The New York Herald Newspaper, July 5, 1868, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY 5, 1868.-TRIPLE SHEKT. _INDEPERDENSE DAY. Its Observance in New York and Elsewhere. AN ERA OF GO00D FEELING. THE MILITARY PARADE. THE PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS. A SULTRY FOURTH. Since Beauregard pointed the artillery of treason ‘gainst the Sational flag which floated in the morn- ing breeze over Fort Sumter the natal day of the re- Public has not been commemorated with such un- flagging fervor as it was yesterday, the ninety-second of its existence. And to burn powder yesterday, at any hour from “early morn to dewy eve,” was no mean evidence of the patriotism of a people who, it is true, proved their love of country on a hundred fields; for it ia certain that for many Fourths of July we have not experienced such unmitigated tropical heat. On Friday afternoon a severe thunder storm swept over the city, the fast descending rain quenching fora few moments the thirst of earth and giving Promise of a day succeeding of moderate tem- perature. But that most unreliable of all our public servants, grown crusty and disobliging from his long retention in office, the Clerk of the ‘Weather, determined otherwise; and so,in celebrating« Independence Day, those of us who elected to remain in the city—those of us who forgot that there were such magnificent retreats within an hour's ride of the City Hall as the Park, the High Bridge, the Pali- @ades and Prospect Park—those of us who sought in the burning streets of the city to kill three birds with one stone—i. ¢., burn fire crackers, drink lemonade and attend upon the many winged rumors which took flight from the vestibule of Tammany Hall, experienced a melting mood which made each one inwardly pray for the near contiguity of Alaska, or some other territory where there is a’‘boundless space” of frozen water—a most excellent element for soul elevating beverages. Like antecedent Fourths the day was ushered in ‘vy salvos of artillery from Forts Columbus, Lafay- ette, Diamond, Schuyler, the Battery and Fort Greene, Brookiyn, and by the ringing of bells from hundreds of steeples in the city and suburbs. At these signals of the dawning of the ninety-second anniversary of Independence the masts and rigging of a thousand ships on the shore lines of the North and East rivers and the flagstaff of hundreds upon hundreds of public and private buildings in New York, Brooklyn, Williamsburg, Jersey City anfi the Villages around were, as if by the whispered com- mand of a powerful magician, covered with flags of every size, shape, color and nationality, the glorious Stars and Stripes overtopping them in beauty, gran- deur and significance, And thus commenced the day. From recumbent postures nearly two millions of people in and near the metropolis, and thirty-five to thirty seven mil- lions to the East, the West, the North and the South of it, refreshed by slumber, girded up their loins for the observance of aholliday such as, in importance, no other people among the thousand millions which inhabit “this great round globe’ cannot count as equally glorious in their calendars. Then came the military parades, the hurrying to the wharves by those who had resolved on excursions seaward, orto railway depots, that friends, now dou- bly dear, in the country might be visited, and amid the hurry and the turmoil,the firing of guns, ‘the roar of the many voiced public, the drinking of beverages of all degrees of stimulation, the ringing of bells, the pas- sage through the streets of processions, the gather. ing and marching and countermarching of political processions, the assembling of the National Demo- cratic Convention at Tammany Hail, the dedication by the Sachems of the Order of Colu ia oF new Wigwam, and the gathering of t! ermans at Jones’ Woods helped to pass the day until noon, when Trinity chimes for the second time (previously at sunrise) pealed to ears that listened above the rack and rattle of the streets to sweet, silver toned music. And a0 the noon passed, and the afternoon was the counterpart, in the matter of tire crackers, squiba, and torpe toes, of the morning; and as the sun de- | ascended t orizon of tue west, leaving benind to mark u which he had tra ed a trail of glory such as no painter could imitate; then, as | night Let her curtains down And pinned them with a ster, a8 that poor mad poet (mate so by love), Macdonald Clark, oace wrote, the grand pyrotechnic disp! announced to take place at the battery, the City Halt park, the squares up town and in the public grounds of Brooklyn, Jersey City and elsewhere before tens of | thousands (in the aggregate) of happy, but exceed- ingly tired and unusually hot people, who, when ‘the first pieces—all intensely patriotic—were burned, hastened to ice cream saloons, lager. beer gardens and @ hundred other inviting places to refresh, and then New York and Brooklyn and Tersey City, with their wives and children (save and except the roystering biadesy who hadn’t had enough of - good thing, and who were resolved on seei ao thes went home and to bed, so that ti the _— all\get up this morning refreshed, recuperated, virtuous and sober for the duties of the day and the perusal of the HERALD. And this, introductory to more minute particulars, is the ed Independence Day was ushered in an observed by the cosmopolitan city of Manhattan. THE MILITARY PARADE. The First division paraded yesterday, under com- mand of Major General — At precisely haif- past seven o'clock A. M. the command march was fig and the division imoved forward in the follow- ord fe ‘irst le of infantry, co! of oe Twelfth ant Seventy-first Tapisnonts oat 7 from sunrise to sundown, Broadway, and particu- larly Fourteenth irl 6 8 the ronnieb pea we a — os pt Bees coun- Ny relloved ae With des wamieg a crow try, wi She monaco crowds was occasional! pollen clubs, nendet by bande and banners inseri patel Hi were no doubt thousands wy the resi ents soft a Y eft up town to joy caae Bid atben Gotah under tee grateful tering trees; Dut, they were not missed e-half the residen ‘any one. In fact one-| ts of uy = ene might have their various ways ond the limits of Kennedy's Jereciiion, 8 oor and a et ie streets would have been just swarming multitudes in Fourteenth en jane as varied and the scenes just as exciting, for where one person let the city ten came in from the country, and, as every one knows, folks from the country alw: ge reater “now in it than do its actual ents. to their natural instincts, the strangers cratered along the streets with that pecullar step indicative of men who ore never ina hurry and are bound to take their ti slowly and surely despite all the powers that be, tasted all the products of the soda stan a at every shop window and aarctiag 0 @mo- ment to gazing with distended pita and (as if