The New York Herald Newspaper, May 12, 1876, Page 8

8 NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1876,—TRIPLE Park on foot is going to walk on the grass for the mere purpose of trampling it The cool and ‘ny Ging shady lanes and labyrinths would be Rumblings of a Rebellion Against the | Rigid Rule, “Keep Oif the Grass.” | Objections to the Demands of the People. oor vee THEY VALIDP| ARE ‘There is a good deal of poetry avout Central Park At this season it is a garden tull of beautiful things, all pleasing to the eye aud refreshing to the mind. The richest as well as the poorest can enjoy nearly all of its benefits, can breathe its fragrant air, can see its lovely | trees, shrubs and flowers, can wander along its pleasant bypaths and sbady lanes, can delight in its lakes and tts picturesque places, can stroll here, there and every- where, see and be seen, but must “keep off the grass,” SILENT GRUMBLINGS, For along time our citizens have been silently re- disturbed are very much mistaken; for, so far from” tuking away from the ensemble of the eity garden dur- ing the day, the presence of the many groups of saun- terers upon the turf and among the tree-covered places would add mugh to the picturesqueness of the pleasant sights the lawns and meadows would present The re- nioval of the injunction is only a question for short agitation, forthe justice of the people's demand is un deniable, Even if the Commission were put to some additional expense in making good whatever of damage to the grass might be done, the pleasure derived by the people from the unrestrained freedom ot every inch of soil in the Park woutd be more than euflicient jastifica- tion for such an outlay. Visitors to the Park are al- ready beginning to look with longing eyes apon the in- viting carpet of green, so fresh and so suggestive of country scenes and summer life. THE ARMY. PROMOTION FROM THE EANKS—-THE LAW ON THE SUBJECT AND THE MANNER OF ITS EN- FORCEMENT—HOW THE ARISTOCRATIC WEST POINT FEELING MILITATES AGAINST MODEST MERIT. Wasmcrox, May 11, 1876, During the last fifteen years the Hrnatp has repeat edly called attention to the subject of promotion from the ranks, and has published statistics showing that | the laws and regulations relative thereto have not been | fully carried out, The matter has at length gained the attention of Congress, and has been forcibly and prac- belling against this injunction. No people in the world Bave ever been more observant of order and decorum in a public place than have the citizens of New York ia Central Park. They have obeyed every whim, fancy and order of the Park Commissioners with a fidelity unsurpassed elsewhere. They have quietly submitted to any and every restriction imposed upon them in the carrying out of regulations which were believed to be for the common good, abundant proof that they know how to behave them- selves as good citizens ina place of public recreation, And the reason for all this is, no doubt, that one and all of our citizens feel a pride in the Park and look upon it to be a boon to the city, which should be cherished for its universal advantages, It cannot bo said that York does not appreciate its public garden, or that the Attractions offered therein are not accepted with a ful; gratification by the people. The thousands who daily visit the Park during the spring and summer months attest that TUR PARK IS A BLESSING to young and old, rich and poor, and that it is a neces- titys Ina cosmopolitan city like this people are apt to bear for a long tmea grievance, wh fo exist in other large cities would scarcely be toler- ated. “What's everybody's business is nobody's busi ness,” and for a similar reason it can be imagined that gentlemen baving charge of a pleasure ground like ours would be both ‘wary and fastidious in watching pver their trust, That the Park hae been well cared lor all will admit, and it is true that every embellish- ment it received and every anxiety manifested in its regard added to the personal interest felt in it by citi- zens, 1 was so young, s0 fuil of promise, so rich in teed which would grow into noble proportions, that people were anxtous to Jet it alono, to tet it have a full chance to mature, to enjoy as much of it as they were allowed, and while wishing that they might feel when they entered within its gates that it was to them asif every sod was their own, every tree and tlower and every beauty unfolded to their eyes not i any sense 4M the possession of a “boss.” They did not grumble because they wore made to feel they were restricted, and that the “boss?” man was moving around with a rattan in his hand to enforce an order. Everybody, however, kept of the grass, and, whatever was thought, there was no grumbling openly. WHO THE OWNEKS ARK, But our city garden ts now of a fine, sturdy growth, and does not by any means need all that delicate treat. ment which tender plants demand when gaining their Qrat budding strength. It is no longer a doubtful | stripling which a rude blast might shake to the roots; | ithas been well nurtured, well developed, aad ts well | grown and healthy, Those who watched over it when it Was reaching its present proportions, and who took 60 much pride in itas, year alter year, it w: ing and extending, aré not likely now to be Hs beauty, wither the leaves of its trees, destroy 18 flowers, or root up the green grass which delights the eye and recalls to so many thousands of people stray seenes in the long ago, which are well nigh rubbed out ofthe memory by the hard friction of daily thought and toil, It was the majority of the people, the store- keepers, the working classes, the men, womer children, who live in larger or smal houses, ‘and the numberiess “boarders” scatiered all pver who have been the real lovers of the park, who have rejoiced in it and prided in it, who to-day are its Dest well-wishers and whoewould miss it the m These people are the cit of this city, and are | entitled to all the consideration when the aflatrs of Central Park are in question, Millionnaires are wellin their way, and nobody enyies the poor crea- tures; but when, in regard to the Park, it comes to a solid matter of fact and a poimt of | real earnestness, they fade and must fade or remain on the carriage road or in the lane especially set apart for genticmen on horseback out of #1 There is not on the part of the masses of this crt slightest possible tll will toward the wealthy jew, there the remotest intention on their part to to deprive them of one whit of the enjoyment which Money can procure. And it must be adtitted that the upper tendom of New York, #8 a rule, well under. Hand the relative position existing between themselves: and the great body of the people. However, in this difll- culty about Central Park, which has been ¢o long grad- nally epming to a point of issue, the carriage owners, as they may be called, have been secure under the spe: cious reasons offered by the Park Commissioners in ther restrictions, and troubled themselves very lit@o about the subject, for the Commissioners were more than likely to put on suiliciont exciusiveness, and, among themselves, be in the majority to overrule any one of their number who would be generous enough to allow the people an unrestricted freedom of the pieas- | ure grounds. THE DIFFICULTY, however, cannot be of long duration, as the peoplo must bave their way, when that way 1 the right one. A fancy garden may be very nice for a private ind vidual who keeps flowers to look at, and not let an: body else see them or waik near them, but there is no Teason why