The New York Herald Newspaper, April 22, 1876, Page 8

THE STATE CAPITAL Preparing for the Final Adjournment on the 3d of May. THE CHARTER AMENDMENTS | Important (Changes Made in the Woodin Bill by the Assembly Committee. THE BRIBERY INVESTIGATION Avuany, April 21, 1876, It was a day of wild confuston in the Assembly to- day, every member who had any resolution or motion of importance to make endeavouring to get it before the House before the adjournment, whieh, after a httle flurry over an unsuccessful attempt made by Mr. Fish to have a session this evening, was fixed from one o'clock till Monday evening at half- past seven. Among other resolutions passed was Mr, Forster's, callicg upon Congress to devise some means for the relict of the emigrants, in view of the late decision of the United States Supreme Couri; Mr. Carty’s, talling upon the Corporation Counsel of New York to furmsh to the House, within five days, the in- formation asked for im his original resolution intro- duced last month, Mr, Gallagher's, disagreeing with the adverse report of the Committee on Commerce and Navigation in ihe New York Pier and Whart bill, and referring the bill to the Committee of the Whole, Mr. Suydam’s concurrent resolution relative to the Onal adjournment, so amended as to fix the date en the Sd of May instead of the 29th inst., and dir, Sloan’s, which provides that after Wednesday next there shall be th . daiiy of the Assembl one from nine o'clock in the morning till two o'clock, | another from hall-past three o’clock to six o'clock and | another from halt n o'clock till whatever | hour after that the Assembly sees fit to remain in_ ses- Bion, g AMENDMENTS, on Cities to-day reported mending the New York The Assembly favorably the Woodin bill, charter, which p the Senate lust week, On being Teported an effort was made to have it considered as a wpecial order on Tuesday; but the motion, which re- quired a two-thirds vote, secured but sixteen votes, PAYMENT OF WARRANTS, The committoe have changed the bill considerably, most abl of Sevator Gerard’s amendments being stricken. put of it, The committee inserted the following new aAmendment:— “All expenditures of all departments, boards, com- Missioners avd offcers payable from the treasury of the city on account of the county of New York shall de paid by warrant upon a voucher for the amount aamed therein, after it bas been duly examined, | allowed and certified by the Auditor of Accounts of the | Finance Department and approved by the Comp- | agaiust | | troller, except in case of judgments the city, when a transcript “thereot shall be fed by the Comptroller, and no warrant shall be drawn in any case unless such expendiiure | Bball be authorized by luw or ordinance and on account | of an existing appropriation made tor the purpose, to | be referred to im such voucher, which shall be filed in ‘the Finance Department. uta warrant may, at the dis eretion of the Compiroller, be drawa upon the troasury Jor the wholo or jurt of the amount of a single roll ot officers or employés of department, or of any Board or i payable oucof moneys of the Mayor, &e., i ‘warrant may be drawn to the order of a pirolier for the purpose of disbarsing the amount of such pay roll among the persous entitled | bo receive the inoney, who shall severally sign receipts | for the sums paid to them, ana the person designated | nd any such n desig by the Comptroiler to @ such disbursements | shall give a bond to be approved by | the Comptroller for the faithful periorimance of | fuel service, and the whole or any part of the amount | oi interest on stocks or bonds of the city of New York | accruing and falling due on any one day may be paid by | a designated bank of deposit to the persons entitled to | Teceive the same on a warrant for the gross amount | drawn to the order of the said bank of deposit, | The following clause, which was in the bill as passed by the Senate, was stricken out by the committe ments on all contracts heretofore entered into, or tany be hercatter entered into as in thiy section pro- vided, shall be made ot the rate aud to the extent authorized by such contracts, for all work done thereuader a cepted or al by waid ett all material and supplies furnished ay nuary, I875, on the order of the C sioner of Public Works, urks in progress nt bonds, and jelay such pay t The following was also stricken out :— Wien the work under any contract is abandone: contractor or declared or treated so to he by the hend o department having charge of the execution there of them, of such tract oncmey | zpon his part tract shall be ds devolved upon — sae » shati be entitied to recover tor all work ther ervered by said contract, an be paid to the contractor. This exception an shall extend und apply to contracts heretofore meds, Fespect to such cases where auy surety has beret meneed work bis eleetion shall be deemed to have been made to assume the less within five days after | bie passage of this m discontinue suck work and botily the bead of thy ASSESSMENTS FOR IMPROVEMENTS. The committet inserted the following amendmen! the And therotors The whole cost of any work fur which amesuents are Butherized to be laid shali bei ter be assessed upon the Property benefited by the improvement; provided, bver, that no assessment t any lot, pi r parcel of roperty benefited by such improvement shall exceed one 1 Of the Inst assessed valuation of suid lut, piece oF parcel 2 property. REPERER'S POWERS. That portion of the bill deciaring the decisions of a Felereo final n pending suits 4s stricken out, but the Clause providing’that on issues of fact no cases shall be decided finally by a reteree remains in the bill, 4 = 3 = 2 = = z The feature insert Benator Gerard, relat Bo as to read as follows No person who is not a citizen of the State of New York | shalt Higible to menttoor shall herestter hold | at the instance of © 10 non-residents, is amended officer who by law is req’ faithful — performance nor appointed ayor, Alder city lor any salary OF compeusation by virtue of holdin in either of such depa tments, branches or oflices of said city and county, Quiess within thirty day of bis appointment or employment | be stall have become w resitent of said city. Under this clause Jerseymen can ereep into office | iy as ever. OF ASSESSMENTS, to the correction and equal- fzation of assessments came up in Committee of the Whole in the Senate to-day, Mr. Wooain succeeded, after some opposition trow Senavor Hammond, in hav- | ing the following atendment ty the vill adopte | ‘A writ of cercivrari may be allowed by ihe Supreme Court | on the application of any person or corporytion claiming to be axgrieved, to reverse wny assesment of the pr any city, town of village or ward tor the purpor tion ; ant if it shall be made to appear, upon the returns to such writ that injustice has been or’ will be don ' i Poll by sing any pr corporation at a different or xreater Mint applied to other real or personal property city, town, village or ward, the Supre ms, def 4 reassessment ‘of the property on the assessment roll of such city, town, village or Ward, of the correction of such assessment in’ whole or in part in such manner and upon such principles as shail bo ac- cording to law and as th ot, and so as to re- " writ stall be aps | AL shall have been ided, also, that no writ | shall’ stay the prveeed- | o, ward, city oF tow | In any fetarn to a writ of certiorari allowed nnder this | Ret nSss-rOR) sivall Mot Le required to return the original | @xessment roll, but it shall be sufficient to return a certified ich part thereul as may be caved tor by THE RRVISION OF TIE Laws The amendments to the Code, embraced in an en- ee Vill of almost 1,000 pages, that frightened the Gators at ihe thought of berny read through from be ginning