The New York Herald Newspaper, March 11, 1877, Page 6

ISI NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, MARCH ll, 187 7—QUADRUPLE SHEET. ~ BURYING THE VICTIMS. Funeral Services Yesterday at St. Francis Xavier’s Church. ANOTHER SERMON ON DEATH Father Langcake Draws a Lesson from ahe Disaster. St, Francis Xavier's Church, in West sixteenth treet, wore a more than urually solemn aspect yester- @ay morning, on the occasion of the ‘uneral services Tor the repose of the souls of the victims of tne late @msaster. The gaileries were hung with black cloth ‘ringed with white. The altar was similarly draped, ‘and the candlesticks and other altar embiems were tovered with black, Ali ornaments had deen removed. “AS the organ watled forth tte mournful notes, Father Langeake entered the sanctuary followed by bis assist | ants and other priests, all clothed in garments of the game sombre hue which pervaded the churcu. The tuneral services were at once proceeded with, The mass for the dead was quickly ended, and as ite con- ciusion the celebrant preached 4 sermon of consolation | to the friends of the departed. Then the wwo coffins sontaining the podies of Margaret Kelly and Mary Dasey were slowly borne out of the church, placed in the bearses anc drives to Calvary Cemetery, where the burial took place. As the Hxnato reporter approached the church yes- Nerday morning there was a crowd of several bundred persons around the doors, ail pushing and tugging to get in Several policemen from the Twenty-ninth precinct were on hand to preserve order. The pews on either eide of the main passage had been reserved for the mourners and friends of the de- teased, The latter only occupied a few pews near the tront, the other pews being empty. Bat ail the ress of ‘sbechurch was densely crowded. On the west side ‘bere seemed to be more persons standing up than on the east. The large majority o! the congregation were ‘women. TUN DECEASED, Only two of the victims of tue disaster were buried from the church yesterday. These were Marget Kelly, who, being a poor servant girl, was buried at the ex- pense of the church, Mr. Dowd, the sexton, having 4aid out the body and made al) the arrangements for her funeral, and Mary Casey, who was buried by her relauves. Just before the services began the body of Margaret Kelly was brought :nio the church tn a plain jack walnut coflin and placed in the middie passage, @wo large candiosticks were ses ut the foot of the coffg and two at the bead, Then the casket contaim- tng the remuins of Mary Casey was borne into the ebureb and placed in tine with and just beyond the ether, f'wo more candlesticks were put at the head of this casket. ‘The coffins vore silver plates in the shape of across, each being marked with the name, date of eath und age of the dead, as follows th va Margaret Keily. H Died Mareh 8, 1877. | Aged Agod | | 19 le | yeara | vows | On Mary Casey’s coffin was a broken column of ‘White tuveroses and a cross of roses. The other coffin was without ornament, THE MOUANERS. The mourners for Miss Kelly occupied the second, third and tourth pews on the left hand side of the pas- @age, Her sister remained kneeling motionless during ‘the whole service with her handkerchief pressed to her @yes und only giving signs of life by occasional loud obs, The mourners for Mary Casey were composed Of the families of her two uncles, who occupied pews further down the aisle, Their sobs and cries, of griet could be heurd during tue solemn momenis of the Mass, - THR SERVICES, Father Merrick began the services by sprinkling the two collins with holy water ana reading in a low voice the prayers jor tt ad. Solemn high mass of requiem was then celevrated by Father Langeauke, ited by Father Merrick as deacou and Mr. Plunte ag subl-deacon, Five otber Jesuits attended tbe mass, be- dng seated in the sanctuary, Aumong them was Father Eudon, t President of the Jesuit College. At the close of the mass Father Langcake preached a short sermon, and tpen Father Merrick chanted the psalms aod prayers ior the dead, each alternate verse veing sung by the choir. THE MUSIG. Tho musical part of the services was excellently planned avd well executed by Mr, William Bergé, the Organist, and a large choir, The mass played was Cherubini’s requ: mass in C minor, tory Miss T, eke sang Rossini’s indammatus, At the close of the services the same lady sang the Augels Ever Bright and Fuir.” ‘the coflius en taken out of the church and placed in the Mr. James Dowd, the sexton and undertaker of the church, directed ail the arrangements, The tu- weral cortege was formed and the procession moved Gp Sixteenth street and on toward the ferry whicn they were to take to reach Calvary Cemetery, the last Pesiiug place of the deceased. THE SERMON, At the close of the mass Father Langcake ascended the altar steps and preached the following sermon : “Qui sumilis tui, Domine Deus? Who is itke unto Thee, the Lord our God? Deairy beloved triends in Christ Jesus—From the begtunin, the world it bar been the misfortune of mankind easily Lo torget God, We bave always God’s magnificent creation belore us, the works of his hands—that beautiiul firmament, the Sturs, the sua, the moon, the pianets—everything to Bpeak to us of God; everything ought to keep the souvenir of God fresh in our hearts, But is it 807 Alas, no! God ts easily ‘orgotten, his law is set aside, ‘This world is an easy seducer, The things that wesee, the things that we teel, the things that come near to | us—they occupy our heart, Lora our God, the Creator, the — magnificent who serve Him, 1s put one side and Bat, my friends, Almighty God, trom time n He thinks (and He thinks always right), I say, that tae time has come to make ome tnaniiestation of His power, when He wishes to recall to our mina that He exists and is stil! the Lord our God, then, | say, from time to time, God in His wisdum aod mercy permits that we should be shocked by some feartul catastrophe—one of those calamities lke that we were witnesses of only two mights ago. I id God, great y the omnipotent rewarder of those forgotten. sball never forget that night, ana i bope it will be very | long belore such a scene will be reproduc: toe author of iife; God gives and takes awa give you the life that you possess and the breath you Ureathe in your nostrils, but He has a perfect right to take it away Woen it listeth Him. Ordinarily, it is otherwise; sickness, consumption, fever, wil! away the life that God bain given, but now and then an appalling accident wii! come, and persous who little drea med tbat they were near death are launched into eternity, It is that we may fear Him. that wo Way think of His rights, that we may not eutirely tor. get that He 1s our Lord and God, and lest we give our- feives Up too much to the world and its follies that these catastrophes are permitted by the Diviae Pro gence. God 1s HOW TO REGARD TI DIsasTER. “We may look upon it from two points of view, We | May view it as a sign of barshnese and severity on the | This view would certainly not be the | part of God. correct ono, God is harsh sometimes. There's no use in disguising matters in thinking that God's goodness Consists in allowing people to do what they please; that would be making God not the ail-wise being, but 1 ali-foolish one God is reb sometimes. He tells us Himseit that s owrath 16 terrible, and warns wus te repent and be sonveried that we may not fall under His anger, Bur if we looked