The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-08-31


The relatives and friend, Of the family are invited
to attend her funeral from her late redence 6s Jane
street, corner Of Hudson street, August 81, 1913.
On the 10th Of August, Mrs. MARY CeSELv, in the
Her funeral win take place from her late residence
TSs onds Of Il. .p fsS Sii, sS
tbore of her soninlsw, Cornelius Csssiday are re-
specifically invited to attend. - /.
youngest daughter Of Robert and Mary Drysdale aged
year, II months and 10 days ~.
ne friends 81 the family ana tne members OF !ef-
attend her funeral from No 20 Fifth street. this after
neon, at O'Clock.
August 10th, Of consumption, JAMES REID, In the
His friends and those of his brothers, william and
respectfully invited attend his funeral ON Thurs
day afternoon at halt past O'Clock from the residence
OF his Sro aS, John REID No - Market street
1HA wife Of the late John Canning, of Newtown Lima
vady, Ireland.
quesed to attend her funeral from the residence of
her son William, M7 Spring street. at O'Clock this
Londonderry journal will please copy.
On the 20 inst at Windsor, Connecticut, JOHN
EnsEsT aged year and days, youngest child Of Ds.
MEL r. Hitchcock Of Tom kinsville Slater Island.
At Danbury. Conn on the 27th inst DANIEL Con-
srocK, M d. in the SD year Of his age. -
IA At Bush Creek Green oe county Ky on the 10th
the old pioneers of the Dark and Bloody Ground was
private in the army of the revolution aud withal
wife, and large family of children, grand Children
and great grand children, to whom such name is the
most estimable Of legscies.
In Barnard, Vermont. on the 18th inst, JOHN Fos-
TER, aged 81 years, born in Worcester, Mass He
tered the army at the age of nineteen In the bat
ties of saltwater and Saratoga and presen the
surrender of Gen. Burgoyne AT the termination of
the war he removed to Vermont where he resided until
MS oecease he was many years member of the e-
gslature, and forty years magistrate.
In Plymouth, on the I'D inst, ELIZABETH, widow
Of the late John Stevens, aged 49,
In SnYyfh Sattu Afu svxak
o. widow OF the late Naha MEL Cushing and sister of
the late Nathan Gushing, Judge of the Supreme Court
In Boston, August %, JOHN DAVIS WILLIAM in his
76th year. He was man of large wealth. which he
had seqnired BY years OF honorable industry in mer
In GAINESVILLE, Ohio, DANIEL COVERS in the 74th
year Of his age. MIR. c: was born in the town of
ted tothe West with his father, settling in the Ohio
Compsnys Purchase, about the year 1890 The Ga.
ee relates the following incidents Of his capture by
Indians; "He was captured the Goth of April 1872,
in the immediate neghborhood Of where the town OF
Beverly now stands, between GAINESVILLE and Marietta,
on the Muskingum He was then little over sixteen
years age He with two Others had gone out to cut
tree OF which to make a drum hoop when they
surprised, and he was captured and carried off
pidy as possible in northwesterly direction to
get away from the white settlements After weari-
some retreat of some forty fifty miles the party
canped on the head waters of Moxahala where the
head Of the young captive was trimmed in savage sye
long TUT being left on the top of the head and
Pressively denominsted the scalp lock This
ceeded more leisurely though still with uncomfortable
speed to Upper Sandusky, and thence to Lower San
bay and across to the mouth Of Portage river
Here he was sold for horse and several strings of
wampum, and adopted into family whose kindn-ss
was ever cherished in recollection by the deceased
lie Joined In their sports and their hunting and by his
lively and apparently oonhdipg disposition. he won
their affections, and treated kindly; but though
INDUCED in the pleasures of Indian life be longed to
see his widowed mother who mourned for him as dead
and to be again with his countrymen In the early
ned aplp FIAT hic nd
through the aid of traders and others, reached at
