The New York Herald Newspaper, March 31, 1867, Page 5

= THE NATIONAL GAME. THE SEASON OF 1867 AND ITS PROSPECTS The Popularity of the Game in the South. The Champion Clubs of the Several States. Our Metropolitan Clubs and Their Play Grounds. THE NEW RULES OF THE GAME. ko, ae. &. Not many years ago one of the most vulnerable points of attack in the American character for the shafts of sar- asm aimed at us by foreigners was our constant sacrifice at the shrine of the almighty dollar, at the ex- pense of health and morals, and our total disregard of ‘the benefits of physical education and the advantages of ‘those outdoor sports and recreations which have done so ‘much to build up English constitutions and to prompte ‘the general health and happiness of the English people. Of late years, however, an improvement bas been mani- fested in this respect, in this country, anda much ‘meoded reformation has been introduced, which bids fair to remove this cause of complaint and to bring us once ‘again up to the physical standard of our forefathers, ‘whose well exercised muscies enabled them to lay low ‘the forests of the Western wilderness, and whose powers ef endurance led them to withstand so manfully the fatigues and trials of the great struggle for independ- ence. Among the most influential causes of this de- sirable reformation has been the establishment of a Na- tonal Out Door Sport—something we were not possessed of even so late as ton yeargago. Of all field sports ball takes the lead with alj the aborigines of the eo ican continent—witnegd the Indian passion for the game of Ia crossee—and their’ <Anglo-Baxon canquerors seem to have inberited the native love of the sport, For centuries ball playing, too, has been the national pastime of the British, from the golf games of Scotland and the rackets of the English courts of the Of Queen Anne, down to the now EMglish game of cricket. We, Americans, Goubly inherit our love for ball play; but, Yankee like, not content with what suited our fore- fathers across the water, or the original inhabitants of ‘the land, we must go to work and get up a game of our own, combining all the activity, vigor and excitement | fmeident_ to la crose, and the scientific intricacies of orioket, thereby creating a game peculiarly adapted to the go-aheaditiveness of the Yankee race. Base ball, as played in our school days, was a pretty Uvely game, but no more to be compared to the game as wow played, under the rules of the National As:ociation, thaa the game of fox and geese isto chess, In fact, ‘what cricket is to an Englishman so has base ball be- @ome to an American, and each look upon their national game as the very perfection of asport; and nothing eould be better adapted to the peculiar characteristics of the twe nationalities than these very games, Baso ball, moreover, fills up a gap in this country which has always been am eye sore to gallant Americans, and that fe the want of a national pastime which could be patron- Snoddy the fair sex, and graced by their presence; and fisave io no game ip which men safely take part, now in teeny that it is now the established pastime of the mation; and whether the base ball be regarded as a de- tirable means of physice. exercise, an exciting sport for ‘the masees, an outdoor recreation for the refined classes of the community, or an amusement devoid of every ob- fectionable attribute any fastidious moralist could charge 18 with possessing, it ie equally to be commended to the patronage of Americans—North, East, South or West. ‘WEB POPULARITY OF DASE BALL IN THE SOUTH te remarkable in its rapid growth; for it is only since the- clos Of the war that it has been adopted as a Southern reoreation to any extent. Bemg a game requiring courage, nerve, endurance, pluck and activity, it affords a fine field for the peaceful exercise of those very qualifi- cations of Southern youths which marked their action as soldiers in the war of the rebellion. As an attractive @izplay of these manly characteristics which the fair dames of the South can look on as did the ‘“Isdyes faire” these sports of the Tournament of ye olden time, base Dall presents additional recommendation to favor at the and if wo are not very te i erere Hint fal | ar ii | the season of 1866 by defeating the thereby winning the championship. In —“ the Empires of St. Louis bead in =“Tilinois, the Excelsiors of Chicago —- af age = Pan gern nn 4 University mado the jisplay thereby = the lead. In Nata tare. ampionship of the United states, for has spread #0 “4 lly that tt would take a settle the question, The Pig i 2 & é ? bes ‘Nationals, promftent candi: ignore these cham- 1 Association not recogniz- ‘and there is no doubt = the fi ot abolition of the Will nevertheless be striven rival contestants above named. The noted Clhab—the wealthiest and most influential club nothing to do with NEW YORK AND BROOKLYN, comparati few in bers to those of eas abs the lead of all the other z Fs 5 i Q z ef 8 i i : ‘4 i igi fie ill i yi z E 2 8 i E Ez Bf : i Eotest i d Be sc5hbe Pata i i ie fl i rh} i ee se ie B i is Rs 3 g 3 i i¥ {4 raft i 8 5 ; s i ? Ereae E iH F i STERE : E Fy ig i Ha : ~ | é i | physical prowess neces- amendments introduced. the pitchers’ = work” in pitching has not been a characteristic of ony A of pve occupying the pitcher’s positién in base |. They have mainly depended for success on speed and ‘twist’ in delivery, neither of which, in real- ity, possesses the elements of success attributed to them. ‘Speed ig, or ought to be, successful only against inex- batsmen; and'as for twist—viz., imparting or retary motion to the ball in delivery—that works only to any advantage in cricket, the twist diverting the course of the ball when it touches the in bowling. Tn