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Rochester, Monroe, NY
Union & Advertiser
Wed Oct 1, 1862
 
MARRIED
 
At the residence of the bride's parents in West Henrietta, Sept. 30, by the Rev. Wm. SIBLEY, Mr. Jarvas H. SHURMAN and Miss Mary M. MARTIN, daughter of Hon. N. (C or O). MARTIN, all of Henrietta.
Rochester, Monroe, NY
Union & Advertiser
Thurs Oct 2, 1862
 
DEATH OF CAPT. JENNINGS -- Another Rochester officer in the Federal army has fallen. Intelligence was received last night that Capt. Chas. E. JENNINGS, of the 26th Regiment, was dead. Capt. J. was wounded in one of his feet at the last battle of Bull Run, and taken prisoner, but was subsequently released on parole, and went to Alexandria, where he remained in hospital until last week, when he was taken to Washington. Erysipelas attacked him, and he died.
     His brother, W. H. JENNINGS, of this city, has gone to Washington for the body, which will be brought home for interment. The death of Capt. JENNINGS will be the source of sorrow and regret. He has been a faithful and devoted officer. When the first call was made for troops, he responded, and took a lieutenancy in a company raised here and commanded by his brother, now Major JENNINGS. The company was not full in time to find a place in the 13th, but was immediately placed in the 26th, a Utica regiment. While at Elmira, Capt. G. S. JENNINGS was elected major, and Lieut. JENNINGS was promoted to the captaincy of the company. He has ever since been in the field and camp, attending to his duties, and fighting bravely wherever he met the foe. At length he has fallen, and added another to the number that Rochester lays upon the altar of the country.
     Capt. J. was about 32 years old. He leaves a widow and two little orphans, one of which will not probably long survive its father.
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DIED
 
This morning, Oct 2, at the residence of her mother, 4_ Hunter street, Miss Libbie A. TURPIN, aged 22.
-Funeral from the house, Saturday, at 2 P. M.
 
On the night of the 1st inst., of bronchitis, Adrian VAN VELSEN, aged 20 years.
-Funeral to take place on Saturday morning, Oct. 4, at 10 o'clock, from the residence of his parents, No. 16 St. Joseph street. Friends and acquaintances of the family are cordially invited to attend.
 
At Port Byron, Oct. 1, 1862, Theodore S. HOFF, son of Richard H. and Emily L. HOFF, aged 4 years, 7 months and 18 days.
-Funeral on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Rochester, Monroe, NY
Union & Advertiser
Fri Oct 3, 1862
 
SHOCKING ACCIDENT - A horrible accident occurred at the House of Refuge about 11 o'clock this afternoon, which will prove fatal to a lad named Geo. KLEINE, aged 14 years. This lad attempted to adjust a belt to a pully while it was in motion, against the explicit orders of the shop, and was caught. It is supposed that he ran his arm through the arms of the pully and was thus taken up and carried around. He was whirled about rapidly till the engine could be stopped. He then fell to the floor, both of his feet having been actually whipped off above the ankles against the ceiling. One of his arms was also pretty much torn off.
     Drs. MOORE, BACKUS and MONTGOMERY were there in 30 minutes after the accident and decided his case hopeless. He was sinking fast at noon and doubtless ere this is dead. The lad had his senses when taken up and for some time after. He was sent to the institution from Buffalo about fourteen months since and was shortly to be discharged.
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NON-ARRIVAL OF THE REMAINS OF MAJOR FORCE AND LIEUTENANT HOLMES - A dispatch was received from Harrisburg yesterday from Geo. C. PUTNAM to Geo T. PARKER, Esq., stating that he would arrive here this morning with the remains of Major G. B. FORCE and Lieut. R. E. HOLMES, of the 109th, who fell at the battle of Antietam. The arrangements were made to receive the remains. A detachment of the Light Guard and officers of other companies repaired to the Genesee Valley Depot, but soon after Mr. PARKER received another dispatch from Mr. PUTNAM, stating that he had missed the train at Harrisburg and would not arrive here until this evening. The Genesee Valley train will arrive at 8:25 this evening, and probably bring the remains of our gallant dead.
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ALL SORTS OF PARAGRAPHS
 
--Sick soldiers in the Washington hospitals complain that more anxiety is manifested for their souls than their bodies. They think there are other things in the more desirable than tracts.
 
--The Lehigh Canal has been repaired and is now again open for navigation. The first boat loaded with coal since the freshet passed into the canal at Mauch Chunk on the 29th ult.
 
--It was Gen. RODMAN, just died, who led the bayonet charge at the battle of Newbern. The gallant officer commenced his military career as Captain, was then made Colonel of the 4th R. I. after the first Bull Run battle, then took command in Burnside's corps and fought in the battles of South Mountain and Antietam. At the last he was fatally wounded. He was about 40 years of age when he died.
 
