’clook. Judge Hilton had entire supervision of the details in the house and saw to every matter himeelt in person. A number of ushers selected from the employés of the firm were in attendance, wearing Mourning rosettes. These kept the passages clear aud permitted the numerous frionds of the deceased to pass ip line. around the casket and to look at bis features for the jast time. At the head of the casket there stood a floral cross ovem six Icet in height, surmounted by a violet wreath of sur- passing beauty, and surrounding the casket were broken eolumns, harp3 and anchors, from which the at mos- phere.ot the grand hall was redolent with a faint per- Tame. For over two hours there streamed around the Casket representatives of every profession and social rank in the metropolis, among whom wero notabilities and celebrities of fashion, mercantile life, art, science and wealth. Passing the et and taking reverent and sorrowfal glimpses of the cold clay might be the tall torm of Thurlow Weed, the slightly bor Bgure of the great lawyer, Charies 0’Conor; the k face and bright eyes of Evarts, the suowy white hair wud ruddy featares of Rev. John Hall, Georgo Judge Brady, Bier- ET at ic! Syrus i. Field, William H. ‘Vanderbilt, Guvechor, Tilden, Jobu A’ Dix, Governor Rice, of Muassachusetis; Royal | Pheips and Peter Cooper, Edwin D. Morgan, FE. 8. Jat- , Judgo Noah Davis, J. W. Griswold and a hos of fellow merchants, who came to testify their respect for one who was a leader among them fc ity years ot bwiite. At hall-past nine o’clock the delegation of the Merchants’ Club, consisting of the following pamed genticmen, assembled at tne Fifth Avenue Hotel and marched in procession to the house:— THE MRKCHANTS’ CoMMITTER, i. B. Claflin, ES. Jaffray, S. B. Hunt, J. Low, R. W. Aborn, F. K. Buttertieid, J. Moir, J, Lincoin, J. Byers, J. M. Dunbar, E. A. Whittemore, J. B, Colby, o.N. Biss, E. H, Amidon, H. A. Pago,’ W. T. Garner, le Bemherm, L, Strong, EW. Hol » We C S! Smith, anger Lewis, W. L, Pomeroy, C N. Sullivan, W. Turnbull, F. 8. Taylor, F. Victor, B. Gray, J. L. Hili, J. J. Donaldson, M,C. ‘D. Borden, Rt. Woodward, SF. Dana, J. H. Dun: ham, A.-Kain, J. W. Goddard,’ J. M.\ Slash, G. vn B 6H. Smith, O<. J. Davis, E. Biade, T, Barbour, T. W. Evans, H. A. Stutsbury, E. T. Teit, P. Van remenboris Halswoaa, J.C. Gris- wold, H. L. Butler, KE. Townsend, J. Wendck, E. 8. Higgins, L. Montant, 8, W. Fay, J.B. dutchinson, J. L. Bremer, J. M. tah og 8. Keyser, J. T. Swift, W. HL curry J. H. Rho: HH, Haynes, A. F. Carpen- ter, J. F. Plummer, D. Van Vaikenburgh, C. Collins, W. B. Farwell, W. Shileio, L, G, Woodhouse, M. Con- Stable, 8. I. Fisher, J. T. Leavitt, W. 8, Kendall, W. Bloane, F. F. Taylor, F M. Bacon and A, G. Paine. Floral offerings wero made by Mrs. General Dix. Mr. and Mrs. Stepben Wray. William Dibbles, A. C, Kingsland, Mra. Dr. H. N. White, Mrs. Wiiliam Libbey, Mrs. R. L, Stuart and other jadies, AROUND THE MANSION. At ten o'clock, when tho main doors on Thirty- ‘ourth street were closed to prevent theturther adinis- non of visitors, the spectacle from tbe hall foor looking to Fitth avenue and down and up hirty-lourth street was bey pieturesque. Every oop, stairway, window aud doorway was crowded with waiting poopie, the majority of whom were of the female sex. Hundreds of ladies had received Invitations, but came too late and were forced to re- thain outside of the mansion. No exception was made \u savor of any one. Thirty-fourth street was blocked with carriages, three, four and six deep, (rom Fifth to Bixth avenue. Forty-three police vilicers. under com- mand of Captain Steers, assisted by Sergeant Douglass, bad charge of the streets and residence, and the num- ber was not half enough, as there were 2 ) persons work was rth street ‘he retail and wholesale departments of the firm. Alter the friends of the family and those specially in- rited had taken @ look at the deceased the clerks, two on, employés of the westward of West Thirty fourth street. After the male clerks had marched cask femaie employés were then per- rand view the remains. So numerous piewure ‘was crowded with them, and this fact was the cause of some delay in the progress of tho vis- Nors to the mansion. At ten o’clock Bishop Potter, in the white lawn sleeves and black silk gown of the Episcopac: caometeaety viuusly. As oom as Bixhop Potter entered the room the doors the Bishop, sssisted by Rey. Stephen brief preliminary rervices to the ritual of the Episcopal The services were conducted in an almost broken voice by Bishop Potter. At the conclusion of the services preparation, were made to remove tho rem: to the hearse ip the street, and the funerai pro- cession was formed. First came bishop Potter and Rev. Stephen H. Tyng, Jr, whe camo down the and took the ‘foremost carriage. Six young men, dressed in mooring, bore the casket down the marble steps and trom thence to the hearse— avery handsome one, and never before used at any ‘uneral. Cuptain Steers made a clear avenue tor tho rortége and tormed a platoon of his men, who took the bead of the procession, stretching from carb to curb as | they came inio Fifth avenue. Atter Bishop Potter same Jadge Hilton, supporting the bowed Bgure of Mra. Jewart, who was closely veiled, and was escorted to e, Then came Mr. C. P. Clinch and Mrs. Heli iiliam Libbey and Mrs. Jibvoy and Mr Libbey'a iwo sons, after which there eat ind the three Misses Clinch, Rev. John Hall and wife wd other Iriends of the lamily of deceased. THE PROCESSION, balf-past eleven o'clock the procession was fey and headed by the police, followed by 300 car- yen and the ep) as ts be Nt ggg A en Horks, it proceed: ‘mB Sixth avenue. Spectac! arith avenue Was an unusual one for that neighbvor- hood, The sidewsiks, windows and stoops were packed Mrs, © P. Chnch | : NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1876.—TRIPLE SHEET. Suteide wee singularly imposing The square open | WHAT WE ARE COMING TO. THE STATE CAPITAL with people of both sexes, among whom were hosts of richly dressed children. Mavy gentlemen on the side. walks ag the hearse passed lified their hats siliently, and the order was manifested by the marching crowds who accompanied the cortége on the side- walks, of the douse a Fifth avent had flags halt. ja) ses On avenue t PR out of respect to the deceased. The windows of the Kaickerbocker Club, at Twenty-eighth. street, were lined wit poemnale, ped. the Arcadian, Travel , ton, New York and St ‘Nicholas Wins had tneir’ Amnerioen. colors fying at Delfmast al {-mast Delmonico’s also displayed the pe tokens of sorrow, and the Grosvenor and Lenox hotels followed the ex- ample. Great crowds of people were massed on Tenth street as the procession out of Fifth avonue, Teached Broadway and sea of bunting was visible, hal of different places of business on Broadway, At the church and in the vicinity about 15,000 persons were crushing and pushing backward and forward, and In- spector Dilks, with 100 officers under his command, was kept on a nervous strain for along interval 1 maintaining order, the most trouble being encountered from the women, who fancied they should all get Into