The New York Herald Newspaper, January 23, 1877, Page 6

~ SBRKING FOR REFORM The Conference of Merchants with the Mayor To-Day. PROBABLE RUSULTS OF THE MEETING. | Views of Comptroller Kelly, William A Booth, D. B. Eaton and Others. TOO MANY OFFICE-HOLDERS. ‘The conference, in which the city government on | the one side will be representea by Mayor Ely and Comptroller Kelly, and the merchants of this city by a number of the most prominent citizens, will take Place atthe City Hall this afternoou, The consulta. tion 18 likely so be an important one, and will probably bring out many interesting suggestions reiative to the government of the metropolis, A meeting of the municipal,reform body was held last night to consider | he situation, When the enormous expenee of carry- {ng on the different departments is taken into consid- eration, and the large number of sinecures found clamoring at the city treasury, a movement of this ebaracter should bo commended. have nearly 9,000 office-holders in this city, It is con- tended by some of our rulers, Mayor Ely among the mumber, that we could get along with am smaller class of local patriots; that the business of the diferent departments might be conducted with much more economy than is exbibitedat present, We bave officials Whe receive enormous tees, amounting to hundreds | of thousands of dollars The grent bulk of those tees comes from the city treasury. The Sheriff and Coro- ners may be classed in thus connection, ‘The office of Coroner (there are four in this city) 18 said to be worth trom $20,000 to $30,000 per annum; that of Sheriff is va- riously estimated at from $100,000 to $200,000 for the Buine period. amount? Would not $10,060 or $15,000 a yoar con- tent them in these hard tines? 1t might be well for the conterence this afternoon to look into such irter- esting topics. 1f assistance is needed from the Legis- lature in the repeal of odious laws whieh Saddle the people with payments of unnecessary fees, then at would ve well for tus committee of conference to propare such bills as will insure ail reforms in this direction, The responsibility of defeat must then rest upon the Legislature at Albany, and if the bills are de- feated the people will know on whose shoniders to place the blamo, Many of the local polilicians—of the small fry order, of course—endeavor to throw cold water upon to day’s mecting. They prophesy that nothing wngivle will come out of it, Mayor Ely and Comptroller Kelly are of an entirely different opinion. ‘The former gentie; man gave his opinions in an interview published in Sunday’s Henawy. fle purposes elaborating them at to-day’s conference. COMPTROLLER KRLLY’S VIEWS. Since Mr. Jobn Kelly entered upon bis duties as head of the Finance Department he has been run down ‘with office-scekers and their friends, He has, there- fore, been compelled to labor night and day in order to atiend to the business of his office, Everything is how running smoothly in this department, in conversing with the HERaLp representative yes- terday as to this afternoon’s conference Mr. Kelly that he would cheerfully give all the assistance im his Power tothe movement. He had been waited upon by ‘Mr. Smith, secretary of the committee, who invited Dim to attend the conference. | “1 presume tbat you will give some general ideas a8 tt should be tue proper pohcy in view of thg present reiorm azitation?”” he was asked. “Well,” responded Mr. Kelly, “if my opinions are called for I shall certainty give them.”* VALUABLE STIONS, H “Do you think the number of Commissioners of tho different departments sbould be cut down 7” “As to the Police Commission, | should think not, There is a vast amonnt of vusiness to be transacted here, and tour Comm re requir the Board should be non-p ofall parvies might be pro! constituted of one political str @ great ueabcf unnecessary improper iniiuerces attempted to ¢ oby “How as to the Fire Departinent ’ Do you not con- sider that ono Commissioner would be suflicient bere?” “1 am not of that opinion. There isa great aeal of | Fespohsibility resting apon the suoulders of this de- riment, ihey have the care of ail public property ip case of fre, und their duties are oiherwise urdu. o” ouAre three Commissioners required for the Depart- nt of Charities and Correction”? “J am in favor of retaining that number. It would be too much labor for one man to supervise the whole business of that department. These Commissioners bave the supervision of all our charitable institutions aud the expenditure of a considerable amount of money. 1 consider that these genticmen should be removed entirely from political influence and be also non-partisan in the discharge of their duties.” “Will not the mode ‘of their appointment by the Mayor and Aidermen interfere wiih this idea as to non partisansbip ?”' ¢ “Now atall, The same mode of appointment applies to the Police Commissioners, and the same high sense pi duty shou!d influence thelr judgments in making Other uppoimtments.” owhne, are your opinions as to the Dock Depart. ent??? met pave no doubt the Dock Department could easily be Yun by one head. he term of Mr, Wales, resident of the Commission, expires next May, I beieve that he receives a salary of $6,600, and the other Commissioners $3,000 each, A gr al of money could be saved to the city if the absolute con- trol of the docks were under the Dock Commission, The olfices of port wardens aud harbor masters should be abolished. They are scrious obstacles to our com- merce. £8 It the Board wa then there would be THE STRERT CLEANING. 4] should be in favor of taking away the street clean. ing from conirol of the Folice Department Thie might be made an independent bureau in itself, or jaced in the Department of Public Works. Du- Hes of the police suould be confined to protection of Iife and property, and the enforcemeut of the laws and ; ‘Ordinances of the city. THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, arly $3,550,000 ure annually expended in the Support of our public schools, Much might be saved fm this connection. 1 am opposed to giving guy but a plain and substantialiy Enghsh education in ur schools. It is necessarily expensive to teach French, German or music. Kxpendiure for tie Nor- mal Schoo! is ail right enough. We should have a su- perior class o! teachers, but 1 am airaid we huve too many of them, und some are paid higher salarics than what they are reaily entiticd to, Some principals are appointed to overlook schools, having nothing else to do, and then otoe @ appointed to assist them in doing nothing. Those positions are what may be plainly termed as unnecessary, and could, in my opin- | fon, easily be dispensea with, The salaries of the teachers shouid ve graded, so ax to deduct srom those | ‘Who are paid Wo much and add onto those who are ud too little, Th ajority of school teachers are a ‘ard working, tndustrious class ot people, and should | be properly compensated for their lavors.”” lvis true that we | Can these gentlemen subsist on a less | att | | eyes, nad discovered the matter, and, as he had hoard already, was made the subject of editorial comment in several of the morniug papers, among which is the Hyxarp. If the press were too active it might pre vent the bese being held; but if the gentlemen came together the two questions most likely to be brought up for discussion and solution would be, “frst, how {0 prevent the city’s present enormous indebtedness trom becoming any 1” and, “secondly, how lo practise economy after the in- crease of debt should be stopped.” As