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. WASHINGTON. Return of the Presidential Party from Annapolis. Proposed Jubilee Dinner to Reverdy Johnson. Appointment of a Colored Man as Minister to Liberia. WasHinaton, June 5, 186% Return of the Presidential Party from An- napolis. The President and his wife, accompanied by Post- master Genera) Creswell and wife, Assistant Secre- tary of State J. 0. B. Davis and wife, Vice Admiral Porter, Rear Admiral Paulding, Commodore Golds- borough, Chief Engineer Charles Loring, ex-Gov- ernor Hawley, of Connecticut; Mr. William Talbert, of Baltimore; Mr. Chittenden and wife, of New York, and General Wadsworth, of Kentucky, left the Naval Academy this morning on board the Tal- Japoosa for Baltimore. Arriving at that city the party separated. The President, in a special car, Jeft for the national capital, arriving at six o’clock this evening. He was accompanied by the members of the Cabinet who were present on the Tallapoosa; ex-Governor Hawley, of Connecticut; General Wads- worth, of Kentucky, and Chief Engineer Loring. The remainder of the party either stopped in Balti- more or returned to their homes, Theoretical Census Making Exploded. Dr. J. C. Kennedy, of Washington, who had charge of the preparation of the last census, appeared be- fore the Census Committee to-day in obedience to a summons. On being asked his opinion he gave a very thorough criticism of the plan the committee Propose to adopt in preparing the next census, showing @ great many absurdities and impracticable theories, which couldjonly result in causing the gov- ernment needless expense and in surroundiag the work with difficulties. 1t is said that Mr. Kennedy’s exposure threw a flood of light on the whole subject and caused quite a change in the views of the com- mittee. A Grand Scheme of Sam Ward’s—Welcome to Reverdy Johnson. Sam Ward is the head and front of a movement here to give Reverdy Johnson a big congratulatory dinner. The ex-Minister is expected in this city some day next week and it is intended to dine and wine him before he goes away. Sam’s programme ts to bave everybody of note now here at the dinner, Ancinaing President Grant, his Cabinet, all the foreign Ministers and Senator Sumner. Only fancy the rhetorical Charles receiving an invite to an enter- tamment in honor of his friend Reverdy! Nice Piece of sarcasm! But Sam intends to do it, and has some hopes that it will be responded to favor- ably. Additional Appointments by the President. ‘The President has made the following appoint- ments:—C. C. Andrews, of Minnesota, Minister Res- Ment to Stockholm; James L. Graham, Jr., United States Consul to Florence; Charles R. Mobly, United States Attorney for the Southern district of Florida; John Lynch, of Louisiana, Surveyor General of the District of Louisiana. John M. Langton having declined the mission to Liberia, his brother Charles has been appointed in his place, Changes in the Treasury Department. John P. Bigelow has been appointed chief of the Loan Branch of the Treasury Department, vice W. HL Andrews, resigned. Oscar D. Mudge has been @ppointed chief of the Speciat Agency Division of the Treasury, vice Colonel Guthrie, resigned. The Tax on Last Year’s Whiskey. Deputy Commissioner Douglass has written the following letter to the Collector of the Ninth Ohio iatrict:— OFFICE OF INTERNAL REVENUE, WASHINGTON, May 31, 1869. Sir—In reply to your letter of the 25th inst. rela- tive to certain spirits owned by Messrs. Woodward & Washington, I have to say that the terms of the Commissioner's letter of the 14th of April, 1869, re- lative to the collection of the tax on spirita produced prior to July 20, 1868, will not be altered in any re- i except where stamps were ee for prior to, even though they may not have nm delivered to the Collector until after the 14th of April, 1869. Leakage on spirits produced prior to July 20, 1869, upon which the tax has been paid prior to April 14, ‘1s69, will be allowed, as heretofore, upon a strict compliance with the requirement of the regulation. Currrency Statement for the Week. No fractional currency was issued during the week ending June 5, ‘To the national bank: $117,578 ‘The Treasurer holds in trust as security for circulating notes of the national banks. 