pitching direct to the bat, as in base however, it useless, if not worse, for it makes the duties of’ the catcher more arduous, without bringing apy compensat- ing results, The amendments to the rules force the pitcher in a game to rely more upon his command of the ball for success, the penalties for wild pitching being in- creased. - course, will lead to the use of more judgment by the pitcher, and, consequently more oppor- tunities for displays in the field, for after all it is upon: the skill of the fleiders in rather than upon the brilhancy of any one player that the winning of a match i Fulton, New Mutual’ Ne OS Olas ‘Hunt. M. M. Van Dyke, New York—Gai Social, New York—Trayo. Union, Morrisania—Smit Posen Raommon = Charter Oak, Waterbury, Wi J Philadelpbia—Mclnide. etic, . A ie, Ph ia— eoemmrrereremnrrcmmerer fer terran Tf rer rer ret rer yercieiererereypereqerercrerererey © OMe BOA HH AROROERR HOMOAERRONCODRURRORENmARaNEwe to mire weed ue COOTMEER COMmMMCCCOHCCOHsHHOEB MaHoHooH ss BS HOME OM HOMME COMMmoRoCOHEHNOHE CLUB AVERAGES OF RUNS TO 4 MATCH. are the averages of runs to a match and oribe follow association clabs who have played in five games with aspoe inion, pp over during 1866. We e order of scores :— Upc wat Rune, Over. eee OL 12 0 1 8 “ 1 2 1 12 3 3 2 o 1 7 n py 1 SSSSSSSERLURBBSSRRRELKSRSSSSVNSSsSSSSSSesseses AVERAGES INCE 1858. The following are the three best averages season since 1858:— g MomnatSaownscommamnnescaaaonons: ? i 138 42 14 4323 27 @41 26 310 213 #38 9 2032 21 441 2246441 27 8 7 (862, Creighton, of the Excelsior Club. oo 42 Morris, of the Siar Club....... -1 7 42 Dr. Beil, of the H. aS. -1 8 4 2 Wood, of the Eckford Club. 22 3 5 Sprague, of the Eckford Club ae ee Wn olt, of the Eckford bre 2 6 8 0 ©, Smith, of the Atlantic Club. 212 5 & Galvin, of the Atlantic Club. +26 6 2 Pearce, of the Atlantic Cin 132 4% Mithell, of the Star Club 18 6 1 8 of the Atlantic Club, 238 410 Dr. Bell, of the Eclectic . 18 @ 8 McPride, of tho Athletic Club, 23 61 Berthrong, of the National (of LOM) sees ceseceseveessseses 22 6 2 Smith, of the Union (Morrisania) 210 @ %@ STARVATION.IN GRORGIA.—A meeting of the citizens of Savannah was held on the 26th inst, to devise means of relieving the want prevailing in that State and distribut- ing in the best manner the supplies sent from the North. Colonel Hart, of Henry county, said be had been com- mt it 4 oncie of & portion user io of that rey @ condition of a e clty. Tt wastrely alarastng. There were one nandrea and eighty soldiers’ widows, five hundred and fourteen orphans and fifty-four disabled soldiers, utterly destitute poe | suffering for want of Led — . an. ners W county for pant were ncworeen, The ove J etn located in rear of Atlanta, had been com; Hgerent armies. The crop t off, - of 1865, to and the failure of crop of 1866 to fight pi fendered ‘the p that it ein tarde wt ae ons hc me ing were not speedily dbne for their relief, He mon- Uoned the case of one female died tion, CRICKET. A Fine Season Anticipated—Our Metropelitan Cricket Clubs. Of late years cricket bas not been a flourishing institu- tion im this country, the base ball excitement having Prevented it from gaining the popularity to which its merits as a noble recreation entitle it, We never had many clubs in this city and its suburbs, but of late years the number has sadly diminished. With o resident Population of English people numbering over thirty thousand enough of the admirers of the game cannot be found, apparently, to supporthalf a dozen cluba In fact, within a circuit of thirty miles around the metropor Mie of America, there are not ten cricket clubs in exist- ence, The leading club of New York and of the United States is the noted St, George Club. This organization has been in existence for nearly thirty years, and now it not only numbers over two hundred members, among whom are included many of the most wealthy and influ- ential of our English merchants, but it now owns pro- perty, on Bergen Hill which a season or two will see transformed into the finest cricket ground in the coun- try. Had the club invested the twenty thousand dollars this property cost them for the same obj:ct some twenty years ago they would not only now have had a fine ground, easy of access from the city, but would have been the owners of real estate valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars. This new ground is located on the hill back of Hoboken, and can be reached by Ct oe wo nut will no! in order until the season of 1868, but the club will play on it this year. In the following year the St. George’s Club propose to bring out the All England Eleven to aseries of games through the country. Meanwhile all the excitement wilt conslat of their con- tests with such of our city clubs as thmk themselves able to cope with them with any chance of success, the ‘Young America Club, of Philadelphia, being the only eleven apparently able to win a tropby from the re- nowned ‘Dragon Players.”’ The time was when the strength of the New York Club and the rivalry between them and the St. George’s led to quite an interesting series of matches each season; but these contests suddenly terminated in 1858, ani singe then the St. George's have led the van without op- ition. The New York Club at one time mustered a e eleven; but in their efforts to strengthen the club by acquisitions from other organizations they so weakened. the esprit du corps of the club as to almost lead to its taking quite a third raté position. But some of the best contested es seen at Hoboken have been those in which the New York eleven took an active part. The loss of their old ground at Fox Hill, Hoboken, had a damaging effect on the interests of the club from which they have not since recovered. Of late they have had two days a week on the St. George’s ground, Elysian Fields; but where the elub will play, or whether they will play at all, this year, we cannot say. The Manhattan Club is now quite a flourishing New York club. They have their own field and a club house located at the foot of Ninth street, Hoboken, quite con- venient to the toy Their victories on the ice this year in ar with the Satellites, of Brooklyn, were note- worthy. A new cricket club has been organized thie month on a basis likely to make it amore permanent institution than some of the elder clubs, an effort having been made to introduce the young American element into it. Hitherto our cricket clubs have mainly depended upon old players for their strength, erroneously regarding ex- perience at the bat more valuable as an element of success than a ee skill in ye Much of the success of the St. p mee d in match games of late a bas been mainly the regult of practice in the fleld- ing department; not that fielding is the feature of cricket, but that more games are lost with good bowlin; and ‘ing, without good fielding, than there are wit poor batting snd bowling and with good fielding. In Brooklyn there are but two clubs in successful hough there are cricketers enough there to form a dozen; but in that city, as elsewhere, there is a sad lack of enthusiasm in regard to the game. The Satellite Club have a good ground in the fester dis- trict, and the Willows are the occupants of the only cricket field in the Western district, The former promise to play a number of matches this year, the latter club Principally playing among themselves. There are two clubs in Nowark and one in Paterson, New Jersey. ‘Trenton, too, boasts of a club. In Philadelphia the noted young America Club takes the lead, and the Philadelphia, Olympian, Germantown apd Cioper. clubs rank next. A season’s play is anticipated among these several ions, but it witl be some years before cricket will flourish here as it did ten years ago. THE INTERNATIONAL REGATTA, *- Proposal to Send Over an American Crew aud Boat. American pluck and enterprise are by-words with the nations of the earth. Only recently, however, has this acknowledged energy found its legitimate expression in the matter of American out door sports. Our commercial, mercantile, military and naval affairs, and their mode of conduct have long been objects of universal comment, but only within the last year or two has this energy been transferred into the plans and management of the sports and recreations of our people. The establishment of the New York Jockey Club, the increased interest in the manly game of base ball, and above all the late Atlantic yacht race, all go to prove that a new era has com- menced in the sporting world, and that America can rank with its transatlantic cousins in the love and pro- secution of healthy outdoor sports, as well as in the matters mentioned above, A new project which is now on the tapis adde another to the proofs alréady given that this country contains men who are not afraid to match themselves in trials of strength or skill against the over confident dwellers in the Old World. Among tho attractions offered to vis-, itors to the Paris Exposition this year will be an in- ternational regatta. Included in the several prizes offered for competition will be one to be competed for by ama- teur rowers, and it is proposed to fit out and send a crew and boat from this country to take part in the contest for the laurels of the championship. The fol- lowing circular, emanating from some well know, lovers of the art of rowing resident in Boston, has beer issued on the subject :— Bostox, March 25, 1867. At a meeting held on the 18th instant, in Boston, of tlemen interested in boating matters, at which mein- bets of the crews of '59, '60, '66 and '67, and othem well known in Boston as boating men wore present, ard sev- eral of the prominent oars from Yale College ani New ‘York were represented mK the question of sending an amateur crew to pull in the international mgatia aay oy diseu: It being found that mong with several eight could be found to train and do thei: to represent our boatmen with credit, it was to —— the necessary funds for tie un- that the advocates of oitdoor henge can be sent to the undersigned. 'B M. PRATT, 40 State sireet. CAP, CROWNINSHIELD, 89 Beacon street. W. . FORBES. 36.City Exchange. | WILLIAM BLAIKIE, 5 New! place By this circular it will be seen that it is propoad to send an eight-oared crow, principally if not entirelyjcom- posed of students or graduates of Yale and Harvart Col- leges. In addition to eight men, it is proposed ato to @ port and starboard oar, It will also be advisable, slould the project be carried into execution, to carry the bulder across, in order that ho may be able to look tho boats and keep them in thorough working » The rowers will of course have to undergo a ree of training, and 9s the regatta wil! not take pl i July tothe expenee of the undertaking. portant thing in the arrangomenta, which shou )e tho subject of inquiry, is whether or not our coujtymen can be allowed to row on the American plan, without coxswain. This, if it could be arranged, e crew are about equally divided, fou 0 the crew are iy four or ‘Yale, four or five from Harv men from other collozes. are estimated guint cam Hein iihay co maas op a ut many gen wi ‘or Sard uh subscriptions, “4 in order to help in batig our country put in as creditable an appearance at trewela’s race as possible. There can be little doubt that should the compunity. hoped that the lack of friends will n cause of preventing America putting in this at the regatta at the World's Fair, Fine m Avovsta, Ga.