they could see better from that fact) mouth wide opened upon the many things of many colors and many prices that were tastefully dis- played therein. And how they patronized the stavesa@nd the cars and despised all country looking hacks. Nor were they particular what sort of street advertisements the vehicles showed on their sides, All the majority of them desired was to get in a stage or a car and ride until they got tired or the conveyance came to the terminus, when, if that aid not hay tobe Tammany ee princ! ipal ject of their cit; pilgrimages: Se river got roundly abused for not wing Ww! their green 2: gers Were or for ‘hot going directly to the Con- vention. T declare,” said an old fellow with an loxtonareey brimmed ‘hat and a snufty | duster, as he Stepp ed ‘rar of a Twenty-third sti stage, comer of and Fourteenth stree! on espyin; on D the block below, ‘il that ante cheat Td on’t Know what is. I-swan! J wonat ha’ paid ‘em in advance if I’ known on tt, rot in that, arr to go to Too Many Hall, sein tf ik o? the feller stoppin’ here when he tas Well 8s not jist drove down to the Conwenshun.” Evidently some of our cousins fresh from cow milk- ing did not understand what ‘established routes” means in city Apia charters, And it must be said, in justice to a no small and very important branch of our city population, that the scenes in the streets and the noise of bursting explosives and the hubbub of many voices lost noth- ing in animation by the presence of the “rising 4 eration” in full force wherever one turned, e time honored fire crackers and torpedoes were made use of quite as extensively as in former years, ‘and nervous via ladies, if they wanted to, could tell many a tale of Peete maliciously exploded under their feet; an ie. perhaps, no stronger practical illus- tration of the proverbial strength of old habits and the utter recklessness of youth Rapenes, during the whole day than that wherein a little boy was the Bergh mover, and an unfortunate dog, which ran by h’s residence in Fifth avenue the victim, a pack reworks attached to his diminutive tail the pre- tons motion. chi noise and the excitement continued up to a late hour of the night, until, as some one has said before, “exhausted nature gave up the ghost,” Then country cousins went homeward hound, tired little boys were put to bed, and the great city slumbered and perspired freely. Society of the Cincinnati. Yesterday a meeting of the Society of the Cincin- natbwas held at the New York Society Library, Uni- versity place, for the transaction of the general busi- ness of the society, the election of officers and the celebration of the ninety-second anniversary of na- tional independence. Members of other State Socie- ties of the Cincinnati were invited to be present a4 te in the celebration. Hamilton Fish, pres!- ent, in the phair, ‘At twelve o'clock the meeting 8: called to order by the chairman, and an extem) Lp ep | been offered by the Rev. M. S. ceri busin of the day was p! with by the reading of the minutes of the society for the past year. A passage in the minutes occurred in which it was stated had ap} the Tribune Ce | —— of ‘Gincin. op to the New York toe At mh go — of the society, held f urpose of testing the accuracy or uracy of a (ncn by the the result yn was not op but that ir of the society. e annual | report was ‘and various ions and ordered to be paid to some eight or nine benefl- ciaries of the society, either as alms or pensions for previous services, after which the gentlemen in office during the past year were proposed for re-elec- tion, all ‘whom were re-elected. It was then moved by a menmber that the meetings of the society should be more frequent than once ie iT, and that there should be a general meetii February in addition to the chi by meeting of the Fourth of July. The motion was put to a division and lost, and the question referred to the standing committee to consider and report. The society then adjourned. Steamboat Excursions. The Fourth of July ushers in the dogdays, and with them are revived the hopes of thousands of our fellow citizens who wish to escape from the dust and heat of the city, from the noise of firecrackers, from the explosion of rockets, from the excitement of the city, filled with the smell of powder, and get floated | out, in modern argosies, on the broad waters of the | Hudson, within sight of most beautiful scenery, well calculated to charm the heart of man and win him away from the bustle and struggle, and hurry-scurry lite of our great and growing metropolis, It may be fair- | ly stated that no person remained in New York yester- | day who could well go out of it. If the city was, + under a broiling sun, preferred to the cool shades of 3 | the country og the gentle breezes from the bay and rivers, tlie taste, we must observe, was exceptional | among persons of mature years; it probably only suited the disposition of “Young America,” wifo dances his delight on Independence Day amid a sea of firecrackers, much to the discomposure of the nerves of old ladies and sour natured old gen- tlemen, who look menacingly over théir spec- tacles at the urchins who endeavor to frighten them by letting off squibs unaer the very noses of these antiquated grumblers, To the clerk who is closed up in a heated, badly ventilated office; to the smith, who hears the “laboring bellows” blowing all the = round, and listens to the sound of the anvil m which, with the swinging or wielded by is brawny arm, he moulds the redhot tron into pe of usefulness; to the drayman, who drives his team in all weathers, in roasting heat and freezing cold—to mechanics of every grade, Independence Day is one of immense enjoyment. It Tecalls to mind that great historical event which has duced the most powerful republic that ever exist and fills the mind of every American with grati: tude to the fathers of the nation, who won liberty from an obstinate tyrant, while it makes Second brigade of infantry, consisting ok ment artillery, Third, Fifth, Sixth, Eigty-fourth nd Ninety-sixth regiments infantry. Third brigade of infantry, consisting of First, Sev- enth, Eighth, Ninth, Thirty-seventh and Fifty-ffth iments infantry. ‘ourth brigade of infantry, consisting of Fourth, Eleventh, Twenty-second, Sixty-ninth and Seventy- ninth regiments infantry. First brigade of cavairy, consisting of First and = fe agg cavalry aud squadron Washington a CAV: e line ‘of march was up Fifth avenue to Thirty- ighth street, down Madison avenue, Seog oes t rd street, down Fourth avenue to Fourteenth street. ‘The Mayor and the members of the Common Council were pa!’ the honors of a marching saluie to front of the C svendon Hotel, on Eighteenth street and lourth avenue, ag the troops Were on the return two F enth #ti cet. Nofwi standing tue early hour at which the coimmu was set in motion, there was @ lai of