length the residence Of his friends in Connecticut
lie came to the West again, in 1894 settling first at
bourne)" -ls 81 = - -- q
On the morning of the Goth instant at his re dence
In Palatine Maj JOSH SrnAKER aged SO years and
days Maj, s. was of early German settler,
who located near where the former afterwards dwel
The father nd sons numbers among the patriots
OF the Mohawk river settlements Pxlsne distrct) in
the great struggle for American freedom; and the
the war On the day of the Stone Arabia battle in
which the brave Col Brown fell by hordes
OF British tories and Indians led by Sir John Johnson
TO ravis the Schoharie and Mohawk valleys, he was
with few other daring spirits in q little stocksde
called Fort Keyser which the enemy passed after
the battle ready to aid in its defence last each
having his hat full OF cartridges in the accessible
position. After the of destruction had rolled On
and only here and there stragger was to be seen
SPEAKER and several other lads the socksde
to the crmsoned field and the former was the rst one
to approach the scaped remains Of his usrious chief
to the post Maj S., who was amsng the Oldest and
most respected inhabitants of Montgomery county at
o. a ms was ior long period f.voraby
in the Mohawk va ley, when western New York and
ONO were receiving their enterprising populstion-
when mercnand'se was either ported at great la
Dor in small boats up the M.hswk, or was drawn bv
tbee Jour- bve and even six horse teams through the
valley on heavy wagons, with broad tired wheels His
position and occupation near in the great
was such to give him more
acquaintance at one time than was enjoyed possibly
BY any other individual in the State Mai. Sparkers
wife, whom he has survived nearly Eve years was the
daughter Of an early Scotch settler in con-
nect'd by ties " consaDguinity with many Of the
most influential families the Mohawk valley and its
Vicinity and respected by largle circle of friends
Az Fort Plain on Thursday, the 18th inst, JOSEPH
was young man in the American revolution a, and at
an early period took active part nthe perils of
Several incidents of his life during the war are mel
toned IN the History Of Schohsrie County, &C. y at
pages ~ and ~, At the interview between Gen.
H.rkimer and Brant, held at Oguago in June, INT,
the partic of which aregven the history cited
Wagner, then young and athletic patriot was BE.
agsnst treachery the part of Brant and his fol-
lowers, to shoot that cheftain down, If he betrayed
the confidence of the American commander. The
transaction, as reported In the Life Of Brant,'
fects most uDusty and gnoby upon the character of
the parties interested and particularly upon that of
alluded TO, seaed with his life his dsy otion to the
cause OF liberty At the close Of the war; Mr. Wagner
sefu permanently among his German relatives near
Fort Plain Uhc ruins Of this military post
come where he continued to reside up
bis death an Contemplating, muchrespected, and trast
In salem the 2eth inst, MANY, widow of the late
Phpps Monroe, aged 81, .,,,, ~, ~, 1870
u Braintres, on the 9Th inst, LEVI WHIP aged co.
In Cohssset on the 10Th inst DASlEr ,JoHSsos for
merry Of Boston, aged so t.s 80 49, -, ~
In Mattapoisett, on the oath inst, THomAs BAR |
ROWS, aged IS, Revolutionary pensoner. |
London, England on the 4th inst, Sir GRIFiir |
WILSON, late Master IN Chapcery. ~ T.; ,,ii,'.-t |
In England, on the dinsto RopERr HArEYMAs, Ad- |
mil al o the Blues. N. y
In London, on the 9Th instant, Sir JANE, Roussr1L
CoLLHToN, Baronet. 80 So
In England, on-the, Sd inst, Sir NICHOLAS HARRIS
NICOLAS, compiler Of the Nelson Letters and Des-
patches. Co.,, r
At Paole, England on the 90 inst the Right Hon.
Sir ATepsTvs Jors FOSTER, formerly Envoy Of the Bril-
tish Goyernment to the Courts Of Denmark and Sardi
MIA. - |
In France, on the 81 Inst, NJ. LEeUiER, eminent
urisf ono of the oldaaf Judvas In Fran ca