The New York Herald Newspaper, February 25, 1879, Page 8

8 VINCENNES CENTENNIAL, The Centenary of the Conquest of the Northwest. GEORGE ROGERS CLARKE. His Brilliant Capture of Kaskas- kia and Vincennes. AMERICA’S FORGOTTEN HEROES A singular fatality hus obscured the memory of ne of the most gallant and deserving of the heroes of the American struggle for independence. While insignificant skirmishes in the Eastern States have been celebrated in prose and poetry, and have be- come the staples of our school histories, a campaign which, in its far-reaching results, was one of the de- cisive events of American annals is almost unknown to the men of the present generation, and its heroes deprived of that meed of tame which is justly their due, There are few more romantic exploits recorded in the story of any country than the expedition of Major George Rogers Clarke, in 1778-9, with a hand- rul of Virginian volunteers, through the pathless wilds of the great Northwest Territory, resulting in the conquest and permanent annexation to the revolted colonies of the strongholds of British power in a region now peopled by 10,000,000 of the most pros- Perous of American citizens. Few Americans have any knowledge of the pre-Revolutionary annuals of the great West. For them the history of Ohio, Indiana, Tilinois, Michigan and Wisconsin begins with their settlement by emigrants from the Fastern States long subsequent to the war of the Revolution, and it is only in recent times that Francis Parkman’s charm- ing volumes have recalled to memory that there is history of French occupancy of the Northwest, cov- ering a full century before that territory passed into English hands. FRENCH EXPLORATION IN THE NORTHWEST. The heroic achievements of the early French ex- Dlorers La Salle, Joliet, Vincennes and others, added to Canada the whole region of the great lakes and the whole upper valleys ot the Mississippi and the Obio. During the silent decades of the first half of the eighteenth century, while Washington was sur- veying the fastnesses of the valley of Virginia and Franklin experimenting on electric phenomena at Philadelphia, there were slumbering in unrecorded obscurity numerous French villages on the Illinois and Wabash rivers. Founded before the close of the seventeenth century, they were so remote, both from the French capital at Quebec and from the western outposts of the English colonies, that they might as well have been in the yheart of Africa for all that was known of them at Downing street, at Williamsburg or at Philadel- phia. The issue of the “Seven Years War,” which in 1763 definitively extinguished French dominion in America, had but slight effect in directing attention to these remote settlements. They were added to the “Province of Quebec,” with which the people of the thirteen English colonies felt that they had little concern, and the greed for new territory had still vast regions to appropriate before the value of the great Northwest could be appreciated. SITUATION OF THE BRITISH POSTS. At the outbreak of the Revolution the Northwest territory, considered as a part of the Province of Quebec, was administered from Detroit by Colonel Henry Hamilton, with the title of Lieutenant Gov- ernor. Hamilton was a brave but unscrupulous officer, who enjoyed great influence with the Indians and did not hesitate to pay them high bounties for the scalps of the insurgent fron- tiersmen. The three principal outposts of the region under his command were the old French settlements of Kaskaskia, Cahokia and Vincennes. Kaskaskia, founded by La Salle, in 1662, is situated near the mouth of the navigable Kaskaskia River, in the present Randolph county, Southern Illinois, nearly opposite St. Genevieve, Mo. Though now an imsignificant village it was for more than a century the largest settlement of the Northwest, and for several years prior to 1818 was the capital of Hlinois Territory. Cahokia is now almost a suburb of St. Louis, being situated on the Illinois shore of the Mississippi, four or five miles south of that city. Vincennes, the county seat of Knox county, Ind., is situated on the western bank of the Wabash River, opposite Lawrence county, Ili. It is a thriving city of some seven thousand inhabitants, vearly midway between Cincinnati and St. Louis, by the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad: is surrounded by hundreds of Indian mounds, proudly recalls the capital of the Northwest ‘Territory during its whole existence, and of Indiana Terri- tory until 1813. It was founded as a trading post about 1712 by Jean Baptiste Bissot, Sieur de Vin- cennes, a native of Quebec, and near kinsman of the explorer Joliet, who from his childhood had taken an active part in Western explorations, was long resi- dent among the Miami Indians, and in 1736 joined the expedition of Chevalier d'Artaguette against the Chickasaw Indians, by whom, after several victories, he was taken prisoner and burned alive, along with many companions, including Pére Senat and D’Ar- taguette himself. EARLY CAREER OF CLARKE. At the commencement of the War of the Revolution Kentucky had not attained even the dignity of a county, but was known as “the western precinct of Fincastle county,” in the State of Virginia. A few hundred settlers had followed the leat of Daniel Boone and Colonel James Harrod, and two towns, called Boonesborough and Harrodsburg had been orgs around Dlockhouses near the Kentucky iver a year or two betore. Hither came in1775the hero of the conquest of the Northwest, George Rogers Clarke, then a youth of twenty-three years, but having already gained a distinguished record as @ backwoodsman and Indian fighter. He was of a good famiiy in Albemarle county, and was born near Charlottesville, November 19, 175 Like Wash- ington, who was twenty years his senior, he com- menced his active career aa a land surveyor. He had visited Kentucky before the first permanent settlo- ment was made there by Boone, having paddled down the Ohio River in 1772 as companion wo the celebrated Key. David Jones (afterward chaplain to St. Clair and Wayne), when on his enterprising but fruitless “Gospel Mission to the Shawnee and Dela- ware Indians.” At this time he was deeply impressed with the importance of the fertile valley of the Ohio and the necessity of securing it for settloment by his countrymen of Virginia. Mr. Lossing succinctly narrates (“Field Book,” vol. ii., p. 288) the immediate fequel : “His mind wag clear and comprehensive; his per- sonal courage Of the truest stamp; his energies, mental, always vigorous, and he soon : in Oracle among the backwoodsmen. He commanded a company in Governor Dunmore’s army in 1774. During the years 1775 and 1776 he traversed vast regions of the wilder- ness south of the Ohio, studied the character of the’ Indians, chiefly from the observation® of others, aud sought to discover a plan by which a tide of emigration might flow unchecked and secure into that paradise of tne continent. He soon becamecon- vineed that the British garrisons at Detroit, Kas- kaskia and Vinconnes were the nests of those vultures: who preyed upon the feeble settlements of the West and deluged the virgin #oil with the blood of the pioneers.” BRILLIANCY OF THE