spectators in the streets whore the various brigades formed, and all along the route of march, ibe heat was intense, and the men seemed to suffer a good deal from it, with their thick heavy accoutrements stording chance of “cooting off,” while the RR under their feet seemed as though under: hot ovens. The Seventh, een however, had the foresight it, or rather th mandants had the eae Loe to order the men to pang white pants, an‘ feeiments, for this rea- son, had an easier time ‘Of it it Kee a ie. All the regiments, without ao gingl Brest ant turned = @ goodly number of men; indeed each command red with fuller ranks than they have done on Fourth of July for several years past, The bers of the First Division are but ‘mortals, and évery Fourth they strive as hard as or- city denizens to be numbered among the “out ‘of whe +H and when they remain in town ey é on such & scorcher of a day as yesterday to oad gee they deserve no small amount “ot ¢ parade Was an excellent one in every ‘foapest, and the rerimente were enthusiastically at various points alon, a route, Thanks to iston and activity of eS Se com- % > ae the parade was at an end half-past nine ove} A national salute was fired from the Battery at @unrise and at noon. fe crowd. and them very little Scenes in the City. The city during the day presented as animated ‘and brilliant & scene as the most patriotic “country cousin” on @ visit to town could have well desired to behold, The national standard floated from the tops of all the public butidings, such as the City Hall, the various department offices, the Custom House, the Sub-Treasury building and the banks, and nearly every private dweiling, through the length and breadth of the metropolis, was gaily adorned with flags and streamers. The shipping in the North and Bast rivers, and the vessels anchored in the bay below Governor's Island, were also rigged up with the national and other standards and tastefully adorned with streamers and bunting of all de- jonas. Notwithstanding the intense heat which prevailed them None for the honored anniversary on which they can exult as patriots and amuse themselves as rational beings. ie letting off firecrackers in the street is a very grotesque kind of amusement, and we would certainly desire to see it supplanted 4 those excursions oa sea Sa land = whic! are now becoming ay? and 80 very general on ‘the Fourth,” ot less than twenty steamboat excursions left this city Bb nda Nm = exaggeration is not indulging in the language ot ony that from twelve thousand’ to a saalyiaas were om a Ky @ bright 9 lorious day (only a littie jot by some OVetake themecives from. our cvercrowded and overheated ntreets to tothe placid waters of the noble udson—to all the waters of our beauti- og which has special and cular Deanties of its own—to Sand: m-) for which the sailor, after a long ana voyage, as out with watchful eye and throbbing | heart—to Staten Island, home of retired and wealthy mer- chants and gentlemen of agen whose mansions overlook the sea—that sea whose bosom tne were fortunes of thousand is have been made and ig LI in the he neigavorhond of the cit; Ap mlguh. bes ‘#0 that the dwt and roe of a tf Roan: ble, be robbed off, ing off the erecta of dod ‘or could be be oftener in- See . mass of our fellow ee for ti sievate we! arity. th jastes than to bring hem tuto contget with the glories of the councy Tato mina i hardly Mots where be indica Now much ie his ger en for 4 wor! ott benind 8 ro i ie last ar it thy ought 4 bl it they excursionist has if Bein ndtingss eb | iy rises up before him ex- 16 sometimes gentle, awful, but never with tastes for rural excu! Jakes and rivers ani leave behind the coarser the eS, ago dn work wi otic Th ‘almost to be regretted that ‘ihe Fourth of July does not come more fre- ies, There is something delightful in the “fes- of freedom,” when it red by rational | me in @ ration: ye, By conducted in an | opposite spirit it been better that it | had never arrived. pitt the more men ‘cord their | jom in moderation intieness the more aod thofoughly do they fit them: tv fo the duties and for the exercise of x ret all the ri have been led to indul of citizens. We tiie train of thought, uture, on every occation, as on yesterday, be made to help our swarming and tofling masses, When they have a holiday to spend, to spent it the country or out on the rivera, but as far as possibje (rom the fum- shops, Where thousands annually go to ruin. The excursions by steamboats yesterday embraced iL Ob» «| | two other boy Rivera on by the hope that ample provision wiil, in | visits to Rockaway and the Seasiie, West Point, Newburg, Harlem, High Bridge, sandy Hook and | the lightship, the fishing banks, Fort — Lee, ‘| Shady Side and Pleasant Vailey, Staten stand, the Lower Hudson, the Highiard acl Re | Bank, Atan- tic Ocean (Keyport), Coliege t, Si. Konan's Well, Fiushing, around Staten | and even @ vast | number of excursionista avaiiod thems ives of the | opportunity of visiting Jones’ Wood by water, look ing in at the Schuetzenfest. This was pretty well for one day. In fed eet instances the Fexeursioninta tions. Hans and Kari, from the banks of the Rhine, the airs that are common to their ye ent Vaterland oer love 80 fly tho Gren" iald of the Westland of sorrow and ot ‘Tho Park. Amid the booming Of cannon, fizzing of fire crack- ers, shrieks of terrified females, plunging of nervous horges, and general amnesty of ail law breakers, where can a more desirable locality be found than in the beautiful garden of the American metropolis, where grayback sentinels frown down igneus patriotism, whether it takes the form of Roman candles, torpedoes serpents? Yesterday, that wonderful anniversary, when the American eagle performs all those extraordinary actions aacribed to “him” by the loud mouthed orators of ninety-two the Park Yt Central is super- gearece Huous) wi Fanrenhelt) and wialtors a en prominent am the latter, x Pr gine I King toilets and ane ently oaee sey and Weatchester manu: ure, ,syone amid the kaletdo- ‘scope of linen coa' and gap- ing mouths Usk wurre . Harvey Dod- ee h ee Mone hi perpirag gies’ r) e ing mm; he the mazes of . nie pine anki jem aH music stand, which ‘in this case might be likened to the bolter deck of 9 Missi: sippi steamboat during a race with rival thou- Bands squatted on the grass or stood listening ‘to the seductive strains of the inimitable band. There was only one thing open to criticism in the perform- ance, and that was the ophicleide. Catevay pid stream of liqueous matter, eenanonl from the eye- brows of the blower of this terrible instrument, forced its way into valve and key, and retarded, con- uently, the tone of the brass affair. In the vicinit pe jhe Park poor Theodore Thomas vainly endeavore: one ie his two thousand hearers at Central Park Garden that the thermometer had nothing