—The dry Lay = ly burn Tucker, in Augusta, Ga., was partial ay night, March 24, involving a fons ‘of about $20,bu from firo and water, 8 fol- Insurances on tho goods Tows:— Continental, of New York, $5,000; tet Rives tomoney of hpi, $e an vi more, $6,000; Springfield Fire ‘and Marl Thervanes Company, Saunton Va THE CITY HALL PARK. theta from selling an inch ofthe ground. ‘This tut Woe, aad Ki "se ig equally perfect to the val Starsiiag Revelations—The Park a Part ef the pnd the Park which includes the proposed site for Old Bayard Farm—The Title Veeted in the Kiersted Family—Aa Suit Commenced ta the | is (0 present throng the rpartion Counel, at he Supreme Court te Recover Pertion ef the Ground—Other Claimants . Preparing to Establish Their Hights—The City Govera- ment Mere Squatters om the Soll—Copy of the Original Deed of the “Commons.” &c. ‘Time ts a slow but sure avenger. It has furnished s penalty and @ recompense for every wrang which has diagraced the world; and although its hours move as Tound a portion of the commons, which, we are told in Valentine's History, was slowly as thone enumerated in the diary of a culprit, its | not angular, os at present. 1 them, di Justice at last is replete with the triumph of a mighty La potion obtaie a tite to the por- an —to conquest, of the Commons excep those whic h yh <r ‘The corporations of ancient or modern ages have never realized this fact. Soulless, with consciences of steel, they have been the authors of spoliation which noble autocrats would disown; but like the nations they dis- graced, they relapsed into provincial poverty. One of the numerous instances of retribution which has followed corporate dishonesty or injustice is likely soon to honor the annals of this city. Ina case which will soon be tried in our courts ample testimony will be produced to show that portion of the City Hall Park is owned by the heirs of the Provost family, and suits will follow which will elicit the startling fact from in- disputable deeds, maps and documentary evidence, that the residue of the ground was a part of the old Bayard farm, and that the municipal authorities in their halls of legislation are mere squatters on a private domain. These statements may appear strange and extraordi- nary to the general public; but the facts are well known to every adept in the early history of the city. New York, perhaps, is the only city of modern origin dis- tinguished for the ambiguity of its landmarks, When the Dutch purchased the island from the Indians the lower portion of it was devoted to the purposes of com- merce, and ecatt ered around the mercantile centre were the quaint oid houses of the adventurers who were the first Pilgrim Fathers of the continent. As time rolled on towards the unlucky period when the absorbing ava- rice of England tempted her to deprive the quiet Hol- landers of their trivial possessions in the New World, the city was extended to the boundary now known as Wall treet, and the region above that section was termed ‘the Fields,” This mame included ‘the Commons,” or City Hall Park, which was also called the ‘ Viackte,” or Fiat It was then comparatively remote from the city, and the marshy condition of the adjoining lands ren-. dered it of but little value, Around it, however, were the “country seats” of the famous pioneers of the New Netherlands; and those upon its borders became owners of the objectionable land, not less by the peculiar loca. tion of their farms than by grants from the Dutch government. We shall prove these facts in the course of this article, After the capitulation, when the British obtained possession of the city, the Dutch titles to houses, lands and property in general were invested with all the legal force they possessed before the sur- render. This fact is well known to every student of his- tory, and it is fortified by the inherent virtue which such deeds possess to this day in our courts. We shall now proceed to prove that the Park was a portion of the old Bayard farm. It will be seen by the old Dutch and English maps that the Park was originally bounded on the north by the Kalch Hock, or Fresh Water Pond, or what is now known as Broadway and Reade street; on the northeast by the house of Bayard, of whose farm it formed a part; 9B the southeast by the Swamp (the ne borhood of Ferry street) and ykman’s farm, which was located near Park row, and on the west by the King’s farm, from Park place to Chambers street. A portiun of the land where Centre street now stands was marshy and comparatively valueless, and the owners were two shrewd to incur any expense in its Lig yn ately verging on the southwest of Kalch (Reade street) was the fagm of the Bayard family, h ex. t obliquely through the commons to the jbnction bese prin Sy way end Park row. Andit isa ive fact this property was charter of Governor Dongan, appropriating beg gti gir per emmy ter ad tei rf Any person inary intelligence w: consalt the a ‘of the old farms of the city, in Valentine's js 8 bop he (page 307), will sor ge — Hagram which is merely analogous because it is only an approximation of imperfect official records) that the farm of, ba te ie located Park. It would’ from Teller, who owned the section on which Court House stands, and Sears, who claimed the site of the old Bridewell, near the present City Hall. Can the city, in the face of these startling facts, give a title for the angular plot on Park row, for which they have never received —— a deed of conveyance or a char- ter? It is not likely, under these circumstances, that the United States government will purchase the proposed site for a Post Office on that locality from mere squatters op the ground. in order to furnish additional proof that the Park was Private property we give the following extract from Val- entine’s Manual for 1856:— 1785,—A petition