342,891,200 Securities held at the date of the last re- rt 28,786,350 wuilated bilis returned daring the weex, “Tasos SHIPMENTS. ‘Total burned heretofore....... seeees 18,870,327 Bank currency issued for bills destroyed during the week... ay +» 199,820 Total issued previous 13,662,038 Balance due for mutilated bills 139,460 Bank circulation outstanding at this date. 299,842, 182 Fractional currency destroyed during the TEXAS, MILITARY COM DISSIONS Opinion of Attorney General Moar on the yin oe uiaS y the Military in Texas— “The Pr ing Perfectly Legal Under the ‘econstruction Acte—The War Not Xey jed in Texas. —— WASHINGTON, June 5, 1860, ‘The following has just been promulgated:— ATTORNEY GENERAL'S Orrion, May 21, 1869. Hon. JOHN A. KAWLLUNS, Secretary of W: BKik—Your letter of March 1809, submitting for my Opinion as to the pi action to be had in the premises the ‘case of Jamen Weaver, « chizen of Texas, who was tried be- fore a muitary commission appointed ‘by the commanding neral of the Fifth military district, under authority of sec- fon three of the act of March %, 1887, to provide for the more @ilicient government of the rebel States, and found guilty of murder and sentenced to be hanged. The record having been forwarded for the action of the President, as required by sec- tion (our of anid act, and returned by him to your depart- ment upon the first day of February last without any action upon the same, was received on the 26th of March last, The grave importance of the questions involved uired ‘careful and deliberate consideration that, under the pressure ‘of other oficial duties, I have not been able until this time wo ve it@ufficient atieation. Having now carefully examined ve the wae ve to ay I have arrived, accompanying your letter it aj acitizen ‘ot Mastrop county, in? Indicted for murder in that county. By request of J. J. Thornton, District Judge of the Second district In Texna, made to General Reyno ds, the commander of the Firth mili- tary d atri compinied by ® statement that a trial cond not probably be had in the State courte, and asking that he may be tried by the military authorities, a military com- anission was orgabize! at Austin, before which, on the Tith of September, 1863, following, Weaver ‘was arra;_ned and tried. by counsel, was found gurity aod sentenced to ged, and the question ow which you desire my 0 jon seems to be this:Whether the eral commandln rifth military district had authority take @ man from civil power and try him by military law, or, in other words, whether @ military commission in Trexaa, in September, 1768 bad jurisdiction over a @tizen not tn naval or military service, charged with the Marver of anotuer citizen and under fadictment and arrest the State courts therefor, From the letter of Judge ‘Thornton to General Reynolds, above referred to, which is in thik case, {t appears that Weaver z was under indictment in the District Court for the Second Judicial wt of Texas for murder, and that the civil courte ro. badiy situated and were Managed that if left with them no trial could probably be had. Exceptions to the jurisdiction of the eommission were filed by Weaver, who ot jected ‘fg trial by jur first, that he was entitled to onatitution of the United be twice ta Jeopard ce; that the offence wit! which he wag charged belonged entirely to the civil courts of the State of Toxas, and that be would be unabie to plead the finding of the commission in bar in the District Court in Bastrop county; thirdiy, that before the date of the order convening ti he waa under indictment in the elvil court, w arrest ( trial theren that the #1 for the sam nee Was sti! rourthly, ing m fh ot ‘Banrop comty was ‘ag ee ih m fully — organized re ity brought betore” Pared to pase upon all canon ftuly, because the waid Weaver was a citizen, not con, nected with te army of the U States, and the deceased a eittzen, Th 8 Were Overruled by the fon, The statute of March 2, 1867, ent in to provide for the more efficient government States," deel in. {ts proamtfie that no le rn mente'ade for the protection of life and property then exited in the rebel Staten tuereln. enumerated und Include among them the State of Texas; and that It waa ne RAZ, chat Peace and good order should be enforced in said i tater unttl lo) And republican State governments could be legaily eatait It was, therefore, enacted that the said ome Sabjert vnyh | bapa d into map yi and Z thority of the United States, ee einafier presented hat it should be the duty of the ch neualgn to the command of each of anid dis trie oiMicer of the army; to detail a sufficient military force ty enavie such officer to perform ve fore fhis authority in the district to which he wan mate The third and fourth sections of anid act are autoliowen KOTION B.