a citizen of this city should be deprived of the privilege of throwing hitascif on the grass under a | ‘widespreading tree on a pleasant meadow in the Park under a hotsummer sun merely because a Park Com- missioner or anybody else says that the grass would | De greener around that tree if he did not dose. There } 18 NO reason worth the repeating of it why 300 little | children should not play and romp for an hour every | afternoon in the most select three acres in all the Park, And if on any three acres not put as many more on every other three acre: the enure | pasture? What harm could they do? Wear down the grass’ Make it yellow and pale? Suppose they did. This is all that Would happen at the very worst:—Mr. and Mrs. Cranky and Ky driving past in their car- | Tiage would not see grass In the Park quite so green | as the grassin the Park might be, and the samo Uranky family would not have the delightiul feeling ot knowing that, whereas th being the owners of a carriage and never being in the Park except when being driven around in the same, and, therelore, never taking walking exercise in the ark, Were, one and all, the children especially, deprived of tue’ privilege ot feeling that they, since they never walked in the Park, did ‘not possess something , which even the working — classes possested—to wit, the privilage or the right to walk on ‘the grass, free and anrestricted, whenover und wherever they pleased, much attention under nould the Park Com: anky tamily? Are the child the inasses of the people to be driven away mereiy to Please the carriage owners, or are the iatpers and Mothers to be deprived of a stroll apon the velvety lawn because the grass would not be green enough for u ranky family when they come out tor an airing in the afternoon ¢ onsecr There may be two the circumstance the protest of the to the abolition of the prosent restrict: > the grass. It may be said that a large portion of our best cliizens and heaviest taxpayers atit would tend to mar the beauty of the Park by destroying the verdure of the grass; and it may ve also eaid thatit would need Bitate a dimination of the Park police. Struction of the grass, an exper 4 day remarked to the reporter, in speaking of this mat. fer, that “Une would imagine we shoula nover have any more rain or that gr a not grow. In re. | gard to the diminution of the Park police, the best answer to that hes im the fact that our citizens have never needed the interference of the police in obeying the mandate, “Keep off the grass," and vf the present nomber of offcors is needed pow the same number wot be needed without the injunction. A Park policeman was :sked bis opinion as to the extent of the opposition of the carriage pwners to the proposed abolition of the restriction, and be replied : Pshaw, those people don't care one way or the other; make’s no difference to them; guess ‘tis the expense of the thing the Commissioners look t “wephey might olyect,” it was rojowed, “against the loss ot the beautiful green?" | ded the officer. ber, and find “The color of the grass, “Why, they look at noth) out who's ont and who's y only want to Jook and be looked at I , haven't they the trees green euough tor ‘em? Do they want everything” REMOVAL OF THE INJUNCTION, concession + of sgin all public on the grass in aces, wir ol of a base ball grown’, if any res fon wa 44 placed at all, i. should be merely at those places whero tho probability is that visitors most likely congregate, and thus harden the and even on thees the evil, if let alove, would cure itself, for the pavement could be extended to the euleat required, ‘Nor is it necessary to suppose that They havo given more than | were the same | | Areference to the filos of the H&Raup, the general | orders publishing appointments and promotions and | the official army registers for the last twenty-two years tically presented to the war authorities, first, by that provision in the army bill now betore the Senate, which closes all avenues of approach to commissions in the line except through West Point and the recruit- ivg rendezvous; and second, by a resolution calling upon the Secretary of War “to inform the House whether the act of August 4, 1864, since imeorporated in the Revised Statutes (section 1,214), has, according to the true intent and meaning of said act been carried | mto effect * * * andif so, to state to what extent | that provision has operated to the promotion of non- commissioned officers, and what, it any, has been the effect upon the service of such promotion.” :¢ resolution has not yet been responded to, but records of the Adjutant General's oflice show that while enlisted men have been commisgioned since 1854, thi whas been Iterally complied with in nine- teen instances only--viz., ono in 1857, three in 1859, one in 1860, one in 1862 and thirteen in 1863, a literal compliance requiring non-commissioned officers who have been examined and found qualified to be attached to regiments as brevet second lieutenants, whether there are any vacancies or not, In order that the mat- ter may be {ully understood, un epitome of the LAWS, ORDERS AND REGULATIONS governing promotions from the ranks is subjoined:— | The act of 1854 authorized the President to confer the brevet of second heutenant upon such meritorious | non-commissioned officers as might, under regulations to be established, be brought before an army board composed of four officers of rank, especially convened for that purpose, and be found qualified for the duties of commissioned officers, and to attach them to regi- ments as supernumerary officers, provided tbat not more than one supernumerary should be attached to any one company at the same time, The | regulations established in accordance with this law were published in general orders No. 17, series of 1854, which prescribed that company commanders should report to their colonels the names of non-commissioned officers deserving promotion, the colonels to torward lists of those recommended in time to reach Washington in May of each year, Candidates were to be not under twenty nor over twenty-cight years of age, and were required to pass a satisfactory examination in reading, writing, arithmetic, history (particularly that of their own country), geography, the constitution of the United States and the organization of the government under it and the general principles which regulate international intercourse. As an inducement to young | men of education to join the army it was ordered that graduates of colleges should receive five marks tor their diplomas. The law of 1854 was embodied in JEPF DAYIS’ ARMY REGULATIONS of 1847 (and continued in Simon Cameron’s edition of 1861 aud the revised edition of 1863) as follows :— Meritorious non-commissioned officers examined by an army board and found qualified for the duties of eotmmis- tioned officers will * * ® be sttached to regiments as second lieutenants, When eleven new regiments were added to the army in 1861, the order promulgating the detatls of their or- ganization contained the following liberal promises:— ‘Two-thirds of the company otticers of the intantry and cavalry regiments will be appointed in the same mauner ax th bilicers of like rank in the existing army, and the rematuing one-third, when aregiment shal! haye its full complement of enlisted men, will be appuinted from the ranks, to be tak ong the sergenuts on the recommendation of the col the regiment, approved by the general com- the brikade, iments, one-balf t grade of commissioned officers. by ©, Will be appointed [filled 2] as above, mandin airy and