The New York Herald Newspaper, March 19, 1879, Page 5

4 mounted intantry, 80 , Mout a mile and 6 halt THE ZULU VICTORY Story of the Crushing British De- feat at Isandula WYOsSE FAILURE , IS THIS? Graphic Narrative of an Hye- Witness. DEAD AMID THE DARKNESS. Lonpow, March 4, 1879, The letters of all the correspordents with the British troops in Zululand are unanimous in charg- ing gross. mismanagement upon Lord Chelmsford. The sentiment of this country is that the “noble” commander should be at once recalled, but there is every reason to believe that ho commands influence enough with the War Department to keep him in his place despite public opinion. ‘he most unsatisfac- tory feature about the disaster, viewed at this dis- tance, is the flippant “official” account of the battle which Lord Chelmsford has sent home and which is now made public. ‘ruth, after stigmatizing it as the most wretched military document ever con- cocted by a Commander-in-Chief to screen himself from blame, says :— «ised Worse than this, Lord Chelmsford’s despatch is, as regards the one yreat point of the melancholy dis- aster to our braye Twenty-fourth, quite insulting in the flippant tone of -his reference to the British in- fantry, of which he has the faco to speak in such terms us these:—“As regards the proceedings (‘pro- evedings,’ indeed!) of the six companies of British infantry, two guns and two rocket tubes, the garri- son of the cump, I can obtain but little informa- tion.” How dure he gis this when it is only too ‘well known what they did and how they died? This astute Lord General ue: in the same off-hand style to say:— pane went off to the extreme lett und has never ween heard of since, and the other tive, I under- stand, engaged the enemy about a mile to the left frout of we camp.” He understands! Why, everye else .nows too well, and the British public, at any rate, will never forget their brave soiclier ho fought as long as they had a bullet or a bayonct left. But this precious Commander-in Chief has the mean- ness to say what any tellow soldier would shrink - from uttering of brave men :—“So long as they kept their faces tothe enemy the Zulus were, I am told (?), quite unable to drive them back.”’ He has not a word to suy of the ammunition beingexhausted, He talks of the court of in ign e but why this dolay in getting the result of that, when it would appear that there is DO more to tell, except the answer to the question, why Lord Chelmstord went off to reconnoitre that imaginary stronghold of Matyana, leaving his camp at the mercy of the Zulu army? TWO FATAL BLUNDERS, ‘The name of Isandula has been on everybody’s lips forthe past week, The name is derived from a range of hills overlooking tho valley in which the battle occurred, known as the Isandyla Mountains, The extreme southwestern peak of this range, known as Isandhiwana, was the point from which the right wing of the Zulus outflanked the British troops and cut the line of retreat. On the night preceding the disaster the camp was pitched in the following order:—Beginning with the extreme left we had the ‘2-3: regiment, N.N.C. ; 1-84, N.N.C.; 2-24th, 1-24th Vol- unteer Mounted Infantry, and the Natal Mounted Po- lice on the right. The wagons were all placed between the camp and the hill at the back, and behind them, immediately against its base, the headquarters tents were pitched, with their wagons beside them. “I may here mention,” says the correspondent, whose personal narrative has becn mostly followed in this , letter, “that at our previous camping ground in the Bashee Valley, although veports came in to us that a large force of Zulus was approaching, yet, as our mounted patrols did not corroborate this statement, no defences or*intrenchments of any kind were put Up around it until the ‘evening previqus to ‘our departure, when for gome cuuse of another ‘® small stone wall was built along two sides of the camp, one facing a road we.were going and tho other the country between us and the Buffalo. This Was all that was done at the camp; and notwith- standing the clear and distinct orders given and pub- lished in an official book called ‘Bogulations for Field Forces in South Africa,’ not a single step was taken in another way to defend our new position in case of a night or day attack from the enemy, cither by forming the wagons into a laager or by erecting a shelter trench round it. It is to this error of judg- ment I cannot help attributing the awful result.’ ‘The two great blunders were therefore, first, in the site chosen for the camp, and, second, the neglect to properly fortify it, bad as it was. For these fatal oversights, to say nothing of his departure from the Camp “on @ reconnoitring e: ition” when in the face of the enemy, al lord was solely re- sponsible. ‘THE ATTACK. As if it were not enough that the camp should be fenceless in itself, Lord Chelmsford decided to withdraw the mounted infantry and part of the . Natal contingent to continue his Teconnoissance into the enemy's country. His departure weakened the strength of the camp by about 1,800 men. Very soon atter the departure of the commander bodies of the enemy were reported on the British left, and about six A. M. a company of the Natal Native contingent was 01 to scout in that direction. At nine A, ‘M. one of their officers returned and reported that the Zulus wers in imménse force and advancing, Griving the pickets and scouts before them. I before this Colonel Durnford, BR. E., with 250 mounted natives, 250 native intantry and » rocket battery, un- der Colonel Russell, R. A., had arrived from Rorke’s Drift, making up the number in camp to about seven hundred whites and some eight hu: xd natives. In , Found numbers these consisted of five companies of the First battalion, Twenty-fourth iment, or 335 men; one company of the Second ion, T'wenty- fourth regiment, some 90 strong; 35 men of the men belonging to the Natal Carvincers, 30 20 Buifalo Border Guard Rocket men, exclusive of the servants and white meu ans ate in civil capacities, who brought them up to 7 en at the very least, There are no exact returns of the aumbers of nativesin camp, but, exclusive of Colonel cmapaniee of tbe Hote Goi itingent and Taees ve Contingent and a large nyin- ber of civilians, so that 800 as @ total is decidedly be- low the mark. As svon as it was understood that the Zulus were udvancing in force all the men ot the First’ battalion, Epon arenes mr pr who had out as 8 road were |, and Colonel urnford’s men were a ee into “three bodies, ono front, and one in ths direction of Rorko's Drift to for their bagyage train, not yet arrived. Those sent out to the lett becamo almost imm and firing was along the crest of hill, ‘this riod of the day all the troops were drawn up along "side of the guns, some little way out of the. camp, and on the left of the Native Cont it tents, faci the hill, At about ton A. OE, Colonel ‘Dutnford's mounted men rea on the crest of the closely followed the Zale, who are Govertbed us over the like bees. A aw: ridge i. the First battalion, Twenty-fourth regiment, to have been Captain Mostyn’s, was now ordered @dvance on the eastern neck of the Isandula where it joined the ri where the Zulus were, from camp, and which at bnee came into action with the Me | of the Teaudtila, preperss - my tflauking the had 01 ou camp 01 ‘The mounted natives who had been toreed The rapidly pushed forward, @riving urnford’s men before it, in