New-York tribune., 1882-09-27
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
,cc,DryT, AT CASTLE WILLIAM.

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AZ. hosn,tal on Governors Island 1t was
tanned YESTERDAY that Prvates Clunos anu Snt1 ~ hs
who were badly injured bV the cAPIosioD pr;vate
amnon in Castle William. were inpIoNihg. -, sn
SIor had been rallying little all day. anu w.
ward evening had improved goou Wa, unda, =, AZ
Clunos who was operated upon Vn %o dang re-
said by the physician III cn"'e0 y"
The remains of the two privates. Whale" anu
Maiey taken to Cypress iIis S hSsnia
noon A procession was formed al the os Hosptt%h the
ousistiup of Genera! Hancock ana ms slau, III wv
rTson ntlicers Batteries and h. and iour .Iui %
,rs The procession marched to the wharf, Wno.91 9
Tho hodles of the dead soldiers were puo w ,,d q.
tho boat and escorted by eight pTlNatos a,,nS "mu
tInmpeter commanded by corporal 10 tuo @ oui ~ Srd
cround NJ Cypress Hills The remains WI d. A
= coiins and wrapped in the American n"E;
valley was fired over the graves OF ti'e "SH n.raI
The investigating board appoih'u p' 'oxnlosion
JTancock to look into the cause ol wv 81 oftor-
IIahoUoN @ Noodoy evening and again yesterday alter
nom CAPTAIN Ward the recordnk , sooor' ,,ort ar
the board said YESTERDAY 70 aro 20 conclusion
~, ,yere Getting toward the cotton Oh thc u'- -.
LIZ he said and would pronaOl' oe i@oauS @ ~ W
make public the result OF VeI ph General Han
o"L,s hands before its nature Is made kho"m WIZ, ~
The nubhc General Arno Id preslced aI 1le or1 ilore
inc of the board on Monday evening "n"
Clark at that held yesterday.
MARINE UNDERWRITERS ORGANIZING;
royeu ent which has been on loot sllcc I"sS
1riy hos rec, ntly eliminated IN the orsaliZa'iV, -
July n'S ssociatyon of marine underwriters. me
assoclation which is called the Na'Iouai of
Underwriters is the successor OF the AsSoClato
M,rine Underwriters, which expired Nv l'n @
rt''InIi III after an unsuccessful existence OF one
veor This association was WIecheu ~ o az Notos
10 establish aud maintain UNIFORM '',i All arofmIIv
10 nc5v Hoard il is understood, VIII caIelulIs
q goid what "A melancholy experience u,s uoinoH 1
strated T., be an utterly Impractcaple scnehc' a ~
wlIl conine itself 80 mutual Protec.Ion ~ i,.o"e
a;,Us nbases of inspection, Adjustment salNaHe
and 40 forth Twenty y-eight companies lIc dIiT%uy W.
enrolled IN the organization, wnich lhc'uu9s an o,
two or three IN this city. both domestic anu
toNtnr j. reprrseuted by eight or ten coinp3hes'
Pb,iod,lohia by four, and New-Orleans oV louI'
Oricers have been elected ana coiIii,'uoot; iot;"pp
,,ointed on adjustment, salvage anu inSlo i. iaDt
Ihe prlncIpal officers are as IolloTsi IIesi"O.'ji
'Thomos C. Hand, president OF inc DeidNa % n"u
Mutual Insurance Company OF inIlauoiPn'' .H
~" "nrositrpf Isaac SwcetzcT. president oil the
Washington Fire and Marine insurance. Ooilp"nl
of Bos,on: secretary j. Raymond Sni'n seIIS' S
of the Great Western Insurance COMPANY VI - .nU"
york Rv-lows and a constitution are I'D pIcpdId-
ton II is said that the local boaru vi N "a. t
Underwriters some time ago hnauT 9teioS St ~ and n
new concern, looking 10 Il sale vi ne pi"' 81 th"
surrender of its existence. Mt. Denhis' vi tI0
EoarJ denied Yesterday that such was IT'S lhtehiloh
Marine insurance rates are now low IN some ~ iInos
lover than they have ever been. Cotton mas Deen
wutten for as little as one-quarter OF one pr ceit
nee and grain cargoes nave alS9 peeh l"h'n @ az az
figures which few years ago Woulu nave uSo. M eon
s;Icsed ,uinous The active competition between
hous and foreign companies has oecn cH'cHp u
strumental in causing the low rates NC co&iliotE & ~
tion has been greatly promoted Dy tne eIo"oi I'LL n
tnIncranh facilities which enable insurers TO place
Their risks in London and Liverpool III lew houls
time whenever they fail to secure f s9fslactHiy tt
rates here 1t was hoped year and nan ago ,ai
The downward tendency of rates would De cnechcu
nv the organization of the Association OF Marine
Underwriters. all the members CT when men oSerf %eIe
nlodgcd To maintain an agreed tarlh. ne ehOrt
70 IN win however Although 1t is said that the
nractice vas frowned upon 10y the foreign com
ipanIes their agents here were able by surrender
81 q ulrt OF their commissions 10 insurers 10 CuV
Under the tariff agreed upon. The assoclatloi
having tred the experiment for year gave IL up
will
in.nrers Yesterday showed a general unwlllingness
On their part 10 admit that rates were much lower
now than they have been ior several years yet Is
true that such is the case