June 29.-At Chicago, Ill., Col. John A. Foster, a scientific writer, aged 58....At Roxbury, Mass., William Whiting, member of Congress, aged 60. At Covington, Ky., Jesse R. Grant, father of President Grant, in his 80th year. July 1.-At Marietta, Ohio, Joseph G. Wilson, member of Congress from Oregon, aged about 48. July 14.-At Albany, N. Y., Gen. Amos Pillsbury, aged 68. July 19.-In England, the Right Rev. Samuel Wilberforce, D. D., Bishop of Winchester and formerly Bishop of Oxford. July 23.-At Berlin, Prussia, Gustave Rose, the eminent chemist, mineralogist and explorer, aged 75. August 3.-In England, Cecilla Letitia, Duchess of Inverness, aged 85. Aug. 6.-At Highlands, N. J., Dr. G. A. Moach, the geologist and naturalist of Captain Selfridge's Darien exploring expedition... At Paris, Camille-Hyacinthe Odillon Barrot, President of the Council of State of France, aged 92. Aug. 11.-At Braintree, Mass., Richard S. Storrs, D. D., aged 86. He had officiated in the same church for 62 years. Aug. 12.-At New York, George N. Sanders, aged 61. Aug. 14.-At Brooklyn, N. Y., Col. James F. Meline, a writer of some note. Aug. 15.-At Philadelphia, Elias Durand, the celebrated pharmacist, aged 80. Aug. 17.-At Philadelphia, William M. Meredith, formerly Secretary of the U. S. Treasury, aged 74. Aug. 18.-At New York, Gardiner Spring, D. D., aged 88....At Geneva, Switzerland, Charles Frederic, Ex-Duke of Brunswick, in his 69th year. Aug. 24.-At Pittsfield, Mass., John Todd, D. D., a voluminous writer, aged 78....At Lima, Peru, Dr. José Simeon Tejerda, Mayor of Lima, and President of the Chamber of Deputies. Sept. 1.-At Washington, D. C., Robert Singleton Hickman, better known as "Beau Hickman," aged 60....At White Sulphur Springs, Va., Hon. Daniel M. Barringer, a prominent politician of North Carolina, formerly Minister to Spain. Sept. 4.-At White Sulphur Springs, Va., Hon. Chester Isham Reed, late Judge of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, aged 50....At Smyrna, N. Y., Hon. Demas Hubbard, late representative in Congress, aged 68. Sept. 7.-At Leicestershire, England, Elizabeth Mary, dowager Lady Byron, aged 79. Sept. 10.-At Portland, Me., John Asher Ware, late editor Portland Argus, aged 91....At Yankton, Dakota Territory, Gen. Edwin S.M'Cook, Secretary of the Territory, was shot by P. P. Winter nute, and died a few hours afterwards. Sept. 11.-At Vienna, of suicide, Prince Nicholas Paul Charles Esterhazy de Galantha, aged 56. Sept. 15.-At Havre, France, Don Ferdinand Munoz, Duke of Rianzares, second husband of the late Queen Christina, mother of Isabella II of Spain. September 17.-At London, Admiral Charles Philip Yorke, Earl of Hardwicke, Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, aged 74. Sept. 20.-At the city of Morocco, Sidi Mohamed, Emperor, having reigned 14 years. Sept. 23,-At Paris, Jean Jaques Victor Coste, the naturalist and embryologist, aged 65. Sept. 26.-At Enghien, Belgium, Señor Salustiana Olozaga, Minister of the Spaulsh Government to France, aged 70....At Paris, Jean Chacornac, the astronomer, aged 5... At London, William Wheelwright, founder of the Pacific Mail Co., and builder of the Central Argentine railway and other public works in South America, aged 76. Sept. 27.-At Berlin, Madame Clara Mundt, better known as Louise Muhlbach, the voluminous writer of historical novels, aged 59. Sept. 28.-At Philadelphia, Col. Charles J. Biddle, of The Age, formerly member of Congress, aged 54....At Denver, Colorado, Right Rev. George M. Randall, Episcopal Bishop of Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming Territories. Sept. 29.-At Boston Highlands, Mass., Admiral John A. Winslow, U. S. navy, former Captain of the Kearsarge, aged 63. Sept. 30.