New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-18

mating James ? Brady to- Governor. In Deem
Der $50 with General Dix Governor ot the state:
washington Hunt william 3. Astor, Stewart
Brown. James ". Beekmza. Wilson q. Hunt
Mayor Fernando Wood and others. seventeen sign
ers In all. % whom az his death he was the only
survivor. he out circular letter addressed TO
the leading OF the state asking them 20 come
30 his Office. Nos % and 6 Pne-st 70 suggest some
remedy for the threatened rupture Of the Union
THIS meeting. known as The Pine Street Meeting.
was composed Of some three hundred prominent
and conservative men u both parties comrniitee
appointed report proper measures expressive
% the sense q the meeting or this committee VIII
lam Il AsDinUau was chairman. This committee
reported resolutions and The address 10 the South
as prepared by General Dix. The resolutions after
sorae amendments TO make them fully nolpaTIiss.
we're unanimously passed Under these resolutions
ez-President Fillmore ard Colonel Lathe-s were
appointed 20 60 20 the South 10 present them. Mr..
Fillmore. or account Of his delicate health. was
unable 20 undertake the mission, and Coiouel
1-athers was requested to perform the duty on be-
half q the meeting He visited Richmond, Charles
ton, Augusta, Savannah and Montgomery. deliver
ing the address ia each place with proper remarks
the officials. His address TO President Davis OF
the COnfederscy vas delivered couple of days be-
fore the attack On Fort Sumter. He went 70 Mobile
b. invitation Of the Union merchants OF their
Chamber az Commerce. While he was addressing
q large meeting OF the citizens generally as well
ss the merchants. the news came that Fort Sumter
ives attacked This brought his address to end
At New-Orlesns Colonel Jathers was met by tbs
Mayor but with a firm order 70 quit the city a.
once On returning this city his time large
" occupied 81 cooperation with the Union Defence
Committee IN organizing volunteers for the army
end with the Chamber % Commerce IN raising
funds for the government
During the war he visited weshinEtou and oeiv-
cred an address before President Lincoln and his
Cabinet on behalf OF the underwriters and uer-
chants % New-Tork urging better naval protection
against Confederate cruisers. He also made
speeches in Manchester. England. Edinburgh Scot
land. and Lucerne. Switzerland. on the subject 70
the defence q the Union
At his country home. winyah Park. between
Neu-Rochells ard Pelham. Colonel Lathers enter
tanned Colonel Andersen his return from the de-
fence OF Fort Sumter and General Mcclellan on his
retiring from the Army Of the Potomac. - In his
Charleston hone. Immediately after the war, he en-
-ertained the officers Of both armies. In his life
tine he knew Intimately many well known people
II 81 Colonel Lsthers visited Columbia. s. c,
and helped organize taxpayers convention TO petit
10, the President and Congress against the carpet
bag syEteTa then constituting the government OF
-hsr state He also addressed a. Georgetown the
nrs- combined meeting OF white snd coloTed citi-
zens lie Taa for Congress IN Westchester COUNT.
hut was defeated BY the lste Judge William II
Robertson
t-olo-el Iatbe-s leaves a sou and Eve daughters
re son Richard Lathers. 3r has served as Police
g,o-,-fsSio-er in New-Rocheile. One daughter WIS
married % the son OF Bishop Simpson Of the Meth
eSfst church. The other four daughters are single
Colonel Ia,hers was & member az many organ
izstsops including the NInyah Indigo Society. of
C-eo-rercv-n. the South Carolina Cub Of Charles
-oa: the Chamber Of Commerce. The National Acad-
erny OF Design and the Manhattan. Union. Reform
and Lotos clubs % this city. well as the Tam
many Society and the International Society for
the Propagation OF Reform IN civil WsI, OF France
ard an honorary member Of Eloyds. II London
The funeral is 20 - held y Ns|, tsoche1is TO-
cnurchysrd. New Rochelle