to end, passed the Senate this morning. It ts the work of the Comission for the Revision of the Biasuves aud cae result of over five years’ labor. As it does nut go into eflect until May 1, 1877, and in the Ricantime will bo prigted, lawyers and all ociers in- terested will have an opportunity to inspect ihe char. | acter of the reviston. LEGISLATIVE NOTES, The bill authorizing the use of steam on Atlantic avenue, Brooklyn, passed the Senate amended so that the Logistature bas the power to reps get at any time aud to modiy aay leases ihe c Buake ander the law. A Wali to incorporate the Soldiers’ Home of the Grand Army of the Republic of the State of New York Senate. Se imy the ‘the vill to the Foundling Hospital ot New York ‘Same allowance per month for every homeless and | heedy mother with a nursing infant as the New York | Tat Jum now receives Was Javorably ropertod to Dill to enable the records of the igual Service | Department of ‘the United States to Aw receive genre - ‘was favorably reported from (he Com- on Judiciary. | t-at-Arms of the Assembly has gone to | ‘York to serve subpenas on the Brooklyn oilicials alleged to have used “undue influence” to de- tet and on others who, rt is believed, deal than they Intiuence was and how it was willing to tell about eRdene abou | the President of the organ: | their coal for steatn purposes continue so to do. iw | noon, | Thomas Hanrahan and Thomas Duggan. It is asserted to-day that the “bottom facts” are known iu leading republicans tn both houses, and that swearing that wilt be indulged in by the nen and others suspected of having worked the bere will not be able to cover up all the tracks of the “boodle” brigade, Mr. O'Hare succeeded to-day in securing a two-third vote in favor of making the DML appropriating $200,000 for the use of the Emigration Commission for the fiseal year beginning on the Ist ot May next a special order esday next, O'Hare made a neat Jittic speech in 'y of kis motion, which, hke his speech on the Civil Justices’ bill, showed that though the youngest member of the House he is by no means the dal The bill reducing the salaries of the attaché: of the Marine Court, the Riverside Avenue act, the bills rela t ve to courts of record in New York and extending the time for making assessment for taxes there, were re- ported favorably in the Assembly to-day. ‘The bill abulishing the county of Hamilton and annexing its towns to the adjacent counties was reported adversely in the Honse and the report was agreed to. Mr. King, of New York, on Monday eveuing will in- troduce a resolution calling upon Comptroller Green to furnish immediately to the Hovse the information asked for two months ago in his resolution The resolu- tion calls for a complete statement of all the sources of revenue of the city, the amounts received and the dis- position made of them every year. Balls were introduced in thé Senate and Assembly to- day changing the name of the Beach Pneumatic Tube Company and extending the time for the organization of the company five years. TUN RING IN THE RAILROAD COMMITTER. According to all accounts Mr, Baldwin, of Allegany, has an uphill job of 1t in the Railroad Committee. He has done his best to get the bill which com- pels the horse railrond compames to partition off the seats in the cars after the manner of the seats m the ferryboats, but the ring inthe com- mittee bave determined to smother the bill, They ds for an investization of the charges already mado against them, As the records show that i man in the committee who voted to report the ‘No Seat No Fare” bill it is proba- ble the Ring will be as powerful against him as ever till the close of the session, Messrs, McKee, Gridley and Cox are said to favor the report of the seat partition bill, THE COAL QUESTION. REVIEW OF THE CAUSES OF THE PRESENT SITU- ATION—CONDITION AND PROSPECTS OF THE TRADE. The question of coal mining and coal consumption daily becomes more serions as the stoppage of the great iron mills continues and news comes almost daily Of the failure of woollon mills and largo manufactories ut the country. Un Wednesday the fall of coal stocks and those of coal carrying companies, both in this city and in Philadelphia, was alarming; the’ price of the sharbs of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company selling on that day lower thar at any period within sixteen years—viz., $42 50. In view of this state of affairs, a Hxnanp reporter yesterday visited soine of the largest coal shippers and gentlemen connected with mining aud coal-carrying interests, for the purpose of Cliciting their opinions on the situation. The great mining and shipping head. quartors in this city, Trinity Building, No. 111 Broad- | , Seemed like a vast beehiv Mr. E. A. Packer, a large miner and shipper there, said:-~ “The coal busivess is in a really terrible condition, and 1 see at present very little hope of its revival. The most depressing thing is the continual stoppage of the iron mills If it wero not that we have such a | strong combination of the coal companies and large miners it wouid even be worse, anklin Gowen, ation, advised against re- sumption of work at the mines; but he was overruled, and now we see how wise it would have been to nave waited Jonger to resume until we had worked of our surplus stocks, Onr trouble 18 chiefly in domestic coul—egg ond stove sizes; they glut the market Then, too, the Cumberiand ‘or soft coal companies, when we raised our prices, kept. on selling, or rather undorselling usy and now We find that people who used do not uuticipate troubles at the mines, but perhaps wages will have to be reauced, which may lead to strikes and all the evils which result from them. our there was a strike at Rondout a day or two since on account of the imtroduction of Ltalian Isborers there, but I believe this was settled by their with- drawal,” OTHER VIEWS. An officer of the Pennsylvania Coal Company, in the same building, beld the same opinion as Mr. Packer, but was rather more hopeiul of a better state of things in the near future, Mr. R. G. Moulton, of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, at the corner of Cortlandt and Church streets, said:—-"It is true there Is. a surplus of coal on hand and gales are very slow; there has no doubt been sotne cutting ander in'prices, even by members of the coal combination, but I do not think to any great ox- tent. ‘here isonly one policy to pursue under the circumstances, and that will be rigorously carried out— itis to cut down the production to the absolute wants of trade. At our Jast meeting it was resolved to reduce the amount to be brought for the month ot May twen- ty-five per cent, and il in iuture the people want no coal at all we won't bring them any.” The following is a report made to the coal organiza- tion of the “Comparative production of anthracite coal and shipments by tons to competing points for the years ending 1874 and 1875: ANIFMMATS TO IETRRIOR, FOMTR ‘1875. Companies. Tons. Tons. Phil, and Reading RR, Co... 3,321,890.05 2,900,343,05 Dei, and Hudson Canal Co,, Lehigh Valley RK. Co..... Central RR. 1,454, 141.02 2,070, 545,.03 = 815.08 84,463.05 742,951.15 1, l dons. Tons. (a. Phil. & RRR. 50.05 1,785,160.16 2,685,000 Del. and Hud. .02 1,542,117.08 1,837,000 Lehigh Valley. 1422.06 12231,496.19 1,508,000 Cent. RR. 0: 8,058.13 986.12 1,615,000 Det, L. and 978.19 1;318,833.05 1,380,000 Pa, Coul Co. 18,02 1,183,749.05 "985,000 Totals........ ,675.07 8,339.314.03 10,000,000 Decrease in shipments to elitive PONS 35> veh enue sassy 780,381.06 Decrease in total production between 1874-5 543,710.19 CONDITION OF TRADE, Mr. E. A Quintard, manager of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and lrou Company, whose office 18 in tho Drexel Build aid:—“Our company have not, per- haps, over 10, tous surplus on band in this market, The domestic sizes, of course, trouble us the most. Trade is certainly in‘a bad condition, but tt may, from & Gumber of causes, almoet immediately improve, Suppose, for instance, there should be a war in Europe (by no ‘means an ‘mprobability), or that our mills should increase their trade with England (the Fall iver mills are already shipping large amounts of cot- ton cloth to Europe), we could work of our surplus, and the solution of the difficulties im the coal trade would be solved. The steamers we employ in bringing coal to New York save us money, because, where it | costs us $1 25 per ton by rail, it only costs us seventy cents per ton by water transportation, Tho causes of the depression im the trade can be said to bave been the repression in business, a mild winter and the stop- page of the great factories.” DUNCAN, SHERMAN & CO. The creditors of Duncan, Sherman & Co, did pot exactly meet yesterday in Register Ketchuin’s office, in the Bennett Building, bat a number of them came for- ward and proved their claims, The election for as- signee will take place at noon to-day, The following 1s the second list of the complainants against Duncan, Sherman & Co. :-— W. R.& A. BR. Eadie, New York elt; 8. B, Easton, New York eity. Mary T. Cockroit, New York city .... . J. A. V. Cockroft, guardian, New York city 818 86 John Mathewson, New York city. + 575 28 J. H. V. Cockroft, New York city + 718 60 Hamilton Hoppin, New York city + 8,604 16 Alexander Nicoll, New York city + 612 00 + 263-21 + 200.00 J. M. Jones, New York city. + 1,714 16 Hapfer & Sureli, New York city + 160,000 09 J. Le Parshall, New York cit . en a Alex. Hamilton, Jr, execu ic elty + 408 96 W. G. Staines, New York city Mary L. March, New Y Jona H. Gyor, W. F sub, New York Co., Senattha . Donnell, New York ¢ Kimball, New York cit R. Hazard, New York city Bank of St. Thomas, West Indie: . McAdam & Carterwright, New York city SILVER COIN. The rush at the Sub-Treasury office for silver com. meneed at ten o'clock yesterday morning, and contin- ued without Interruption til three in the after. The amount exchanged for fractional currency exceeded $50,000. The rush and crush, according to Chiet Wilson, exceeded ihe scenes witnessed during the first years of the civil war, There ts no doubt the Geman for stiver was large enough to show that tt Was looked upon as a safe commodity to myest in, and at the present time, es one of the buyers remarked, “That is saying a good deal,” AIL BIRDS. In the Court of Quarter Sessions, at Jersey City, ves: terday, tho following prisoners were sentenced :— rocious as- sault and battery, two years in State Prison; Frederick Lee, malicious mischief, six months; Thonas Fiana- gan, Josepbine Moyer and Daniel Smith, larceny, three months; Bartley Burns, Edward Morrissey, Henry Mulbroo and Julia Covley, larceny, three months; Thomas Mathews, resisting an officer, six months, | 1,388, 648.16 | 460 62 | 4 | provisions are i = THE LITTLE COMMISSIONER. Some Remarkable Developments About John I, Davenport, HOW HE MANAGED ELECTIONS. Straightforward Assertions and Accusa. tions Against Him. NEW YORK’S PIGMY CESAR. The revelations published in the Hgraxp in regard to Commisstoner John I. Davenport and his expenditure of moneys alieged to have been made by him as Chief Supervisor of Election for the Southern distrigt of New York, a8 also on account of the secret service fund, were the leading tepic of conversation among all Classes throughout the city yesterday, It was, how- ever, more particularly among politicians and mem- bers of the legal profession that the matter was fully discussed, Yet, among every class, whether it was politicians, lawyers, merchants or independent citizens there appeared to be but one conclusion ar- rived at— viz, that Commissioner Davenport, or “little Johnny,” a8 he was more frequently termed, had an extremoly hilly road to travel. His letter, setting forth that he had expended $25,000 over and above bis charges for disbursements between the years 1871 and 1874 and that ho still owed that sum, was considered a very good joke, for it is claimed that although the law under which he was appointed only gave him power to act in 1872 and 1874, he did, both before the passage of the bill in 1870 and up to the present time, exercise a supervision over the registration made inthe city, whether he had jurisdiction or not, While Davenport was receiving pay from the govern- ment of the United States for the performance of his duties during and preceding the election or 1872, it also appears that he at the same time wag also drawing large sums from the Committee of Seventy and the Union Leaguo Club for substantially the same servico, Many lawyers and politicians appear to think it some- what singular that the Chief Supervisor could at one and the same time serve three masters and yet sustaia personal loss, notwithstanding the liberal pay he re_ ceived, A REIGN OF TERROR. To go back, however, to 1870, the statement is au_ thorized, as showing with what a bigh-handed way the “little Commissioner” intended to run matters in the interst of the republican party, that he caused even during that year, when he had no title whatever to act not having been created “Chief Supervisor,” 8,000 war rants to be prepared for the arrest of that number of people, Only sixty of these warrants, how- ever, were rerved. Tho’ plan of _ opera- tion at that time proposed was to send out to certain designated voters letters through the mails on which were private marks. The postmen in the various districts, it is asserted, were instructed, in every case where they could find no such person at the address given, to return these envelopes direct to Commissioner Davenport, This it is said they did, carrying them in batches to his office at the Fifth Avenuc Hotel, there making affidavits that the parties wero not found at the addresses given, | on blanks already prepared for the purpose, ‘The warrants for the arrest of these parties, who, by the way, bad previously registered but who, singularly enough, could not be tound by the postmen, were all ready to be served on election day should any one ot the | §,000 attempt to vote. A friend who happened to call on Davenport, having his attention cdlled to this im- mense stack of Warrants, mquired into the process b; which information —‘suflicient «to grant 8 an immense number could be obtained. Learn. ing the particulars he informed the Commissioner | taut he could not possibly issue process uniess on sworn complaints. Mr. Davenport then consulted with Mr. Bliss, the United States District Attorney, who contirmed the opinion already given. On learning this Mr. Davenport set to work, it is said, and drove around the town tor three days visiting the various clection districts and inspectors, w:th a view to securing sworn map in which to make arrests He subsequentiy maphgod to secure 600 of these and afterward mado 'y arrests, obtaining out of this number ONLY THREE CONVICTIONS. The well known terrorism exercised by Commissioner Davenport since that time bas frequently been referred to in the H&KALD, and it only remains to notice the fact that at all times a large staff of clerks 1s maintained by the Chiet Supervisor making corrections ana verifica- tons of the registry and rectifying the cousns, ‘The clanse in rejation to the paymeat of the Chief Supervisor, lig deputies and the deputy marshals is to be found in the United States Laws of 1871, section lt of the act, entitled “An act to amend an act approved May 31, 1870, entitled an act to enforce the right of NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1876—TRIPLE SHEET. who sometimes sneak and private for the Whether this polit rectory or rectly compiled or not is not and