EXPLOFT. Mr. Benerott, who cannot be accused of undue evthusiasin respecting this portion of the annals of the Kevolution, remarks at this juncture :—‘An enter- prise is now to be recorded which, tor the valor of the actors, their fidelity to one another, the seeming feebleness of their means and the great result of their bardihood remains for ever memorable in the history of the world.” On the 6th of June, 1776, the emi- grants in the “western precinct of Fincastle county” met in convention at Harrodsburg and elected tain George Rogers Clarke, along with another of their number, to proceed to’ the capital of Virginia and solicit the formation of th settlements into . Before the two deleyates could resch Will- lamsburg the Declaration of Independence had been romulgated aud the Legislature of Virginia had ad- journed, At the winter session, however (December 6, 1776), the county of Kentucky was organized, with the limits of the the same name, and Clarke returned down the following spring. Dur- ing the summer 7 Clarke sent two young hunt- ers to reconnoitre the French villages in (linois and on the Wabash. It was learned that the British gar- fison of Kaskaskia had been withdrawn a year or two before, and the custody of the fort committed to Pbilip Kocheblave, a Frenchinan, who had neither troops nor money. Lieutenant Governor Hamilton, of Detroit, had Withdraws ttention from the fistairt West, wae sending partl@s of savages to tie frontier with the intention of reducing the “rebel torts on the Ohio,” and even dreamed of the recon- quest of Pittsburg for the Britis! Crown, PLAN OF THE EXPEDITION, ‘Toward the close of 1777 Clarke set out for Will- pw ete to propose # secret expedition against «kia and Vineennes. He opened his project to but few persons, chief among whom were Governor Patrick Henry, George Mason and Thomas Jefferson. On January 2,177, Clarke was commissioned as a major, aud received from the Governor and Council a supply of money (£1,200), with liberty to levy troops in any county of Virginia, and two seta of in- structions—one public, orderiug him to “proceed to the defence of Kentucky;" the other private, direct- ing an attack upon the British fort at Kaskaskia. The commander of Fort Pitt, at Pittsburg, was or- dered to furnish Clarke with ammunition, boats aud other necessary equipments. Hastening across the Alleghanics Clarke quickly established recruiting stations at many points in Western Virginia and fixea his headquarters at Red- stone Old Fort, on the Youghiogheny River (now in Fayette county, Pa.), where, with the cordial aid of Colonel Hand, he collected boats, light artillery and ammunition. Here he was joined by Captein Leonard Helm, of Fauquier county, and Captain Joseph Bowman, of Frederick, each ‘with less thau halfacompany. In a fow weeks nearly 4 thousand hardy backwoodsmen joined his standard, including some from the remote wilds of the Holston River, in Tennessee. Gliding down the Ohio the: stoupes at Fort Kanawha and were there reinforced, in May, 1778, by Captain William Harrod, with a Kentucky company. e next halt was at Corn Island, at the Falls of the Ohio, now Louisville, where Clarke took up his residence in later years, There he was joined by one of his scouts, Simon Kenton, a youth of twenty-two years, afterward celebrated as one of the boldest pioneers of the West, and by Captain John Montgomery, with a few Kentuckians. CAPTURE OF THE ILLINOIS POSTS. On June 26 Clarke set out from the Falls of the Ohio and down the river on his memora- ble errand, with oars double-manned. Doubling northward into the Mississippi a few days later they arrived unheralded at a creek « mile above Fort Mas- sao on July 3, and, striking across the treeless plain the next to Kaskaskia, a distance of seven miles, captured the post by surprise on the evening of July 4, Ts, The attacking party numbered about one hundred and eighty men. A detachment under Captain Bowman was sent to Cahokia and was re- ceived without opposition. The French inhabitants of both piaces willingly their allegiance to the newcomers, knowing that France had concluded an alliance with America. GOVERNOR HAMILTON'S PROJECTS. ‘The actual occupation of the Illinois country was thus consummated without bloodshed. The reduc- tion of Vincennes remained to be achieved, and was an enterprise of greater difficulty. In the first in} stance, indeed, the people of Vincennes gave in their allegiance to Clarke without resistance through the persuasions ‘of Pére Gibault, @ Catholic priest de- spatched thither with a small party from Kaskaskia. But as soon as the news reached Governor Hamilton at Detroit he set out for the Wabash with a cousider- able body of troops, accompanied by 350 Indian war- riors of thirteen different tribes. He tock posses- sion of Fort Vincennes December 17 without opposi- tion, the people returning to their allegiance. Hamil- ton settled himself down for the winter without tear of molestation, and announced by letter to the Spanish Governor of Louisiana his intention of re- covering the Illinois country in the spring, and threatened to invade Louisiana if hospitality should be given to the fugitive insurgents (Clarke's party). Moreover, he summoned a vast number of Indians to his standard and projected the reduction of the whole Ohio and Alleghany country. ‘THE MARCH TO VINCENNES. Clarke and his resolute band were not to be daunted by these dire threatenings. Learning from Frangois Vigo, a trader at St. Louis, that Hamilton had weakened himself by sending out hordes of In- dians, he resolved to attack Vincennes before their return. By his orders Captain Bowman evacuated Cahokia, and, leaving a small garrison in Kaskaskia, Clarke set out February 7 with 130 men on his adven- turous march across Southern Iilinois. He had pre- vieusly despatched (February 4) Captain John Rogers, on asmall galley mounting two four-pounders and four swivels, with orders to enter the Wabash river and take up 2 position a few miles below Vincennes. SURRENDER OF VINCENNES, Eleven days were consumed in reaching the margin of the “drowned lands” of the near Vincennes, and five days more were required to traverse them, often wading up to the breast in water, so that they coul make but four or five miles 4day. Had the weather suddenly become cold they must all have perished. Fortunately the winter was unusually open and the enemy was copay, boll oblivious of their presence. Even on the 23d a chment of British troops lett Vincennes on @ distant foray, unconscious of the vicinity of an invader, The town was left indefensible, and on February %, 1779, Major Clarke and his heroic companions entered Vincennes at the lower end of the village, with drums beating and a white flag flying. The townsmen gladly re- newed their allegiance to the Continental Congress, and ai in the seige of the fortress, which was im- mediately invested. It surrendered before nightfall and was occupied on the morning of February 25, 1779, a hundred years ago to-day. Thus the last Brit- ish stronghold in the Ohio Valley was forever as- sured to our youthful Republic. Colonel Hamilton and Cuptain theblave were sent prisoners to Wil- liamasburg. A relief expedition from Detroit was sur- prised and