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THE RAILROAD FERRIES.
Will They Have to Pay the City for
Their Privileges?
OPINION OF GEORGE T1CKN0R CURTIS.
WHAT RAILWAY OFFICERS SAY.
In addition to the present freight d.fflcultles betweon
the trunk lines of railroad., creating bin h bittur rival- i
ric, another unexpected dauber men.cm tho giant
corporations which certainly hue not beeti provided
tor. Tho lirst intimation of this gravu additional*
trouble was given in the Hoard oi Alderiuen on
J hursday altcrnoon, when Corporation Counsel Will
iam t. Whitney presented a com mimical ion from
Mr. George Ticknor Curtis in regard to tho necessary
legal steps t? be taken by the city to have the Central
Kailrnad ol New Jersey enjoined to abstalu Irom the
lurih, r use ol the property or franchise* of the city,
at the foot of Liberty street, North Jliver. and to re
move its structures, sheds, fco., or to he sued lor dam
apes for the trcspoM committed during a number of
yearn. Mr. Whitney, in inclosing tho communication
to the Hoard oi Mr. Curtis, rehearsed the tact that he?
the Corporation Counacl-had been required, by a
resolution ot March a and 13, to institute the necessary
legal steus, not only to compel the Central Railroad of
New Jersey to respect" the rights of the city, but he
was required in addition to stop the transportation of
railway passengers from the depot in the Twenty-third
ward, New York, to Jersey City. The questions In
volved were so Lioiuoiitous that llr. Whitney sought
the opiuiou of Ceorgo Ticknor Curtis, which was
given, aud its conclusions indorsed by the Corpora,
iion Counsel
WHAT CO>STITDT*S A FKHKY ?
Mr. Curtis", in a lengthy and thorough mauncr. after
reviewing the resolutions ol tho Common Council, said
In ellect that the object wua to Institute an Inquiry into
the right ol tho Now Jersey Central Kuilro*l Company
to exercise. Irom the loot of Liberty street, North
lllver, to some polntm the State ol New Jersey, a lorry
franchise, or a iritnchisu in ihe nature oi a ierrv with
out a licence from the corporation ot the cm 'of New
? ork ; aud to lustitutu a like inquiry into the right of a
company w hich bus, since the passage of the resolu
* on*, become known us the "Now Kngland Trauslcr
Company, to u.\era.se u ferry franchise, or a lruneliiso
Jjitbe nature ol a ierrv, Irom a point in the Twenty
tl'lrd ward of this city to some poiut in Jorsov City
Now York e Iro1" U,e corllor?nou of the city of
Ki*V" l,,e7"VPnl<'ut 'o oWder. first, tho case of the
, -"id 'rans.'nr Company, because tho lucts aro
iup?bo ol a distinct statement, and because they nre
sen the question in u peculiar aspect. 1 understand
that the Now England Trausfer Company is a corpora
tionorgunLed, under the laws of thi State of Connec
ticut, to carry on the business of transporting passen
gers, ami ireight by the use of .teutnboa "' " [he
21 n M ?r lh? UD,u d ">ut ior tno pur
poso ol establishing u new route Irom Hoston oud New
wh?e?"n Kei,('r;l">' '? Uu' Soull> ??"! Southwest, bv
Which passenger, and ireight may be carried to points
utli and southwest oi the city ol New York without
eomnunv h Mrtnhalton I?'-"d. this transportation
company, by an arrangement with the New York New
Haven and Hurtiord Railroad Company, bring* uua- i
?eugers aud freight over that railroad to lis depot in I
liorrlvania, now the Twenty-third ward 01 tbiscit v at a t
point on the Harlem Ktver not l?r lrom .7* JuncVion
J'!"'' ?>??? the passengers and'fro.gh" !
sr.. there embarked on a transfer steamer called the !
Maryland, the property or the New Kngiund 'IVansfor
Company, which piles at regular and suuubie intervals |
and by regular trips, between the place ol emburkstiou I
?l Morrisainu and the company's dock in Jersey < ity |
where the pa sengor. aud freight are landed, making'a* '
rif.0r.,1"1f",Ke V"lyi ,,e,tHX'cn Morrisauia and Jersey ?
Cuj , thiit on being landed in Jersey City their further '
tiansporution to the tioutli or Souihwr-st is continued ?
iron, that point; and that in like mnnner passengers !
' coming irom the South und Southwest are
.', ri !,"'8uUlir,,r,|*0f, tho su'"" ?teamboat from 1
Jersey City to Morrisauia, for the continuation of tho ?
Journey to the eaat and northeast of this city, lain >
ads t2n af U":I1l r"t",tH,rul,ou Uomuany charges i
a distinct toll lor the passage and transportation I
on the steamboat, nor do. 1 consider it material. I I
* 111 assume that ihe compensation of the companv '
or the use of tho steamboat is included In a con
tract made for the carriage over u longer route than
this water passage, and that no distinct toll is taken in
iresjiect to the steamboat. 1 also assume that the
containing the passengers aud Ireight are embarked on
tho steamboat a- each oud of tbe water m.Lb
Hu?rrU"h0'h'rt!m boilt upon ttl(' respective railroads
cnrrv i '"i i TranB,cr Corn, aay ha. contracted to '
carry them iu coiuiuuutiou ol the journey.
A?umiug these to \* the iacu} the first question to \
ho considered Is. whether the Sew Knglan"Trsnsfe?
Company has established aud is now running a ierrv
between some point in the Twenty-thlrd ward ol tbfe
n ,K"n!:',l J<,"?yCity. aud nee Mr(a, to
B?t the language of the Couitnon Council, whether the
?aid company Is now runniug a lerry y
1 ho common law definition ot a ferry is a liberty bv
BMSf?.P,V?U or ,lij0 klll?'s prant, to have n boat'fo^
pas-age upon a river lor carriages, horses or tnen lor
reasonable toll. The dist.nctlon 'ol a veesol That il
used as a leriyhoat Irom on- that is employed in gen
eral commercial transportation, without being a lerry- l
boat, cinsisis in lt*o regularity and periodicity ol trn.s
be,ween fixed point., lor the purpose of cZ&iVg mm- ?
?engers, vehicles, auimuls or goods lor compensation i
II a boat Is engaged in general commercial trnnsporta- !
lion, without the regularity and purposes of lerry trips i
?t i? not a ferryboat. II it is engage,! in makin/ree. ini
* nd periodical trips between fixed points lor tho car
riage ol passengers, &c., lor hire, it is engaged in tho '
business of ferrying. Nor is a Vessel tUausYo e , i
|>lo>ed any the less a ferryboat because It is owne I or
B!nployeu by n railroad conipany or a traniDoriaiion I
company having depot, onf the' op^K"^
a rner for t!>o purposo of trausoortlnir it.
passengers and Ireight serosa ibo Inleryeninr
** Th w*.*" 5 Court ol Api>eals, iu Aiken 1
^ n ll"llrun<1 Corporation. 20 New York
Rai'lrciJdri?ran.t b>',the '-gislatiire to the Western :
nf iL T CorporatKin ol power to connect the terminus
or its road on the east bank of the Xiudsotf with a deo??
Urt- %tw"X" 11 '"?> by l.npllcation give a
ri"ht to establish a lerry, does not constitute such Ierrv
a part of the ra.lroad lo b. operated under . U railr^d !
oi*lui>nT' """ ,b* r<,?u,ar a,1<1 "on?taut transportation
ol lis ow n powengers, k<-., by mo .iisof s boni was ?
rnwTh! n 'Cr.r>' ,rancb"w! wl,?0h could only I*. ex
i > consent of the Corporation o/ Alhinv
having the control ot ferries; and thai tbo ffrsiuiiouH
orVn*!^ ?I ' P,'r?0DB not passengers ol the railroad
' " '"rlCe equally the exercise of a jrrry
franchise as where tho carriage Is done tor a toh
d t ritar1?Uii ?" decision r^sts, although
hot formally atmouucod by the Court, is t int
ll?e ncht to have a ferry tms always bt..n
reserred by tlio sovereiprn power to be graatacl as ?* <ji
tinct and special privilege, on account o! the luct thai
tlic transportation involves an embarkation iip?n ti.o
water, and there:ore the sovereign power or tho* ,o
whom It. .Hth.rity is delegated, will eiercise u siwciul
care in regard to ihe persons to whom the grant ?
