The New York Herald Newspaper, February 10, 1877, Page 6

MYTH OR MARVEL? Some of. the Oddities of Nature in Ponce de Leon’s Paradise. THE NETHER EARTH Peouliarities of Lakes Lafayette and Miccosukie. Bottomless Pools and Cavern- ous Streams. THE PINHOOK “SINKS.” A Wonderful Discovery of a Stone Idol. THE HERALD'S EXPLORATION Tur Heratp Exproninc ent Camp Prvnoox, Fla., 28, 1877. Florida has been pronounced to be by those who are versed. jn her natural lore a land of contradictions, The characteristic implied belongs not only to her geology But also to her annals and traditions, The earliest incident of the knowledge of her gained by the Europeans, the bestowal of a name derived from Pascua Florida (the sweetest festival in the Christian calendar), was far from being an accurate proguostica- tion of her after history, ‘The gentle careerofthe Almoner of peace for the world, tho humblo iniant of Bethlehem, 1s strikingly offset by the fate which came with the pale-faced strangers to her blooming shores. Tho legend which attracted them hither, a tale of a natural wonder transcending all. that had hitherto been known to the enlightened world, the youth giving fountain of Juan Ponce de Leon, was sprang from a general idea possessed by the West Indian savages of the marvellous, incongruous pecu- \arities which existed in the peninsula, It seems im- probable that they had any actual knowledge of such an object, but the strange, natural features that really exist in Florida bad so emboldened their imaginations that what was pure invention was invested with the air of probability. : Thero 1s a tradition still extant, and assiduously injected into the tourisi’s brain through the passive medium of his ear, that the lovely Silver Spring near the’ Ocklawaha River 1s the identical revivifier which the world loving Spaniard and many after him sought, But this ts about as absurd as to believe that the phtlosopher’s stone now exists or ever did. The little gram of truth in she legend arose from a general fact, not a local one, Florida is blessed with many characteristics as imexplicable as if they were supernatural; and yet the sommon senso of the age would not permit it to jump to such a conclusion, even attcr the most exhaustive researches had failed, Science—and, in fact, learn, ing—adheres in these latter times to the formala of cause and effect, and the former is never taken for granted, WONDERS OF FLORIDA, There are many wonders in Florida which bave never attained a celebrity beyond their vicinity, and progress may yet derive from them many valuablo lessons if the enterprise requisite for their investiga. tion can ever be enlistec, The portion of Fiorida usually most visited is the peninsula and the coast of the main jand. Agassiz demonstrated the coral superstructure almost tho of whole of tho former, but about the latter is far less real knowledge avd much more conjecture. It ts probable that the theory of Agassiz will apply io most of the margin of the main Isnd. In particular Neved that such is the fact with that portion of the northern shore of the Gulf of Mexico belonging to Florida, It is bordered by immense swamps and rebes, Some portions ure as impenetrable as the Everglades, and no white man is coguizant of their ipterior labyrinths. This coast country is traversed by many streams which have a peculiar characteristic, They rise abruptly {rom the earth, ran through sloughs for short distances, and then disapper, gushing forth again at some other point. They seem to bo playing a game of “hide and seek” with the sun, The theory of a cavernous substracture accords with those natural vagaries. ‘They are very frequent in the high regions of the centre of the con- tinent where the rivers retire into passages in the limestone and glide on many miles before again rising tothe surface, But Florida does not possess the de- clivities of a mountainous country which readily ex- Plain the reappearance of a streain, THE “SINKS,” Tho places at which the streams go under the sur- face are called ‘sinks.’ We are at present encampea near the edge of one, in Which the Pinhook River yoses itself, Two miles soutnward is the Lower Sink, whero it agam assumes the dignity of a stream. A “sink” is sometimes a bottomless marsh, but those which swallow up large Streams aro usually deep, shadowy pools, Such is the Upper sink Pinhooks. It is in the midst of a majestic pine torest, whose trees are noble and graceful in form and stature, Thoir sturdy ma- Jesty is almost oppressive to the pretentious vertebrate tailed homus, who plumes himself on being 6o far superior to the vegetable community. Here they are, the aristocracy, and possess, as yet, undisputed the sovereignty of tho primeval wilderness. ‘They rear their colossal forms straighter than any Spartan in battle, and their proud proportions, clothed im rich odorous robes of resinous bark, seem to swell with a fine consciousness of dignity and giory, while the wind sings to thom under its breath of the iuconcelvable in- finity, The olden pine forest is liko a congregation of giant worshippers. This is especially true of that which covers the wide plain. The Titans of the moun- tain have a quorulous tone about their sobs and moans of prayer and hissing anathema. As Lanier says, “They stand upon the corrugations of the earth’s brow. They represent pain, spasms,, paroxysms and desperation.” But the pines of the plain are “reil- gion carven into trunks and branches and cones.” They, mdced, preach, und ever are they echoing to our thoughts those pitinbie questions, tho expression of the yearning for infinity, which aro abortive assaults upon the mystery of the universe. Only the difference is that these perfected types of vegetation seem content merely to chant of that which they have no impious will to penctrate, while we wound our souls with bit- ter doupts and appalling speculations, “Theirs is the anwrinkled forehead of a tranquil globe, they, signify the mystery of that repose which comes only from tested power and seasoned strength.” Lanier nas evidently communed confidentially with the Florida Pine, for bis car has caught the same meanings that have accrued to me. Surely the ‘music of the res’? and the masie of the pines must be sym- phonious. It is the eternal truth. AN ALLIGATORS? AUNT, Upper Pinhook Sink or “Sink o’Pinhooks,”’ as it is commonly called, is encircled by a multitude: myriad, of these yogetablo heroes, these Jo kinga of tho wood, Vassive as they aro, they may bear for lesser troes the sanctity of the descendants of Wodin among the Teutons, Royalty was with them before tho historic ages—before the infant race of homus had emerged from the protophasmic chaos, ‘The “ink” is a smail basin about twenty-five yards in diamecer, Its wators havo the hue of rich brown sherry, but thoy are’ plessant to drink. The surface is as quict as tho face of aaleeping babe, The wind ix never permitted by its pensive guardians, the pines, to disturb its calm, The Pinhook glides out like a harmless serpent at one side, but ro softly as to cause po ripple. The depths aro un- fathomable, except negr the margin. Thero is sup- posed to bo a column of water whose baso rests in sub. torranean chambers, its ebb and flow goverved by the reliot which fte outlet, far away, allords from tho dowa@ard pressure. As you stand on the edge and peer into the shadowy chasm, it does not impress you very agreeably, ‘There is a suggestion of the sinister presence of all manner of slimy creatures lurking in its farthest grotto, whieh might dart out and devour you should fate causo your foot to slip and your botly to fall as you gaze. Tho truth is that this [has engaged tho proloundest consideration of intelli. |. York NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1877.