of Isaac Sears relative to his right to Part of the ground whereon the Bridewell (in the Park) is erected was read and referred to a committee. The peti- tion set forth that, by certain indemtures duly made by ‘Thomas Arden and his wife, dated the 2d and 3d days of February, 1770, he became and still stood seized in foo simple of the share of said Arden in that piece o! ground, bounded westerly, in front, by Broadway, southerly by the Green, commonly cailed the ‘‘Fields,” easterly by the rund belonging to the Corporation and occupied by the Poor House (now the site of the present City Hall), and northerly by other ground of the said Corporation, of which piece of land John Harris, the elder, was seized at the time of his death; that the said petitioner actually for the said piece of ground the sum of eighty pounds; that the Bridewell was afterwards erected on said ground; and offered to release his claim upon pay- ment of said consideration money, with lawful interest. Now, what did the Corporation of 1785 do with that remarkable ‘ition. Did they go into the courts and thrust the charter of Governor Dongan appropriating all waste lands to the city, in the face of the Judges as a defence entitling them to repudiate the claim of Sears? No, the records of the time as contained in a valuable extract in Valentine’s Manual for 1856, page 438, show that the claim was allowed. It states:— The proposition of Sears was “accepted by the Corpora- tion.”’ It is a notorious fact that the old Bridewell, negro burial ground and a colonial barracks were erected on the Commons, although {t was well known apd un- derstood that they were unused and unfenced portions of adjoining farms, r In view of these startling facts it behoves the city government to procure a title to the Park from the Tight owners before they attempt to negotiate for the sale of any of the sections of which it is composed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. Tas Euizy Gisvoxs Case.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. Wm. E. Stevens, residing at No. 259 West Twelfth street, called at the Tombs and made a complaint against Mrs. Ellen Gibbons, previously arrested, charging that on the 23d day of January last abe stole from him a $500 bond and two smaller bonds, amounting in all to $800. The day following a $500 bond of the same number as that stolen from Mr. Stevens was sold by Mrs, Gibbons to Wm. B. Whittaker, 88 South street, she at the time representing herself as being Mrs. Stevens. Mra. Mary E. Pitts, of 167 West Thirty-eighth street, also charzed the prisoner with stealing from her ablack velvet cue and a silk circular valued at $51. In the ase of Mr. John Haffy, who made a complaint against Mra, Gibb ns on Friday, Justice Hogan decided to hold hor in $0,000 bail; $1,000 bail in the Stovens bond complaint, and $500 bail in the case of Mra. Pitts, Not having a bondsman iu court Mrs. Gibbons was com- mitted to the iombs tor trial, She is twenty-seven ears of age, a native «: Iraland, and lives at No. 421 rens street, aud ix u Jre-smaker by occupation, A Disnoxser Hors. Portes,—Henry Smith, a man thirty-seven years oi age, was formerly employed as night porter inthe Park Hotel, Beekman street. On the night of the 1th instant it is alleged that be broke open a desk in the hotel, and taking therefrom $46 In legal tender notes, two shirts and a’ca <A to cape, D ofsthe Bid Smith was not seen again wu! was ive with one of the ee one ee en eae ice the general he arrested by dotecti' The accused was yesterday taken before Jut and committed to the Tombs for trial in default of $500 bail. Smith is a native of Maryland. A War Casz.—Yeosterday afternoon a man, twenty-six years of age, giving his namé as John Smith, deliberately walked into the store of Meetrs. Alonzo & Isaac S, Van Duzer, No. 40 Murray street, and seizing a bundle of not possible that the shrewd Dutchman jay the ownership of a fresh water pond, a small take that furnished two generations after bis death attractive labor to en, Which its very topo- | wh! eighty-seven in number, and worth $40, started was a part his farm. Acc! ing Pm then, iat P Mr. Edward McLaughlin, employed in the with the ownership of the pond, which is so named on pursued Smith and recovered tbe property. The the ancient maps, not because i was an unfenced por- -tion of Bayard’s farm, but on account of ite distinct character, we find the property, according to the recog. nized maps of the city government, at the threshold of the southern section of the commons, It may be answered in behalf of the city that the Park in colonial times was used for public meetings of the Sons of Liberty, aud all who favored tho cause lence, But this circumstance can furnish no und, The same argument might be used by the municipal authorities a century hence, to confis- cate the great scene of popular reun! Jones’ Wood, or other tields belonging to citizens The hostility of the Bayard and Kiersted families to English oppression and the times that tried men’s souls doubtless led them to permit the brave and good men of the city to use the southern and unproductive = of their farm to pro- test against the renor King George, and make reparations to support their protest by lead and stec! ; baw the noble action of the owners furnishes no ar- gumont to justify the city in retaiuing or selling the roperty. . rir considerable research through the ancient records of the city, we discovered the title of Bayard to the Park, as an original portion of hisfarm. With the exception of the commons, the Bayards and Kiersted: sold nearly all their lands, and they now form a large section of the south and upper wards towards Prince street. The deed may also be found in Murray Hoff- man’s celebrated treatise on the Rights of the 7 tion, Annexed is an abstract of the documen: Governor Fletcher to Nicholas Bayard, 2ist of June, 1697. (Lib, 15, page 12.) Grant and confirmation of s farm to the eastward of the fresh pond and swamp, act, arrived and took him in ct quently the prisoner was arraigned before gan, and commitied to the Tombs for trial in default of $1,000 bail. Smith 18 a native of New York, lives in Wooster strect, and is a butcher by occupation. Mors Fasmnps to ‘Faro’? wv Troverx.