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The New York herald., 1878-12-16
JOHN E. vASSAR.

The Church Of the Holy Trinity. on Torty.s
street and Madison avenue, filed last evening.
the occasion being the memorial services Of the late
Uncle John Vassar, for many years colporteur Of
the American Tract Society. of this city, Clergymen
from this city and Brooklyn, who were intimate with
him in his early life work in the army. spoke Of his
faithful service in saving souls. DR.. stephen Ii.
Tying, Jr, feelingy alluded to Uncle John vassar in
general way when he gave out the hymns and in
prayers. The Rev. Mr.. Shearer said that Mr. vassar
was a man truly called Of God, and he one that
replied. He not anointed laborer in his vine
yard. for Uncle John. he said, was not ordained
minister by the laying of hands. One time his
regiment sent him home to be ordained a minister
and be their chaplain. but he returned his
license to preach, and afterward came back
to the regiment. In his early life no
went to the far away West--to Illinois,
to the God towns. they called. He laborcd
there. and his labor was recognized He then went
to Cleveland. and from that day to the day of his
death he worked and prayed stcadfastly. In recon-
struction times ne went through North and South
Carolina and Georgia, and thence to the far West Ho
prayed earnestly among the Mormons, the Chinese
and the miners. In the sums and dens in San Fran
cisco he cheeruy prayed with the vest Of the vile.
and died as he had lived. at his prayers.
Rev. Justin ID. Fulton and j. Hyatt Smith. of Brook
lyn gave detailed account of the latter part of his
lfe and General Clinton b. Fisk Of his work in tho
late rebellion.
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GENERAL LIEBENAU'S FUNERAL.

The funeral of the late General Joseph H. Licbenau.
whose death occurred suddenly at his residence last
Friday afternoon. took place yesterday from the
Church of tho Heavenly Rest Fifth avenue and Forty
fifth street The church crowded with people
long before tho hour for the ceremonies to
and number of private cabs were standing along the
avenue. The veterans of the National Guard were
present, and also the officers and members Of
the seventh regiment, headed Ly Colonel EN-
Clark. The members of Kane Lodge
and Jerusalem Chapter. No. 8, II. A. M, with
which General Liebenau connected attended.
The exercises which we're very imposing commenced
precisely at O'Clock. and each of the following
clcrgymcn made short addrcsses.-Rev. DR.. s. Wes-
Smith and Rev. DIR. Dcnison, chaplains of tho Vet
crans: Rev. DR.. Woodruff. chaplain of Kane LODGE
and the Rev. Dr. Rowland rector of the church. At
the close OF the ceremonies the procession hled out
of the church led by the Rev. Dr. Rowland, followed
by General Shalcr aud the officers of the seventh reg
mcnt Then came the coffin on which lay the mill
tary cap OF the late General, and next the mourners
The interment took place In Trinity Cemetery.
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BROOKLYN ROBBERIES.

Captain Mackcllar and Detective Drochan, Of the
Eighth precinct, arrested. yesterday, William Walker,
Richard Costello and Patrick McColough on q charge
OF burglariously entering the grocery store Of
Charles Gaekenholz and stealing barrel OF currants
aud tub of lard Owen Ryan, of Blissville, Il. l.,
also arrested charge of stealing $50 from the
Office of James NJ. Thompson, at that place.. The
prisoners held to await examination before Judge
Ferry.
on duty on Fulton street, near Troy avenue, at an
early hour yesterday morning. saw two men rolling
barrel OF Hour vacant lot at the junction OF
Chauncey street. Az he approached them they ran
away, leaving the barrel which was fun OF Hour, be-
hind The Hour proved to have been stolen from in
front OF grocery store In the vicinity,
thief effected entrance TO the residence OF
w. II. Crafts No 73t Lafayette avenue, on saturday
The value Of the property stolen, consisting Of wear
ing apparel. was $50.