-WITH SUPPLEMENT. plausibly io above the to the surface, And bis withdrawal from winter quarters into the upper world will be accompanied by the awakening of ail the moccasins, rattlesnakes and vipers now reposing torpidly in their sequestered haunts, Even now, 1 would not venture to bathe in the “sink,” for tho saurian master thereof might be prematurely out of the mud and end my ex- istenco by ot ip of bis ponderous jaws, ‘THE GAURIAN APPETITE, 1 have gald that the pines stand guard around the Pinhook sinks. 1 must add that they perform this service most disinterestedly, for they scarcely ask 10 return to havo their classic features mirrored on their gem-like suriaces, The pools kindly cast their images toward the sereno sky but they never behold them and so do not err in vanity. The edge of the Upper Sink is fringed by cypresses and myrtles, which strain them- selves in leaning over the dark waters to catch their own reflection, The palmetto stands near them, but with a woll affected nonchalance derived from a legitimate consciousness of. beauty. Our camp is supplied with wator from the “sink,” ond it also ylelds perch and trout-from its sombre bosom. But another autocrat besides man preys upon them, and they aro not plen- tiful, The alligator gives them room in his capacious stomach free of rent, Indeed, he is able to accommo- date most living things, besides pine knots and Span- ish moss, and in such speculation scems to be far more successful than the whale which attempted an alimentary experiment with Jonah of Nineveh. His digestive organ seems quite as hardy as that of the ostrich, ‘THE GENTRY OF THN SWAMP. On two sides of the sink are wnat Floridians call “thicks,”? tangled masses of vegetation, They are principally composed of cypress, buy and sweet gum trees, with the interstices filled with @ distorted shrub called “tight-eye,” thorny vines and brambles, Sho palmetto grows on their outskirts, Tbe ‘thicks’’ are frequent throughout these woods and generally be- token spots which have some mysterious connection with nether caverns. The water which collects on the low land covered by the ‘‘thicks” sinks through an ooze, or slime, and replenishes the reservoirs under the coral arches from which are derived the sources of the streai The camp of the Hxraup exploring party is surrounded by “thicks,” which aro the baunts of deer, bears and panthers, and we realize, per_ haps, as much of the wildness of the veritable wilderne: as aid DeSoto. The absence of the Indiun increases the solitude. As one passes across the sloughs at sunset tho hero! cranes and flamingoes rise up trom the tawny waters and lend a weirdness to the hour and scene by the strange sound of tholr wings, their glinting plumage and their minor cries as thoy disap- pear in the gloom— ‘And far away in the twilight sky We heard them singing a Jessening ery— Farther and farther, till out of sight, And we stood alone in the silent aight. NATURAL MYSTERIES, I might allude to many «ther oddities of naturo in Florida by way of approaching the object of the ex- ploring expedition of the Hzraup. But | will be briet, #0 as not to be acoused of emulating the conjurer of guide books and gazetteers. There aro ‘‘land sinks,’ as well as ‘‘water sinks,” and there seems to be much less to explain them than the latter, Many instances are remembered by inbabitants of the dropping out of fields and the appearance in their stead of peols of water, A recent phenomenon of this kind occurred in the county of Jefferson a few years ago, and a stream of water gushes to-day fromthe chasm then suddenly disclosed, and again disappears in tne earth, Most of the lakes in Florida huve a mystery. The waters constantly replenished have egress by no visible channel, One of the must beautiful of the lesser bodies of water is Luke Lafayette, lying close to the line of the Jacksouvillc, Pen- sacola and Mobile Railroad. It is the gem of the noble tract of billy land known as the Lafayette grant, which was bestowed upon the iriend of Washington alter the Revolution. It has no known outlet. As if significant of its mystery it bas the aspect of the oldest stage of nature; at least such was its look on a day of mid-January. The trees, whose foliage is shed once a year, seemed clothed In desolation. The margin of the water is a morass, out of which stern cypresses rear their cheerless crests in dreary negation of glad- ness, Un one shore they are dead this many a long year and the mosses have clothed them in a hoary gar- ment, which, being alive, yet hase the aspect of death. Some of the topmost boughs havo really produced new life in the form of green aud glistening mistletoe, which reminds one of the poetic idea expressed in s0 many of the old English ballads, and especially in that ot “Lord Lovell” — There grew out of his bosom a red, red ross, And out of hers a briar: ‘They crew and they grew to the church steeple top, Till they couldn't grow any higher. The poet may have borrowed from the English mistletoe, which 1s soconspicious in lovo legends of the merry isle, the beauti/ui idea of immortality which he embodies in these images, A writer who visited Lake Latayette in summer ona morning as bright and sporkling as the one I have mentioned 1n mid-January, calls the lake “a stirless piatn of pleasant glory,” and this impression 1s really the one had when the eyo 1s turned from the spectre-like troops of dead cypresses, In order to gain a realistic idea of Hades, it would seem to me that one need only embark {in a slight’ craft and glide into the outskirts of those ghostly shopes, Their white arms are like those of askeleton and they moan and whisper gusts of sorrow over the silent waters that wash their feet. Tho mosses are like the memory of olden sins fastened in their marrow, as remorso feeds upon the soul, The mistletoe is their only joy—a rem. iniscence of their childhood, Ah! the verduro that will never spring again! Not more than a dozen miles from Lake Lafayette ts Lake Miccosukie, northward from Monticello about three miles, The tribe of Indians called Miccosukies had their hunting grounds around this body of water, and long after they had failed under Vsceola to drive the whites from Florida its islands and morasses were favorite retuges for negroes who ran before the sleuth bounds, Tho creek which forms the only outlet of the Jake sinks suddenly from view a few miles Trom tts source. 