cannot be known ts amy one but its compilers. For all the work done in compiling {t or in connection with it the Supervisor $s paid directly so his official capacity. Tt furnishes him th makin for Rimself @ vast deal of business as United States Commis sioner, and he sompines the apne eget CoM of m Y necessarily intinenced. In: the latter capacl deration of the fact. that the “more the deveetive dle- is th feos there will be fe magistrate, tie ayaten i profitabie ‘in the several ways which I will indicate. payer First—Fees fixed by section 2,031, Ch if Bhoeevince ae \t Hy litimitab) as United. States Commissioner for investi- ‘Serond gating and passing judicially upon eases discovered by him in his capacity as Supervis Third—The opportunity to dispose of—for his al emolument, or tor the advancement of the political interest ‘of thoxe with whom he chooses to associate himself—the In- formation which he has acquired in his official eapacity, which he bas don Fourth—To cop: tthe lists of voters obtained in his official eapacity under the autho ity of the United states and at the expense of the United States, und sell copies, Fifth—To hold in terrovem over certain ciasses wi! ex: | Int in large communities an influence due toa knowledge of their occupations and places where they are carried on, tnd hereby” prvgnre. profersioual employment from thems 8s, for example, Mr. Davenport, who is by prof id by’ profession only, a lawyer, within a yeur he compiled the first list of voters, obtained a keneral tuining fee from the Liquor Dealern’ Associnti zation formed in opposition to th awe, , an organt- nforcement of the Excise He also appeared ax “counsel” for a notorious gum- Mlug house, “Thad supposed that those were all the legit. cl mute sources trom which he had drawn the profits of his office, but the disclosure made before Mr. Caulfield’s commit- tee shows that, these being insufficient, he has also, through Wi “4 and the bain General's offive, drawn from the Secret Service fund as well. It ina fet within my knowledge that on thin sam text of the prevention of ‘of dollars in addition to t! erninent were obtained {ro and farther ma tt League Ch private individuals, and that on the strength of the powers, jufluence and means rexulting from his incnumbency of these two offices this man hus become what we call an “influential and that the authority and money of the United States have been used to advance ali manner of duty and contemptible tricks and bargains relating to Stace and municipal offices, Whether or not the money taken from the secret service fund was lawfully or hon sity applied Uhiet Supervisor ot Elee- tions is inordinately absolutely unnecensary, capable of being prostituted to the vilest uses. T du con- ‘eation in the Mr. Davenport appears—as [sce by the ropores to anpedr before the comimitice of which it fe Chalrman=—the investigation will not be con: what he did with the he got rnd sont, and I trouble you with this commu hope that wh: apers he r. Caultil Thore certainiy was need, in view of the incts disclosed by the investigation of 1803-6, for some remedial legislution. ‘The net of 1871 went tar beyond all legitimate necessities, and, it fally enforced in the Northern States, wonld almost Justify new rebellion; but it never hax been used in the ‘Northern States, except for «uch petty personal uses as Thave suzgested above. Davenport aas been paid thousands of dollars by the United states for examining ax Commisstoner, accusations which he made as Supervisor, ‘and no indictment has ever yet been found on the strength of any of his proceedings, and in the only case in which bis action was ever reviewed Judge Blatchford decided that it was wholly unwarrantable. T trast you will make such use of the information and suggustions herein contained ax you deem proper tor the nbiic interest, and [ will cheerfully render any mssistance hn my power in making, the examination suggested thor- 1 “Since the forezoing was written I have seen in several nowspapers the suggestion that the ‘*pertect register” which is said to have been compiled is of great value. Ito be enoush to the powers au visors, the righ Yours, very r¢ ATTEMYTED AUTOCRACY DEFEATED. As an illustration of the power sought to be wielded by Commissioner Davenport the following extracts from a bill introduced into Congress February 9, 1874, by Mr. Lawson, entitiod “A bill to amend the act entitied ‘Au an act to amend an act approved May Bl, 1870,’ entitled ‘An act to enforce the rights of citizens of the United States to vote in the several States of the Union, and for otuer purpose February 28, 1871,’ and the acts amendator; supplementary thereto, and the act of which said act is amendatory." Section % provided “that any chief supervisor of elections who has been or may hereatter be appointed, pursuant to the provisions of this,act or the acis to which this ig amendatory and supplementary, and in whose judicial districts there shall be a city of 200,000 inhabitants, shall at ail times have full power and authority to be present and witness all proceedings for the naturalization of aliens; to examine and cross- examine all witnesses and applicants; to examine and inspect and scrutinize all papers, records, facts, judgments, affidavits, entries, certificates ‘or ap: plications,” in any’ wise ‘pertaining to the natoraiization of any person, and which have heretofore been or may herealter be filed, entered, in- dexed or recorded, or Which have been or may be pre- senied to, acted upon or granted by any court of any State or of the United States within his said judicial district whieh has naturaiized, or may naturulize, or has assumed or may assume to naturalize any person, and may make or cause to be made such abstracts or copies of the said papers or records as will best enable him to guard the purity of the ballot and detect persons guilty of frauds in the matter of naturahzation, All copics of any such records shall be filed im the office of the Chief Supervisor, who, for his attendance in court for the purpose of examining and cross-examining witnesses and applicants, shall receive and pe ad from the Treasury of the United States the sum of $5 per day for each day be shail so attend, and for the copying, compiling, entering, and the indexing and filing of all copies and papers by this section provided for, shall be allowed and paid the tees provided by law for similar services respecting documents or records provided for im the act hereby amended; and any oificer whatsoever of any such’ courst, or any,person acting or assuming to , under any authority, or pretended authority, from any such officer who shali hinder, interfere with or pre+ vent the said Chief Supervisor of Elections tn the per- formance 0: any of the powers and duties in this section provided, or shall refuse to allow said Chief Supervisor of Elections to perform any ot the duties or exercise any of the powers by this section imposed or conferred, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shal upon conviction, be punished by imprigonment for nol citizens of the United States to vote in the several States of this Union, and for other purposes,” 'The section referred to provides that “there shall be allowed and paid to the Chief Supervisor for his ser- vices as such officer, the following compensation apart from and in excess of all fees alowed by jaw for the performance of any duty as Circuit Court Commis sioner:—For filing and caring for every re'urn, report record, document or other paper required tu be filed by him under any of the preceding provisivns, ten cent: for affixing a seal to any paper, record, reportor instra- Went, twerity cents; forentering and imdexiug the re- cords of his vifice, iifteen cents per folio, and for arranging and transmitting