what- ever to do with the nineties, and that straws with colored water attached were infallible remedies against sunstroke. Carl Bergmann tried to do the same at Terrace Garden with Fred Widdows? assist- ance, and the sharpshooters at Jones’ Wood looked sround after every stranger as a fair subject for tar- get practice. And thus the day begun and waned; and the Park Commissioners emerged from parts unknown, with ee | Pe ea ta and immacu- late vests. So mote it Accidents and Casualties in the City. At nine o’clock yesterday morning several boys were amusing themselves with torpedoes and fire- crackers at the corner of Thirty-sixth street and Seventh avenue, when some of them madea descent into a vacant lot, where men have been blasting for several weeks past, and where the boys knew that a quantity of blasting Powder was stored. The lads succeeded in getting at the powder, and were in the act of pouring some from the bottle they had filled into a small cannon, when the powder caught fire from a squib in the hand of a boy who was inspecting the operation and the bottle ex; eee cane, severely four of the” lood was spa! ae every Comeadiery ‘the ¢tnfortunats young su: ba og conveyed to ir homes, where sui oat a aid was procured, Pasir names fied lenn, 418 Seventh avenue, burned on ly and bs: i, 415 Seventh avenue, severe! burned on the face, chest and limbs; Daniel Saui- cey, 216 West melren-aix th street, htly burned on the head and wounded with pieces of glass on the arms a nd lege and John McGee, No. 210 West Thirty-sevent burned on the head and chest, are red, but not so severely as those named. The first two are not expected to sur. vive. None of the boys are over thirteen years of age. Their freedom from all restraint in the use of fireworks has so Sccumened oaprbeanter nero that become reckless and lose sight of the cau- tion which oul be be seerved in ¢ ‘de with such icles. Lt is @ matter of su) that the Police are bey instructed to nate use of fireworks by yout! revent the indiscrimi- when so many acct- dents which have occurred herevofore shoul bag the necessity of such a measure. d pared eee I) have hn Roady, a native of Ireland, twenty-four years ott age, white at work on a schooner at pier 27 Kast river, was overcome by the heat and taken to Belle- vue Hospital. Thomas Wall, aged nine years, residing at 501 East Fifteenth street, had his hands severely burned by the friction of a rope he caught hold of while being overhauled. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital. Charles Thompson, aged twenty-one, residing at the corner of Sixteenth street and First avenue, was found at the corner of Twenty-sixth street and First avenue with his arm broken. He was taken to Belle- vue Hospital. John O'Gorman, aged four years, fell out of a sec- ond story window at No. 403 East Fifteenth street. Henry Hildebrandt, ceniogea by the Stonington Steamship Company, at pier 33 North river, was badly injured by a case o! foods falling upon him. He was taken to the New York Hospital. Michael Eagan, aged twenty-four, born in Irelani, residing at No. 6 Laight street, while standing at the corner of Centre and Pear! streets, was struck by a pistol ball fired by some unknown person and slightly injured. He was taken to the New York Hospital and thence to his home. As Jacob Stadel, a farmer, residing at Foster Meadows, 1, [., was driving his wagon along the Bowery, near Canal street, the team became fright- ened at some boys firing off crac’ ‘kers, and ran off. Louis A. Farris, a German, residing’ at 104 Wall street, was knocked down, run over and severely injured by the horses and wagon. He was taken home, James Covell was found lying at the corner of Mott and Hester streets, overcome by the He was taken to his home, 37 Muberry street. Elizabeth Werner, of No. 4 Norfolk street, was severely wounded in the shoulder by @ pistol care- lessly discharged by Gabriel Whit was ar- brea by ofmicer ks of the ith pre- cinet Edward Evans, aged thirteen years, was severcly burned about the ly by his clot taking fire from some fire crackers which he was firing off. Taken to Bellevue Hospital. James Holloway, seventy, of No. 88 Franklin street, was run over an exprens w in Frank- lin street, and had his ankle broken. Taken to Bellevue Hospital. Police Notes Yesterday. A woman named Margaret Grady was arrested early yesterday morning by an oMfcer of the Fourth precinct, accompanied by chief of police Chamber- lain, of Hartford, on a charge of grand larceny. About one A. M. yesterday morning a German named Udolph Parker was found at the corner of the Bowery and Broome street, with three severe = on the head. His wounds were attended and ‘Glenn Hewitt restain it No. 658 Second iz at No. avenue, ‘was stabbed in the breast with a knife by her S Jacob Hewett, napa the hours of one and two o'clock morning. Near one o'clock yesterday the awning outside No. 504 Sixth avenno was set on fire by some fire- works being thrown upon it. George Pascall fel through a hateh’ at No. 119 aoe apenas yesterday afternoon and dislocated his joulder, While intoxicated yesterday afternoon @ man named Edward Jackson fell from the third window of No. 168 West Twenty-fourth street iret, sad ply 'y Injured. He was brought to Bellevue The roof of the second stor No. 672 Ninth avenue shone fire pe A: by fireworks. Damage trif in tina a woman nen izabeth Wi 4 Norfolk street, was severely injured vesterd pay! 5 jabriel White, who was recklessly fring ® has been arrested. About nine o'clock yesterday fceaeray Flora is Canty bell, residing at 86 avenue C., Ll a ‘8 and serious); ves y Injured. Yesterday forenoon a bo: Edward Evans, thirteen care ears old, was orate @ feloes @ most manner hie clothes tak: decane ing fire while he was ignt aaah a eee oo house 147 to stock in the premises is y of twelve yoars of sera in istol it went lett band cceeptawaly dency: destroy- dead in South five ong Se 07 site pier 24 East river, yesterday afternoon. been gs Sea Tound the docks @nd was re- ported he man. A boy named (ding at 228 ave- nue B, while in the act of aise cannon in front of his residence, had his left hi severely in- = by its premature explosion. Three men were picked up in the streets yeater in an tnsensible condition, suffering from t caves of sunstroke. A fire ocourred in the house of John ©, Garefy, 156th street, between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, by flreworka, Damage ae The Day vernor’s Island. The forces stationed at Governor's Island paraded before General Wallen at fifteen minutes before noon, | Sophia. | Wallace. and at the conclusion of the parade a galute of aeve- ral guns were fired. The troops were then formed on | three sides of a square, the platform for the band and speakers being in the centre, After prayer by the chaplain the band strack up some enlivening pieces, among