-At Staunton, Va., John B. Baldwin, member of the Confederate Congress, and later speaker of the Va. House of Delegates, aged 54. October 1. - At London, Sir Edward Landseer, the great painter of animals, aged 71.... Also, Robert Bigsby, the antiquarian, aged 67. Oct. 4.-At his residence in Dorchester Co., Md., Ex-Governor Thomas King Carroll. Oct. 7.-At Hoboken, N. J., James A. Stevens, aged 84....At Alexandria, Va., Commodore William Jameson, U. S. navy, aged 82....At Bergen, N. J., Knut-Junglohn Clement, D. Ph., the Danish historian, aged 70....At Evansville, Ind., John Law, Judge and late M. C., aged 77. Oct. 9.-At Augusta, Ga., Alfred Cumming, late General in the Confederate army and former Governor of Utah, aged 56. Oct. 10.-At Paris, Count Maurice Adolphe Charles de Flavigny, the Orleanist statesman, aged 74.... Also Madame Ponchard, the actress, aged 82. Oct. 11.-At Brooklyn, N. Y., James Bogle, the artist, aged 56. Oct. 17.-At Boston, by suicide, Manuel F. H. Borgis, Portuguese consul, aged 89. Oct. 23:-At New Orleans, A. H. Davenport, the actor, aged 44. Oct. 26. On the Union Pacific Railroad, near Rawlins, John C. Henan, the noted prize fighter. Oct. 29.-In England, Sir Henry Holland, Bart., M. D., D. C. L., F. R. S physician to Prince Albert, and author of "Mental Physiology," &c., aged 85. His wife was a daughter of Sydney Smith.....At his chateau at Pilnitz, King John of Saxony, aged 72. November 8.-At Piermont, N. Y., Lewis Gaylord Clark, formerly editor of the Knickerbocker Magazine, in his 63d year. Nov. 4.-At Mont Clair, N. J., Laura Keene, the actress, aged 53....In Washington, D. C., Brigadier General Richard Delafield, U. S. A.. In England, Sir William Bovill, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, aged 59. Nov. 5.-At Lynchburg, Va., John Early, D.D., oldest Bishop in the M. E Church, south, aged 88. Nov. 6.-At Wytheville, Va., William J. Hardee, author of the Tactics, aged about 54. Nov. 8.-At Lexington, Va.. Mrs. Lee, widow of Gen. Robert E. Lee, aged 67. Nov. 9.-At Pensacola, Fa., Stephen R. Mallory, Secretary of the Confederate navy, aged 63. Nov. 11.-At Paris, Abd-el-Kader, the famous Arab chieftain. Nov. 19.-At New York, Capt. Mathew C. Perry, U. S. navy, son of the late Commodore Perry. Nov. 18.-At Trenton, N. J., Ex-Governor Peter D. Vroom, aged 82....At Chestnut Hill, Pa., Mrs. E. M. Stanton, widow of the late Secretary of War. Nov. 19.-At Dover, N. H., Hon. John P. Hale, aged 67. Nov. 27.-At St. Louis, Mo., Richard Yates, ex-Senator and ex-Governor of Illinois, aged 55. Dec. T.-At New York, Right Rev. Wm. E. Armitage, Bishop of Wisconsin....At Washington, D. C., John C. Underwood, U. S. District Judge for Virginia. Dec. 14.-At Cambridge, Mass., Louis Agassiz, the great naturalist and scientist, aged 66. Dec. 16.-At the President's Mansion, Col. Frederick T. Dent, the father-in-law of the President, aged 87....At Owego, N. Y., John M. Parker, Judge of the State Supreme Court. DISASTERS OF THE YEAR 1872-3. Oct. 13, 1872.-Steamer Guatemala of the Panama and Acapulco line, wrecked on Tonala bar, with loss of 28 lives. Oct. 22.-The steamship Missouri, bound from New York to Havana, burned at sea off the island of Abaco. Of 88 persons on board, only 16 were saved. Oct. 31.-Music Hall at Oxford, England, destroyed by fire. Loss about $500,000. Nov. 9.-City flour mills, London, destroyed by fire. Loss over $500,000....A disastrous fire in Boston, Mass., lasting twenty-four hours, destroyed that large portion of the city devoted to the wholesale trade, from Summer street north nearly to State street, and from Washington street east to the water's edge. Loss in buildings and merchandise about $75,000,000. Insu rance $50,000,000. 