upow it to that light I think we should be Much mistaken. For, my uretbren, | look upon it as s mark of mercy and goodness. God seus how torges- ful men are, Now im this good cuy of New York, were certainly there is © good deal of piety and vir- woe, bow many there are who are careless in Goa's verviee, how many Roman Catholics who are sarciess and live like Turks or heatuens, Tuey hve as though God dido’t mind, didn't lo down apon them. Nay, they have become so careless that oa they are tempted almost to doubt of their 4 they tell you that they don’t bel\ Gou ininds what wgoingon. He wants to ope eyes, to show our erring children His power—peopie ‘who, vbrough their own negligence, are erring, to bring them back toa better iite. This ts not harshuess; it is true kindness. It is only one more provi of God's ‘ nother view of the question. Must we think | 6 inches each, Crooked’ stirs lead from the (yav-God bas shown harshness to thore ‘uiniites wuo | gallery. The stairs are varrow, being only 3 feet wide, nevertheless have been so (rightfully shocked by the | aud empty into & stall vestibule, the exit being ity, Oh, lot me say, Weep wot as they that have | somewtiay complicated. F.ve doors, three of twem 7 feoyo ied) L would bo tho last wpindgtaalt with you tor | feet wide and the other two 4 tee wide each, all pheduing tears on Such aD Gecasion as this, Dut once | opening inward, lead to the street, UI more the tle I ray, ‘Weep not as they that | Twenty-ninth streot side there are two exira Fra Orang | with doors 7 feet wide each, the stairs leading The scene bere became inten) affecting. The | from the gallery being only 4 tcet 6 inches wiae, The wovroers, who had been sad but coil on entering | requirements of the Department of Buridings to place the cb: ore wand more Ggitated | new siuirs to the gallery on tue Twenty-eighth street ‘she 10 words of the | end of tne building 6 feet wide, and also to convect the by bbe parry A | galleries On either side lo give suflicient means o1 exit ry . | Irom the same, not Deing complied with, the case was | placed in the bande of (he attorney boca ilgy the ot! | GERMAN SWEVENHORGIAN CHURCH, At the offer- | take | moments nothing but sobs and cries could be heard on ide, We ese had subsided Father Langcako { Good Father Whyte aud Fi visited them, aod | myself visited five or #ix end gave them absolution, One of the victims was @ good pious woman and had received communion the very morning of the disaster, One young girl, Mary Casey, whose body is here before you, was weli known us & good pious girl She came to mass every morning. Ali of inem were well prepared. ry reason yo fee! cousvied, because God did reat them harshly. Dou’t consider it, then, as a proof of God’s unkindness, H TRE .WAYS OF GOD. od loves victims, requires victitns, 2's His way, ‘n't He make His divine Son Jesus a victim? and 20 one was more pleasing to God the Father than Jesus, iis Son; and yet He was the great victim, He was nailed to the cross of Calvary, and diec between two tnieves, After Jesus came another, the purest of mere human beings, Mary, the Virgin Mother of Jesua Whats victim she was! How her heart was pierced | with grief! The seven-edged sword of sorrow piereed that heart through and through. alter them came the | saints, Victime they were, that poured out their biood for the farth, all for the love of God. What doe: this prove’ 1t proves that God joves victims, tH wants Victim: order to appease His anger agdingt a y wnd tallen rac e chose His vicums. but cuose them kind!y and mercifully, He chose therm in His goodness trom those that were well pre- | parea in & good moment, ‘Weep not, then, | as they that have no hope,’ My dear triends, you have everything to hope! We have made tt our duty to offer the adorable sacrifice of the muss for those that bave perished and their retutives and friends who are &. much aflected by the disaster. This morning every sacritice—some twenty-five in number—was oflered for the victims, 1 have just offered solemn high masse tor | the dead, especially for those whose bodies are now in | the church. | “Now, Jet you and me take a lesson from this disaster. God has done meretiully, pot harshly. 1 never wil tolerate that any one shal! say that He is unkind and without mercy, Only those that obstinately persevere in Wickednesé ever experience God’s harshaess. God, in His fatuerly love and kindness, bag visited this pariso to teach us a lesson tor our good. Let us im- prove by :t. God wants us to understand thut in the midst of life we are ip death, that we may die when we least expect 1, Do you remember that on Jast Sunday or Monday evening | said from this, plai- form that 1 bad not tho slightest “doubt that several of those who were beginning this mission woula ind {t their last? Ot course, i could not teil, but seeing such a noble and grand attendance before me | feit that ali would not live jong enough for a sec- oud mission, How quickly and truly my words were veritied. God wants to teil us that we may die at any moment; therefore, let ug ve ready. ADVICK TO THE ERRING, “Get into a state of grace by a good confession if you happen to be in 4 state of sin, Make a sincere repen- tance and perfect conversion of your heart toward the Lord Jeans, Let us then Keep in His holy grace by doing our duty. What ts the good of being Catholics if we don’t practice what we profess? Now, my treth- ren, when once we have made our peace with God, it that be necessary, then God says to us—it 18 the teach- Wg of this catastrophe:—‘Keep in the state of grace and be ready; for like a thief in the night 1 will visit you. Be ready, for none of you know the day or the hour.’ Be ulways ready, und then death will never find you unprepared, “Once more, we have every reason to hope that those | who perished were prepared, thas they have touud merey before God. Ab! may you, and may 1, and may all men who hear of this tearful acceident—may they profit by the lesson that Goa teaches through these victims, to be ready uiso that when God sum- mons them they may not be founa unprepared to put their accounts in order and set everything all right, that they may meet trom God a favorable reception. ’’ OUR CHURCHES. OBJECTIONABLE FEATURES OF THE INTERIOR CONSTRUCTION OF SOME OF THEM-—-STAIR- W2Y8, AISLES, DOORS AND VESTIBULES THAT NEED CHANGING. The recent calamity at St, Francis Xavier’s Church has caused a widespreaa feeling throughout the com- munity. regarding the means of egress trum the churches ofall denominations In the city, lections of the terrible catastrophe caused by the burn- ing of the Brooklyn Theatre were gradually passing from the minds of the people when this new disaster occurred to recall the terrible scenes once more to pabhe memory. siarm of fire in St, Francis Xavier’s Church three evenings since bag suggested the idea of an examina- tion into the condition of our churches in oraer to ascertain bow far they are sate and how well they are provided with facilities for escape from Ganger or disaster from any and every cause, It ts @ fact worthy of mention that of the 437 actual examinations made of the churches and places of public worship in this city by the officers of the Building Department, within the past two years, it was found necessary to recommend alterations in almost ail of the edifices inspeeted. The necessity of watchfulness may be ascertained when It 1s stated that iu numbers of instances the official