1tis said that pieces of wood cast upon the water here reappear in the St. Mark’s River, which rises in tull volume from one spring not far distant. 2) MYTH OR MARTEL, It is ina portion of Florida which contains these natural wonders and many moro that there exists one more inexplicable than any of these f have men- tioned. Jeflerson county extends from the boundary line of Georgia to tho Gull. It contains Luke Micco- sukie and several “sinks” having connection with each other. Its cypress morasses are detamed for the multitude of serpents which inhabitthem, The south- eru portion of the county 1s. a flat and damp lowland, extending back about twenty-five miles from the shore of Appalachee Bay. Tho level of the highest point is but few imeches above that of the ocean, The penetrable portion of this region ig called the * Flat Piney Woods.” It is utterly useless for agricultural purposes, and is inhabited by only a few of tho class of lazy and poverty stricken white folks called “corn crackers.’’ The turpentine distil lers long since went elsewhere, and it is now almost as great a solitude as Alexander Selkirk’s island, The “corn cracker’? is equally without a rival; but little benefit does be derive irom his sovereignty. He is monarch of all he surveys, His right there is none to dispute, And he exercises that Fight by doing more idling, if this useof words be admissible, than most othor men. A PROBLEM OF NATURE, No greater confirmation of this statement need be asked than a factIam about to give, For tho whole of the period sinco whito men came to “Middle Florida,’ a mystery has haunted this region, The “corn crackers” have lived for forty yoars within a few miles of its known vicinity; yet they have never made a single effort to dispel it, Not even the hope of possible gain has ever yet stirred them from a lethargy which seems begotten of the drowsy melody of the piney hosts, ba A JOURNALISTIC EXPLORATION, This mystery 1s apparently due to nature alone, It impression is not ill founded. And whon it receives a hideous development by reading some of Figuier’s chapters on the “World Before the Fiood,”’ where you grow familiar with piesiosauri aud plerodactyls, the shudder and croeping of the flesh which you ex- perience are not exaggerative of the peril really exist- gone in Florida, and the alligator will sooa bave left bis muddy seclusion so rusticate in the treacnerous bugs, The Pinhook sinks are the home of hundreds of them Beneath those wine-like waters, now so tbe rugged snout of the “kingo’ the Jers” may any fine morning protrude” itself slimy bottom and his majesty rise yet been suggested which hag been proven, Indeed, the mystery seems inapproachable, It is like a fabled fawn, which, when in danger of discovery, became !n- visible, £xplorations, though ardently conducted. bas begun to get abroad, and it is likely to give rise to very wide-spread interest aud speculation, With tho hope of turnighing a valuable contribution to science, the proprictor of the Hxxa.p instructed me to examine into the truth of the reports which had come out of Florida and transmit. my opinion tobim. After talfilling this mission { was di- rected to organize an expedition for the discovery of the cause of the mysterious phenomenon, and if posdible to penetrate to it through whatever impediments might intervene, The effort has beon commenced; the expedition is at work and has already accomplished much in actual exploration. I have gained ro knowledge as yet that Points to a brilliant result, but I am resolved that be- fore wo rest 1t must bo determined whether the object {sa reality or an itlusion, DISCOVERY ‘OF A MYSTEBY OF NATUBE—AD- VENTUBES OF THE HERALD EXPEDITION—A NIGHT IN THE WOODS—AN ISLAND OF ‘WONDER. Monticzu1o, Fla., Feb, 9, 1877. For two score ot years this portion of Florida has been haunted by a strange natural mystery which vari- ous persons have attempted to dispel, but without suc- cess, Bordering the Gulf of Mexico is a vast region, consisting of fens and morasses, cypress, ponds and jungles, and intersected by curious streams which | sink into the earth and rise again at frequent inter im am unaccountable manner. Much of It hasnever been penetrated by human being, and a still greater portion bas nevor, known the foot of apy ex- plorer excepting the Indian or the fugitive slave, The oldest inhabitant of Jefferson county asserts that as long as he can remember he has seen at certain seasons a pillar of black sulphurous smoke ris- ing from the unexplored wilderness. The only emi- hence from which it is visible is callod the Linn Hill, | but at is also frequently seen from the surface ot Appa- Jachee Bay. Fishermen, hunters and tourists havo watched the phenomenon; judges, lawyers, planters and engineers have searched for it, some with tho theory that they might discover the orater of a vol- cano; others in the belief that a well of petroleum or a mine of lead would repay them for thor enterprise and toil, Your correspondent, in accord- anco with instructions, organized a small oxploring party in January and set forth to visit this region of natural wonders and horrors. They toiled through the most aninviting morasses and sloughs for two woeks, and the evidences of singular freaks of nature met them at every step. WHAT WAS SEEN FROM THE HERALD OBSERVATORY. A lookout was first built, which was christened the “HeRALD Obsorvatory.’’ From its summit @ constant watch was kept, andasingular inky sthoke was ob- sorved and carelully located, Aline projected with the compass was then pursued in the direo- tion so obtained, Day after day the explorers plunged through the mire and slime. They arrived at Jast at the Waciasa River, which 1s supposed to limit the unexplored country on the east, The source of the smoke was not found, but other curtous objects surprised the explorers. Your correspondent wadod breast deop in water for two miles, Gnd at last beheld igh and dry ground in advance, The party approached, and found an tsland with its shores well defined, and shadod by the most enormous live oaks and magno- lias that they over behold. A heavy at- mosphero of dampness anda gloom brooded over it Its shore was closely protected by adense growth of brambles and vines. The party broke through with a shout of relict, and gathering light wood in a great pile, built an enormous . fire, by which they warmed their chilled limbs. Night was approaching, and as it was necessary to hnsten back to camp, only a hasty survey could be had of the island, AN UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY, They were astounded by an unexpected discovery. In asecluded nook a singular, silent Oguro burst sud- denly on the view as they were threading their