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In the report last year the transactions Of the
Bleecker Street and Fulton Ferry Railroad in
cluded. q lease line to the present company, but
this year no mention is made of it.
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ALONG THE UPPER HUDSON.
PRESENT CONDITION AND PROSPECTS OF BUsI-
NESS AT THE STATE CAPITAL AND VICINITY.


NESS AT THE STATE CAPITAL AND VICINITY.
ALBANY. n. u, Dec. 10, 1878.
While the general condition OF the country embraced
within the radius Of fifty hundred miles
south or west Of this immediate vicinity will com
pare most favorably with that of other sections of tho
State. STILL after carefully surveying the field it is
impossible to discern anything 20 warrant your
respondent in recording a marked Improvement
therein that Of the years 1875, 1876 and 1877.
FARMERS AND MANUFACTURERS.
While farmers have tpe present year been the re-
cipicnts OF an abundant harvest, i'll many respects
far Of that Of former years. their moneyed
recompense has not in this locality at least been in
keeping with that of previous years. True, labor
has been plentiful and obtained ut less price.
aud, consequently, the expense Of sowing and har-
yesting crops has fallen below the minimum OF other
seasons; but with the abundant yield OF cereals
and all other farm produce savc potatoes. which crop
was only about one-third the averagcl, it may be
doubted If the balancing Of the past seasons books
win show the average farmer able to pay anything
more than the interest the mortgage of his farm
held by savings bank or moncycd man.
MANUFACTURES
The principal interest here is the stove business,
our iron furnaces having yielded 10 the depression in
that line Of industry and gone out Of blast. The
stove all report good fall trade, their sales
being fully equal to any previous year, despite the
fact that the winter thus far has been
"open one" This continued active trade
may be accounted for by the efforts they
have made TO extend their business In places
whore their goods previously unknown.
This interest is one which allows iis customers
Iong time and AZ the houses are careful 10 whom
they extend credit they feel confident the result of
the years business will present better showing
than any since 1873.
FACTORIES.
A prominent wheel manuiactory reports an
active trade. though the balance sheet of the year
just drawing to close will not make favorable
showing for the former years, because Of
| the low prices prevailing.
The piano manufacturers all quite busy, one
house, which does large Western trade, being two
| weeks behind on their orders
| manufactures are all running on full time.
At the Rensselaer, Iron Works, South Troy. they
very busy making $50 tons daily Of steel rails, 60
tons of light iron rails 200 tons of merchants aud
| machinery steel
The Albany Iron Works, at the place. are run
ming full time the Walker horseshoe, boiler bolts,
Bessemcr steel rives. angle and chants bar IRON
The latter two companies say their trade never
brisker. Many of the steel rails made by the former
4 works exported, rails even going to England.
GRAIN
Albany Is fast reganng its former large trade in
| -four and grain, new and more energetic class Of
| business men succeeding the former merchants.
This the natural distributing point for -four, pork
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REPORT OF THE TwENTY-THIRD STREET CROSS
TOWN RAILROAD.
ALBANY, Dec. IA, 1878.
The following is the report Of the Twenty-third
Street CrnsstnWn Rallrnad:-
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THE HORSE CAR LINES.
What Effect the Elevated Roads Have
Had Upon Their Business.
HANDSOME PROFITS STILL.
Some Interesting Figures from the
Companies Latest Reports.