be made, a grant of ? right t? have a railroad with a
terminus on each bank ol a river aud a hue extending
beyond each teunimm, is not a grant of a lerry across
the river; bul tie lerry must bo obtained by specille
grant, which m.y be, ol eour.se. In Ihe same chart r
HU<i 8'K,, "'C ?ru,,t "i" railroad com'
|>any estab ishes a boni lor the regular and periodic
Iraiisportatien ol Its passengers across the river it is
? uthor"'yUrCI80 r? I^'1,Kb,HC? without .utilelent
1 cannot doubt, therelorc. that the transfer .team
boat Maryland, It employed by the New JCuglsud Traus
bont ?nrf'".1?r;.'n,I. m*DU?p*b?r* 'Upp-ned, IS a ferry
?oat and that the company is now exerclnn what
would M lerry lrancb.se If It had obtamcl th" noce"
sary authority lo run its transfer lx>at . v?r the water,
that lie between Morrisauia and Jersey City
.u ' :r ,ic<;a afk?a lf thla use ol the M.rylnnd, ubovo
?oppowd, constitutes it a ferryboat, why is noi ,.n
vals'ir .Pair,|,er' r , x!'110" nl ro*n,"?'"nd llxed inter
' lr"ln u,c c'ty New York to a port In Kurono
carrying passengers and Ireight, a ferryboat? and why
?re not many steam vessels which )dv from the c.lv of
hew ^ ork, .t regular and tlxed inlefvil.. carrym L"
l on^'Ulan if"*1? lo ,l on euho/shore of
??o ferryboats ? OBl*'de ol the limit, of this ciy, j
b !.9^nswer to this Mr. Curtis mainUln.d that it is :
sulln lent to say that th" highest judicial anlhoritv ot
the 1 nlleil States lias decid,'d that the ri"nl to r,'^ul;,t?
.err,es has never been ctalmed by th" X ? gov, ?n
tnent. hM always l?eeii exercised by the Mate and never
b> to Duress, and inora pari of the inn* a ot undelegated
powers reserved to ihe SU(M respectively an.i^^ih a
th. highest judicial authority ol the Niate'lin* decided
that asteamboat employed by a railroad to transport its
passengers and freight irom lis terminus on one bank
Md K"' ?D anolhcr ''"'k isaferryNmt
?nd the Supreme Couri of the I'nited .suics n?. ,i,!'
.nle.1 that whether . river divide, the .smteMliTqu ",,^
in ikTdeparting irom one of thorn lo land
III tho other is a ferrvlxj.t depend, upon the place of
S2!rtU.S '"d ??lU?K>n the tntervenmg wifier atid
?poo the regularity snd tlxed condition, oi the
,0? and to that landing. In ihe
?Me of the Maryland ihe place of deparlmS
b at a point on the shore of the S
River, within the Twenty third ward ol the city of New '
1 ork, and the whole course ol the passage iy over
water, lying within the territorial limits of the Mints 0r
New York, until the vessels arrive within the limts of
tbe 81.1. of New Jersey. 1 rat,n<,t doubt, the? .,ore !
that th. ferry thus established .Upend* upm ,hP
lor us right. ' c"y
A vessel may be duly licensed lo carry m the const
Ing trade, but if she is used as a ferryboat .h. cannot
derive the right to be so used Irom the license to carry
?n a coasting trade. The nolo difficulty in regard to the
Maryland arises from the fact that Mornsanla was
not until recently a part ol the city of New York and
that the lerry rights ot the city as granted bv ancient
rharters. In cx;>reas terms, embrnced only eoinm'inica
lion between ih. is laud ,?f Manhattan end points out
iweof that island, with one exception. The Ink nt
eftbo legislature. i< evinced by recent annexation i
Mia, will .how that there I. a Ruction horc which |
ought to be submitted to Judicial determination. Tb# j
IDleut of all the grants, bow ever. I take to be this:?
That tin- Corporation or New York should perpetu- ;
ally ana exclusively have. a* tmu ol its rights ol prop- i
crty, the right to establish and keep terms Irom alt !
the territory suijeet to Its municipal jurisdiction. It
wan diSIUSd tit aud expedient, by all the granting pow
ers successively. that the Corporation of this rity
?should control all terrtM leadiug tioui any part of Uio
territory subject to Its municipal Jurisdiction; aud tho
whole of Manhattan Island w is referred to aa compre
hended witbiu the ferry rights, at period* in the his
tory of the city wbeu the actual municipal coveruiuoot
i eruinly did not extend over the whole inland, for all
purposes. I inter, therefore, that the Kraut* of the
Jerry rights were in tended to confer on the city Corpo
ration the right to establish and keep ferries wherever ,
the Corporation had or micht have the right of inu- :
ninpul government, and on the Ixiug Island shore also, ;
within curtain bound*.
TliK saw JKKHKY CBN THAI. CASK.
In regard to the caee of tho New Jersey Oontrnl Rail
road Company, I uuderetand the facia to oe that the
tuUl company occupies the southerly half of pier 14
North Kiver, under louse from the city, which haa
lately been or la about to be renewed; that the company
own* or claims to own, in fee, the iiortneriy ball of
pier 14 and the whole ol pier 15, together with the ad
Join;; bulkheads; thai the whole premises are occupied
for tho passenger mid freight business of the company;
that taxes on tho freehold and rent on the loaaehotd
property have been regularly paid to tho city; but that
the compauy, without having acquired any terry fran
I chine from the city, runs one or more :-teambpuU
I Irom the tire mutes above mentioned to Its depot or sta
i tiou iii Jursey City lor the regular and periodic iraun
! portation of its passengers and freight. Tho right of
this company to occupy the premise!! In question on
, piers 14 and 15 is, of course, quite distinct Irotn tlx
; right to exercise from those premises a lorry
i franchise. 1 am not aware tirnt tlioro exists
! any ground to question the termor; but 1 am of
opinion that tho latter? namely, tho ferry?ciunot be
; exercised without being acquired in the manucr ro
; quired by law. It is not an incident of the right of
occupation of the piers, lor 1 do not understand that
| in this ."State a right to e?lublish.u terry necessarily he
! longs to tho riparian proprietor, and. it is certaiu that
in this city it b'.lougs exclusively to the city Corpora
tion.
If 1 am right in them: views it results that proceed*
ings ought to he instituted to enforce the rights of the
I city, unless the roiupanies in quottion should hu wilt
I ing to admit aud act ituuu those rights under umicablo
arrangements without Ihe test of litigation.
This very exbuustivu opiuiou from so eminent a
source of course crcatcd considerable excitement not
omy among tho companies directly tiutued in it, hut
auioug others who woulu indirectly be lurgoly ullectcd
by it, Mich as the Krio and 1'enusylvauia railroads, who
cicarly have bcou ruumng terries.
As it was supposed I hat the Central Kuilroad of New
Jersey would be lirst proceeded against u Hkkald rep
resentative went to the utQce ol that company, No. llfl
Liberty street, and saw the President, Mr. John Taylor
Johnson, who expressed Inmselt quite lreely about tho
matter, as follows:?"1 have heard of tho opinion of
Mr. Curtis; indeed, 1 anticipated whut it would be, lor
1 received a communication from hitu a few days mice
asking inlorrnaiion Irom mo as to what this railway
claimed iu regard to the piers, &c. We are not work
ing a ferry; we do not charge a (are to cross the river, '
but only transport our railroad puscengers from certain |
points >o certain points.'' Tho reporter here luior- i
posed by suyiug, "itut Mr. Curtis meets exactly this
point when he says, 'Nor is a vessel that is mi employed
guv the less a lerryboat because it is owned or em
ployed by a railroad company or a transportation com i
pany having depots on the opposite t-nnlts of a river |
lor the purpose of transporting Its passengers and >
freight acroas the intervening water'" Mr. John- I
son, renaming:?"In that 1 diflor from Mr. Curtis; |
but I think there can be uo conflict between j
the city and ourselves, and we are reauy i
to meet iu a proper spirit ull proper demands; In tho j
old King times the same questions came tip, aud of ;
course we knew what that meant. Uf course there are |
railroads who do run lerries and collect fares, but I i
suppose they pay tho city lor iholr franchises. Tho
opinion of Mr. Curtis was died, I beliovo, aud uo action I
wus.yeMerduy taken by the Council, and 1 believe tho 1
Corporation Attorney, Mr. Whitney, iccoinniended !
thiit regtilur suits should be brought against corpora- '
lions to test the legal questions beloro any summary I
proceedings arc resorted to. At any rate, I do not
uniicipule any conflict with the city iu regard to tho
lorry. '"
As tho New York, ^ow llaveu nnd Hartford Kail
road Company was uliuded to iu u morning Journal as
being involved in the nbovo violation of law with tho
New Kngl.md Transportation Company and tho fltenmer
Maryland, the reporter went to tho Crand Central De
pot and had a convocation with Mr. Jutiu
J. Moody, Division Superintendent of the
road, in tho course ol winch the gentleman
stated f.hnt their road was in no tnnuner Involved in
the question between the city and the railroad compa
nies; their company only toolc passengers to aud from
llartford, New Haven aud other points, und tnade tho
connection at Kott lluven with tho steamer Maryland,
bclougiug to the New Kngland Transportation Com
pany, winch conveyed them to and Irom tho 1'cunsyl
vaiua Kuilroad at Jersey City. Ho did not think tbo
transportation company had any olllce in New York,
the manager (Mr. Clark) transacting alt the business
on the boat, wliich was a large allair, tho curs of the
company being run direutiy upon it irom the ruilroad ,
wharf and truusiurred to ihe Pennsylvania Kuilroad i
trains at Jersey City without churge. It was true this j
looked like
LKAVINU HEW YORK OCT IK THK COLD,
but be thought it woqld not be of serious damage to
the city. Mr. Moody added that tho New York, New
lluven and Uartlord company was entirely distinct
from the New York Central and Uttasou Kiver road,
aud was not controlled by the latter.
