The New York Herald Newspaper, June 2, 1869, Page 3

V ’ WASHINGTON. Ben Wade and Senator Ross at the White House. GRANT'S OPINION OF THE PRESIDENCY, Woman Suffrage Decided Mlegal by the Registration Board. The Special Agents of the Treasury. No Provision Made for Them in the Laws. WASHINGTON, June 1, 1869. The Public Debt Statement. ‘The pudlic uebt statement has been delayed until to-morrow, owing to the fact that all the accounts are not yet properly prepared. The opinion pre- vails at the Treasury Department that the statement wil show a large reduction, though it is not posi- tively certain the decrease wil) be ten millions. The decrease in six per cent coin bonds fg about four millions through treasary pur- ehascs. The increase in six per cent currency bonds is one aud a half miliions issued to the @entral Pacific Railroad Company. The currency balance is sixteen and one-half millions, an in- erease of over eight and a half millions in the last month, The gold balance, net, over gold notes, 1s rom seventy-five to seventy-eight millions. ‘The treasury receipta in currency for the month have been ut twenty millions from interpal poyenug Gnd eight and a hail vai from ae sale, &c., and in go'd fifteen millions from customs. he pay- ments in currency have been about twenty millions for the public service and nearly five mulitons for debt purchased, and in gold avout twenty-four mil- ons for interest, Internal Revenue Receipts During the Fiscal Year. ‘Phe receipts from internal revenue from June 30, 1968, to May 31, 1869, eleven monthsot the fiscal year, amount to $136,195,655, and from customs about $166,000,000, making a total of over $302,000,000, ‘Estimating the receipts from iaternal revenue @t $25,000,000 for the present month, which closes ba fecal aS and a4 customs at $15,000,000, it wit) be seen that there has been a falling off in the former from the last fiscal year of about $30,000,000, while the custom receipts will show an incyease of about $17,000,000, In the aggregate there will be o falling off during the present as compared with the Jast fiscal year of about $13,000,000. "The rSceipts from inierial revenue sources yester- day were erroneously stated in the newspapers. The amount is $2,666,900. Adjustment of Cuban Affairs. © It haa been erroneously stated that Secretary Fish hae effectea an arrangement with the Spanish Sec retaryfor Foreign Affairs, by which the Spanish Min- ister here has power to settle all ordinary questions arising between the United States and Spain with Teference to Cuba. The arrangement is between the Minister and the Captain General of Cuba, by which eertain classes of cases heretofore brought before ‘the Captain General willbe adjusted at Washington through the Spanish Minister, * Bluff Ben Wade at % White House~Hix Oiries vi Toliticiane—Seasonable Hint for the President. O14 Ben Wade, who had been up at Boston at the meeting of the directors of the Pacific Railroad, ame here yesterday on his way to his home in Ohio to see, as he says jocosely, how the government rune without him. Being out of office he has no favors to ask, either for himself or bis friends, and ‘she doors of the various heads of departments open to him with wonderful freedom. Old Ben paid his respects to the President while here, and they smoked a cigar together and discussed what might have been and what is. When she impeacnment trial was in progress no man was more confident than Grant that Wade would be President in place of Andrew Johnson, to be de- ‘The interview yesterday naturally touch wpon thispoint; but Wade was not disposed to talk it, He therefore turned the conversation by ‘asking Grant if he had got fairly into the harness yet. Grant replied that ne had, but added that the Presidency was not what it was cracked up to be. Hard work, hard work, Wade,” said the Prestdent, “and litte thai ” and he took a strong pull at his elgar and sighed 2s if he regretted that he had been elected. “That's been the complaint of every President,” replied Wade, “and yet every politician in the country is crazy on the subject of the Presidency. ‘Way, General, do you know that every man in the Valted Staves Senate wants to be President? and ‘that’s been the case from the beginning of the gov- ernment.” Grant opened his eyes at this, and he @eemed to comprehend why the Senate was so cap- tons with the President. “| find that 1 can’t please everybody in this ofMice,”* observed Grant. “Of course you can’t,” responded Wade. you didn't expect to do that.” “Well, no, not exactly,” said Grant; ‘but still I didn’t expect it would be so difficult to please them. I try to please.” “Well,” said Wade, “if 1 were President T would take care of my friends who made me President as ‘weil as J could and let the other fellows growl ana go to the devil. They would make a noise, any- how.” “suppose,” Interposed Grant, “your friends were exorbitant in their demands upon you; what would you do then? “Well, 1 would do all I could for them, and then, if they were not satisfied, I would tell them they might make the dest out of it," said Wade. “How do you like private life, Wade, afier being 80 Jong in the Senate?” asked Grant. “It's just jike a boy getting out of school,” said Wade. ‘I have no bother with fellows ranning after me for this, that and the other thing, and I can enjoy myeeif and feel independent.” “private ife is the best, I guess, Mr. Wade,” said Grant; “there ia more peace to it, and then you are your own master." “weil, 1 would be that, anyhow,” sald Wade, with @defiant toss of his massive head. “When 1 waa @enator 1 hever allowed any of those feliows to boss me, 1 always had my own way.” This was for Grant. Whether he improves it remains to bi Ben Wade left for Ohio to-night. “I hope fr . Memator Ross Again a Suppliant for Favors at the White House. When Senator Ross had the “iittle onpleasant- dao” With the President, just before the extra ses. sion Of the Senate closed, he threatened that he would not visit the White House again, adding that he had no favors to ask. It seems, however, that he reconsidered his determination after he got home to Keveas and found his constituents clamoring for several little matters to be fixed at Washington. Yesterday he made his appearance at the White House and intimated to Mr. Card fe. ceiver Dent that he would like to see the President, Dent wos unusually pdlite and ‘tshered the Kansas Senator at once into the Presidential presence. Ross showed a littie trepiaa- toh. He didn’t know whether Grant had forgotten the inst interview they bad, go he felt his way nutiously, “Let us havo peace’’ was plainly visible in Grants conntenance, and Ross felt encouraged, thongh he looked penitent, ‘The interview was a brief one and purely oMcial. Grant dil not proffer jis Visitor & cigar, and Rosa abstained from making any allasion to “Heil,” or any other place pf an un- comfortably hot character. The Senator presented