recommendations were ignored, and a second notification and the inti- mations that if the changes made were not carried out Jegal measures would have to be adoped to secure the desired object, Doors opening inward, sliding doors closed when the people were at service, and, in seme instances, locked doors during hours of prayer, were among some of the objectionable features which it was found necessary to protest against, In looking over the appended: description of cburebes named it will be seen that in many instances | the means of egress, though apparently sufficient, are not in reality as complete as they might be. 1118 true there are wide aisies and spacious doors through which the people can reach the street, but when it is remembered that in a considerable number of in- stances the worshippers from the mata body of the church and those from the galleries meet in the, veati- street tt will be seen that many of the advantages se- cured by wide passages and capacious doorways are nevtralized. Narrow, crooked, elbowed or winging ways {nom galleries are to be found in many of voe churches aad parucularly in some of the Catuolic churches, DR. TYNG, sR.'S CHURCH, Madison avenue aud Forty-second street. Seats 2,000, | There are three aisies:—Centre aisie 6 feet wide and side aisies 3 feet $8 inches exch, Four outs:ae doors, | each 4 feet 6 inches, Crooked stuirs from gallery lead into vestibule, Outer doors opened inwari to be changed and order comphed with, ST. BARTHOLOMRW’S PROTKSTANT RFISCOPAL CHURCH, Madison avenue and Forty-lourch street, Seats 1,200. | There are threo aisies:—Cenire aisle | aisles 4 feet 8 inches each, len doors, at time of examination opening tnward. ai! ordered to be changed, and order complied with, DR. HEPWORTH’S CHURCH, Madison avenue and Forty-fifth street, Seats 2,000, There are nine aisles, each 3 feet inches wide. Three outside shding doors. Doors ordered to be iocked back and open during service. i | complied with. MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Corner Mudison avenue and Fitty-tnird street; seats | 2,000. There are tive aisles:—Cenire utsie, 6 teet’ wid side aisles, 4 feet 2 inches each, and outside uisies, feet 3 inches. Three outside sliding doors, 7 feet wide «ach, Elvow stairs lead from gallery, Outside doors ordered to be iocked open und back during service. Order complied with. | LUTHERAN TRINITY CHURCH | Avenue B and th street; seats 600. There aro | three aisles:—Centre aisic, 4 feet wide; side aisies, 3 fect, Straight stairs from gallery. Only one door, 8 et wide, opens trom the church; this door, which is ing door, 18 not kept locked open and back as recommended, nor are the inside doors 80 urranged as | vo open outwards, The case is now in the hands of | the ausorney for Department of Butidings tor prosecu- tion. Doors TRINITY CHOROH, Broadway. There are three aisles, eight feer wide, One door, leading direct to Broadway, nine tet wide, and two doors, six fect wide each, lead directiy into the churchyard, One door in the reur of the church, | four feet wide, i always used during service. | 8% PRTER’S ROMAN CaTHOLIC CHURCH, | corner Barciay and Church streets, seats 1,000 in the boay of the church aud 600 im the gallery. Elbow sturrs, five feet wide, lead from the gallery and empty directly into the body of the church and close to the side doors, There are three aisles im the body of the burch, the centre aisle seven foet wie, and two aide sios four feeteach, Three doors lead to the street | the centre voor seven tevt wide and two sido doors five eet each, JEWISH TEMPLE, Fifty-fifth street ang Lexington avenue, seats 900 in the body and 600 in the gallery, Two straight stair ways lead trom the gallery into the Vestibuie. There | are five wisies, all four 1eot wide, leading direct to five | doors, uli five’ teet in width, opening outward into the street all opening | Order to have them changed &o0 ag to open ont complied with. ST, STEPHEN'S KOMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, Fast Twenty-eiguth strevi, seats 2,000 im the body or the church and 1,000 ia the galleries, There are three Aisles; centre aisie, 6 Jeet wide, add two side aisies, 3 atic #irees, near Deluncey, seate about 400, On feel wide and oue door opening imward leuds The recol- ; The panic consequent on the mere | bule betore they can reach the doors leading tothe | 8 order has been | | vestibule, with Ove doors trom wwe vestivuie to ine | ee, tothe street, This case is also inthe bands of the atiorney. ALLEN STRERT METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, No, 126 Allen street, There are three aisies, leading directly to the doors opening into vestibule = Thr outside doors, 6 feet 6 inches wide eacn—two s!: ing aud one opening inward. This case is also 1 the bands of the attorney. YRESHYTERIAN CHUKCH OF Ti East 130th street, Seats 700. Th re turee In! doors opening outward into vestibule, and Sve outside doors, two of which open inward ané three of which siice. This case 1s also in the bands of the attorney, FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, HARLE! Fifth nue, near 127th str Seats 35u, There are three aisles, 4 feet wide each. One outer sliding door § feet wide. This case is also in the hanas of the attorney, requirements of the Building Department , not having been complied with. PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH MOLY TRINITY, Hundred and Twenty-ffth street and Fifth ave. a Seats, S00, There are three aisi leading to four vestibule doors, swinging both wa: ‘Two outside front doors opening inward and one door opening :nward Requirements of the Building Department not complied with, the case is now 1p hands of attorney. LITTLE CHURCH ROUND THE CORNER, Twenty-ninth street, near Madison avenue, Seats, | 1,200, " There are three outside doors. one 5 teet wie, opening out, ove 3 feet wide und one 4 feet wide, ope ing inward, This case is algo ix the hands of attoruey. BT. JAMES’ ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, near Madison. Seats about 1,800, rways lead from galery, with @ bend at the toot. The only means of egress trom this church ure by tore doors 6 feet wide, each leading to the street, ST. BERNARD'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, Fourteenth street, neur Ninth avenus, Seats apout 2,000, Winding stairs from gallery leading into veau- bule, Inside doors 4 feet wide at sides, anc centre door § feet, The outside doors are al! 8 feet wide. | Congregation from body of church and from the gallery | meet in the vestibule. 