spite of the heavy artillery fire which was opened on ifand on the more slowly advancing centre. Au one who wishes to understand the tactics employ: by the Zulus on this occasion need only to look at the illustrating their usual tactics in tho Gwe published by command of the Lieutenant called “Tho Zulu Army.” They threw out wings or horns, as thero wn, their main body meauwhile leisurely advancing until they saw the wi had “nearly completed tho circle ; the end came. it was not R however. On socing tho Zulus menacing camp, commanding 1 pre- sume—ordered the troops to take up the following ground. On the lef\ of tue Native Contingent camp, and facing the hill over which the Zulus were pour- ing, was # force consisting of two or three compa nies of the Twenty-tourth, with the Native Cont gont on their right frout. Immodiately to the right of the native tents were the guns, separated, it would appear, by three or four hundred yards from our left, and “by at least an equal distance from our right, which occupied the extreme a ot the camp and ros on the road, The lat- ter sooms to have consisted of one or two com- ies of the Twenty-fourth and the mounted corps. infantry now came igto action all along our line, aud from every account Their firing seems to have becn steady and rapid, The enemy fell in hundreds, mowed down by the Martini-Henry, but still camo on in apparently undiminished numbers, As rank after rank of the foremost fell, others pressed forward pe A biade muc i, ve upon their numbers to bring them at last within h distance of our it fhiit Al* Golondl Durstosts ce use facn NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1879,—TRIPLE seem by this time to have joined those who were defending the camp, and the company of the Twenty-fourth which had been sent 5. to the neck had retired, but it was éut off by the Zulu centre and never rejoiued the rest, Young and old, regulars and volunteers, alike fought as gallantly as over British soldier did, side by side, I cannot learn thas the ammunition ran short. It may have 1m in- dividual instances through reckless Aring, but I think the end came too soon for it to have donb so in the majority of cases, As soon as the Zulu main body say ‘that its wings were approaching each other it rushed forward with the. essigal. and. despite the heavy fire it encountered, bore down all oppo- sition by sheer weight of numbers, A scene of utter contusion now seems to have oceurred—horse and foot, black and white, English and Zulu, all ina struggling mass, making gradually through the camp toward the road, where the Zulu mght already closed the way of egcage. Of what happened during that half-hour even those who live to tell can re- member but little. Every man who had a horse at- tempted to escape to’ the river; those who had none died where they stood, But even to mounted men escape was nearly impossible. The country was rugged, broken and covered with boulders aud waterwashers—a country, in fact, over which the active Zulus could run as fast, ‘if not faster, than horses. Then in front was the Buf- falo, which had to be crossed where no ford was, and where many a brave man who had so far made his escape succumbed. Many were drowned, many were assegaicd, afew shot. And so the pursuit went ‘on, even into Natal. Not a few died after the colo- nial side had been od, for many lost their horses and arms in the river, even when they succeeded in crossing in person. Such are the bare outlines of the greatest disaster pe has ever happened to British arms in South ica, ‘THE ISANDULA BATTLEFIELD, a Var GH YHILLS 1hS ne 4. fae [Tie black dots in the map show the line of the Znia ad- vance. The long, black lines the English positions of defence.) RETAKING THE OAMP. About four o’clock in the afternoon # horseman, who proved to be Commandant Lonsdale, met Lord Chelmsford and imparted the first news of the terri- ble fight at Isandula, The return, already begun, was hastened. Their entrance to the former camp at night is thus described by an eyo-witness:—“We hoped that the statements had been exaggerated, and that the British troops had simply fallen back on Rorke’s Drift, through the superiority of numbers on the part of the enemy. It was half-paet four when the rest of the troops did come up, and then the advance was made of the whole force. Upon coming within a mile, which brought us close under the rise _ where the camp had eon placed we could see by the shadows againat the horizon from the top of the neck of land where our road ran back to tho hee Vals lev, and so on to the Drift, that the enemy had dragged a large number of wagons into position. so as to place a sort of barrier against our only road back, and from behind this we could hear the hoarse cries of the enemy and the clatter of their sticks and assegais aguinst their shields. A halt was made and four rounds of shrapnel peured into the bar- ricade by the four guns, when another advance was made. In the meantime Major Black had orders to advance ahead, end take, at all risks, the kopje on the left of tho ridge, which, when done, would en- able those holding it to pour in a destructive fire on those on the ridye and also guard our flank. As tho gallant Major moved off in the dark on this errand of almost cortain death, I heard him shout out, ‘No firing, boys; give them the cola steel.’ A little further on we ee to tumble gver dead bodies lying in every direction, and “in some Ferre where there was a ditch or any kind of shelter, men were found lying thick, as though they had fought until every vartridge was gone, and had then m surrounded and assegeiod, Within a fow hun- dred yards of the top of the Hides, with the grotesque and large shadow of the Isandhiwana Mountain in front of us, showing clearly against the sky in the evening light, we heard a ringing British cheer ascend from hun of throats, and thon knew that Major Black and his men of the 1-24th had got up the kopje without resistance, and that the enemy Pe still further between us and Rorke’s DEATH AND DESOLATION. “When we had all ascended on to the riage it was between cight and nine o’clock, and it was decided to bivousc why¢re we were and move on at daylight. In the morning we teok every precaution wo could, as we knew we were followed by a large body, and might Tyope well be attacked from the front. Dreadful to were those fearful hours which fol- lowed, when all of us had to wait with what jonce we could for daybreak, knowing that we were standing and lying among the “ bodies of our own comrades, ep ge how thany we little knew. Thon many 4 vow of vengeance was breathed in the stilincss of the night, and many and deep were the sobs which came from the breasts of those who, may be, never sobbed before at discovering even in the dim morning light the bodies of dear friends bratally massacred, stripped of all clothing, disembowelled and in some cases with their hoods off. How that night passed I fancy few of us know. For my own part Iwas both reckless and despair. ing—reckless at the chance of falling in with tho enemy, and despairi becauso of the sad awakening I felt sure we should haye in the morning. During the night fires were constantly burning on all the adjoining hills, und one bright blaze in par- ticular rivetted our attention all night, as it seemed to be near Rorke’s Drift, and we again feared for the safety of those within ‘that small place, knowing we were utterly helpless