to Congress, as provided for in section 2,020, any report, statement, record, return of examination, for eacn folio, fiiteen | and for any copy thereof, or any paper on file, | sum. And thereshall be allowed aod paid to | each supervisor of election, and each special deputy , mnarshal who is appointed and pertorms his duty under | the preceding provision, compensation at the rate of $5 per day for each aay he 18 actually | on duty, not exceeding ten days; bui ne compensation shall be allowed, in any case, to supervisors of elec- tion, except to those appointed in cities or towns of | 20,000 or moro inhabitants. And the fees of the chief supervisors shail be paid at the Treasury of the United States, such accounts to be made out, verified, ox- amined and certified, asm the case of commissioners, save that the examination or ceriMcate required may be made by either the Circuit or District Judge. TRONG CHARGES, The following is a copy of a letter addressed to Speaker Kerr by Mr. Samuel J. Giassey, relative to the operations of ‘Supervisor’ Davenport :— New Youk, April 21, 1876, Kann, Spoaker of tho House of Reprosenta- 1n—The disclosures recentiy made betore the Com- mittee of Kxpendit the Department of Justice i duce me to do what I should have doue loug since, but have | ed from doing from the extreme pressure ot | Vusiness engazements—namely, to bring to ths notice of the proper committee throuzh you the extragrdi performances whi Commissioner Davenport | others holding similar. offices hav en in under the pretext of T address you personally, be: ber me ith'the Union League Clab tw prosecute that iuvestizution, Daven: [OTE was toF tue Bret time connected with puvile business b cing employed by re und my axwctates as a clerk. The Tesults of the investigation you will probably remember. With the knowledse, » 1 of the prinei- pal _membors of the Union Legne Chub, i and my amsocinte drafted certain bills relating to cieetions and naturaliza- tion, After undergoing the process of amendment they were finally enacted in the summer of 1871 arly im S71, when the scheme to re-elect Grant bad deen fully concocted, Davenport, who was warmly enlist in the scheme, nided and b icked by the influence of ail the federal ollice-holders in this city, procured the passage of the act genoraily known as the “Eniorcement Act,” Z 21, INTL, under which he was appointed Elections for the southern District of thiscountry ® all the prinet- inthis, Tt is ® elved so little atten: pendents, Many of i ation of the tall of right . A tecent deck ri practically wullities the That they are incapable ot of the’Uaited States Supreme U: greater part of its provisions, The o Chiet Supervisor eroated by this act. is an anomaly in Amorigan lexisiation ; it ts conterred by a jade; the tenure is pr ion for re: ned it is sor, galley nce, could be Aot rid of otuerwiss than by fm ‘The tees of the office (soe secti act, 1 of the U, 8, Revised 3 i, A chiet supervisor may tions, make indexes, &c., de., or whatever he to consider material, He ts subj , ever. At the rates allowed for such svevices enport himself told me, make from $1900) to on each yeneral election, and there isn Jaw for the preservation of oF the dixposit the proceedings of any of thos anybody to dad ont what they h e doue or what was the Tesult of effect of their action. ‘This ix by no means the worst fo: of this net. | Provis sion is made (see sections 2,021, U. 8. Revised Statutes) for an inquisitorial ex alfairs of every bnman being who Is in the distriet hover hus been tolerated in this, or nny y Anglo-Naxon principles have ‘obial which Ix made a felony. Several respoctavle citizens were Arrested, dader warrunts issued by Davenport, for retustog to answer questions propounded to them by pe oti od into their private residences, and suffered uetaal prisonment, bail being refused or such exorhitant and cessive amounts demanded as made it impracticable for the parties to furnish it iY the resiviance to pted to be conferred by these sections, jousas they ate in principio, ure capable of being. been, tost viiely abnsed, eonsniccously im the | Sonthern Stutes, where they have tarnished the excuse for ® resort to military furce to influence local elections, and im the Northern States, where by (fraudulent devices they have enabled the administration party to manipulate cleetion re- {urs and make all manner of disreputable and dishonest bargains with the different factions xmong opposing parties. It is alleged that the money txken trom tho Secret Ser vice fund and paid to Davenport was expended In enrryt onder! out some mysterious wud ive aystein of | detecting election read Te consi of aaah of 8 di of made up from the rewister, with: ‘of lees vel tom, obtained empl by Di ‘only to him, noue else, Jess than six months nor more than one year, or by a fine not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 or by both such fine aud imprisonment, Section 6 provides that whenever any District Attor- ney of the Uvited States shall see cause in his district to suspect fraudulent naturalization he shal represent, the same to the Circuit Court of the United States in that district, and the Judge holding the court, if he belicves the certificate questioned to nave been unlawiully ob- | tained, shall issue an order requiring the person named in any such certificate requiring him to ay before the Chief Supervisor, sitting in bis capacity as Commissioner of the Circuit Court, and show cause why such certificate of naturalization should not be taken ad cuncelled, and why tho certificate should not be annulled and revoked, Such order shail be made ro- atime not loss than three days from tho | id a copy thereof shall be served by the Marshal, or one of his deputies, upon the person therein named; auch service to be made personally or by leaving the same at his place of residence with some | person of suitable ago, or in tho eventof no place of | residence being found, or in case of death of any such | person, then such service may be made upon the Cierk of the Court which assumed to naturalize saco porson | and which issued the Certificate so questioned. Section 7 provides that whenever the judgment of the Court should be obtained, in case of any such supposed fraudulent certification, ‘the said certifical shall be taken and cancelled, * * * and itshail be | the duty of the Chiet Supervisor of Elections tor any | such judicial district to cause to be served upon the | Clerk of the Court which granted the said questioned certificate a copy ot the said judgment | order duly attested or certified by him; and thereupon and thereafter the person so adjudged to have had such wrongful, illegal, false, forged er counterfeit cer- tifleate shall have and possess no other or additional Tights as a citizen of Lhe United States than attached to him pri to his receiving or — obtai such certificate, certificate itself shal treated d considered as cancelled, and all records orders, flats or judgments made reapecting the Bald ap- lication or certificate shall be treated and con-1dered yv ali courts, ofliccrs and persons Whatsoover as wholly cancelled, avnulled and revoked, Provided, however, that any Buch cancellation of any such certificate, und ‘Any such aunullment or revocation of any such fiat, | judgment or record shall not affect in any wise any Tight or interest in real estate which any porson, hold- tng any such certificato, may have bad or may posscas or may be about to acquire wherein * * * vy rea | son of his having possessed such certificate and beitev- tn, ea to have been lawiully and properly nata- iz0d. Section 8 provided that all petitions, depositions or applications made to any Circutt Court of the United Staies under this act, and all transcripts uf evidence and all records of