It will thus be seen that complications are threaten
ing tho railways, in addition to the freight troubles aud
the cult Bg ot rales East and West.
CALL AN INDIGNATION MEETING.
To tub Editor of txik Hkrald:?
The time bus come when the people of this city
should bund together und with thotr mighty will hurl
the haughty car owners to the wall. That a few bloated
monopolist* should bo able to thwart the wishes of tho
great majority of our citizens is a blot upon the lame
of the metropolis. Talc -, for example, the action of
*thu Ninth Avenue Railroad Company iu obtaining an
Injuuctiou against the Klevated Railway. For sevou
teon yours this miserable one-horsn road hus run a pre.
carious existence, with the 6inglo announced purposo
ot proventmg opposition to the Eighth Aveuuu Rall
road, owned by tbo same man. Iturlng that period It
nas maintained from seven to twelve dilapidated vo
hlcius, ruuuttig at intervals of <row ten minute* to ono !
and one-hull hours. It bus mado no profession to ac
commodate the public in any one particular, and now,
like tbe cur m uio majjgor, it in Mirirmg to pre
vent the establishment of a railroad that will. I
am no upologist for tbe Klevutcd Railway; it is a crude
embodiment 01 a crudo Idea nnd susceptible of many
Improvements, but this road curriea more passengers
In one month than tbo Ninth avenue road dou* iu uue
year, and it should be mstained uud encouraged, if lor
no other reason. Resides this, tho Klevated road lias
caused a luvorable change in every horse road in this
city, as all our ciusens will attest, iloru earn ?re run,
better time is made and greater civility shown than
ever before.
The Governor tilled his Messoge with "caml re
form the Mayor covered much ground over the sub
ject ol "city bonds." To the people ol this oily rapid
transit is a fur more imi oriunt measure than both coin,
iined, und yet our useless Common Council meet and
adjourn from week to week and ureeithor too cowardly
or too corrupt to touch tho high-toned owners of the
city railroniis.
No language is too severe to apply to iho officials who
are owned body and so uj by the Kail road _ King, la
junctions and opinions lavorable to horse ear proprie
tors are to be liud lor the asking, and this city is ai lLo
meicy ol an unscrupulous gnn,: of cormorants, who,
haviiii: just finished the purcliaso ol a chc.ip I,eg<s aturn.
aro now ready with ruoie money to buy up tnoro ot the
people's servants.
It it- uselorK to rfiinee words with iheso fellown any
longer They have been robbing tho public lor years,
have invaded our streets with impunity, havo Ignored
ihe rights ot property owners, have violated the State
nnd city laws day alter dnv, and now, thai tho tables
are beginning to tarn against them, they lift their
bands in holy horror hi the very thought ol other rail
roads doing, in a modified way, what they have been ut
lor over twelve years. The "$4,000,000" fund to pre
vent rapid transit is formidable, it Is true; but It can
ensily be overcome by untied action aiming the citi
zens. An indigBallon meeting ol representative men
should be called, mid at once, to protest against ttny
lurthi-r delavs in the progress of rapid transit, to de
mand tor ull new companies tbo same fairness and
liberality which have beeu shown to the horse car
owners, to muku it plum to those autocratic public
enemies that the people are In no mood for trilling,
and finally to administer a severe rebuke to those at
torneys and olDctals who are so quick to answer when
ever the men owning' tho bor/9 cars cry out tor help.
I^t the people act with a common purpose nnd they
will soon have the horse oar proprietors where tbe onco
powerful I mutually Ring is to-dny.
Mat 18, 1876. ANTI-MONOPOLY.
BOUSE TIIK PKOn.K.
To mi Editor or tub Hkrald:?
From present appearance* tbe horse ear companies,
in their fight against tbe elevated railways, bare It all
their own way, and 1, as well as many thousand other
sensible people, ask your great paper to appeal to
the people who are In favor of rapid transit to give
voice to their opinions In open mass meetings and
tako other ineana to show the horse ear corporations
that they cannot override the will of the people. As
you have been always In favor ot rapid transit 1 aiu
>uiai>D?x|iRMlettOf your opinion daily, II necessary,
will so rouse the people as to crush the soalless corpo
rations wbo rare lor nothing bat themselves. Re
tpecttally yours, ELEVATED.
Nkw York. May 19,187(1
DANUEIiOUS CLAIRVOYANCE..
Mrs. Warburton, of No. 106 Court street, Brooklyn,
recently lost a gold chain valued at flUG, whloh was
stolen from a box in which she kept ner Jowelry. She
Visited a clairvoyant In New York for the purpo e of
learning the best means to socure tho ttilcf. Tho for
tuno teller informed tier that a woman stole the chain
and gave it lo a nun residing In the same house. Mrs.
Warburton was subsequently told by a jeweller that a
young man named William Smith wanted to sell him
a chain of the patient o: the missing one. The lady
then procured a warrant lor the arrest ol Mr. Smith.
1 poii examination it was shown bclore Jin-tn.e Walsh
that there was no ground whatever npon which to bus*
tbo accusation, and he waa therelore discharged.
SPRING RIFLE SHOOTING.
ABBANOEMBKTB FOB TBX COMING MATCH AT
CKEKRMOOB?PUOOIIKHH OF IKKPARATIONS
FOB THE INTERNATIONAL MATCH.
There were* two meetings nt tho roomf of the X? 1
tional Rifle Association yesterday aflernoou?one to I
pregreas preparations for tbe international matcb anil
the other to take action on the coining spring meeting
at Creedmoor. Tho joint committee of tbe National :
Kilie Association and the Amateur Rifle Club, having in ;
chargo the i*rfectlng of arrangements for the Interna- !
tional mutch, met first, General McMahon presiding.
The other members present were General Shalcr, Ma- ;
jor Holland, Major Jewell, Judge Stanton and Messrs. '
Coughtrey and Alford.
Letters were read from tho Chicago and other rifle !
clubs asking for information concerning the Interna- '
tional contest. To these answers bavo been
sent in which the statement was made that the
joint oommiltee bare made no provision to help defray
the expense of members of rille clubs from other
States who may succeed in getting a position on the j
team. For tbe informiAton of such inquirers it is also
stutod that those desiring to compete for positions wil|
bavo to spend at least four weeks in Now York imme
diately preceding the mulch.
Tho commlttco having in charge the supervision ol
the com petit ion for places on tho team was Instructed
to procure scoring cards for tho use of competitors.
Judge Stanton, ol tho Standing Committee on
Finmice, reported tliM be hau called on tho officers of
several railroad corporations and on hotel proprietors
to interest them and solicit subscriptions, and ho ox- i
pected to be successful in both directions.
On motion, tho Secretary was directed to preparo a j
circular for transmission 1? ell the rifle clubs nn<l as- >
socialious of the United Stains asking tlioin to (insist In
providing u suitablo trophy for tho international
match. *
Mr. Coughtroy was appointed a member of the Com
mittee on irupliy to iiil u vacancy occasioned by resig
nation.
The Joint committee then ndlournod, and tho Execu
tive Committee of the National Rifle Association or
ganized a lew moments afterward, General Sinner pre
siding. The subject under consideration was the
spring meeting at Creedmoor, which takes place on
Thursday, tho 261 b Inst.