way through the bushes, ‘Look a’ hero,” .exclaimca the foremost, “‘here’s a man, sure enough.” On looking abead there appeared a human image, but it stood so fixed and immobile that they soon realized that it could not be living. Tne eyes of the negroes protruded from their sockets with supefstitious alarm, but your correspondent approached the solitary presence, «It wasofstone On drawing pear the faithful likeness to humanity produced by tne combined offects of light | and shadow was less distingt, but it struck tho explorers with awe and wonder. It isa rotund column of stone set vertically in tho carth, but not attached to any nether ledge of rock, as it might have been had Nature been its artisan, for it was loose enough to be swayed by the application of force, The upper extremity is rudely fashioned into the form of a human bead, in which there are depressions and pro- tuberances which resemble the oyes, nose and ears. The figure seems of majestic stature and mien. At its base, by delicately removing some moss, a fow strange and unfamiliar characters were disclosed. They do not apparently resemble any hieroglyphics of ancient or modern time known to the student of language, They are still less allied to the picture writing of the Aztecs, Near the image Hes a second column of stone, but it is thrown to the ground. It it wero ever fashioned to a resemblance of the human form divine the head. has been broken off, ag it was nowhere to be found, The idol itself is 20 ponderous that it was found impossiblo to overturn it, although repeated efforts were mado, ; LOOKING FOR A TREASURE, On the supposition that it might mark the grave of some Spanish adventurer who had followed the standard of De Soto when he marched to Lake Micva- sukic; some of the party dug m the earth around,it, but found nothing, The negroes freely expressed t opinion that here was buried a treasure trove, once the booty of pirates from Barcelona. Tho Hxranp party remained on the island all night, On the wext day it was found thatthe island extended far eouth- ward and that near the southern extremity were fov- oral large Indian mounds. 1t would be easy to ,con- ceive that they were crected by a pre-historic race, which also offered worship to the stone idol, In these wilds may be found a rich field for archwological research. MAXWELL AND THE CHECK. CONTINUATION OF THE TESTIMONY AT THE TOMBS POLICE COURT—DAMAGING KVIDENCE AGAINST MAXWELI—BROWN DISCLOSES ALL : HE KNOWS. i ‘The great forgery, so far as George I,, Maxwell's com- plicity in it 18 concerned, summed up from yesterday’s testimony presents these features:—First—Maxwell stood a severe cross-oxamination with only @ compara- tively light shaking of bis direct evidence. Second— If Horace F, Brown, who bas turned State's evidence, 18 to be belioved Maxwell knew positively that the traugaction was fraudulent, although the fact of forgery was not brought to his knowl- edge. Third—the Union Trust Company have received restitution from Horace E. Brown of $2,360, his share of the spuils, Fourth—Maxwell and Brown differ materially in the points tending to implicate the former, Fifth—Strong suspicion of fraud is directed by Brown’s testimony against some of the officers of tho New York Life Insurance Company. The proceedings opened at hall-past ten o’clock in the Tombs Police Court, vetore Judge Daffy, Mr. Maxwell tiking the stand for cross-examination by Mr, Peckham, The witness again told the story of his connection with the transaction ; how he had first met Brown, tho tatter’s offer to obtain for him the broker- age business of the New York Life Insurance Com- pany, his ready acceptance of Brown’s services tn the matter, the circumstances ot his receiving the check from: the strange messenger, his negotiations tor the purchase of gold, and so on as belore, A PLEASANT DINNER PARTY, Sevoral other witnesses wero then examined, but their testimony revealed rotbing wortny ol note. The first real contradictory testimony to that given by Moxwell was in the alternoon session, when a Mr. Dalton swore to Maxwell's having been present ata Sunday dinner of roast goose with Brown, durin, wach the latter reeolved a mysterious note, ‘This hia previously been denied by Maxwell .in his cross-exam- ination. When Brown took the stand all wns attention, it being generally believed that he would make such a clear statement of the ent at that all t ult parties would bo expt The witness testi- fied that Maxwell had a inet understanding of the risk he had i suming the negouintions. So clet to his mind that he (Maxwell) int sulted counsel, who a risk tn going Into.the affair; Public opinion only would find him guilty, and {1s verdict would go no fnr- ther than censuring bi for looseness in domg busi- nerg in not personally going to the clicors of the New Life Lu gent and highly educated men, and no solution bas france Company. und ascertaining | directly trom them whether or not the check was genuine, ‘THE FRAUD EXPLAINED TO MAXWELL. “L stated to Maxwell,” said the witness, ‘that the transactions were irregular, The point was that cer- tain responsible ae the e ag surance wanted to raise money som of, e ol Sees, Seretee senie ie ie ae lor of the fraud, ond “before ‘it was discovered one of the officers would default.” 1 to @ question by Mr. Peckham, as to whi officer was meant, witness said that refi ence was to Mr, Beers, the actuary of ti New York Life Insurance Company. Witness con- tinued that im case of premature e: ure of tho — the =< bat company would declaro tho @ forgery, but no premature exposure was ip their vi tb ‘The division of the spoils was to as foll New York Life Insurance Company wan to receive tifty-tive per cent of the ite officers to purchase other securities, the nominal vaiue of which was much larger than tho real value. Twenty per cent was to go e of the officers of the insur- ance company 8,bis share, and twenty-tlive per cent was to be the property of the various brokers. Of this latter percentage Maxwell’s share was to be eight and one-third per cent for doing the business. ‘th far salling 1} was calculated that over $150,000 could bo realized before Christmas. Witness then related con- versutions between him and Maxwell, which took place on the 24, Sd and 4th of Janu- ary. lo was in Maxwoll’s offico on the 2d of January, at which time Maxwell said that he had received a note purporting to be from the New York Lite Insurance Company ordering bim to buy gold The note was signed ‘George My: Jr”? well asked witness to get the signature of one of the proper officers to protect him in case of trvuble. itness: prone’ the proper signature through, Chadwick. ‘his satished Maxwell, . WHAT MAXWELL PAID BROWN, On the 3d of January witness told Muxwell honceded some money and Maxwell banded bim a roll of bills amounting to $500, Subsequently Maxwell asked him to getaten thousand-qollar gold certificate broken, Witness got it broken at the Sub-Treasury and re- tained “his share of tue trausaction $3,360, which be deposited for safekeeping with Mr, Flanagan, ot No. 35 Walt street. He gavo the balance to Chadwick. Witness then stated that he had stuce made restita- tion of this sum tothe’Union Trust Company, paying ittoMr, Wheeler H. Peckham, counsellor for the company. This statement Mr. Beckham corrovorated, At this point the examination was again adjourned until this morning, Judge Duffy stating in positive terms that it would bo tne last heariug he would give to the case, He, therefore, notitied counsel to be pre- pared to submit all the fucts this morning, KING COAL, WHAT THE RAILROAD COMPANIES ABE TRYING TO DO—THE STORY OF THE COAL COMBINA- TIONS—IMPOVERISHED RAILROADS LOOKING TO COAL FOX HELP. Tho recent developments in the administration of the Centra! Railroad of New Jersey and the flurry in Reading, over in Philadelphia, show how nearly allied in interest are tho railway compaaies with the coal mining organizations, and that there is much fire be- neath the smoke of presumed “compromise” is now conceded among those who are familiar with the dis- tory of the coal trade and the influences which are exerted in connection with this branch of our internal industry. Tne futile attempts. made carly in January to get up a cumbination, and with whiok view a mecting was at that time hold at Mauch Chunk and at other places in what is known as ibe Lehigh region, wero quietly hushed up, and now we again hear that there has beon a meeting held in Philadelphia by tho leading ‘coal folks,” although there is no definite information of the procedures, in which, howe it 18 stated that tho Philadelphia and Reading and tho Contral Railroad of New Jersey have taken an activo part. Prices of coal are low—so low that there is no margin of profit forthe coal miner, The pubiic has at last fully awakened to the truth that the vital interests of tho manufacturer and domestic consumer ot coal may be fully protected. against the monopolists by steady action, and the excuse that 1s now usod 1s that thesup- ply must be regulated and the production contracted, To this end already most of the heavy opcrators in the Lehigh region have signed agreements to suspend work at stated « intervals, s0 as to keep tho supply down, while the en- gincering of the now combination conclusivoly rosts with the Lehigh Valley road, as represented by Mr. Asa Packer, and in the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, in which road, as its President, Mr. Samuel Sloan holds the key to the situation, and be may not give it up by entering the combination. The situation just now is critical for at least two of the coal owning, coal carrying roads. ‘the Reading has been through an ordeal of fire since its accession to tho list of coal operators by reason of the Philadelphiu ana Reading Coal and [ron Company, and the Central Rail- road of New Jersey is identified with the Wilkesbarre Coal and Iron Company, through which corporation a heavy indebtedpess bas been undertaken by the road, The regions of Schuylkill and Luzorne counties embrace the coal producing districts of that State, and tho gradual changes that have taken place since 1860 ure the results of a ciose combination, in which the individual opera- tors of the region have been crowded out of the business and have had but one resoarco left—that-of selling owt to the companies which controlled the transportation to the mines and the means of bringing the coal to shipping points, . RAILROAD OPPRESSION, The development of the coal business has been the sinking tund to many of the operators who bad in- vested large amounts of capital and years of bard work in bginging into service the anthacito veins of tho district, with a headquarters at Pottsville and Port Carbon. In 1860 coal wi ing at low prices, but labor was fow and me plenty. The business of coal miuing was hazardous and expensive, Thousands of dollars wero sunk in unproductive operations; the work was attended with great personal danger and the county overrun witlr men who finally banded themselves togethor under tho organization Known as the ‘Molly Maguires,”” und which, until within a year t, bas had control of tho region by its reign of terror and its disregard of law. ‘The Reading Raliroad, owned largely 1n England, was the great artery of tho district, with its termini at Philadelphia and Pottsville, but with its miles of rails tapping the regions at Tamaqua, Ashland, Girardville, Mabanoy and other points, 4 In the Lackawanna region of Luzerne county, with Wiikesbarre, Scranton and /’ittston as its commercial centres, the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western. the Lehigh Valley and the Delaware und Hudson Canal Company’s railroads were the coal carrying corpora- tions extensively interested in mining, and tn this distriet, as iu Schuylkill county, the monopolists, tak- ing advantage of the ‘war prices,’’ were enabled to gradually embrace the operations of individual miners, until they were, at the ciose of the war, In porsession of all the meuns to create a combination and control thé markets as they pleased. THE COAL CARRYING ROADS. The Central Ratroad of New Jersey had its iminense coal trade from its Connections with the Delawaro, Lackawanua and Westeran avd tne Lehigh Valley, which tapped the Wilkesbarre region, and the shipping at Elizabetoport was a feature upon which depended a large amount of the revenue of the road, The build- tog of the Lehigh and Susquehonna road in oppgaiiion to the Lehigh Valley gave a new connection in% the Wilkesbarre region to the Morris and Essex, and upon the consolidation of this road with the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western the — busi- hess formerly centred at Elizsbothport and Port Johnson was transferred to Hoboken ond the struggle forthe patronage began. Later on, the connections in this trade between tho Central Railroad ot New Jersey and the Leigh Valioy were revered by the building of tb acker road’? by Mr. Asa Vacker, President of the Lehigh Valley, with its terminal point at South Amboy. Meantime, however, the coal Interests of Schayl- kill county were being absorbed by the Reading Rail- road. Mr. Franklin jowan, the new presiaent ot the road, a Schaylkill county h , conveived the idea of making mouey for his roi by the crowding out of the individual mipers of Schuylkill county. He had controlof the men of transportation to local points, to Port Richmond, to Philadelphia, and to Port Carbou, the shipping point for the Schuylkill Naviga- tion Company. RESULT OF THE POLICY, Tho operation was too bende Aa for tho Phila- dolphin and Reading Ratiroad, Tho Phitadelphia and Reading Coal and lron Company, an offshoot from the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, overreached itself, aud in the purchase of coal lands, the mining opera- tions and in the shipment and sale of coal the result hae been unsatisfactory to the American and English owners, and the