—Edgar Hol- brook, Brittner Smith, Jamos Field, Edward B, Jooks, Benjamin Aldrich, Charles Waters, George Waters, John B. Hinney, Nicholas Brackett and William Kelley were arraigned before Justice Ledwith yesterday, charged with baving been engaged in a game of “tero” at 862° Broadway on the night of the 29th instant. Holl the proprietor of the establishment, was held in bail to answer, and the others were fined and discharged. Atteasp Hicnway Korszrr.—John Pentony and Robert Gavitt were charged by August Moll with having assaulted and robbed him on Eighth avenue on Wednos- @ay night. Moll stated that he was somewhat undor the influence of liquor at the time of: the occurrence, but not so much so asto render him insensible as to what transpired; that the accused caught hold of him and by main force stole bis watch and chain, valued at 73, and his pocketbook Keowee $50 in greenbacks. th young men denied havin, en any partin the robbery, and stated that they believed that the person who appeared against them as a witness in Moll’s favor ly robbed him. They were heid for examination, in default of $2,000 bail each, by Jus- tice Ledwith, before whom tho charge was made, of title to the on the ‘at the northeast corner of the rd Fano.—On Friday last Gustave Schickendanz ap- Hendrik th ither.y to the fence of W. Web- ber in the wiilty of “Chainam oquare, thence to tie auld | peared before Justice Mansfeld, at the Hasex Market pon ay qn the Parl to thee ret); Mi... 44 Police Court, and entered a complaint against Isaac ropert thelr (the free. negroes’) fence highway’: thence bythe highway (Park row, formerly called Rowers laue). to. the plaoe-of beginningeast by the way. ni the and, Webver and Hendrik Selyns, nad west by the ewamp. Where was the swamp? Any antiquary, including the talented and venerable Clerk of the Common Coun- cil, will_answer street, and it still retains the name. the land west of that and Ca smy Bog free negroes’ ground mast bave been the City Hall te If there is force and definite meaning in language, the impartial examiner of the records must come to this conclusion. But happily the deed is fortified and left to mere conjecture, which, after safe ee Thi “a agg othe oT origi soit married Blandinah Kiersted, one of the ladies immortalized in the annals of this city, and bis marigal relatives ean ee f obtained an interest in the Thompson, of No. 657 Broadway, and Michael Many, of No. 42 Bowery, charging them with keeping and main- taining gambling houses at the premises named re- spectively, Scbickendanz recited that onthe Wednes- t, by the Colonial Chancery in 1751—and a copy of which is now in session of an agent of the family—the farm is as extending from Broadway and Bowery lane (Park eth, 3, a she Frinoess fase fa theme so oid Boston | Bryan, enawe which was a continuation of Bowery lane, and now | Each of the proprietors was held to bail known asthe Bowery, and from thence to the place of Ch Born Longo ee eee. At joe, Be oe the ~d yr sass the descent and ie oan to sue for its recovery. . Sea " i on oy ee —_* is claim receives all the force to render it | Were the implements found, conclusively ~ from ee r eon Ausonp Lanceny of Forsrtvre —Matthias Urban stance, There 9a pen © | was arraigned yesterday at the Essex Market Polico city to recover a ion of the park, or o! & juss ‘and equitable ion of ite value. ‘on | Court upon a charge of larceny preferred by Anna M. which the Superior Court stands 1s claimed to. by the | Bower, of No. 62 Allen street. The complaint set forth representatives of the Provost family. It.is, as our city | that the accused had removed a quantity of furniture, of ‘ated on the northeast section, bor- street, and in the vicinity of the old burial ground of colonial times. Within the mor of sexagenarian, or at least octogenarians, it presented do- mestic evidences of having been private Ab antique dwelling house stood on the section of which it was a about the close of the last century, but the ular reunions on the common rendered it undesira- able as a residence, And in this very spot—the scene of involuntary spoliation—the city government of = past with & ‘characteristic ignorance of ancient the value of $168, from a house in Fort Lee belonging to the complainant without her consent, and dis) of the same for his own benefit, subsequently admitting that he had done so, Justice jold held him for ex. amination, THE WEST INDIA TELEGRAPH EXPEDITION. ‘The steamship Francis Wright, Captain Bolger com- mander, sailed yesterday from this city for Key West, oped in thel ioe; Ueeubeih as. apesions cab goa amr amen thang vel ir own jmes—| an court of Inw, despite the historical fact that | ‘%¢ International Ocean Telegraph Company, She also the site was ‘The claman' carries @ sufficient corps of mén to assist in laying the coast or shore line of this imporiant Private property. how- ever, are determined to establish their nt to its “+ telegraph company, consisting of about eighty opera- and the case is now pending in the Supreme Secensary. papers i Souaif of the plasuite, and necessary papers in plain the of the cause will probably take place at the en- suing term. Ample documentary evidence is now availa- ble and ready to prove that the title to the property