the chureh previous to the approach of the pro- cession. AT THR CHURCH. Frow an early hour in the morning a host of florists bad been engaged in erecting the magnificent monu- ments of flowers which were to decorate the church ‘and embower the casket in astructure of beauty and fragrance. When their work was completed the effect produced was most tmposing. ‘The beautiful white shaft supporting crown and fianked by a narp and anchor, the offering of the wholesale store hi dagen overtopped the rest, but scarcely surpassed the cross which was the gift of the retail department. Beside these was a shattered column supporting a wreath of violets and other boau- tiful floral designs. In front of all wag a sohd bank of flowers seven tect Jong, two feet wide and two | teet high, composed of pure white flowers, bearing in the centre a monogram of the letters A. T. S., worked in violets, This bank was intended to support tho coffin, Round about the body of the church rose the sober brown walls, meeting at the top the arched coiling, which is very plain and altogether free of the glowing frescoes which make other church interiors blaze with the splendor ot their coloring. At regular intervals from the lower wall project marble tablets, recording the pames of men who, years ago, attended worship here and whose bodies now rest beneath the sward outside. The old-fashioned brown pulpit rose above the array of floral offerings massive and sovere, suggesting to the mind the memory of the man who #0 often heard the teachings of the Re- deemer expounded from it and whose earthly remains were im a few moments to rest beneath its shadow The committee who were to take charge of the arrangements, arrived at an early hour and were assigned their several duties, An adequate force was stationed in tho aisles to act as ushers, and others were placed outside to examine the cards ot applicants for admission. It bad been deter- |. mined to admit no one until the arrival of the funeral | procession, and action was taken accordingly. With the exception of the press and some delegations no one ‘was permitted to enter the church, andJor a long time the railings outside wero 1ANED WITIC ¥AGRR CROWDS demanding entrance and vigorously insisting on the validity of their tickets to secure it. ‘All along Stuyvesant place and up Second avenue to Eleventh street was spread an ocagor, bustling multi- tude long before the procession arrived. Men with gray hair and faltering footsteps were there, youths who saw in the wonderful achievements of the dead man an inceptive to personal exertion, and women and children to whom the name of the deceased had often supplied a ready simile or pointed a common moral, All these had come, partly out of curiosity perhaps, Dut animated, too, with a desire to pay a’ tribute of respect to the greatest business man the country has ever seen, During the hour preceding the funeral the people who had gainea admission to the church sat in silence awaiting the procegsion’s arrival Senator Benedict was there with a number of gentlemen from the Union | League Club, and on the other side of the edifice were seated the directors of the Merchants’ Bank, with which Mr. Stewart had been associated since 1843. Scattered along the galleries were a number of ladies and geutiemen who had gained admission, but as yet the body of the church was occupied only by a few. Everything was still in the edifice | and the lgbt feebly glimmering through the dark stained windows aflorded only a sott, subdued bright- ness, in keeping with the scene. Presently a murmur of the multitude outside stole in, and then every ore was turned to the entrance, Bishop Potter, with the | Rev. Dr. Rylance, pastor of the church, and Re | Stephen H. Tyng, Jr., dressed in full clerical attire, le and stationed themselves at now came down the a the door to receive the body, For a moment | there was a perfect silence, and then a | low, melancholy dirge. floated’ down from the | organ and mingled its scott tones with the | opening words of the Episcopal funeral service. | | Then appeared the pall bearers, all old men, with gray | hair and sad, thoughtiul faces. Up the aisle they passed, entermg the two foremost pows and standing | there while the magnificent casket in which the body | | of the dead merchant luy was vorne along on the | | shoulders of four of his omployés, After it came Mrs. | Stewart, supported by Mr. Clinch aud followed by | long train of personal friends and reprosentative del | gation The scene at this moment was exceedingly | | impressive, All through the church peared | | the faces of men promiuent in official and | | business life, eminent lawyers, merchant princes, | whose wealth is counted ‘by millions, an | men of marked success in overy path of business, all | come to do honor to one whose achievements none of | | them could surpass, Conspicuous before the eyes of | all'the coffin lay upon its bed of flowers, and nigh be- | | hind it rose the fioral testimonials of affection and | | esteem, forming a picture at once beautiiul und sug- | gestive, The pall bearers, too, standing in thor long | | mourning sashes,, contributed to cahance the interest | | of occasion, Soliom bave so many gentlemen of such nence been bronght together. Wherever | thee dered it rested upon the face of MEN WQUNENT BY VIKTUR OF THEE SUCCESS | !imecomn cial or official life. In the tirst pew,wer } Governoe 3. J. Tilden, ex-Governor John A. Dix,°Will- | fam M. Evarts and Peter Cooper sitting together, and the other front pews were occupied by the rest of the | j Pallverrerss including Lamilton Fish, Chiel Justice , | Daly, William Libbey, ex-Governor FE. D. Morgan, | | Royai Phelps. RL. Stuart, Charies H. Russell, Stephen | | Wray, Governor Alexander Rice, of Massachusetts ; Judge Noah Davis, Judge H. E. Davies, Jacob D, Ver. m‘lye, Francis Cottenet and Jumes Lennox. The pew | behind these occupied by Mrs. Stewart, with Judge | Milton, Mr. Clinch and Mrs. Libbey. } On one side of the church was seated the merchants’ ation, and close to them eat the Union League Clup delegation. distinguished gentle. | men present were the following :— Judges Brady and Larremore, Thurlow Weed, E. 0. | Tufts, Ambrose Suow, A. B. Darling, J. W. Griswold, | Charies Tifluny, Sulem H. Wales, E. CU. Cowdin, Jordan | L. Mott, A. A. Low, HF. Fogg, H. Clair, Senor Bra- | | ullai, Russell Sage, J. -W. Barstow, Rev. Dr. Deems, | | Charles O'Conor, Governor Rice, of Massachu: 3G. | W, Childs, Russell Stu: W. A. Johuston, Colonel | Frank Howe, Mayor Wickham, &. 8.’ Jaffray, | | Charles Builer, Ethan Alien, B, K. Phelps, | | Jacob Anderson, E.G Cowdin, A. Bierstadt, | | RS. Gifford, Cyrus Field, William Vanderbilt, A: | | Withaus, Rov. Mr. Hall, George W. Blunt, Sumuel | Cody, Jobn Austin Stevens, Myron Adams, &. C. Dis- | brow, Justice Joachimnson,, Justice Gildersicevo, Judge | Donahue, Andrew Green,’ Peter Trainor, John Kelly aud Denis 0’ Donohue. | The musical services were under the direction of | Witham £. Beames, the organist of St. Marks, and were | performed by the choir of the charch—Mme. Dowtand, | Miss Jennie Dickerson, Arthur T, Hills and Otto Leh- | man—assisted by Miss Beebe, Miss Finch, Mr. Nilsen and Mr. Aiken, of the English Glee CMb, forming a | double quartet, } MUSICAL SERVICES, j | ‘The programme as rendered is as follows :— | | Chaut—“Lord, let me know my end.” Double j quartet. | | Solo—“I Kmow that my Redeemer liveth.” Miss | Quartet—‘‘God is a Spirit” Miss Beebo, Miss Finch | Mr, Nilsen and Mr, Aiken. | Soprano solo aud quartet—‘‘I heard a voice from Heaven.” Mme. Dowlund, Miss Dickerson, Dr, Hilis | and Mr. Lehinan. Chant, quartet of malo voices—‘‘Our days on earth | are asa shadow.” Mr, Nilsen, Dr. Hills, Mr. Lehman and Mr. Aiken. | “Hymn 189, Prayer Book—Rock of Ages" (old tune), | | Double quartet, Every face showed en intense interest while the | opening services were being gone through, and when | the beautiful hyma, “I Koow That My Kedeemer Liveth,”’ was sung vy Miss Beebp, and the soit air, so | | sad, but indicative, too, of hopefulness, filled the | church many a venerable head wax bent and some of | j the deceased’s personal friends were in rb. Bishop Potter was gssisted through the faneral cere. | | monies by Doctors Rylance and Tyng. When he | | spoke his voice was clear, although it trembied some | what with age or emotion and in reading the burial | service he succeeded in imparting quite a sympathetic | spirit to the words of the Episcopal ritual. The | most profo Atiention was paid by all present to every detail ceremonies, and when the old famil- | iar hymn, “Rock of Agen,” was sung, nearly the whole | congregation jomed iu tho final verse, Alter the lessun | oft day had been rei | mont of Bishi mot the coffin, where they bad been Blanding, the four young men who had brought | i in ised it upon their shoulders, | e pall-bearers leit their pews and | ying @ sorrowful down the aisie, Ali | the church rose to their feet and stood | tense interest till the head of the and then a watching with Procession passed the doorwa: | movement was mai vault Jay open awaiting | gular space of ground sarr family vaults of many of Herrick and Piack to the characters, Petrus Stuyvesant, late Captain | in Chief of Amsterdam, in New 4 | called New York.” Ibis quiet, unpretentious’ 9 No monuments rise tn itto re the names of the dead, and bie onty indication of Its use 18 au occasional fat slab lying among the sho.t gras and the line of | aged willows that droop above i, Enclosed by a high’ | | tron ratling from the streets around, the modest gravo- yard hes in the shadow of the old church, and few peo- ple who pass are re that beneath it lie the bones of some of the city’s most honored sous, THR VAULT OF THK STRWART FAMILY | triangular space. A | an are fi | br | are placed, two of them very small, no | Ing the bodies of Mr. St children, and one with ew undecipherabie inser! it which 1s old | eet ha deny aa i bal | and a niece, all of whom attonded bi | ingule and Maria Mitchell 1s a gloty, The founded rchoo)s for boys, but the girls were not gen- | But forty years ago the incautious after a discussion of three years, | along Second avenue and the adjoining streets every vantage piece of ground was occupied, The windows and balconies of all the houses round were crowded, and the in every direction were lined with ig Into the churchyard moved the procession. casket held high in the air, with its golden ban- ion fringes glittering in the open day formed a focus to which every eye was tur! Soon the vault was reached, and thi e casket was de} ited in the outer case, @ metallic lining. A pai sued, while Bishop Potter bis head bent in prayer. art stood, and around it the friends the dead ant was most intimate with were grouped. Every head was uncot voice was hushed the multitudes reets and on housetops stood loort n in silence while the coffin was made ready to be lowered. Mrs. Stewart seemed deoply moved, and tears streamed down the faces of those around her. Then whe clergymen drew back and tho watching throng closed around, while the earthly remains of Alexander T. Stewart were borne below to be closed from mortal sight forever. ‘The Vault was then closed and the entrance sodded over. There was nothing but iho plain stone slab left to mai the place, and over it the young spring grass was grow- ing yet many stood locking at it studi, Just then the sky, which had been overcast all along, cli up, and for a moment God’s sunshine fell upon the spot like an assurance of His peace. THE LAST OF RARTH. After the friends of the deceased and those who had at- tended the services had departed the doors were thrown: open to the populace, and immediately the multitude outside thronged in. The police succeeded in main- taining order, and guarded against overcrowding by rmitting only a certain number to pass in at a time. For over an hour the crowd kept moving through the atsies, viewing the floral monuments and casting cu! ous glances at the spot where the dead was laid to ret, and then the doors were closed and the usual quiet of the place returned again, =) ood Beside the vault Mrs. Stow- ‘supported by Judge Hilton and Mr. Clinch, A STRANGE FUNERAL. THE REMARKABLE WAY IN WHICH MRS. ROX- CELLANAH H. KEYSER WAS ATTIRED FOR AND CONDUCTED TO THE GRAVE. Mrs. Roxcellanah H. Keyser was buried from her late residence, No, 14 East Fifty-seventh street, with | notable pomp and ceremony yesterday afternoon, Gossip was undoubtedly busy with he subject of this | funeral, and that it was expected to be out of ordinary style—if that term may be used in description of such solemn occasions—was evident from the gathering of sightseers that assembled at and about the Keyser mansion, This mansion {8a fine spacious brown stone structure, four stories high and very much like the other handsome residences In the vicinity of the most Jashiouable avenue of the metropolis. Long before the hour appointed for the funeral services, which it was understood were to be performed in the house, care riages to the number of nearly 100 were ranged alon; Finyceoventh strect trom Fifth to Madison avenue and ‘adjoining thoroughfares. In front of the house stood | a hearse, with cix black hor attached, The vehicle ot th was as handsome as any in the city, and the gantly caparisoned with velvet and rich trappings. In the vicinity of the hearse were four carriages, each drawn by four horses, and seventy two-horse carriages ranged backward into the neigh- boring streets, The casket was of oak, with a gold plate and gold mounted silver handles. Over it hung "A PALL OF BLACK VELVET, trimmed with heavy bullion fringe and tassels. Probably 150 ladies gathered in the parlor, whore tne body was laid in state, during the religious services, | The Rev. Dr. Armitage officiated, pertorming the usual | Baptist services for the dead and drawing the lesson | that its presence always teaches, Alter the Rev. Dr, | Armitage’s addross and prayer a choir sang, with | iano accompaniment, the hymn “Nearer My God to Eee. But the scene somchow seemed robbed of solemnity and apeyares much more like a marriage than a funeral, The deceasea lady was robed in avery rich white satin bridal costume, trailed along whic! were wreaths of fragrant flowers. Tho casket