which Was the anvil chorus from ‘il rrovate which produced @ pleasing effect tn the | one minutes and fifteen sovonde behind solemn stiliness of the ocoasion. ‘About this time the sun struck sone hia acicredh raya, but the C— were congregated in @ cool shade Gene: len’a residence, The of Independence by to with profound atten! of Declaration jompson was listened n, the men 2 ao on their ip th which 2 of the these days mee the republic is second ordeal. The annivel "7 Richard Realf was a powerful effort, and the speaker was most py in his delivery, which was onl, equalled by conception. The exercises woun: up with “The Star Spa poe which was by several fs the accom- ied band. splay was wit- Possod neased by % number of indies and gentlemen from New York, who had received @ special invitation from the commander of the garrison, Ward’s Island State Emigrant Refuge and Hospital. ‘The Fourth was duly celebrated at the institutions under the charge of the Commissioners of Emigra- tion. Early in the forenoon Commissioner Cyrus H. Loutrel, accompanied by Isaac T. Smith and Frede- rick Kapp, also by Messrs. Powless, Snyder, Bead- ley, Oestertch and Walton and Dr. Hoeber, visited the island. The children were assembled in the school room, and, under the guidance of a young miss, the daughter of one of the physicians of the island, who presided at the piano, sang national songs, waving miniature American fags, with great enthugiagm, and evidencing thus carly iy their love for_ the land of” of their ah Opie “The “Red, White and Blue’* was rendered in excellent style. After the singing Commissioner Loutrel addressed them in a few weil pointed and effective words, and Complimentes the on the neat appearance of well miitie ‘otes, enpooially when fie well ved i ropa to them that he Tapia they would enjoy stertnelves and’ celebrate the day as it should be > Pi were then distributed to the youngsters, ‘were inmed scattered over the green ot eae y, and hoping im fourth would come oftener. of visitors then inspected the grounds a hosp! pevitaia, after which a lunch at the Superinten- dent's Tenidence followed, at which the toasts of the “Fourth of July” and Gulian ©. Verplanck, the ven- erable President of the Board, were duly honored. The Brooklyn Yacht Club Excurston, Not less pleasurable than the nappiest of all the ex- cursions that, under pleasant auspices, shot out of the harbor of New York yesterday, was the annual one of this prominent aquatic organization. From the first year of its unity until ‘now, upon the “glori- ous Fourth,” they have hied awayin their saucy boats to green flelds and quiet nooks, where in social communion have been discussed such matters of the “plue above and the blue below” that are germane to the princely sport of yachting. As year by year have given them greater prominence among sister associations, year by year have they striven, and that successfully, to make this feature of their existence one Bet of pleasant remembrance. The officers of the club give great variety to the ex- cursion by changing their quiet resorts. Thus one year the broad and placid waters of Glen Cove re- poanae with their merrymaking; then Oyster Bay has received them, and then sonia Huntington, ‘Sand’s Point, and other wooded, bluff-encirclt Sacherage grounds on the Sound have welcomed of their white sails, their denizens grieving wi wine cop Hpeling v. when the word “farewell” came. This year, at consideration that is Boe ie with the club, they selected the pretty harbor of tal J., where, under the inspiration of fhe ponte 5 ey should LA Rega celebrate the return an honored occ Nine o’cl yesterday mornin and the fleet of the club was in read! True, many boats had left the night before, that a they should be at the pro- enchorage at da; ton the Fourth, but the sun shone pleasantly on sails of the Lr eb) Onward, yor’ mere Cart eed pice ae ad tne the Foustnes of of the how Hous Chea through the list of all the Cerny there was tl at social introouree and pation that we! for the success which the ox. carson, eae Without the ‘of the several boats, were cpoortea ine re oie tue the gallantry that marks the trae yacht- man, and under the Sie 3 strains of ‘‘There’sa time coming, boys,” from a band on the roomy : leck of the Alice, the boats wafted to their a nation. ‘There was but little wind, unfortunately, at honr of starting, but a cheery blow came up before the verdure covered hills of Island were lost ber of, and rolifmg under its inspiration, as tw! it ‘led on the merry fleet, anchors were cast under the shadows of the shore at ibend During this run there were many impromptu races, evincing that the daring and courage true watlors an should posseas is not wanting with the members of this club, Last night was passed in quict visiting to the shores, dancing with the ladies of the town, fire- works from the Commodore's yacht and interchange of hospitalities by the various owners of the several vessels. With stich genial greetings “and the hom- age rendered by the devotees of the deity Terpsichore im quadriile and polka, “The night grew gray in the coming dawn." To-day will fr Saph ctentend observed by the feet, and to-night, as the stara begin to light their lamps, the fleet will again be anchored near their unique club house in Gowanus Bay. Grand Scrub Regatta. A clear day and stiff breeze are two things which delight an American yachtman. But to suffer from the torrid rays of a scorching July sun is, to say the least of it, something decidedly unpleasant, and has & great tendency to detract from the pleasures of this delightful sport. Yesterday the rays of old Sol con- centrated themselves into a focus, as it were, making it decidedly unpleasant for all who were unprotected by some cool, leafy shade. Notwithstanding yester- day was the glorious Fourth of July, a day on which the grand patriotic manifesto called the Declaration of Independence is read, which declares “ali men free and equal,” there was an article yesterday in which the participants in the race felt by no means independent—i. ¢., umbrellas. The occa- sion was that of the grand scrub tta, arranged under the auspices of the Columbia Yacht Club for model yachts ranging from 32 to 18 feet in length. The entrance fee was placed at the nominal sum of $10, it being the object of the club to pring together @ number of that class of yachts in this city and % cinity, admitting all boats whether they belonged to by yo organi ckibs or otherwise. ‘he course satled was from the club house at the foot of West Fifty-seventh street to and around a stakeboat anchored off Fort — it from east to west, thence to a stakel the Elysian Fields, turning it from west to east, ana from here back to the club house, oe, pases, it on thie east side. The course to be sailed over twice; bone a 22 miles. The boats were ranged in two