captured a few days later. "8 LATER CAREER. ‘The Legislature of Virginia testified its apprecia- tion of Clarke's services by the most complimentary resolutions. The Illinois region was made a county of Virginia. Clarke, in the spring of 1780, built Fort Jefferson on the Mississippi River, five miles below the mouth of the Ohio. He was made a brigadier general, conducted a successful campaign against the Miami Indians and subsequently joined Steuben in the Eastern States. In 1786 he commanded an ex- ition of 1,000 men against the Indians on the fabash, but it proved a failure. The memory of his great services was Bets fe tten and he passed the last years of life near Louis- ville, Ky., in poverty and obscurity, paralyzed by a rheumatic affection. He died there February 13, 1818, Your of his brothers were actively engaged in the war of the Revolution, one of them being killed in battle and another murdered by Indians on the Wabash, A still younger brother was the General William Clarke celebrated as the companion of Meri- wether Lewis in the enploration of on in 1304-6, and afterward for many years stationed at St. Louis as Superintendent of the Western Indians. A com- pendious sketch of the campaign of See Rogers Clarke was published at Cincinnati in 1869 by Mr. H. Pirtle, but the subject remains a fascinating one for the elucidation of future historians of the Great West. BEGINNING OF LENT. SHROVE TUESDAY AND ASH WEDNESDAY INTRO- DUCTORY TO THE GREAT FAST OF FORTY DAYS. The circle of the ecclesiastical year will bring around to-day the close of the season of fan and frolic, of mirth and merrymaking, and to-morrow will introduce the season of fasting and penitence by which annually the Church callg to mind her own frailty and her dependence alone upon God. Shrove Tuesday, Fat Tuesday, as the French call it, or Pan- cake Day, as 1t is known in England—is observed as the day of confession, as of old, preparatory to the begin- ning of Lent on Ash Wednesday. Among Catholics and Episcopalians marrying and giving in marriage, feastings and parties and balls are suspended during the forty days succeeding to-day, and contrition and sorrow for sin supersede the carnival of fun which ends to-night, and the daily and Sabbath wor- ship of the faithful for the next six weeks will be of avery solemn order. Special services will introduce Lent to-morrow. Sackcloth was worn in the olden time by penitents when they appeared in church at the beginning of Lent, snd upon them the bishop sprinkled holy water and ashes, after which the priests and deacons drove them out of the church, to signify Adam's ex- puision from Eden. This practice, substantially, is continued by the Greek Church to-day. The Roman Catholic Church, however, retains only that part of the ancient custom which sprinkled the holy water and marked with ashes the sign of the cross on the forehead of the penitent. The sackcloth is not worn by any one now as a mark of penitence, nor are the people expelled Consequently they are not obliged, as of old, to present themselves for reconciliation = re the bi or priest on the Thursday preceding Easter, ‘The adoption of this Wednesday as the beginning of Lent was the arbitrary act of Pope Gregory the Great, before whose time people fasted and assumed the penitential attitude at such seasons ax they Pleased—the season varying according to country and the circumstances of the people. The penitential season, too, consistet of thirty-six days, which Gregory increased to forty by the transfer of the day of 0 . There is @ conflict of opinion as to whether soven penitential psalms were sung in the ancient ten or only the fifty-tirst. The Greek Church, wover, retains the uso of the seven and #0 does the Catholic Church. Except these and the Epise jane and a few High Church Lutherans no other Christian denomination here takes any special notice of Ash Wednesday or of Lent. Trinity Church will observe the day with # sermon and holy com- munion to-morrow morning and prayer this afternoon, and during Lent three services will be held each Sabbath and on Wednesday and Fri- day mornings and afternoons. Services will be held in the German lenges also on Sunday and Wednesday evenings in the hall of Trinity Church House, on Thames street, and in English on Thurs- day evenings, in the same place, During Holy Week the communion will be administered at the morning services daily, and on Good Friday atternoon the rite of confirmation will be administered by Bishop Potter. The usual ulations for the Lenten fast have been issued by Cardinal McCloskey, and services will be held daily in all the Catholic churches of New York, Brooklyn and Jersey City. HOUSE OF THE HOLY FAMILY, The fair for the benefit of the House of the Holy Family, which has been in progress at 1,160 Broad- way, will close to-night. There area number of very handsome articles still to be disposed of by actual sale, as well as by subscription, and the ladies in charge solicit the patronage of thetr friends to as- sist the inmates of the Home in their laudable efforts toward self-support. HELP FOR “NAN.” Rev. J. Hyatt Smith has sent the following letter to Mr. Robinson, treasnrer of the New York Volun- teor Life Saving Society :— Brooxtyn, N, Y., Feb. 17, 1879. Thave read from time to time in’ my Henato of that hero, Paul Boyton, dt little saviors, the boys, who dare the darkness and the doep in reseuing drownin, men, and I hav it ry reading tT would Hi i practicable, to ing im thelr bel money, but if I Breath into give ay @ tree will offer @ lecture fo cause, Your trivud, J. WYATT SMITH, THE ITALIAN MURDER. NOTHING TO BE LEARNED FROM THE PRISON- ERS—BIG MIKE STILL AT LARGE—POSSIBLE MOTIVE OF THE CRIME. ‘The prisoners locked up in the Twenty-third pre- cinct for complicity in the murder of John Schnitzer, the Germar butcher, at 107th street and Third ave- nue, on Sunday evening, were before Coroner Ellin- ger yesterday, but refused to give any testimony which would throw further light on the homicide. Louis Palmero, the alleged assassin, was remanded by Justice Duffy to await the action of the Coroner's inquest. The ring found by Deteotive Sawyer in the snow, at the scene of the stabbing, was found to fit exactly on the dexter finger of Palmero’s right hand, where there was a corresponding indentation. Mr. Norton, proprietor of the saloon opposite the scene of the tragedy, states that at about half-past six P. M, he saw two men facing each other on the corner, near the curbstone. One was short and thickset, and was in his shirtsleeves. He stood with uplifted arm, and suddenly made a lunge at his opponent. At the same moment Schnitzer staggered back a few steps and fellin the gutter. Officer Ross at the time was standing at 109th street, when a young man, well dressed, ran nye exclaimed, ‘There's @ man stabbed, down ateeet.”” Officer Ross hurried in the direction indicated, and saw deceased lying on his back in the street. PALMERO'S ABREST. He was about to , and raise him, when the youth who accompanied him pulled him along to a one story frame building, the second of a row, on the nort! it corner of 106th street and Third ave- nue. Here they were joined by Officer Reilly. Within they found four Italians, one