iufontr: may occur in th promotion or other from the ranks. ‘The law as it stands in the Revised Statutes ts as follows :— ¥ Sketioy Non-commissioned officers may, under ed by the Secretary of War, be ex- (four officers as to their qualifications mmissioned officers im the line of the | ail be eligible for appointment ax second lieu! i the ling for whieh they may be found ere be no Vacancy in such corps any non- r so found qualitied for m commission er HOW THE LAWS, &C., HAVE BEEN ODSERVKD, shows the limited extent to which the laws and regula- tions have operated, In 1854 there were 952 officers in the army, of whom twenty had been promoted from the ranks, three for serv in the Florida war and seventeen for services in M Of those twenty veterans, seven are still in tho army, Viz. :—fwo on the active list—Major James Belger, termaster (appointed im 1838), and Major | James M. Rovertson, Second artillery; and’ five on the retired list—Colonel Samuel H. Starr, Lieutenant Col- onel Levi C. Bootes, and Majors Thomws Hendrickson (appointed in 1885), David H. Hastings and William B, Lane. Of the remainder two resigned, two were xilled in battle, one died of Wounds reezived in action, seven died natoral deaths, and one was dropped from the rolls for desertion, From January 1, 1855, to January 1, 1861, there were 224 vacancies in ‘cavalry, arullery and ifantry, but zen promovions from the ranks, viz :—five (one of whom was murdered by a soldier a tew alter bis promotion), three in 1857, three in 1859, one in 1860,and none in 1856 and 1858. The smail number of vacancies filled by the promotion of non- commissioned officers during these years is not sur- prising to any one familiar with “old y’? matters, as there was | the boat and its occupants upon the shore near the new | ASHORE AT HELL GATE. THE STEAMER C, H. NORTHAM ON THE HOG'S BACK REEF. Yesterday afternoon the steamer C. H. Northam, bound for New Haven, with freight and passengers, got ashore on the rock in Hell Gate passage known as the Hog’s Back, was not got off until ten minutes to ten P.M. She did not sustain any very serious in- jury, so far as could be ascertained, and sho proceeded on her journey up the Sound as soon as she floated. NOW SHH UOT ON. The C. H. Northam is ono of the finest of the Sound boats, and 1s commanded by Captain Bownes the elder. She left pier 25, East River, at 3 @’clock yesterday af- ternoon, with a large general cargo and passengers. She reached Hallett’s Point about half past three P. M., and at slack water or tho last of the ebb. She was going at ao fair rate of speed, according to the statement of the workmen who saw her at this place, Inside the gato there was quite a tide way setting over on the Ward’s Island shore, a few rods from which is the reef knowns as the Hog's Back. Several smaller veasels were bound to New York, and coming through the narrow channel at this time, the wind being about northwest, they had to beat through, working very short tacks. Just inside the point and standing right for it on the starboard tack where the Northam was steaming up was a large schooner which, according to custom, naturally | had the right of way. The steamer and she were close on to the point and there seemed a very fair chance of their colliding when the pilot on board the former shilted bis helm and sont his vessel over toward th ard’sIsiand sbore and athwart the tide, which caught her abeam and shoved her upon tue ugly Rogs’s Back. ‘The shock, of course, was great wid created much alarm among the passengers, who cer- tainly thought that tbe vessel was goingdown At this moment the engines were reve and every effort was mado to work her off the reef, but they were euscless. She was fast and it wasevident she could not proceed on her voyage unless towed into deep water, Immediately after the accident, as it must be called, several small tugs, among which were the Birkbeck, Fidelity, Seth Low and others, came to | her assistance. As she appeared to be tast by the head hawsere were run out astern to the steamers, five of | which at one time were striving hard to pull her im deep water. The pumps Were sounded and kept going, but she aid not give any signs of leaking, The tugs could not pull her off the reef, however, and on the arrival of Mr. Merritt, the chief engineer of the company, it was thought best to dismiss three of the tugs and keep | only two at work at her. About six o’elock the flood | tide began to make up and it was feared that it would | set her further on the reef. To prevent ting hawsers | were run out on to the tugs on the starboard quarter to cant her off shore into the stream, ag soon as she floated and to keep ber from settling further on the reef, “Nothing further could be done, so the people had to be content and await high water, | Meanwhile the Continental, of the samo line, passed through * the Gate” bound for New Haven, to fill the place of the Nordham on the home trip if necessary. ‘A Hisrat.o reporter visited the ©. H. Nordham on tho reef and bad a conversation with the captain, who toid the foregoing story about the schoouer, but could not | remember her name, indeed, nobody appeared to have seen or heard it The bey taro who has gone | through Heil Gato tor more than thirty years, said that they would not have avoided a collision if he had not sheared his vessel, At any rate, the mishap was un- avoidable. APLOAT AGAIN. When darkness came the lights were hoisted on the tng and their charge and whistles were kept going to warn vessels of their whereabouts, The tido had risen high by nine o’clock ana was running up ee strong. The steamboats were jerking and pulling at tho Nord- ham t» free her and her tires and engines wero all ready to move the moment she was off the bottom. At half-past nine her stern swayed to the starboard sud- denly and ere it could be checked was carried up by the flood tide toward Howe’s Rock, where it seemed to have fasteved. Of course at this time tho vessel could only be watched from tho government works at Hallet’s Point, and irom this place she seemed to be in a worse fix than ever. At ten minutes to ten, however, she was towed into the channel. aud resumed. her passage to New Haven, A SCHOONER SUNK. Yesterday morning, while the schooner Alice, of Gloucester, was making a landing at pier No. 23, East River, she collided with the sloop John Lockwood and immediately sank, No person was injured. A DANGEROUS FIX. During the terrible squall which raged on the bay on ‘Wednesday evening a small party of two gentlemen and two ladies had a most miraculous escape from | drowning opposite Bay Ridge, The partics were com- parative strangers in the neighborhood, and in the aiternoon, wishing to enjoy the pleasuro of a sail on the bay, they engaged a boat at Brooklyn and had proceeded nearly as far as Fort Hamilion As the sky became overcast and a stiff breeze began to rise they. wisely resolved upon a sudden return, The impending | storm, however, was too quick and violent for thei and before they could pass Buy Ridge they wore overtaken in a most merciless gule, which for some time threatened a melancholy termina- tion to thelr afternoon's enjoyment. By great exertion they managed to take in the sat but in doing this they at the same ume jost almost all command ofthe boat, The wind blew a hurricane, the rain poured down ina deluge, furious waves dashed in upon them, and for some time they were tossed about in helplessness and despair, A sudden and more Violent gust of wind, wit a heavy rolling sea, dashed rajlway pier at Bay Ridge, Having landed themselves | they struggled bravely to save the boat, and at length succeeded in making it fast against the pier. But what next to do they hardly knew. They were strangers in the place, drenched to the skin and utterly exhausted by exertionand ferror, The night grew densely dark, j and the storm stili raged in merciless fury.” While ready to despair a young man of the neigh- borhood “i by, and ascertaining their piti- | able condition directed them toa house on the Bay Ridge Bluff, adjoining the mansion of Senator Murphy. They found their way there, and were at once attended to as their extremity needed. A largo fire was made to wrm them, dry clothes were provided for them, hot tea and other refreshments were provided for: them, and tn the course of a couple of hours they were so far recovered as to beable to return home by the ears to Brooklyn and Williamsburg. A more critical | position than that they were in jor an hour cannot be imagined. Their preservation miracle. The iadies especially reatest, bravery, and while they all regret the disaster, they may yet congratulate themselves on their hero- ism, The boat was injured, but not very seriously, WORMS AT SEA, A BHIP’S BOTTOM REDUCED TO PULP—-SOME AC- COUNT OF THE RAVAGES OF MARINE INSECTS ON THE ABBIE B. The bark Abbie B. is now lying high and dry on the sectional dock of the New York Floating Dry Dock Company, East River. She is of graceful model, only about eighteen months old, full rigged, and was built at New Brunswick, Nova Scotia. Around the gang of AN UNDISGUISED HOSTILITY on the part of officers tothe promotion of enlisted men, The regulations of the War Department, already quoted, the matter entirely in the hands oj captains and colonels, A deserving sergeant had first to be nominated by his captats—no easy matter to begin | with—then be had to obtain the recommendation of his colonel, who probably had never seen bim, and beyond | having Signed his warrantas a non-commissioned otfi- cer had no knowledge of bis existence. Finally, he had to take bis chances of being orderea beiore and | passed by a probably imimfcal board, ‘composed of four officers of rank.’? That there was no lack of rurtable material im the ranks of the army is shown by the fact that between 1955 and 1861 certain no comimissioned officers were pablicly commended in | orders tor services in operations against ans, but were not commissioned until the exigencies | of the serv.ce forced the authorities to promote them after secession had decimated the West Point graduates and civilian appointees, There was also a respectable | number of non-commissioned officers on recruitia; service, as drill instructors, fully competent to com- | mand companies, who were tardily rewarded with | second lieutenants’ commissions after having drilled | and instructed scores of the civil appointed in 1861. THE TOTAL SUMMER of enlisted men promoted from Jauuary, 1861, to De- cember, 1365, was 426, of whom 22 were assigned tothe new cavairy regiment (the Sixth), 16 to the now artillery | Tog ment (the Frith), 206 to the nine new infaniry regi | ments, aud 282 to old rogiinents of all arms. H In 1862 a new feature, credited to Secretary Stanton, | was introduced into the system of promotions from the ranks—vix., (hat of giving commissions to reerults and privates, many of whom had rendered no military ser- vieo as enlisted men. From 1862 to the present time nineiecn corporal, fifty-nine privates and one reerait bave been commisstoned, While the claims of bandreds | of deserving sergeants have been ignored. The iast | bates of promotions and appointments, published in the | Hexato of the Sth ult, Contains the names of two | privates of the general service, one private of the Sig- | nal Corps, twenty-one eciviltans, but only one non-com- | imissioned officer, Of course the President has the same authority to appoint a raw recruit, or a private | who has never seen a regr jt, that he has to appoint | & civilian Who is not supposed to have seen one; but | old soldiers do not look upon the matter Sergeant Bugie, tor instance, whe earned ry Yearsof privatioa, exposure and hard service generally, «1 who Js probably the actual commander of his com- id better fitted to have charge of it than the Twhodraws pay tor nominally commanding i Will not be Likely to appreciate any authority thal laces over Lim a genera: service private who does not know his tac | Months, and during that time the marine worms got 1860 sixty promotions were mado from Rss, some of the fortunate ones Raving held issions in the Volunteer Jorees, Sineo 1869, en- | listed men have been at a discount, only eighteen hav- ing been selected lor commissions, although there ware 25u vacancies to be flied. It is noticeavio that no ay Pporntmentsdrom the ranks haye beem made to artillery | Fegimeuts the last veo years, Dy | ceiling of (he bark; if they ha ship carpenters yesterday working at her bottom a good many curious persons were assembled, who an- noyed tho workmen nota little by their questions as to her unusual appearance. The fact was, the outside sheathing or planking of her hull below the water line was almost reduced tu pulp; indeod, so completely | honeycombed was it that aman could with his band | pull off strips of the timber and crumble it into pows | der without much effort, Upon inquiry of Mr. F. L- Hewitt, one of the officers of the Dry Dock Company, the toslowing interesting facts were stated:— The Ab- bie B. 18 a new Vessel and constructed of the best ma- teriais; she is engaged in no particular trade, but will go to auy port for which she can obtain a charter. Tho name of her owner js C. B. Berteaux, and | suppose the vessel to be worth in the neighborhood of $50,000, A short time since she went to Cape Breton, and remained: there, discharging and receiving cargo, about two to work at her bottom and reduced 1 to the present | condition. _ It is a wonder how she ever got into port. It will, perhaps, cost ber owner neariy $6,000 for re- pairs. Hero one of the workingmen interposed the Femark, “We call tho worm, si TRE SIMPY CARPENTRR'S PRIEND, and, indeed, if 1t were not for the little insect we would lose many a good day’s work.” The reporter took up a piece of the wood to critically examine it. Itcould be compared to nothing more fitting in general appearance (han a wasp’s or hornet’s nest, So thoroughly was it perforated, and, like the nests indicated, it was of ashen color. Some of tho insects still remain in the cella They seemed to bo of a whitish color and are encased m a shell-like subsiance about an ineh in length; their heads were shaped like a pod auger, us i{ intended by navure to be great bores. In the case of thé Abbie B, they had completely per- forated the outer sheathing or planking of the hull, the piace Of the entrance boing sinall and needle-like, until they reached the framework or heavy trees, when they. turned back and continued their work of destruction. The holes they make increase in size from that of a pin's "aa to an aperture which a man’s thumb would not fill. } While the Henan reporter was examining the wood a Venerable carpenter with adze in band, joined bim and “If you are going to write something for the Twill give you a bit of information about not many people know. You see ured rightup to ahair’s width of nother plank. Now ‘ KR CROSS A CRACK, gone right thro the outer ey ha they have hot touched the frame-or the | planks ‘ou never would have seen her on the te! dock vere. Mr. George W. Roose well known spat manu. facturer and slupwright, here joined the and added his