itself was | lined wit white satin and tloralemblems were scattered | in profusion about the place where tho remains were | laid. On a pedestal prepared tor it stood a cross of white flowers nearly seven feet in height. A floral shaft, four feet high, broad at its base and tapering upward, stood upon the carpet. There were also | anchors and a lyre aud several wreaths at the head of the casket. On the gold plato of the casket was en- graved the name of the deceased and her age, 55 years, | Sho seemed much older, however, and some of the gogsips said the engraver had mistakenly made the | first figure 5 instead of 7. When the religious services | wore over “the friends’ standing on the sidewalk were | advised by a little gontieman, who seemed to have | some participation in the management of the ob- sequies, to pass into the partor and view the body | beiore its removal into the bearse, Prior to this time | everal hundreds of well dressed people, a little curious | to see this strange iunereal display, had availed them- | selves of the opportunity already afforded, and bad | seen the rigid body in its bridal attire, But now the | entre crowd of curiosity seekers pushed up the high | stoop and paraded through the long parlor. Notwith- | standing this exhibition the faneral, it was said, was | private, Again the gossips busied themselves with | conjecture, They said that the | DECRAXED LADY, BEING VERY RICH, | her friends determined that in all its appointments | her funeral should not be excelled by that of | any other person who may chanco tobe com- Mitted to mother carth at this tyne or in this city, Her husband also, it was said, had Been buried in bis wedding garments, and had at bis funeral seventy car- Finges, and why should uot she have as many? No- ly tried to solve this problem. Sut in a little while, when the casket had been placed in the hearse and the | pallvearers and family had taken their places in tho | cayed, und the only thing that sured tens of thousands le were inquir- | four-horse carriages, a good many ing how long it would take to go. to tery, iuid Jadies, who could spare an hour for a solemn carriage ride, asked if it would be dark before the ‘return to the city, and school ‘oodlawn Ceme- children, with some older and graver acquaintanees, | | took seats in the carriages, thus belping to swell the | numbers that made up the procession, Thi cortége numbered possibly e'ghty carriages, the ntire others following, The cost of tho.whole d estimated at about $8,000. The casket alone was worth been worth a sum equal to a little fortuno to a por family, were partially pilfered by curious despoilers, who wero attracted by the desire to see a novelty tions for the habilaments of the grave — The d sed left considerable property to ber sister, Mrs, be g » sole heir, who herself a good deal of land and a splendid mansion ia Columbia county, this State, The other relatives left by Mra, Keyser are two nephews funeral. GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS. WOMEN OF THE OLD TIME AND THE NEW. Mr. George William Curtis gave an exceedingly en- oyable lecture at Chickering Hall last evening, hav- {ng for his subject, “Women of the Old Time and the | New.’ The proceeds of tho entertainment are for the | venefit of the art department of the approaching fair | of the Young Women’s Christian Association. Mr, | Curtis said:—The past is always the golden age, The | glamor of distance makes beauty more beautifal and | valor more heroic, While wo read history for | poetry our own experience is full of it. The | gunner of Gettysburg was no less a hero than Sir | Philip Sydney. He fell wounded by brs gan, and cried | “For the love of God, Jimmy, give me some water.” Jimmy answered, ‘There is not a drop in my canteen; | 1 I leave the gun the enemy will take It.’ “No | matter thon, Jimiay ; stay by the gun;” and when the | army moved it was over the poor gunner's dead body, | The beroism and poetry is in the decd, not in the dis- tance. All that was best in the old time we have now. We see Lorenzo and Shylock in the counting | houses; we sep Romeo; and afterward we see him | cutting of his wite’s head with unkindness, | time. . The dress of a fashtonabie woman costs her hus- | band thousands of doliars, “It was pot so in olden | time,” we say. Softly, softly; there 1s Queen Elizabeth | 800 y 0, who Was the happy owner of 3,000 aresses, and who tweued her sviemn proclamation against extravagance in dress, We see political cor- | ruption all and we justly fear that it may copsume the very moral foundations upon which our governinent rests. | hare seen aman in the lobby of | re holding out a handfull of bank bills and | them, and een, bth yorwtyl “That | makes the law,’’ and while I wondered I remembered centary ago the bh King bougtt members of Pa lament as he bor is in the market, Mr. Mundella, who repre- Parliament, say that he bad no more influence im ap- | pointing a clerk in the British Custom House than they who heard him, and never shall we Jay our hand at the | root of our political corruption til every American | representative can truly gay the same thing. (A) plause.) Let us remember that the greatest glory of the old time was ‘THR DIVINE DISCONTENT within our forefathers that drove their children to find better times. The past was a gvoa time; the present | is better; the future is best of ali. The position of | women is always a tert of civilizauon and th greatest jon of that advancing sent iment in the opening of every opportunity tor the edu. of women. In the olden days educated women | were an outiawed ciass. Pericics said the greatest | ved | cy of Woman was not to be talked of among men for | er virtue or otherwiee. Had Pericles lived to-day he | would know that to be talked of as are Flore: erally admitted. city of Boston, heroically resolved that there shouid be for girls as well as boys, and the, mediately 280 Ls hoon whereas school had never bad over ni tinued 80 t that after eighteen montls tho school | was closed the Boston women wuld know more | of this eon- tary education for women was not thought necessary, but toward the end of it it is thought that the more | knowledge a woman the better wife and tracr | mother 18 and all the gates of education begin to | open, It is the awell or bumaty that | holping us, \ igh school were ‘m F és: bears us forward, to tnd the true woman im iree American homes. | who had bought the national real estate, paying a at which place the body was to be interrea. | four. | horse vehicles starting ahead of the hearse and the | play was | nm | tho substitution of bridal raiment and bridal decora- | a Bue within | 7 constituencies in the British | p, | vious, Pictures and sculptures intended for exhibition | PRESIDENT WHITE, OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY, SKETCHES THE HISTORY OF PAPER MONEY IN FRANCE, At the monthly meeting of the Union League Club last night President Andrew H. White, of Cornell Un'- versity, read a carefully prepared essay “The Paper Money of the French Revolution; How It Begun and How It Ended.’ It was intimated by Judge Noah H. Davis, who presided at the meeting, that the speaker was, in sketching the bistory of inflation in France, presenting us wita a photograph of our own national future, should the views of tnflationist statesmen prevail, Near the end of the year 1789, said he, tho French peaple found themselves in great embarrassment, There was distress in financial circles which staresmanlike measures and careful management would probably have soon alleviated; but it was sought to remedy it/by the issue of papor money. The Finance Minister of the time, Neoker, and other thoughiful men opposed this, But a clamor throughout the nation for more circulating medium, and an issue of $400,000,000 of paper money, secured by a pledge of the confiscated ecclesiastical property for its redemption, was decreed. There was great re- Jotcing at this and it afforded temporary alleviation, But within a few months inattors w is bad as they were before, and again there came a cry for more paper money. It was claimed by the inflationists that infla- tion was cangerous only under a despotism, but that in a constitutional country and amid a patriotic people there was no danger; that it could be checked at any time when the amount of paper money was likely to become too great; that virtuaily France was superior to tho laws of political economy which-existed in the world at large, and that an additional issue of paper money would bring prosperity to commerce, manufac- tures and the people in general The re- sult was that within a few months afer: the first issue another tesue of $400,000,000 was made, making tbe total issue $800,000,000, but witha lemn pledge that the total amoant put in circuiation ould never excved $1,200,000,000, But very svon is pledge was violated ‘under the popular pressure, and $100,000.000 more of small currency was issued. Iu a jew mouths more, under like pressure, it was again violated, $300,000,000 more were issued, but with agolemn’ promise ‘that the circulation should never exceed $1,400,000,000, This, 100, wi violated, and the sues went on in a rapidly’ increasing ratio, under what Mr. White called the “aw of accelerated issue and depre- | dation,” aad wh he declared to be as real a law of nature’as the law of the increase of velocity of a falling body by gravitation. These issues gave a great stimu- lus temporarily to speculation, gambling and stock- Jobbing throughout the country, Thore arose and was. Tapidly developod a groat debtor class, partly of those j nall part down and intendirg to pay the remaiader in small instalments; partly from those speculators and gum. biers in values who had bought for a rise in nominal values, Mr. White showed how this speculating debtor class soon OBTAIND THR CONTROLLING INFLUENCE and how new issues and depreciation were accelerated. It was shown from citations from various reports, speeches and documents of tho period, that commerce and manufactures, though at first stimulated, wero goon paralyzed and finally almost universally do stroyed; that the mercantile interest, which supposed that it was aided by this inflation, since the prices of goods on the shelves of the merchants were Taised, soon found that it was injured no less | than other interesis, Since the merchanis bad to attach to their goods prices to cover the increasc in nominal value, and the risks from fluctuation, the number of buyers dimin- ished and payments grew less certain, Tno speaker demonstrated that inflation brought tho worst evils of all upon the masses of the nation—upon the people of small fortunes and upon the working classes, The un- certainty m values baving paralyzed manufactures, vast numbers of workmen throughout the nation were thrown out of empioy, go that after prices wore inflated 200 or 300 per cent tho wages of labor remained the samo as before the inflation began. The moral re- | sults wero detailed, At the great centres a reckless gambling in values, which spread into the country at large arose, which led men to look on steady labor and moderate gains with contempt, The idea of thrift was obliterated among the French people, though they aro naturally one of the most thrilty of nations, and a corruption of public men tol- lowed. Maribeaa, Chabot, Fabre d’Eglanume and | others who, two or three years before, risked their | lives from purely patriotic motives, had now become so involved in the speculating mania and luxurious living | that Mirabeau received bribes from the court, and | others received bribes for their votes im tho national | Legislature, Mr. White showed how this wild extravagance ex- tended to ladies in the first circles ot the nation, and a comparison was made between the simplicity of Madame Roland in 1792 and Madame Cabarrus-Tallien tm 1795 and 1796. The idea of national honor was eaten out by this cancerous disease of inflation and specula- tion, and men who had risked their lives against tyranny from the most potriotic motives, now sought | to depreciat the national securities for gam. | bing purposes. When inflation became hope- | ‘less a body of men aroso im tho national |.pssembly and out of it who claimed that | Intlation was, after all, a blessing, and thut it was a | good thing to have a currency that could not go out of | the country, and that in some way manutactures | | would be promoted thereby. The speaker demon- | | strated that manufactures and commerce steadily de- of workers from starvation under these circumstances | Was the fuct that they were SENT TO DIS ON FORKIGN BATTLE FIELDS, | The progross of the inflation was greater than in Jan- | wary, 1796, the total amount issued was 45,000,000, 0096, | of which’ 86,000,000,000 were in circulation, At last. a frane ‘in’ gold was worth 288% in paper. Tho severe measures which were resorted to in the way of fines and imprisonments, to frevent the | speculation in coin, and their fruitless results, were related, The measures of the Directory were then | sketched, together with the issue of the “Territorial | Mandats,”” which were as good as gold, These mandate | | from $1,500 to $2,000, Tho flowers, which must have | were putfed in the nexspapers and pamphlets of the time and issued with every guarantee for their secarity in the best of the national real estate, yet they depre- ciated to thirty and even filteen per cent before they were issued from tho press, and at last fell to five per eut, The speaker described the collapse and the ruin- ous state in which Frauco was leit. Ho related how, after this vast amount of paper money, 36.000, 000,000 ignate” and 2,400,000,000 “mun- | dats” had been lated, coin began to come in easily and naturally, and trade having been put on a | solid basis, prosperity gradually restored. The | speaker showed in those historical events the develop- | { ment of natural laws which he claimed as certain in | | j their operation Jaws of the — nat. | | Ural universe. the secondary nts | Tegra was making of ‘ma: im | jaws," fixing prices of goods in per money | | which wrought destruction. to tho emall farmers and merchants of the country, and brought about riot and | | famine. Mr. White showed that this, too, was tho.