of whom (Palmero) was trying to make his way to the back bedroom when he saw the officers hurry in. ‘That's the man,” suid the youth; “I saw him do the stabbing.” In the excitement which followed the youth who had pointed him out as the assassin escaped and has not since been discov- ered, Captain Robbins and Coroner Ellinger are most anxious to secure him as a witness, as his testimony is considered of the first um- a. While being taken to the station house almero denied any knowledge of or complicity in the bloody deed. Later on, however, he said that he had heard that a man was stubbed, and that the guilty party was an Italian named Michael Dewassa, alias Big Mike. ‘his statement ig contradicted by Mr. Norton, who says that Big Mike is personally known to him, and that he would have recognized him. Mike was seen on the corner where the stab- bing had taken place a short time after the arresis had been made, inquiring of the bystanders as to the cause and nature of the trouble. ‘The woman, Louisa Jackser, who kept the peanut stand where’ the tragedy took place, is proof against all official interviewing. Her motive in shielding the assassin may be judged from the fact that the suspected murderer is a near relative of her husband, Resen Palemo, who is also under arrest. His fellow prisoners are Frank Rause, Louis Ulay and John Stavell, besides Louis Palmero and the woman Louisa Jackser. They live together, with a crowd of other Italians, in the low shanties between 106th and 110th streets. SCHNITZER’S RAFFLE. It appears that Schuitzer has led an idle and dissi pated life. He procured employment, however, about a week ago in a meat shop, and on Sunday gave $5 to his wife. He had owned @ horse, but concluded to dispose of it by raffle two weeks ago. Tickets were sold for fifty cents apiece, a number of Italians being among the purchasers. The tickets, however, were not in much demand, and Schnitzer concluded not to rafile the animal. Whether he re- turned the money or no, Col not be ascer- tained. This unexpected change of p me offended the Italian speculators, an they denounced the proceedings in unmeasured terms. He, too, was outspoken in his hostility toward them, and on one occasion exclaimed, ‘These dumned Ital- ians shouldn’t be let live in the same street with decent people.” In fact, he was at rs’ ends with his neighbors, and perhaps it was this hostility which provoked his assassination. Deputy Coroner Cushman made an autopsy on the body und found that desth was caused by internal hemorrhage, due to a stab wound of chest through the sternum into the eS auricle of the heart. An inquest will be held in case to-day. “THE FINEST IN THE WORLD.” AN OFFICER'S CHARGE AND A VARIBT¥ ACTOR'S COUNTEBCHARGE—HE ACCUSES THE PATROL- MAN OF INSULTING HIS WIFE AND OF CLUB- BING HIM AFTER A FAIR FIGHT. Officer James Abercrombie, of the Twenty-ninth precinct, a strapping fellow, with red hair, a black- ened eye and # scratched face, told the following story in the Jefferson Market Court yesterday :—He met George Turner and his wife quarrelling in Fourth avenue after two o’clock in the morning. ‘The man, he says, was drunk and abusive and re- fused to go quietly home. Upon his repeating the advice Turner struck him @ blowin the face. He thereupon clubbed him into submission and took him to the station house, The defendant and his wife told an entirely different story. They said that they were variety actors and had been to an east side resort and after midnight started home. After an hour's eating and drinking in an oyster house in Fourth avenue they had a petty quarrel, and Mrs. Turner left, saying that she would go homealone. The Tur- ners say while they were in the eating house Abercrombie paid three visits to the kitchen and drank each time. Mrs. Turner mot him at the door, and she says he offered to see her safely to her ents. She consented, but had gone with him only a short way when he led her into a hall- way and, asshe claims, improperly addressed her. She repelled his alleged coarse advances and hurried back to the saloon. Turner had gone in search of his wife, and Abercrombie followed her into the par on Turner says that he found them there to- gether. “TAKE OFF YOUR COA’ “You've grossly insulted my wife,” said he, “and if you take off your coat and meet meon evon terms T'll give you a thrashing.” came the officer's coat and the men fought. Turner struck his opponent in the eye and knocked him to the ground, then rushed into the back yard, where Abercrombie overtook him as he was crossing the top of the fence and clubbed him. “Come on, damn you,” the officer is said to have answered, and as two went toward the station house he again, it is said, clubbed his prisoner until the blood poured over his face and c! A waiter in the restaurant where the above affair oceurred held a conversation of some length with Abercrombie, and then upon the stand denied the stery told by the Turners, and said that the officer nad never been in the saloon. Other witnesses were sent for but did not appear. In the afternoon Jus- tice Flammer discharged the prisoner. “If,” said he, “you make a charge against the officer before the Commissioners I believe it would be received and the officer properly punished.” OFVICER HARVEY HELD TO RAIL, Officer Daniel Harvey, of the Kighth who is accused of having knocked down and seriot in- jured William cy, who is at present in St. Vin- cent’s Hospital, was held in $500 bail by Coroner Woltman yesterday to await developments. Joh: meleme? of No. 127 King street, signed the officer's ‘NO SURRENDER.” THE STRIKING 'LONGSHOREMEN DETERMINED TO HOLD OUT—THEIR GRIEVANCES—POSITION OF THE STEAMSHIP LINE. The strike of the ‘longshoremen connected with the Cromwell line of steamers, at piers 9 and 10 North River, still continues. ‘he men on strike de- Clare that they will not go to work for the company again until thoy are guaranteed thirty cents per hour. The strikers claim that owing to their refusal to work the steamer Knickerbocker was delayed twenty-four hours, and could not get out from her dock until three P. M. on Sunday. The stevedore work they say was done in such an awk- ward way that the Knickerbocker when she got free of her moorings hed a decided list to the star- boerf side, The captain of the ship is said to have complained of the manner in which she was loaded. ‘The strikers also claim that the company has broken faith with them; that last summer, when the w: were reduced from thirty cents per hour, promise was made that the old rate of compensation would be restored as soon as the freight business increased. All the vessels of the line are now carrying deck loads of freight and, still the promise is not fulfilled. ‘The; claim that since thegreen hands went to work several fatal accidents have happened, to say nothing of damage to freight. They also point to the fact that it took the green hands seventy hours, whereas they could have done the work in thirty hours. mee part of the time the vessel was dis- charging the old men helped, and even with their as- sistance seventy hours was the best time the new ds could make, THE OTHER SIDR, ‘ Mr. Lord, of the firm orang Be steamers, said to & Henavp reporter yesterday