he had said before, the meeting was private in its Inception, in its | carrying out, and the originators of it nad boped it | would be private im its completion, He had taiked to | put'two or threw of the gentlemen named, and, as (ar as he had seen, the meeting was favorably regarded, When asked what, to nis opinion, would principally ‘ claim the committee’s attention, he replied that he | thought that vartous plans would be proposed, but no conterences having been hela beforehand the mecting | would, no doubt, be an informal onc, His views as & citizen were x¥ follows:—The principal evils to be remedied at present were a debt of a handred and thirty or forty million of dollars saddled on the peo- | ple, and how to stop this ‘of debt with its op- | pressiveness; thea should follow a vigorous and deiérmined effort 10 economize. What opinions wero held by the other gentlemen he did not know, but he could not see that they could difer much from these | We had expressed. He knew of nothing that was of | more importance to every taxpayer than the crushing out of existence unnecessary expenditures. A MATING OF INDRFENDENT CITIZENS. | Mr, Dorman B, Eaton said that the significance of | the meeting was the mark of the pervading teeling | among citizens of all parties that the expenses of the | cy goverument must be reduced und that ecovomy must be practised to adegree not kuown for mauy | years, at least, ‘The gentlemen who wil! be present,’" | gua Mr. Buton, “desire to show that a Mayor who 1s | Teaily an advocate of reform, be he democrat or be he republican, will receive the support of the majority of citizens, irrespective of party, in all bis endcavors to bring about so desirable an end, Heretofore the per- | sons in whose hands the regulating and systematizing | of suct matters have been lett, or who buve oltered to | confer on such subjects, pave been politicians and | schemers who have bud a keen eye to the spoils; but | the gentlemen who are interested in this movement are men who have no desire for position or emolument | at tne hands of the government and whose intention | it 18 to show themseives entirely independent citizens | Who will interest themselves in the improvement of | municipal afurs. We, no doubt, consider economy | and reduction of expenses imperative, but whether or | not any prepared suggestions by which those ends may | be wrrived at will be offered at the meeting, I think | there 1s no laid down plan of action, but the members | of the committee are thoroughly in earnest in what they have undertaken,” } TO RETAIN BUSINESS IN NRW YORK, Mr. A. R.. Whitney was found at nis ollice, in Hudgon | Street, and ia conversation with the reporter spoke as | follows:—‘The Municipal Reiorm Association, among | the members ot which the idea ol the conference origi- | nated, as you ate probably aware, is composed of gen- | tlemen who represent the moneyed interests of the city | and independent gentlemen of all parties who desire to see a good city government, and it is the purpose of the association to establish such a government if the thing is possible. There are a great many approaches to such an end, and what one will now taken or suggested, [am unable to say, for the reason j that the course nus not yet been decided, | istied that Mayor ly intends to do what is right, and that Comptroller Kelly wants to immortalize bimselt, | und that both will tend us all the ald in their power. Mr. bas expressed himselt as being anxious to make us acquainted with all the affairs connected with | bis office, Our object 1s to keep in New York the business which belongs to it, and unless some step {s taken toward reform we shall lose it, ‘That is our sole intention, We are periectly aware that we havea hard battic to fight, but we ure determined and shall work tothe end, We do not, of course, want the gov- ernment to be parsimonious, but a sirict economy is certainly necessary, We shall court the acquaintance 5 i ence; but if they will not co-operate with us we will do the next best thing. ’? THK INCREASK OF THE CITY DEnT, Mr. Joseph Seligman thought that the purpose ot the meeting was to impress we people with thu enor- mous expenses the city 18 burdened with, and to take some action, if possible, toward reducing them. * 1 tuink,’? said Mr, Seligman, ‘that if some economy is | not practised the government will go to ruin, The cily debt is now increasing ut the rate of $9,000,000 perannum and an eighth of the city property is mortgaged. If sucha line of management continues | halt the city wilt he mortgaged. Some action will probably be taken at the meeting concerning the up- town improvements which are going on. I am sure they demand attention, If I speak it will be on theso | theories. Probably some resolutions will be drawn | up. The movement can dono harm and may result very benefically,’? TAXES, ASSESSMENTS, SALARIES, &C. Mr. P. Van Volkenvurgh said :—-**We are going there | to discuss with the Mayor as to the proper improve- ments regarding taxes, assessments, salaries, &c, I can’t say Wht plans will be suggested, though I pre- ne thut among the most important will be the re- tion ol saaries and thinning out of the army of | large-salaried office-holders, There are a great many other abuses witich should be remedied. ‘Take, for 1 slance, the assessments of lots above Ceutral Park. Those which never sold above $2,750 are being assessed. al the unrighteous figures of trom $800 to $1,000," WILLING TO ASSIST THE MAYOR AND COMPTROLLER, Mr. W. H, Appleton suid be bad allowed his name to be used 1m connection with the matter, as he would in fay movement which promised such palatable fruit, AS he understood it, the meeting would be a gatbering Ol a‘vumber ot gentiemen, the majority of whom were republicans, to prove tothe Mayor that there were a great many virtually 1adependent citizens who desired un improvement in the management ot the city gov- ernment, regardiess of which side brought 1 about, and whose object it was to display a wijlingness to sus- tain the Mayor and Comptroller in the carrying out of all intentions that would lead to that result, He con- sidered that the list of pamesof the gentlemen who signed the call could nov be betier, und that the moral effect of the meeting would be great. TO EXCHANGE IDKAS WITH THE MAYOR. Mr. C. G, Ishum stated the callemanated from the Municipal Keform Association, which is composed of, he veheved, about a third of democrats and two-thirds of republicans, *‘l suppose,’? continued Mr. Isham, “that the association, seeing that u new management of yovernmentsi afluirs bas veguo, and desiring to take some steps toward an improvement in the old system, have called this meeting to furnish an oppor- tunity to exchange meas with the Mayor.” Mr. H. F. Spauiding, President of the Central Trust Company, said that ali he knew about it was that the gentlemen, without regard to party, were to call_ upon the Mayor, and ask him to streugtuen, and-offer to agsist bim'tn, his pians for retronshment and reform. RINCIPALLY A SOCIAL AFFAIR, Mr. F. H. Cossit, of No, 39 Pine etrect, had been in- formed of the proposed meeting. fe had not given the subject much consideration, as he had considered ivto be more of a soctaland pleasant interview be- tween the Mayor and otber officials and the genticmen whose names were appended to the call than any- thing else. ‘There might have been a formal meeting of the gentlemen mentioned for the purpose ot fixing on definite plans to be proposed at the conterence, | but if such bad been