--Some Connecticut soldiers in camp near Hartford recently rode a swindling sutler upon a rail and then baptised him in a slough-hole of mud and filth.
 
--On Wednesday afternoon the wife of Thos. CARR of Petersburg, Rensselaer county, went from home to visit a neighbor, leaving in the house three children, aged respectively four y'rs, two years, and six months. The house caught fire, and before assistance could be rendered, the poor little ones had perished in the flames. The body of the infant cannot be found, the oldest was burned to a cinder and the corpse of the other was found with its legs and arms consumed. The father this unfortunate family is a member of the 169th regiment.
 
--Gen. Jim LANE, in his late New York speech, boasted that in his infancy he was rocked in the same cradle with a nigger baby. The nigger, keenly alive to the disgrace, has never said a word about it, - Newport (N. H. ) Spectator.
 
--Cotton of good quality, says the Chicago Times, has been raised this year in Kankakee County, Illinois.
 
--Sergeant FITZGERALD suggests that BEECHER who "insulted the flag be bore and discountenanced enlistments ought to be closely watched, by the Government, as his conduct is very auspicious." The sergeants is right and his suggestion ought to be attended to by Washington authorities.
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DIED
 
In this city, on Thursday, the 2d inst., Benjamin WASHBURNE, Conductor on the Niagara Falls Division of the N. Y. Central Railroad, aged 27 years.
-Funeral on Sunday afternoon, the 5th inst., from his late residence, 33 Atwater street, at 2 1/4, and at the Brick Church at 3 o'clock P. M.
Rochester, Monroe, NY
Union & Advertiser
Sat Oct 4, 1862
 
DIED
 
In this city, on the 3d inst, of cholera infantum, Mary Elizabeth, daughter of James S. and Charlotte M. WESLEY, aged one year and fifteen days.
As the sweet flower that scents the morn,
But withers in the rising day. 
Thus lovely was this infant born--
Thus sweetly fled its life away.
-Funeral will be held at the house, No. 50 Jay st. at 9 1/2 o'clock Sunday, 5th inst. Friends of the family are invited to attend.
 
In this city, on the 2d inst., Nellie, daughter of the late Capt. Chas. M. and Harriet JENNINGS, aged 6 months and 16 days.
Rochester, Monroe, NY
Union & Advertiser
Mon Oct 6, 1862
 
FUNERAL OF MAJOR GEORGE B. FORCE - The funeral of Major Geo. B. FORCE, late of the 108th Regiment, killed at the battle Antietam, took place yesterday from the Universalist Church, the Rev. Mr. SAXE officiating. The 54th N. Y. S. M., of which Major FORCE was formerly a member, were out under command of Colonel ANGLE, and the several military companies at Camp PORTER joined in the obsequies, under the command of Col. TAYLOR, of the 33d Regiment. The body of deceased was enclosed in a metallic burial case and drawn in a hearse by four gray horses, led by four members of the Union Grays (artillerists) to the cemetery. The hearse was covered with the American flag, and the procession was made up by military and numerous friends and relatives, headed by Newman's Band and a detachment of Police. At the grave the usual military honors were paid to the deceased. The remains of the gallant Major FORCE, whose life was sacrificed on the alter of his country, now rest quietly in our beautiful Mt. Hope, where the tribute of affection can be paid him and the tears of the bereaved shed over him.
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THE CELEBRATED HORSE  "ETHAN ALLEN"  INJURED. - The Niagara (Suspension Bridge) Herald of Saturday says:  "On Monday the celebrated trotting stallion Ethan Allen, for whom the owner had but the day before refused $3,000, while at the stock yards took fright at the cars and started down towards the bridge with a sulky attached to him. At the depot he was turned aside by a long ladder which was held up, when he came in contact with a dirt train standing there, tearing the sulky in fragments. Following the track he ran on the bridge across Spring Avenue, which, not being planked, he fell through between the stringers, bruising him very badly. This is the second time that horses have been injured by running upon the same bridge, and we suggest that if it would not be well to place the gates at the east end of the structure?  As for $8,000 invested in horse flesh -- if we had him we should want to keep selling him, as an unlucky scratch might cost about $2,000 -- which is quite too expensive."
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DIED
 
In this city on the 5th inst., of consumption, Matilda J., wife of Theo. E. SCRANTOM; and only daughter of Wm. T. and Mary A. KENNEDY, aged 28 years.
    "Waiting to receive her spirit,
     Lo! her Savior stands above;
     Shows the purchase of His merit;
     Reaches out the crown of love."
-Funeral from St. Luke's Church at 10 o'clock Wednesday.
 