8T. MICHARL’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, Ninth avenue. between Thirty-Orst and Thirty. cata 1,200 in body and 500 in two stairways leading froin gal! nree aisles, one 6 feet wide, aisles 5 feet wide also lead :nto vestibui Three outer sliding doors, two of 4 feet wide and one 8 leet wide, lead into Thirty-second sireet, Besides these there are four other doors at the sides trom the body of the church, each 4 feet tn width, ST. VINCENT YERRER'S ROMAN CATHOLIO CHURCH, Lexington avenue aug Sixty-sixth stree Sears 1,200. ‘There are three uisles, two of them 4 feet wide each | and centre aisie 6 feet, all leading directly to three doors, § feet wide euch, opening on Lexington ave- nue, In addition there 1s ope door at each side jeading into the street and yard. Ali doors open outward, HOLY Choss ROMAN CaTHOLC CHURCH, Forty-second street, near kighth avepue, Seats 1,300 in body of church and 70 tn galery. Five aisles, ove 5 feet O inches in width and four teet 6 inches, lea tng directly to three outer doors opening outward, one 8 ieet and two 6 fect, to the street, Two crooked stairways, 3 feet 6 inches wide, lead from the gallery, | Congregation from gallery and body meet at sido exits, GERMAN RVANGELICAL MISSION CHURCH, i No, 141 Houston street, seats :n body of church about | 700, and in the gailery about 350, Two lines of elbow gtairs, 3 feet 6 inches each in width, lead from gallery into vestibule, Three aisles, 3 feet 4 Inches wide eacti, ‘also Jead into vestibule by three doors, & 4 inches wide, There is but one sliding door, 9 feet wide, trom vestibule to street, and this 18 the only direct means of egreéa trom the balding. , 8T. ANN’S ROM. THOLIO CHURCH, East Twelfth street, The ‘e three aisies, one 6 feet ‘and two 4 feet wide, leading into vestibuie ‘T'wo atair- ‘ways, very sicep and winding, and only 8 feet in width, aiso lead into’ vestibule, Three doors, opening out- ward, ove $ teet and two 5 feet 6 inches each, commu- Ticate with the street, Congregation all have to pass ‘rough these doors after meeting in the vestibule. OUR COMPLAINT BOOK. New York, March 10, 1877. To tax Evrrog op THE HERALD:— Believing it to be the duty of every citizen to cor- rect, as fur as lies in nis power, ull violations of law TANS, One great faith in tho press as an efficient remedy, 1 beg permission, through the Hunan», to ask of the proper Authorities:—Why 18 1 thub the liquor saloons are allowed to remain open all night in the vicinity of Washington Market, and by what influence the centre of Dey street bas become a permanent stand for dilapi- dated wagons (without hor: of unlicensed venders ot staie vegetables? CITIZEN, | A “FROCHARD’ IN NEW YORK, New Yorx, March 20, 1877. To tux Evitor oy THE HERALD: Although living in Kastern Quebec I read your paper Tegularly, and often bless you for the good you do in exposing cruelty and wrong by correspondence, eito- riaily and otherwise in your valuable paper. 1 would therefore direct your attention to the following dis- tressing case:— Passing trom Fourth to Fifth avenue 1 met a gray- haired, gin-faced looking woman in charge of a poor, Sightless caild, aged about fourteen. Seeing mo com- ing—I was, perhaps, five doors distant—the wretched child was violently tagged by the arm to make her open ber sightlews eyes to excite mygpity. 1 looked deep into the sockets only to tind every trace ot sight ave something, or perhaps, as in the “Two he poor child would have been the sufferer, fed the bloated old hag was uot her mother, and trust that somo kind hearted lady or geu- may meet this poor child and rescue hor trom ife of misery. For such an action a good re- STRANGER, ADMISSION FEE TO THEATRES. Nxw Yorx, March 10, 1877, To tax Epitor ov tux Herap:— Kindly permit me to say a few words in refereace to an article in your columus this mornirg on “tree tickets."” While deprecatng the use of such tickets and quite agreeing with your correspondent ‘tnat what 18 worth seeing shoula be worth paying for, contend that, under the present high rates of admis- sion to our theatres, the managers must resort to | “papering the house”? mm order to secure even a mod- erately full -atteudance or else play to empty benches, Take the case of a certain uptown theatre on Monday evening last, when, by actual count, the were not more than 300 people in the house, one- aper,"’ and this in @ theatre capable of seating at least 1,500, Now, what is the cause of this? Simply a determination on the part of the manager not to submit to the inevitable, The house is in every way tirst class, the play excellent and admirably acted, and yet losing money. There is no reason in the world why the admission should be kept av $1 and reserved seats $1 60. Reduce the prices to iifty cents admission, $1 lor orchestra chairs and seventy-five cents tor dress circle, and full, payimg houses will! be ‘the r not | the exception, Let the managers take con- certed action on thie point and they will soon find that, instead of beggariy account of empty benches,” their houses will be weil filed and money will flow into their coffers. Business men long ago learned that ‘half a joa! is better than no brewd,’’ and it is not yet too late for the theatrical managers to heed the wheiesome | Hast, | | NEGLECTED STREETS, ew Youk, March 10, 1877, To tax Epitor oF tuk Heraww:— East Thirty-s:xth street, between First and Second avenues, for nearly the whole block, is full of the bet- ter cluss of tenement houses, all occupied and with the usual quantity of children of ali ages. The street for the past two months bas not been cleaned, nor the ashes and accumulations removed, and it 18 now breast high with ashes, garbage aad filth, the stench from whico is sickening. The strect is impassable for vehicles except on the single rail track through i, Sickness and disease will surely iollow uuless this stu is taken away. CANADIAN, BILL-BO.RD PASSES, New York, March 10, 1877. To rmx Evitor or tur HeraLp:— ‘There are two sides toevery question, and that of free passes, or, as the managers themselves more cor- rectly term them, “complimentary orders,” will be found to be no exception to the rule, ‘They are given in the first place in recognition of a service rendered, The management want publicity, and ask storekeepers to exuibit their bilis in prowie nent positions that the public may be kept posted to what tbey have to ofler in the way of entertar ment, and probubly in no other way can they be so cheaply and eflicientiy adverused, The compliment of a couple of seats once a month is certainly not an | extortionate price to pay for this publicity, But the | system of giving these tickets t the bill-boys for dis trivucion leads to great abuse. They are in innumera- bie instances diverted~-for a consideration, of course— irom their legitimate channel, and never reach those for whom they are intended. Of the Value of “paper houses" to managements at certain times Lam noi able to speak, vut actors much droad playing to anything like empty benches, and there are doubtless many iessees in this city who t at various stages of their curcer found ven in the much reprobated DEADHEAD, THE TRADERS’ SAVINGS BANK. | New Yor, March 10, 1877, To Tne Evitor ov THE HenaLp:— I would jike to know through your valuable paper the reason there is no mention made of the defunct ‘Traders’ Savings Bank.’ 4 have noticed all thu other defunct banks mentioned from time to time, Since Mr. White, of the Grocers’ Bunk, has been up- pointed receiver, there has been nothing done toward | paying the depositors a divideud, nor has there been Wwlal amount of doposiis did not exceed $76,000; whereas other banks which hud ten times that amount have iong since declured a diviaend. If this matter i tied soon I suppose tuere will be no occasion to aeci ividend, a» the receiver will require more than the above for his trouble, AN ANXIOUS DEPOSITOR, VITAL STALISTIC and order that may come to his notice, and having | iasued even a report of the condition of tue bank. The | [LB LIFE INSURANCE LITIGATION. ? ‘ THE SUITS AGAINST THE GUARDIAN, MUTUAL AND NORTH AMERICA IN THE KINGS COUNTY SUPBEME COUBT—HOW ONE OF THE PLAIN- TIFFS DISGUSTED HIS COUNSEL—A LITTLE TEMPEST WHICH BLEW INTO ADJOURNMENT. ‘The Kinge County Supreme Court was plethoric of insurance attorneys yesterday morning when the motions against