the case he was ignorant of it. He favored the idea of some change being made in city wffairs. He had bis views on the present state of New York’s management, but to give them would take too long PRELIMINARY PRIVATE PREPARATION, The gentlemen who are to confer with the Mayor held a meeting last evening to decide opon somo seitied plan te be pursued when they assemble at the City Hall. The meeting was private, and the members of the committee were careful to keep the delibera- tions a secret, NEW YORK'S GOVERNMENT. RADICAL CHANGES PROPOSED TO AVOID THE VEXATION AND UNCERTAINTY OF TRUSTING TO PARTISAN LEGISLATURES, New Yorr, Jan, 22, 1877, To tae Epiror or THe Henaip:— Now that it has become painfully evident that the so-callea “check und balance’ form of our city gov- ernment, coupled with the supervisory power of the Legislature, has resulted in chaos, wherein no depart. ment knows the limits of its own power or that of its neighbor, and neither can be compelled by any means Jess than an appeal to Albany to discharge its duties, it ts not strange that many minds should be stirred to find some remedy for existing evils in new devices for city government, THR FURR ACADEMY. “Whatdo you think as to the expenditures for the | New York College?” { think well evough of tbe college, but 1 will say | this mach about it: jargest number who are eau. uted 10 this mstiturion comp: we sons of those who could weil afford to pay tor their edu other colleges. The poorer cannot | Keep their sons at colleges, aps are put vo work at an | | carly age. It appears to me that the law should be so | ‘nded as to charge @ reasonable compensation to | those who cau afford to pay. t Apart to enable the poor vo; fo pursumg their etudies jong enoug Mo graduate, There is bo reason why the well todo | People should be educated at the public expense. This question sbuuld be mot at once.” f These were the ouly pots upon which Comptre Keily treated as 10 the present management of ¢ geverninent, jer ity | OTHER SENTIMENTS. Aldermen Lewis and Tuomey expressed views as to the great necessity for immediate retrenchment avd retorm, The liter gentieman was particularly em- wae in denouneing she sularies paid in the Depart« bof Public Works. 4 i? MP TRON GREEN, It will be recoliected that tbe late Comptrolier, Mr, HL. Green, submitted a lengthy document to Phe iast Legislature, showing @ way by which the ex. the city can be rede nnually som: 000, pointed out what salaries might | ‘reduced hat departments should ve aboiisticd, woeated the principle of only ove commissioner defeated through an alliance of corrupt politi tm the Logistature of 1876. When catied upon yy in relation to Lis views he declined to say ing at present. He evidently compidered that his ive document spoke for isell. i TO KKBUCK DERT AND PRACTISH KCONOMY. Witham Byoth, whose name Appears on the ‘ae cbairman, and yho naturally would be supposed ful il knowledge of the meaning and intention cy meeting to-morrow, was called upon by a uo reporter, at No. 100 Wail street, yesterd: . He said that the propoved Copel rly appro The movement was orig Hi aurioer ot weatiemen order (0 meet the ‘and otber officials and confer with them on sub- | tive power, My belief is that we bave tested every imaginabl2 form oi involved, intricate and divided government until there can exist no doubt but that reform and good government are not to be found in that direction, | and that it is quile time to try once more simplicity of | orgamzation coupled with unity of authority and unity ol esponsibility, in this beliof I suggest :— First—The eiection of a Mayor, who shall hold office for jour years, and in Wiom shali be vested all execa- Let bin appotnt, with the approvai of the i officers and empioyés of the vepting, of course, the legisl Boara of Alderme city government, ond=-TNe siou of & Board of Aldermen for each ward, to hold office Jor two yours without | compensation, but no eltizen tof be eligible for tue | office of Alderman whose annual tax bills paid in this city during the five years preceding his election have ect $1,000, i--The election of a Board of Assistant Alder- men, to hoid office for one year, and to receive mouer- ate cowpeusation for Lueir services. ¥ have practicaily the same depart- how have—that is, Finance, Police, Public y—-and give the power of the appointment und removal of their beads to the Mayor, with the ap- proval of the Bourd of Aldermen, Fijthe—That the heads of ihe departments shall con- stilute the Cabinet of the Mayor, and be compelled to meet hin as Jeast once every Week 1m council Sudi—That the Mayor and all heads of the depart- | ments shall have seats upon the floors of both branches of the Common Council, and that 11 be their duty Lo attend the sessions Whenever and as often as, in their own judgment, the public interest shall require, and Whenever they shall be requested so to do by either Board, Seventh— bat the Mayor, with tLe approval of the Board of Aldermen, appoint an aseistaut to the head of exch department, (0 serve during good behavior and to be removable only by iinpeach ment, 7 hiyhth——Vbat the Mayor, with the approval of the Board of Aldermen, appoint all minor offiewls and clerks, with a tenure of ollice similar to the employés of the presoat Police aud Fire deportments, Ninth—That, it possible, instead of @ 1 charter for the city of New York, the Legislature shall enact a gone t applicabie to ail the cities of the SI bi Jog & population exceeding 100,000; thus preventing, or at least diminishing, the probability of basty, incon- to the it was never intended kJ pe ond 4 the ‘sudjects to be discuseed init be made public, but the press, with ile Araus #idorate and unwise changes in the elty government, to | which we have been hitherto exposed, and from whiah NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, We are wat- | sistance of all city officials who hold any influ. | many ofthe evils and all the cepfuston of authority upder which we are pow laboring are distirctly trace- Finally, that the State and municipal governments | be completely divorced, anu that no coutrol over or in- terference with the lutter by the tormer be permitted except through general legislation which shall affect equally all the larger cities in the State, CIVITAS. PRACTICAL REFORM. ‘ New York, Jan. 22, 1877. To tax Epiron ov Tax Henan: In yesterday's issue you made the complimentary remark of Mayor Ely that it was an agreeable surprise to find a man Mayor of New York who dared to ex- press the opinion that the city government could be run by a single head in the various departments, and with one-half of the present number of officials, I en- Urely agree with you, but at the same time desire to ask you, What do you think of a Mayor whd expresses this opinion, yet, when it comes to putting it into Practical effect, uses his power against it? Ihave a Tight to ask this question, for you did more toward making Smith Ely Mayor of New York than apy other single power that I know of, not excepting even many Hall herself, Tammany’s power would never have elected him; the political graves of Freder:ck L, Smyth, Peter B, Olney and severai others prove that, But it wus the indor: ut of the Hemaup, aided oy the good opinion of some of the other papers, that elected him, by controlling in his favor the indepen- devt vote, which still looks with suspicion upon anything coming ‘rom Tammany Hall, At any rate, I kuow it was your good opinion of him that caused me to vote for him, and 1 believe lam a pretty fair sample