to aid them in any way before morning. At about an hour before day- light I arose, I had been lying down close to the General and his staff, and went and had a quict look around me to see tor myself the state of affairs and recognize any bodice t Leould. I did this with a strc! feeling ‘of daty upon me, as other- wise I could not have got through it. I have seen many battle fields in Europe and elsewhere, and al- though on some I have seen thousands lying where Ithen saw tens, Ido not think I ever saw such o sickening sight in all my life.” WHAT COOL COURAGE MAY ACHIEVE. Tho most extraordinary iucideut connected with the massacre was the narrow escape of Commandant Lonsdale, who notitied Lord Chelmsford. Coim- mandant Lonsdale was ne ae he had been ill—was tired, and was slowly jogging along with the sort of lady perseverance Churacter- istic of a tired traveller. had crossed the smatl waterwash to the south of the camp, when his attention was attracted by a bullet passing rather near to him, and on looking up he saw # black man who had ovidently just fired. ‘The real truth was, of course, far from his mind, and he merely thought it was one of his own contingent carelessly firing off his rifle, and pursued his way. ‘To some extent the incident seems fortunately to have woke him up, and, although he saw what seemed to bo our redcoats sitting in groups in and around the tents, he kept his eyes open, and, when absolutely within ten yards of the tents, he saw a great biack Zulu come out of one with a bloody assegai in his hand. This made him look about him more closely, and ho saw that black men and black men oy were woarers of red coats. The truth upon him; he could read the scowl of hatred upon overy face, but his self-possession does wot seem to have failed him, for quictly turning his pony round he g off betore enemy were aware of his intention, A hundred and firty shots aro said to have been fired at him as he did so, but by the merey of Providence he escaped, and was thus onabled to warn the General and so save his lifo and the lives of those with bim. Undoubtedly had not such warning been given Lord Chelmsford, ac- companied by his staff and the trooys with him, would have walked without suspicion into tho skilful trap thus laid, and in such circumstances few would have escaped, THE ZULU ARMY. dent of the Cologne Gutetir, who has wd of ascore of years in the Urange Frog State, from whence he has returned to Gor! y as late a8 1874, contradicts the suggestion that the Zulus may bo indebted to German officers and men of the Foreign Legion for their military accomplish- ments, “Universal obligatory service and thorough military training,” he says, we of much older date in Zululand than in Prussia, Time out of mind every Zulu has been regarded from the day of his birth to the very eve of his life as the roperty of his king, and has beou compelled by the latter trom the days of tender boyhood to serve in his appointed battaliog, Lhe Zulus were dreaded foes to the white man, and accounted tormidable | warriors 4% long ago as 1880, A white man has never beon known to serve in their ranks, In 1838, when the Dutch occupied Natal, the Zulus opposed thom, and employed the yery same tactics which now make them formidable to the English. They rushed upon ti foes iff what soemed « dense, disordered mass, and when near the enemy they suddenly deployed on both sides, forming » horseshoe first, and eventually a ring, encircling the hostile forve, which was quite unprepared for an attack on all sides, There can be no doubt, says the old settler, that the Zulus are born men of war, and @# excellent material for an army as a military or- ganizer might wish for. But for all that they would not have become such erous foes as they are had not the nglish In the Orange Free State that law still holds good. But in Griqualand West, where Zulus are required to work the diamona fields, it has become a dead letter, Thousands of Zulus have ge to the diamond fields to earn their ritles—some of them Sniders some Martini-Henrys—and, having done so, they have marched back home through the ‘fransvaal in troops, frightening the Dutch settlers with their rifles and their warlike and insolent bearing, but provided with British » which secured @ froo aud unmolested passag FOREIGN NOTES, ‘The departure of the Prince Imperial for Natal, which was announced to the French public by the appéarance in the papers of his letter to M.: Rouher, has not made a very great impression in France. ‘The Zulu -war does not interest the French at large, most of whom were, up to the recent disaster to the British forces, in entire ignorance that such a race of men existed, Journalism is looking up in Bulgaria, The Marit:a and the Bolgarin are to be followed by the Dounaveka Zara, which will be brought out by Mr, Genoviteh, at Sistova. Very shortly also will appear a news- piper at 'firnova in the French and Slavonic lane ghages. “The Marita is an official and the Bolgarin an anti-Russian newspaper, There are now seven newspapers appearing in the Bulgarian language. “We have it on good authority,” says the London miner, “that negotiations are in progress between the Courts of St. Petersburg and Madrid for the ces- sion by purchase to Russia of the Ladrono Islands in the North Pacific, These, as Russia is well aware, would constitute a magnificent base for cruiser operations in the China seas, and we therefore trust that Her Majesty’s government will have a word to say in the negotiations Lefore they come to a head.” M. Rotiher’s paper, the Ordre, says that on stop- ping at St. Helena the Prince Louis Napoleon will go to the willow, to meditate on the spot where the Emperor rested, and ask ‘‘his great shade for inspi- ration and counsel.” “why, by the way,” asks the Spectator, “has this Wnemlany, superstitious form of idolatry always formed a part of the true Napoleonic tradition? The late Emperor was always invoking the ‘great shade’ of his uncle, who was, however, a very cold shade to him.” Respecting Lord Chelmsford the London Standapd says:—Something is also due to the memory of those 800 slaughtered English soldiers. Lord Chelins- ford has not been judged without evidence, and whatever responsibility has been imputed to him for the calamitous events of January 22 has been imputed on the strength ot his own evidence. Under these circumstances there ought to be but one course open for Her Majesty’s Ministers, and but one prin- ciple by which they should, in | pursuing this course, show themselves animated. ey are bound, not merely to supplemert Lord Chelmstord’s general- ship with that Of an officerof the highest abilicy, but they are bound also, if possible, to secure a leader whose name and fame can be accepted by the yhole community as a guarantee of his eligibility to e office.”” Prince Leopold, of England, has been making a speech to students. He thinks the study of chess a good thing. He especially directs “particular atcen- tion to the opening.” “Now,” he usked, “is it not true that in Inte, as in chess, it is often the opening, and the opening only, which is under our own con- For the first few moves we are free, and we sometimes fina that it will ay us to sacrifiee a pawn or a piece, so us to give us at once s position which may secure us a decided advantage throughout the whole game.” What the Prince means it is diffi- cult to conjecture. Peel peanged thinks “Prince Leo- pold might have ins! the late King of Belgium’s refusal of the crown ot Greece at a time when the kingdom of Belgium was not yet created, That was a very happy instance of playing ‘the King’s gambit’ in actual life.” “atthe annual meeting of the Society for the Re- lief of Foreigners in Distress, held at Liverpool on the 7th of March, it was stated that «there had been Ponape the year @ remarkabie decrease in the num- ber of Germans who had applied for relief, and a not lesé remarkable increase of Americans. The lat- ter consisted for the most part of young men employed to attend the cattle now imported in such large numbers from America, who were paid trifling sums for their services and discharged in a destitute condition and without means of re- turning to their native country. The society had at first relieved these cases, but had come to the con- clusion that they were not of the nature to which the funds of the society should be directed, and had resolved to réfer applicants to the parish authorities. ‘Che Mayor (Mr. 