1878. January 7, 8, 9.-Fearful snow storm in Minnesota, in which 70 persons perished. Jan. 15.-Information received at London of the loss of the ship Chillingham Castle, from Shields to Malta, by which 26 lives were lost. Jan. 18.-Terrible earthquake at Soonghur, in Baroda, by which 1,500 persons were killed. Jan. 22.-Emigrant ship Northfleet, bound for Australia, while at anchor off Dungeness, in the English Channel, was run down by the Spanish steamship Murillo, with the loss of 880 lives. in Galveston Bay. 21 lives lost. February 2.-A terrible gale on the English and Irish coasts, accompanied with many wrecks and great loss of life, especially off Torquay. continuing four days and causing great destrucFeb. 8.-Earthquake on the island of Samos, Nov.-The overflow of the river Po re-ship Clun Alpine wrecked with loss of 14 lives. tion of property and loss of life.... English steamsulted in incalculable damage. In Ferrara, 40,000 persons were made homeless. The town of Pallazzuol, near Brescia, was visited by a hurricane which destroyed half the town and caused the death of 34 persons, and rendered 1,000 families homeless....About the middle of this month terrible gales prevailed in Northern Europe and along the Baltic, resulting in fearful loss of life and property on sea and land. 80 vessels were wrecked, several villages in Schleswig and Holstein were destroyed, and islands in the Baltic were inundated, one being completely submerged and all its inhabitants drowned. December.-A terrific gale swept over England, Ireland, Wales and France early in this month, causing immense destruction of property afloat and ashore. 449 persons perished by marine disasters during the month. Dec. 10.-A fire took place in the attic of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, by which eleven servant girls were smothered and burned to death. Dec. 21.-The steamship Germany, of the Allan line, was wrecked at the mouth of the Gironde, France, with a loss of 80 lives. Dec. 24.-Printing house of Dun, Barlow & Co., in Centre street, New York, destroyed by fire, by which six girls and one boy were burned to death. Same day an accident on the Buffalo and Corry railroad, resulted in the loss of 26 lives. Dec. 25.-The floor of a church in Williamsport, Pa., gave way, by which 300 people were precipitated into the cellar. Fourteen were killed and 40 wounded. Dec. 27.-Information received of the East Indian ship Peruvian, from Singapore to Boston, involving the loss of 25 men. Feb. 18.-Explosion in a coal mine in Staffordshire, England. Between 30 and 40 miners killed. Feb. 27.-Fire in Hanover street, Boston, by which several persons were killed and 17 dangerously wounded. March 4.-The wreck of the Alaska mail steamer George S. Wright reported in Portland, Oregon. All on board, 23 persons, were lost. her way to New Bedford, went down off Duxbury. Eight men drowned. March 16.-Boston steamer Grace Irving, on March 17.-Great fire at Lawrenceburg, Ky., destroying four-fifths of the town. March 19.-The city of San Salvador, containing a population of 15,000 to 20,000, utterly destroyed by a succession of earthquakes. It is estimated that about 500 lives were lost, and the loss of property is estimated at $12,000,000 to $20,000,000. March 29.-An extensive conflagration at Hong-Kong, China, destroying 44 acres of houses and rendering 5,000 persons homeless. April 1.-The White Star line steamship Atlantic, from Liverpool to New York, while putting into Halifax for a fresh supply of coal, struck upon a rock near Meagher's Island and was totally wrecked. Of 957 persons on board, 535 were drowned, all the women and all but one of the children being included among the lost. April 8.