afternoon that such a omise a8 the ‘longshoremen speak of never m made. He also denicd the statement that the men employed on the line received lest money than any others employed on the river fronts. In support of this he gave the follow- ing figures :—Clyde, thirty cents; Alexander, thirty cents; Morgan, twenty-five cents; Old Dominion, twenty-five cents; Anchor line, $12 10 por woek; Me- tropolitan, $10 per week and eighteen cents per hour for oxtra men. The men who get eighteen cents per hour can, by working ten hours aday, earn $10 80 per week, A large number of his men, he said, were getting twonty-two cents and twenty-five cents, and of course made very respectable wages, The men wero paid off yesterday afternoon, some of the old hands receiving only sixty ceuts. At an informal meeting it was decided to stand firm and refase to go to work for any less than rp bos per hour. Mr. Lord said there would be no difficulty about loadi fs fast as they arrived, as he had plenty e muen for the w COCK FIGHTING The Great Main Between Georgia and Kentucky. TRAINING AND FEEDING THE BIRDS. Kentucky Wins the Open- ing Fight. New Orxzans, La., Feb. 21, 1879. The mode now pursued in training cocks fora main differs very materially from the old English sys- tem. In the latter some things were followed which were of no earthly use, some extremely ridiculous and some absolutely hurtful to the birds. Upon careful training the whole issue of s fight too often depends, and it is therefore of prime importance that this is carefully looked to, as under improper training even the best blood will fail. In the old sys- tem physic was constantly resorted to to reduco the weight of the cocks, This in modern training is used with a great deal of caution. In the early part of @ long keep—and some of the cocks now entered for the coming main have been up for more than two months—the superfluous fat is taken off with a little calomel, After that, if possible, medicine is dis- pensed with, and diet and exercise are used instead, ‘The birds are exercised in several ways, cach way on alternate days, At one time they will be flirted at oneanother, or the trainer will run them around a ring very much in the manner of circus horses, and at another they are spurred with muffs or gloves. ‘These are good soft pincushions, covered with buck- skin, which are securely fastened by leather ties over the stumps of spurs. The mouths of the birds, if any injury has been received during this battle, are carefully sponged with brandy. No vinegar is now used. They are generally exercised about six o'clock in the morning, and receive their breakfasts usually abont eight. FOOD. In the matter of food, which is given three times ® day, everybody appears to have his own ideas, and no fixed rules seem to exist among chicken fanciers. Captain Moore tells me his dish is always hard corn and water. Nothing, he thinks, answers as well. Mr. Brown uses @ mixture of cracked corn, wheat and white of eggs, one spoonful three times a day. Hard corn is sometimes given as a change of diet, and sometimes 4 little meal is added. As I stood looking at the cocks this morning, while they were being sunned, Mr. Brown passed along the coops and offered them some bananas. Several ate the fruit apparently with a great relish. THE STAKES. The present great main between the birds of Geor- gia and Kentucky is to be fought for what may be considered quite a respectable sum. The stakes put up are $260 on cach fight (twenty-one in all, and the difficulty of matching the Georgia birds is assigned as the reason why there are are not more, say thirty- one, as was originally contemplated), and this, with $2,500 on the odd battle, makes a total of $7,760. State pride, as well as other considerations, it must be remembered, goes into the contest, and this, no doubt, will make the outside betting lively. ‘The show this morning was decided by a toss, and won by Georgia. So the Long Leaf Pine has the privilege of ordering the Blue Grass to pit any weight it desires for the opening fight, which is supposed to convey some of the advantages which are believed to accrue from the inside track in a horse race. Having won the toss it is thought that Georgia will put up her best bird first. If this is whipped some guesses may be made as to the final result, In any way it is possible that the result of the first fight will affect the betting. Still it is by no means safe to take the beginning for the end of a main. There may be some jockeying in these first results after all, and the best bird may not be put up first, in order, perhaps, to catch an offer of odds, and so entrap the unwary. After this first fight the lightest birds will be fought straight on up to the heaviest. Consequently the shake bag comes last. IN THE PIT. Now, here we are seated at the pit, and the sport is about to begin. Before it commences, however, we will take s look at the spectators. Here, tier above tier rises over us, and around and above is a solid inass of heads of all t; nationalities, colors and characters. There is. the refined, cultivated gentle- man, and just beside him sits a specimen or the rougher class. ‘he one is a judge, who holds the highest position socially and intellectually amo: our State dignitaries, the other—well, he migh' be athief. Still there is one distinction always ob- served, I notice, omen that srt ee color, 4 fog» cones element, as & 3 si ry ¥ simply because it prefers it; but the Dl or any other color under the sun, may t. the white. The judge may accept the offers of the boot- black. In the matter of bets areequal. There is another thing in this bet here which I think must be somewhat peculiar, The winner of a bet is never put to the trouble of looking up the loser. The latter always steps f and settles, unlike, per- haps, in this respect, to every other debtor in the wor! THE SPANISH MODE OF FIGHTING. Yet sea — / i oaranpecty color, _— and creed ‘will fin gravity and dignity of the audience Simos unexceptionable, The rules of this main re- aire it. In the Spanish game, which is usually fought here, on the other hand, very considerable license is allowed. The birds are taken up by the handlers perhaps a dozen times during a fight and nursed, caressed and dosed with brandy and water. During the tht the audience yells, screams and shouts as tide of battle and the handlers dance around the pit at every ad- vantage and howl like the veriest madmen. You hear screamed around you almost every known language under the sun, and some which the best linguist in the world could gore understand. Captain Moore, an old cocker, re! ed to me yes- terday in speaking of a8; hb main, that hethought that he had seen some 8 in this world, but he had never seen anything like that before. THE OPENING BATTLE. The game is about to open. The handlers step into the pit, which, by the way, is now entirely free from sawdust, having instead a hard, firm floor of beaten and birds dirt, down, are held up to the sudience. The Georgia repre- sentative is @ high comb, light red shawl neck, with handsome yellow ey and the Kentuckian a dark red, low comb, bine legged, a Huddleston. The betting opens wildly. It is at first $5 to $4 on Geo! ; then $16 to $15 on Kentucky, and afterward to $85 on the Huddleston before the birds arc faced. It is evident even some of the knowing ones have not yet settled how to bet. In the first fly Georgia seems to catch old blue grass full upon the wing. In the next he hits him in the breast, and, up to the third fly, appears to get in his work ‘altogether lively. Old tuck, however, stands up and pounds away, sending back blow for blow good and hard, but after the third fly Georgia seems to be badly touched somewhere about the legs. He rises and slowly and staggers forward, and ever and anon falls prostrate upon his breast. Now he gives two loud, shrill crows, as if he still 1m «nt to bid defiance to anything and everything that might be brought against him. With arush he springs forward to the struggle, while a shout comes up from some admirer in the crowd, “Go in, Goorgia, never mind; you are a duffer anyhow!” Still it is very clear that the shawl neck is badly hurt with all his pluck, and $20 to $1 is now put up upon the Kentuckian. One heavy blow for old blue grass now sends the Georgian whirling in the pit, aud Kentucky, atter delivering this, deliberately turns and sits down upon his enemy. A shout goes up both long and loud in honor of the favorite, And so Kentucky continues to sit and sit and sit. Then after a of full ten minutes, as if disgusted, he siowly stalks away. As he does eo the Georgian rises, apparently with great difficulty, and plants a blow imto Kentucky just under the wing, and old biue grass goes tumbling head foremost into the pit. The sudience shouts, “Now, work it into him, uly you are not dead yet!” Hah! olé blue grass seoms to feel that, for he quickly picks himself up and puts afeeler into the other's breast, which sends him down again, and Kentucky deliber sits down upon him just as he had done betore, 6 odds offered hitherto do not secm to change, but the backers of the Kentuckian now appear to get very mach disgusted with him. The goes up, “Come now, let us have another bird; fellow don't know how to fight.” Geo lies upon his breast, apparently jyzed. He ts still ory to the last, and, as Kentucky up, he puts a low into Kentucky's breust with all the little strength he has, The favorite evidently gives back in return as good as he receives and Georgia goes down again. ‘The two birds are now face to face, Lape voy veto f done up, and so rests, stretched out upon his breast, and the bi 8 bird continues to stand ing the di ore him. know how to fight, and the audience ins to be un- easy. Every now and then Georgia is just able to rise upon his fect, and then he lets fly with all his might, but he soon goes down again, and the whole contest now becomes @ rough and tum- ble beak fight, and the Georgian’s strength seems to grow less and less, He is vow lying on his breast, with his head still to his foe, and Kentucky simply looke” at him. It ts now $30 to $5 on Ken- tucky, and a call is made by a very disgusted crowd for “ordering.” Scarce ten is counted when Georgia sprit forward, as if he knew of the disgrace that attended him, and goes into it again. Ho has not the strength, however, to stand up to it long, and falls down again, and old Bourbon, after meeting his blow, heyy oa nies Gagan ‘up again and looks at him. Intense feeling now being Lop eo by the an- dience, which actually howls with displeasure at the favorite. So the birds continue to face each other— one evidently without the power and the other without the imelination to any- while, Finally thi for i Ueorio ‘guiberm Up all teat temeiay oC ibs he has, and makes one last dash at the Huddleston, who sends the blow back to him right through the neck, aud Ken- tucky “wins by a scratch.” I heard un old cocker observe, “The meanest fight I ever saw.” Captain Moore even seemed to be thoroughly sted with his bird and remarked, “Well I am I did not raise him.” Time, 35 minutes. ‘This is the only fight that will be fought in the main to-night. To be surea number of scratch tights afterward followed between Georgia and Kentucky cocks, and these a peered to somewhat revive the arooping. spirits oft e Geo! s, a8 in most of them the shawl necks came out winners. Six fights of the main will take place this evening. Some ae '0-onmne offon Saturday aud as many on louday. . RACING AT NEW ORLEANS. ‘Tye Gur States Farn—Fourre Dax.—Purse $200; dash of a mile, little des: a1 5 @. Hoosier. a2 R. K. Pets Lady Gay Spanker. wee dy ‘Time, 2:4334—2:373—2:41 45. In the running race Essilliah ran Miss Yorke, forced her st the fence, w! broke, and a piece of it ran into her body just behind the shoulder, which killed her. ‘The jockey was thrown hard, but fortunately was not much injured. HARVARD AND COLUMBIA. ‘The last issue of the Coltsmbia Spectator (published semi-monthly by the students of Columbia College) eays:— ‘The challenge from the Harvard freshmen has beeu received and accepted by the class at a meeting held on February 11. Now that the freshmen have committed themselves in this matter we hope they will understand that they belong to a university as well as to a class. We know they can produce a good crew which can and will fight pluckily; but this is not a matter of pluck only; it will need regular, systematic hard work. Three miles is a good distance to pull, especially on pluck. We like the idea of this race with Harvard, 6 Telations between us b ate | always been pleasant. A race of any kind will strengthen these feelings. The coming oarsmen of both colleges become thus acquainted. Harvard has over two hundred men to choose trom, while we have only 160; yet that will not lessen our defeat if we should not win, but it will increase our glory. Coiumbia never has boasted before w race, but goes into any contest of that kind with the idea to do the best she can, and if she cannot win to be as near the finish as possible. -With this idea in mind we bid the freshmen do all they can, We wish them suc- cess both in the choice of # crew as well as in the race itself. AN INTERNATIONAL DOG SHOW. ‘To rue Eprror oy THE HenaLp:— His Serene Highness, Prince Albert Brannfels (than whom there exists no keener lover of a dog in the world), has just completed arrangements for a grand International Dog Show, to be held at Hanover, on May 21. It occurs to me that there are men in your great country with pluck enough to send over representatives from their kennels to compete for the magnificent prizes offered by the Em r of Germany and other royal and distinguished sports- men in Euro) 4 German line of steamers from New York to Hamburg will carry the animals within five hours rail travelling of Hanover. From what I saw at your great show in New York during the spring of 18771 am convinced you have a stock of dogs in America well able to hold their own not only in America but in Europe, The entrance fee is ouly six shillings for each dog. If your Westminster Ken- nel Club would take the matter in haud I have little doubt they would casily select from the kennels of Mr. Raymond, Mr. Donner, Mr, Fox, Mr. Brown, Mr. Belmont and many others, Pe reopen se well worthy of making a gallant fight for canine honors in the Old World and as likely as not to beat the old dog on his native heath. I am, sir, your