Tho first is tho Directors' match, 200 yards: position,
standing; any rille; live shots; entrance, $1; tho prize,
the fiireciors' Championship Gold Badge, shot lor an
nually and held by the winner during the Tear,
tho second is the Short Range match, open to all
comers; position standing; uny riflo within tbe rules; I
entrance. $1; prixes, a rille worth $76, nu $18 Hold
glass, one prize of $10, three ol $6 and lour of &<.
Tho third is tint Military match, open to teams of
live Irom any company ol the National Guard of any of
the Slates, the regular army, navy, tnariue corps, com
posed ol company ofllcers, noa commissioned officers
or privates; dlsiance 200 yards; position sfuuding; seven
rounds; entrance fee #1 each. Tho first prize is a Hag
worth $100, to be won three tunes before becom-ng
the property of tbe organization ; the second a tent and
the ibird a clock.
The Mldrango match Is tho fourth on the programme.
Open to all comers; distances?llioi-e using military
rules (other than spocinl) to shoot at 500 yards; special {
military rlflo to shoot ut 000 yards and th ?e using any .
rlflo at 700 yards. Second class targets (twcuty-iw'o
inch bull's eye) in all cases; rounds, live; |x>sition, any >
without artificial rest; cut ranee lot* ?1 for each dis
tance; prizos, a $76 telescope, a clock worth $34 and
$20 in <a?h.
The Individual match is open to all comers;
distances?those using military rilles (other tlinn
special) to shoot at fi00 yards; special military rilles to
shoot at WW yuTilB, and those using any rifle, nt 700
yards. Second class targets (22 lucU bull's oyc) in all
cases; rounds, live; position, any without artificial rest;
entrane? iee, lor each distance. Tho first prize in
this match is $76, the secoud a telescope worth $26,
besides several small cosh prizos.
Tho stxih will ho the "I.eoch Cap" match, under tlio
auspices of the Amateur R ile Club. Open to all naliva j
born citizens of the I'nlted State* and all resident
members of tho Amateur Rifle Club, regardless of
nationality; distances?MM), (KM) and 1,000 yards; posi- 1
lion any without artificial rest; rounds, ifteen at
each distance, without sighting shots, weapon, any
rille within the rules; entrance feo. $1 lor members of
the American Rlflo Club, and $2 for all others. Prise?
Tho taech. Cup, to be jiold \?y the winner during the
your, and Championship Gold Radge, value $60.
The seventh and concluding match will be tbe "Pat
rick llenrv Rille' mutch Opon only to members of !
the Americsn Team and Resorve ol 1876; dlstnnce, j
1,000yards; rounds, 10; no sighting shots; any rule.
Geucrul Knox complainod of the high rate of faro
charged to tho members of the National Guard for
tickets to Creedmoor, and said he would reootnmend
the selection ol the Yonkers range if a reduction were
not made. It was voted to address the rullroad com- I
puny a letter relating to the matter.
Tho Sccrotary was instructed to get SJO invitation
tickets printed for distribution among prominent clti- j
zona.
CREEDMOOR.
CAVALBT COMPETITION FOB MAHKBMEN's BADGER.
The several troops of cavalry In the First division,
of ibis city, and the troop attached to the Filth brigade,
Brooklyn, contested for marksmon's badges yesterday
nt Croedmoor. Tbero wore 148 raeu present in uniform.
Colonel Farwell, Inspector of Riflo Practice of the
First division, was in command of the troops. Tho
scores of the winners of trophios are appended:?
WASUIXOTOX OKKV TKOOP.
yam ft.
200
i'ard*.
ri
300 Gd
Yardt. T'l ri
Meat. A. T. Decker
Sergeant Wilson
Hi-rgoiut Mcllugh
Serjeant Ross ?...
Captain Bilker
Private Voorhis
I'rivato Rozell
KtTgetflA roller
Corporal Trimmer
Corporal Halterson....
4 4 4 8 3
4 4 4 3 4
3 4 6 4-1
5 3 3 4 4
2 0 2 2 4
4 3 2 3 3
4 4 2 3 0
1 I 0 4 a
4 0 3 3 0
2 3 3 3 4
6 4 5 2 0
4 0 2 4 3
0 0 2 :t 5
0 3 2 4 2
3 2 6 4 5
4 4 0 4 2
? 3 4 4 0 3
13 2 2 5 5 0
10|3 6 0 4 3"
15 {3 0 0 5 2
16 26
10 25
SKPARATK TROOP?FIRST DIVISION.
tiame*.
Quartermaster Kpplo..
Lieutenant Heidi
Corporal Welgoiil
Serjeant Kelion
Corporal Dillenbury...
300
Vard*
3 2 3 4 3
3 3 4 3 4
4 3 2 3 2
4 4 4 4 3
3 4 3 3 2
300 Od
Tardt. ri T'l
16 2 5 3 0 6
17)4 0 2 3 3
1413 4 2 0 4
10 0 2 0 3 2
16 0 3 3 3 2
SSI'ARATK TROOP?riKTH nitllUPK
Xn nut.
I'rtvaie Walter.
Owl. Sergt. Van Thnn..
I'rtvaie Noiher
Lieutenant licid
Captain Sandhusen
1'rivate Wlschmun..,.,
Private Neiber, br....,
Cor|ioral lllolim.
Sergeant Oeijin
Q. M. Sergt Grane....
1'rlvate I.akoiuan.
Sergeant Tupe
2ai
Yanlt.
4 3 4 4 4,
14 4 4 4
ft 3 2 2 3
4 5 3 4 3
4 S 4 4 5
4 3 4 3
3 3 3 5 4
4 4 5 4 4
4 4 3 5 4
3 4 2 3 3
3 4 3 2 4
4 2 3 4 4
ri
300 Gd
Yardt. T'l T'l
4 4 4 4 5
5 4 4 3 2
2 6 3 5 6
3 2 2 4 5
3 4 2 3 2
4 3 3 3 2
3 4 3 2 4
4 3 0 2 2
t 2 2 4 0
15 [3 2 2 4 4
1(1.3 2 2 2 3
17 2 3 2 3 0
40
37
35
34
34
34
34
33
30
30
28
27
TIIIKD RKQ1MK3 T.
\mner.
Colonel Uudku.
Sergeant Uosi
Q M. Sergt. Meislobn.
Captain Ilotmer
Captain Ticdemnn
Captain Vehslagp
Captain Hurkbardt
Vrn-alc Hugo
200
Yard*.
4 3 4 2 2
1 4 4 3 4
.1 3 $ 3 I:
j4 2 4 3 U
4 4 5 5 2
2 3 3 2 4
I 2 3 2 3
4 3 2 4 4
T'l
300
Yardt.
Gd
T'l T'l
1 6 4 2
0 4 3 2
1 14 2 3 3 4
18|6 3 2 4 3
20 9 4 3 0 0
(3 0 3 4
4 0 3 2 3
1 0 3 0 2
HIGH RIFLE SCORES.
Xitw York, May 19, 187#.
To Tin Edith of thk Hrrald:?
In your u<m of to-day, under tiie heading of "Ex
traordinary Itifie Shooting," you. havo au account of
tho return match at Hudson, N. Y., ou the 18th inst.,
between the Parthian Hide Club, of that city, and the
Saratoga Rifle Club, of Saratoga Springs. In whieh the
Partbisns won by a score of 604 out of a possible 000,
wivb an average of 94. Yoir correspondent from that
place, roiorriug to this excellent average, remarks:?
"Tins Is aald to Ik) tho largest average ever made In a
600-yard cr>nie?t." In tills ho is in error, as the ap
pended score of a prize match in December last, on the
n?|? ol U.u Chicago llile- Club, al MB yards, by eight
members of that club, will show. I give the aggregate
of twenty shots by each man. One member made
eighteen consecutive bull's eyes, but on his nineteenth
sbol got in a three, and thns spoiled a "full scoro." The
scores were as lollows:?08, E8, 'JB, 07, 90, 98, 94,
92?total, 709, oat of a possible 800. The avcrago boing,
iim yon see, W,.
Tin I'.inluuns did splondldly, but we can "go tbsm
wo better" at CHICAGO.
DROWNED IN THE SOUND.
Tho body of aver/ respectably dressed woman, ap
parently about vbiny-tWo years of age, was lound yes
terday on the shore, at a placo known us "Ciarvey's
Island,'! Flushing, L L Tiio shoes were mlsslDg.