-The wall of a new building at Rochester, N. Y., on which a crowd were standing looking at the freshet in the Genesee river, gave way, and about 30 persons were drowned. April 14.-Two cotton mills at Chicopee, Mass., destroyed by fire. Loss $500,000, and 800 operatives turned out of employment. May 4.-At Dixon, Ill., an iron bridge, crowded with people witnessing a fell under the heavy weight, killing about 100 persons. May 5-The palace of the Mikado of Japan at Yeddo, an immense and magnificent structure, destroyed by fire. houses being swept away by the hurricane. Cape Breton was thoroughly devastated. The losses in property amounted to many millions of dollars. baptism,....A fire at Belfast, Maine, destroyed buildings and other property valued at $500,000, and rendered 180 families homeless....A heavy thunderstorm passed over England, resulting in much damage and some loss of life. The next day the storm reached Belgium, and one of the largest warehouses was struck by lightning and set on fire, from which the flames extended to other buildings, causing a damage of $400,000....A waterspout burst at Guanajuato, Mexico, destroying much property and several lives.... The Bureau Veritas reports the total loss of 176 sailing vessels and 12 steamers during the month. Of the sailing vessels 118 were English, 18 French, 10 American, and the remainder of other nationalities. Of the steamers 10 were English. May 13.-At the Drummond Colliery, Westville, Nova Scotia, 59 lives were lost by an explosion of fire-damp....Explosion in Hoosick Tunnel, 5 persons killed. May 30.-A second great fire took place in Boston which destroyed property valued at $1,290,000, including the Globe Theater, Chicker ing's buildings, the International Hotel and the Boston Library. Insurance on property destroyed, $736,000. June 9.-Alexandria Palace, London, a popular resort, containing fine collections of paintings and statuary, destroyed by fire. Loss, $3,000,000. It was first opened May 24. June 10.-Explosion of fire-damp in Henry Clay Colliery, Shamoken, Pa., killed 10 operatives. September 2.-Hong-Kong dispatches announce a flood in Shan-si, China, which swept away 37 villages and destroyed many lives. Sept. 5.-An explosion occurred in the Lincoln Mine, California, suffocating 11 persons. Sept. 6.-Great fire in Havana, which destroyed the entire square of the Plaza Vapor. About 20 lives were lost and 2,500 persons were made homeless. The property loss was about $8,000,000, and insurance only $524,000. June 29.-Earthquake shocks in Northern Italy, very destructive to life and property. June 80.-Powder explosion at Virginia City, Nevada, 9 persons killed and several wounded. July 4. Severe storm in Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin and Missouri, very destructive to crops and other property....At Green Lake, Wisconsin, 20 persons drowned by upsetting of pleasure....A terrific storm occurred in East Florida, deboats. July 5.-Steamship City of Washington, Inman line, wrecked on Gull Rock, Nova Scotia. No lives lost. July 8-A London dispatch reports that 18 Norwegians, belonging to the Arctic Navigation Co.'s service, were found dead on Spitzbergen by a party which went to their relief. July 25.-A fire in Baltimore consumed property valued at $1,000,000. July 26.-Incendiary fire in Norfolk, Va. Loss about $275,000. August 2.-Great conflagration at Portland, Oregon, destroying 23 blocks of buildings. Loss about $1,500,000. Aug. 8-The steamer Wawasset burned on the Potomac off Acquia Creek, by which about 75 lives were lost. Aug. 9.