some little matters that he wanted attended (o. ‘The President prondeed to took into them, and Koss sald good day and left, , Male of PaNiic Lands in Colorado, proclamation hax just been wigned sud will be duly for & public sale of lands em- bracing about 2,500,000 acres, ta take place at Den- ver Gity, Colorado; commencing on the 13th of Sep- tember next. Mega! Drain on the Treasury. It ig well known that Secretary Boutwell has @ivided the territory of the United States ito four- teen districts, and appointed a spectal Treasury ‘agent to each, with numerous assistants. Tne sala- ries of the agents are $3,000 per annum each, while the assistants receive $5 per day and ten cents per mile for travelling expenses. ‘The agent at New York is said to have engaged an ofice at a yearly rental of $3,000. The total yearly expense of this branch of the service may be fairly estimated at $381,000. Unfortunately, there is no iegal warrant for this expenditure, There is no such officer as a special Treasury agent recognized by the revenue Jaws. The only authority reiied upon to justify these appointments ts contained in section nine of the act of July 31, 1789, which reads as follows:— And be it further enacted, That the collectors, naval officers and surveyors to be appointed by vir- tue of this act shall respectively keep fair and true accounts of all their transactions relative to their duty as officers of the customs, in such man- ner and form as may be directed by the proper department or officer bare by law to Superintend Ae, revenue ° States, and shall ai Imes suru 1 HOOKS, papers and @ccounts to the inspection such pei Sons as may appotnied Jor at pur ; and the collectors rent ports shall at all times pay to the order of the officer who shall be authorized to direct the same, the whole of the moneys which the: may respectively receive by virtue of ths act (suc! moneys as they are otherwise by this act directed to pay only excepted), and that also once in every three months, or oftener if they shall be required, transmit their accounts for settlement to the depart: nient or officer before mentioned, It will be seen that the above section provides only for the appointment of persons to examine the books and papers of collectors, naval oficere and surveyors, not to detect frauds on the revenue, make seizures of goods and investigate revenue cases, dutles usurped by the special agents, but confinea by law to other officers of the customs exclusively. These are hard facts, but it must be interesting to tne many genial and clever feliows who have been congratulated on their good fortune in receiving appointments to these agencies to be informed that the Secretary has no power to create their ofices, and that they cannot legally draw a dollar out of the Treasury for their valuable ser- vices, — A Good. Story Spoiled—The Disinterested Engitsh Capitalist. ‘The “wealthy Englishman’? whose generosity shows itself ina refusal to accept the iegal rate of interest on the United States bonds, and who has returned several five-twepties to the Treasury De- partment as “conscience money,” is said to bea Yunatic. In England he was famous for the same thing. His mania is a low rate of interest for money, which he maists ought to be enforced all over the world. He is not partial to United States bonds any more than he is to British consols. The story that Secretary Boutwell had written him ana invited him to visit Washington is incorrect. Mr. Boutwell has sent no communication to him. An Intempernte and Inédiapetent Omcial Ree instated by the President. An appointment was made in the Patent Office to- day that cails for some yenulation, Commissioner Foote, during his administration of the office, ‘als. missed an assistant examiner for intemper- anée and ineompetency. The dismissed party, it seems, was @ personal friend of Presi- dent Grant and a Classmate of his at West Point. Relying upon his tntimacy with the President,” this individual has repeatedly boasted that he would get back to his old position in the Patent Office in spite of Commiseioner Foote or Com- missioner Fisher either. To-day he made good his boast. Armed with a letter fromthe President he pre- sentedhimeelf to Commissioner Fisher, who opened the paper and found it to contain a request for the reinstatement of the dismissed tnaividual. The Com- missioner Is gaid to be a highly just official and of ourse received the request with considerable sur- ‘prize, but nevertheless fount himself constrained to make the appointment, as thé President made the request. The appointment gives dissatisfaction to other examiners, and asssistan examiners and clerks, over some of whom this friend of President Grant 1s elevated. Woman Suffrage Denied in the District—A Modern Knight of La Mancha. ‘The Board of Registration of this city have given ‘a finai reply to the twenty-eight ladies who applied to be registered as voters, The reply was given to- day to Professor J. H. K. Willcox, and was to the effect that the application of the ladies would have to be denied, because the law only permitted “males” to be registered. At the same time the Board, as a body, refrained from expressing themselves unfavor- able to the female application on principle, while one of them, Mr. J. H. Crossman, declared he be- lieved women should be registered and that his sym- pathies were with them. Professor Willcox, who has championed the ladies here in their pilgrimages to the voting offices, filled with indignation at the result of all his labors, has addressed the following letter to the Board of Registration:— WASHINGTON, June 1, 1869. To THE JUDGES OF ELECTION:— I Rory request that name be strickt from the list of voters which youhave prepared in the Second ward. I find that ey ae ies have applted for registration, and that their request has been, on legal grounds, denied, My own, on tne other hand hag been at once acceded to. Soms of these Jadies who have been excluded by the present state ot the law have lived here much Jonger than myself, understand the affairs of the city better, and are, 10 my judgment, much more capable of voting intelli, gently in the coming election than I am. Ii they are deemed by the law unfit to exercise the franchise, the same unfitness must exist in my own case, an Tam unwilling to take an unfair in of them by availing myself of a condition of the law which seems tO me defenceless in justice or wisdom. Re spectfally, J. H. K. WILLCOX, Repadiation in Florida. ‘The radical factions ip Florida, after a sanginary contest among themselves, have come to the con- clusion to repudiate the debt of the State. It appears that under the Gleason-Osborn dynasty bonds were issued to the extent of $30,000 to run the State gov- ernment. The money was raised and covered into the State Treasury. The last Legislature authorized the issue of bonds at six per cent, running thirty years, to the amount of $500,000, They were