obedient servant, J. CUMMING MACDONA, M. A. CHEVDLE Recrony, Cheshire, Feb. 11, 1879. MILLER ACCEPTS RYAN’S CHALLENGE. Batrimone, Md., Feb, 24, 1879. ‘Bo rue Eprror o¥ THE HemaLp:— . During my recent stay in Boston Mr. Paddy Ryan, of Troy, challenged me to a match with blackened gloves for $250 a side, In answer to Mr. Byan’s challenge I will make a match with him for $250 side, the contest to take place in New York, in some theatre or hall, to be mutually agreed upon. I will meet Mr. Ryan at the Clipper office eighteen days from date to draw up of t, sign same, and arrange all preli: In the meantime I am prepared to cover any for- feit that Mr. Ryan may with Mr. Frank Queen, of the Clipper (the same rules to be ad erned the Miller-Goss contest in Baltimore.) An sy, kane from Mr. Ryan will dr 3 ‘ours, Te- ARRESTED IN COURT. William Fallon, forty years old, took up his quar- ters about four weeks ago in the boarding house of Mrs. Alice McElroy, in West Sixty-cighth street, near the Boulevard. The lady alleges that on last ‘Thursday night he acted im: toward her, and that she ordered him from jouse. Yester- day she before Justice Duffy, in the Harlem Police Court, to sue out a warrant for his arrest. As she did so & man in the rear of the court room started for the door. ‘That's he, Judge,” cried the lady in an animated tone, On my this Officers McArthur and Bennett went for Mr. Fallon—for he it was—and caught him before he reached the hall. Fallon was at once placed at the bar, but on bein uestioned denied having done anything wrong, au Uneended an examination. He was temporarily com- mitted. MABRIAGES AND DEATHS, ENGAGED. ABRAHAMSON—SCHONLANK.—Miss ANNA ScHON- tank, New York, to Mr. Ropert , News ark, N. J. Kany—Srravss.—On Sunday, February 23, 1879, ae Kauy to Miss Jexwie StRavss, both of this city. MARRIED. Conen—Bunnetixe.—On Tuosday, February 18, by the Rey. Dr. Jacobs, Cuas, S$. ConzN to Luna Bunn- STINK, both of this city. No cards. Greenovcn—Busu.—On Thursday, February 20, by Rev. D. Henny Mtungr, D. D., at residence of bride's parents, Horatio W. Guzenoven, of Brook- lyn, to Miwa, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Bush, of Greenpoint, L. 1. No cards. HaLgeRan—LaLty.—On Monday, February 24, at Church of the Visitation, Bro m, by Rev. John M. Kiely, Jamxs 8. Hatenan to use C. Lair, mee Brookiyn. Xo. ndey event February V#—HOWELL.. Su: ing, 23, 1870, at St. Ann’s Church, by the Rev. Father Hayes, Jamus Haves to Many E. Howe.t. No cards. ‘ACKENBUSH—Howton.—On Thursday, February aoby the Rev. Dr. Jeffery, Gro. SH, Jr., ¥ bag es a to Lizz, daughter of Louis Horton, of jew York, OIED. Batpwin.—Suddenly, on boca Bo Jona, wife 5 Oath year of age. services at the Universalist Church, Stain- fora, Conn., on Tucsday, February 25, at three P. M. Carriages will mect the train leaving Grand Central Depot ati P.M. It is requested that no flowers be sent. Brap.—On the evening of Feb ‘24, at her resi- dence, 224 Washington av., Brooklyn, Mama B., widow of the lute E. Bird, of New York city, in the 76th Notice of Browx.—On Monday, | cc A m4, of oem is, Eiaa, widow of Robert Brown, in the 161 yer of her age. Relatives and friends are ested to attend th: funeral, from the residence of her son, Tobert % Brown, 79 Sackett st., Jersey ‘City Heights, on , the 26th, at one a .. Bown. Monday morn‘ le ‘ebruary CHARLES MxnxpiTH ‘76th year. sash Funeral from his late in 4 residence, Ni ot,, on Wednesday, sttwoP. Me weet 27h CaMPBELL.—On Sunday, February 23, Manaantr B. CampBELL, beloved daughter of Temes and Annio Campbell, aged 1 year, 10 months and 23 days. Tho funeral will take La from ber parents’ reai- dence, No. 157 Hen ie sharp. lenry st., on Tnosday, at two P. M., CLINtox.—On aan afternoon, Feb: + his late residence, 108 King st., irtasw Cogmeon, rq » tice of funeral hi 4 ORANFIELD,—At Astoria, Febru: a OMANI Gyan February 21, Josurm 8. ¢ family are invited to attend his fa- neral, on Tuesday, 25¢! , "clock, from Inte reaidence on sd av, mateo ” aN Stamford, CoLk,—Suddenly, on Februat at Conn, Asx, wite ob Chisrlos Hl. Golo, tn the Bath year Funeral services trom her Inte residence, at Stam- ford, on Wednesday, February 26, at half-past two BP. M. Carriages will meot the train that leaves Grand Central Depot at 1B. M. Cnaxs.—In Brooklyn, on Sunday morning, Febra- ary 23, HELENA Crane, widow of George L. Crane, in the 76th year of her age. Funeral services at her late residence, 78 Nassau st., on Tuesday, the 25th inst., at two P. M. Davis.—in Brooklyn, on February 24, 1879, SAMUEL W. Davis, in the 86th year of Li .n funeral from hls lve Fesldenos, 990% Ladayetto O¥., 5 Me av., Brooklyn, on Wednesday, at two o'clock, Western papers vlease cony. Dovauerty.—On Sunday, February 23, Wmnram J, Dovoueury, aged 29 years. Funeral from the residence of his brother, Michael F., 236 Sullivan st., on Wedn » February 26, at half-past one P.M. Kelatives and friends respect- full eee to attend. phia ws please copy. Doxatay-—On Sunday, 2d inst, Mrs, Rose Doxa- Lay, parish of Drung, county Cavan, Ireland. Funeral from No. West 47th st., at one P. M., soem. February 25, 1879. Friends are invited to EanLe.—On Mon morning, February 24, Con- NELIA, wife of ed Karle, aged 57 years. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral services, at her late residence, No, 76 Grand st., Jersey City, on Wednesday, 26th inst., at Se ial look. It is kindly requested that no flowers FeRne.—On Sunday, February 23, WiLuiaM H. Fenue, in the 47th yout of his aga. Funeral services from his late residence, No. 434 a 2sth st., on Tuesday, 25th inst., at half-past two Boston and Springfield papers please copy. Freeman.—in Philadelphia, on Sunday” February 23, Mania SHACK¥oORD, wife of Willard K. Freeman. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, Arlington 4 vancKes Je, 200 Weineaiar, 26th, at twel . Trains leave pher and Barclay st - ries at 10:10 A. M, sprehaaaness i Frencu.—Norick—To THE MEMBERS oF THE Youn Men's DeMockatic Ciup:—You will please attend the funeral of our late bréther member, Isaac Y. French. TOWNSEND COX, President, G Suddenly, in Williamsburg, Monday, Feb ‘24, 187: 1; ft Arthi ebruary ‘24, 1879, only son of Arthur Gallagher, aged 12 rs, 7 months and 24 days, ine ios) latives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, 285 1st st., near Grand, on Wednesday, February 26, at ane P.M. pe Be i rARDNER.—Suddenly, on February 23, CaRrRig Bers, wife of 8. B. Gardner. ig Funeral services at her late residence, 301 West 54th st., at three o'clock P, M., this day (Luesday). The remains will be taken to Hudson for interment, ‘Newburg and Hudson papers please copy. GaT¥IELD.—On Saturday, February 15, 1879, ARCHI- BALD GatFIELD, in the 70th year of his age. e His remains were interred in Cypress Hills Ceme- ry. Bi eas Fort Fon is Toxas, February 11, » LY JORDAN, wife of oon 6. E, Goddard, United States Army. ig Hasprouck.—At Lana pes N. Y., February 23, Hon: A. Bruyy Hasprovc, in the 88th year of his age, Relatives and friends are invited to attend, the funeral, without further notice, from the First Dutch Church, at tes ace on Thursday, the 27th inst., at two o'clock P. M. .,, HoLRoxp.