classes, first and sec- and, The wee is the list of the entries: RST CLA83 SLOOPS, Names. stonath, ft Clud. Sailing Master, Lillie... Columbia,...Com. J. Weaver. Shamroc Jas. B. Wal Ethalind Sophia.. Unkno Comet.. iu hee by having moved into line the aun to get ready was fired at 11:10 A. M., when the usual bustle was made by their tive crews. At 11:16 the signal for the first class ts to start was g en, when it was but the work of an lee aes for theft crews to slip their or hoist jibe and wear around the flagboat. EN ey ‘attending a start can only be com ysoutman and the ems to get their vessels in The second class boats no greater fe owner, “the big sen xd ponition well to the rear. class on the ‘Those oy board the boats were mu bie conduct of the pantnnpbin who steered into stakeboat. jon by the i smaller craft seemed bel the best satlers pa hauled close to ward, When ite Bull’ ried iy 4 her oe accident obliging her to with- Ww The race became more exciting as hey. drew near the stakeboat off the Big! El sian Fields. Th Sophia was the first to round wm: followed cee yor the Ethalind, Lillie and Wallace, who bore of again in J) Style before the head wind, which was now lowing quite fresh. The Shamrock’s crew, seeing that they had no chance of winning, withdrew her from the race. The first turn at the stakeboat of the club house was made as follows: — Ethaltnd. Lille, On the way up the Wallace took the iead and held it, with the Sophia and Bthatind close in her wake, The Lillie kept about two hundred yards behind. The Wallace showed superior sailing qualities in going before the wind. ey rounded the vat off Fort Lee in the following order:— Wallace, ~J Bthalind, Lillie, Unknown, the gdm ah hae’ faut are am rast Seren cles rae whe Bo) soot at was wed y Sthalina, When they had Saal ‘8 point a little below Weehawken the iatter crept up and took the ~ +i ene the flagboat off the Elysian i nie eer seeunaee in od Pr orders Sop hia first, Ethalind secon a ira ra fourth. ‘The other boats with. drew, seeing no chance of their winning. The wind completely died out and the boats had to make ¢ Hihalind was awarded the firat prize ($100) for first ctass stoo) The Sophia was awarded the first rine of $50 vig second eae Messrs. Edwin ‘8. N. Stmonsron, J. E. Winans aud J. Skil- lon acted as judges. The Fireworks. CITY WALL PARK. The froworks last evening in the City Hall Park Were on @ very fine scale; but much of their effect was lost owing to the moonlight. A vast crowd of citizens had collected tn the park about eight o'clock, and at half past eight, when the fireworks com- menced, there could not have been less than ten thousand persons present. This number was probably increased a couple of. thousand.-more before the display: had closed. When the first rocket ascended, with its hissing sound, high into the air and exploded right over the dome of the City Hall, the audience endeavored, not entirely without suc- esa, tO produce a. similar sound; and, apparently setisied with the effort, they broke forth into loud cheers. ‘Every variety of light was thrown around. Now tt imparted a ghastly hue- to“ the faces of the people, then the color ‘suddenly changed to some- thing like that of claret or port wine; again it turned to @ deep golden shade, while through myriads of sparks, sputtering out trom wheels revolving in opposite directions, could be seen little boys perched in the trees. These young fellows of all the great mul\itude had the best view. They escaped the dan- ger of being trampiea under foot. and though, we believe, this ‘‘stamping’’ system’ was not adopted towards anybody, the crush was severe and it was found necessary remove two or three cg who had fainted from the heat. meray pe record the. fact that the fire- lace would be annie enough, aed no out of por heres no matter what its may be, any real significance unless ita accessories and Minclaents be Fare Rotes. ted. The gathering of the crowd, their enthus! gone order they generally prederved, their steention, ie directions of the police, the scene of power Baneaanee which they represen! and the cause aoe chia Rd. they came forth to honor—all these more interesting then the porous, though Tor t the time 9 eing tie spectators themselves to think that fireworks were more im- portant than any of the snrroundin; display lasted an hour @ half, and was ada conducted ‘throughout, it closed with a representation of the woe renowned fight between the Monitor and the Merrimac. The police arrange- ments, which were excellent, were under the man- agement of Captain James Greer, of the Twenty-sixth precinct, City Hall. When the crowd separated there were disclosed to view several men stretched on the s—somMe pro- bably asleep, some overcome by heat, and more, very Pukely, eared from too much indulgence in something stronger than water. eAnOK SQUARE. the innumerable attractions in wening, an immense muititude congre- fadigon square to witness the 2 rotechnic ark was densely thro! , and the im} le, while ne’ windows Worth, @ well suited for to observe that the even! S test interest. An and it was beheld with the excellent bend was in al and contributed much to enliven the Shor eight o'clock a whizzing sound broke upon and the rockets to ascend Mai prince rapidity, then burst and fell in golden rain, @ ver: 7 beautiful effect. Then followed jpolk danas, witl colored battery, which belched forth its harmless eg ay volumes in many Por agrees hues, wucceeded by ties; caacsdes ‘and 1 orgetting the cs, les an not fo! star of America and Yankee windmill both of which were received with a reund of eaeee ita A running rose piece, which was sub-. red, Was also very fair, while the Pope conned ttery evoked much satisfaction. The other pieces included a Japanese sun, a running scroll, land piece an tree. Throughout the entire exhibition order was preserved and the best of humor appeared to prevail, The promenade in the park was quite an enjoyable affair, and nothing occurred to mar the harmony which was evidently the harmony of the night. To be sure incorrigible youngsters de perks pranks, and preferring their own genius to that of other exiibitors, amused themselves with miniature pyrotechnic exhibitions on their own individual accounts, to their owa in- tense delight and general disgust of every one eise, the ownera of muslin attire in particular, whose expressions of dissatisfaction had but little effect im checking their illuminations. The rockets continued in rapid succession, while their serpents were none the leas agile tn performing their zigzag evolutions high in air. On the whole, the fireworks were weil arranged, with the excep- tion of there being. too much of a similarity in the Raced produced. The display wound up with “The ‘emple of Liberty,” having the inscription of “The Union Forever" and the eagie dazzling on