fatinre of the attempt to control the coal interests successfully has placed the road in Qn embarrassed condition. THE APPRALS NOW MADE. ‘The latest attempt, and which will, about the Ist of March, eventuate ina partial success, to restore the combination in conl, 1s the one now in progress among the Lehigh operators, and to which end and purpose there have been conferences for stinilar action in Schuylkill county. Among the prominent dealers in Trinity Building the idea that the ‘Scranton people will come in’? is not entertained. The company is strony, 80 the Pennsylvani, and the Delaware and Hudson, Yheir coal commands a ready sale, and they have tound by past experience that a goneral combination ts gt no especial benefit to them, ‘he Wilkesbarre poople and the Lehigh imterest: largely represeniod by Mr. Asa Packer, president ot the Lehign Valley, Mr. Pardee and a few others, aro controlled by the coal mining operations and the trans- portation facilities of the Levigh Valloy, and it is to these people that the Central Ratlrond of Now Jersoy has qurned with a view to help by a new coal combinas tion, “AN IMPOSTOR. — A woman of respectable appearance is soliciting do- Nations toward the support of the Home for tho Aged of the Chareh of the Holy Communion. She is not authorized to collect subseriptions or donations for the above named institution. A MYSTERIOUS TREASURE. Strange Story of Life Among the Aborigines. AN OLD AZTEC CAVE DISCOVERED, ——_-+—_—_ Curious and Valuable Gold Or- naments Found. Drrzort, Feb. 5, 1877. Within two weeks after the surrender of General Lee at Appomattox the government had portions of three brigades of cavairy on their way West to the In- dian country to serve out the fow remaining months of their three years’ enlistment. Tho Michigan cav- alry brigade, reduced to about 1,000 men, were marched through to Colorado. As the mon had only a short time to serve a spirit of indignation prevailed that they were not discharged in Washington, and desertions were both frequent and numerous. About tho middie ot July, 1865, a scout with the command, named Charles Burton, became angered and disgusted ‘with some general order, and he induced five private soldiers to desert the service and foliow him. It was his intention, no doubt, to organize a gang of rough riders and become a prairie robbor, The five soldiers were all Michigandors, but four of them deserted Bur ton the first night out and returned to the command. The fifth, private Henry Reynoide, was ready for anything desperate, and within a week the two men had picked up enough strag- glers, teamsters and half-breods to mi up a band of thirty-six men. By hanging around the camps of the cavalry for a weck or so the outlaws succeeded in stealing horses enough to mount the whole party, and the band was well provided with arms and ammu- nition. There was no railroad across tho Great Plains at tbat time, and Burton’s object, as soon as unfolded, ‘was tq haunt the overland trail and rob friond and foe, The band was largo enough to have successiully at- tacked anything woaker than a government train, but before they bad struck a blow a quarrel arose between Burton and Reynolds, The men took sides, two were killed, ond the soldier rode away at the head of six.ot tho pdrty, while the rost remained with. the scout, What became of this last party no one knows orcares, but the career of the band of seven was brief and bloody, ATTACK BY INDIANS, They were on the soutn fork of the Platte River, noar Long’s Peak, when attacked by a war party of In- diang. During the balf hour’s fight four of the men were killed ana the otherscaptared. Two were burned at the stake, leaving Reynolds as tho sole survivor, Ho avers that his life was saved by his making certain Masonic signals, which seomed to be readily understood by the chief of the war party. The soldier tells a straight story of bis life for the next year. Thore was little incident or excitement, be being a prisorfer in an Indian village, fairly treated but closely guarded. He was very handy at carving pipes, mending saddies and bridles and making,moccagins, and was kept at such work most of the time. 1n 1867 he was sold to another band for two ponies and a pound of powder, and during that sum- mer he was taken into Arizona, near the head waters of the Rio San Pedro, He was ina moasure content with his situation, being well used and having the sume fare as tho Indians; still a good opportunity for escape might not have been neglected. In the epring of 1868, while yet on the San Pedro, he fell and broke his right arm. The Indiao doctors had not the skill to set the broken arm, and the band looked upon the white man as a useless burden, since he could no longer use his best band. Part of the warriors wanted to sell him for what be would bring, while others de- sired to hold a grand feast and to torture him. Rey- nolds could speak ¢ghe dialect very well, and having overheard enough to convince him that he was to be put out of tho way by sale or death he determined to escape. Reynolds had no other tie to bind him to homo and civilization than an aged motber at Grand Rapids, and, until bis life was threatened, he had no great anxiety to escape from tho Indians, He was leading a free, wild lifo, had sufi- cient for all his wants, and bad accustomed himself to’ the habits and customs of the redmen. At the time of the accident be was in love with a squaw named Wind-That-Whispors, and perhaps. might have been i into ube tribe and become a husband and er. RSCAPE FROM THE INDIAN VILLAGE. About the time he tound out that be was to be sold or tortured the squaw came to him and revealed the plan, and it was agreed that they should run away to- gether. The preparations occupied but a few hours, was situated on the west bank of the Rio San Pedro, and one night, after everything bad bo- come quict,'the squaw stole a horse, rifle and a quan- tity of food, and the two crossed the stream and beadea for the Wabsatch Mountains, intending to get into Mexico. Good progress was made during the hours of darkness, the squaw guiding the horse and the soldier sitting behind her. «t break of day they } covered t they were being pursued, but, bur- | dened as he was, the horse reached tho foot bills half | an hour abead of pursuit. He was abandoned there, | and the tugitives sought satety im the guiches and canyons. They were hunted for a day or two, but the | Indians finally tired of the search. Left in that wild | region, with scarce a hope of ever. seeing a white face aud fearing to see a dark one, Reynolds says they lived among the mountains until June, 1870. Game was plenty; and by means of the rifle and traps they secured an abundance ol food. Bands of Indians tre- quently passed through the mountains, but the pair lived comiortably and in safety, "tn A WONDERVUL DISCOVERY. In tho fall of 1869, while they were hunting for some warm and secure piace in which to pass tho winter, the squaw made a