—At Roosevelt Hospital, New York, on February 23, 1879, Hanry H. Hounoyp, of Halifax, Yorkshire, England, Hoyt.—On Sunday, 23d inst., Mrs. Nerrim Hoyt. Funeral from her late residence, 379 4th av., at one P.M. to-day, Humuert.—On Sunday evening, February 23, 1879, at Newtown, L. L., Susan, wife of William H, Hum- Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the Presbyterian Church, Newtown, Tuesday, February 25, at threa o’clock P.M. Train on Long Island Railroad leaves Long Island City at 2:30 0’clock P. M. Hunt.—In Jersey City Heights, February 24, 1879, James H. Hunt, aged 30 years, 10 months and 5 days, Relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, 41 Cottage st., ten A. M. Wednesday, February 26, and from thence to Simpson Methodist Episcopal 5 Gea where services will be held at eleven o'clock Jackson.—On Saturday morning, February 22, after s brief illness, Inez B. Looxwoop, wife of Henry M. Jackson, in the 25th year of her age. Funeral services at the Presbyterian Memorial Church, Madison av. and 53d st., Tuesday, February 25, at one o'clock P. M. Relatives and friends are in- vited to be t. The family will accompany the remains to Woodlawn Cemetery. Laxe.—On Monday, 24th inst., of membranous croup, CHARLES Warp LypeckrR, eldest son of Coasts A. and Maggie M. Lane, aged 2 years and 5 months. Funeral services from the residence of his parents, No, 158 West 25th st.,on Wednesday, 26th inst., at eleven o'clock A. M, Larxe.—On Sunday, February 23, at 110 East 54th st., Many A., beloved wife of Louis H. Larke, formerly of Highland Falls, N. Y. Funeral on Wednesday, February 26, one P. M., to Calvary Ce enariga Relatives friends are re- spectfully invited to attend. Lrrrett.—On Monday, February 24, at Richmond, 8. 1., Resxcca LrrrKxu, in her 92d year. Funeral from the Moravian Church, New Dorp, Wednesday, at two o’clock P. M. Lovett.—At Brooklyn, Sunday, February 23, of @ropsy of the brain, Mancurrire H., only child of Edward A. and Annie A. Lovell, aged 1 your and 18 days. Foneral on Tuesday afternoon, February 25, at two o'clock, from the residence of her grandfather, Reu- ben Maplesden, No. 2 Strong place, corner Harrison st., Brooklyn. Morton.—At Yonkers, N. Y., Monday, 24th inst., Jane Morton, aged pean Relatives and friends of the family are respect~ fully invited to sttend the funeral, on Wednesday morning, on the arrival of the train at the Grand Central Sie ad at half-past eleven A. M. Interment Grital ta. ecsklys, ” Hund, Fob 2, uRTHA.—In oklyn, Sunday, Fel Exeanor F., only daughter of Temes A. ‘and Elizat beth Murtha, ‘The relatives and friends of the family are respect~ fully ye to rong the Ln ga from the resi- dence er parents, 89 Pulaski st., on Tuesday, 25th inst., at one P. M. McNeieny.—On Monday, February 24, inst., of pneumonia, Krrrre, youngest daughter of James L. and Mary A. McNeirny, aged 1 year and 5 months. Funeral from the residence of her parents, 958 9th oe Wednesday, the 26th inst., at two o'clock P, M, wego papers please copy. Neovs.—At Bound Brook, N.J., on February 22,- Mrs. Susan EnNGLE Neaus, formerly of Philadelphia, in the 90th year of ball Interment at the Wi ds, Philadelphia. Parian.—On Monday, February 24, at her late residence, 234 East 60th st.. Skrarutna, beloved wife of James J. Phelan, in her 25th year. Notice of funeral in to-morrow’ oa Pratt.—On Sunday, February 23, Carnottye Hot LINGSHEAD, witeof Richard Mulford Pratt and daugh- ter of the late Charles G. Hollin, Relatives and fricnds are invited to attend the fue neral, from her late residence, No. 253 West 44th st., on Wednesday, February 26, at eleven A. M. Inter- ment at Mount Hebron, N. J. Rei~ty.—On Monday, February 24, May, daughter of Bernard and Mary E. Reilly. Funeral on Wednesday morning, at halt- ten o’clock, from her late residence, 131 East 29th st.; thence to St. Stephen’s Church, Friends are kindly uested not to send flowers. HlocawaLt.—On Sunday, February 23, ALrHonso Srann RockweE.t, only son of J. 8. and Emma Lock- well, aged 1 year, 2 months and 23 days. Funeral will take place from his late residence, 320 ‘West 11th st., y, February 25, at half-past one o'clock. .—On Sunday, February 23, Cretia Ros- SELLI, the beloved wife of John Rosselli, in the 29th year of her age, Born in Switzerland, Funeral will take place from her late residence, 613 Broome st., on Tuesday, February 25, at two o'clock P. M. Scorr.—On Sunday evening, 234 inst., Wiutiam J, Scorr. Funeral services at No. 736 6th av., this evening, at eight o'clock. Interment at Catskill. beige ie Monday, February 24, Junie SHEte Dox, aged 60. Funeral from his late residence, 252 Sth av., Brooke lyn, on Wednesday, the 26th, at two P. M. Sanri.—At the reside: f her son, G. W. Smith, Sing Sing, N. ¥., February 24, after a long illness. Atayna L. Suir, widow of the late Captain Samuel Smith, in the 69th year of = Funeral services at the yterian Church, on be omg 26th inst., at two o'clock P.M. Car- oa will be in waiting at depot on arrival of 11:03 in from Grand Central Depot. SOKELL.—On poy February 24, 1870, Lizzerre, beloved wife of John W, Sokell, after a long sickness. Relatives and friends and Veritas Lodge, F. and A.M. are invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 60th st. and Broadway, on Wednes- i 2 suiatae--On day, February MAnaaREr, pELLMAN.—On Sunday, 23, widow of Martin Spellman and sistor of Michael and James Mulry. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 309 East 12th st 26th inst., at cleven A. M., to the Church of the I mene Conception, 14th st.; thence to Calvary netery. Stoxz.—On Monday, February 24, SorHRonta Strong, in the Td of her ago. ves and friends are invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of A. D, Thom 47 Weat 36th st., Wednesday, February 26, at it Wraase At Newtown, a 1. 23, Com — wn, atin, widow of te lake Garret, Strang, fa the th year of her age. Relatives and friends aro invited to attend the funeral services on Wednesday, 26th inst., at three o'clock P. M., at the Presbyterian Church. Vanken,—On Sunday evening, age | 23, of neumonia, Misia Rurren Vanken, beloved wite of omas Varker. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the fu- neral services, at hor late residence, No. 221 East 17th st., on Wednesday ‘26, at le Pome three o'clock. Interment next day. dly requested not to send floral tributes. VARIAN.—OD , February 22, Harrie 8. Vaniax, in the 20th year of her age. Funeral from the Dutch Charch, corner J21vt st. and 3d av., on Wednesday, February 26, at prot wo one P. M. ‘Relatives and friends are invited WALrens.—On Saturday, February 22, Lewis M, WALTERS, aged 68, AsmowIATION or Exemvr Fmemex.—The members of the above association are hereby notified to meet at No, 940 3d av., thia (Tuesday) afternoon, at one o'clock, for the pw of paying the last tribute of respect to our ike hembor M. Walters. Tene Seah oe ne Pens 1cK8,—In m, oD day, hn . 1879, ANGELINA G., wile of Georgo Wicks, in tha bs ear of her age, tavited to vos mind is are respectfully in attend the funeral, from her late Tenidence, 140 Let- forts place, on Wednesday, 20th inst, at two P.M, Interment at Greenwood, Woopnurr.—On the 22d inst., Mra, Euizanertt WA ‘ife of le , D. D., and daughter coval burch on Tuseday atteruoon st three o'clock.