the top. The band played the national anthem and the vast crowd quietly dispersed. TOMPKIN’S SQUARE. The pyrotechnical display at Tompkin’s square was last night witnessed by an immense, but at the same time Mand orderly, concourse of people. The denizens of that locality, commoniy termed the east side, turned out en masse, and Hans and Katrina, Patrick and Bridget, Mose and Lize, and the ind sentatives of the other various foreign nation- alities who go make up the exceedingly democratic population of the n borhood of Tomp- kins square yadonned their various costumes which in their estimation were best suited to honor the oc- easion. And although a Fifth avenue snob might turn up his none ee at the Pe ay tatled coat which the pager ba dress, and a Sarato; belle migh cae er the mamenee chignon which the ” sported pov me — jockey hat, yet the sauc) ney. quant the*‘ghal” and the inde- air of Ke a showed that they were just on as good terms wil the world as if they pos. he pile of non-taxable bonds which a the ie claim uiany Nedged aristocrats have to" forthe exclusiveness which lately has been so promi- nently thrust on the notice of the community on many occasions. The fireworks call for no special mention, as open Bnd thes tire allay pasted “om emootniy. and an entire of smoothly an: ly. Many-colored rockets, Koman a and fires followed each other in quick bo erage and during the intervals be- tween the pieces, when the was aglow with the ‘nomers len and silver stars continued fusilade smaller kind of fizzers crackers, in kept up. The final tableau with jottoes was received Mo See but ny ite closed the exhibition ae “— but the com a voluntary Se Sate m ana window blazed away on its own hook. That this latter dispiay war a voluntary one and pot an ——e ta the appi tion made for the occasiia by our city fathers did mot take from ‘te 16 it The cas o aapley took place frum “ie centre of the mM a strong whatani) | patform near rar band of masic treater the crowl to @ m of American German national airs from wo be! JACKSON SQU ARI. This 7s —s in size and triangolar in rang me seene of a most brilliant shine ‘ais mens of a rope guard ex- adios ie dpi Sjuare and. ‘a potice farce number: ing ron under the charge of Captain Wash. of the Ninth ony the crowd were ort the prose ribed lim ts and the best of o tained.” To re sumer # hte crowd would ‘tare band priate to th ord at e occa = to play tit the. pyrot echnic pro- Rockets, bombshells and all the usual vartety of minor py: together with more ambitious ap the display. The follow- were the more ambitious oat Sot 1—Zion of Peruvia. §—Saturn and his Satel: Peruvian Orose. ites. 3—Polka Dance. 9—Star of Independence. So and ryramtds, 10—American Star. 5—Star of America. 11=Star of the Union. 6— Windmill. 12—Washington on horse- 1—Mexican San. Kk. All the pleces, pyrotecnically fect euct ‘anit drew out in elopment the continnous mense crowd of lookers on. aasiated by Mr. MoCormick, considering the job & manictpal one, fairly earned their share of the $39,000. appropriation, a8 also did the band furnishing tne music. It was generally conceded as the beat dis- play of Greworks ever exhibited in this section of the | city. ing, were a course of their jaudits of the im- ir. Michael Clancy, the pyrotecnists, AT THR BATTRRY the diaplay waa by no means extraordinary, yagh very pretty and evidently very much en joyead by those who crowde! thither to wee it. Notwithstanding the fact that such an extensive flery feast was arranged for the City Hall Park, and that the Battery is buta compara. tively short distance fiom the park, the crowd in at- tendance at the latter place was very targe. The ex? hibition here included Phe usual number of cooker Sower pots, Piawhools, Yaa epee. spect “4 Soodente omelets eran any kin ireres at this place, and all passed off very satisfactorily. THE DAY ELSEWH HERE. The Celebration in Brooklyn was the finest in point of delat witnessed in that city for several years.past, the feature of the occasion te ing the parade of the military, comprising the Fifth and Eleventh brigades of the Second division, under command of Major General H. B, Duryea, an event which hag not signalized the observance of the Fourth there since the first year of the late rebellion. The programme, as published yesterday, was adhered to and the regiments paraded with very full Yanks, presenting a most creditable appearance. The line was formed as early as haif- past seven o'clock and the col ‘mated with rare and commendabie promptitude eight o'clock, the appointed time. They were reviewed by his Honor Mayor Kalbfeisch and the Common Council from the steps of the City Hall at ten o'clock, in the presence of a large concourse of citizens, ana were shortly thereafter dismissed. As the order of Superintendent, Kennedy prohibit- ing the discharge of pistols and firearms did not extend to Brooklyn, the Fourth of July being ex- cepted by a city ordinance “tn that city fromthe statutory prohibition on which his order was found- ed, Young America had full sway, making the at- mosphere redolent with the smell of sulphur, gua- powder and burnt wadding, while the noise of ex- plosive weapons, both great and small, was inces- sant from daybreak until long past midnight, Atl the courts and cpupne offices were closed during tho bo as were also the stores throughout the city. ‘ne City Hall, which was decorated under the supervision of the keeper of the hall, Mr. P. Tormey, never looked to finer advantage on & fe la day. Over the Ly bart of Justice waved an American fag, white lines leading in various directions from the: Ory to the roof bore nearly five hundred fi and sig- nals. In the centre of the building Avas large shield, with the “starry emblem” on either side. ie County Court House was also an object calculated to attract the attention of all who witnessed the taste- ful display of bunting presented. There were no less than six pobite Picnics held esterday, all of which were well attended—one at ‘ope’s, Leffert’s, Myrtle avenue, High Ground, Bou- levard and Throop avenue parks. ere the people enjoyed a partial respite from the excessive -heat which prevailed in ine built up portions of the city, though even beneath the shade of the trees the at- mosphere was almost too close for sonercrorr a duigence in the dance. The Dry Goods Clerks’ sociation, accompanied by @ lal party of their eee went on their annual picnic excursion dowo are city ralroad cars on all the lines were well patroni: but few persons findin; le walk, owing to the prostrati cts of the solar rays along the streets. On the Coney Island road the travel was unusually great; and in order to guard against the ibility of the recurrence of the dis- turbence which recently happened on that line, and reserve order generally, Inspector Folk des- pasctiea the central squad to Coney