The recent annual reports Of the horse car COM
panies. made in pursuance Of law to the State En-
gineer have again called general attention to the
enormous and lucrative business done by these cor
porations. From careful consideration of these
reports, as well as from a diligent inquiry
among the representatives of the various
horse companies, most curious and in
structive statistics have been CLEANED in ref
erence to the workings of the street railroads
of this city. In the outset however it is important
to remove popular error which the horse car CON-
panies have gladly allowed to spring up. They had
given out during their whole bitter fight against
rapid transit that the elevated railways would vrtu-
ally ruin them and to use the popular phraseology
skill their business The figures to be presented in
this article will show conclusvely that the elevated
railroads. when complete, will only slightly
duce the fabulous gains of these corporations. which
promise to be in the future fourishing in the
past. "Even now,' said well known railroad
man last week. "the Third avenue and Sixth avenue
horse car companies are making bigger profits
on their investments than the elevated railways. The
cost of the horse lines is of course. infinitely
smaller, and their running expenses very much
lighter. At the same time their traffic has suffered
comparatively small decrease. that the stockhold
of the best lines still pocketng from twenty
to fifty per cent profit their original Investments
1af more tnan tne ecvateu rOauS ciu nope 10 gam.
EFFECTS RAPID TRANSIT
panstaking investigation confirmed the above
statement IN the main The only horse car line
which would at present be likely TO exhibit the full
effects of elevated railway competition is the
Sixth Avenue for the Metropolitan Railway has now
been running over its tracks for six months.
The Third elevated road is still incomplete
and has been running only along portion of the
avenue, that the horse line has not yet felt the
full effects Of rapid transit competition What has
been the decrease in the receipts of the Sixth
horse line for these six months is most interest
ing question. The company is obliged to make
turn of its monthly receipts to the Comptrolers
Office Not having yet made their return for Novem-
Der the figures for only the first five months
cessible but those for November will probably not
vary materially from those for October the conditions
of the street travel being very much the same during
these two months. The following the receipts of
the company from June to November as compared
with the same months Of the previous year.:
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The decrease in the receipts was as follows-June.
$79s2; July, S7,3S4; August $S,a37 September,
$113S5 October. s12076. The falling off in June and
July therefore, about one-ninth of the receipts
in 1877 and in the last three months about one-sixh
If this ratio continues the Sixth avenue line win only
lose of the as 900 to 900 passengers which used
gers. That this comparatively small decrease for
the general opinion previous to the opening OF the
Metropolitan Railway that il would take away
from third to half Of the horse companies
psssengers really caused by rapid transit and not
by accidental causes may be seen from a comparison
Of the monthly receipts before june which. com
pared with 1877, show increase, as follows:-
Receipts IN 1877. Receipts ia 1878.
January y.................... S69,359 $7l 200
February. y.................. BIG 63 1S1
March. 7O,737 1886
April. Observation-Disclosures. 77,4li 79421
May Observation-Disclosures. S2,CS S2976
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Districts.
I.-Sun'olk. Queens and
Richmond countless.
list, I'd, 5th, 9th, Sth,
10th, 18th and 23d
wards of Brooklyn.
III.-3d, 4th, 7th, 18th,
18th, 18th, Goth, 21st
wards of Brooklyn.
N.-9th. 14th, 18th,
10th. 18th, 18th wards
of Brooklyn and
country towns of
Kings county......... =.
Visit, I'd, Sd. 4th. 5th.
9th, Sth, 14th wards OF
New York city, Bed
loc's. Ellis and Gov
ernor's islands. ......
With. l1th, 18th
wards. 49,.
VII.--l0th and 18th
wards. ................ !.
yIiI.-9th. 18th, 10th
and part of 18th wards
Ix.-Part of Goth ward
and parts of 18th and
I'D wards. ...........
X.-Parts Of 18th, 18th
and 2lst wards. ......
XI.-Parts of 18th. 10Th.
20th. 21st and I'D
wards and Wards and
Randall's islands. -.
XII.-Westchester. :.
XIH.-Putnam, Dutch
ess and Columbia. =.
Xiy.-Rockland, Orange
and Sullivan. .......
XV.--Ulstcr, Greene and
Schoharie. -. ........
XyI.-Albany.. ...........
XvII.--Rensselaer and
Washington. -. ......
XVIII.-Warren, Essex
and Clinton.
XIX.-St. Lawrence and
Franklin. ....-.......
XX.-Fulton, Hamilton,
Montgomery. Saratoga
and schenectady.