valuabie information. He said in eflect:—'*As- pinwall fs considered by shipmasicrs and owners to bo avery wormy port; I have heard of vessels that have | Embassy, in the name of Marshal MacMahon. On | of tho briliiancy of the diamonds fastening it, At the | neighboring rooms were all hung in mourning. ; Torated on Saturday at ten A. M. in the church of the only laid there for the space of six weeks to sink at ‘heir anchorage. There a marine co} patnt that inetimes acts well asa detence these de- stroyers, but about the only sure refuge is metal sheath, ing. Lhave sent ‘vensole before now on a ten months’ Yoyage to Kio J neiroand they have come back with their bulls sound and clean, und nave sent others down to Texas and their bottoms have been fairly eaten out by the worms.” Coal tar and other coverings for bulls have been tried, but the only sure defence seems to be metal. ‘There is a composition now very generally used instead of excluatve copper; it is mainly composed of spelt, tin and copper, The worms are even found here in New York Harbor, but they do not usually do as much dam- age as we see in the case of the Abbie B. They will bore, a8 you have been told, until they reach a crack or seam which is made by the joining of planks, and gen- erally will not cross it, OBITUARY, BARON VON SINA, THE EMINENT BANKER. ‘The Vidnna (Austria) papers contain accounts of the occurrence of the death and the funeral eeremonies of the celebrated banker and financier, Baron Von Sina, who expired on the 15th of April in the sixty-seventh’ year of his age. He was a member of one of the Greek Fanariote families of Constantinople, but the branch to which be belonged had been settled in Hungary for a couple of generations, and he was a magnate of that country, enjoying the rights and privileges of the Order of Novles. He had been for a time Greek Minister at the Court of Vienna, but upon the death of his father, Simon Sina, he gave up diplomacy and devoted him- self exclusively to the business of his bank, On his estate at Rappoltenkirchen he lived with splendid mag- nificence; and his name was synonymous with beneti- cence, In Vienna, where he had a splendid mansion in the Hohe Marks, his yearly expenditure for purely benevolent objects amounted to $50,000, and the poor always found in him a prompt and generous friend. His body having been embalmed in the most costly fashion by the Court Surgeon, Rokitansky, was laid out in one of the prmeipal drawing rooms in a metal collin covered with the richost velvet. He was ciad in black, bis folded hands held a little prayer book, bound in red and ornamented with an ivory cross, Around were grouped a multitude of wreaths and other floral ornaments sent by relatives, friends, &¢, Somecame trom remote places, ove was sent by Baron Bourgoing, the Secretary to the Freeh cushions at the foot of the cottin Jay the insignia of the many Orders which had been conferred upon him, his baron’s coronet, his unifurins as Privy Counsellor and Hungarian magnate, This laste attracted the special admiration of the thousands who visited the soemn acene. ‘Tho scabbard of the sword was profusely adorned with precious stones, So was the kalpack, the agrafle of which seemed a fountain of light on account lower end of the coflin was a picture of the Redeemer, another of the Virgin; between them was a largo prayer book, sumptuously bound and adorned with gold, At the four corners stood tall, massive silver candelabra, and the lights burning in them were fed with spirits of wine. ‘The walis were adorned with the coats of arms of the dend man, and along them stood boxes of giorious palms and other leafy exotics. The Blac cloths covered the floors and the stair carpeting was cov- ered with black. The concourse of people was immense. The {uneral services took placo early on Tuesday, April 18, under the presidency of the Arebimandrite Leontopulos, assisted by all the Greek orthodox clergy . Vienna, for to this denomination the deceased be- longed. The Emperor and Empress of Austria were specially ropresente: ide chief aide-de-camp and Grand Master of the Household, All the imperial archdukes wero hkewise Ra meq ey Most of the Austrian and Hun- garian Ministers and many members of the diplomatic body were present. The service was very solemn and lasted fully three-quarters of an hour. Ail’present bore” lighted candles while it continued. At its conclusion the coflin was placed on a splendidly adorned wagon drawn by eight large black horses and the funeral pro- cession passed through many ot the principal streets of Vienna, The body was finaily doposited in the family vault at Rappoltenkirchen. 18 WILL. Baron Von Sina has left ali his immenso wealth, in equal eae to his four daughters—Anastasia, Ireno, Helena and Iphigenia. One of them is married to the Due de Castries, a near connection of Marshal MacMa- hon, He !eft to his wife his villa and his grounds, ail his equipages, horses, furniture, plate, $500,000, to bo paid in coin, in lieu of what wes secured to her by her marriage settlement, and an annuity of $15,000 during her life, ‘also made provision for some of the chari- tues to which bo was so liberal a benefactor while in life, REY. ADRIAN L. ROSECRANS, * Yesterday morning, at seven o'clock, the Rev. Adrian Louis Rosecrans, a member of the Order of Paulists, died at the monastery of the community, in Fifty-ninth street. Father Rosecrans was the son of General Rosecrans. He Yas born on the 28th of May, 1849, at Newport, R. I. In his youth he discovered a liking tor reading the works of the great writers on religious topics, and before he went to college ho was disposed to make theology a special study. He was educated at the Notre Damo University, in Indiana. When he graduated he bore fom his alma mater various tributes to his culture and to the friendly fee.- ing be had inspired in the breasts of his associates and teachers. From his earhest years Father Rosecrans manifested a desire to become a clergyman of the Koman Catholic faith, to which his “father and mother were converts, Accordingly, as soon as an opportunity offered he entered the Paulist monastery and was there taught theology. In 1872 he was ordained to the priesthood ke his uncle, Bishop Rosecrans, of Columbus, Ohio, and shortly after was sent to New England to ard by his labors the efforts of his brothers in religion. He there discovered a rare facility in preaching. After necomplishing a great deal of work among the inhabitants of the Northern States he was sent to the West, where in Ohio and the neigh- voring States he labored for a jong time im the rural districts. From these States he was sent to California to continue his mission: efforts, aud there it is thought his indomita! energy und devotion to duty exposed him to th isease—consumption—whicn ultimately occasioned his death. At all events his health failed on his return to New York, and during his residence here it hus been constantly declining. Lately he has been engaged in writing articles for the Catholic World and other magazines of a like character, to which kind of work he seemed spocially adapted by feeling and temperament. Asa preacher he was su- perior to most of his clerical brethren, displaying a felicity of language and elocutionary power which were very effective with his auditory. - 01 Wednesda: night he was suddenly attacked with ickness whicl 1 him and terminated t heraved morning in and death. A requiem high mass will be cel- monastery for the repose of his soul. COLONEL ROBERT B, LAWTON. Colonel Robert B. Lawton died at his residence