| simple result of a natural law, it arose simply and | iginal fallacy of all, which eon- | @ theories, caprices and interests: the fixing and regulation of values | fixed and regulated only by a real. | ntire commercial | world, ‘A vote of thanks was tendered Mr, White at the close | of his addrese, | | | GENERAL PRADO’S MOVEMENTS, General Prado, the President-elect of Peru, arrived in | this city yesterday at nvon trom Niagara and was re- ceived at the Grand Central depot by Senator Pividal, | of Peru, and Messrs. W. R. Graco, J. Z Barril, N. | Beebe and others, In company with theso gentlemen | he proceeded to tho Clarendon Hotel, and, after a short | delay, Went to the Stock Exchange, After being intro- | duced there by Mr. Randall he visited the Bank of | showa through t sve the Sale Dep Exchange, an institution, it Compan: He was then taken to ts under the stock | alter visiting other places of in- terest in hborhood of Wail street, the party, ac- | companied by General Slaughter, United States Army, | drove up tothe Union Ciub and were shown through | Booth's Theatre was next visited and tho | tem of lighting up the building was exhibitea, | eliciting the admiration of the distinguished visitor. | Altor making some calls on personal iriends the party | vening at the | dined at the aki and will inspect the evening he will bo the guest of the Hon. Thomas Mur- phy, and is expected to visit the Fitth Avenuc Theatre, FINE ARIS. | The thirty-sécond exhibition of the Brooklyn Art As- sociation will be open to the pubiio at the Brookiyn Academy of Design, Montague street, on Tuesday, April 25, ‘The reception will be hold the evening pro. | } must be sent in before the Zist, A list of works should be sent by artists on or betore April 14 for insertion im the catalogue, and that the cartmen may cali for works | from the 17th to the 20th of April. The exhibition will | be free and wili remain opea for two weeks, ALMOST A RAILROAD DISASTER. There was ® Darrow eacapo from a disaster on the Pennsylvania Ratiroad, near the Hackensack Bridge, | yesterday morning at nine o'clock. The workmen employed in repairing the bridge left a heavy plank lying across the track. A train came dashing along, and before the mem had time to remove the plank the front wheels Of the focomotive jumped over it and | jJanded om the track at the other side, The other wheels crushed the plank to splinters. The engineer, proveeted one fen eagh d shut off steam, be on o passengers were entirely upaware of the danger irom which they had escaped, | | bill, which is on gener: | right and left, but which, while consolidating the of the commitice present when a vot: question of reporting the bil, Fish, Peabody, Higgins di Groarty, dewocrat, of Brookiy the report was made to the How to and The motion was defeated by i ley, Satherland, Tabor, TW. Bradiey, J, >. br |. N, Cai Opposition to Smith M. Weed’s Nomination. THECIVIL JUSTICES BILL Passage of the Contract and Expenditure Bill by the Senate. GREEN'S BILL IN THE HOUSE. A Quaker Blow at the Lottery System. Axpany, April 13, 1676, The confirmation of Smith M. Weed as Superipten- dent of Insurance is unlikely, The patience of repub- lican Senators has been pretty sorely tried by the undeviating series of democratic nominations made by the Governor, and they think there should be an end of it by thistime, They think Governor Tilden might have the simple sense and courtesy to send in the name of at least one republican, if ouly by way of variety. Senators Woodin and Cole cxpress thelr determination to defeat tne confirmation of the latest executive appointment if it takes them ail summer, Both Senators were settling down to the ox- pectation that the next nomination from Tilden would be that ofa republican, They were beginning to cher- ish a friendly feeling toward His Excellency and to treat his bills and messages with more consideration than before; but this appointment uf Smith Weed has revived all the bitterness excited by the affair of Canal Anditor Schuyler, and it is war to the knife henceforth between the Governor and the Sonate, The selection of Weed by Tilden is believed to be a ro- turn for tho former's effort in securing the Clinton county delegation to Utica in favor of the latter, Weed was disappoitted in not obtaining the nomination for Lieutenant Governor on the democratic State ticket in 1874, and, holding Tilden responsible for his failure, he directed his influence in his county to turn the vote therein against the candidate for Governor. Clinton county, which went demoeratic in 1872, gave an over- whelming majority against Tilden in 1974, WOODIN’S CONTRACT BILL PASSED, Woodin’s bill relating to tho local government of New York, its system of contracts and expenditurcs was read a third time and passed, but not until it was further amended, principally at the instance of Sen- ators Gerard, Woodin and Bixby. In place of a four- filths vote to pass a resolution or ordinance of tho Common Council ovor the Mayor's veto, three-fourths was substituted, To section 7 was added the pro- vision that one half at least of the $1,000,000 in bonds authorized shall be issued by the Comptroller in sums varying from $100 to $500 cach. Employés of the city overument shall be residents of New York. r, Gerard first made the motion to ameud in regard to the issuo of bonds in small denominations, ‘but it was defeated. Soon alter Mr. Kixby took it im his head to offer a similar amendinent, and to insure its adoption went around and took possession of Mr. Woodin’s seat, When the opportunity presented itself he stooa ap, and. with an impromptu imitation of Woodin’s bluff and dictatorial style, offerod his amend. | ment, saying, ‘'1 want this thing to go through.” The surprise Was 80 great, and tho imitation of Woodin so good, that the Senators wero Jaughingly ad irresistibly hurried into the adoption of the amendment, while Woodin sat in Bixby’s chair and cheerfully acquiesced in the coup d'état. ANOQLISHING THE LOTTERY SYSTEM. Mr, Prince introduced a bill providing that hereafter no person shall distribute, post or circulate, advertise, send, mail, or in any mannor whatever deliver, any j tinued, | these ponds as bad smells came from thent. feel very badly to-night over the sitaation, home to-morrow t¢ report to their ct AN RYVORT TO MAKE QUARANTINE | In the evening sexsion of the Assembly Mr, A. Campbell moved that the Committee on Commerce and Navigation be discharged from the further con- ideration of the Quarantine bill This was opposed by Mr, Watts, who said the committee had agreed to give another hearing ou it next Thursday. Mr. Campbell pel that, though matt was brought before the House early in January ai had occupied much time in the committee, it had beem crowded aside by other business. He had drawn a bill ‘ine self-supporting, but the committee upon it Evidence had been produced the Health Officer had received inthe last four herman the subject that years $86 000. On motion of Mr. ‘was reterred to the joint committee on the Supply bill NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE. DEFEAT OF THE FIVE COUNTY ACT COMPRO MISE BILL. Trawton, April 13, 1876, Both houses navo decided