to be negotiated through the State Comptroller at not lees than seventy-five cents on the dollar. The present Governor, Reid, who seems to be at log- gerheade with the Legislature, learning of their action, set about to manipulate the comptroller so a8 to prevent the negotiation of the bonds. He not only succeeded In thia, but got the State Treasurer to refuse to pay the interest on the $30,000 issued by the Gleason-Osborn faction. The result is that the State Treasury is bankrupt, and the parties who bought the first bonds are likely to lose both principal and interest. Appointments by the President. The President has made the following appoint- ments:—William A, Pile, Governor of New Mexico; Christopher C. Sheats, United States Consul at Elsi- nore; William M. Kendeli, Postmaster at Plymouth, Ind.; Richard H. Curry, Register of the Land Office at New Orleans, Proposed Monument to U Prisoners Who Died In Rebel Prisons. A committee of the Union Prisoners’ Association called upon the President to-day, and laid before him a plan to raise a monument to the Union sol- diers who died in rebel prisons during the late war, They ask that the President in some way give his in- fluence to the movement. The President replied that the object had his entire approbation, and he would write an official letter in reply to the com- maittee, which might be used as they deemed best, AREVERDY JOHNSON ORGAN ON THE ALABAMA CLAIM QUESTION, (¥rom the Southern Metropolis, Baltimore, May 29.) * * * Upon the whole, then, how stands the case between England and the United States? Evidently it Js one of private claims merely, and most proper for setiiement by just such a commission as Johnson and Stanley pro i. Engiand havin, durieg the Wer most positively deciined to submi the Alabama claims arbitration, has receded from. that awkward postion im which Russell's bung ee had placed her. On the other hand, ali that the United States then asked has heen Lye To increase our demands in propor- tion to th rom fi. of Britain was to have been expected frdm Mr. Sumner, bnt not from the United States Senate, That body has placed itself in an at- fitudé whenoo there i# no exit but war or deep hu- miliation. Sudh men as the M usetts Senator must ever lead our republic into just such diMicul. ties as Cleon did tha’ ee, He is a than of great affectattod of saa mene pinot ie ont anchorage of m yrineipl utterly dis all bya ‘ind cow eos #101 legen Hi ce Poris adde temper \ ‘WEST POINT. PRICE TC OCIS: The Reception of the Beard of Vishors—The Boat Race—Husband Hunting and What It Amounts To. West Pornt, June 1, 1869, In pursuance of the order issued yesterday by the commanaant of the post the reception of the Board of Visitors took place this morning, with all due re- gard to the manner and form mace sacred by years of repetition, About half-past eleven o'clock the academic staff—the military members in all the glory of feathered chapeaux, golden epaulets and all sorts of paraphernaila more ornamental than useful—pro- ceeded to the hotel ina body, where the Superin- tendent welcomed the Board to West Pot, and endeavored, in as precise terms a8 pos- sible consistent with military disccretion, to express how great was the desire of every oficial on the post to do all that lay in his power to make the visit of the Board a pleasant one, The Board, through iis chosen mouthpiece, replied, of course, in the usual way, and gave everybody to ‘understand that it felt confident that it would have a jolly good time during its stay amid the Highlands, and that it would, with the greatest of pleasure, ac- cept of all the courtesies that would be extended to at, and for all ef which Jt would fgol vory grateful indeed. ‘Then the time-honored salute of fifteen gans was fired, and the Board, arm in arm with cer- tuin of the academic staff, proceeded to examine the apparatus of the various departments of the Academy, and then settled itself composediy to wait the review of the cadet corps, which took place about one o'clock. THE REVIEW was certainly the most attractive part of the day’s proceedings, not even excepting the genera! band- shaking that followed the formal introduction of the the academic staff to the Board of Visitors, The fact that the cadets on the occasion appeared for the first time this season in white pants added an addi- tional interest to the event—at least in the opinion of the ladies, who, for some reason or another best known to themselves, inveigh against the gray cloth with all soris of saucy invéctives, and bei ede go into eestacies over the appearance of thé w: goods, And yet men are sometimes blamed for admiring the symmetry of a pretty arkle! Be that as it may, however, the day when the white pants are for the first time pulled over cadet shoes has always in times past been as something less than able to the clerk of the weather. In fact, the day was certain to be the forerunner of a rainy ‘spell’ and was always associa’ uh mages oots and a certain amount of military profamity, Which, of course, followed a8 a ane a ; fcr ei as na! { heh. some kind deity, to-day Ww: xceplign = Gral rule, for eu6 sunshine, which wes es Beght amd cheerful as it ever was when the white pants order was issued, did not flag a single ray the whole live- long day afterwards, and the review, consequently, pees off in splendid style. The entire Board 01 taitors and the acadelm staff reviewed the corp! and, altough the Board said nothing and the si sald a great deal leas, as to what they thought about the exhibition, it was most assuredly a sight that can alone, in this country at least, be witnessed at West Point. really believe the State government would find it to its advantage to send our militia colovels here once @ year to act as mere lookers-on when the cadet corps parades or goes through @ battalion drill for many of them would certainly leave the place knowing, at least, the dif- ference between the stock of a musket and the muz- zie of a cannon, which is decidedly a great deat more than several know a pea ) MA’ between the first, Fend and (hea classes will take place next Saturday. The race will be between three six-oared sculls, and the course on the river to be ruh over will be from the dock at this post to Cozzen’s and back, making a good two mile race of the contest, It will be remembered that when the choice of a Superintendent of the Military Academy was made exclusively from the en- gineer corps, all such “dissipations” a8 it races, and a great many other manly sports, which are the features of all collegiate institutions now a days, were rigorously excluded trom the recreative reper- toire of the cadets. In fact in those gloomy times, happily passed, when the castle-mounted epaulet rnled the roast hereabouts, to the utter exclusion of all the other branches of the service, for a cadet to have suggested a boat race between two of the classes wonld have been probably to have run the