'T. B. Royden), in moving the adop- tion of the report, indorsed this action of the socicty, and said it was to be hoped the employers of the men would in future take measures for enabling them to return to America.” The silver wedding of the Lg aed and Empress of Austria is to be celebrated at Vienna in April next. ‘The Austrian painter Makart is with two of his pu- pils busy sketching the costumes for a grand fancy procession which is to take place on the occasion. Ho is also engaged on soveral other sketches which are carefally kept from the eye of the public. They have been ordered by the Emperor's brother, Arch- duke Charles Lowis, for @ series of tableaux vivants which are to be given in his palace in the Favoriten Strasse. These tableaux will repre- seut scenes out of the history of the Hapsbi Aynasty and the actors will const exclusively o! ‘members of the Imperial family. The only spec- tators will be the Emperor and the Empress, Arch- duchess Gisela is expécted from Munich on purpose to act and Haus Richter is writing the music. Ono of the most eminent historians has been requested to scloct the scenes t6 be represented, and a less cele- brated author is to write a poem, which will be de- livered by one of the oldest actors of the Imperial theatre. ‘It is asserted that none’dt the literary and artistic persons engaged in this enterprise will escape being made # Baron at least. FART RARER eve : MERRITT’s MILLIONS. ALLEGED SECRET MARRIAGE OF THE WEALTHY CATTLE DEALER—OURIOUS EVIDENCE OF THE | PLAINTIFF'S MOTHER, The suit instituted by William J. Merritt or Wil- son against Jacob Campbell and J, V. Peck, adminis- trators of the estate of John A. Merritt, the mill- jonnaire cattle dealer, of Portchester, to try the question of his legitimacy and title to the real and personal property of the deceased, was fairly started | yesterday. Judge Dykman presided. General Tracey opened the case on the part of the plaintiff, in the course of which he gave a concise and com/prehen- sive statement of the circumstances attending the | acquaintance and intimate relations of John A. Mer- ritt and Mrs. Merritt, generally known as Eliza Wilson, the mother of the plaintiff, At the close of his remacks Mrs. Wilson was called to the witness stand, She is now about seventy years of age. She was attited in deep mourning and ‘was attended in court by her granddaughter. She testified that she became an inmate of the house of | Jotham and Charlotte Merritt, the parents of John A. Merritt, when she was a little over fourteen years old; John A. Merritt was about three years elder than herself; John’s father, Jotham, was a farmer | in comfortable circumstances; in duo time John paid witness considerable attention, but his mother hed other plans in view for him, and wished him to marty a young lady of wealth living in the neighbor- hood; John, however, had ideas of nis own, as ho had already manifested an attachment to witness rather than to Eliza Mead; when witness was about eighteen years old she and John were married in her own bedchamber, at nine o'clock in the evening, none of the tamily being present at the time. THE SECRET MARRIAGE. ‘The marriage ceremony consisted in the two taking each other by the hand and pledging each to tho | other, one to be a'wite and the other to be ahusband; | witness, with some reluctance, consented to tho proposition; John, however, assured her that it was @ lawful marriage because they had thus solemnly united themselves in the sight of God; from that time they treated cach other as husband and wife in secret until Mrs. Merritt (Jonn's mother) discovered them in the same bedroom; and notwithstanding that John explained the circumstances of their pecu- har matrimonial union to his mother she denounced themselves supplied them with arma ot cision. Formerly the law of the colony was Tint whoever sold firearms or ammunition to o black was Mable to & fine of £600, of five years’ linprisonment, the arrangement as constituting no valid marriago because there had been no witnesses to it, as was the custom of the Quakers; John's mother soon drove witness from the house; witness then sought and found retuge at the ® neighbor; some time afterward, when wit- ness was likely to become a mother, she was permitted to return to the Merritt homo- stead, Jotham Merritt, John’s father, coming tor her with a gig; Mrs. Merritt changed her treatnient of witness and assisted her in making preparations r child, which, it was arranged, | for the birth of be should take place at a neighbor's Rouse, and on de- parture of witness to await ber accoughement sie was supplied with $20; after the birth of her child, Will- jam, witnuss was again sent for to the Merritt home- stead, and was told by Mrs. Merritt that she (witness) could have # home there with her child, and that both would be kindly treated on condition that witness should never claim a marriage to John nor charge him with being tho father of the boy Willi witness assented to the proposition, and sub: quontly being made to believe that sho was tree to aarry again, at the suggestion and advice of Mrs, Merritt she married @ man named Altuouse, although John was opposed to the step; two children were the fruit of the Althouse union, both of whom, how- over, died while quite young; in the course of a tew years Althouse disappeared and was not seen or heard of; Witness was again sent for to the Merritt he oad, and by the advice of Mrs, Merritt she took th ine of Wilson, which was her mother’s maiden name; during the absence of witness from tho Merritt home her son William had lived with the Merritts, had all the time been known and calied William Merritt, but from the time of her own re- turn was called Wilson instead of Morritt; witness continued to live with the Merritt family till both Jotham and his wife died; she attended them durin, their sickness, and she is still an inmate of the ol homestead; John took @ deep interest in William's welfare, also in the Welfare of William's children, one of whom was named aftor him John Merritt Wilson, and John attended that boy bg | during his fatal illness, terminating in his death at the age of eighteen years; John had promised to assist hii in going itito some kind of business, and at his funeral SJoun munitested a great deal of emotion, ‘The case will be continued this morning. house of | is some likelihood that I shall be call