proceedings and papers of auy kind ‘used in any case arising hereunder shall be filed in the otfice of the Chief Supervisor of Elections, and that the fees to be paid by the treasury of the United States to all officers proceeding in any wise in any case | arising under this law shall be the same as in tue case jaw officer or the clerks of Cirevit or Di trict courts of the United States, ‘save that any Cor missiover acting hereunder shall, for his attendances and the taking of evidence upon any hearmg betore him provided for in this act, receive the sum of $1 in each case referred to him, but not more than three at ag a apy one case shall be allowed or paid im AD The following are the principal points of the argu Ment presented against the above bi Section 3 when scrutinized and understood will be found to disclose the real object of the framer and pro- moters of the bill, Scrutiny and analysis are neces- sary, because the facts nedessary to be known in order toa full understanding are not within the reach of ordi- | Rary readers, and the most important provisions of the | 1 A CRUSTING ARGUMENT, | | | | | | section are embodied im references to laws previously | enacted. objects sought to be obtained by this | | seotion are, first, to give the Chief Supervisor of Elec- tions in each district the power to supervise, partici- pate in, interfere with and overlook the judicial action 10 regard to naturalization of every judge of the national or State courts who possess under the constitution and Jaws authority to naturalize, It is dilfiemt to conceive an Assigns reason for any such provisiot The Chief Supervisor (and nobody else) is authorized to make or have made copies of all records of whatever kind pertai to naturalization in existence within his district. For making such copies, for Gling, index- ing, &c., he is tobe paid out of the Treasury of the United States. The rate at which he shall be paid 1s | delicately provided for by reference ‘“o the acts hereby amenaed.”’ Thisreterence is to section 14 of the act of Febraary 25, 1871 (16 Statutes at Largo, page 438), as follows :*-*'For ling each document, conts; for athxing seal, twenty cents; for entering and indexing, Gfteen cents per folio; for any copy of any F, ten cents per folio.” How much it would cost the Vnited States to execute this provision, supposing it to be curried into eflect throughout the whole country, itis not possible jer any to state, in four courts in | the erty of New York there are on file something over records of naturalization, each record making OF ten folios, ail of which, except names, dates, &c., are coutained ta @ printed blauk of a uniform style, These records are rately entered and in- dexed in large bound Fehich there are upward of 200 volumes, records of naturalization Bestaes there is a larger number of declarations of intention, exch containing about one and a half folios. To copy, file, enter index these documents (which is ex. pressly authorized by the bill) would cost the United States 1p fees to the Chies Supervisor in one district alone at Jeast $250,000, Under this same section the Chief Supervisor is. to get $50 day for attending im the courts which natural- ze—nok while they are naturaltzing, but for every day he attends. Whether any such attendance is necessary: or desirable, or whether any such service is beneficial to anybody but tye Chief Supervisor, may be interred from the remark$ made above in regard to the first sub- division of this section, ‘The last part of this third section makes it a bigh crime and misdemeanor, punishable by fine and im- prisonment, for any judge or olficer of any court to prevent the Chief Supervisor from supervising the action of any court of its officers im any naturalization. For example, if a judge of the United states Circuit Court, while examinivg an applicant for naturalization, should object to having his minutes scrutinized by the Chief Supervisor, or,to bave that functionary take part in the examination which itis nia duty to make of the applicant and witnesses, the judge so offending will be guilty of a crime punishable by fine and imprisonment. ‘The argument, alter discussing at some length the other provisions of the bill, says in regard to secticns 6 and 7 that they are clearly conflict with the whole spirit of the Bil of Rights, as incorporated in the vari- ous provisions of the first amendment of the constitu. tion, and concludes by saying it benefits no one but the “Chief Supervisor.” The bill did not progress toa third reading. YALE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. The seventh social meeting for tho season of the Yale Alumni Association ‘was held at Delmonico’s, Fourteenth street and Filth avenue, last evening, Mr. Charles Tracey occupied the chair. The Hon, Wayne MeVeigh, of Philadelphia, addressed the association. His remarks were spread over three topics of conver: There were three lessons, he said, which Yale College taught, and which the alumni need now to re- call. Theso three lessons were the need of a wider cal- ture, a higher integrity and a purer sense of patriot. ism. The speaker was listened to attentively, and was foliowed by Geveral Joseph U. Jackson, Hon. W. W. Phelps and £, C, Stedman. CENTENNIAL BALL, A ball will be held in the Academy of Music on Tues- day evening next, 25th inst., under the auspices of the Women’s Centennial Union, Every arrangement has been completed by the committee, and the affair is ex- pected to be one of the most successiul of the season, THE CORSET CASE. A Heraup reporter called on Merchant’s Appraiser Constable at his place of business yesterday, and in- quired if any conclusion had been reached in the ex- amination into the invoices of thé German woven cor- sets held for valuation, He repiied that in his report to General Ketchum he bad stated matters just as ho found them, Toat report he supposed would be em- bodied in General Ketchum’s returns to Collector Arthur, He could not make public its contents. On being quegtionca respecting the. so-called ring between importers’ and foreign manniacturers, Mr. Constable stated he did not believe such a ring existed, for the reason that the merchants had sworn that it did not, MARRIAGES AND DEATIUS, MARRIED. Cox—Texur.—In this city, on Thursday, April 20, by the Rev. George D. Johuson, Grorax P. E. Cox to Isanet M., eldest Og ped ofthe late William Tener, Hatt—Lewis.—At Harrison, on Thursday, April 20, by the Rev. William M. Montgomery, Isaac HALL, Jr., of Rye, to Exizaneru J., daughter ot the late Cornelius Lewis, of Rockland couuty, New York. No cards. Hawss—Warsox.—At Boston, on Thursday evening, April 20, 1876, by Rev. Dr. Miner, ALrugvs M. Hawks, of this city,t0 CanRis A., dauguter of David Watson, of Boston, Bowman—Hamitror,—On Thursiay, April 20, 1876, at the residence of the bride’s parents, by the Rev. Dr. Rylance, Many, daughter of James Hamilton, to Joux R. Bowaay, M.'D., of Cheyenne, Wy. T. No cards, VaLextingE—WiLcox.—On Wednesday, April 19, by the Rev. G. -H. Gregory, Geoxcs F. M.’ VaLENtixe, of New York, to Many AbELAID, only daughter of Jared Wilcox, Esq., of Ladentown, N. Y. DIED. Bsxvert.—In Brooklyn, on Thursday, April 20, Groncr H. Besyer, aged 39 years. Funeral will take place from his late residence, 86 Carlton av., on Sunday, April 23. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend, Brrvsatt.—April 20, in this city, Exizanrta, widow of the late Captain Peter Birdsall, in her 86tn year. eee at Sing Sing, on Monday, April 24, ut eleven Bravveit.