-Fire at Portland, Maine, destroyed property valued at $600,000. Aug. 16.-A collision on the Chicago & Alton Railway killed 14 passengers and severely wounded 81. Aug. 19.-Great fire in Quebec. Loss. $400,000. Aug. 20.-A flood in India destroyed 3,500 houses, with great loss of human life. Aug. 24.-A fearful gale took place off the coast of British North America, attended by great destruction of life and property. More than 50 schooners were wrecked on the coast of Magdalen Islands. A bark from Labrador was driven ashore with 200 passengers on board, many of whom perished. At Cow Head a fleet of 20 French fishing vessels were destroyed, with all their crews. Many vessels were stranded on the northern shore of Prince Edward Island. More than 50 bodies of seamen were washed ashore. Thirty vessels were lost in the North Bay. On land, the destruction was also very great, crops, barns and Sept. 15.-The propeller Ironsides foundered on Lake Michigan, with a loss of 21 lives. Sept. 19.-Ten persons were killed by an explosion at Red Jacket Mine, Gold Hill, Nevada. stroying 80 or 40 houses in Tallahassee, and great damage was also done at St. Mark's and Newport. Several lives were lost. Sept. 20.-A Calcutta dispatch announces the loss of the Coolie ship Indus, by which 418 Coolies were drowned. Sept. 27.-Great flood at Lampasas, Texas. The post-office and 20 dwellings carried away and six lives lost. October 6.-A very destructive cyclone passed over the Gulf of Mexico, the wind moving at the rate of 80 to 90 miles per hour. The sea suddenly rose 14 feet above tide level, flooding the land and sweeping away everything movable. Serious damage was done to the shipping and the villages and towns on the coasts of Cuba and Hayti, and to Charleston and other places along the Atlantic coast. Many lives were lost. Oct. 11.-Twenty buildings, including the railway and telegraph stations, were destroyed by fire at Lambertville, N. J....A terible prairie fire swept over Saline and Jefferson Counties, Nebraska, doing immense damage and causing the loss of many lives. November 6.-Railway collision near Durham, England. Several persons killed and many others injured....Canadian Navigation Co.'s steamer Bavarian burned on Lake Ontario, 14 lives lost. Nov. 19.-The Telegraph Cable steamship Robert Low, was wrecked on the coast of Nova Scotia. Captain and about 30 officers and crew lost. Nov. 22.-The English sailing ship Loch Earn, ran into and sank the French steamship Ville du Havre in mid-ocean, by which 226 1lves were lost, and among the lost were Rufus H. Peckham of our Court of Appeals; Capt. Charles Hunter, formerly minister to Brazil, the Rev. Cæsar Bronier and Rev. Antonio Carrasco. County. Albany Allegany Broome NEW YORK STATE GOVERNMENT, 1874. JOHN A. DIX, Governor. JOHN C. ROBINSON, Lieutenant Governor. NELSON K. HOPKINS, Controller. DIEDRICH WILLERS, JR, Decretary of State. THOMAS RAINES, 1 re surer. DANIEL PRATT, Attorn y G nera'. ALEXANDER BARKLEY, REUBEN W. STROUD, JAMES JACKSON, JR., Canal Commis sioners. SYLVANUS H. SWEET, State Engineer and Surveyor. ABRAM B. WEAVER, Superintendent of Public Instruction. GILSON A. DAYTON, Auditor, Canal Department. ORLOW W. CHAPMAN, Su erintendent, Insurance Department. DE WITT C. ELLIS, Superintendent, Bank Department. THOMAS KIRKPATRICK, EZRA GRAVES, MOSS K. PLATT, Inspectors of State Prisons. THADDEUS C. DAVIS. VIVUS W. SMITH, CHARLES G. MEYERS, Canal Appraisers. SANFORD E. CHURCH, Chief Judge, C urt of Appeals. WILLIAM F. ALLEN, MARTIN GROVER, CHARLES A. RAPPALLO, CHARLES ANDREWS, CHARLES J. FOLGER, ALEXANDER S. JOHNSON, Associate Judges, Court of Appea.8. EDWIN O. PERRIN, Clerk of Court of Appeals. Sheriffs and County Clerks in the State of New York. County Seat. Albany Binghamton Little Valley Sheriff. Albert Gallup. Cortiandville...Nicholas H. Haynes. Poughkeepsie..John G. Halstead. Elizabethtown .Samuel S. Olcott. Malons Elected. County Clerk. .1873 Eugene A. Nash .1873 1871 Lyman C. Comstock. 