wit ness when the matter is brought to earing before the Board J have no objection to mi to tho CAPTAIN WILLIAMS. TRIAL OF THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM DEFERRED UNTML NEXT MONDAY—ADD{TIONAL ACCUSA- TIONS AND ALLEGATIONS, At a meeting of the of Police Commissioners, held yesterday, the chi of President Smith and the aflidavit of Mr. Blake in reference to the assault upon Mr. Blake at Gilmore’s Garden by Captain Williams, on Tuesday evening, were presented, and the trial was set down for Monday at two o'clock. Mr. F. A. Robinson, a young man, respectably con- nected, residing at Chicago, called at Police Head- quarters yesterday and said that he regretted that he was compelled to return home before the day fixed for tho trial, but was desirous of making the following statement:—“I was at Gilmore's Garden on Sunday night when the public were admitted to witness the walking match. I was in the crowd seeking admission, The treatment of the people by the police, and especially by a man who was pointed out to mo as Captain Williams, was extremely brutal, and would not be tolerated in Chicago for five minutes. I attended the match every day during the week for several hours each day, and I saw a good deal of unnecessary cruelty by the police. I saw the same man who was pointed out to ‘me as Captain Williams hit with his stick the young man whom Ihave since learned was Mr. Blake. I ‘saw Mr, Blako pass quietly from the gallery into the arena, and then I saw Williams strike him with his stick and push him along. The young man was going away quictly, and there was no need to push him. I was not near enough to hear what Williams said, but he looked to me like aman who was in so violent a temper that he did not know what he said or did.” if CLAY M. GREENE'S COMPLAINT. Mr. Clay M. Greene, the well-known journalist and playwright, who claims to be one of the sufferers by Captain Williams’ brutality, expressed his indigna- tion in very emphatic terms last evening in a con- versation with the writer:— “I was,” he suid, ‘a witness to a number of inci- dents during the week of the walking contest that impressed me with the truth of what I had heard of Captain Williains’ unfitness for his position, and if I can help on the movement which I see is in progress to give him s chance to look for a new job I shall be glad to do it. “Were you not a sufferer yourself?” he was asked. “Iwas. On Thursday evening I went with Mr. Harry Becker, of the Associated Press, and Mr. J. W. Simonton, to the Garden, and on arriving at the door we found the usual jam of people around the box office. There would be lines formed out on the sidewalk, but in the little lopby it was alla crowd, and you had to get at the box office for your ticket the best way you could. We crowded up with the rest. Among the crowd were a number of ladies, some of whom were standing next to me.. While we were there we saw Captain Williams in an altercation with a young man, or rather a boy. Ho was crowding up with the rest to get his ticket and Cap- tain Williams ordered him to ‘get out.’ The ‘boy did not want to go, and showed his money, say- ing that he only wanted to buy a ticket and go in. He was doing nothing out of’ the way any more than all the rest of the people there were doing, but Cap- tain Williams, without saying anything more, raised his club and struck him. The first blow was well aimed and fell on theboy’s head. The second blow of the club struck him on the shoulder and anced off, striking full on my nose, hurting it dy, in fact injuring it somewhat. I called out, ‘Don’t hit me!’ and he looked at me in such a way that I concluded it was best to move on.” “<Didu’t he abologize?”’ . “Not much. He glared at me ina manner that seemed to say, ‘You'd better look out or I'll hit you in.’ But he didn’t sy a word. I was pretty mad; but I thought the best thing to do was to move on. My nose was bleeding badly, and I went inside and attended to it. Inever had an idea of how unpopu- lat he was,” continued Mr. Greene, ‘until I him hissed tae Garden. He wos on the track one évening, near Koweii’s cottage, when he was hissed. He glared around, but he couldn't go tor the whole crowd; for there were thousands hissing. But there were a number of gentlemen standing on the track, not far from the cottage, and he walked up to then and, without telling them to move away, he began to lay hold op one after another and throw them aside. One man he threw so that his stomach struck against, the railing, and he doubled up and turned a somer- sault over it. Then, after dis] ing that little knot, he pagsed on to the door of the cottage, and seemed to order away two or three geatlomen who stood by the door. I say seemed to, for I could not hear any- thing said. I could only’ see # sort of pantomime. The gentlemen—I judge they were Englishmen— seomed to demur, when he suddenly caught hold of the nearest man to him and was about to throw him aside when some one came out of the cottage and seid something or other. Captain Williams then let £° of the gentleman, and he und his companions went into the cottage.” “Did you see any other acts of violence?” WHEN THE GALLERY BROKE DOWN. “No, excepting at the time of the accident, when the gallery broke down. ‘The way he got the crowd out of the way was something marvellous, but he did it With his club. He didn’t tell the people to tall back, but clubbed them back without waiting to see whether they would do it on being toldto. He is certainly very expert with it, but although a club is a good thing when it is properly used, I don't think Captain Williams is the proper kind ot o man to use one.” “Do you know of other cases ?”” “Only by hearsay. One mun, whosename I do not know, told me he was roading @ newspaper builetin on Broadway, in Captain Williams’ precinct, when the Captain came up to him and told him to move on. ‘There had been, it seemed, some kind of a fracas across the street. He replied that he was doing nothing but reading a bulletin, and without another word Captain Williams struck him with his club. The blow knocked him down, and as he rose | Captain Williams kicked him. Of course there was nothing for him to do but to pocket the kick and walk off.”’ Mr. Becker told the writer that he was with Mr. Greene when the latter was struck’ He had not witnessed the blow, but turned uround on hearing his friend say *‘Don't strike me," and saw that his nose was bleeding. ‘Instead of saying he was sorry, as he would at least have done if he had been # man," said Mr. Becker, “Captain Williams only glared ut him, as if threatening him with another blow, and we passed on,” AN EXPLANATION. WitttaM F, Surra, Esq., President of the Board of Police Commissioners :— Dean Sm—Appended to 9 charge against Captain Williams which has been mado to you by the Board ot which you are president, and which is printed in several of tlio morning papers, I find my name ina list of witnesses. If by this it is meant only that there use of my name. Itis not an unnatural inference, however, from the form of the charge, that the wi nesses, Whose names are subscribed to it, had volu tered to give their testimony, or were in some way interested in bringing about the removal of t oficer against whom the charge is made. The ide: thus conveyed, so far as { am concerned least, is quite erroncous, and the uso of my name, if used in guy such connection, is wholly unauthorized by me. Without expressim any opinion at this time as to the relative merits o Captain Williams and Mr. Blake, L beg leave to add thut I shall always be most happy to testify to any occurrence that I may have seen. To correct any possible misunderstanding in regard to my position inthis matter I have written this letter, a copy of which I have sent to the papers in which name appeared, I have the honor, sir, to be your obedieut servant. 