There were no marks of violence on tho body, but Uf on
one of the limbs waa au nlcorous sore. In the poekets
were fonnd $40, five pass books, one each on the Mfetro
polltMn, llowery, Sixpenny, llunk of Savings and Citi
zens' Savings Hank of New York, made out in the name
of Sarah Roger*, who had upon in the books collectively
the sura ol f 1.400 to her credit Upon papers which
won found in the hooks the fact was asi > mined that
she had lived al No. 343 West Thirty-ninth street, N<:,w
York it Is supposed that she either fell or jumped
from a Sound steamer while passing in this vlc;nity not
more than two or throe days since. Coroner Hume is
holding tho body to swan idcntiticstton and will con
clude the inquest on Monday
several hours after the liuding of this body that ol ?
man was also found in tlio bay. Ho was apparently a
pauper, and was so decomposed thai ho was buried im
mediately after Iks inquest. There was no elsar lo bio
Identity.
RELIGIOUS.
The Presbyterian General
Assembly.
SECOND DAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
Appointment of Committees?Relation of the
Charch to the Germans of America.
The Assembly spent a half hoar yesterday morning
in devotioual exercises, and at half-past nine A. M. was
called to order. The minute* wero read and approved.
Tbo rules of order of the lost Assembly were adopted.
To-day at ten o'clock foreign delegations will bo re
ceived by the Assembly. Standing committees were
appointed as follows;?On Bills and Ovortarea, Bov. Dr.
Morris chairman; Judiciary, Jadgo Strong chairman;
on l'ollty ol the Cburch, Rev. Dr. Llndsley; Ilofue Mis
sions, Dr. C. A. Dickey; Koroign Missions, Dr. J. Ed
wards; Education, Dr. W. C. Cattell; Publication, Dr.
8. M. Campbell; Church Erection, Dr. X. tfeaver;
Theological Seminaries, Dr. Beadle; Ministerial Holier,
R. Adair, D. D.; Correspondence, Dr. 8. 1. Prime;
Mileage, Elder L. Jacobs; flounce, E. P. Handy; Nar
rative, Dr. M. R. Vincent; Freedtnen, Rev. W. E.
Knox; Leave of Absence, Rov. J. R. P. Page, and Be
nevolence, Rev, J. (J. Monttort.
Tbo roll of proabytories was called and tellers ap
pointed to receive statistical reports, narratives, over
lures, memorials, appeals, complaints and other papers
lor the Assembly, such as reports oi tbo several com
mittees of last year which were handed in.
Dr. 8. I. Prime, of this oity, presented resolutions
congratulating the Centennial Coin miss loners on the
emphatic volo oy which thoy determined to close tbo
Exposition grounda and buildings ou the Sabbath.
This, he said, was determined two years ago, and it is
an action in consonance with the laws of all the States
upon this subject, and the law ot Congress, which do
damn thai nothing in It should contruvene tbo laws of
the States. This aotion la a tilting acknowledgment
nlso ot the sentiment and laws of all the States of ibe
Union, and a fulfilment of lb* contraot nuulo with the
people who havo contributed thoir monoy to this Ex
position. The resolutions were adopted unanimously
by a rising vote, and a committee oi tblrteon, Dr. S. L
Prune chairman, was appointed to deliver the paper to !
the Commissioners In Philadelphia, and to express the
sentimeat of the Assembly on this subject. Prayer by
Dr. Breckenridga followed.
CMOS AND CO OPBHATIOX WITH T*1 BBFORXBO DUTCH
CHURCH.
In 1873 the Assembly appointed a eommtttee of con
ference with a like commlttce of tho Roformed (Dutch)
Church with a view to tho organic union of both bodies,
lu 1874 the Reformed Cburch discontinued lis com
mittee, but ap|>otntod a committee to seek for co-opera
tion with the Presbyterians. Dr. Adams, chuirman of
the Assembly's commiltoo, yesterday presented their
report, declaring such co-operatiou inexpedient and
asking for the dlschargo of the cotnmlttoe. Adopted.
A committee of three was appointed to report on the
place of meeting of tho next Assembly.
A very Important momorlal Irom the Presbytery of
Newark regarding the relations of the Prosbytertan
Cburch to the Germans ol this country was r^ad by
Dr. Cbarlo8 K. Knox, ol Newark. The Presbytery, after
an ercportence of twenty threo years' labor among tho
Germans within its bounds, which labors have been
very successful In establishing churchcs among
thom, bolleves that the oburch has opportunities
greater than It has ever had, and, therefore, at |
this time calls attention to tbo anbjoct of missionary 1
work among Germans. The Church has now
111 societies, 110 pastors and other min
isters, and 8,000 communicants among tbo Germans.
Fllteen ot those churches have lesa than fifty members
each. Tho three States ot New Jersey, Pennsylvania
mid Ohio have only a,610 members. Tbo Church has
given only twolve books or publications iu the German
language, only two of which are ol a general character.
The Methodist Book Concern publishes the largest cata
logue ol German books of any publishing house In the
country. The Presbyterian church Issues one religious
periodical in German; tho Methodisu have several
and of large circulation. The memorial refers to the
lack of theological schools for Germans in tho Presby
terian cburch, and Nowark Presbytery asks the Assom
bly to look into this matter and see if something more
and hotter can't bo dono in this direction. Tho Method
ist church has organised six annual conferences among
tho Germans, and have 30,000 church members. The
Baptists have also organized two German associations
and 101 churches. The Episcopalians, too, havo
within the past year established German missions In
seven dioceses. The memorial pointed out the
1MPORTAXCB or TUB OKRXAK KLHHKNT
In thia country still outside of toe Church. It Is a view
held very largely by Germans that this oountry Is atlll i
In a formative stale, and that they and their language
will be tho controlling Influences nere by and by. The
memorial depicted the character of American soelety,
If such control should ever take place?Continental
Sabbaths, beer gardens and amusements in lull blast
on the Sabbath, aud the prevalence of materialistic
thought throughout the land. It lurther pictured
what converted Germans have already dona for the
Church of Christ, and what may bs expected f rom that
claw in future. Alter discussion, this memorial, which
was deemed of great importance, was referred to a
special committee of ten.
The Presbyterian church at Leeshnrg, Va., aaked
permission to sell in lauds, tho title of the same being
Id this Assembly, tuough the church Itself is In com
munion with the Southern Assembly, The Prosbyterv
ol Ebcnezcr indorsed this request, and it was relorred
to tbe Committee on Bills and Overtures.
ASTSKNOON* SKSSIOX.
After tha recess a momorlal was presented from tbe
Fynod of Missouri asking that Ibe Assembly mske
some provision for the rebaptism ot converts from tho ;
Roman Catholic Chureb, whoso doctrines and ordt
nuncos and seta neither tbo Presbyterian Church nor
the Synod which bring* this memorial at all recngndo
as acts of a Christian Church. A report was presented
by the Committee ou Susientstlon sad Homo Missions '
which two interests were united under one board a
year ago. The committee to whom was referred tho
subject of the economical administration ot all the
boards ot the Church reported that they hold meetings
In this city and in Philadelphia, wbero in both places
thoy examined books and employes of tho several
boards, and they suggest thai, while tbe work is well
and eoonomicaKy done nnder the preseut administra
tion. tbe collodion of all funds for church erection bo
tranaierrod to tho Home Mission Board's (jfllcers, aud
that the boards of Church Erection aud Homo Missions,
now united, consist nf twenty-one members each, to |
be elected for tbe same time. Tho transfer of funds as
auggcsled will save to the Cburch Irom $7,000 to
f10.000 a year. Tho report was mado tho second order
or the day for Tuesday.
After half an hour'* discussion Drs. Adams, Hunt
Ington, Aiken and another college professor were ex
cosed from serving on tho Committee on Theological
Seminaries on tbe ground presentsd by those gentle
men ot delicacy to serve whero their own sots snd re
ports shall be reviewed. The Assembly consumed much
time al*o discutsing the proposition to admit Elder J.
W. Edwards, of tbo Synod of Wisconsin, In the stoad of I
tho commissioners clectod by the Presbytery of Peoria,
who refused to attend, lie was not ml mined such
precedent being contrary to the polity of ibo Church.
Memorials and overture** on tbe Sabbath, on dancing,
on representation and other subjects were presented to :
tbo appropriate committees. Tbe l'resoyterv of India
also memorialised for the formation of a Presbyterian
Alliance in that mission land.
Brooklyn's si-spay scnoot, pahaus.
Mr. Israel A. Barker extended a cordial Invitation to
tbo Assembly to wiincss the annual parade of tho Sun
day School 1'nlon ot llroosivn on Wednesday next
but an the Assembly had engaged to give that cut'lro
day and evening to a consideration of foreign missions
tho invitation wis respectfully declined. The Assem
bly spoui Its last ovoiiing's session in a discussion of
Sunday school matters. Addresses were delivered by
J. Dennett Tyler and Dra. A. D. Moray and Marion R.
Vincent ?