Island in the forenoon. THE FIREWORKS IN THE EVENING, under the superintendence of the Common. sea Committee, were very fine. Pyrotechnical disp): were had on Fort Green, on the ball grounds ro of Carroll Park, in the Western District, and at the Satellite Cy corner of Broadway An Rutledge street, in Eastern District. Rockets, cane cross, cascade shells, Mexican sun, flowering aloe, gallo- pade of serpents, &c., fonctadias with nN eWastington on horseback,” formed the principal pieces ‘‘set off” at the latter place, from which the other dis varied but slightly. The City Hall was beaut iy illuminated by one hundred yee? Sector a the cupola was adorned by nsparency feet by six,” Leu, 4 a poreralt o of fi on an the centre, with the voxgdew “First in rst in e and first in the hearts of ns, countrymen,” ver the figure of Justice was wiaenoiee transparency, which lent @ pleasing effect to the whole. FIGHTS, FIRES, ACCIDENTS, &¢. During @ false alarm of fire given for the Second district, shortly after twelve o'clock, a tight took Place between a party of drunken militiamen and fire- men, near the corner of Court and Joralomon streets, which, owing to the crowd assembled at the time, badeffair to assume serious proportions, Tone however, the police were at hand and steppti in among them arrested three of the most turbulent of the combatants, who were taken to the Forty-firat Precinct station house and locked up. A slight dis- turbance occurred between firemen on Myrtle avenue about the same time, but no arrests were made. A little girl, whoae name could not be ascertained, residing in Tillary street, near Gold, had the first joint of one of her fingers ‘blown or by’ the premature explosion of a Union torpedo yesterday about noon. The driver of an ice cart, named Mathew Gan while under the influence of "liquor, fell from his sea! on the cart, on Washington street, near the square, about half-past one o'clock yesterday, and was se- verely Hayureg, the wheels passing entirely over his body. He was taken to the Washington strect sta- tion house, where he was attended by Dr. Cochrane. ‘The alarm of fire in the Fourth district, sounded at about half-past four o'clock, was occasioned by the diseovery of fire inthe house owned and occupied by Nathan Ballard, No, 187 Adelphi street. Tho building was damaged to the extent of $1,500 and was fully insured in the Nattonal Insurance Com- pany of New York. The fire was caused by a quan- tity of fire crackers, which were thrown on the roof by a boy. A member of Columbia Engine, No. 10, named John M, Seiten, who had hola of the rope, , Fanning to the above named fire, fell, when the corner of Myrtle and Classon avenues, and the w wheels of the apparatus, which is a heavy double decker, passing over his body he was killed instantly. The deceased was a married man and leaves a wife and pan children, who reside in Kent avenue, near yrtle. THE DAY IN WILLIAMSBURG. The citizens of this section of Brooklyn gave vent to their patriotic feelt in vari ways. Busincss was altogether suspended and enthusiastic youths kept possession of the streets all d. fom op cy decided impression upon the minds ot their loud appeals to patriotism. A ar ir, row ever, dampened the ardor of many. Charles & German shoemaker, residing on Fourth arent, near North Second, while honoring the day b; firing salutes —n @ revolver at the person of Diedri Sternes, icular friend and next door nel mboe of nl ig na that it contained a ball cartrid nd fired. bullet in one of the chambers of the mevolver lodged in Sternes’ neck, and death resulted in a few moments. This so ex- cited Zeller that he immediately resolved upon self- destruction, and running down to the foot of Grand street he paid his fare at the Houston street ferry and then precipitated himself off the bridge into the river and was drowned. His body was recovered shortly afterwards and Coroner Smith took 1c ot it, Sternes was twenty-two years of age, a ja the grocery store of Henry Holstein. delice was about the same age. were natives of Ger. e CRLEBRATION AT ST. JOHN'S CHURCH. The feature of the day was the celebration at St. Methcdist Episcopal church, Bedford avenue. ime was appropriate and comprehen- Als ie Mayor Kalbfeisch reviewed and the Sunday school children. Grafuila's Bevente regiment band furnished the music, Mr. John Otis read the Declaration of Independence and various accomplished artists filled the vast sacred pile with strains of sweetest melody. The exercises occupied the entire afternoon. ACOIDENTS AND INCIDENTS, James Travis, residing at 65 North Sixth atreet, Was sunstruck in Grand street and conveyed to his home by the police, Jobn Cain, of New York, was brought, into the Fourth street siation house suffering from sunstroke, but recovered after proper aiiention. John Hanlon, twelve years of age, whose parents re- fe at 84 North Sixth street, lost his left hand sive il by the remature dischat i a pistol. Sent to City Hosp. oy Captain Wi Donohoe, nie firing at a fence on Newtown creek, near Greenpoint avenu left knee of John McCarty. eh locked up. An unknown man was drowned at me, byes Java street, oe acy while Sas ware Ghia ‘Was not recovered, en to the the Greenpoint station tiesee A son of James Gould, Franklin street, Greenpoint, was overely burned in the face by fire crackers, Marsh, colored, eight ct of age, fell into the oe tof the new buiding 353 Grand, and gg oon and a tractue of the | “fy He was ‘nts’ lence, in hall at by Sergent Boy, of the Forty-sixth pre- John Beller, Jr., stabbed August 5 ham avenue, in the head, ‘the ‘wound was act dea. dua. taken before Justice Charles H. Anton was arrested and locked for striking George Loretté on the head with a atone. Martin Costello was arrested and locked up in the } Fk del Me ag oa for commit aan ‘Assault 0 rson of a Of the Nineteenth ward. °° e, pe tag tubo the Donohoe was arrested Frederick Henry, fifteen years of Footing. at the corner of Tillary street ina ely. as terribly burned by the explosion of a quantily of powder tn his possession. ° A quantity of fireworks on & stand ite 46 Leonard street took fire and {produced ich conater- nation. Nobody injured. Loss $25. THE FIREWORKS. Pe bas potconese of SS ond on foe ellite grounds in the eventt i works, and the best of order prevail led. The at. ar. rangements by Aldermen Guck and Brady gave en tire satisfaction, and the muititade disperse nly pleased with the concluding show in the celebration of the ninety-second anniversary of our national tn- dependence. Celebration in New Jersey. The bells on ali the public butidings in Jersey City were rung at sunrise, Noon and sunset. Fireworks were exhibited in the evening at Hamilton square and at the junction of Jersey and Raliroad aventes, The congregations of St. Peter's and St, Mary's churches held picuics at Mersele’s Grove, The cele