of the independent voter. I therefore repeat that | believe 1 have tue right io ask you whut do you think of a Mayor whose advocacy ot | economy and reform is only on his lips? But before You express 4p opinion you no doubt desire the facts which prompt the question, so here they are. The | Marine Court of this city has long been a sort of politi- | cal hospital, where in years gone by Apoilo Hall, but now Tammany Hail, could keep alive at the public expense a small army of ward politicians. About this time a year ago it was proved by one of its clerks that it had long been a corrupt nest, where trom $20,000 to $30,000 a year waa stolen in the shape of fees which belong to the city, Through the negligence or ignorance of its judges its calendar is clogged with some $,000 causes, one-half of which, according to | Justice Goepp, of the same Court, have no hopes of ever being reached. Yet this corrupt and ineflicient Court cosis the city about $150,000 annually, tis proposed to remedy ull this in this Legislature by abolishing this Court and establishing in its stead a “City Court of New York,” which wiil cost $75,000 Jess than the Marine Court, will be far more efficient because of the reforms it introduces, and will be so bedged round as to make stealing 10 the Clerk’s offic or ineficiency on its bench an impossibility. This cee- | tainly is embodying in & practical form all the good things in radical reform that you say of Mayor Ely; yet when he was approached, as the heat of tho city government, to give his endorsement to this returm he | hesitated, and, like the woman who hesitates, was los! Ho declined to give his aid to the reiorm. Notwith- standing this, as I feel the bill will commend itself to the good judgment of the Legislature and will becomo a law, his opposition neea not trouble those who sin- cerely desire tocut down expenzes. But | mention it | that you and your large congregation of ders niay not run off with the idea that Mayor Ely is such a rad- teal reformer until you have sotmcthing further than his word for it. Yours traly, AN INDEPENDENT. SCHOOL TEACHERS’ SALARIES. ARRANGING FOR A DISCUSSION WITH THE BOARD OF APPORTIONMENT. Mayor Ely yesterday received acommunication from the President of the Board of Education asking him to appoint a day on which he and the other members ot the Board of Apportionment can meet the School Com. missioners for the purpose of discussing the question | of school teachers’ salarios, The appropriation for the payment of salaries in 1877 has been reduced $80,000, and consequently the teachers are now working at salaries which cannot be paid out of the sum provided for that purpose, The Secretary of the Board stated yesterday tbat the Board of Education had decided to Make no reduction until after the meeting with the Mayorand Uompiroller. They desireyit possivle, to preserve the salaries as they aro, BROOKLYN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, THE DEADLOCK CONTINUED--FAILURE TO ELECT A PRESIDE: ‘Long betore the hour of meeting tho corridor lead- ing to the Common Council Chamber was crowded by politicians of both parties who aro interested in tie organization of the Board. it was hoped, and was so reported, that the deadlock, which has, been main- tained since the first Monday of the month, would be broken, and that a permanent president would be elected. The expectatious of the office seekers were, however, doomed to disappointment. A large aimount of miscellaneous business was transacted before the voting for Presideut was reached, A resolutivn was adopted authorizing the expeuditure of $60,000 fur the construction of storm sewers, under the direc- tion of the Board of City Works. Ou motion of the Alderman of the Twenty-tifth ward, balloting for president was begun, and seven ballots were taken without effccting rosult, Alderman Ray (republican) received 11 votes aud Alderman Black (democrat) 11. Alderman Donovan (independent democrat), of the Twelfth ward, who has held out since the first m ing of the Board, retusing to vote for the nomi- nee of his party caucus, voted for himself, tor Gunder, Murtha and ' others, but would’ not break the deadlock, Mayor Schroeder sent in a communication nominating James 5S. 7. Stranaban as President of the Board of Park Commissioners and A. B, Bayless and Wiliam Marenall as Commissioners. The nominations were laid on the table for one week. Tho Corporation Counsel was directed to draft a law for the action of the State’ Legisiaturo reducing the sala- ries of city officers. he Common Council aljourned to moet on Monday next, POST OFFICE AFFAIRS. At the Money Order Dopartmeat of the Post Office yesterday $70,992 48 were recoived from postmasters ag surplus money ordcr funds; 2,608 muney orders were paid, representing $21,231 27, and postmasters’ drafts on letter of cred’t account to the amonat of $80,270 were paid. The weekly statements of money order business transacted at the eleven stations in this city were received and exammed prior to their trans- mission to the Auditor at Washington. The total re- ceipts and disbursements at these stations tor the week past aggregated $24,889 92. Uwing to the snow storm the matis over nearly all the railroads arrived yesterday from half an hour to | three hours Jate. Over the Erie Railway the mails | due at eight A, M. had net arrived at a late hour Jast number of letters were sent to Furope by the steamers leaving hero on Sunday, Tho Britannic carried 35,225, tho Neckar 24,434 and tho California 1,351—all contained in 229 bags—besides 111 bags of nowspapers, In the mail of the Britannic were 173 bags of letters from Australia, which came via San Francisco, i A LOVE SICK TEACHER | A YOUNG MAN SHOOTS HIMSELF AT THE FEET OF HIS LADY LOVE, William & Ryder, aged about twenty-five, a teacher in a select school at Sing Sing, attempied to commit suicide in that village on Sunday evening under some- what unusual circumstances. It appears that until recently a young woman, namod Mary EK. Anderson, held a position as teacher in the public school at Sing Sing, ond during her residence there Ryder made her acquaintance, which, it seems, on his part, at least, soon ripened into a more tender feeling, Miss Anderson, whois now living with @ relative at Harlem, visited Sing Sing on Sunda; spending the day with the family of a merciant de business atthat place. During the afiernoon Ryder called upon Miss Anderson, d ulter a few minutes of pleasant conversation both went out fora waik. When Uhey returned and had tea the young couple repaired | to tho phrlor, where thore was ampie opportunity to | onjoy a tée-a-téle alone. They bad been there but a short ume, however, when the report of a pistol shot | startled the family, and on some of the latter quickly entering the room they were shocked at see. ing Ryder lying on the carpet bleeding protuscly and a pisiol by his side, A physician was at once summoned when it was found that the bullet had cniered the lelt breast immediately above the beart, and after passing nearly throngh thé body had lodged in the back, The bali was extracted and Ryder was conveyed to the residence of his mother. jie retuses to muké any @ planation of the affair, simply asserting that the | oung lady bad nothing to do with the shooting, it is believed by the friends of both that Ryder had asked Miss Anderson for a positive. ace coptance of rejection of his suit, and that #he declin- ing to commit herself im regard to either horn of the dilemma he, in a moment of ungovernable pussio d to kill bimeell, son called upon him yesteraay morning before going to her home in Harlem, The would-be suicide ts likely to recover. sags ! FELONIOUS ASSAULT. Thomas Kelley, of No, 42 Chrystio street, was yes terday committed by Judge Kilbretn, at the Tombs Cour}, in default of $500 baii on the charge of felonious assault, The complainant, Charles Hoohstadler, of No, 79 of the samo strest, alleges that the prisoner fired a pistol at him on the night of the 16th iust, the bail ou- tering bis left breast, The wound is 90t dangerous, CONTINENTAL LIFE INSURANCE, Yesterday morning Juage Pratt, of the Supreme Court, Kings county, before whom argament was made last week by counsel for Stephen English, # policy holder in the Continontal Life Insurance Gom- any, for the appointment of At Ryder’s request Miss Ander. | luxury of a bishop. | such @ mutinous manner at JANUARY 23, 1877.