at Newport, R. L, yesterday afternoon, after a brief illness, Deceased was born in this clty February 8, 1806, At the age of fourteen he made his first voyage to sea in the brig Ann Gasden, to Stockholm; also made a voyage in the ship Boy, from New York to Havana, and thenee to ports in the north of Europe, He subsequently learned the machinists’ trade in Paw- tucket, He acted in the capacity of Second Lieutenant of the Light Dragoons all through the Seminole war in Florida He resigned at the close of the war, and when the Mexican wur broke out he was appointed Captain of the Port of Vera Cruz, and all through the war superintended the unloading of government v that port. At the close of the war he came to ‘port, and atthe broaking out of the civil war he ‘was appointed Captain of the Twelfth Umted States | Infantry, but he-did not accept the position, but took command of the First Rhode Island and New Hamp- shire Cavalry, and went with his regiment as far as Warrenton, Va., when he was taken ill and was obliged toreturn home, He bas resided there evor since. Ho was an unusually ingenious man, very intelligent and | practical. Newport has indeed lost one of her repre- sentative men. Ne REY, ELI CHARLIER. A telegram from France announces the death of the Rev. Eli Charlier, a distinguished clergyman of the French Protestant (Huguenot) Church, at the age of seventy-six years, Deceased was born in France in 1800, and was educated partly in Switzeriand and in Fugland. For forty-five years he was an active prencher of the Huguenot Church, and was alsoan inti- mate friend of Merle D’Aubigne, the historian, and of Adolph and Frederie Monod. About ten years ago he relinquished his parish, and, for the sake of his wife's | health, made his home in Valence, on the Rhone River, The matady which caused his death was con- tracted in the mountains convenient to Valence, | whither he had gone to take the place of an absent clergyman. DR. WILLIAM H. HALL. ‘This géntleman, whose name is weil known through- out the country In connection with Hall's Journal of Health, died at the residence of Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., in Thirty-fourth street, on Wednesday. He fell in a fiton the sidewalk, and died in a few moments after being removed to Mr. Vanderbilt's house. Dr. Hail was born in’Paris, Ky., ia 1810; graduated from Centre College, Kentucky, in 1830, and obtained his medical degree at Transylvania College in_ 1836, author of treatises or “Cholera, Bronchiti dred Diseases’ (published in 1853), **Consumption,”” “Health by Good Living,’ ‘Sleep,” ‘Health and Disease,” and “Coughs and Colds,” EDWIN BERGH. Mr. Edwin Bergh, the only brother of Mr. Henry Bergh, died yesterday morning at the house of his brothor on Fifth avenue. He resided with his family at Staatsburg, on the Hudson, and was on a visit to his brother. WILLIAM G. VERITY. Yesterday morning William G. Verity died in the ‘village of Bath, Long Island, in the cighty-eighth year of nis age He was boru im Hempstead, but moved tn | ete > Bath tn 1808, where he resided up to the time of bis death. In the war of 1912 he enlisted asa private in the Pioneer company, under command of Captain Joseph Dean. He served in Colone] Ditmas’ regiment, in General Jeremiah Johnson’ m of vilage of Brooklyn arkably el iP ee of his life. Os November 19, 1810, be married Miss Hope B. Willett, who died bata few years aga Three daughters, who are married, survive him. CHARLES J. SHEPARD. Yesterday the flags of the city of Brooklyn were dis- Played at half-mast’ ont of respect to the memory of Charles J. Shepard, Alderman of the Third ward, who died at his residence, No. Atlantic avenue, on Wednesday night. Deceased, who was elected member of the Common Council last fall, was born im Now York sixty-one years He was en, in business in Water street in this city up to the time of his death, Mr, Shepard was a momber of the Union League Club, and was a director of the Kowery Savings Bank. In litics he was a republican, A special meeting of the rooklyn Board of Aldermen will be hela this forenoon to take action with respect to the memory of the de- (HON, WILLIAM F. WHEELER The Hon. William F, Wheeler, of Keene, N. I, died at the residence of Mr. Austin Corbin, in Brooklyn, N. Y., on the 10th inst Mr. Wheeler was a prominent citizen of his State, and for many = ranked as one ofthe leading. lawyers in New England. He visited Brooklyn hoping to regain the heaith he had lost by long years of bard work in his profession, but too late to obtain the needed relief, He was aged eignty-th: The remains will be taken to New Hampshire to-day. SING SING PRISON. & INVESTIGATION BY THE STATE PRISON INSPEC- TORS—THE SYSTEM OF FAVORITISM EX- POSED—WNHY PRIVILEGES ARE GRANTED TO STOKES AND SIMMONS—TWELYE KEEPERS DISMISSED, A special meeting of the Board of Inspectors ot State Prisons, convened for the purpose of investigat- ing alleged abuses in the management of Sing Sing Prison, was terminated at that institution last evening after a session of four consecutive days. During that time the Inspectors have not hesitated to avail them. solves of every legal means in their eforts to elicit tull and reliable information regarding official irregularities oflong standing, which have been weil and widely known outside of the prison, To this end more than one hundred conyiets were examined by the Board in relation to charges of favoritism shown to those of the inmates who were willing to pay tho subordinate ofti- cors for tho same, as well as of allegations of cruelty said to have been constantly practised on the impecu- nious portion of the jailbirds, In regard to the charge of favoritism to those of the convicts who can return therefor a substantial quid pro quo, the investigation has demonstrated that such a state of aflairs does exist in the prison, and that it is carried on to a disgraceful extent by many of the keepers, It appears that th lack of employment—owing to which a large number of men have to be . frequently locked up during the day—tends materi- ally to foster the greed for gain on tho part of some of the under officials, of whom the occupants of almost constantly closed cells are only wo glad to buy with money the privilege of lounging about the prison grounds in the cpen air. PURCHASING FAVORS, ‘This purchasing of favors by mer, many of whom are, perhaps driven to exact the scanty means of subsisten: frum their wives and families at home in order that they might not be crushed into despair under the heel of a heartless and avaricious keeper, will be, it possible effectually suppressed by the Inspectors, who yesterday removed tweive keepers. True it is that some of these, being republicans, wero dischargeion political §grounds, but it 1s equally true that others of them were dismissed for improperly availing themselves of their positions to in- crease their purses. Another existing. evil Jaid bare by the investigation is the issuing of extra rations to those jailbirds who can for the same, and who are allowed to prepare and eat the luxuries obtained outeide of the mess room: The Inspectors have issued stringent orders prohibiting anything of this kind in the future. 