XXI.-Delaware. Otsego
and Chenango. -.
XXu.-Jeffcrson, Lewis
and Herkimer. =.
XXIII.-Oneida. =.
XXIV.-Madison and Os-
wego.
XXV.-Onondaga and
Cortland. .............
XXvI.-Cayuga. Wayne
aud Seneca. ............
XXVu.-Ontario, I.iv.
ingston and Yates. -.
XVIII. .-Tioga, Tomp-
kins. Broome and
schuyler. r....-......-..
XXIX.-Chenung, Steu-
ben and Allcgany...
XXX.-Monroe and Or
leans. -. j.
XAXI.-Niagara. Gene
see and Wyoming.
XXNIf.-Erie. !.
XXXIII. - Chautauqua
and Cattaraugus. .....
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STATE CONGRESSIONAL CANVASS.
ALBANY. Dec. IA, IS

ALBANY, Dec. a. 1878.
The following is the official canvass of the State
Board Of Canvassers for congressman in each dis
trict of the State:-
Nerf
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-04-11

o.. s. suprLIE.-.Msior W. W. Miller
commanding the First Battalion West
Virginia Militia, has Just received from
the Government quite an arsenal on Q
small scale. The Major has the yarious
articles composing the same at his room
on Market street, and Is now engaged in
putting them in order. The tools consist
Of a neat forge, made Of heavy sheet iron.
two large tool chests filed with Govern.
ment yises and the various utensils used
in repairing arms, which will obyiate the
necessity OF sending arms to headqnar.
ters when in need Of repair, and thus
save great expense. One Of the Calling
guns under charge Of the Light Guards
was broken at the last parade and render.
ed unfit for use, and was packed prepare.
tory TO shipment to headquarters, but
owing to the timely arrival Of the arsenal
it can now be repaired in this city. All
work will be done under the supervision
OF Major Miller.
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AN ASTONISHING FAcr.-A large pro.
portion OF the American people are to-day
dying from the effects Of Dyspepsia or dis.
ordered liver. The result OF these diseases
upon the masses Of Intelligent and valuable
people Is most, alarming, making life act.
ually o burden instead Of q pleasant exist
enee OF enjoyment and usefulness rs Il
ought TO be. There Is no good reason for
this, II you will only throw aside prejudice
and skepticism, take the advice OF Drug.
giSts and your friends, and try one bottle Of
Green's August Flower. Your speedy re-
lief Is certain. Millions Of bottles Of this
medicine have been given away 10 try its
virtues, with Satisfactory results In every
case. You can buy q sample bottle for 10
cents TO Try. Three doses will relieve the
worst case. Positively sold by all Drug.
gists on the Western Continent. eod4w
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IMPORTANT ARREST "A prominent
young lawyer, a member Of the Wheeling
bar and also the Register in Bankruptcy
for this district, was arrested yesterday
morning at 81 o'clock. The event caused
considerable surprise among his many
friends and acquaintance, as the young
man has hitherto born an enviable repu.
tation, and IL Is hoped that when the
facts all come TO light, that he may. be
able TO make a satisfactory explanation,
and clear up all suspicious Of unfair deal.
ing.
The facts as we have been able to gath,
er them are about as follows A gentle.
man Of this city, the proprietor Of several
patent (W)rights, for some time past had
strong suspicion that some party or par
ties had been interfering with, II not In
fringing, one Of his exclusive (W)righs,
and in order to ascertain certainly
whether his suspicious had any foun-
datlon, placed 4 private detective, in fact
one OF bis own daughters, who, by the way,
Is q beautiful and intelligent young lady,
on the track to ferret the matter out,
which resulted in the arrest Of the young
man above alluded to. The young lady
made the arrest unaided, and although
several Of the young mans friends were
present, no effort was made Tor his rescue
He submitted quietly to his fair captor,
who soon after started with her prisoner
for Washington City, where he will
probably be taken before the Commits.
sioner Of Patents.