to prolong the session fo another week. In the House this afternoon the Abbett compromise scheme on the Five County act was defeated by a vote of 27 to 26, Senator Jarrard mtroduced a bill providing for the incorporation of boat clubs and associations for the promotion of athletic exercises. A republican caucus nominated for State Prison Inspectors Henry L, Butler, of Passaic; Theo- dore Horn, of Essox, and Samuel L. Lippincott, of Salem. This Board will be elected in joint meetia; next Wednesday, They, in conjunction with General Mott, keeper of the prison, will have the appointment of the deputy, keepers and all other officers of tne in- stitution. A beautiful life-size bust of Governor Bedle, mod- elied and finished by Isaac Broome, » New York artist, and made at the pottery works of Messrs. Olt & Brewer, in this city, has been pre sented to the State by that firm, and 18 now on exhibl- tion 1 the State library. It is considered a now feature in the ceramic arts, and is the largest of tho kind in apy country and the first made in this country. It is a life-like representation of tho Governor, and was tendered as acentenmial tribute to tho State of New Jersey. JERSEY CITY'S NEW GOVERNMENT, ‘The new Board of Finance of Jorsey City held its first meeting yesterday afternoon, and organized by the election of Mr. Drohan President, Mr. Leon Abbet was appointed Corporation Counsel. A bitter discussios arose on the other appointments, and developed a de cidedly unpleasant feeling between the new membert and those who hold over. Mr. Van Reypen denounces in severo terms the coalition between the tw :nem- bers, when Mr. Drohan refused to disclose the ebjeot of a second meeting to be held in the avaning. PUBLIC HEALTH. REPORTS ON PREVAILING EPIDEMICS AND THE SANITARY CONDITION OF NEW YORK—MAIe ARIAL REGIONS AND CAUBES. A meeting of the New York Public Health Associa tion was held at No, 12 West Thirty-first stroet las evening. Dr. Janeway made a few remarks on the sanitary condition of New York, Ho called attentios to the petroleum nutsance on the east side of the city, caused by bad odors wafted occasionally {rom Brooklyn. A bill was new before the Legislature, he sail, giving boards of health power to abate suck nuisances, The gentieman also alluded to the practice of the Park Department in placing mud from tne ponds over tho grass in Central Park. This provee @ considerable nuisance, but bad never been discon Tho origtoal plan was to clean out the beds of The mis take was made in placing mud on the grass, Lime and plaster had been sprinkled over the mud according to the suggestion of the Board of Health. Dr. Janoway thought the proper remedy had beon applied, but it would be advisable to ask the opinion of some physiciana whe reside in the vicinity as to whether | bay trouble bad been since experienced, D r, Peters, as chairman of a committe, reported sta- tintica of tho deaths in tho first quartor of 1876 aa compared with those of 1875. Dr, Peters then went on card, circular, envelope, ticket, or device representing | tickets or chances in any scheme or drawing in the nature of a lottery. This provision is made to apply to all iotteries, home and foreign, agents, bankers or brokers. Oi against the act deciared to bea misdemeanor, to be punished by im. prisonment not exceeding one year, or a tine not ex- ceeding $5,000, or both. One-half the fine linposed to go to the informer. * THE CIVIL JUSTICRA BILL AGAIN. ‘Tho Civil Justices bill introduced by Peabody, and d applies to all i auaiatia: which is now patiently awaiting the time when a two- | third vote can be obtained to put it ahead on the gen. eral ordor list, still continues to be the object of tende: solicitude of several New Yorkers, frien to the present clerks, Tim Campbell, and ‘Tony Hartinan’s . clerk, Hi ner chell, enjoyed a bricf triumph last..week when the bill, after boing. tavorably reported by the Sub- Committee of the Whole, was sent back to. the vom- mittee of the Whole and to the bottom of the order of third reading of bills, The clerks of the Justices who wout out of office Inst Janugy claim that their terms of office do not expire until two years to test the right of the pre hold the positions, have brought the mat- ter into the courts, Meanwhile ptrolicr Green rofuses to pay tho clerks, and the friends of the Peabody bill contend that ns the test case, if car- ried from court to court, cannot be decided before the lapse of eighteen months, the old cler! ¢ practising a system of bluckmuil in the way they are opposing tno bili, They asgert that one old clerk has already settiod his righ! ‘the place now held by one of the new cierks by receiving $250, agreeing not to claim. the place even if the courts decide in favor of the old clerks. This is one sido of the story, On the other nand, the new clerks, who, if the Peabody bill asses in Its present shape, will be confirmed in their positions, are leaving bo stone unturned to win the battle, and (o this end it 1s believed, despite all | order to prove t to classify the different diseases by wards. Ho claimed that cuniagious diseases generally commenced tn teae- ment houses, New York is so narrow that little room. retained tor expansion, and hundreds of tenements have tu be erected to accommodate the constantly in- creasing population, The djMcuity ot securing rapid transit in this city also necessitatea the erection of nuinerous tenement houses. Dr. Charles P. Rusvell next read a paper on He described different parts of the world, in China, India, North Germany, Aus of France, southwestern coasts of 3} Island of Sardium, North Italy and of malaria is prevatent, The celebrated Pontino marshes might be considered as the classic home of malaria, Tucy wore drained severat times by Roman Emperors so by Popes. The extent of land of these consisted of about 13,000 acres. Dr. Rassell dweit at length upon the history of these marshes, in benetits of drainage in averting m In 1868, ninoty-six deaths — to in New York; 1n 1875 wo had 275. lost of thes ths Lvok piace in the districts below Fourteenth siroet. ‘The uentieman then went on to dilate upon the causes of malaria. It was scurce.y ever krown beyond 67 deg. north or 57 deg. soutn fatitude, [t Jarial diseases, lace from in | was principally generated by the sun's rays acting upon ‘the vicinity to a larg | denials, that they have raised quite a fund'to be used | tis probable that betore the ad, A. J, Campbell's orders, not’ very low down either, may come along and be passed. It is a far more sweeping measure than Mr. Peabody's and cuts rts, retains the new cierks appointed, who will have the good luck to belong to those courts whose officers aro Tetained by the bill, Jonn O’Brien, the Custom House man, who is working in favor of the Peabody bill, asserts that it was reported by the Committee on Cities at the urgent request of Killian. If this is so, and O’Brien says be can prove 1, Kiltian’s action last Friday in getting tho bill sext back to the Committee of the Whole looks rather strange to say the least. BILLS TASSRD IN THE SENATE, The bill to allow tho city of Brooklyn to spend 200,000 on the erection