Many of tho principal churches la New York and
Brooklyn will bo liatriictod to-morrow by the minis
terial members of the Assembly. Plymouth church
will have the ministration ol Dr. David Wills, ol Wis
consin, lu tbe evening and Mr. Beecbor In iho morn
ing. The Tabernacle pulpit will he occupied by Dr. Cat
tail, of Pennsylvania, in the morning and by Dr.Talroago
lu the evening. Dr. Ilreckauridge, of Kentucky, will
?reach in the .First church, in Henry street, Brooklyn,
he Westminster church, Brooklyn, will he ministered
to by Rev. J. B. Dnnn. ol Boston(formerly ol Now York)
and Dr. Dickey, of Philadelphia. Boaa street chnrch I
will havo the services ol Dr. Georgo S. Boardman. of '
St. Paul, Minn.; the Reformed church on Bedford ave
nue will have Professor Anson Smyth, of Cleveland.
Ohio, in the evening. Clinton avenue Congregational I
church will receive the ministrations of tha cx-Modera- !
lor. Dr. E. D. Morris, ol Cincinnati, in the morning.
Professor C. a. Aiken, of Princeton, N. j.. will serve !
the Mariners' church, New Vork, and Dr. Jonathau
Edwards, ol Peoria, III., the llrick cburcn in this cltv.
Rev. A. H. Morev, or Cincinnati, will minister to South
Third strei-t churcb In tho evening. Professor .lacotms, 1
of Alleghany Theological Seminary, will occupy tbe pull
tut <?l CluU.n aireol Privhylerian church. Brooklyn, and
Drs. Moutlort, of Cincinnati, and Dunning, ol Bones
dale. Pa., will serve Franklin ave.mo I'resbyiarian
churcb, llrooklyn. First Baptist cburch. Nunsau street,
8. C. Logan, D. I>., ot Scrnnlon, Pa., m tho morning.
Ufayoite avenne, Dr. Fowler, or Florida, and Dr. Camp
ball, of Kooiioster. These are among the moat promi
nent churches and commluionora who shall aacva aad
b? served on taxtaf. A farther IM will be prepared
for to day, inasmuch as many Meihodi-t and Baptist
ohuKtiN nave applied fur preacher* lor their ptlptl&
METHODIST GENERAL CONFERENCE.
AH ADDilWb BT BUHOP CUMMI58?TH? LADIBb"
BZPOSIXOJtY XDITOB&U1P.
Baltibom, May 1?. !'??>
Bishop Foster presided to-duy.
J. W. Adams, of New Hampshire, presented resolu
tions to amend the discipline to a* to provide lor the .
expulsion of member* of the Metbodiat Episcopal
Church who rent buUdtnga tor the ante or intoxicating
drinks. Laid over until to-morrow.
General Fisk, from the committee to wblch was re
ferred the communication Irorn the Methodist Episco
pal Church South, presented a resolution that, "in
ohier to remove all obstacles to tormal Iratoruity be
twoen the two Churches, the Board of Bishops tw di
rected to appoint a committee of three ministers and
two laymen to meet a similar commission authorised
by the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and adjust
all difficulties." The resolution was adopted.
TheConlereueo then proceeded to elect a correspond
ing missionary secretary. Ihe tellers reported 300
ballots enst, of which J. M. Retd, or Michigan, received
238, and ho was declared elected.
A motion to reconsider the action of the Conference
transferring the publication and control of the Pitts
burg Christian Advocate to the Hook Concern ut Now
York led to prolonged discussion, and was Unally
carried.
Bishop Cummins, of the Reformed Episcopal Church,
wns introduced by Dr. Lawry, aud on coming forward
on the platform wax warmly greeted, the Conference
rising. Ho then proceeded to deliver-au elo<|uoni ad
dress, saying thai all he was be owed to Methodism.
l)r. Cum mi lis then gave succinctly the reasons which
led to tbo organization of the Reformed Episcopal
Church. At the conclusion of his address there was
prolonged applauue,. aud a resolution of thanks and
that a fraternal messenger should be sunt to this
Church was adoptod.
The matter of tbe'Plttsburg Christian Advocate was
resumed, and the Conference dually revolved its action
trnnsierritig Its management and publication to the New
York Hook Concern.
Tuesday, the '23d Inst, at eleven o'clock, was desig
nated as the time tor receiving fraternal messengers
lrom the Congrcpation.il Council.
The report of tho Hook Committee rolatlro to chang
ing the name ol the Ltuiiet' Jiepottlnri/, mid the general
scope and character of that magnxiiio, investing the
agents of the Western Book Concern, tho Western sec
tion of the Hook Committee and the editor of the Kr
jmaitonj with authority to make such change, was
taken up and led to considerable discussion. The re
port was finally adopted, and the Conference proceeded
to the election of an editor ot tho LatiifJ llepotitury.
Rev. Dr. E. Wentworth, tho present editor; Rev. J.
F. llarley, of Ciucinnnti; Rev. (leorge M. Steele, of
Wisconsin; S. H. Ncsbit, of Pittsburg; B. F. Crarv, of
Colorado; R. Wboatlcy. of Now York, and Miss Fran
ess E. Willnrd, of K. vaustou, III., were nominated. Tho
voto was taken ami the tellers retired to count them.
Tho Conference olocted Rev. Reuben Nelson and ltev.
Luke Hitchcock as Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer
respectively of the missionary societies. A report and
recommendation or the Committee on tho Hook Con
cern to appoint a committee ot eighteen to have tho
control and management of the publishing interests of
the Church, with authority to suspend the publication
of uny paper, was taken up, and. after brief considera
tion, withdrawn for the preseut by the committee. Tbo
tellers on tho tote for editor of the Ijuliet' Ii-potilnrt/
reported 308 votes coat?nccecsarv to a choice, 165?
distributed as follows:?Steele, 104; Miss Willard, 6i;
Murlay, 47; Nesblt, 41; Wentworth, 32; Crnry, 13;
Whcatley, 8: the balance scattering: and no one having
.a majority there was no oleotion. Tho Conference then
adjourned until to-morrow.
PLYMOUTH PRAYER MEETING.
MR. HALLIDAY CONFESSES HIS BAD SPIBIT AND
BEPENTS.
Mr. Beecher was again absent from his Friday evon
iog prayer meeting, and, hs a matter of coarse, there
w?s rather a thin attendance. Mr. Haiiiduy presided,
and after tbe usual exorcises said:?I suppose we aro
all agreed that Christ was an example; that that was
one of tho prime objocts He had in coming into the
world. It was to show us bow to live, what we ought
to bo, what should be tho groat end and alin of life. I
think too often we overlook some of tho things for
which Christ came to benefit us. Wo mike too much
of tbo simple work of redemption. I do not know but
we ought to giro that very greatly the priority; but we
ought not to overlook the other things Christ camo
to accomplish. Do wo .as much as we ought
keep Christ before us as an example? We aro just
emerging from exigencies that have ubsoroed our whole
being for three or lonr years. I am not surprised thnt
we havo boon almost exclusively absorbed in tbe things
which have been (as it wero) thrust in our laces, but I
don't know but! might have bad a better spirit through
it all than I have hnd. I know 1 have not had tho
spirit of Uhrist and now I feel as a seaman mast feel
after he has passed through a tremendous storm, when
he has omitted to attend to a great many things, but
oxense* him-elf on account of*he storm, and when it ts
over ana they look round they see much that Is to be
done.
I know I have lost spiritually during these months
that have gone. I wont to get hack. 1 have sometimes
indulged in a very bud spirit; I am sorry lor it. I
won't say I have not bad provocation, but that is no
excuse.
Well, now, snotlier thing I wnnt to say?I am going
to try to stop thinking ahd talking of these mutters
that have absorbed our thoughts and attention, lor my
park Had we not better f Had we not better get to
I.AIIOftlXO FOR POOLS AOAtit f
I want to begin to love my enemies. I never have
half tbe troublo loving my enemies that I do to love the
enemies of my friends. I want to have kindly, loving
feelings toward those who have injured my friends. I
want to have tbe spirit of my Mug tor, and until 1 get
this I am crippled. 1 um not half a mau to pray.
I see so much to be done, 1 want to be in a slate of
mind wheie God will use me. Now I hope there are
not any of you who have been so wicked as 1 have
been in tho respects to which 1 have alluded. I hope
none of you have cherished the leelings I have, but
if you have hnd a little of it shall we come back and
go to the tabernacle with Christ, and have Him breathe
Ills sweet spirit upon us f
SEAMEN'S MISSION.