8. CRAM, No. 65 Wall street. Mancn 18, sei ED} Rk: 7 MAYOR COOPER'S CHARGES. Inan interview with a HxnaLp reporter yesterday Mayor Cooper said that he had not had any “writ ten’’ coxnmunication with Governor Robinson in re- lation to what would be done about the charges made against Police Commissioners Smith, Nichols and Erhardt. His Honor declined to say whether or not he had any understanding other than a written one with the Governor. He could not tell what course he would adopt with regard to the accased Commissioners at the hearing to be giyen at noon to-day, because that would be “speculating” on a future event, and this he always made it a rule never todo, On the same ground the Mayor refused to state whether he would give the Commissiowers an extended hearing or not. Then Mr. Cooper was asked whether he intended to include Mr. Wheeler in his charges; but the only | answer to the query that could be obtained was to the effect that the Mayor never makes “Did not Mr. Wheeler leave thi knowledge, Mr. Mayor?'’ was asked, “Yes, he said he was ill, and requested permission to go South,” answered the Chief Magistrate. “Could you by letter reach the absent sioner?” inquired the Henanp representative. “Well, I don't think tt would be proper tor me to answer that question, You sce it hasafuture sige nificance, and, us L said before, never make predic« tions,” \ ny redictions. city with your © Mayor declined to talk any further on the subject. Subsequently Captain Gunner, the Super: intondent of the Streot Cleaning Bureau, called upon Mr. Cooper and presented to him about eight pages of Ryne | written foolseap containing facts in rela tion to the management of the bureau, No informa- tion by to the purport of the document could be ob- tained, COMMISSIONERS OF EMIGRATION. At @ meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Emigration yesterday Mr. George J. Forrest was re elected president. The subject of renewing the ap- jeation to Congress for passage of a law to Rouse emigration was diwe aud it was decided HEET, to present a new bill to the Committee on Commerce of the S:nate when i sume shall have been ap- pointed. The bill will be similar to the one before the last Congress—viz., preventing the landing at this of insane, idiotic, doaf and dumb, blind, de- formed or maimed ms, or anybody who may become a burden on State. “CUPID'S YOKES,” ‘TRIAL OF DEBORGNE M. BENNETT--FREE THINK- ERS AND THELR OPPONENTS IN COURT. The case of the United States against DeBorgue M. Bennett, indicted in the United States Circuit Court upon acharge of sending prohibited matter through the ‘mail, was called for trial yesterday afternoon be- fore Judge Benedict. Bennett is recognized as the editor and publisher of a paper circulated in thiscity known as the Truth Secker, an exponent of the opin- ions of the freethinkers and also the publisher of many books and pamphlets of a similar’ purport. This is the second prosecution brought against him, but in the first instance, though an arrest and seiz- ure were made upon a charge of publishing an ob- scene pamphlet, the Grand Jury failed to return an indictment. The préscut indictment is for mailing & pamphlet ‘called “Cupid’s Yokes,” which, it is claimed by the government, is classed among prohib- ited matter. E. H. Heywood, the author of the work in question, was indicted and convieted in Boston tor its publication, but was afterward pardoned by Presi- dent Hayes. The trial attracted a singular audience to the court room yesterday afternoon, prominent among them being the following:—Rev. O, B, Frothingham, Dr. E. B. foote, Jr., E, H. Heywood and wife, of Boston, accompanied by ladies; Elizur Wright and Altved E, Giles, of Boston; Ingersoll Lockwood, Dr. M. L. Holbrook, Andrew Jackson Davis, the Spirit- ualist, and others, The accused was represented by Abram and T.B. Wakeman. A large array of standard books arranged before them gave an idea: that the intention of the defence was to prove that there were many subjects treated of therein more immoral in their tone, and therefore more worthy of suppression than ‘Cupid's Yokes.” Amoug them, with passages marked, were copics of Shakespeare, Byron, Boccaccio’s Decameron, “The Queen versus Charles Bradlaugh and Annie Besant,” “Proll Stories fram the Abbeys of ‘Tourraine,” by Balzac; “Leaves of Grass,” by Whitman; “Queen by Perey Shelley; “The Relations of the Sexes," by E. b. Duitey, and numerous paraplilets written and cireulated by the defendant. Tic prose- cution was represented by Assistant District Attor- ney Fiero. SELECTING A JURY. Agreat deal of time was occupied in the selection of the jurors, cach one as cailod being questioned as follows by Mr. Wakeman:—Are yous member of the Society for the Suppression of Vice? Have you been or are you contributor ot money or funds for its support? Are yuu acquainted with or are you on terms of friendship with Anthony Comstock, and have you had business relations with hjm? Have you ever read or heard read the pamphlet called “Cupid's Yokes,” or heard or seen its doctrines dis- cussed? Have you heard it talked about? Assuming the doctrines or principles of the pamphlets to be in your opinion erroneous, are you under the in- fluence of any special or religious views or opinions which will tend to prevent your acting impartially asajuror? Assuming that the defendant be a ‘free thinker,” and an unbeliever in the Christion religion, are you under the influence of any religious view or prejudices which will tend to prevent your acting impartially as a juror? If hois un infidel can you actus a juror with the same impartiality as if he were a Christian? Do you know or are you acquainted with or have zou read a paper published in New York known as the Z'ruth Seeker? If so, are its doctrines, opinions and teachings so different or repugnant to your own as to cause friendly or unkindly toward its publisher? Do you conscientiously believe that you are possessed of no social prejudices or religious connections which will in any degree prevent your acting as a juror with ab- solute impartiality? Of the jurors called three were peremptorily chal- lenged by the defence and one by the government. A number of others were excused by both counsel and the following jury was finally sworn as very ac- ceptable to both the prosecution and defence :—Ham- ilton Gordon, Francis Dufais, James Kid, Samuel D. Arthur, Tracy Coit, Homer Baldwin, Harvey Spencer, Robert S. Laqueer, Albert M. Smith, Alfred A, Valen- tine, Charles Day and Samuel M. Lederer. OPENING THE CAsE. The opening of District Attorney Fiero was very briet. He stated that the indictment was tound | under section 3,493 of the United States Stattites at Large, which made it a misdemeanor to place in the mail any publication of an indecent character, or any paper containing an advertisement relating to: the same, and providing a punishment, in event of conviction, of atine of from $100 to $5,000, or impris- onment at labor from one to ten years, or