—Aod be it further enacted, Thar ie shall be the duty of gach oflicer assigned, ua aforedaid, to. protect ail Pertona in thelr rights of persin and property, tb suppress inurrection, disorder an il to pohish oF cause to be punished bers of the public and. oriminats ‘and to this end he may allow local civil tribunals to ta Jurisdiction of and to try ottende: When ia hie it May be necessary for the trial of offenders, NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 1869.-TRIPLE SHEET. . military commissions or tribunals aod inter'erence under color of State cere authority of this act g £ treatinent or unusual punish- under mil Mhent shail be tatlctes tence of any mi.itarr com- the life or ine ment shall be inflicted, and no sent mission or tribunal ‘authorized, affecting Mberty of any person, be executed until it i approved by the olicer in command of the district; and the laws and ‘army shall not be of the ina far as they conflict with its ‘sions, provided that no sentence of death by Con; an and that until the should be by law adi represent clvil governments may exist therein pro only ‘aubj authority of the U: States at any time to aboli contract 01 game.” An the State of not in Beptember, and bas not since adopted a constitu. tion in conformity with the provisions of the act, and has United Sates, the actwas operative in Teuas atthe tims the was ve in e time military commission was organized for the trial of Weaver, and the commanai exercised the discretion en- trusted to him by the third section by deciding that it was necessary for the trial of an offender to o1 commission ‘of March 2, then appears that was SEF that purpose. If, Mnasatorss }, 18 & constitutional and vali the jurisdictio: j has no right to trial or punishment by mili- But the to declare war the constitution in Con, It has also we mmpress inst I, to mal mijaws neces: and proper for carryi to execution e powers by the constitution inthe government. of the United any department or 4 power to war undout not only the power mmence a war, but to recognize its existence when commenced by others to declare that there upon to make provision for ga the mation oan assert sat sree. shall continue. an peace has made no provision in terms for a rebellion of that tude which has involving the dest ‘government in wh HE ita functions, war was waged upon the United by States of the Union, as organized communi- ize the nce of that Sans Comarens Gorse and css fie pad enuly Neel bre ution States as was said by the Supreme Court in the prize cases. P Black, perk. fs a. proposition never doubt ‘th pork Welligirent had sovereign rights: ee terrtors pomemed rent and sovere by the rebels might lawfully a constitutionally be treated by the United States ag enemies’ territory in the language of .¢ Court in the same case, and persons residing within thie power are in be treated aa enemies, though not foreigners, They have cast their allegiance and made war on their gov: ernment and are none the less enemies because they are traitors. Where ali lawful governments have been extin- guished by the rebellion on the theatre of active military op- eration, where war really prevailed there is a neceasity to fur- nish a substitate for the civil authority thus overthrown to preserve the safety of the army and society ; and as no power js left but the military St is allowed to govern by martial rule until the laws cun have thetr free course. The right to gov- ern by military law ander such elrcumsiances was fally con ceded in the opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States in ex pari Miligan;4 Wali, 127. The test is there ai gested thi the right to govern by miitary power de- Dends upon the fact chat the courts are actually closed, and that ft ts Impousible to administer crimipal justice according te law. But while the war continues, aithough military power may be the only government in territory beld by force of onals them commander may mi trib as he may find it in subjection to his paramount It then ins to consider—First, whether the State of Texas has been, during the rebellion, #0 deprived of all con- atitutional and {awful government asa State, and so in armed hostility to the government of the United States, as to be sub- ject to military law when the possession of her territory was Tegained by the military of the United States; and, secondly, whether the right to hold and govern the State by military power fs terminated? To the first question there cun be but one answer. In the lan; of Chief Justide Chase, in Texas vs. White et al, decided at the present term of’ the Supreme Court, “No ne has been bold enough to contend that while Texas overnment how a con- federation waging war upon the United States, Senators chosen by ber Logfalature or Representatl citizens were entitled to seats tn Cor use of convenient ir constitutional obligations, to assumed