The Water Street Mission of the Port Society for
8eamen will celebrate its thirteenth anniversary to
day, at two P. M., at the corner of Water and Dover
streets.
EDWARD J. WILSON'S DEATH.
The inquest in the cose of Edward 3. Wilton was hold
yesterday afternoon. It will be remembered that this
gentleman, a prominent lawyer, disappeared on the
16th ult, and that his body was found on tbe 13th
Inst, at tho foot ot East Nineteenth street. Tbe body
was removed to Poekskill, where marks of violence
were discovered on it Coroner EickholT, who had
charge of the case, was very angry at the announce
ment of this fact by the Hbrald, and wben Mr. E. C.
Wilson, the brother of the deceased gentleman, from
a letter to whom the information was procured, usxed
him to postpone tbo inquest for one week he churlishly
ret used.
The ilrst witness called was James Dobson, of the
Street Cleaning Department, who testified to having
seen ibo tfaeensed ou the night of the 16th ult at tbo
corner of avenue A and Tweuty-third street; witnebs
observed him staggering and warned him of tho danger
he was ruming in going along the pier; the deceased
replied,-"You mind your own business and I will mind
m:nc;" Mr. Wilson walked ou and soon fell into tba
water; witness tried to rescue him, bol could.not.
Officer Hurling, ot tho Ktghtecnth ureciuct, testified
that he fouud the body and learned of Its identification.
Cornelias D. Karle and his sister, Mary Karie, testi
fied to the regularity or Mr. Wilson's halms.
John 8. Wetberbee, of No. 2S6 West eleventh street,
was tbe last acquaintance of the deceased wbo saw blm
on tho night oi mo 15th ult He said that Mr. Wilson
visited bis honso about eight o'clock in tho evening
and inquired about some transaction in land In tho
country which had not succeeded; tho deceased ap
peared considerably disappointed and left, making an
appointment to see witness the following Monday.
Doputy Coroner Marsh's testimony was to the effect
that death was tho result of asphyxia, caused by
drowning.
Alter a short deliberation tho jury brought In the
verdict that "the said man camo to bis death by drown
lag while laboring under a fit of temporary Ins iuity."
SOLOMON S DEFALCATION.
Yesterday Henry A. Solomon, who Is under indict
ment by tbe Kings county Orand Jury, for embezzling
11.300, in various sums, from the Department of Ar
rears of Taxes, Brooklyn, while filling tho office of re
ceiving clerk, was arraigned before Judge Moore, in tbo
Coart of Sessions. Mr. .*olomou pleaded guilty and
was rcinaudoU to jail. He will bo sentenced on Monday,
May 22.
CROOKED WHISKEY SEIZED.
At an early hour yesterday morning a desccnt was
made by Deputy Revenue Collectors Bowden, Young
nnd Oillen, on a small frame honso on Columbia street,
between Mills and (cntro streets, South Brooklyn,
where a copper still ofrtiiO gallons capacity was seized.
Two thousand gallons of niufli were emptied into the
gutter. The value of the property seised, which was
turned ovor to tbe United States Marshal, Is f 1,000.
SUICIDE OF AN UNKNOWN MAN.
An unknown man, middle aged, jumi>ed from the
bow ol a South ferry boat, at halt-past ten o'clock on
Thursday night last, as the boat was leaving the slip on
the Brooklyn sldo. Effort was mado to snvo blm, but
without effect.
FATAL fall.
Mary McKadden, a child sighteon months old, (ell
from tho fourth story window of hor parents' residence,
No. MO hicks street, Brooklyn, yesterday and was
instantly kiliscL
MARRIED.
. Cbakis?ALBtrrs.?On Wednesday, Mar 17, at Trinity
ohurcn Ki'Chfiior, N. Y., by the Rev. Worron Walsh,
buth A Cramik, of Jersey City, N. J., tu UiUT D.,
CUWortua. "'o4in -^'ruui Esq., of Santa Barbara,
4| Hai-omox?Hsilsbox?<?u Friday, the 12tb ImL, by
!f ,,7" J** M. Isaacs, Fkbdixa.m> Saloxo*. of New
2i! , rBU Eloka Hsiluhok, of London. Englaud.
eldest daughter of Henry Huilbron, Esq. fto cards.
Loudon (K inland) papers please copy.
S.mkdkx?-Juytrx?,iu this city. May 17, at the resi
dence or the bride a mother, hy the iter. David B. Jot
ten. a*?i*ted by the Be*. Dr. V. D. Vjmev Miller
GkorubW. Sxburm to Sarah A. Juvi mi of tliif
city, No cards.
DIED.
ArrmoROT? In Purls, May 1#. Helbx Evblyw
daughter ot Wlllistn and Evelyn AufTmordt and grand
child ot Elvira aud William li. Harbock
Bahr.?At Jersey City Height*, on Friday at thr*<
o'c'oclt, A>na, daughter of Houry and Mary BaUr
aged 5 years and 7 month*. 1
I Funeral from the residence other parent*, corner aI
Summit av. and 1'oplar St., on Monduy morning at tea
? o'clock. Relative* and frieuda, also the Steuben
Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 183, are respectlnlly invited.
Cammaxx At lieuevu, N. Y., on Wedueaduy, May 17
| Catukkixk Xavabkk McColm, widow or Oswald johl
Cam matin, in the 70th year ol her age.
Funeral at Geneva.
Carroll.? Mrs. Carroll, the mother of Roger Car
roll, died May 18: born in the county ol Longford,
parish of Granard, Ireland.
The Iriondij and acquaintance* are respectfully in
' riled to attend the funeral, trom hor son s residence,
007 Went 45th St., on Stiuday, May 21, at two o'clock.
Cols.? Suddeuly, on Thursday, May 18, 1876, ot
scarlct fever, Faxxik II., eldest daughter of William
A. and Mnry E. Cole, in the 18th year of her ago.
Fuuoral from rosideuou of hur parents, 62 West 49th
st. en nuti ruay, ut one o'clock.
Dolax.?At Kenwood, Novitiate ot the Sac rod Heart,
after a short but severu li ne**, Mme. Fammk A. Dolax,
1 nwed 25 years, oldosi daughter of Peter Dolan, 2o2 Waal
24th at.
A solemn requiem mass for the reposo of her soul
will bo celebrated at tbo Convont of the Sacrod Heart,
Went 17th st, this (Saturday) morning, at nino o'clock.
Relatives and frionds are respectfully invited to atteud
lier remains will be taken to the Convent of the Sucru4
Heart, ManhatLanville, for interment
Dovblkday?At Nyack, N. Y.. on Friday, May 18,
John Cphhmax, son ol Stephen Ward aud Angelica H.
Doubleday, aged 8 months und 28 days.
The relatives and friends of the lamily are Invited to
attend the Mineral from the rcsideuco of his grand
father, John II II. Cusliman, No. 418 West 20th st. on
Sunday, the 21st Inst, at two o'clook P. M.
Duuax.?On Thursday, May 18, Wixifrbd Dcqan, the
beloved wire or John Dugan, in the 60th year ol ber
age.
Relative* and friends are respectfully Invited to at
tend the funeral, from her late residence, 328 ?aat 834
st., ou Sunday, May 21, at one o'clock P. M.
Kinhtbin.? On Thursday, May 13, Edxa, youngest
daughter of David L. and Caroline Einstein, aged 1
year, 4 months and 25 days.
Funeral Irom tho restdonoo of her parents, No. AS
West With st., on Sunday, 21st inst, at half-past ulna
A. M.
Fitcd.?On Friday, the 19th Inst, Willis Havilano,
third son of T. J. aud Louisa Fitch, in the 7th year ol
bis age.
Relatives and friends of tbo family are requested to
atteud the funeral, on Sunday arternoou, 21st inst, at
half-past one, from the residence ol bis parents, 435
East 62d st.
Fokbixotosl?At Pelham, May 19, Aran E., second
daughter of Isaac and Amanda Forrington, aged II
years.
The Iuncral services will be held at tho residence ol
hor parents, on Sunday afternoou at two o'clock.
Glbasox.?The members ol Alias Lodge, No. 818, an
hereby summoned to meet at 273 Muuroo St., on Satur
day, May 20, at two o clock P. M., to atteod the fuusrai
of brother Wilhaui Gleoson. By order of
Gkoruk W. Dirykk, Secretary. JOHN BOYD, M.
Harixo.?Suddenly, at Spring Valley, May IT,
Damkl A. Harixo, in the 68th year of his age.