-WITH SUPPLEMENT. SINAL Dr. Hepworth gave a very interesting lecture yester- day evening, illustrated with stereopticon views, atthe Church of the Disciples, on ‘Mount Sinai and lis Environs.” Starting trom New York, he took bis audience across the Atlantic to Alexandria, He vis- | ited the principal places of interest in the city and | broaght them to the celebrated Saracen mosque. He | remarked that, great as it wa: it ver had any debs resting upon it-—the Saracens would not) permit such a thing—and thus it contrasted favorably with the Church of the Discipics. From Alexandria he proceeded to Cairo. Alter traversing the desert, for some time partiaily following the route of the Israelites, be halted for a while near Mount Horeb, at the place wherv, us he said, Moses bad some mysterious conversation with Jethro’s ter which led to very disastrous consequences, ‘Yhe terminus of the Doctor's journey was Mount Sinai, to tue description of which he devoted a large part of bis lecture, Here lived, during the Middle Ages, several hundreds of thousands of auchorites who devoted themselves to a live of seclusion, prayer and abstinence, For their subsistence they depended upon the Convent of St. Catherine, which is situated near the top of the mountain, This convent was built about the sixth century. [t was a perfect fortress at the ection. Massive wa tected it, and les tlauked by powertul bastions which have effectually resisted the tooth of time, The northeast bastion ts built upon the spot where Moses saw the fiery bush. Formerly it contained more than 600 monks; at present but forty remain in its closters, A bishop used also to reside therein former centuries, but fora long time they have had pone, As the con- vent grew poor the good peuple dispensed with the It contains at present a» Greek Catholic charch, the Charch of the Tranetiguration, built about the Sixth century, and of marvellous beauty inside, and a Mosiom mosque, On she top of Mount Sinai isa Christian chupel, which during the Middio Ages was a great point for pious pilgrims to journey to, and where they confessed and obtained absolution for their sins. THE LANGUAG OF THE BIBLE, | At the Fourth avenue Presbyterian church last even- ing Professor C. A. Briggs delivered a lecture on **The Languages of the Bible,” one of the course of the New York Sunday School Assoctation, before an audience that filled the edifice even to the extreme end of the galleries, His longthy yet exceedingly interesting Jecture involved a care: ul consideration of the Hebrew, Aramaic and Greck Janguages, which he claimed bad been sctecied by God for His declarations to man, be- cause they were the most suitable at their time and for the future in which to express the Divine will, THE POLISH ANNIVERSARY. Under the auspices of a committee of Polish refu- gees, the celebration of the fourtconth anniversary ot the last Polish revolution came off at the ball, No, 71 Washington square, last might, which wag tastefully decorated for the occasion with evergreens aud a dis- play of the American and Polish fla The as- kemblage comprised a largo proportion _ of ladies, A Polisn rifle company, unaer the command of Captain Nowoski, made their appearance to participate 1m the exercises. Dr. Zoiwowski, who presided, deltvered a brief opening address, reviewing the cause and origin of the repeated revolutionary straggles of the Foiish nation to rogain its independ- ence, The speaker predicted that sooner or Jatera ; War will break out between Prussia aud Russia and that then there wiil be another and betier opportunity for Poland, Brief addresses were also delivered by Messrs. D’Altonce, Markowicz, Tunderland, Romer and Pedrzejewski. GALLANT “E” COMPANY. The annual reception and ball of E company, Twenty-second regiment, hela at the Lexington Avenue Opera House last evening proved a most brilliant affair, The hall of the Opera House was tastefully decorated with banners and flowers, and filled ag it was at a very eurly hour with brilliantly dressed ladies und» gayly unitormed soldiers, it presented a xceve of a vory lively and ‘pleasing char- acter, Among the guests were S J. Tilden, Gencral Snaler aad staf, General Ward and atatf, Colonel Porter, Twenty-second regiment; Colonel R. Dale Bensen, first Pennsyivania. and Colonels Ward and Vose, The Twenty-second Regiment Band, under the leadership of P. 3. Gilmore, an bonorary member of E company, supplied the musical part of the enter- tainment, discussing the choicest gems of Straui Wegand and Weingarten, Dancing commenced about halt-past ten aud lasted ynto the morning. WALL STREETS SALVATION. ‘The prayer meeting for the conversion of the ‘bulls and bears’’ of Wall street was beld yesterday afternoon at No, 156 Broadway, in the rooms of the Board of Un- derwriters, There wasa gathering of {rom forty to fry persons, presided over by the Rev. Dr. Hunting- tou, Remarks were made by a number present, each confident that success would attend the efforts of the gentiemen who desired that Wall street bulls and beara should nut give up their whole lives to the wor- ship of the goldev calf. The meeting closed with prayer by Peter Dwyer. Another meeting will be held to-day at the same place, when William Peck Smith, of the Stock Exchange, will preside, A FIGHT ON SHIPBOARD. On Sunday morning a number of sailors on tho steamer Montane, who had been carousing during Sat- urday night, returned to their vessel. They were all grossly intoxicated. About one o’clock in the alter- noon a desperate fight sprang up in the forecastie. John MeSalley was kicked and beateo until he became insensible. A fireman named John Quinn received similar treatment, Daring the progress of the affray John Kelly w: ut across the face. The officers of the vessel were unable to quell the distarbance and when Ollicers Yao Buskirk and Gannon of the Steamboat squad boarded the Montaua, they could obtain no as- sistance {rom them. The officers on entering the fore- custlo 1ound MeSalley and Quinn lying senseless on the floor. They sent for assistance and had them conveyed totce Kighth precinct station house, where their wounds were dressed. McSaliey’s head was swollen beyond recognition and cut ina hundred piaces trom the kicks of his brutal assailants, Quinn’s fi was also badly battered and one of his eyes was almost knocked out, When Sergeant Gustin arrived at the vVossel he cnused the arrest of John Kelly, Christopher Smith, Patrick Brady and William Curran. Kelly claimed that Quinn bad stabbed him, When the partics were brought vefore Justice Otterbourgh at the Washington Pluoo Court yesterday, the chief officer of the Montana, who was ‘present, endeavored, by