is exclusively vested in the Provost family, and that the city has no claim to fap SERN pees on ee be bees the dishonest defence of mere ion. ‘The plea of will in this suit be untenable, on grounds which will be set forth when it is tried. The counsel for the plaintifis are Levine & Ham, of Nassau street, and the city will be defended by Mr. O'Gorman, whe wi 'y present ‘& comparatively recent date and Dongan’s to fortify the right of the ons the ground, @ fact, which ts one of many, amply proves that the commons were nally private property. It was unusual in ancient is at present, to build » private mansion within the le of a public pai and the inconsistency can only be reconciled > tion that Provost was the gate keeper and his the “lodge” on the commons. But as the Park had neither ‘a gatekeeper nor a lodge this argument becomes as worthless as the title of the city to the property. Never, then, was the hackneyed Let be done though the heavens fall—mrore applicable to asuit, The city, at least, can afford to be honest; its woalth should enable it to be just to evéry member of the body tic; but, should the corporate authorities. wi Francis Wright is @ fine vessel of 470 tons, nearly new, and has been specially chartered by the Telograph Company. The International Ocean Telegraph Company begin their line at Lake City, in Florida, to which point the Western Union Telegraph Company are to extend their line. Leaving Lake City, there will bea land line through Gainesville, Ocaia and Sumtervilic, to Punta Rassa, at the mouth of Carloosabatchie river. Thence the communication will be by cable for 150 miles ‘ain by cable to the vane, The work ynced in May, and with the force sent out by the company it will probably ‘be cor by the ist of June in the present year, From Havana it is anticipated that two European com- pan! English aod a French one—will extend the pore meng to the other side of the AUantic. Tho aa Nag ng | has a nominal capital as it 500, ooo ane is under Management of General ol eral F, (Baldy) Smith, The Spanish government have aided the Company in an extromely liveral manner, hav. remitted all duties ordered in view of the perilous precedents which may be in, | ing om materials, and ‘a Vessel olved by admitting claims of such momentous magni | of war to be dotailed to acnompany the steamer whic! toda, thelr assemed claim to the property, them | lars the oable . 5 WEW JERSEY INTELLIGENCE. Jersey City. ‘Tus Exzoroya—Alderman Decker, chairman of the Democratic City Convention, having engaged Cooper Hall for holding the Convention, contrary to a resolution of the committee & different place, an order hag Tomatoes Committee declaring all under the chairman's programme wall ood aia to matter has broken the ranks of the party in y City, and a sim- ilar difficulty in Hoboken leaves the case still worse. In Hudson City everything went on harmoniously on Fri- day night, Hoboken. IxpigNation Meetixc.—A meeting of citizens was held last evening at No, 62 Garden street to protest against the proposition for the paving of Third street and tho construction of sewers, which would impose an enor- mous tax on the ratepayers, It was argued that the proposed improvements at the t time are whol! unnecessary, and would if carried out tend to in a large number of the citizens. Newark. Crry Fivaxces,—The tax ordinance for the current year makes the following appropriationsfor the benefit of the city;—Lighting streets, $26,000; poor and alms, $35,000; cleaning and repatring streets, $23,000; public grounds, $3,500; public buildings, $7,000; ir of pub- He buildings, $5,000 ; bridges, $8,000 ; crosswalks, $1,500; public schools, "$87,000; erection Third ward sehool house, $20,000; Sixth and Seventh ward schools, $3,000 each: police, $90,000; fire department, $45 000; water, $4,150; public health, $5,000; aqueduct bonds, $3,500; Interest on city debt, $16,000; sewers, $6,600; wharves and docks, $1,500; contingent expenses, $60,000; board assessments, $7,150—total, $455,500. The ordinance further provides for raising'a special tax of $246,380 for the sinking fund, interest on volunteer aid bonds and city bounty bonds, Ciosina oF aN InpustRIAL ScHoor.—The lady man- agers of the Fifth Ward Industrial School have been obliged to close the doors of the institution, they being unable to find a building for the accommodation of the children. This school is a charitable institution, the scholars being fed, clothed and instructed by the man- agers. On account of this suspension one hundred children are turned out tipon the world to beg or steal their daily bread. For the last four years the institu. tion has been very prosperous. Since its establishment, thirteen years ago, over one thousand poor children have been cared for by its hospitable managers. Trenton. 5 Tue TipewaTeR Brit.—In the Court of Error and Ap- peals on Friday the case of the Tidewater Company et al., appellants, and George W. Coster complainant, came up'on an appeal from a decision of the Chancellor ad- versely to a motion to discharge an injunction restrain- ing the aforesaid company from certain proceedings under their act of incorporation. The points in litigation have been from time to time given in the Hgranp. Chief Justice Beasley delivered tho decision of the court that on the points in question the act is unconstitutional, and consequently void, THE JONES ABORTION CASE. Fatal Result—Inquisition Before Coroner Wildey—Verdict Against Dr. Thiers. In the case of Miss Maria Jones, the young woman who, on Thursday last, made an affidavit before Justice Hogan against Dr. Wm. F. J. Thiers, charging him with performing an operation upon her with the view of committing an abortion, there has been a fatal result, she having been delivered