What is more remarkable In this ar
rest, so satisfactorily accomplished, is the
fact that suspicion has for some time
pointed strongly to this party as the
guilty one, and several efforts have al
ready been made to accomplish his arrest
by other detections, but he has so far
eluded their vigilance.
On account OF the family connection oi
the young man, which are highly respect.
able, we withhold the name for the pres.
ont q,
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ACard.
Elltors %Intelligcnear.
WHErLRe, W. Va, April 10.l

wHEELme, w. Va, April 10.ll
Noticing in some Of the papers Of
Wednesday an article charging me with
. crime Of which l am not guilty, and
duplicating q lady who l will be able TO
prove Is innocento Of the charge contained
In the article, / will ask space in your
paper to vindicSte myself before . dis.
eliminating public. Some weeks since /
was taken sick at the house Of Mrs. Kate
Hall, and under the direction Of DR..
Campbell, who will %substantiate what l
say, I was compelled to remain there unr
iii / recovered. Alter l became GONZALES.
cent I remained some time at the house,
regularly paying my boarding, as the
children who we're witnesses TO such pay
ment will testify. While at the house,
Mrs. Sayery, who was the prime cause
OF my being placed in my present posi-.
ton before the public, was q constant
visitor at Mrs. Hall's- and without per-
mission or authority, was epdeayoringt to
graft into the children's minds a belief
In Spiritualism. Deeming such a course
morally bad to them, l frequently ad>
dressed Mrs. Sayery In terms probably
more forcible than eloquent, but not more
40 than in my judgment seemed justis
fable. !, at every opportunity, demanded
her election from the house. In retailia-
lion Of this she and her daughter, Mrs.
Snyder, induced the formers husband to
make a charge before Justice Wait Of
fornication. When the cas came up be-
fore the Squire there was nc person sum.
moned except myself no n appearing for
the prosecution except MI. Slavery. BE
was not called upon to testify, but the
Squire produced deposition said TO have
been sworn to by him during the day, but
whieh L did not see, and without further
testimony dismissed the case on condi-
ton that I discontinue boarding at the
house, and putting me into the fine in both
cases Of S14. Ipaid this, but Immediately
consulted Attorney Davenport, who
assured me that the fine was unjust, and
that the Squire could be made to refund
It. Ihave placed the matter in his hands,
and kindly ask the public to stay their
verdict until the affair has been prop.
erly handled in a court OF justice.
SAMUEL STEINPELD.
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FOND OF FRoes.-A certain lady living
in the North End has a great adherence
to frogs, and says she would not touch
one Of them for food II she was compelled
TO starye. She has u son who Is very
fond OF hunting and fishing. he wa out
several days ago fishing, and caught 9
couple Of large frogs, which he cleaned
and brought home, aud told his mother
he had brought a squirrel for her. She
fixed them up very nicely, and had an
elegant meal. No one told her the joke
for 4 couple Of day., when she immediate.
" felt sick and says she will never eat
another piece Of game unless she goes oui
and sees where Il comes from herself.
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FOR SALE.
SALE

By virtue Of q deed Of trust s1tcutd % the 10.
defiiKned TfnBtes BY ChGleT BIeSA Trustee ~
BRIDGET v. Volt, wife o. SAMUEL Nelth, ata We
Mr. hu,hSnd. datsd The "a day Of February, In the
wear is77, ana n corded IN the Clicks once o. the
County Curt Of Ohio county, West Virginia In
DEED q TrIst Book No. u, pages, i VIII on
TuEsDAY, the 7th day Of Nay, 1873,
BeVipniDg at 10 o'clock A. n. Of aid day, at the
front door Of The Court HouIe Of mid Ohio county,
m etplblie auction the following described real
eState. that IA 10 ny: The south onerioufth VI Lot
No. N6 Of Eoti and ChaplineI addition 10 tho city
of wheeling, bounded a iollows, viz beginning at
The northwest corner Of Alley 10 and Eotf street In
MD city; th0nce with the Ndt line Of Eoi street
about ixteen fest and hx inches to the centre Of
the division wall Of the mont tenemen1 situated
Immediately north Of and adjoining same; thence
with sid division wall WetWArdly one hundred
and twenty-five feet 70 the cast line o. an alley In
the rear Of aid Lot No. 2i6, and with aid Last
NAMED alley southvArdly TO the north line Of Al.