both, in the discretion of the judge. He said that the constitutionality of the law had been settled in the highest court of the land, aud Congress bad done all in its power to prevent the dissemination of this class of literature. After stating the circumstances under which the indictment was found, in conclu- sion he said, with emphasis, that this was a prose- cution by the government tor misdemeanor, and not in any sense a religious or sectarian persecution, Anthony Comstock, special agent of the Society for the Suppression of Vice, and also special agent of the Post Otlice Department, was the first witness called for the ution. He testified that a letter was addressed to D, M. Bennett, giving the address of G. Brackett, box 202 Granville, N. Y., enclosing $3 50 and an order for several books, among them “Cupid’s Yokes;" the letter was registered in this city, and was receipted for by. Bennett; by return mail he received the books o1 The letter was read by Mr. Fiero. It expressed a sympathy with the views of the publisher, and a desire to contribute his mite tow: his assistance, stati that the amount enclosed was all the writer could spare at the time, and asking a return in certain books. This letter, the registered receipts and the book in ‘ques- tion were then offered in evidence. COMSTOCK CROtS-EXAMINED. Upon cross-examination by Mr, Wakeman Mr. Comstock said that he had known Bennett tor over @ year, and had arrested him once before for maili: & pamphlet called “How do Marsupial Animals Propagate their Kind?” He had also known of him as the editor of the Zruth Secker. In regard to the letter sent to and which Mr. Comstock de- nominated at’ and not & “decoy” letter, he said that he sent to the special agent at Granville, and by return mail received an envelope duly stamped at that post office. He then enclosed tho original letter, and it was registered in this city. An official order was then sent to the Postmaster at Granville to return all matter sent to the address and box there to the special agent in thie city. Mr. Comstock denied that he was mpted in this rosecution by any animus against the accused, and al never auy threats against him. Various a wed of the Truth Seeker, advertising the “Cupid’s Yokes” for sale at fifteen cents a copy, and offering to mail it to any address, Anthony Comi- stock or anybody else notwithstanding, publishing the letter from Granville, and stating that the books had been mailed, and a still leter copy, remarking the imposition that had been perpet: on the editor, were offered in evidence. At this stage the further trial was postponed until | this morning, at eleven o'clock. ‘fhe trial will prob- | bably occupy several days, as it 18 understood that a large nu.aber of witnesses will be called for the de- | fence; among them, and many of whom were in | tendince yesterday, will be Rev. O. B, Frothingham, Joseph Sabine, J. W. Bouton, Dr. E. B. Foote, Pro- | | fessor Alexander Wilder, Professor A. L. Kawson, Theron C. Leland, Andrew Jackson Davis and Charles Sutherland. CIVIL SERVICE REFORM. The new Civil Service Commission met yesterday ‘and formed a permanent organization by electing General Charies K. Graham chairmen and Mr. H, W. Gourlay temporary secretary for examination of candidates for positions in the Naval Office, and Mr, William H. Stilwell, private secretary of the Collector, for those of the Collector's office. The examinations ‘will take place in the top story of the Naval Office as soon as the chamber can be put to rights. It is proposed to commence the examinations on or about the Ist ot April, and take twenty or thirty applicants at a timo and ascertain their qualities tions. Thus, when a vacancy occurs, the Collector or Naval Officer can at once choose from the list of those already examined the party to fill the vacancy. There will be no formal list of questions put to ap: plicants, but those who have aspirations for places in the customs service will bo inter ted in regard to the practical workings of the department in which they seek employment. The commission proposes to work more on the practical than gu the theoretic plan, in order to seure the very best men to fill the place: a oe MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, MARRIED. Pork—Lyox.—At St. Stephen's Church, Millburn, N. J., on the 1ith inst., by the rector, Rev. Dr, Clover, assisted by Dr. Rose, Cxances H. Pov, of Louisville, Ky., to Lites 1, daughter of Sylvanus yon. OlEO AppLeny.—At Spotswood, N. J.,0n Monday morn. ing, Mareh 17, LEONARD AvPLEDY, aged 81 years and 5 maths, Funeral from St. Peter's Church, Spotswood, at aes M., on Thursday, 20th inst. Train by Cen- tral Railroad of New Jersey, from foot of Liberty st., at 8:15 A. M. BaweR.—CATHARINE Bak: relict of Alexander Baker, of Newry, Ireland, aged 73 years. The funeral will take place from the residence of her daughter, Mrs, Catharine Martinez Negrete, 201 Lexington av., on Wednesday, March 19, at ono o'clock. Bourox.—On Tuesday, 1sth inst, Mre, Aupy M., widow of late James Bolton, Relatives and triends of the tamily are respectfully inyited to attend the funeral services, at her late res- you to feel un- ) idence, 43 West 39th st., on Thursday, the 20th insty Westport, Conn. at 7 o’clock P. M. Interment at Bnogva.—Suddenly, on Monday, 17th inst., = ony) 1AM Brogva, 83il er, aged 37 years, 10 months, vs. ‘The relatives and friends are invited to uttend the funeral, Weduesday, March 19, at two P. M. from the residence of his mother, 9}; Franke ‘ort st. Cas?ELt.—On Mondgy, March 17, Gzonar W. Case TELL, aged 66 years. Funeral will take place from his late residence, 22% ay, Murch 19, at two P. Mug Fast 59th st., on W to wanted relatives and friends are respectfully ine vited. Conwitx,—On Tuesday, March 18, 1879, at the resi- dence of her son-in-law, William Heartt, 456 Wi 24th et., Mrs, Evizanera CONKLIN, aged 80 years, mouths and 3 days, - FPauueral at Warwick, Orange county, on Thursdayg 20th inst. Cunnayx.—Lovuis, Curran, beloved wife of James Ourren and daughter of late Henry Neil, on Marek Punefal’ will take vlase eau tier tage reeldaninhy ‘uneral will take © from ber No. 12 Hamilton t-s at one o'clock this day. D. At her residence, Monday evening, March 17, 1879, Many Dazy, mother of William J. Daly. ‘The funeral will take place to-day, at two o'clock, from the residence of her son, William J. lew York. after a short illness, at- Louis N. Denrz, aged 50 years, 8 months and Notice of funeral hereafter. Dowbyey.—On Monday, March 17, 1879, at her late rosiden East 65th st., Many E., the beloved wife nm Dowdney, and eldest daughter of Thomas Crimuins, Esq. Friends are invited to attendrthe funeral, from St. Vincent Ferrers’ Church, 66th st. and Lexington avg on Wednesday, 19th inst., at half-past ten A. M. Fankett.—On Mondey, the 18th inst., Jome tives and friends of the family and the police of the ‘Lwe: sith precinct are invited to attend hursday, at ten A. M., from his late residence, 415 Kast 65th st., to Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, thence to Cemetery of the Holy Cross, at Flatbush, Ft On Sunday, March 16, at Providence, B. Inp . Freub, in the 34th year of his age. nds invited to attend his atthe residence ot his father, Rodman E. Field, 11) Pulaski st, Brooklyn, Thursday, 20th inst., at twa Gorrz.—Taere will bea solemn high mass of quiem (month’s mind), for the repose of the soul the late Rev, I 1s THKOpoRE Gorrz, at St, Ra- Blissville, Long Island, on Thursday,- d. Vz.