the Guardian and North America Life | Insurance companies were set for hearing. Judge Dykman, who has been {1) for severai days past, made @ special effurt to be present to listen to these matters, | which had been postponed from Saturday, the Sd inst. | ‘The two main iseues were the suite of Belknap ve. the | North America, Guardian Mutual and Universal com- panies, and Henry EB. Tremaine and others vs, the | Guardian Mutual, The orders of dissolution obtained | on Thursday by the Attorney Genera! aga:nst both the Guardian and North America served to complicate matters to @ copsiderabie degree, and added greatly to the legal interest attached to the proceedings, There appeared for the plaintiffs Counsellors John and John Townsend; and forthe detendants Messrs. Sewell & Pierce, Alexander & Green, and A.J, Vanderpoel. Besides these there were present to witness the proceedings a number of other attor- neys, who bave borge arms in the present crusade | against Iife insurance companies, ‘THR LOST CLIENT. On Friday last an order had been issued by Justice Gilbert discontinuing the suit of Tremaine vs, the Guardian Mutual, Mr, M. W. Tyler having been substi- | tuted tor plaintiffs attorney in place of Messrs. Red- field & Hill, When the proceedings were opened yesterday Mr Hill applied, ex parte, tor an order vacating the one of discontinuance, He stated the grounds tor this appli- cation at somo length, reading an affidavit made by himself, reciting the action by which othor parties than ‘Tremaine had been made plaintifs to the suit, Mr. Hill alleged in the affidavit that when the plaintift, Tre- maine, demanded @ substitution of counsel aeponent, after consulting authority, consented. Ho then con- sulted with big remaining clients and drew up another bili against the Guardian Mutual, whicb he intended to prosecute, Mr. Hill alleged that # waiver of notice, misrepresenting hia position, had been signed mis- takenly by his partner, and upon this the order for 9 discontinuance bad veen granted by Justice Gilbert, The atflidavit alleged that go such consent on the part of deponent was intended to have been given ; that on the preceeding Saturday the case had been postponed in order to obtain further merits, and while this was going on the defendants’ attorneys were | preparing a scheme by which the "Attorney | Genera: was to go te the Fourth Juatetal District and obtain an order destroying the Guardian Mutual and other companies; that a ew days before the Attoruey General had given hig promise to ceponent that he should be notified betore any such proceeding was taken; that the Superintendent of Insurance came to New York on Tuesday last and made a technical exumination of the Guardian Mutual and North America companies after a method prepared for bim by Henry J. Furber aud others; that the Attorney General and attorneys for the detendant afterward went to Schenectady, where they obtained orders ior the dissolution of these companies, without previous notice to nny of those porsous, who at the time were | trying to save the institutions ‘rom such catastrophe, On thege grounds Mr, Hili asked that the order of dis- continuance be vacated, SOME SHARP CRITICISMS. Mr, Plerce asked to delay the decision for a short time anti Mr. Sewell and others bud arrived in court. ‘Mr, Hill suggested that the conduct of the defence had not been such as to warrant much considerauon, Mr. Pierce remarked that be was not ready to make answer himself, preierring to watt until the other | counsel arrived, “! want to say right here.” exclaimed Mr. Hill, vehemently, ‘that in this judictal district, where peo- pie are striving to save th companies, I think the judges ought to be trusted, Instead of going 170 miles away to destroy the concerns behind the door,”” Mr. Pierce again asked the Court tor a brief post- ponement of ita decision, “And another thing want to explain,’? said Mr. Hill, as furiously as before. “When this action was commenced they said 1t was vexatious, and i have the written apology of one of tiese gentlemen in my pocket, who alterward appeared at Schenectady and repeated the accusation in court.” Judge Dykman postponed further action in the case until cieven o clock, when Messrs, Seweil, Greea and Vanderpoel appeared, Mr. Hill then continued bis petition, and read the affidavit of Mr. Etheibert Belkoap, piaintil in the North America suit, who alleged that he had been solicited to discontinue bis suit, without consulting his attorney, Mr. Hill. He asked the Court for an or- der to suow cause why the previous decree should not bo vaeated, and 1% was 80 ordered, returnable fortn- with, READY TO FORGIVE, While the order to show cause was being prepared, counsel on both sides retired by.themselves and eu- gaged in eager conversation. The resuit of these de- liberations was made known when Mr. Vanderpocl, addressing the Court, said that tue counsel tor platuutl’ appeared to have some misapprehension as to the tacts im the aflair, and suggested that a week's adjournment might improve the understanding between them. Mr. Townsend said that from the conference just had he judged there was something vot clearly ander. stood, aud he would be satisiled to adjourn the matter over until next Saturday. Mr, Hill anoanced bia consent, graciously remark- ing that be was willing his iriends should nave an op- portunity to explain their apparently singular course of conduct. Judge Dykman then ordered the whole matter ad- journed until twelve o'clock on Saturday next, at White Plains. SUVENIL GUARDIAN SOCIETY. RETICENCE OF Rtv. MR, ROBERTSON—THE STATE BOARD OF CHARITI“S' REPORT. Messrs. Henry L. Hoguct, Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs, Lowell, on bebalf of the State Board of Charities, | having last week at,Albany laid before the authorities there a startling report upon the management ot the New York Juvenile Guardian Society, a long suit for tibel and dilatory proceedings are likely to be the fruit of their jabors. At present itis not deemed advisable to pub- lish the gist of the report handed in by Mr. Hoguet's committee, tor the reason that the Rev. D. F, Rovert- eon, secretary and manager of the Juvenile Society, has on benalf of this association sued out a writ of injanction against Hoguet avd the ovber parties con- cerned, Mr, Hoguet was seen yesterday in his ofices No, 51 Chambers street, but he declined to enter iuto any de- \usled account as to the precise nature of the radical difference of opinion which exists between his commit tee and Mr. Rovertson’s society, He said, in sub. stance, that the committee to which he belongs hud « | duty to pertorm im investigating such private charite able institations as migot be Lrought to their notice, ‘The committee were asked to examine the Juvenile So- ciety, and they did so according to law. Mr. Hoguet understood that his committee Were being sued in con- nection with their recent report, but he had been | served with no papers and does not know the nature of the action brought against them. Mr. Roosevelt aixo | declined to give any particulars as to the nature of the | difference between his committee and the Juvenile Society. THE REY. MR ROBERTSON 18 MEM, The Kev. D, F. Robertson, who ciaims to have been | for more than twenty-eight years connected with the Juvenile Society, was found yesterday, after muc! trouble, ina very hambie jooking office, indeed, on | the fiith floor of No, 176 Broadway. The reverend