lev d, and with the north line Of said Alley 10 70
he place Of bSdnnIns, togethr with all and hngu-
lar the tenements situate thereon and the bPpurte-
names belonging thhIeto.
TERNS oR HALE-FouTteen Hundred Dollars, or
% much more n The purchaser may elect 70 pay
Ia cash, and the residue Of Md purchAee money In
Two equal installmentB at ali and twelve month";
from the day u alle, the purchaser 70 give h1
mole with approved personal security for the pay
ment Of aid deferred installments, the nme q
bsIF interest from aid day and the tito 10 nAld
property 70 10 retained untl the purchase money
JAMES P. ROGERS, Trustee.
W. Il. HALLRR, Auetioneer. ApS
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ENTHUSIASTICALLY morning a
81 o'clock, at the residence Of The bridei
parents, No. 227 10th street, Mr.. 7. J
Hugus and Miss Annie Wright were
united in marriage. Rev. J.. 7. Mcclure
oficiated, and was assisted by Rev. g. G
Widipg. Mr.. Hugus is a well known
young attorney Of our city, and his bride
Is a charming and accomplished young
lady, a daughter Of John Wright, Esq.
Of the Sixth ward. The hymeneal jour
ney Of the young couple is begun under
the most happy auspices, and 1t is to be
earnestly hoped that the bright dawn oil
their welded life will prove . presage o.
a long and sunlit day Of uninterrupted
happiness.
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THE OLD INDEPENDENCE FIRE Con-.
rASY.-We were yesterday shown the
constitution Of the "0ld 49," or indie
pendence Fire Company, which was
adopted as long ago as 1S4S-on the I'd
day Of April Of that year. The book 10
now in the possession OF Mr.. 7. 7. Cock.
ayne, who was an officer in the volunteer
department until the present system was
introduced. Among the names enrolled
are those Of some Of most prominent
citizens. Quite number have passed of
the stage OF life, but several are still with
US. The meeting at which the company
was organized was held in the North
Wheeling School House, which stood
where the North Street NJ. E. Church
now Ia. Squire 81. W. Phillips was
the President, and Mr.. /. Il. Williams the
Secretary. Among the names enrolled
were the following: Thomas Sweeney,
John Hamilton, Matthew Mcclure, Clark
Hanes. Thomas johnson, jr., W. P. Will
son, Michael Sweeney, Robert Robertson,
VIM. Irwin, Geo. Bayha, Samuel Ebert,
Alfred Hughes, Oliver Hawley, VIM.
Weiizell, ]. Fleming, j. E. Mathews,
S. Phillips, Alexander Pannell, Isaac
sockman, Michael Edwards, Moses Greer,
John Mcclure, David Campbell, A. ].
Sweeney, VIM. Fl. Edgington. VIM, W.
Holiday, VIM. Collins, D. Padget, Thos.
Garden, N. F. McNaughton, Alex. Cal.
houn, and a number oil others.
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MAN ScALpEp AT REYMAss's Brew
ERY.-Arthur Herold, q workman Al
Reymann's brewery, was slightly scalded
yesterday, by falling into a mash tank
lie was trying TO fasten something aboul
the MASKING machines, when the belt rar
off and he lost his balance and fell into
the tank. The water was not very hot
being only about l40', aud he ESCAPED
with only slight injuries. The mash wa
thrown out, Of course.