New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-29
TOMBsToNEs REFUSED BY A CEMETERY.

Some twenty tombstones lie on the shore end OF
Pier No. East River Ihey are o ,Sa WIN IN
officers and private soldiers III the 32d, $50 ana
10th Regiments, New-York Infantry. hey have
been lying there for two years unclaimed. The
per is leased for Murrays line oil barges running TO
Troy and Agent Bruton, OF this line. gave the
following history of the headstones Yesterday:
These stones were sent here from Vermont
about two years ago by ID. ). Kent & Co.,. sue
cessOrs to d. l.. Whitney, who had taken large
contract to deliver the monuments on me order
of representatives of the Grand Army OF the Re-
public They were TO be distributed among
various cemeteries throughout the country. We
delivered most OF the stones; but when we took
these twenty headslones to Calvary Cemetery.
where they were 10 be erected, we met with a Hat
refusal TO allow us to put them up. The reason
gwen for this by the cemetery oincldis was tnat
their regulations required foundation of nine
feet This would have made the expense about
$40 stone, whereas the Whitney contract called
the stones back. We told the Calvary Cemotery
officials that these stones were for soldiers
Of the Grand Army, an and that the the
this had no effect. IL a shame and disgrace for
a Christian corporate to take such course. one
or two of the stones have been taken away within
a wear by Grand Army represent atlves. All that are
left were intended for Cavalry Cemetery"
The following inscriptions are visible on stones
on the top OF the plle captain am =, II: Diamond no.
H. 33d n. j. Inf; Corporal Peter McMann. Co. r.,
10Th N. Y. luf. Corporal Edward Palmer. Co. b.,
3Zd n. Y. Inf.
TESTIMONY ON THE OWNERSHIP OF LAND.
The Senate Subcommittee on Education and
Labor Yesterday listened TO the testimony OF Will
lam Goodwin Moody, OF Brooklyn, the author OF
Land and Labor" Mr.. Moody said that III 1860
the number OF farms of 1000 acres or over was 7OG
In 1870 TINS number had increased TO l.2S6, ana
the tendency is toward the Capitalization OF land
ownership. One man IN FLORIDA. hiram DlstOn, he
SAID, owns $500 600 acres of land. NOT only Is
the land falling into the hands OF CAPT Iallsts, but
the rents which tenants must pay are hIgher tnan
those demanded In England.
Senator Cal-1u what part OF tho country
Mr. Moody-Everywhere
Senator Call beg your pardon, but your state
ment j. not true OF any part OF the country Win
which l am acquainted. There are tracts OF land
all through the South which could be hired tor al
most nothing -
Mr. Moody-I understand that two-thlrds of the
crops demanded IN some sections AZ rent by
| the owner.
Senator Call-You have been misinformed The
| percentage asked is merely nominal.
Mr. MOody-Well, l obtained my information
from the newspapers but as correspondents are
usually liars perhaps | ought not to attach much
value TO their statements.
JOSEF j. FiDerty, brass-worker. said that four
teen of his craft received from Slo TO
$50 per week. Now SIS is the average pay.
j. l.. Miller, a clothing cutter; John Morrison. a
machInlst James +. Smith, a llneman; and Thomas
Z. Mcguire, an expressman also testified.
Mr.. MACKAY SUCCEEDS Mr.. ERHARDT.
John w. Mackay, the California millionaire
who was elected recently director of the Postal