counsel, to have the party discharged. The Judgo would not consent, MeSalley described the manner in which he had been knocked dowu and kicked. He identified Kelly, a ee Brady and Curran as the men who beat him. response to questions from the Judge MecSaliey said that Quinn endeavored to save him trom being killed, and wus himself beaten. The paint =omude by Kelly against Quinn was dismissed, and Mosalley and Quinn were sent to the House of Detention to ap- pear as witnesses against Kelly, Smith, Brady and Curran, who were held for trial in detault of $300 bail ench, All the prisouers are of the worst class of Liv- erpool sailors, and on & previous veyago behaved in to compel the captain of the Montana to put back to Liverpool for assistance, At that time a number of the seamen were committed by the English magistrates, MoSalley, the man so badly injured, is @ cousin of Court Officer Peter MeSalley, who yesterday procured him medical as- sistance, : PROBABLE MURDER. Ou Saturday evening last OMcer Minnocks, of the Long Island City police, while patrolling his beat along Jackson avenue, Hunter's Point, near the old “Farm House,” saw a respectably dressed man lying inseasible and thoroughly drenched with rain. He conveyed the man to the police stauon and a surgeon was summoned. The man recovered consciousness, and gave his name and address us William P, Furbish, of West Fifty-tbird street, New York. He said that while returoing to nis home froma visit he was uc- costed on the avenue by two men, and without a mo- men’s warning was knocked insensiblo, brutally beaten and robbed of his watch and in and $13 in An examination disclosed the fact that the kuil was fractured, nis left jaw broken and on | the back of his head two ugly gashes were inflicted, THE MASSON HOMICIDE. Beiore Judges Depue and Ricord in Newark, y day, George Steckert was put on trial for the murder of Jacob Masson in a saloon on the 4th of last November, Prosegator G. N, Abeel appeared for the State and Counsellor Samuel Kalish tor the accused, The pris. oncr pleaded not guilty. Prosecutor Abeel opened i case, reciting the facts which Le proposed to prove, Mr. Abeel said that the attuck was unprovoxed, und that tt the facts were established as he bad stated them he would usk for @ verdict of murdor in the first de- far The wife of the deceased testified that sho saw her husband in the saloon alter he had been stabbed ad identitied the clothes that her husband wore at the Coroner J. D, Osborne and Dr, Biyie testified as ‘ounty Physician Wi Goorge Hart Iso exomined, after which the BOY BURGLARS, Timothy Maloney, the seven-year-old burglar, was yesterday made transiently bappy by seeing bis Juve- nile accomplices in crime come to gricf. The names of the said accomplices are James Smith and Jobo Garvey, aged respectively ten and eleven years, Thoy were bgought before Justice Kilbreth, at the Tombs Polico Court yesterday, charged by B. F. Adams, ti Fulton street confoctioner, with having, in company FROM MURRAY HILL TO mount | with Maloney, broken the window of his store and stole i quantity of candy, The evidence was itliam Allen Butler, who will amination of the receiver's accounts and report thereon L to the Court, 4 clear and positiy for considerable crying tl 8 confessed their gull, They were commitied in ult of $800 bail TROTTING TO SLEIGHS. A ‘rotting contest to sleigns came off yesterday aiternoon on Sixth avenue, above Central Park, tor © purse of $50, given by Daniel Shay, proprietor of the St. Nicholas Hotel, the distance being about a mile; beats, best three in five, the entrance being free, and the purse to be divided up into three parts—$30 to the | first, $15 to the second and $5 to the third. There were eight starters in the race, There was @ very jJarge mber of apectators on the avenue, and con- siderable betting was indulged in. Jobn Murphv’s bay gelding Bay Dick had the call inthe betting, even | Yr. motey against the fleld being laid on him. Five heats were closely contested before a decision was arrived at. Thomas Walker’s brown mare Grocery Girl won the Grst neat, Bay Dick the second and third, Jobn Quinn’s vay gelding Keystone the fourth, and Bay Dick the filth and the race, The sleighing was most excellent, ‘The following 18 a SUMMARY. TROTTING TO SLRiaus ON SixtTH AVENUB, MONDAY, January 22—Purse $60; $30 to the first, $15 to the second and $5 to the third horse; entrance free; mile heats, best three in ive. John Murphy's b, John Quinn’s b. 3 P, Languine’s bik. g. James Roberts’ b. g. Jim W. La g 8. George A. Butley’s s,m, Sarah, Joho Haslett}s b. g. Jim Moffat Time not tak NEW YORK YACHT CLUB. emma Woaamiscm PROBABLE OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1877. The New York Yacht Club, as already noticed in the Henao, will hold its first general mecting of the year ou Thursday, February 1, The occasion, always im- portant, will prove particularly so the coming reunion, as, besides the election of officers, there will be much business of an important nature brought before the members, The belief now exists that there will be no opposition to the election of S, Nicholson Kane, of the schooner Restless, to the posiion of commodore, A more judicious selection could not be made, and it must prove very beneficial to the club, For the office of vice commodere, held last year by Mr. Kane, the names of William Astor, schooner Atalanta, and James Stiliman, schooner Wanderer, are spoken of, and one of them will undoubtedly consent to serve. Either would make capital flag officers. For rear commodore the name of James Alexandre, sloop Vision, is prominently before the club, and if this gen- Memun will accept the nomination there is no doubt of his election, The name of another enthusiastic yachts- man hus been mentioned in connection with the rear commodore’s chair, and he would be au admirable se- tection, but it 18 understood that ne declines the honor in fuvor of Mr, Alexandre, who 18 an older member and has not yet filled the position, For secretary Charles A. Minton will be re-elected, and the club could not Secure a more faithful officer. ‘he old treasurer, Sheppard Homans, will also hold over, will the mea-urer, A, Cary Smith. A vacancy exists in the otfice of fleet surgeon, by the death of Dr. Wood- rufl, which ia likely’ to be filled by the election of Dr. Dawson, The Regatta Committee is un- decided. ‘Thore are but few members of the club who are competent to discharge the duties which the po- sition imposes that care to allow their names to be used, 1 18 # labor of tove at most, and frequently the. regattas and races require an absence trom busi- ness which involves serious loss, Tnere have been excellent regatta commitvecs in the past, and if the club can persuade certain gentlemen to serve it will be a great relief to yacht owners and eminently satis- factory to everybody interested in yachting. Among the questions that will be submitted to the members at the approaching moeting is that of club houses. The lease of the rooms, Madison avenno and Twenty seventh street, expires the lst of May next, and the club must decide upon its renewal. ‘This will prove all the more important, as a late decision of the Court of Appeals in lavor of the Harbor Commission- Gre makes it incumbent upon tbe club to remove the summer quarters at Staploton, 8. L THE STATEN ISLAND WAR AGAIN. Under tig recent decisions of theSuprame Court and the Court of Appeals it is understood that the Pilot Commissioners will remove the pier of the Staten Island Ferry Company