—On Friday, April 21, Conxeita, wife of Jacob C. Blauveit, in the'63d year of her ago. Funeral services will be beld at her late residence, 330 West 11th st,on Monday morn! April 24, at halt-past nine o'clock. lutives and iriends are re- spectiuily invited to attend. Remains will be taken to South church, Schralenburg, N. J., for interment, Boori,—At Kingston, Ulster county, N. Y., on. Fri- day, April 21. Tuowas ‘Booru, in the 55th year of his | es | eaten ke anniversary solemn high mass of | reqniem will be celebrated for the Jate Doxornka | Bouxrsent at the Churen of the Epiphany, on 2d ay. 8b St, at nine o'clock A. M. on Monday, April Friends and relatives are respecttally mvited, Cann, —On Tharsday, April 20, Mary Burxs, beloved wite of Michael Carr, Relatives and triends are respectfally mvited to at- tend her funeral, from her late residence, 7th st. Hunter's Point, Long Island City, on Saturday, April 22, at three o'clock. Cox.—On Wednesday, April 21, of diphtheria, Mary Aticx, daughter of Matthew and Kittie Cox, Notice of funeral hereafter, Cox.—At Wilhamsburz, LL. April 20, M. | Buakgsry Cox, of New York, aged 56 years, Relatives, members of Chelsea Division No. 12, Sons of Tewperance, and iricnas are respectiully invited to attend the funeral, trom the residence of bis son-in-law, Samuel Duntap, No, 32 Jefferson st., Williamsburg, Sunday, April 23, attwo P.M. The remaims will be taken lo Cypress Hills for interment. The meinvers of Chelsea Division, No 12, Sons of Temperance, are requested to asaomble at the rooms of the division on Suaday, April 23 inst,, at ball-past eloven o'clock A. M., to attend the funeral! of our late brother, M. B. Cox. The members of tho Grand | Division are cordially invited. Davip Rirenx, R. 8. J. G. McCOWAN, W. P. | CrowLky.—On Thursday morning, April 20, ELuey, Deloved wito of Patrick Crowley, decoased, aged 73 | years. | j { i Relatives and friends of the family are most respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, this (Saturday) aiter- Doon, at half-past one o'elock, from her late residence, 64 Gouverneur st, ; thence to Calvary Cemetery for inter- ment. Cork papers please copy, Corrax.—On Friday, April 21, Bripaer Corray, in | the 43d year of her age. | Funeral will take place at one o'clock, on Sunday, 22d inst., from 135 West 33d st. = Friends and relatives are respectfally invited. CuTHRERTSON.—At Clifton, Staten Island, on Tues- day, April 18, of pneumonia, Juita Boys, widow of the late W. D. Cuthbertson, in the 70th year of her age. Daxcy.—On April 20, Toray, the beloved husband of Ellen Darcy, a native of Derrydaff, parish of Rosen- your, county Leiirim, Ireland, aged 43. years, 1 month and 20 days. 5 ‘The relatives, and those of his father-in-law, Patrick Rooney, are requested to attend the funeral, from his late residence, 96 Centre st., on Sunday, 23d inst., at one o'clock P. M. The members of the A, 0. H. are Fequested to aitend. Demarest —At Goshen, Orange county, N. Y., April 20, 1876, Mary Evizanetn, wife of Peter P. Dewarcst, | daughter of the late William Coleman, aged 54 years. Reinains will be taken to Greenwood, Monday, | April 24, { Ditmans.—On Friday evening, April 21, at her late | residence, 224 Quincey st., Brook i iva ton Harr, | wife of William B. Ditmars, in tha 35th year of her | age Hl Not'co of funeral hereafter, | Western papers please oan Ducken.—Suddenly, on Tuesday, April 18, at Ravens. | wood, Long Island by 4 Joux Petz DvucKer, aged 60 years, 6 montheand 22 days, Relatives and friends of the family are respoctfully | invited to attend the funeral, on Sunday, April 23, at two o'clock P. M., from the German Lutheran church, in 4th st, between Calyer st. and Greenpoint av., Greenpoint, Brooklyn, E. D. Frekis.—At the residence of bis parents, 64 Pine. | apple st., Brooklyn, L 1, April 19, 1876, Earwest Banteert, youngest child of Samuel &. and’ Elvira M, Ferris, aged 8 months and 29 days, Fiekkx.—On Thursday, April of consumption, Cuavs Fick, aged 36 years and 5 months, Relatives and Iriends are respecuuily invited to a tend funeral, from his late residence, No. 1 White. bait si, on Sunday, at two o'clock. Fircr,—On Tuesday evening, at ten o'clock, of apo- plesy, Catmanine E, Fitcu, wile of the late Michael & The remains will be taken from her lato residence, 147 Newell st., Greenport, to St. Anthony's church, Union place. where a solemn mass of requiem will be | offered up for the repose of her soul, at half-past tea o'clock A. M., this diy (Saturday), 22d inst. The relas b> ohne friends of the iamily are respecttally invited en Ficksrt.—On Thursday, April 20, 1876, Mary Avavs- & widow of Francis Fickett, Esq., of New York, aged ears, ves and friends of the family are invited to at- fend the funeral, trom her late residence, No, 452 | jenry st. rooklyn, on San oe a y janday, 23d inst, at two irzcxRALD.—On Thursday mornin; rit Groner Frrzornan, in the Sith of Kis age * His relatives and friends, and those of his brother, Thomas Fitzgerald, are invited to attend the fit from his Inte residence, 106 John st, Brooklyn, on Sunday, Aprii 23, at ha!f-past two o'clock P. M. Foaster.—Ou rsday, April 20, James Forster, in the 64h year of Faneral from First Baptist church, corner of Sth and South oth sts, Brooklyn, k. D., on Sunday, 23d ist, at half-past one o'clock. Garyon.—On the 18th inst, at Westwood, N. J, INA, iniant deughter of Hiram K. and Isabella Gay- Brooklyn Eagle please copy. yn Jonssos.—On Wednesday, Al Huan A. Jons- BON, son-in-law of the late ray. Fricnds of the family are mvited to attend the fune- a ES SAIS on Ssturday, 224 inst,, from his residence, esto a ha mat one Fe eo copy. Knownxe, On tTarsdey. ‘April 20, Manta A. a ost Elizabeth Kromeke, aged 11 years and 1 The relatives and friends of the family are respect fully invited to attend the funeral, at her iat reniogee, No, 343 West 54th st, on Sunday, 23, at one Pe PP oe Wednesday, April 19, Matruxw Law, aged years. The relatives and also bers of tara eae nat Greek Chapter, No, 147, R A. M., are attend the faneral, from Sixth Street Baptist church, Sates avs. B and ©, on Sunday, 23d inst,, at one o'cloel Pcxitax Lopes No, F, axp A. M,—Brerarex— You are hereby sumi to attend an emergent com- munication, to be beld in Clinton Room. Mason’ 2n"18°6, at halfspast twelve ©. MC) sharp. for 1876, at half-past t , pose ot paying thy tribaia of aftectiou and pale to our late broth tthew Law. By order, HENRY METZGER, Ouiven Greey, Seeretary, Lewvxvut.—On the 2ist Inst., Huxsry Leauxvan, ip the 52d year of his age. Funeral to take place from bis late residence, No. 282 West 25th st., on Sunday, April 23, at ono o'clock VY. M. Friends ot the family, mem! of Perseverance Lodgo, No. 652, F. A. M., and the New York Central Schuetzen Corps, are respectfully invited to attend, ‘Livguas.—Un Tharsday morning, Epwarp Francis, second son of Jeremiah and Isabella Linehan, iu the 18th year of his age, Sith tn His remains will be taken from bis late 437 East 84th st., to St. Joseph’s church, East where asolemn mass of requiem will be oflered the re} of his soul, at balf-pust nine A. M., on day. the 22d inst, ; thence to Calvary Cemetery. Lixnitas.—On Friday, 2lat Inst, ISARRLbA, youngest daughter of Michaol J. and Isavella Lineban, aged ¢ months and 14 days. Funeral from the residence of her parents, 111 West 30th st., on Saturday, 22d, at three P. M. Loewexstxix.—Suddenty, on Thursday morning, April 20, at the residence of his brother-in-law, VICTOR H. Lonwenstriy, in the 62d year of bis age, Relatives and friends are respecttully requested to, attend the funeral next Sunday morning at ten o'clock, at his Inte residence, 141 West 42d st, Lowk.—Suddenly, at St. Charles, IIL, April 19, 1876, Joux H. Lows, formerly of Hopewell, Orange county, Orange county papers please copy. Leptam.—On’ April 20, 1876, Mrs. Axxme Lopiam, widow of the late John Lodlam, in the,97th year of her 0. “eFrionds of the family are invited to attend the fa- neral services, at eleven o'clock, on Monday, the 24th inst., at tho residence of her son, David Ludlam, Jr., 146 East 127th st., Harlem. Interment at Tarrytown. Marnesex.