1873 .1873 Herman Sixbey.. 1873 .1873 John G. Copley. 1873 1873 Andrew Shepardson.. .1872 1871 Wiliam J. McCaffrey .1873 1873 Henry B. Hall. 1873 1873 Frank Place. .1873 1873 Josiah W. Boice. 1873 1873 Andrew C. Warren 1873 .1873 George L. Remington .1873 1873 Joseph A. Titus.. 1872 .1872 Almerin W. Merrick. .1872 Carlos A. Hull 1873 .1873 Omar V. Sage.. 1873 Hamilton. Sageville Herkimer Herkimer.. Watertown Montgomery...Fonda New York Robert J. Cochran. Canandaigua...Nathaniel R. Boswell. .James W. Hoyt .Benjamin F. Van Camp. .Cooperstown....Alexander N. Benedict... James O. Cole.. Charles O. Sammis. Richmond C. H. William C. Denyse Clarkstown..... Saratoga .....Ballston Spa....Franklin Carpenter. Schenectady. Schenectady ..James McMillan, jr.. Westchester. Wyoming. .Schoharie. Watkins Mont cello .Caldwell. .Argyle. White Plains .Penn Yan.. John F. Sawyer.. Benjamin W. Winner. 1871 William H. Fry.. 1872 George G. Herman.. .1871 1873 1873 William Walsh .1873 .1872 Peter D. Walter...... .1871 .1863 James B. Paddon. .1873 1873 Charles A. Hurd. 1873 1873 Washington L. Hicks. .1873 .1873 William E. Mapes.. .1873 1871 Marcus H. Phillips. .1871 .1872 Brainard Nelson .1873 .1872 Walter H. Bunn. .1872 1873 John K. Wyatt. .1872 1873 John H. Sutphin. 1873 .1873 William Lape. .1871 1873 David H. Cortelyou .1872 .1873 Cyrus M. Crum.. .1871 1873 Tiras H. Ferris .1873 1873 James W. Horton. .1872 1872 James G. Caw .1873 1872 Thomas W.Zeh, jr.. .1873 1871 Edward Kendall .1872 1873 Henry Faucett .1873 Hugh Montgomery .1871 .1871 1873 George C. Campbell. 1873 .1873 Friend W. Johnston.. 1872 1872 John J. Van Kleeck .1873 1872 Doctor Tarbell.. .1873 .1873 Peter D. Lefever.. 1873 1873 Albert F. Ransom 1873 1873 William H. Kincaid. 1873 .1873 Alfred H. Gates. 1872 1873 J. Malcolm Smith.. 1873 1873 Charles J. Gardner .1873 Joseph F. Crosby 1873 1873 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, THE EXECUTIVE. ULYSSES S. GRANT, of Illinois, President of the United States...... Salary $50,000 10,000 THE CABINET. HAMILTON FISH, of New York, Secretary of State... THE JUDICIARY. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. MORRISON R. WAITE Chief Justice... 60 66 66 66 66 STEPHEN J. FIELD, of Cal., Associate Justice. 66 66 66 Salary of Associate Justices, $10,000. Court meets first Monday in December, at Washington. MINISTERS TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES. ENVOYS EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTERS PLENIPOTENTIARY. Great Britain. Italy Peru... Germany. Russia.. Spain .................. Argentine Republic. Bolivia.. Central American States. San Jose .Copenhagen Denmark.. 10,000....1873 Quito.. 7,500....1870 Greece. .Athens 7.500....1870 Hawaiian Islands. Honolulu 7,500....1873 7,500....1869 Netherlands. 12,000....1873 Hague Portugal 7,500....1870 .Lisbon 7,500....1870 .Stockholm 7,500....1869 Berne 7,500....1869 Turkey.... 7.500....1870 U. S. of Colombia. Hayti Uruguay & Paraguay. 10,000....1871 7,500....1873 ..Caracas .............................William A. Pile, Mo... 7,500....1871 MINISTERS RESIDENT AND CONSULS GENERAL. .Port-au-Prince....E. D. Bassett, Pa. 7,500....1869 .......Monrovia..........J. Milton Turner, Mo. 4,000....1878 Ecuador Sweden and Norway. Switzerland J. R. Jones, Ill... ..Constantinople....George H. Boker, Penn. .Montevideo.... John L. Stevens, Me.. |