risk of a court martial or a dose of ‘villainous salt- ek at the explosive poiat, But since the scales ve fallen from the jaundiced eyes of the Waar De- partment, and it nas tiecuvered tuat the engineer does not possess ail the brains of army, and that West Point can be Siete grt nth Panini, te as the ‘ TB,’ astimes, suc! fowte have been allowed, and he cadets have by no means become be od Cpe! or less healthful in consequence, @ firat boat race that was ever detween the classes took place last summer, class of 63 being the winner. Of course the class of 769—the grad iz class—expects to win this sum- mer; for it would certainly be a rasher povere humi- Hation for the graduates not to leave the Academy with oying colors in the matter of as weil as in that of commen, One thing {s certain, how- ever, if ing: do win the? will have to puil Mig berg for it, for the two under classes are training during every leisure hour they can get, and if gne of them should win the champions Bag, the graduating c!ass would never hear the end of it it {hey should outlive West Point itself, The following are the crews of the three classes:—Firet closs, Frank E, xy, wen Ces Jacob A. <Augur, R. G. ‘arter, Charles Broden, Charles H. Rea, Arthur 8, Hardy (stroke); second class, Edward 8. Chapin w oar), Samuel W. Fountain, Henry A. Reed, mes A, Dennison, Frederick R. Ward, William B. jorner (stroke); third class, Wallace Mott Se oar), James R. Wasson, Thomag Tf, Knox, G. E. Pacon, C. A. Woodruff, Theodore R. Schwatka (stroke). I may add that General Grant is expected to be pres- ent when the race takes place. HUSBAND HUNTING has already begun here. Your readers are no doubt well aware that a great many of the many ladies who come to West Point to spend the summer are not married, but marriageable, and, IT may add, quite willing to be married, provided they can get a cadet to give the word of command. Now @ cadet may not marry while he 18 9 cadet, says Uncle Sam, but a handsome young fellow who a to be under the spcial tateiage of the government here Is not destined to be a cadet for gil time, and no one knows this better than the husband hunter. True, the cadet is always a special object of admiration to all females, but to the marriageable would-be married one, who omes here, the metallic eruptions in the gray unt- form coat are a something ond all description ir- resistible. Why this should so i neither here nor there, but that it is so the husband hant- ing of past seasons 1s an incontestible proof, the protestations of delighted mamas to the contrary notwithstanding. ow the West Point husband unter is peculiar as she is hopefal. She evi- dently believes that inertia is a property of mind as well as of matter, and acts accordingiy—talks @ great deal and says very littie—which, overy- Thing elee being equal, is very charming, to say the least. She dresses well, fixes her hair—or some- body else’a—in the most bewitching style, and is always trying to look pretty, which, as a general thing, costs no inconsiderabie artistic effort. As a rule she is one of that kind of women whose pros- pects fade with her beauty, which may be compli- mentary to the true art of masculine appreciation or not, as’ you like it, and she consequently hates to hear people prate of years gone by, when she and somebody e!se had such times in Flirtation Rambie. Whenever a cadet is in her toils he is made to feel that he is nobody and that she is somebody, with a well filled purse at that; and I will say, im justice to her class, that in nine instances out of ten she has more money than youth or beauty. She generally has a mamma 01 apa along, who comes, apparently, as a sort of esc ‘fee that no poor cadet or officer dares to pro the awfnl question; but they come really to hurry up things as quickly as possible after graduation day, if a gray coat should succumb in the unequal struggie; and vou know somebody says that love’s wings, when tinged with gold, are beantiful to view, and I am sure a hand that can draw a check for $20,000 has more than once blinded the cadet eye to facial female ugliness. In fact the husband hunter at West Point works in mysterious ways her wouders to perform, aud is very often triumphont, despite the natural aificulties she has to contend against. Indeed, if perseverance from year to year deserves a reward many of the hue- dd hunters now here onght to get a big one, and as the only reward each is looking forward to is a mate for life the cadets shonid put themeeives in trim and be gracious for “sweet pity’s sake,’ if not for that of somebody's bank account. Reception Opening at Hotel. AT CozzENs', June 1, 1869. The firet “hop? of the season—a season which Promises to be more than usually brilliant—was the event at Cozzens’ West Point Hotel ou Monday even- ing. Despite threatening clouds and flashes of light ning, after a delightful day, the goodly number of guests who had aircady arrived was swollen at an early hour by fresh arrivais from New York city and by deputations from the Academy, which was repre- sented, if not by the cadets, at least by members of its oMcial corps and ite Board of Visitors, from Roe's Wotel and from the many cottages pie- turesquely situated in this vicinity, Little magic ‘Was required to transform the hote) parlors into spacious and iluminated ballrooms. The ball of entry and the passageway to the main : parior, and especially the superd veranda which sur rounds the building, afford ample space aud tempting opportunities for those who prefer to the intricate mazes of the dance the qyicter enjoyments of the promenade and of conversation, not to alinde to that most merry, fascinatin, wrravating and Af perilous, of our tavorite national gales, aaet aa the n to patter on the root the the 1 pond atruck me i supe "aeuoe the ap. ‘ozzens Wert Point | of because we cannot talk.” japo- Jeon and our native cynic would be constrained to admit that more thanone of the popular summer “hops”? at Cozzens’ will long be remembered as festivals of wit and wisdom, no jess than beauty and grace. This may be atirmed of many other simtiar entertainments at West Point—a chosen gathering piace—particularly at this time of the annual Acad- emy examination of representatives of whatever is highest, and best, and mostinfuential in American society. The peculiar charm of the “hop,” so called, ia in its comaparaiive Trecdom from the rigid ceremony of a formal, stately ball. it is simply a social reunion, enlivened by music and dancing. Jn the company pieced bg! ontsy evenil wane Geneat A a hn of the Visitors ‘est Point; jrevet Naor Genera Caitant goignsl jg. Pride; master Soaninyiiess, of th avy, re! officers; Mr. a Mrs. J. R. Curtis, Miss fampbell, Mr. and Mrs, Vanderbilt |. Stebbins, Mr. E. B, Adriance. Mrs. J. B, Adriance, Mr. 