—On Thursday, 20th inst, WILHELM Frepeniok, aged 4 years and 4 months, eldest son of Cari Wilhelm Mathesen and Margaret Fiood. Relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend his funeral, from the residence of hit parents, 130th st., between 7th and 8th avs., on Satur- day, April 22, at twelve o’clock. Copenhagen, Berlings Tidende and Mariboe Lolland Post please copy. MacnoxaLp.—At: Princeton, N. J., on Wednesday, the fo inst, James M, Macvonatp, D.D., in the 64th ear of his age. x: Funeral from the First Presbyterian church, Mon day, at half-past two P, M. ITCHELL,—On Friday, Aprit 21, Winttam MITCHELL, fireman, of Hook and Ladder, Company 16, New York Fire Department, aged 37 years and 8 months, Relatives and friends of the family, also members of the New York Fire Department, are respectfully in- yited to attend the faneral, on Sunday, the 23d inst., from his late residence, 375 8th st. Moxrisox.—In Brooklyn, April 21, Stars D. Mor rigox, eldest son of the late John Morrison, inthe 44tp year of bis age, Notice of faneral in Sunday morning’s papers. Monier.—Un Thursday, the 20th inst., after a short and severe illness, Hexry Muuier, aged 62 years, @ months and 9 days. "the relatives and friends of the family are fully invited to attend his funeral, on Sunday, the ae hopdrmae one P, M., from his residence, No, 429 ‘est 44th st. McDowx.t.—On Thursday, April 20, at 262 9th New York city, Joux McDoweu., 28 years. The relatives and friends of the family are fully mvited to attend the funeral, from his Jate resi dence, 262 9th av., on Sunday, 23d inst, at two o'clock . M. McGrr.—On Thursday, Tomas McGer, in the 66th year of his age, a native of Banaho, parish of Denn, county Cavan, Ireland. May his soul rest in peace. Amen. The relatives and friends are invited to attend his funeral from his late residence, Blissville, Long Island City, on Monday, 24th, at ten o’ciock, to St. Raphael's Roman Catholic church, from thence to Calvary Cem- etry. Cavan Anglo-Celt pleaso copy. O’BRes.—On Friday morning, April 21 residence, 148 East 42d st., Davin O’Brim: phen tgl anativo of Ballingaddy, county Lime! ni May his soul rest in peace, His relatives and friends, and those of his sons, Da- vid and Daniel, are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the above number, to-morrow (Sunday), at one o'clock precisely, to Calvary Cemetery. Patmer.—April 20, of pneumonia, Henry R. PALMER, aged 44 years. The friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Snnd Masonic Tempie, 23¢ st. and 6th a gine “ Atias Longs, No. 316, F. A. M.—The members of this lodge are hereby summoned to attend a special communication, to be held at the Masonic Temple, on Sunday, April 23, at one o'clock, for the purpose of mying the last tribute of respect to our late bro her Henry R. Palmer. JOHN BOYD, Master, Groncr W. Doryee, Secretary. The companions of Manhattan Chapter No, 184, R. A. M., are hereby respectfully requested to moet at Masonic Temple, 23d st. and 6th ay.,on Sunday, the 23d inst., and unite with Atias Lodge No. 316, F. and A. M., in paying the last tribute ot respect to the memory of our late worthy companion, Henry R. Palmer, Past King of Manhattan Chapter. WILLIAM T. WOODRUFF, Secretary. Parsoxs.—At Jersey City, on Friday morning, 21st inst., CHARLES Pansons, aged 75 years and 3 months. Relatives and friends and the members of Olive Branch Lodge, No. 31, I. U. of 0. invited to attend the funeral, on Sunday, 23d inst., at his late residence, No. 166 York st, at three P. M. Hie remains will be taken to Manhasset, L. I., on Monday, for interment, Perersox.—On Friday, April 21, of diphtheria, ‘Wii G., only son of Richard G. and Agnes Peter: son, in the 4th year ot his age. Relatives and friends of the family are ie invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of hi it one o'clock. , 354 Sth st., corner of av. aged 37 years and 6 months. The relatives and friends of tho family, also members of United States Lodge, 207, F. and A. M., are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, on Sunday, April 23, atone P. M., from Second street Methodiat Epis- copal church, between avs. C and D. Jsirep Statks Loner, 207, F. axp A. M.—Brern- REN—You are hereby summoned to attend an emergent communication, to be held in Clinton Room, Masonit Temple, on Sunday, April 23, at twelve M., to pay the last tribute of respect to our late worthy brothet Thomas Potter. By ord . MARKS, Master, Joun H. Sart, Secretary. Resusex.—On Wednesday, April 19, Mary E., wife of James Remsen, in the 69th year of her age. Rrekaro,—On the 20th inst.. at his late residence, 72 Debevoise st., Brooklyn, EK. D., Taomas Rickarp, ha. tive of county Westmeath, Ireland. Funeral on Saturday, April 22, at two o'clock P. M | Relatives and friends are Invited. Roosrveut —In Paris, France, February 14, Mrs. Conneita Roosevert, widow of James I, Roosevelt ant pon ced of the late ex-Governor Van Noss, of Vor mont, Relatives and friends are invited to attend the fa neral, at Grace church, on Saturday morning, the 22¢ inst., at ten o'clock, without further notice, x Vermont papers please copy. Rowk.—Suddenly, on Wednesday, April 19, Crmisto- rier W. Rows, aged 41 yeara, J Relatives and friends are respectfully Invited to at tend the funeral, from his late residence, No. 446 North 2d st., Williamsburg, on Saturday, April 22, attwo P.M. Drogheda (Ireland) pee eae copy. Rowx.—Hrenry Rows, in the 32d year of his age. Relatives and friends of the family; also Const Lodge, 1. 0. F. 8 of L.; Manhattan Lu BB; United Brothers, and Centennial U. D. F. and A. M. (Priedeusverein, are 89th st., on beng | mornin: B CoxstEt. you Shere einuied-to'attend ReTHRES—You are hereby sam at a cial meeting of this lodge, at its rooms, No. 117 West 334 st., on Sunday, April 28, at half-past eighto'clock A. %. sharp, for the purpose oF paving ihe last tribute of re. spect to our deceasea brother, ied Rown. By ordet M.S. HYMAN, of President, Aanox Wetxeteix, Secretary, Maxnatrax Lover, No. 166, LO. B. B.:—Breta Rrrx—You are respectfully requested to attend tne fa- neral ot Henry Rown, brother of our brethren, Max and Sigmund 'n, to take place on Sanday, April 22, at ten o'clock A. M., from bis late residence, 307 West 30th st. By order of ISIDOR METZGER, President. Aanos Weixsrers, ‘orngh ans seiteenn April 20, W. Gorriuen Rouse, 18 4 The and friends of the family are fully invited to attend the funeral, on Sunday, ‘Aprit at two o'clock, trom bis late residence, No. 102 drehaet st Srascer.—On Friday, April 21, Lizzi, twin daughter # Potor and Ann Spencer, aged 2 years, 2 months and. Friends and relatives aro otfally invit tend the funeral, from the Teslasuce of ber patente, No, 89 9th av., on Sunday afternoon, 23d inst, at one Sropart.—In this city, April ofthe tate Adam Stodart’? APT" 1% Manors Ie, whtew family are invited to at Pi phy and “peony of the i@ funeral at St. George's church, ss. Saturday, April 22, at haif-past ton re E ob song tens See on In en the 19th tee Y, widow Beg. in the Sith your of her see ee jatives and inends of the tami respectful invited to attend the fandrat, ee Rivertesd, tne (Saturday) afternoon, April 22, at one o'clock, Warensox.—On Friday, April 21, Winue P., infaat son of Arthur J and Louise 8, Waterson, Relatives and friends aro invited to attend the on Sunday, 23¢ inst, at one P. M., from hi Teailence, northwest corner of Madison av, and 87th sh WrutaxuTox.—In Brook! Friday, April Eesice F., wife of Isaac B, itingtom. ss Funeral services at her Into residence, iy horn st, on Sunday, at three o'clock. aa and. frends’ aro.respcetiully invited to, attend fotmsins. Uakland Cemetery, near Boston, A ‘Will be taken to the 23d, at one o’cloc! + the #, ~