and the club house at Staple- tou. An attempt to remove the obstructions was made by the Commissioners about one year ago, at which time the men sent to effect the removal were driven off. The penalty for the interference te said to be $25 per day, muking the penalty up to the decision nearly $17,000, YACHTING NOTES. The schooner Wanderer, Mr. Jamos Stillman, |a be- ing flited up for a winter cruise. she will be put in commission in a few days, and during the first week in February willleave this port for Havana, New Or- Jeans and places in Texas and Mexico. Cuptain ‘‘Dan’’ will be in command, and Captain Belmont, lately of the Ermenguarde, will fill the position of navigator. The vessel will be absent about three months, Mr. Damel Edgar, former owmer of the fast sloop yacht Arrow, is about to build # cruising schooner. The schooner Vesta, Mr. 3. M. Mills, is at City Island, yard of David Carll, being Jengthened Nfteen feet aft, and raised eighteen inches, giving her a flush deck, AMATEUR WALKISTS. Since the first of the series of athletic games was held at the Metropolitan Riding Academy there has Deon a constant desire on the part of the amateur podestrians and their numerous admirers to soc some of tho flect-footed champions ina long distance walk, there never having been an amateur walking compe- tition 1m this country which tested the endurance as well as the speed of our well trained amateur athletes, though some wonderful things have been reported of private trials. .The waik tn question will be twenty-five miles, to take place at the Mecropolitan Riding Academy on Saturday even!ng, January 27, entries to close on Tuesday next, the entries so tar are the n ot eight of our best pedestrian notabili ti who are in close training, taking their regular practice walks each evening, {rom six to cight, on the splendid track upon which this interesting event will be ae- cided. The Metropolitan Riding Academy is the largest athletic ground under cover in the world, and, as everything in connection therewith corresponds wish the size and comfort of the place, our athletes are not deprived of thoir exercise and practics, and, in consequence, it may be expected that some very re- markabie time will be made. A number of foot ball in to be played here next d CHRISTIAN WORK. The twenty-fourth anniversary of the Young Men’s Christian Association was celebrated at Association Hall last evening. The hall was crowded, and on the plattorm were eter Cooper, General Johnson, Fred- erick Marquand, Dr. John Hall, Rev. Dr. Rodgers, Satem H. Wales, Judge Van Vorst, and J. V. Johnson, of Tuscaloosa, Fla, Inthe absence of the President, William E, Dodge, Mr. KE, B, Mouroe occupied the chair, The opening exercises began by singing, tollowed by reading from the Scriptures by Rev. Vr. Deems, and prayez, in which attention was drawn to the sick. ness of Mr. Dodge and the hope of hie speedy recovery, by Rev. Dr. Rodgers Ihe treasurer, ‘Mr. Jacob yckoff, was absent, and the reading of the treas- "rer’s report fell to Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., who said that the receipts for the y were $26,531 64, disbursemonts $26,345 32, leaving a balance of $186 32, Sit. JOHN'S GUILD. The following contributions were received yesterday from members of the Stock Exchange and others:-- Charles F, Woerishoffer, $260; Rutten & Bonn, $50; Taake & Lichtenstein, $50; EB. L. Frank, $25; BL. Oppenheim, $25; Samael Deay, $10; Ribve Gute. mann, $5; C, Schiereaberg, $25; Thomas K. Gibbs, 60; Ht, #. Hatch, 325; W. i, iesher, $5; H. W. C., 2;'W. FA. $1; J. 3.) $1; N. J. Le, $1; MW. B 8; Miss Neille C., $750, George B. 'Gginnell, Speyer & Co., $50; Heidelbach, Ickelheimer & Vo. Leo Lehman, $25; Leopold Cabn, $26; M, Hi Netter & Co., $50; A. 8S. P. Serer, $25; M. K. , $2; Theo, Fiedemann, $10; W. 3. Kino, $6; Brow, B18; 8. P Hy $55 J BR., $6; By ‘otal, 002 ys that the above will fara h to-day’s supply, but more will be required for the succeeding days if the work is to be continued, MURDEROUS ASSAULT, Yesterday afternoon as William Brown, a young man employed as « driver for ex-Freehoider Willham J. Winges, was driving through Garden street, Hobo- ken, two m out Brown ray y ireely ana struck one of she men, Thomas jb, Aged eighteen, resid- ing at No, 111 Meadow street, across the Jace Welsh picked up a obrickbat, and, throwing it, struck Brown on the head i above the right ear. Ho fell andthe two men fled. Some passersby conveyed Brown io his nome, and Dr, Congdon was cated. It was found that the victim’s skull was frac tured and tis brain protruded. He cannot live. Welsh was arrested evening in the York Times office by Officer Kelly, wi is employed as a type setter. 3 admité the act, but says he did not intend to hurt rown, NEWS FOR THE LAWYERS. Tt has been decided by the agents of the Eng! Gorm teamsbip lines doing business in this ae On the 26th inst. the estate of John Cov will be sold at public. auction, The property on Atlantic avenue, between Classon and Fift lyn, and is 50x700 feet. It was recently in betweon the Cowephoven heirs and the city o., lyn. The titie goes back to 1705, and one of th tions involved was as to the legality of a deed g an under Sheriff of King: unty about 1857 o. The suit was decided against the city in the Co Appeals. It is stated im the advertisement that Beigian pavement, curb, {port and flag stones, la nd gas mains will be sold as a separate parce Higginbotham, cownsel for the estates, suid ys terday that be thought the sale would not take place as the city was negotiating for the parchase of the property. The litigation has thus tar cost tho city ‘about $10,000, BROOKLYN’S.. LAXES, For the week ending Saturday, January 20, 1877, the report of Register Whitney shows the following amounts of arrears of taxes to bave been collected in Brookiyn:—Leases, $250; taxes, $39,691 71; water rates, $1,901 35; assessments, $13,616 95; redemp- tions, $2,219 68. ‘Total, $66,522 19, MARRIAGES. AND . DEATHS, ENGAGED. Hains—Garzs.—On Sunday, January 22, Mr. Barw manp Hove to Miss Isapeuua Gates. MARRIED. Braxe—Jonysoy.--January 20, at the residence of the bride’s parents, 19 Lafayette’ place, by Rev. David Gregg, Jaaxs Stswart Buaks, of Hull, England, and Kats Euaycxr Jouxsoy, only daughter of William ‘and Helen M. Johnson, of Now York city. BLENKER—MonTx Rossi —At Leon Springs, near 3: Antonio, ‘Texas, on Saturday, January 13, 1877, AntuuR Buxxker, of New York, to Mrs. M Mose Roast, of Philadeiphia. LokvvLeR—Harrman.—On Sunday, Janat Laps HErr- the residence of the bride’s parents, by the Ket D. Einhorn, Samue. LosvrLen to Miss Jmxny MAR, both of this city. Macumpxr—Drx.—At Newark, N. J., on Tuesday evening, January 16, J877, by the Rev, H. Goodwin, Van Dox Macvaarr, of Wilmington, N. C., to Mise Saprm T. Dyx, of Philadelphia, Pa No cards, DIED. BiescH.—On Monday, January 22, 1877, Buwa, daughter of John and Caristina Blescb, in the 19th year of her age. Relatives and tmends are respectiully iavited to at- tend her funoral, on Wedpesd: half-pagt eight o'clock, from the residence of her parents, No. 184 Prince st. Remains will then be taken to St. Alphonsus church, South 6th av., nearCanalst., where a solemn requiem mass will be sad, (UniLpa.—Suddenly, on Sunday, January 21, Hagaint Braby, widow of the late George W. Childs, in the 69th year of her ag Relatives and friends are respeotfully invited to ate tend her tuneral, trom the residence of her piece, Mra, ewis W. Maires, No, 57 eee, St, on Wednene , 24th inst., at one o'clock P. M. ConneLL.