wondertul discovery. She found, on the wostern base of the mouutains and at a bend in a ravine or gulch, a cavo ich bad been fashioned from the earth and rock by buman hands. Within distunce of fitteen miles of this cave were the rum ot three Aztec villages, with faint evidences that a road had once led from one of tho villages to tho cave, The cavity, Reynolds was walled up, and it took him and the squaw a whole day to remove the work of tho ancient sione masons and effect an ontrance. He says there were hundreds of bodies in tho cave, or the biack dust of hundreds of bodies, As to his further discoveries he Is silent, but he bas exhibited to several wealthy residents of this State curious and valuable ornaments in gold, such as have never been seen vefore. GOING APTER THE TREASURE. In May, 1870, the squaw died, and about that time a body of Indians made such a search after Reynolds that he turned bis steps eastward, and after weeks of tatigue and adven- ture made his way into Mexico, It was not until a year ugo that the ex-soldier returned to Michigan, As he retuses to account tor his time between 1870 and 1875 tho reader will, perhaps, suspect that Reynolds had four siout walls around him for that period. Ever ‘since his return be has been cautiously abd craftily seeking to imterest inen 1n bis scheme to re- visit the mountains. Who finally anvanced him the money necessary to fit out his band of treasure seekers is known only to himself and the capitalist, but i is certain that ho has the means to push his enterprise. He left here to-day for San Diego, having two strangers with him, and other men from Michigan, ugh to make up a band of twenty-live, are to meet him in Chicago, Keynolis has traversed tho State and hunted up his old cavalry comrades, and, as none of them will ‘interview? on the subject, they must heve taken a solemn oath of silence, and feel confident hat they b: big thing in prospect. It 1s believed that Detroit capitalist furnished the money, and, as ho the reputation of being both miserly aod shrewd, it is fair to conclude that be had plain’ evidences of great profit from the enterprise. WAITING FOR AN OWNER, A quantity of china ware, evident y the proceeds of a burglary, awaits identification andan ownor at the Filty-seventh Stroot Police Court The ware was found by Officer Reuck in the possession of a boy named Richard Callaghan, whom he arrested yesterday on Third avenue. Callaghan, who fesides at No, 311 Fagt Thirty-seventh street, claimed that the ware was given bim by another boy to carry for him, hiamiiacac MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, ed MARRIED. Bagsovr—Barnes.—In tho Clinton avenue Congrega- tional Church, Brooklyn, Thursday evening, February 8, by Rev. Wilbam Ives Budington, D. D., Mr. Lucius A. Barnove, of Hartford, to Miss Hattie E. Barnes, daughter of A. 3. Barnes, Esq. + PaLmen—Horkins.—At Now Rochelle, on Wednes- day, Fobruary 7, at tho residence of the bride’s pa- rents, by the Rev. David H. Wheeler, B. Frann Patuer to Macoie L., daughter of J. C, Hopkins, Woovs—McKexka.—On Tuesday evening, Febraary 6, 1877, at the residence of tho yroom’s parents, by Rev, A. H. Partrrige, Winttan W. Woovs, of Brook- Y., to Kate G., ighter of the inte John Me- » Of this city, BIRTH. Dr Cox.—On Friday, Febraary 3, the wife of Basil A. Do Con of a daugti estern New York, Francisco and English papers pleage copy, view ane. —Op Friday, the 91h inst,, at bis late, rest gonen, 25 Wee ada Jaca peerage a His relatives and and those of bis father-in- luw, Anthyme Bernard, are res invited to at- tend hig funeral, on Sunday, the 11th inst. at two o’clock P. M., at the French ebureh dd 5. Esprit, W ave. IR yg ti Ley) fee rs Friday, February 9, ENKY COsTRR, 80M Of ‘rancig Barretto. The relatives and iriends of the family are respect. fully invited to attend the funeral, trom St. Andrew's church, 127th st. and 4th av., on Monday, 12th inst., af jvemes Se peg Train leaves Grand Centrat Depot ai .Bow.--Suddenly, o$ her residence, oy 89 Hanson pluce, Brooklyn, pf pnoumonia, Mrs, Tz Bow, the 36th year of ber age. Particulars of funoral here. after. Coutox.—On Thursday, February 8, Eowarp Contos, relatives and friends of the family are respect. fully invited to attend. the funeral, on Sunday, Feb- ruary 11, at two o’clock P, M., from his late residence, 231 East 26th st. Dexyis.—Saddenly, on the 8th inst., of apoplexy, Tuomas Duxwis, in the 64th year of bis age. Funeral service at his inte residence, in 83d at., seventh house west of 8th av., at half-pust threo P. M. on Saturday. Dx Cox.—On Thursday, February 8, Auice H., wife of Basil A. De Con, aged 26 years and 21 days, Friends ore respectfully invited to attend the funeral, this day, at her late residence, 14 Wyckoff st, Brookly>, at wo o'clock P, M. San Francisco, Western and English papers please copy. 4 Sm Friday, Febrvary Harry, youn sou of Albert and Sarah Evans, of Tarrytown, N, Y. Funeral on Sunday, 11th, at one P. M. Fancuunp.—On Friday, February 9, sudd Rosxat G. Famcuinp, in the 71st year of bis age, Notice of funeral herea(t Fostsr.—Suddenly, on Thursday, February 8, 1877, Buxsamix Fostex, in the 52d year of his ago. Relatives and triends of the family are respectfall invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of bis son, William H. Foster, 744 6th at., on Sunday, Febru. bai 4 11, at two o’clock P. M. ‘Rost.—On Thursday, February 8, Loua, youngest daughier of William E, and Henrietta B. Frost, Funoral on Sunday, 11th inat., at two o’clock P.M, from the residence of her parents, No, 25 East 83d st, Relatives and {riends respectfully invited, GILLMAN.—On Thuraday, February 8, with Christian fortitude and resignation, Many E., wife of Andrew J, * Gillman, aged 37 years. ¥ *May her soul rest in 7? Her friends and those of her husband are invited to attend the funeral, from 127 East Broadway, on Satur- day, 10th inst., at two o’clack P. M.; trom thence to Cualvery Cemetery. Baltimore Catholic Mirror please copy. Guxwixc.—After a long ano paintui {llness, Sanag, Gnahier: of James Gunning, aged 18, years and 6 months, . A rose, a badding rose, blasted before its bloom: ‘Whose innocence did sweets disclose beyond a flowers pertume, . From pain and sorrow now relieved ; Immortal blooms in Heaven. ‘The relatives and friends of the family are respect. fully invited to attend the funeral, trom her late res- idence, No, 1644 Hamilton st., Now Yori, Sunday after. noon, two o'clock. Hawk.—On Friday, 9th inst, Amanpa C., wife of Samuel Hawk. The funeral service will be held at her late rest- dence, No. 5 East 48th wt, on Tucsday, 13th inst., at two P, Hunyussy.—Fobruary 8, Mary E. Hexyessy, bo- loved wile of Lawrence Hennessy, agod 45 years. Relatives and trionds of tho family aro respectiully invited to attend the tuneral, on Sunday, 11th inst, at two P. M., from her late rosideuce, 191 10th st., South Brooklyn. i Hxatz.