The relatives and friends aro Invited to attend the
funeral, at the Xauuet church, Rockland county, on
Saturday, 20th, at half-past ten o'clock. Trains leave
loot or Chambers st at 8:45.
Hartmax.? On Tuesday evening, May 18, 1878,
Hbxry Hartman, In ihe 70th year of his ago.
Relative* and friends of the family aro respectfully
invited to attend tho luueral, from his lato residence,
401 West 38th st., ou Saturday, the 20th inst.. at one
P. M. '
Hkbhebd.?In Brooklyn, May 18, of pnonmonla,
Chahlss Edoak, youngest sou of S. Edgar and Anu
Eliza Hohbord.
Relatives and friends of the family are Invited to at
tond the funeral, from the residence of hi* parents, .
4813d St., South Brooklyn, on Sunday, May 21, at foul
Hociistadtbb.?On the 18th Inst., Libbbrmax Hock
8TADTKR, In the 69th yoar of his age.
Tnc relatives and iriends of tho family are respect
fully invited to attend the fnneral, on Snuday after
noon, at two o'clock, from bis late residence No. 32ft
Marshall St., Philadelphia, to proceed to Mount Sinai.
Hotuhkiss.?In Brooklyn, Thursoay, May 18, 1878,
of consumption, Isaac T. Hotcbkiss, agod 32 years
and 25 day*
Funeral from the rosldonceof bis brother-in-law, N.
F. Hedges, No. 14 Fort Greene place, Saturday, May
20, at two P. JL Burial at convenience or the
family.
Hyob.?At Elisabeth, N. J., on May 18, Jon* L.
Hydb, in the 39th year of bis age.
Notice or funorsl hereafter.
Kixo.?On the 17th inst., J. Ktxo, aged 70 yean, ]
months and 11 days.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral,
on Sunday, May 21, at twelve o'clock M., from his late
residence, No 112 West st., Urconpoint
Lkjl?on Friday, May 19, Elizabeth, widow ol
Frederick R Leo, In the 66tli yoar ol her ngo.
Funeral services at St Mark's church, corner of 10th
st and 2d av., on Monday afternoon, the 22d inst. al
half-post one o'clock. Relatives aud friends are re
spoctlully invited to attend. Remains will be taken to
Far Rockaway, L. L, lor Interment
Mkaly.?On Friday, 19th inst, Thomas P. Mealy.
aged 49 years.
Relatives snd friends of tho family are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence,
962 6th av., on Sunday, 21st Inst, at two o'clock.
Mkluose?Suddenly, ou Wednesday, 17tb, Jou*
Mklko.sk, In tbo 56th year of his ag&
Funeral Irom his late residence, Na 7 Morton st, oa
Sunday, 21st inst.
Mi'llxx.? Mauuabkt M., wife of William Mullen,
oged 28 years.
Rolstives snd friends aro rospectfullv invited to at
tend the funeral, ou Sunday, tho 21st, between one aud
two P. M.. Irom her late resldcuce, 231 East 22d st.
I McCArrRBY.?On Thursday, May 18, 1876, Ionatius
i 1L MoCAPNtlY, aged 28 years.
Relatives and iriends of his brothers, Timothy F.
and Jnines McCaffroy, aro rospecfully invitod to attend
tho funeral, from his lato residence, No. 190 Prospect
st. Brooklyn, on Saturday, May 20, at two P. M.
O'Callaohax.? May 18 Daxikl O'Callaghax, bo
loved sou of Matthew B. and Mary J. O'Callaghan.
aged 4 years and 7 months. 1
The friends of the lamily ore respectfully Invited to
attend the funeral, from the rcaldence of hlo parents,
281 Hoyt st, Brooklyn, at one '"clock, to-day.
owkxs.?Suddenly, on tho 17th or May. Hbbbbbt.
thl. d son o( Thomas and Elizabeth M. Owens. '
Friends and rolativos ore invited to attend tho
fnneral, from his parents' residence, 362 West 50th st
on Saturday afternoon, at two o'elock. '
Pbtkosox.? Id Philadelphia, on the morning of tho
17th tuat, T. B. Pktkk.hox, Jr., son of r. B. and Mary
C. Peterson, In tho 24th year of his a?o.
The relative.* and friends or the ramilv ore invited to
ottond his luueral, from tho residence of his parents,
sotiihwei-t corner of Brond and Girardavs., Philadel
phia, on Saturday, 20th Inst, at one o'clock, to proceod
to Laurel Illll
^ ,'u*Lt7;T1.n BrooklJrn- ?. 1878, at hlo late root
deuco, 145 Tillary st, Thomas Vail Piiblax, dearly be*
lovod husband ol Margarot I'helan, aged 30 veara 5
months and 23 days
The relatives and frinnds of tho family, Baltlo Lodm
2*1-*? and A. M., Eckford Social Club, also Sandy
Hook pilots are rcqnosted to attend the funeral from
t.ie Centenary Methodist cbnrrb, corney Jay and John
Bu,n. *U-' toB Kuu,luy. May 21, at two P. M.
Ki?"?f,n morning, Moy 10. of apoplexy.
Miss Haxxaii Prick, formerly of Birmingham, Eng
land, aged 79 years, 4 months and 8 days.
lunerol services ut No. 22t) East 20th at, tbla
(Saturday) afternoon, at three o'rlock.
RtrLBY.?Friday, May 19, Dwinnr A., eldost son ol
Joseph Ripley, uftor o low hours' illness, in tho 4 Is I
year of hia age.
Notice of luueral hereafter.
SmiOKX.?On Thursday, Mav 18, ot two o'elock P. M.t
Florin da E., wile or Paul E. Schoen, aged 45 years.
R 'inttvcs and frlonds are Invited to sttend tho funeral
services, at her lato residenco, Na 2ai East80th st, on
Sunday, 21st Inst, at one o'clock P. M., precisely.
Philadelphia papers please copy.
SruKiKt'KR. ?On Thursday, too 18th last, Joint L.
Schrikksr, agod47 years. 1 month and 12 doya
The relatives and menda or tho family are roopeet
fttlly Invitod to ottend his runeral, on Sunday, tbo 21st
ilist., st hall past one o'clock P. M, from bio lato resi
lience, Nol 424 West 18th st
xhk.vtox.?On Thursday, Moy 18, Axx, widow of Wil
liam Shcnton, in tbo ftoth yeor ol her age.
Tiio relatives aud frivnda of tho family are respect
luliy invited to ottend tho funeral, from tho reoidenco
ol her son-tn-lsw George Norrls. 824 East 4th st, on
Sunday, May 21, at one o'rlock P. M.
Suitu. ?Catiishixr, the beloved donghtor of Jana
and John K. Smith, aged 8 years. 8 months and 27 days.
Tho irteods of the family ore respectfully invited to
| attend the funeral, rrom her lato residence. 433 West
4Sth st, Snnday, st ton o'clock.
Tryox.?In Brooklyn, on May 18, Fraxcis Tbyox la
the 70th year of his aye. '
Funeral services will bo held st tho New Jcrusslem
church, corner Mouroo place and Clsrk st, Brooklyn
on Sunday afternoon, at throe o'elock. '
lluflalo |io|iers pleane copy.
Vaii In Br-Kiklyn, on Friday, May 19. Wilso* G.
noxt, son of William M. and Sarah W. VoiL aced 2
years and 11 months h ?
Funeral services on Sunday, May 21, at half-Dost two
o'clock P. M., rrom Grace church, Brooklyn Heights.
WnssLOii?On Wednesday, tho 17th insL, llBxrr
Wksmloh. aged 23 yesrs. ?
? wTh.? rTla,i? ?y iriends, snd also the members ol
tho llrinkummer Guard, are rospectlully lavlted to at
on^o'HoikTu' S"n,,ay'' UlP 2,n half-past
Urevor Mil -ih tesldenro ol Mr. William
Ureyor. No. 261 ,th av., coruwr of 25th at
Wii.nKr.-?on Thursday morning May 18. after a
lingering nines., Cuklottr L,'widow of Henr?
Wiidey, in tho (1st yesr of her sgo.
Irlontis aro respectfully Invited la
lai Root lotfi^u "?ruVIC"' 81 hor '?le residenoe. Na
10.. Kast 19th ?u, on Saltiroay afternoon, tho 20lh iiitv
at wo o'clo k. Rnris! at Wiodlawn ' ? ?t?
war'.',0'^%7PU 18, Samcsl Woo?
ward, to the 72il your of liin ago.
../Ita "t tho family aro Invited M
!ilitrt funeral' rrom bis lato residenoe, US Baa*
71st st. ?n Saturday, 2uth, at *bo F. Mi