't is doubtful, however, whe:her this prohibition will be made universal or not, as the Board has been unable to dec.de whether the prohibition of catables other than prison fare shall extend to Stokes and Simmons. It ig a public secret that ever since his incarceration the former convict has been permitted to furnish his own table with the best to be found in the markets. He has an account with ono or more storekeevers in the village of Sing Sing, where his orders are sent almost daily. This can scarcely be wondered at when it is considered that Ictters from some of the most influential men in the State preceded his arrival at the prison, recommending him to the Warden who was then in charge. seems to outside influence which not only strips the Warden of discretion in regard to his mode of living, but algo to a certain extent ties the hands of the Inspectors themselves 1n his case, I While ‘at tne prison yesterday afternoon tho writer asked Inspector Crowley, in presence of his oificial associates, whether Stokes and Simmons were to be brought under the new rule in the matter of prison fare. The Inspector promptly and with frankuess re- pled that the matter had so puzzled them that they had not yet arrived at any decision in the matter. Simmons, he added, was a very valuable man inthe prison, and worked laboriously in his present employ- ment of clerk to the storekeeper. It was not denied that he was allowed piv being looked upon ag an invalid. Stokes, he said, was also useful as clerk inthe bookbindery, where he earns forty cents per day for theState. It was not claimed, however, that he was. suflering from any bodily’ ailment.’ Tuo HERALD representative having asked Inspector Clark what he thought of tho privileges granted to Stokes, that official replied that it was gross injustice to grant favors to one or two of the inmates while denying them to the remainder, adding:—‘‘It 1s oaly afew minutes since 1 saw a respectable looking elderly woman denied the gratification of handing a few deil- cacies to her son, whom she had come a long way to visit in the prison, If it was in my power I would baye it otherwise; it is difficult, however, to alter matters.’’ It is safe to conclude that the two dis- Unguished criminals named will continue to enjoy all the delicacies of the recurring seasons, It was ascer- tained that the charge of cruelty to the convicts was without foundation in fact The Inspectors hope in a short time to find work for some hundreds of the idle convicts, An arrangement has already been made whereby the services of 200 men will be secured to the State in the manufacture of hats. This contract will go into effect as soon a3 the men have been iniuated inthe art of bat making. Already a number of tho jailbirds are being trained for | A shoe contract has also beon | their new occupation. secured, which will further decrease the uumber of idle men. Inthe fomale prison a contract for the manufacture of summer clothing is now enabling fifty of the women to assist tho State in supporting them, MOULTON VS. BEECHER. POSTPONEMENT OF THE ARGUMENT BEFORE THE GENERAL TERM. Povanxsxersix, N. Y., May 11, 1876, At the General Term, evoning session, the case of Francis D. Moultgn, appetlant, vs. Henry Ward Beecher, respondent, was called at twenty minutes to fen P, M. General Roger A. Pryor, counsel for Mr. Moulton, ad- dressed the Court, stating it would be impossible for the argument to be concluded to-night, and that he was suffering severely from physical disavility. ‘The Court put the argument over until to-mor- Tow morning. Mr, Pryor bas been quite unwell all day, and at times been obliged to remain in his room at the Nelson House. He also stated to the Court that perhaps he would not be able to argue the case to-morrow, but afterward told a reporter he would make the attempt, though he felt very weak. A MOUNTAIN OF SALT. ’ [From the Atlanta Times.) A mass of 90,000,000 tons of pure, solid, compact rock Balt, located on an island 185 tect high, which rises from a miserable sea marsh on the route from Brashear to New Iberia, up the River Teche, in Louis- jana, is one of the wonders of the world. How this island, containing over 300 acres of excellent land, evef came mto existence in sucha locality is a matter of conjecture. Vegetation ts prolific and thescenery is beautiful and varied. Here is an immense bed of pure rock salt whose extent is as yet only estimated, and Scientific men are puzzled. MARRIAGES AND DEATIIS, MARRIED. Comx—Srizget.—On Thursday, May 11, 1876, by the Rev. Dr. D. Eimhorn, at his residence, Newnaian Cony to Miss Laura Srinemt, both of this city, Havisox—Lkwis.—In New York city, May 10, 1876, by Rev. G. H. Gregory, Foran Davisox, of Brooklyn, to Lyypa M. Lewis, of Matgeawal Dixsmork—J ROM. —On I the Charch of the Holy Communion, by the Rev, Dr, Lawrence, CLaRgNce Grav Divsmonx, of New York, to Kare Hatt, daughter of Thomas A. Jerome, of Locust Valley, ar ogre Mars—Winttams.—On Thursday, May M, 1876, at tho Emery street Presbyterian church, Bergen, Jersey City Heiglits, by tho Rey. E. W, French, Joun G. fonts hg Riel os 5% Hill, L. L, to Miss Mase Witiiams, of a Morris—Kice.—At the First Presbyterian church, Bloomfteld, N. J., by Rev, H. W. Ballantine, Crantes A. Monnts to Chana J., of William E. Rice.” NostraND—VANDEVEER.—On Wednesday, May 10, . the residence of the bride’s Woodhaven, L. by the Rev. W. J. Hill, ¥ lL. Nostraxn, of maica, L. 1, to Purse W., only daughter of Dominicu: Vanderveer, Pan atte sng Giei rth wi Tome bf prof ba ne + Lf Sinuan all of BeooKiy. No Gard, Indeed, he | ee ntines soot Wallen sha Goruclts eight Avery Funeral services at the residesnce of bis grandfather, Dr. Jumnes No. 400 Lexington av., on Frida: thy ‘At two o'clock, thence to Gaawaned ee and friendSof the family are in ttend. movia, Hesry Shon in the ne” bo Raed sends pocttully t at tend bis {uncral at bis lute reaide wee, an hastntny, Tot waiting Pon = cee A.M. Cwrriages in at depot in Norwai 30 traut Remains taken Weodawa for interne Ki s AYLEY.—OD May 1876, at 163 W Warren st, Brooktyn, : Fortin Ba ees the late Carleton Bayley, of Dixon, Ill. ‘Tho relatives and friends of the are invited te attend the funeral, from St. Jamas’ Brook: jyn, on Saturday, May 13, at ten A. M. Bexcuam,—On Tuesday, Etta A, Mi youngeal aauzhter of the late Joseph Beeches, ‘Enq, of Koma NY. Friends are respectfully invited tosattend the froin St. Gabriel's churen, ‘Ean ith at, this (Friday), atten A.M, Beroa.—Yesterday morning, atthe residence of hit brother, 429 5th av., Epwin Benen. Relatives and friends are mvil to attend the funeral on Saturday morning, at ten w clock, St, Mark's ‘Chareh. + Burx¥.—May 10, Wittiam Borge, aged 28 years, 9 months and 4 day Relatives an“ friends are respecttully invited to at. tend the funeral, from his late residence, 46 Madison st. on Friday, the 12th imst., at half-past two o'clock, thence to Calvary Cemetery ‘ Carrexter.—At Pleasantville, Wesuchester county, N. Y., May 10, of agen bres o J. Ghiceeryce Funeral at lis late residence on the Sth one gory from o'clock P. M.; carriages will meet 10¢:30 Now York at dey cape May 9tm, 1m his 76th Cuantinr.—In France, on May Monsteur le Pasteur Eun Gccaen, at the Frencl Protestant Church. CoLy.—ON Wednesday, May 10, at 261% West 40th st. of diphtherin, Joux B.,” youngest son of Thomas and Sophia T. Cole, aged 11 years. Funeral from the chapel of the Reo agregar 830 Weat 43d st., betwoen 8th and Sth avs., at one o'clock P. M., Friday, May 12, Relatives: and Irienda are respectfully invited to attend. Cowik.—In Brooklyn, on May 11, after a short th. ness, Davip Cowng, i the 67th year of biseage. Relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the Centenmal chapel, Wyckoff st., corner of 3d av., on Saturday, May 13, at tweive o'clock, A Crosuy,—On May 10, after'a short illness, Jous Prayer Crosny, Jr., son of John Player anal Margare/ B. Crosby, in the 3lst year of his age. Funeral services on Saturday morning, May 13, at at half-past nine, at the Church of the Covenant, Park jorner 35tl elatives and friends are invited to attend without further notice. Duyor.