of a public builaing for mu- nicipal purposes passed the Senate; also the vill already dispute over the bill | passed the Assembly granting to the United States the Tight to acquire the might of way necessary for the im- provement of the Hariem River; also the bill to have the Clerk and Deputy Clerk of the Court of Special Sessions, New York, appointed in the same way as the clerks of police conris; also the bill repealing tho act for the improvement of Myrtle avenue, Brookiyn. INDEBTEDNKSS OF C-UNTIES, CITIRS, TOWNS, aC. At the evening sexsion of the Seuate the concurrent | resolution proposing an ameudment to section 11 of | article 8 of the constitution prohibiting the loan of uxe of any public money for private purposes and rostr:ct- ing the indebtedness of counties, cities, towns and vil- lages was considered in Committee of the Whole the following clause was stricken out:—'No county or city whose indebtedness exceeds such five per cent, as aforesaid, shall be allowed to extend or re- hew any of such indebtedness until it is reduced within such limit.” The resviution was then adopted. Mr. Woodin introduced a similar bill im the Sefhate to the one introduced in the House by Speaker Husted | We are appaliea by the extravagance and luxury of the | America, where he was introduced to the President and | for the peusioning of public school teachers, COMPLETION OF THK THIRD DISTRICT COURT HousK The bill appropriating $40,000 lor the completion of tho Third District Court House in New York has been Pit ab gs reported by the Assembly Committee on ities. PASSAGK OF THK APPROPRIATION BILL. The Appropriation bili, with the Court of Arbitration item strickea out, waS passed in the Assembly this evening, and then a special biil containing the item was passed by unanimous consent, THE GRERN BILL IN THK HOUR, Tho Green bill, which was passer in the Senate yes- terday and which was reterred to the Commuttie on Cities of the Assembly, was reported favorably by that six members taken on the committee thin evening. There wer Sith, republicans, and Whitson, auti-Tammany mocrat, voted in favor of reportil it, and Me- © it recominitted, nd nays were called. following vote:—— made by Mr. Killi that motion the y Port, Keeve, Roscos, stan: Wate. "ava: Meners. Baldwin, Becke ro . tigalis, Lang, Mouroe, Noyes, Oden, O'N sioan, Smithy ‘Strebea Say ran, mi i Wheeler, Worth J. W, Hrown Tor There is but little doubt about the fi passage of the bill, although it is said that the Governor is anxious mM 00 have 1t because it will place him in very embarrassing position. If be signs it he will ako the ire of Tamm: me thy ‘a. | | extent, but the compl thoso works had fostored the usual bealthy cond of the surrounding locality. In certain parts of New York where proper drainage was secured all malarial tendencies had disappeared, MOODY AND SANKEY. The meetings at the Hippodrome yesterday werd crowded. Atthe noonday meeting Rev. Dr. Taylor was called on by Mr, Moody, and spoke from the foar teenth chapter of Mathew, relating the story of the loaves and fishes, He said thatit was typical of God's goodness and benevolence to man. Mr. Moody fol- Jowed bim and Mr. Sankey sang several hymns, Among tho requests for prayer offered, were special ones for the firemen and policemen in attendance at the Hippodrome and for the West Point and Annapolis cadets A young convert, wno had been a drinker, gambler and profligate gencraily, related his experience and told how he had been converted in one evening by Mr. Moody's preaching, The meeting closed with prayer by Rev, Dr. Usborne. At the meeting, which was very full, Mr. Moody the text, ‘One thing thoa lackest,”” and in the ing on the “Promises of Chri: HM Christ has promised to do that He will do. There are the eight “1 wills,” where He promises to give rest to | all that ask for it; to cast none out that come unto Him, and there 1s that famoos text from Matthew x., 32, “Whosvever, therelore, shall confess me before nop him will [ confess before my father which heaven ;”’ and from John xiv., 18, “1 will not leave you comfortiess.”’ At the conclusion of the sermon, which was a very powerful one, Mr, Moody asked how many would stand up for Christ that night, and nearly the whole audience stood up, one after another, alter suc- cessive appeals, eapecially whe: said “Those who do not waut Christ keep their s.” To-day, Good | Friday, there will bea sermon in the afternoon at four | | e of Christ?” and in the Fist.” o'clock on “What think evening on the “Death of MAD FROM RELIGION. Yesterday morning a well dressed young man. went into the committee room at the Hippodrome and aske¢ for Messrs, Moody and Sankey. He was told that they were not there, but he demanded to see them. . He sate he was one of the persons of the Trinity—the Holy Ghost-—and ‘Slessrs. Moody and Sankey wor the other two. The people present were some what astonished, but were more so whea he com menced to draw circles on the floor and on the table | and insisted on blessing everygthing and every ont present, Mr. Agnew saw at once that the man wat crazy, and sete for an officer. He was taken to the | station and then to his house, No. 131 Wost Sixteenth ~ reot. The lady with whom he boarded said that he was always quiet, aud she bad never noticed anything strange about him till the evening previous, in he wanted to biess the house and cut up two or three cushions with bis knife, always cutting them in circles. | The young man, whore name is Frank Riehohl, was | taken to the Washington Place Police Court and | committed to the care of the Commissioners of Charl tes and Correction, THE ROBBERY ON THE MOHAWK. . It was erroneously stated yesterday that the steward of the yacht Mohawk, Alexander Sweeney, who stole $300 worth of marine glasses from that vessel, had bees arrested in Brooklyn, Active search 18 being made tos him, however, and his early arrest is anticipated, WHERE I§ THAT REPORT? To tHe Evrror or tux Herao:— . What is delaying the confirmation of the Rapit Transit Commission's report? The question has beeo discussed so thoroughly and so long before the publie that there is no excuse for the burial of this most im portant and necessary measure. It is marvelfous how rapid transit mects with achech | avevery stage of its slow progress 4 If he vetoes. it the anti | Here isa mete matter of form which onght to have been settied in ten minntes, spt reise Rearyme oes bas had t: ander consider ton ta of far wore ; all the pid transit ia of far 4a ‘ata they ~ Tammany element of lis party will, at the next elec- | rest of cases on ir tion, give him a reminder of what they think about | examin ind confirm the report apes his action, Adetermined effort, it is Famored, will | its presentation before them ? . be made by is friends from this forth to secure the people want rapid transit, cars ate deteat of the bill wnen itis upon its final passage. hind tue age in every 8! nae ee Tho House-Tam: 7 Hatt bargain makers’ no good reason tor the nou-cou! oe Jobby: who hase been here in swarms Guting t missioners’ . OPOLY, past two days to use. their influence againet the bill, Arai 12, Lat Se ; be