geutieman isa hale, bearty man, of large proportions, verging on sixty years. He wearsa full, white beard, and has a florid face. Mr. Kobertson declined to com- ment on the cause of war between the Juvenile Society | and the State Board of Charities, It transpired during the conversation which ensued that on ! bursday inst the former institntion had petitioned His Honor sudge Daly, iv she Court of Cominon Pies, to grant an in- junction against the latter, enjoming the committee represented by Mr. Hoguet from publishing libellous or slanderous “news’’ against the Juveniie Society. | The papers bave not yet issued from court, but will be | served at ‘the earliest moment” Mr, Robertson in- cidentally admitted that the greatest cause of com- piaint hes in the publishing of “ths spurious testi- mony” by the State Board committee, and hence re! 18 sought through the means of a preliminary injun: tion, | TAILORS’ PROT A meeting of the Tailors’ Protective Union was held | last evening at Golden Rink Hall, No, 125 Rivington | street, Mr, M. Rosenbaum in the chair, The const! vation of the society, an abstract of which has already | been published in the Hanai.d, Was feported favorably on by the committee appointed at the Inst meeting, and was adopted. The committee reported severai minor amendments, Out the main arvicles of the constitution, which provide tor arbitration beiween workmen and sployers m case Of dispute, remain unchanged. Preparations are being made for meetings in every ward in the city for the purpose of torming branches of the organization. The parent society at present numbers over 300 members, und if its constitution is | faithfully observed, promises to be of benellt both to tue Journeyman and the master tailor STOLEN SAFE RECOVERED. OMeor Weiburg, of the Fourteenth preeimet, re- ceived information yesterday (hat burglars bad secreted their spoils im the cellar of No. 147 Elm street, ceeding there he found a small safe, whieh had been stoem on the wight previous from the store of Beattie & Co, of No il Elm stree. The door was blown open, and tue con- tents, consiating of $107 in bills and & of valuable papers, taken, Oo searching she premises Ube ofliver found wil the woney, with the excepuon of $27. Following ap t ews obtained frotw his inform. aut he sabsequenuy arrested Jono Hilimao and Lous Feunveil!, aged respectively eighteen and uinewen The following 1s the record for the week ending March 10,—Deutha, 626; still births, 41; virvbs, 611; | marriages, 1s | the last will and codicil of the said Corneiius Vander- Pro- | THE VANDERBILT WILL. OBJECTIONS OF THE CONTESTANTS FILED IN THE SURROGATE’S COURT—THB BATTLE GBOUND DEFINED, The tocsin peal which on last Tuesday, ® week ago, brought the son of the great Commodore and belr to bis immense fortune to con/ront his relatives, Cornelius J. Vanderbilt, Etbelonda V. Allen and Mrs. La Bau, who dispute his mghts ag principal legatee, gave ous no unnesning sound, The gage o! batyie was then and there thrown down and accepted, The next step to the Gnal encounter was aé to the conditions upon which the battle was to be fought, yesterday being Axed by the Surrogate for that purpose, ‘The following was re- corded by the umpire as the great grievance of each contestant, and on which they staked the resuit:— CORNBLIUS J, VANDERBILT'S OBJECTIONS. First—He alleges that eaid paper writings are not the Inst will and testament of Cornelius Vandertilt. Second—That deceased did not sign said papers at the end thereof or at ali, Thard—That deceased did not sign the papers in presence of the attesting witnesses, Fourth—Thas a ed did not declare the papers in preseuce of the attesting witnésses to be bis lust, will and codicil, Fifth—Toat he did not acknowledge the subscription of skid papers ip the presence of the eubscribing wit- nesses, ‘Sizth—-That deceased did not at the time of signing ana sealing, if he’ did so sign and seai such papers, acknowledge tue subscription and seal tnereof to have been-made by him, nor deciare the papers to be bilt ‘eventhenThat the attesting witneases did not sign jai said witnesses did not sign their names 4 iL presence of wach other, niestant alleges that the said Cornelius Vanderbilt, deceused, Was not at the time said first named paper writing purports to have been executed, nor at any time when it was executed, if executed at ail, nor at tho time said second named paper writ Ing (tne codicil) purports to have been executed, nor at any time when tt was executed, it executed al sound mind or memory, or in any respect capi making a will or of making a codicil. ieventh—He alleges that said paper writings, and cach of them purporting to be the will aud codicil, i executed by Corueius Vanderbilt, deceased, were oblained, and the execution thereof procured, by fraud and ciredmvention and undue influence pressed against and upon said Cornelius Vandero:!t, deceased, by Wil- liam H, Vanderbilt and by some other persun or per- sons unknown to this contestant. Twelfth—That said papers, writings and the execu- tion tnercot, if executed by Cornelius Vanderbilt, were procured by undue influence and the thereot by traud and circumvention by Wiliam H, Vanderoilt, or by and through the medium of others or another at big instance, Tharteenth—That tue papers and execution thereof were procured by fraud, circumvention and undue tu- fluence exercised by Wullam H. Vanderbilt personaliy, and by and with the aid of others and another (in ti mate relations with testator). Fourteenth—He alleges that said papers, if executed by Cornelius Vanderbilt, wore not really or voluntarily executed by tim, or that the subscription to said papers was procured by fraud, restraint and coercion, exercised upon him by William H. Vanderbilt or some person or persons nnknown to thia contestant, Fyteenth—He alleges that the said Cornelius Vander- bill, al the time he is alleged to bave executed the papers, Was by reason of delusion (morbid and mental), mania, mental disorder, loss or absence of natural ai- fection and age, disqualified to make any testamentary disposition of bis property or periorm any testamen- tary act or acts, Sixteenth—He alleges that the said Cornelius Van- derviit, by reason of 4 mania, aM unnatural desire and inclination to perpetuate Lig wame, wealth and power by the concentration of bis property in bis son, the aid William H. Vanderbilt, and in the latter’s chil- ren, bad thereby become incapacitated trom making any vaiid testamentary disposition of his property be- fore and at the time of executing the said papers and writing. That influenced by such delusion he had un undue and unwarranted regard for one of bis children, the said Will H. Vanderbilt, and an unjust and un- warranted a ‘jon to his other children, subjecting the sald testator the more to the undue influence brought to bear upon him by said William H, Vander- bilt, and by those whom he called to his aid, Seventeenth—He alleges that the said last will and codicil are cach of them invalid tn law and are illegal and void, and every provision therem contained is illegal and void. Ethan Allen, proctor for Cornelius J. Vanderbilt. Jeremiah 3, Black, Scott Lord, Ethaa Allen, of couasel, Objections to the will have also been filed on tho part of Mrs, Etholanda V. Allen and Mrs. La Bau, similar in substance to the foregoing objections of Cornelius J. Vanderbilt, Thursday, the 15th inst., has been fixed for the hearing of counsel beiore the