'l. P, Howell and Miss Bell ‘on and her brother, Mr. D. Lyon; Migs Matthews, Mr. Henry F. Vail, with a large party f friends, and many more “too numerous to mame.” After all ha partaken of the bountiful banquet which was served up in the dining hall at midmght, music and the dance resumed their sway, and we know not how late they might have held it had not the lights unexpectedly and provokingly expired at half-past two o'clock. But it is one of the strongest recommendations of the “hop,” as “an insuitution,’? that it ts almost always more unfavora- ble than @ regular ‘bail to the fatal late hours of winter fashionabie dissipation In city ilfe. American society will be infinitely happier when it shall have Wisely, decided no longer to crowd itp two or three months at our watering places aud other places of summer resort more excitement and fatigue than they ave just undergone durimg six months in wn. Board of Examiners of Graduating Cinss. WASHINGTON, June 1, 1869. A board, to consist of Brevet Brigadier General T. A. MePariin, Surgeon Brevet Major Van Buren Hub- bard and Assistant Surgeon A. W. Wiggin, is ordered to assemble at West Point on the 12th inst, to ex- amine into the physical qualifications of members of the graduating class, all newly appointed cadets gna all uch as are now atthe Academy on proba- jon. VISION. Lecture in Philadelphia Last Night by Pro- fessor Henry Morton. ‘The HERALD published last year, about this time, @ report, which was quoted in many of our own and several English journals, of a lecture on “Sunlight,” delivered by Professor Henry Morton, Resident Sec- retary of the Franklin Institute, before that body, at the Academy of Music, in Philadelphia. Another lecture, by the same gentleman, and under the game conditions of place and circumstance, but on the subject of “Vision,” was delivered last evening, and, like the former one, was illustrated with ex- periments of unusual interest and impressiveness, Professor Morton, thongh @ young map, already holds s*high place among our men of sclence on ac- count of several successtul and ingenious investiga- tions which he has carried out, and is moreover one of our most successful lecturers, combining a thor- ough knowledge of his subject with a happy facility of conveying information to his hearers and a marked ingenulty in the arrangement and execution of experiments which at once illustrate his ex- planations and secures the interest of his hearers, At afew minutes after eight o’clock, the house being densely crowded as on former occasions, the curtain rose and the Professor stepped forward and began his lecture with an easy and grace- ful delivery, speaking without notes and aiso without manne! . He explaimed the structure of the human eye, or organ of vision, in its twofold character of an optical instrament, collecting and urrengine light rays like an ordinary glass lens, and of a sensitive nerve ween, Yewiving and appreciat- ing in many various ways the rays 1afiag «p21 ‘To illustrate the inversion of the image caused by the ordinary lens, @ little aquarium was placed be- hinda jens and tiaminated by a powersul lime light go that a vast im: of the aquarium and its in- toates was projected on the screen which covered the it of the stago for a space forty feet square. ‘There then appeared, ag it were, @ section of the cceag with whales, sea serpents and crocodiles from to fifty feet in length, swim- ae on their backs, while tne surfac of the water, clearly defined, was below, an afreah quantity poured tn was seen to stream uj wards from beneath, "the Vast eppere t Hinenttate ¥ these creatures, and their strafige moliohé, ren- lered the scene remarkable and amusing in the treme, as Was testified by the repeated applause of the audience, wio insisted upon having the aqua- rium returned to the lantern after i had been re- moved by the assistants. ‘The reason that this inversion did not affect our sense of vision was then expiained, on the ground that the nerves of the retina took izance of the direction of the “tam ow rays, and that this body was in fact the seat of vision, the standpoint trom which the observation was made, and pot a mere screen On which an unage was projected and then studied by other means. . ‘The sensitiveness of the eye to faint impressions of light was then discussed, and In connection with this subject was explained the method of Lockyer and Janssen, by which the solar clouds or flames heretofore seen during @ total eclipse only could now be viewed at i ned This ty “A wu a ject was Iiustrated by draw! and photographs 0: total ell} taken ip 180) by De ja Rue and last year by Dr. Vogel, projected on the screen. The lan- tern is now frequently used for such purposes; but we have never seen pictures projected of such vast size and with such great brightness as were those ‘used throughout this lecture. ‘The method by which the eye judges as to the dis- tance of objects was then explained, and the ver; limited range of its capacity in this respect was il- lustrated by the phantasmagoria, in which images always in the same place are made to approach and recede by a mere change in magnitude, This ar- rangement has been exhibited before, but never, we imagine, on8o grand a scale or with such remark- able eucceas, e entire space of the stage seemed to be occupied by a vast tunnel, from the far depths of which @ locomotive advanced with steady rush, bee | up to gigantic ize, until, when some twen ty-five feet high and about to plunge into the orchestra, a whistle sounded and tunnel, locomotive and ail melted away into an ocean grotto of the sea nymphs. From the depths of a vast cavern ad- vanced a grisly skeleton, who, just when he seemed feady to crush the adjacent spectators by his next footfall, waved his arms, nodded and, turning round, sped back into his dreary tomb. Angels fy- ing forward from a cluster of stars, statues advanc- ing and retreating through vast vistas of colonades and galleries, and vast colored balls that rolied and unrolled their intricate convolutions further filus- trated the same points. ‘There was next introduced, in further demonstra- tlon, the “shadow tomime,”’ which itgwould re- quire more &) is allotted to this report to describe, but which we can honestly say fully de- served the enthusiastic applause wich it received and the actual shouts of laughter which it elicited. One of the happiest hits was the hatching of cage by gunpowder, and the vast and rapid growth of the extraordinary fowls produced. The lecturer asked the indulgence of his audience for any compromise of scienti ¢ solemnaiy and formal precedent which this iilustration might involve, and we ice! sure that fone present but might congratulate themselves on hus venturing from tne beaten path in this particu. lar. We, for our part, shall never forget the at once astonishing and ludicrous effects produced, nor the principles which they illustrate. ie immense size of the stage in this building offered for such arrange- ments unparallelea advantages. ‘The subject of persistence of vision was then