—On Monday night, Mareh 17, Brwaexr, they beloved wite of John H. Greve, and daughter of Widow Margaret Fitzsimouy, naitve of Collinmore,: parish of Collumbxiil, county Longford, Ireland, aged 47 years, ‘fhe friends of the family are respectfully invited! to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 108. West dud st., ou Thursday, March 20, at half-past ninej o'clock A. M., to the Church of St. Francis, in 31st i Saturday, March 15, ati ‘.—Suddenly, on 5 rel her parents’ residence, (94 3d av., Frongnce second daughter of William and Louise H in the 5th year of her age. Funeral ‘private. Hesse,—Suddenly, on Tuesday, March 18, at 170 West 12th st., Crana Hesse, aged 82 years. Funeral at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Holy ‘Trinity, 2ist st., between 5th and 6th ave. 0: ‘Thursday, 20th inst., at one o'clock. No flowers. Horrrxc.—Many Parksr, wife of Charles Hi of Harrison, Morris county, N. J., at the age of: years. Funeral Friday, March 21, at twelve o'clock, from her late residence. Horxxn.—On the 18th inst., Chama Barton, daug! ter of James B. and Susan A. Horner, in the 3d of her age. Funeral private. JaNTZEN.—Tuesday evening, at half-past eight o'clock, at his residence, No. 104 Second avenue, core ner Sixth street, Mr. Joun B. JanrTzex, in the 6lst year of his age. Notice of funeral hereafter. Joxgs.—On Mouday, March 11, of pneumonia, Emr y, widow of the late Thomas Jones, of London, England, in the 68th year of her age. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral, at her lute residence, 2,143 2d av., at three o’clock on Wednesday, 19th inst. KexEcan.—On Sunday evening, March 16, 187% Buweet, the beloved wife of John Keegan, in thal edlatives aud tends of jatives and friends of tho family are hy invited to attend the tuneral, aon ons tate tok dence, 196 Flacbush av., Brooklyn, on Wi '. March 19, at ten A. M., thence to St. A Church, Sth ay. and Bergen st., where a solemn re- gic: Mass will be offered for the repose of her soul, futerment in Holy Cross Knwoear . KemPLe.—On Monday, March 17, Maraarwr, wife of James Kemple. The funeral will proceed gn Thursday morning, a6 ten o'clock, from her late residence, No. 339 West 43d * st., to the Church of the Holy Cross, where a solemm mass of requiem will be celebrated for the of hor soul, an’ thence to Calvary Cemetery. The relaa tives and friends of the tamily are in- vited to attend. No flowers, Kimwr.—Mareh 17, Manx A, Repmonp, wife of Jokn E. Kirwin. Friends and comrades of John A. Rawlins Post, 80, Grand Army of the Republic, are invited to attend the tuneral, from 354 Exst 3d st., Wednesday, at one: o'clock P. M. 4 Mrnian.—On Tuesday, March 18, at 15 place, Sanat F., widow ‘of James W. Millar, aged yours. Noetico of funeral hereafter. 4 lonrHy.—At Yonkers, March 17, 1879, Many Mum PHY, aged 48 years nnd two mouths, native of Valem cia Istand, county Kerry, Ircland. Funeral to take place from hep late residence, af two P. M., this ‘Tralee papers ease copy. : nesday, the 18th inst., eo" McArp.Le.—On T beloved wife of Owen McArdle, in the 49th year her age. The relatives and, friends of-the are re= spectfully invited to attend the funeral, late residence, 19 Spring st., on Thursday, at half-past nine A.M. Her remains will be conveyed to St. Patrick's Cathedral, where a solemn high mass of ‘requiom will be offered for the repose of her seul; thence to Cavalry for interment. Parker.—On Monday, March 17, 1879, of pneus monia, Many Evectne Gurney, beloved wife of Forrest Hy Parker, and only daughter of Rev. D. B. Thomason, aged 34 years. Relatives aud friends are respectfully invited to at~ tend the funeral services, at St. Thomas’ Sth av. and 53d st., Thursday morning, at ten o’clocks Friends will please not send flowers. PARKER.—! ch 17, Josera H. Parken. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited te, attend the funeral, from 133 Allen st., on Thursday, , 20th, at one o'clock. ’ Prick.—Sunday, March 16, Axxa M., wife of Bony jamin M. Price and danghter of the late John Shots well, Sr., of Rahway, N. J. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited attend the funeral, from her late residence, 7 to h 43 Sth av., on Wednesday, March 19, at cleven A. M. Intera ment at Rahway, N. J. RanpeE..—After a few days sovere illness, on Mons day, March 17, 1479, Jonan B. Raxpet, aged 55 yearm and 4 months. Funeral from his late residence, No. 286 39th corner 6th av., South Brooklyn, on Thursday, inst., at eleven A. M. Rougrrs.—On Monday, March :17,. Miss Janz By Rovrets, in the 10th year of her Relatives and friends of the family are respectful! invited to attend the funeral, on Thursday, 20, from her late residence, Ng. 443 West 23d st., one o’clock, without further notice, and are req! not to d flowers. Spriecs.—On Tuesday, March 18, Lerrra ANT SrRices, op ie wile of Charles W. Spriggs, aged 2% 7 days. and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 76 st., on Thursday, half-past one P. M. Srexts.—Rey. ALPHONSUs M. Steers, aged 31 years, late pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Concep- tion, Montelair, N. J. Kelatives, friends and the reverend clergy are ins vited to attend the funeral services, at St. Patrick's Sai on Friday, 2ist inst., at a quarter to tem Taarre.—At his late residence, 153 Bergen Brooklyn, March 17, Luke Taare, aged 55 years. Solemn — mass at St. Paul's Church, for the repose of his soul, on Thursday, at ton o'clock, thence to Calvary Cemetery for interment. TYLeR.—Iin Brookiyn, on Sunday, March 16, Eurza A., widow of Captain Benjamin Tylen, in the 67th year of hor age. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited attend funeral services, at her late residence, N State st., on Wednesday, 19th inst., at seven o'clock P.M. Interment at Mount Sinai, L. 1. Wanp.—On Monday, March 17, Loursa, daughter of} Dr. > J. and Amelia M. Ward, aged 1 year and & mout Relatives and friends are invited to attend the tus neral, from the residence of her parents, 256 East Broadway, on Wednesday, March 19, at one P. M. Werb.—In Brooklyn, on Mouday, March 17, after ® brief illness, Wm. Henny Weep (of the Weed & Becker Manufacturing Company), in the 60th year of his age. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to at~ tend the funeral services, at the Church of the Holy ‘Trinity, corner Clinton and Montague sta., on Thars-) 20th, at half-pase eleven A. M. The remains wills be taken to Rye, Westchester county, for interment, on train which leaves New York and New Havem Depot at 2:20 P. M. —Brooklyn, March 18, James Wrusox, be= and ot Elizabeth Wilson, in the 68th year «i friends of the family are respectful invited . ne his ee irom Ris late radeon 8 1th st. South Brooklyn, on Thu ch 20, at half-past two DP. M, 2 tS ru. —On March 17, at four o'clock A. M.,Isaso ANUEL Loven, 654, F. axp A. M.— Baran are hereby summoned to meet at the rooms of Henry Clay Lodge, 277, F. and A. M., at 402 Gragd st., on Wednesday, March 19, 1879, one o'clock P. to the last tribute of respect to our brother, Isase Wolf. Brethren of sister, cordially invited. = order of .OUIS BECKHARDT, Master, Lronarp Leisnnsoun, come Woopwanp.—On Tuesday, 18th inst, at his reste. dence, 6 Gramercy Park, Kowmet T, Woopwaap, im i ag chureb of the Divine Paternity, corner 45th st, and Sth av., on Friday, ist inst., at Relatives aud friends are Bespectuily dn. TLAON