Surro- gate forthe probate of the will and the objections thereto, sindbis ae WHISKEY @R DYE. AN INTERESTING EXAMINATION BEFORE UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER WINSLOW. Tue attention of United States Commissioner Wins. low, Brooklyn, was occupied yesterday inthe exam- ination of a peculiarly interesting case of alleged vio+ lation of the internal revenue law, The defendant in the case is Mr, Jobn Halliday, a chemist of favorable repute, both im this country and in England. It ap- peared from the testimony that on Wednesday morn- ing, February 21, Deputy Collectors Bowden and O'Donnel! followea Mr, Halliday toto hin place of business, and later in the day Deputy Marsnais Biggert and Rerch discovered there @ tub of molusses mash, of 800 or 1,000 gatlons capacity. Other officers of the Revenue Department eubsequently entered the premises, and with consid- erable dificuity succeeded in fitting sections of a pipe and a wooden trough leading to a still seventy feet distant from the mash, They then lighted the fires aud ran off & quantity of what they claimed to be spirits or rum. A Warrant Was then issued against the defendant, who was arrested, Yesterday he ap- peared before United States Commissioner Winslow for examination. Counsel tor defendant moved to dismiss the com. | plaint, on the ground that defendant was engaged in a | legitimate business, as chemist, in the manu! an aasline dye and other colors. They would prove by chemica! analysis-that this stuf produced aw liquor | had arsenical properties which would render | it Unhealthy for» man to drink, and the materiai found in the tub was used to make coiors, Counsel described at length tha process of making ** Ruboline,” a uew color, whico defenvant bad been experimenting on for the past sx months, and for which the tub of mash discovered wus to have been usea tor the first time, fhe Court de. cided not to dismiss the complaint, whereupon the cuse was opened for the detence. Jaimes 'T. Bronk, a practical engineer, testified con- cerning the boiler found by the oificers, which, ho said, was used as a “receiver and biower,’”? and not | adapted or the purposes of distilling wh sky, } William F, Jordan testified at length to the business integrity of the deiendant, Jonn Lambert, a German chemist, who was tn the employ of detendant as superintendent, tested that no liquor had ever been made on the premises; be knew that Mr. Haliiday was experimenting upon a new process for # dye, to be made ous of the retnse of other antiine of] dyes, and that molasses mash was to be used therein, Tne examination was aujourned iil! Monday morning at aine o'clock. rade “CROOKED” WHISKEY §EIZURE. | Depaty Collectors Pill: and Young mado aj descent apon the basement of No, 185 Plymouth street, Fifth ward, Brooklyn, yesterday, where they | seized an iileit atill of fifty gallons capacity, The still | and about two thousand gallons of mash wore de- | siroyea, John Quinn, the supposed pruprictor, was arrested and beid to answer. Deputy Maranal De Cine last evening arrested Johu O'Neil on suspicion of being inverested In the disiillery. ROBBED IN A STREET CAR, | plastid | A MERCHANT RELIRVED OY FIFTEEN BUNDBED | DOLLARS ON A BROOKLYN HORSE CAR—COOL | BEHAVIOR OF THE THIEVES, | Mr. Peter Schueider, proprietor of the glass works corner of Kent avenue and Morton street, Eastern dis- | trict, drew $1,500 from the Brooklyn Bank yesterday | and placed the parcel 1m his side coat pocket, He | walked up Fultoa sureet and got on a Flushing avenue car, At the same time two well dressed men also got on the car, one on the rear and the osber on the front | piatiorm, Arriving at the transfer depot, Ciassou | avenue, Mr. Schneider got off the rear platform, in- tending to take a@ Greenpoint car. As be waa alight jug he observed one oi tho individuals who had | | goton in Fulton street push by him suddenly and | | pat one foot oa the pavement, and then remark that | j be did not wwnt to alight there, that be had made a mista A moment afer this incident Mr. Schuieder covered that fig Packuge of mouey Was missing, He ngoton the Flushing avenue car and imformed | bu Kietz, the conductor, of bis toss. In the mean time the man the victim suspects of having taken the | money made his way to the front platiorm of vie car, | where he euered into conversation with the other passenger, The conductor and Mr. Sehnieder in- tended to keep am eye on the two men and summons the Orst policeman they saw, but there was no officer in sight. AL Bedford avenao one of the men jumped off and walked toward the Kast- ern District, and lait a block furtuer on the suspected falizbted, and was folowed by Mr, Schneier, The moved aiong Spencer street till be came to Park avenue, where be envered 4 bouse, His pursucrin- quired at the house jor we stranger, bat th not been #een by the inmates, and the dish vietin of the robbery then made hi to the yeurs, the prisoners were arraigned at the Tombs Voice Court aud remanded for turtber ¢xamination, the deuce being incomplete, ‘ties, Severe: deveotives are enguged 12 Working up | changed her course of life and at last married a gon { confined to her projension. | jand, bas made the folowing arraugements house, where he gave # description of tue suspected | THE DEAD CAMILLE Her Secret Marriage with Henry Herbert Byrne, WHY THEY SEPARATED. —— Pursued by the Shadow of an Er- ring Sister’s Sin. UNERAL PREPARATIONS Various articles have appeared in the daily papers purporting to be scraps of the life history of Matilda Heron, and from time to t:me accounts of her eccep- tricities have been published, unt) */nsane or nos ia- sane,” w the question whenever ber name was brought before the pabiic, To agreat many the factol Miss Heron’s first marriage to Henry Herbert Byrne, of California, was anknown, and on the occasion of his death the statement of the same and the theories advanced to explain their separation were as startling to many of ber friends as they were foreign to their es timate of her character, A lengthy article appeared in the HeraLp some time ago, taken from a San Francisco paper, whereip “the date of the secret marriage of Henry Byrne and Mauilda Heron was stated, surmises given ag to the cnuse of their separation, the announcement made of Mr, Byrne’s death, tho amount of property he /ett, and that Miss Heron was on her way to California tc contest bis will bequeathing the bul of bis fortane te Edward Carpentier. As far as the fact and date o: Mr. Byrne and Miss Heron’s marriage went the article im question was a trutbful one, but that portion throw. ing suspicion on Misa Heron’s purity of character as a cause of their separation, and exhibiting pretended knowledge as to her movements atter bis death, originated in the prolific mind of some penny-a-liner more anxious to spin out « sensational column thu preserve the good name of a woman, CAUSE OP THE SEPARATION, ‘The true cause of the separation between Mr, Byrne and Matilda Heron ts now published for the frst time. Mias Heron made her début in San Francisco Decom- ber 26, 1853, and, making @ wonderful success, tame and wealth were rapidly acquired. Among the host of friends her talents gathered aronnd her none were more assiduous in their attentions than Henry Byrne, and their frendsiuip baving developed into a deep affection it was an nest wish of hjs that she should leave her profession and. become his wife, This Miss Heron did not want todo