—On Friday, February 9, 1877, Henrietta, oe beloved wife of Henry Hertz, in the ‘5un year of er age, The fuferal will take place from her late residence, No. 138 East 49+h st., on Sunday, February, 11, at eleven A.M, Eriends and relatives are invited to at- tend. Hosny.—On Tharaday, the 8th inst., in the Sist year of ber age, Mania M. Honsy, daughter of the late Dr. Henry Mott, Her rolatives and friends are invited to attond the funeral, from her late residence, No, 23 West 34th at., on Tuesday next, ihe 13th inst, at ten o’clook A, M., without further invitation. Hout.—In Brooklyn, on Friday, February 9, at ton alent A, M., Caries Hour, aged 71 years and3 months. Funeral services at 93 Cambridge place, on Sunday, Fobruary 11, at 4 o'clock P. M. ¥ 7 yaa ‘ebruary 8, WiLLIAM T. Leviness, aged years, ~ Relatives and friends ate respectfally invited to at- tend the funeral, from his late residence, 135 East 114th st, at ono o'clock P. M., on Sunday, 11th inst. Eurine Lo! 64, I. 0. O. F.—Orvicens AND BReTAREN—Y ou are rospecttully invited to attend the funeral of our late brother, 4¥. 8. Leviness, from’ hit Jate residence, 135 Kast 114th st., on Sunday, the 11th inat.,, atone o’clock. By order HUMPHREY OWENS, N. G, protom. Lovcxs.—On Friday afternoon, February 9, PETER F. Lovoxs. y Relatives and friends are invited to attend the fune ral, irom his late residence, No. 247 Grand %t., Jorsey City, on Sunday, 11th inst., atone o’clock P. M, Loxg.—On Thursday, 8th inst., Mrs, SaRag LONG, aged 60 years. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral to-day (Saturday), at twelve o’cluck, from het Jate residence, No. 502 West 22d st, f MacDonaLp.—At Fairview, N. J., on Friday, Fobra. ary 9, 1877, Tuxovors W., only son of Wiliwm H, and Mary E. MacDonald, and eldest grandson of Andrew Engle, aged 14 years. * Funeral on Sunday, repremy 11, from the residenco ot his parents, Fairview, N. J., at two o'clock Y. M, Relatives and iriends are rospectiully invited to attena, Carriages leave Hoboken Ferry at one ovclock P. M. MoLiuGax—On Wednesday, February 7, Marr Jase MULLIGAN, beloved wife of John Mulligan, in the ‘25tn year of her age. Relatives and friends are invited to attend her fu. neral, from her late residence, 116 West 20th st, at half-past ono o'clock. McNatiy.—On Thursday, 8th inst, ConneLivs Moe NALLy, in the 36th year of his age. ‘The funeral will take place from the residence of hig parents, corner 7th av. and 22d st., on Saturday, 10th at twoP. M. The rolatives and friends are invited. Nixpunr.—On Thurscay, 8th inst., Emma, wife of Fraley ©. Niebuhr, = * Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral, on Saturday, 10th inst., at two o’clock, from 336 Clinton ay., Brooklyn. a O’Mauoxy.—Colonel Joun O’Manony Is dead. His body will bo laid out at the Armory of the Sixty-ninth panesh corner of Essex and Grand street, until ‘ucsday, On Tuesday, at nine o’clock, there will bo a requicm mass at 6t. Francis Xavier’s-church, 16th st. and 5th av. The body is to be sent to Ireland, on the steamer Dakota, of the Williams & Guton line, sailing rom pier 46 at three o'clock. Military organizations will com- municate with Colonel James Cavanagh, and civic s0- c eties and friends of O’Mahony and ot Ircland will communicate with the Counail of the Fenian Brother. hood, at the Armory. All Irish societies are invited to participate. HEAD CENTRE FENIAN BROTHERHOOD, O’Hara.—On Thursday, February 8, James O'Hara, aged 50 years, Relatives and friends of tho family are respecttully invited to attend the tuneral, on Sunday, February 11, at two P. M., from his late residence, 62 Ridge st, Usnory.—In Brooklyn, Saturday morning, February 3, Hunex, only child of Charles E, and Nellio M. Ou born, aged 5 months and 2 days. Remains taken to Bellport, Long Island, for inter+ ment, O’Briex.lOn Thursday, the 8th inst., James H, O’ Baie, a native of Tralee, county Kerry, Ireland, © His remains will be conveyed to St. Petor’s Cemo tery, Staten Istand, for intorment, this (Saturday) af-* ternoon, atone o’clock, irom his late residence, 127 Liberty st. Puterkix.—On Wednesday, February 7, Margaret, wife of John Peterkin, im the both year of her age. Relatives and iricnds are invited to attend the funeral, trom ber tate residence, No. 40 Lee av., cor ner of Wilson st., Brooklyn, E. D., on Saturday, the 10th inst., at balf-past one o’clock P. M. Kassav.—On Thursday, 8th inst, atten P. M., our sou Joun H,, aged 1 year, 2 months and 15 days, and on the 9th inst, at balf-past cight A. M., our daughter, Heyutstra K., aged 4 years, 5 months aud 27 days, the beloved childron of Justus Hf. and Charlotte J, Rassaw. Funeral services from No. 206 Third st., Brooklyn, E, D., February 11, at wwo o’clock P, M. Raryex.—The relatives and {friends of Mr. Eowanp Rayxxr are respectiully requested to attend his tu neral, trom bis late residence, 71 Leo av., Brooklyn, on Sunday, February 11, at ono P. it. 0, on Friday, the 9th OSENER.—In San Francis: R inst,, at balf-past six A. M., Levit Roskxer, son-in-law of B. Bernhard, 1877, lem, on Friday, February 9, mi, ly widow of the late James county Meath, Ireland, aged 73 years. 4 Relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Sunday, 11th inst., at one P, M., from the residence of hor son-in-law, Henry Maguire, 444 Kast 115th st, Sanra.—On Thursday, oor’ 4 8, at No, 20 West 16th st, SARA WuSTERVKLT Smith, daughter of Richard G, and Susan M. Smith, The funeral will take place from St, Francis Xavier's church, [6th st, betwoen 5th and 6th avs., on satute day, Fobruary 10, at a quarter-past ten A. M. Saitn.—In Brooklyn, Thursday, February 8, of apoplexy, Davexvont C. Samira, aged 36 years, The relatives and friends of tho family are invited to attend the funeral, on Saturday, February 10, at hig Jate residence, 239 Carlton ay., Brooklyn, at two P. M, Stoxck,.—On Thursday, February 8, Lovtsn ly Stonex, aged 21 yeara, Tg) services at ay, Baptist church, 6510 he between Lexington and 3d avs, Sunday, 11th bulf-past ten A. M. fy " Wai Wei1s.—At Roseville, N. J., suddenly, on Wednes> day, February 7, Eunaxon, wife of Lindsey J. Wolls, in the 47th year of her age, Funeral services will be held at hor late residence, on Saturday, the 10th inst, at ton A. M. Carriages will be in waiting at Roseville station on arrival of the 9:10 A. M. train trom Barclay street ferry. Inter ment at Greenwood Cemetery, Wureren —In Brooklyn, Fobruary 9, 1877, Basa CG. Wanker, Relatives and friends aro invited to attend the fune- ral, trom the res:deace of her brother, Henry A. Wheeler, $61 Franklin Ay.,on Sunday, Lh inst, ut jour P.M; The remains will ci 8 Conn., for interment, baba dh nie Wiurte.—Witiiam Wire, beloved husband ot Cath. eriue T, White, departed this lifeFebruary 8, in the 82d year of his age. ‘ ‘The relatives and friends, and thoso of his late brothor-in-law, Michael J. Mahon, aro respectfully in- Vited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, Sd St, between Jackson and Kast ave, Long Island City Sunday, tho Lith, at half-past wo o'clock,