of a male child, about three months old, on Friday tast, in the House of Detention, where she is beld as a witness inst Dr. Thiers, who is also under arrest on another charge of a similar nature, Yesterday Coroner Wildey proceeded to the House of De- tention and held an inquest over the remains of the infant. Miss Jones, who was confined to her bed, was sworn and examined; but her testimony is unfit for publication in full. She deposed to living in New Jersey, and that she recently came to this city with a male friend, the father of her child, the afore- said friend having viously told-ber of Dr. Dubois, allas Thiers; he said he had seen the doctor's advertise- ment ina pewspaper, and had made arrangements with him to receive and treat her; the witness frst went to the doctor's last Wednesday woek with her friend, who asked for Dr. Thiers; the doctor being absent at the time the witness was shown to a rom on the third the doctor's wife; the doct owards acd, after examining he she left, remained yy. ticular occu: till Saturday, wheo the room of Miss Jones and rn. ‘The witness identified Dr. Thiers as the man who per- formed the operation upon her. , ole ee. — a — epee ing cailed to see the witness at an ear ‘ and my i 5 t Het Faz. ite her treatment again about eight o’clock and found that delivered of what he considered a three months foo From the testimony of the preceding witness an¢ appearance of the body of deceased, the doctor is of opinion death was caused by an abortion produced by the use of instruments. In reply to @ question asked by Mr. Howe, who peared as cot tor the accused, Dr. Pooler “If there is life ina fontus deceased was alive. I pot breathed."’ This closed the testimony, and Coroner | sex ean the case to the jury, who returned the 5 ‘VRRDICT. “That the said male child came to his death by the effects of an abortion produced Dr. Thiers, the oner, on Maria Jones, om the 234 of Marcb, 1} na On this verdict the Coroner committed the accused to the Tombs for trial. Dr. Thiers is Eri, years of Fe] a native of New Oricans, lives at 627 Third avenue is a physician. Iu relation to the charge, he pleads not guilty. THE BROOKLYN FIRE DEPARTMENT DIFFICULTY. Arrest of the Fire Commissioners—Thelr Ar- © Justico—They jon—The Case te be Department difficulty stil! excites consider- able comment among the firemen and citizens generally, As stated in yesterday's LD, the warrants issued by Justice Buckley on Friday for the arrest of the Fire Commissioners, ou complaint of Chief Engmeer Joha Cunningham, were duly executed, and yesterday morn- ing three of the Commissioners—Burdett Stryker, Walter Barre, Jr., and A. B. Thorne—appeared before the Just- ice, at nine o'clock. The affidavit on which they were arrested charges the Commissioners with violating chapter 4, article 7, section 14 of the city by having caused two alarms of fire to be sounded for the first and fourth distriets on Thursday night, when no fire po iecang oe time. Saget a re gts a jremen ip the court room, pretty general expression was given by jgome of ‘the ‘boys to their jn- Tuoning them down grade towards Myrtle avenue bill Lawrence street, tangled antl they became oni on the night im question, when ore immineat, No disturbance really gecurred on Thu night, th thy Tatuses were pretty well w: in at the of the evil practice indulged | companies in ranping down to fires. The Commissioners examination to await the action of the Grand on their own recxgnizances Felix Cam as grou prone che continuance the eit pacts nde a in DY DEPARTURE OF STEAMERS YESTERDAY, Fifteen steamers left New York yesterday for foreign Or Coastwise ports, of which the names, number of pas fengors, freights, &c., are noted below. ‘The City of Washington left for Liverpool, calling at Queenstown, with United States mail, at twelve o'clock, from pier No, 45 North river, She took out thirty-six passengers and full freight of cotton, cheese, lard and $14,025 in gold. ‘The Erin, for Liverpool by way of Queenstown, left pier No 47’North river at twelve o'clock, with fifty pas. sengers and a large cargo of cotton, tobacco, bacon and provisions generally. The Hammonia, for ye oo at twelve o'clock, from the foot of Third street, Hoboken, with 170 pas- songers and a full cargo of assorted merchandise, e Guiding Star, just added to the line, made her first voyage for Havre, leaving pier 46 North ‘river at twelve o'clock, with thirty-two puasengers, $143,000 m specie and six hundred bales of cotton and seventy-five tons of general freight. for London, calling at Brest, left pier 3 freig The Atalanta, North river at twelve o'clock, with sixy-two and a full cargo of grain and general lise. ‘The Columbia, for Gi and left pier 20» North river, at Le paar o'clock, with one hundred and The 0 de Cuba left for Calif ren, from per 20° Non river at twelve o' coke hundred anda The Arlatae, for Oalveston, Toft plot 0 Hast river at six o'clock P. i ase Pe eeogee One TUM assorted cat beside in specie. The Fi es New Orleans, 13 North rivet at, tires o-Gock P.M, with wwette passengers ight of merchan The San Salvador for Savanuab, from pier No, 13 North river, at three P, M., with thirty passeogers and fall assorted freight, The Saragossa left for Charleston, from pier No. 1¢ piety pH palate P. 2 ann twenty-nine passengers anda ), aasorti The Manhatt for Charleston, left pier No, 3 North river at three P. i, with twenty-seven passengers and fall freight of pen merchandise, The City of Limerick, for Liverpool di left pier No, 46 at olevon A. M.; 0 but full cargo. he Francooia loft for four P. M., from jor No. 98 East river, with twelve passengers and good ret tam P, Ciydey for Wi loft pior No. 16 ue W P, river, at two P. M., with sixty-Ave passengers aad @ Mi cargo,