illus- trated, first, by large discs six feet In diameter, with devices of balls, rings, &c., painted upon tiem, and rotated, while they were illuminated by rapidly recur. ring flashes of light. All the effect of the best zoetrope was thus displayed to the immense audience with far greater clearness than im the ordinary inatrument, for there was no seeming interruption to the view. ‘The great discs stood directiy before the house, and were directly viewed with no intervening ‘The same ‘subject was also illus by several electric wheels, which were decidedly the most beautifal things we had ever seen. One appeared to be a great star, flashing countiess and ever changing colored rays, another was an immense wreath of scintillatin; luminous jewels, No words can convey an idea o! the beauty of these things, for nothing that one has seen makes any approach to them im_ their curious combination indteated, not expressed, by the words luminous jewels. The phenomenon of subjective colors was then illustrated by an arrangement in which one and the same light was made to appear of every color, while actually unchanged. This subject concluded the lecture, Which may be reckoned a@ thorough success, reflecting great credit on ali concerned. MURDER IN Onto.—W. Kirkwood shot and killed Samuel Wright yesterday at airfield, Greene county, Ohio. From what we could learn, it appears that Kirkwood had spoken disrespectiully of the wife of Mr, Wright. When the latter went to the premises to remonetrate with him, he was met by Kirkwood, With @ loaded gun, who, placing the muzzle against Wright's thigh, fired, the contents tearing away the flesh to the bone, severing the femoral artery, and causing death to a few minutes.—Daylon (Ohio) Ledger, May2t, Mrs. Needham and her daughter, living abont two 8 ie, Ind., were kiled by light “ Te of last week. jes from i 0 chimney, chose to which ie tituoe- NEW ada HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1969.—TRIPLE SHEET. THE AMERICAN JOCREY CLUB. eee ‘The Match Day. ‘The regular meeting of the American Jockey Club at Jerome Park will not take place until Saturday; but to-day has been set apart as @ match dey and Preliminary to the regular meeting. Four matches of an interesting character will be run during the af- ternoon by horses that are held tn high estimation by their owners, who have backed them for very re- spectable amounts, As the weather will doubtless be very fine to-day and the ride toJerome Park charming, no doubt a delightful afternoon can be Spent at those picturesque and beautiful pleasure grounds, TROTTING AT THE UNION COURSE. First Day of the Summer Meeting—Two Caple tl Trots and Excelent Time MademLady Sayres Wins the First Purse and George Mz Patchen, Jr., the Second. ‘The weather yesterday was delightful for trotting, and the track was in One order for the spert. Two good trots came off, the first being for a purse of $600, mile heats, best three in five, in harness, for horses that never beat three minutes, for which there were eighteen entries. Of this number six were all that came to the post, these being John Murphy’s bay mare Lady Sayres, by a son of Ham- bletonian, dam by American Star; Alexander Patter- son’s brown stallion Manbattan, by Hambletonian, dam by Hector, a descendant of Belifounder; Dr. Ogie’s sorrel gelding Pet, by American Star; Dan Mace’s bay mare Lydia Thompson, Mr. Roden’s black gelding Eight Bells and Mr. Chambers’ bay gelding Twist. Lady Bayres won the race tn thre® straight heats, The secoud trot was for horses that had never beaten 2:34 in harness, the purse being $800 and the race mile heats, best three in five, in harness. There were eleven entries, but when the bell rang for them to appear only four of that number came to the post. These were Andrew Johnson’s brown stallion George M. Patchen, Jr.; Mr. Goodwin’s bay gelding Sir John; Mr. Dail’s black staltion Mike Norcon, and Mr. Canary’s bay gelding, without name. George M. Patchen, Jr., won the race very easily ip three straight heats, The time in both races was good, particularly so when it is considered that the entries in the first race were for three minute horses, but who trotted yesterday in 233534 and 2:38 The second trot being for horses that never beat 2:34, was supposed to bring together a superior class, but the time made by them was very little better than that shown by the three minute horses. The reason of this was that the horses entered in the first purse had never trotted in public before the closing of these purses in less than three minutes in a race, whereas the others had trotted frequently for money. Great preparations had been made by the proprie- tor of the track to have everything in readiness for this meeting, in the expectation that a large assem- blage of spectators would be drawn to the course throngh the hberaltiy of his purses and the prospect of very large flelds, as the entries were very numer- ous and comprised many One horses. We were surprised at the siimness of the attendance, how- ever, on this the opening day; but after a moment’s reftection we were at no loss to account for it. Hundreds who would have visited the track on the opening day refrained from doing so on account of their desire to do so to-day, when the great trot, the feature of the meeting, will take place. The entries for this trot are Lady Thorn, George Wilkes, American Girl, Bashaw, Jr., Lucy, Myron Perry and Goldsmith Maid—seven of the fastest horses in the world. Pools on this race were sold yesterday on the track, American Girl betng sach a decided favorite that she brought more money than all the others together, We give the following descriptive account of the trots that took piace yesterday, beginn:ug with TUE FIRST TROT. First Heat,—Manhattan won the pole, Fight Bells the second pl Lady Sayres tiird, Pet fourth, Lydia Thompson fitth and Twist outside. After two attempts the horses got a pretty fair start, and as they went around the turn Lady Sayres took the lead, Lydia Thompson second, Pet third, Manhattan fourth, Bight Bells fifth and Twist last. They went ‘ this Way to the quarter pole, preity weil aren | out, in Viry-nine seconds. On the backstretc! Lady Sayres took @ comuanding lead of six lengths, Pet second, two lengths ahead af Manhattan, who was four lengths ahead of Lydia Tuvaieun, t latter being three lengths clear of Pigat Belis, while Twist brought up the rear at a respectable distance behind. There was no change of positions from these to the end of the leat, except that Manbattaw ee ca ae ne pole was passed in 1:17 yy Laay who six or seven | ‘thy appeared to be Fo'4, bg 8 in hand. Gong arth if 4he lower tu! Ihe horses. were so spread out that it was evident that Eight Bells and Twist would be distanced. At the three-quarter pole Lady Sayres was eight lengths ahead of Pet, who was a couple of lengths ahead of Manhattan, the latter three lengths in front of Lydia Thompson, the oluers out of the race. Lady Sayres came handily up the homestretch and won by 81x lengths, Pet and Manbattan side and side, four ee ini ahead of or Thompson, Eight Bells and Twist distanced. Time of the heat, 2:35, Second Heat.