then, a8 ulroady arrangements haa been completed for | her brother to escort her abroad, and she desired to dejer ber marriage until after her return and the fullll- ment of two theatrical engagements she had made— one in Pittsburg and one in New York city. Av last, moved by his frequent solicitations, she consented to 8 secret marr! and becamo Mr, Byrne's wile, both determining not to reveal their relation to exch other until alter ber return and the completion of ber cou tracts to play in the two cities above mentivaed. AN APPECTIONATE PAREWELL, With loving words anu bright hopes for the future they parted, the wile, accompanied by her niece and brother, to go 1D one Of ber tather’s vesseis to Europe; the husband, with fond expectancy, to await ber re- turn as the realizatiun of al) his dreams of bappiness. Miss Heron bad been absent some time when o large number of prominent gentlemen of California met ata social dinner, Mr. Byrne making one of the party, The conversation turning upon women, meus tion was nade of Miss Heron’s' remarkable avilities, when some one sneeringly alluded to ber being an actress, At this Mr. Byrne requested “that Miss Heroa be spoken of with more respect, as he woud answer for ber oeing a lady.’’ One of the party satiricaliy re- marked, “Probably she is macb of a lady as the orginal of this,” taking jaguerreotype from bia pocket and handing it to bis next neighborat tie table, who, in turn, passed itto anotuer, Kvery one upon seeing tt exclaimed, “Miss Herou!’” Mr. Byrne, npoa looking at it, aaid, My God! where did you get this!” “Gentlemen,” replied the owner of the picture, ‘that 1s not Miss Heron, but a picture of her sister, calied Kate Ridgely, and the proprietress of a gilded palace of sin in New York, known as the ‘Honse of Slirrors,’”* ‘The effect of this statement upon sir. Byrne may be imagined, be being au excessively proud man, The irregularities and uncertainties of the mails was Mr. Byrne's excuse tor not writing about this affair 10 Miss Heron, and belong kept brooding over the mutter, Her siience on the subject he 18 said to buve considered wiliul deception on b » and gradually bis mind became biased against ter. Upon her return to tbls country be met ber at Pitts- burg, and be at once broached the subject tbut seemed of such importance to bim, “reproacting her tor bringing 4 stain upon bis name and deceiving bim.’? “How could be take ber to California and acknowledge her as his wife when her sister’s position was the talk of the State??? ‘This and much more Le |, and those knowing Miss Heron’s bigh spirit aud segrity of purpose wil not wonder at the reply she made him THR WIFR’S EXPLANATION, “Seventeen years ago (sh jd) Lremember, asa child, seeing a young widowed iD immate of my father’s house; then she disappeared, my brotuer followed, was absent two or three days, and returued, bringing her lie girl of two years back with him, The child was brought up in my father’s house, bul the mother’s name Was Dever mentioned in the family. | have heard that 1 remarkably resombied, in form and face, that sister; Dut since childhood | have never seca her, What temptations and trials caused her tall 1 do not know, dut where she is wy prayers will \oliow her, As fcr my not snowing tae this dicted pave ib ourtamily history, I did nos think of it in connectioa with our afairs; but now, thank Heaven! our mar- Tiage was @ secret one. You return to the friends whose noble occupation ts the bandying about ot a woman’s fame, With them cherish your spotless name, 1am not ashamed of mine, but will cling to 14, and from henceforth will be wedded to my protession. ” Alter reflection changed Mr. Byrne’s views of the subs ject. He followed Miss Heron to New rork, urged ber to forgive bis mmjustice aud returo with him to Sau Fraucisco; but” ail aided by the entreaties of he had enlisted in Bis cause), did not avi decision, Ambition took te her heart dumb to all his pi Finding there was no hope he finally consented to a separation, though neither of them ever ovtaiued a divorce. Un being asked recently Why she did not refute the aspersions made upon her character by publisuing the true facts connected with the separation of Mr. Byraoe and herself Mvss Heroa said:—*'i caouvt doit, The sister who was the unfortanate cause of our trouble could not cling to evil; bitterly repentant, she man of position and wealth, after making him ac: quainted with the errors ot her past, Now sue uged, and her days are spent in doiny good to othe! I 1 wrote a vindication of myself the public would expect naines and particulars regarding her, which would tend to wound and humiliate ner deeply; there. fore | will bear it tor my sister’s sake.” Thought ber hearers then, Matilda Heron, your tnsantty does not reach your heart, or if such a resolve is tue result of mania God grant more persous in the world may ture mad, ‘The funds with which ahe was enabled to go to Cali- fornia to contest the will were part of tho proceeds of & grand benent tendered her by generous dramatic friends iu New York, he benefit was a ®| cess, DUL A an who Managed to got posse: money swindied Miss Heron out of all except a iew Lundred dolurs, PREPAKATIONS POR THE FUNERAL TO-DAY. In a Littie parlor of the house No. 1u2 Kast Tweuty- fifth street the remains of poor Matilda Heron uy yesterday, awaiting the hour when, alter the last sud rites of the church are performed over them, they will be consigned to their final resting place, ‘The wet known leatures wore # calm and peacelul look; Horal tribnies. were strewn around in protusion-~ tokens of affection from many @ Irieod aud admirer, and there was a seemingly endiess succession of visitors who wirhed ‘to take aiast jook atthe dead Camille. Over four hundred called at the house ot Mr. Herbert yesterday to see the body, and the immediate trieuds of the deceased were Al iengtt compelled to retuse ail except memoers of the theatrical profession, Miss Heron's iriends, however, were by no means ‘There were mauy oral offerings from persons im humbe circuustances whom her geuctosity had belrivuded dnring uer life time A wreath of pure cailn lies trom one. » beautiful cross from anotuer, @ broken culuma trom & third, testiied to the grautude of some whose hearts were Once giuddened by her kindness. Mr. J. H. Alliger, Knowo on the stage as James Hay, for the funerai, which Will take plwce at two o'clock this afternoon from the “Liitle Churen Around the Co ner” (Coureh of the Transtiguration), Messrs, Will- jam Davidgo, D. MH. Harkins, Cuares Gaylor, Joun Vincent, Johu Parsee, Harry tkine, and Charis Fisher wii be pail vearers; Rev. Dr, Hougnion will officiate, and Mime, Salvoitt and Misa Geruo Emmapuel will sing ‘J » Saviour of My Soui,’? ana “Come unto me ail ye that iabor and are heavy laden.”? fue regular choir of the churen, with the organist, Mr, Albort Berg, will also take part ia the services, The remains will be conveyed to Green- wood Cemetery, to be piaced in the e plot with those of Marie, the little daughter of the deceased actre Severa! pupils of Miss Heron will be present # mourners, and ber daughter Bijou, who 18 at pres- ent stoppin the house of Dr, Cary, ip Sevenveenth street, will accompany the sad procession to the comer tery. FIBE IN AN ORPHAN ASYLUM. A fire broke ous early yesterday morning in the car- peuter room of the Colored Orphan Asylum, at 144th par the case. . | Deu street ‘ealy 4508, Was prompily put out, the damage