At Washington, Oct. 1st, Capt. Chas. E. JENNINGS, N. Y. S. Volunteers, of wounds received at Bull Run, aged 35 years, 5 months and 12 days.
-Friends are invited to attend his funeral at Trinity Church at 10 o'clock A. M. Tuesday, Oct. 7th.
Rochester, Monroe, NY
Union & Advertiser
Tue Oct 7, 1862
 
ANNUAL SESSION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS - The annual session of the Board of Supervisors commenced this forenoon at the Supervisors Room. The Board was called to order by Mr. BRONSON, on whose motion Mr. ELY, of Brighton, was made temporary Chairman. Mr. ROWLEY, of the 2d Ward was chosen Clerk pro tem.
     On calling the roll, all of the Supervisors with the exception of Messrs. DAVIS, SCOFIELD and TRUE, answered.
     On motion of Mr. CLEMENTS the Board adjourned until two o'clock this afternoon, when the business will be the election of a permanent Chairman and Clerk. For the latter position there are a dozen or more candidates.
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FUNERAL OF CAPT. C. E. JENNINGS -- The funeral of Capt. JENNINGS of the 26th Regiment, who died of wounds received at the battle of Antietam, was held this forenoon, from Trinity Church. The commissioned officers of volunteers in the city and commissioned officers of the 54th Regiment N. Y. S. M., under Col. ANGLE, were out and attended the funeral. Capt. JENNINGS formerly belonged to the 54th Regiment, and is another added to the already long list of members of that organization who have laid down their lives in their country's defence during the rebellion.
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BREAKING GROUND FOR STREET RAILWAYS - Mr. Ten BROECK, the conductor, broke ground this morning, for a street railway in Exchange street, near the Genesee Valley Depot. He will lay the track north and south from that point, taking iron from the Depot and running it over the track in the street to the point required as he extends the work. Considerable quantities of iron are on the cars between Elmira and this city, though perhaps none may be laid this week. The excavation and laying of superstructure will go right along from this day.
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ALL SORTS OF PARAGRAPHS
 
--Governor JOHNSON's family, who were at Gainsville, East Tennessee, within the rebel lines, have been permitted, by order of the Confederate Secretary of War, to return within the National lines.
 
--At a recent meeting in Newport, R. I., W. F. LADD offered $25 to the first man who would enlist. Edward NETTLETON accepted the offer, and then tendered the $25, together with the town bounty of $100, to the next five men enlisting.
 
--W. J. FLORENCE, the actor, who has been playing an extraordinarily successful engagement in Washington, was thrown from his horse on Saturday and severely injured.
 
--The Grenada Appeal says that Bishop-General POLK has "fallen into the bad habit of swearing when he gets drunk, which is not seldom."
 
--S. W. SMITH, merchant at Palmer, N. Y., had his pantaloons stolen from his bedroom a week since, the thief fishing them out with a pole and hook through the window.
 
--An affray occurred early Sunday morning in New York between a number of white men and negroes, at the corner of avenue B and Houston street, which resulted in the killing of one white man and the seriously wounding of another. Before the police arrived on the spot the negroes succeeded in making their escape, but during the night two, supposed to have been implicated in the affair, were arrested, and are held in custody. No reason has been assigned for the origin of the affray, but it is supposed to have been caused by intemperance.
 
--The Wheeling Intelligencer of Friday says: "Col. JUDD, of the 106th N. Y. Infantry, now stationed at New Creek, was at the McLure House last evening in charge of a Lieutenant. Col. JUDD has recently manifested symptoms of insanity. He is said to have left New York with a first rate regiment only a month ago and with the reputation of a competent and excellent gentleman. His case is a very sad one and his unfortunate condition causes general regret."
 
--A boy died in Cincinnati, on Friday last from inhaling ashes. It appears that by some accident he turned over a barrel of ashes, and swallowed so much of the fine alkalic portions of them which surrounded him, that they suspended vitality, and death ensued in a very short time.
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MARRIED
 
On the 7th inst., at the Central Presbyterian Church, by the Rev. Dr. SHAW, David CORY, Jr., of the firm of Alling & Cory, and Miss Margaret BROWN, all of this city.
 
In Buffalo, on the 30th ult., by the Rev. B. D. MARSHALL, Mr. A. W. TYRREL, of this city, and Mrs. Jennie CORNELL, of Buffalo.

Rochester, Monroe, NY
Union & Advertiser
Oct. 14, 1862
LOCAL MATTERS

D. D. S. BROWN moved a committee to five to report resolutions. Adopted. The Chair named D. D. S. BROWN, S. W. D. MOORE, L. D. ELY, S. P. AM??, and Jason BAKER.

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