—Lady Sayres sold for $100, while all the others together brought but $35. ‘The horses had a very good eend-ofl—Manhattan first, Pet second, Lady Sayres third and J|.ydia Thompson fourth. As they went around the turn Lady Sayres showed in front for a moment, but the next instant Pet was a neck and shoulders in the lead, Manhattan third and Lydia Thompson fourth. At the quarter pole Pet led one length in thirty-eight seconds, Lady Sayres secona, two lengths in front of Mantiattan, Who was three or four lengths ahead of Lydia Thompson. Pet and Lady Sayres had a close struggle down the backstretch, Pet taking an occasicnai yump, at which he.is very expert, and keeping in front, passing the half-mile pole three-quarcers of a length in the lead in 1:164%. Lady Sayres was three lengths away from Manhattan, and the latter led Lydia Thompsonjtwo lengths. On the lower turn Pet led one length, Lady Sayres second, Manhattan and Lydia Thompson side and side, the staJion having Uroken up and fallen off two or three lengths. As they swung into the homestretch Lydia Thompson had third piace and took the inside, which was left open, and, coming with a rush, looked very much like a winner as they approached the stand; but as they passed over the score Lady Sayres and Pet were head and head and Lydia about half a length behind. She was three lengths in front of Manhattan. Alter a little consultation by the judges they decided that Lady Sayres won the heat. Time, 2:35%%. Pet was set back to third place for doing a little too much bouncing on the homestretch. Third Heat.—Lady Sayres was the favorite against the fleid at more than three to one. Pet got away with the lead, Lydia Thompson second, Lady Sayres third, Manhattan last. Going around the turn, Lady Sayres went tothe front and led one length, Lydia second, hall a length ahead of Pet, who ,was one length in advance of Manhaitan. At the quarter pole, in thirty-nine seconds, Lady Sayres led ove length, Lydia second, one length ahead of Pet and Mauhattan, who were head and head. Going down the backstretch Lydia Thompson broke up and feil in the rear, and at the half-mile Lady Sayres was two lengths clear of Pet, who was hall a length in advance of the stallion, Time, 1:19%%. Going around the lower turn they all got close together, Lady Sayres leading half a length, Pet next, then Man- hattan, Lydia Thompson last, not more than half a length apart.. They swung into the homestretch in ‘this way, but Lady Sayres soon got clear of Pei, and Manhattan took ‘sides with him, and afterwards passed him, As the came to the score, Lady Sayres was two lengths ahead, wining the first prize; Man- hattan second, half a length in front of Pet, who led Lydia Thompson four lengths. Time of the heat 2: ‘The following 1s a SUMMARY. Union Course, June 1.—i'urse $500, $900 to the first horse, $125 to the second and $75 to the taird; mile heats, best three in five, in harness. John Murphy entered br. m, Lady Sears. A. Patterson entered br. 8. Manhattan. Dr. Ogle entered ch. g. Pet.......+. D. Mace, entered b. 1. Lydia ‘thompson J, Chambers entered b. g. Twist.... M. Rodin entered bik. g. oy Beils, ecw W. H. Saunders ente’ GON. 6.66 fi ‘Owner ente a. F ‘ F. J. Nodiue entered b. mn, — ... Wm. Borst entered b. & Harry Clay. ‘ Wim. Lovell entered b. g. Young Commodore, D. Pifer entered g. f. K. R. Stuyvesant, 8. Hoagiand entered £, Perrin entered b, H. Howe entered b. ( elgon enter ar. dr. Hal. av 1 a 9 Quarter. First heat . 30 Second he: ‘Third heat 35.4 2:38 First Heat.—George M. Patchen, Jr., was the favorite against any horse in the feild at even money; but the others in a body brought seventy dollars, while Patchen sold for Sity dollars in the pools, Just before the start, however, and after & reat deal of scoring had taken place, Patchen became & great fayorile, selling at about three to one against the fleid. The start was not a ed one, as Mr. Canary’s bay gelding was several lengths be- hind the others, Sir John took the lead, Patchen second, Mike Norton third and Canary’s gelding last. As they went around the turn Sir John broke up twice, and when they reached the quarter pole Patchen led two lengths and o half tu thirty-seven seconds, Bir John secdhd, one length ahead of Mike Norton, who led the bay gelding six lengths, Going down the back sre aoa tear leaaton’ vies tetue oe a it hide, ais lengihg away 1r9B0 ty8. Yay ame advance of the Going Pee ne eae ane er upie of 1ngtha of wi ac the bay gelding was also troiting well and rapidly, As they came into the thee or Siedohu we as two. lengths the bay gelding. ex race up;the homey Nt An Atretch brought them to the close, Patchen by four Tengths, Mike Norton second, the Be third and ‘Sir John fourth. Time of Second Heat.—There was no betting resutt of this race, and the pool business on the great trot to take place tween American Girl, Bashaw, Jf.; Ener: Wilkes, Goldsmith Maid, Lady Perry.’ American Girl sold for more than all the others together, Mike Norton had the best of send off, Patchen second, Sir John third and. Canary’s gelding fourth. Going around Patchen took a lead of a , Sir John and Norton side and side, two lengths ahead of gelding. They went inthis way to near the ople, where they vegan to string out, Patchen @ length and a half, and the others one length Sir John second, the bay gelding third and fourth. The time was thirty-eight seconds... down the backstretch they were two lengths without changing places. At the hal-mile Patchen led two i gelding second, who was two Norton. On the lower turn Patchen opet gap and Mike Norton fell of further from Sir Job the latter closing up on the bay gelding, and at three-quarter pole they were side and side, foum lengths ahead of the black stallion. Patchen cam@ Dag oP She honeerery and in Os i four lengths, the bay second, six lengths ahead of Str John, who was “tre Jenzths in advance of Mike Norton. Time of the heat 2:34. Third Heat.—There were no offers now to bet on the resnit of the race, as it seemed to be dollars to cents that Patchen would win, barring ap accident, Considerable manceuvring took, place scoring to get the word in of Patchen, and thereby get him in ket, and they were quite successful, for Norton took the lead and soon had the pote, the. geiaing second, Patchen third, on 2 bresk, and ohn alongside of him. They kept Patchen up until he reached the tarn, and by that time Mike Norton led two lengths, the bay gelding Patchen third, and Sir John fourth, on outside. At the quarter pole Mike Norton 4ed two lengths, the bay gelding second, half a length ahead of Patchen, who was a length and a half in front of Sir John.’ Time to the quarter pole thirty-eight seconds. Going along the backsire'ch broke up, and continued up along time, falling in the rear. At the half-mile pole Mike Norton led one length, in 1:16, the bay gelding second, one lengt! ahead ‘of Sir Jonn, who was one lcngth in front of ‘Patchen. The bay gelding broke up ou the lower turn, and, Patchen coming a'ong ray they were ailima bunch at the three-quarter pole. Mike Nore ton swung into the homestretch, leading one the others side and side, when, after a merry rat up the stretch, Patchen came in @ winner of the heat and race by a length. Sir Join second, a a neck and shoulders ahead of Mike Norton, the bay gelding six lengths behind. of the heat Tue following 18 - ‘2:34 4g. iy SUMMARY. Same Day—Phrse $500, $450 to the first horse, $225 to the second, $125 to the third; mile heate, best three in five, in harness. A. Johnson entered br. 8. Geo. M. Patchen, Jr. 2 2 2 0. Goodwin entered br. g. Sir Jonn. 4323 1. Canary entered b. g. No Name... 324 W. Dall entered blk. 8, Mike Norton 248 J. Murphy entered b. m. Lady Frankiin...... ar. R. Walters entered bik. g. Wm. M. Tweed... am J. H. Whitson entered 8. g. Clarence. . . an W. Borst entered g. g. Pat Moloy..+.....-.+. At N. Fergason entered br. g. Needle Gun... ar, A. Patterson entered b. g. Keystone. . dr. G. Nelson entered g. g, Warsaw.... . an First heat 2:36 Second he: 2:34 Third hea’ 2:34 LABOR MOVEMENTS. Strike of the Waiters—Condiiion of Affairs at the Hotels=Grooms and Porters Acting ag - Waiters—Hotels That Pay and Those Ree fasing the Demand—The Darkics Take Part, The waiters employed in the various hotels tn New York struck yesterday for an alvance Of five dollars per month on the present rate of wagea— thirty dollars, The proprietors of course bad beep advised of the strike, and, being determined to re sist it, have been working very hard for days endeavoring to obtain ‘men to supply places of the strikers. They have not been very euc- cessful, however, as the condition of things im the various hotels yesterday will show. ‘The proprietors were not so much opposed to the wimance demanded as to the dictation of the so- cieties. They ind often before acceded to their de- mands, having raised tut ages of the waiters from fifteen dotlars, paid before the war, to thirty dollars. ~Be- sides their regular pay of thirty dollats @ month and board the first class walters receive in perquisites a sum equal to or more than their sala- ries, Another reason why the proprietors refased tp yield was the demand that peor waiters paid the same price as good ones. Fully half of waiters in the four large hotels in which strikes took. place were unwilling to leave, as they bad been many years in their places without change; but they were imtimidated by threats of violence if they with their aaa and we instead of so wages, they are out of employment e ‘heir places will be sony filled by others tent to take them, as city ts fall of men glad to get work. In almost all cases the Waiters have remained faithfal. BILLIARD MARKERS, GROOMS AED PORTERS ACT AS AITERS. ‘The head waiter at the Astor House declared that he had secured a “full force.” Of course t not good waiters, and he declared he wi along with wooden men rather than pay t dollars per month. Some of the mea on strike not worth fliiteen dollars per month. ‘The waiters the Astor are composed of billlard mars grooma, porters—-in fact, any man that could vo plate Was hired as a waiter. There are ,forty- ‘alters, at this hotel, THE ST. NICHOLAS. This hotel employs more waiters tlin any other establishment of the kind in the city—-one iuudred and twenty. The proprietors telegrs { to Boston, nq Philadelpmia for waiters, and quit? 4 num men came on, but when they found out ine condi of things they refused to occupy the places of strikers, and left for home. The St. Nicholas very motley crowd of waiters, and gnests great troubie yesterday. SHE METROPOLITAN RESOICHT HM. The Metropolitan Hotei is not in the diticulty, all the waiters being gentlemen of color, and the ness done at this establishment yesterday was im- mense, Business men do not like waiting at table half to three-quarters of an hour before getting - thing to cat, and this was the case in most of hotels yesterday. The colored watters have a Union | and sympathize with the strikers, FIFTH AVENUE AND CLARENDON, At the Firth Avenue Hotel there are usually em- lowed ninety-five watters; at tue Clarendon thirty, yesterday neither had half the required number of men, and, as in the case of the other hotels, grooms and porters were doing duty. HOTELS GRANTING THR DEMAND. The following hotels granted the demand :—Aiber- marie, twenty-four men; St. James’, thirty-five; Brevoort House, twenty-six; ramercy Park, forty-five; Union Place, thirty-five; Westminster, thirty-five. MEETING OP THE MEN. ‘The waiters on strike were in session all aay yes terday, promulgating orders and taking steps for the success of the strik Committees were ap- — to fo to Philadelphia, Boston and other large cities to notify the waiters of those places not one to New York. It was oMcially reported that all the Union men had turned away during the after. noon of yesterday, although many of them were reiuctant to do so in the morning. A dclegation of colored waiters attended, and re- ported that the Colored Waiters’ Union had a resolution prohibiting any colored waiter ti ig the position of a white waiter on strike, The men yeaterday were jubilant, and believe they will get the advance In a few days. THE POLICE. Delegations from police Lee pot! of gentle. | men in blue were in Attendance at the hotels, ant pating a disturbance; but no diMculty occurred dur. ing the day, and tithe evening they were relieved from further hotel duty. Framemakers’ Strike. Yesterday the framemakers went on strike for an advance of wages, demanding four dollars for first class hands and three dollars and a half tor second class men. ‘The bosses generally refused, although two smali shops are reported as ‘Jving the Pea Some of the oricklayers have agreed to he bricke where Union framemakers are not omy ed, which will ald the framemakers considerably, strike is jikely to continue for a considerat time. Strike of the Car Drivers, The car drivers employed on the Broadway and University piace and the Seventh avenue cars struck yesterday morning for an advance of wages. They have hitherto received two dollars per day. asked an advance of fifty cents. After about hour's parley the company decided to Fart me mand, and the men went to work, high! after the stort idleness, eden EX-PRESIDENT JOHNSON AGAIN ON THR Wan PaTH.—EXx-President Johnson passed ie ‘he city yesterday and dined ot the Atkinjffouse, en route for Clarksville, and will zens at that place on the Sth of June. Having invited to speak at a number of places in Ki he Will probably visit the State during the month. | ‘The ex-President was accom onel John Williams.—Anoxville Press ond May 8 raid ce - at which née - 425.29 ~ Pre -