—At Cabbage Bluff, Fla, April 1& of con- sumption, Luaxper Davo. Funeral services at church, at New Providence, N. J., on Saturday, May 13, atelevan o'clock. E:elatived and friends of the family are respectfully invited to at tend, Train leaves foot of ‘Barelay or Christopher ss, at 9:10 A, M., vfa Summit, ‘ Donxe.Ly.—After a lingering illness, BLLEs, beloved wife of James Donnelly, inthe 65th year of ber age. The friends of the {amily are respectfully inyuted to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 210 West Fe st, on Friday, the 12th inst., at half-past one Drvusaoip.—In Newark, on tho 9th inst, Anza C. DrvnGorn, aged 27 years. Funeral services trom the residence of Mr. J. L., Roff, No. 33 Webster st., Friday, the 12th mst, at two.P, M. Interment at Evergreens Cometery. FaGax,—EizaneTH, widow of the late Peter Fagan, in the 68th year of her age. ‘The friends of her family and those of her brother, Peter Nee, are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 569 1st av., on Friday the 12th inst., at half-past one o’clock P, M. Fay,—On Tuesday, May 9, at half-past eleven P. M., Joux Fay, aged 46 years, native of Carickmacross, county Monaghan, Ireland. The friends yf the family and those of his brother, Michael, are requested to attend the funeral, from hit lato residence, 201 av, C, corner ot 17th st, on Friday, May 12. at half-past one o'clock. Fow1er.—In Jersey City, May 11, of pneumonia, Eiza, the boloved wilo ot N. R. Fowler, aged 54 years, 1 month and 17 days, Notice of funeral hereafter, Garnisox.—In Brooklyn, Wednesday, May 10, 1876, Joun Fierce Garrison, aged 80 years, Notice of funeral hereafter, Govixyk.—In Brooklyn, on Thursday, May 11, Joux ‘Ants, gon of Francis and Susan C. Godine, in the 42d year of his age, Funeral services from the residence of bis father, No, 112 East 55th st., New York, this (Friday) after- noon, at four o’clock, Relatives and friends invited to attend, The remains will be taken to Rye tor inter * ment San Francisco (Cal.) papers please copy. Grapy.—On Wednesday, May 10, Timoray J. Graby, His relatives and friends and thoso of. his brother John and those of his brother-in-law, John Lowe, are ree pectfully invited to attend his funeral from his’ late residence, 350 East 17th st., on Friday, at one o’elock.. ‘Grivrtys.—On Thursday, May 11, at cno P. M,,of con- © euzoption, KATE GuirriN, native of Ballendine county, Gabway, Ireiand. ‘Tie friends of the family are requested to attend the faneral, from the residence of her brother, at 168 West 18th st., on Saturday, at two P. M., 2 > GmispaLt.—On Wednesday, May 10, at his late rasi- denoe, Jony Grixpatt, aged forty-five years. Ketatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral from St. Michael chureh, Broadway and 100th st, on Friday, at one o'clock P, M. Haut. —Saddenly, on Wednesday, May 10, Dr. W. W, Hatt, editor of Hall’s Journal of Health. Relwtives and friends are invited to attend thi fonerai, from his late residence, No, 54 East 34th st, on Satairday, at one o'clock. HAgR INGTON, — 11, 1876, Jouasxa Hargmoron, the bekeved wite of Michael Harrington, Funeral will take place from her late residence, on Sunday afternoon, half-past two o'clock. Friends of the family are invited to attend, Hoyr.--On Tuesday last, in his 69tlf year, of capil- lary bronenitis, Josera A. Hort, Roiatiwes and friends of the family are invited to at. tend the funeral, froin his late residence, Villa place, 145th st.. Mott Haven, N. Y¥., on Friday, the 12th inst, at oie P.M. ps JewetL.—On Tuesday morning, May 9, at Coleman House, Saitau H., beloved wile of James A. Jowell, Funeralam Friday, May 12, at one o'clock P. M., from St. Ainn’s Episcopal church, West 18th st, Rela tives and friends are invited to atrend. Kink. —Ou Wednesday, at Classon’s Point, at the residence of ber son, G. W. Kirk, Hannah B., widow of the late George Kirk, aged 71 years, 1 month and & days. Funeral sarvices at tho residence of her son William, 53 3d av., on. Friday, May 12, at twelve M. — Relatives and friends are respectiu/ly mvited to attend, Muyrn.—Av East New York, on Wednesday, May 10, GrorGs Mev, aged 26 years. ‘The funerak will take place from the house of John Ficken, Liberty ay., near Adams st., on Sunday, May 14, at two P. IL Miis,—Suddenly, on Wednesday morning, May Il of disease of the heart, Sera D. MrL18, of the tirm Odell & Malis. Funeral from his late residence, No. 73 East 58d st., bile 2 May 12, at two o’ciock. Remains taken to Woodlawn for anterment, Muiex.—Ou Thursday, May 11, 1876, at her late resi- dence, 318 East 122d st., ManGaret, the beloved wife of Henry Mullen and daughter of Henry Taffe, in the 224 caer jistiven’ 4 friends respectfully invited to ie relatives: ant len ere \y attend the funeral on Saturday, May 13 at one o'clock, Rondout papers please copy. - McCartuy.—On Wednesday night, May 10, of ts baie Miss Exaica McCanruy, aged 18 years and months. A Funeral takes place at hor late residence, No, 84 Watts at., to-day at one o'clock, , MoEnvasry.--1)n Wednesday, May 10, Jamms Mo. Exvayny, in the70th year of his age, F: Relatives and:friends of the family are to attend the funeral, from his late port fo Lexing- ton ay., on Fridiq’, at ten o'clock A. M. CK INNIN. Wednesday, May 10, Marr Ax® MoKisets, wite of Rovers MicKinnin, daughter of the, jate John Martin, .ag ears. Her funeral wif take ieee from her late residence; 302 East S2d st., Wis (Fri pit at two o'clock. ny es eee of t ily are respecttully in- Yited to atten McNxn,—-May 11, at the residence of Mrs, Thomson, 208 Mad’son av., Savip B. MeNsit, May 12 to Auburn, N, Y., for Reinains will beaker, interment, Plattsburg and Montreal Uy. Ciirtommpebd Nasu. —On Thursalay, May ay pie ar M., widow of the late Charles 2: the 82d year of her age, Notice of tne cane OMALLT, May 12, aged 19, 200 ALLY. —! , of the late Tag and Johan O'Maly, ‘of Adare, county Limerick, lozland. The relatrvos and. friends are invited to attend hig funeral, from his mahor’s residence, 449 West 17th st, on Saturday, May 13, at one o’clock P. M. Limerick papers pbzase copy. Provost.—In gene. City, May 10, 1876, Rewcros Provost, rotant of Charles H. and Emma L, Pro vost, aged 4 mor sand 21 days, Funeral from the residence 31414 Pavonia avenue, this day, at half-past-one, his —On Thursday, May 11, Rev. Louis Rosxcrays, C..2'. P., in the 27th year of A solemn mass of Hequiem will be sung on morning, at ten o’cloa, at St. Paul’s Chi 69th The relatives and trie nds of the family and the rever-. end clergy are Utilly invited to be Suvranp.—On Wetusekay, May 10, CaaaLes © J. Suxvrard, in the 62 year ot his age, Relatives and frienis are Lee pry / invited te attend the funeral, on £ aturday, May 13, at one o'clock: E, bat agg the lectuze room of ‘Piymours eburch, rookiyn. Theta be map sem beh RAVER, ares ta 11, in Hestxn Weavan, in thee 83d year of ie eatin Relatives and frieuds are invited to attend her fa , ON Saturday, 13thy inst, at three 0% = Fesidence of her: (son-in-law, Hiram Ki Greene av. Woon, —Wednesday, Mgiy 10, fry eid Psvrpahng 4 TP. Kellogg and daughter of eae Byrnes. Yromx.—On Wednesdar:, of aged 1 year, 10 months arnet 19 days. The relatives and trends Philadelphia and Wilmdngton Rochelle, N. Y., Junta 1D, widow of Notice of funeral hereaftor. Tuomas Jaurs, son of Alatl ot the are fully invited to attond the & fepent parents, No, 11d, om aN eleven dy Me” on @ | | |