—On Monday, January 22, 1877, WitLiam J, ConNwLL, in the 28th year ot his age. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to at. tend the tuneral, trom his late residence, 351 West 2512 st,, on Wednesday, at one o’clock P. M. Dove. —On Sunday, January 21, Tuomas J. Dorus, in the 82d year of his age. Friends of the family are respectfully invited to ate tend the funeral services, on Tuesday, January 23, at two P. M., at bis late residence, No. 192 South 4th st, Brooklyn, BE. D. GUGGENHEIMNER—On Monday morning, January 22, 1877, CHARLES GuGoRNuEIMER, beloved gon of Scligm Guggenheimer, in the 21st year of his ‘age, from ty- phoid fever. The funeral will take place Tucsday, January 23, at half past ten A. M., from the residence of his fatuer, | No. 1,526 2d av. fully invited, Harrx.—Brooklyn, January 22, 1877,—This morn. ing died my beloved wifo Marre (born Wetjeu Tbe funeral will take place from 365 Quincy st., noar Tompkins av., on Wednesday at two o'clock P. M., where all friends and relations are friendly invited. JOHN HAPPE AND CHILDREN. Horxins.—In Brooklyn, on the 2st inst, of dip! theria, Wiuiam Henny MAXWELL, youngest son of G . and V. E. Hopkins, aged 3 years and 4 months. Funeral services at residence, 616 Latayette av., neal Nostrand, on Tuesday, at twelve o'clock, noon, INGRAHAM,—On Saturday, January 20, 1877, Jauns son of Daniel'P. Ingraham, Jr., and Annie K Ingr: in the 13th year of his age. Friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of his parents, No. 30 Wess 130th s¢., on Tuesday morning, January 23, at half-pass ten o’clock, Jgexs.—In Brooklyn, on Saturday, January 20, Sanam F., wife of William H. Jeens, and daughter of the lave Charles Mason, aged 32 years and 11 days, Relatives and triends are invited to attend the fa- neral, from the residence of her mother, “14 Wilsow street, on Tuesday, 23d inst., at two o'clock, Kiuiitwa.—On Satarday ning, January 20, Ann, the belovea wile of Captain Thomas Killilea, in the 88th yoar of her age, Reiative: 4 friends aro most respectfully invited to attend the funeral, irom her late residence, 364 ‘West 46th st., on Tuesday, January 23, at ten A M.{ thence tothe Church of the Holy Cross, 42a st, be tween Sth and 9th ave, where a solown requiem mass will be offered forthe repose of her soul, and thence to Calvary Cemetery. i ‘San Francisco Atlas please copy. Layaer.—On Saturday, January 20, Carsanum A. Layee, aged 67 years. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the foneral, from her late residence, Beach st, Staten Island, on this Tuesaay, at two o'clock. Lowgrux.—At Flushing, L. L, on Saturday evenin; atter a brief illness, Cako.ing M., wife of William Loweree. ‘The funeral services take place on Tuesday, the 23¢ ingt., at haif-past one o’clock, from the residence of her sister, corner of Sandford and Pursons av, Flush, ing tram leaves Hunter's Point at 12:32 for Main at Carriages will be at depot, Lyoxs,—On Monday, January 22, 1877, Coarues V, Lyons, aged 42 aed His friends, also the members of the Knickerbock, ers, also exempt members of the eid Fire Department, are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, trom his late residence, 117 Canal st., at one o’clock P. M on Wednesday, January 24. The remains will be in terred in Greenwood Ceinetery. Lyrncu,—Suddenly, on January 20, Wu. H. Lrncm, aged 24 years, Funeral on Tuesday, 23d inst., at two P. M., from the Baptist church, corner of 14lst st, and Alexandria av., North New York. MaxTian.—At bls aig rye Sunday, January 21, Sarome Martiag, aged 60 years. Relatives and friends aroyespectfully invited to ate tend the juneral, from her late.residence, 65 Lorimer st, on Wednesday, January 24, at one o'clock P. M. Martix. —In New Orleans, on the 18th inst, Colonel fn Maxtiy, of Brookiys, formerly ot Providence, Relatives and friends are respect- Services will be held at the residence of his son-in- law, H. B. Shute, 350 Clermont av Tuesday, the 23d inst, ‘ol Providence papers please copy. MuLtuaLL.—On Monday, January 22, Jopira Mow Hatl, daughter of the late James Mullhall, of Ballane kill, Queens county, Ireland, ‘The relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, on Wednesday, January 24, af one P. M., trom her late residence, No. 266 Haleey ot, Brooklyn, N. Y. O’NxILL.—On January 22, 1877, Margaret, the be- loved daughter ot Cornelius and Catharine O'Neil, aged 3 nd 7 months, \dsof the family are respectfully invited te attond the funeral from the residence ot her parenta, 339 nue A, on Tuesday, 23d inst., at 2 o’elock.. Un Saturday, 20t aged 67 vears and 20 days. Relatives, friends and members of Howard Lod, No. 60 1. U. O. F., are invited to attend the fone) from bis lace residence, 846 3d av., on Tuesday, just, balf past twelve o'clock, Quintay—On Monday, January 22, Jomaxna Quintam, Telict of Dennis Quinian, eged $4 years. The relatives and friends of the family are respect. fully invited to attend the tuneral, trom the residence of her son, Martin Quinlan, No. 470 West 43d st, on Wednesday afternoon at half past une o'clock. SAND¥ORD.—On Monday, Januaty 22, WinLiAM Sanp- von, in the 84th year of kis age. Rolatives and friends invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, 300 East 14th #¢, on Wednesday, January 24, at hall-past® Interment in Mount Pleasant Cometery. Suxa.—On Sunday, January 21, ys sy native inst, BartHoLomsw Post of county Kerry, Ireland, in 43d year of his Fanersi. trom il, Inve eeuidgne 120 Bouse sk, Jere Bey oe Heignts, at twelv ‘o'clock, on Tu y, Jan- uary 2 RLMAN.—At her residence, No 15 Delmonico place, Brooklyn city, MaxGaret Baarry, widow of Daniel Speliman, in the 63d year of her age, a native of the county Limerick, Ireland, Funoral from her late residence, No, 15 Delmonico place, on bss January 1877, at hall-past two o'clock P. M. Relatives.and riends are invited, Califoruia and Kentucky papers please cop; Sonuivax,—On January 22, 1877, ELLEN SULLIVAY, @ native of Maliow, county Cork, Ireland, aged 28, Relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, trom Ter late residence, 402 East 24th st., on weeperee, at two o’olock P, M. Tomrxins.—At Greenburg, Westchester county, N, . a i Mpeg iets: baad nany aged 70 yoars. runert in his laie residence, Tuesday, January at eleven o'clock A. M. — bi NDwRHILE.—On Sunday, January 21, Sreruss Us. DRRAILL, Of this city, ip the 51st year of his age. Relatives and friends are invited to attond the fungral services, at his lave residence, No, 307 Eust we by on hada - pat KP ten A. M. AN DEN.—OD jonday, Januar; late residence, No. 07 Charles su. Carer ssabea kt Vas Onpey, of Hook and Ladder Company, No. 5 Tho relatives und friends of the tamily, members of Hook and Ladder Company, No, 5; members of the Fire Department of the city of New York, Livcola Union of the Ninth ward, Greenwich Clab, Colambia Yacht Giub, Warren Association, Tough Club and the members of Columbia Hook and Ladder Company, No. 14, of the ite Volunteer Fire Departinent, are re. apectfully invited to attend his iuneral, on Tharaday, it one o'clock P. M., trom’ the Union Re formed church, on 6th av., opposite West 3d st, gonsuoptions Mnsnunrrd Reni wa? GO AT i ‘A Kenan Winsor, in the 221 year of ber ae” isha ene: ssags ach bring an action against the present Bos peter gi 44d to compel them to roti ‘money epuid by ferent conmpanies ay We iees bax from the time that each camnanw asariad — Funoral servi i . a ices will be held in the Fulton Street M, Klizabeth, on Wednesday, th ry January, is7z, av two P.M, “Helattves and rlenteace a | \ 4 |