the character of enemies and incurred the ips ascond question te one of more importance and ditt seco sone of more importance and difi- culty Having suppressed the febeliion co far ast une maintained by at armed. force, it became the duty of Come Frese to re-establish tho. broken relations of the sate with fe Union; and the existence of the war same authority which reeognized the jence in my judgment, th thorit Saving ihe constitutional right 12 fie when for al na poses the war sarily terminate with th determine when doubt that tts competent for the nati can have no dou conigete for the nation to re- tain the territory, and the which have once a hostile and ball ent ee ee the oi conse- complished, ment of ‘the nati government ower to declare war is entrusted by the consti- jution, to determine when the war has so far ended that thie ‘and successfully completed. tm my opin! le- re-eatal . true acts of Congress the suppression of the rebellion and the end of the war bay 4m express terms oF by implication, been recognized ; but 1 jon, that ‘these phrases have been used in regard to 8 snbjects, which does not seem to me inconsistent with the proposition, that for some purposes the rights of war are not ended, while in respect to captured and abandoned property a limitation of the right to com- mene suits in the Court of Clalms, dating from the end of the rebellion, has been fixed by statu d for the purpose of settling the question of the pay of oficers in the Volunteer Army. The date of the President's — tion, ‘declaring the fnsurrection at an end, has been adopted interpret the precise “close of the war.” It does not seem to be inconsistent with either of these enactmenta that Congress should declare that the States whose civil gov- ernmepts hi been destroyed should continue under mili- tary authority until such governments could be restored. Every act of Co to ee is pfesumed to be constitutional unless the contrary plainly appears. It is to be also presumed Con will provide for the restoration through constitu- tional governments of the rebellious States as sj ly as in ite Ug eee’ public safety will allot yut until civil author- ity Is restored and the Fights of persons and property can be nao en the region w! Sipe ion be o tueatre o! organiz vernmenta, the direction ¥ to emglo; a Tnilitary force 40 give that protection and preserve ‘the Pence, would seem to be the only alternative with anarchy. It appears by the papers submitted that the trial of Weaver before the milf waa fairly and carefully conducted, and that which he was con was wantol who bad been at work for Weaver, a: his employment to go and work tor another man, went to him in the field, pear his house, in the mgrning to ask for the wages that were due him. Weaver seized an ox bow and deat him severely with that. He then sent bis hired man to his house for a double barreid gun loaded with bucl and on lis return with It, shot the freedman through the head, There aj to have been neither provocation nor resistance. This atrocious act was commit- ted in the sight of the wife of the man murdered who stood by her own door. The findingof the commission has been approved by the military commander, and bas been certified to be regular and a re the Judge Advocate General. I find no reason in law for the President's withholding p> roval. The papers which were sent to me are returned jerewith, Very a ee obedient servant, K. HOAR, Attorney (General THE NATIONAL GAME. commission e murder of decruel. A freedman had chosen to leave Mautaal ve. Eckford. The first grand match, aiming towards tue cham- pionship, was commenced yesterday at the Union Grounds, Brooklyn, E. D., between the Mutuais —the present proprietors of the whip—and the Eckfords of Williamsburg. It was generally expected that the game would be a remarkably fine one and would be hotly contested, and there was in attendance, there- fore, fuily 3,000 or 4,000 spectators. The game pro- gressed as far as the commencement of the sixth inning, when J. Pluvius pulled the string of his ceiestial shower bath and let the water come down in lively styl Mr. Walker, of the Active Club, who was officiating as umpire, “called” the game, and all hands ot =6ftunder = shelter the severity of the shower had passed. ‘There was, as might be expected from the state of the game as shown in the score given below, deal of excitement among the spectators an on the part of the Mutuais to gt ‘The spectators were desirous of seeing such an in- teresting contest carried on and the Mutyals were anxious to gain the lost grec The um: Neg how: ever, had called the game apt that settied it. "While the matter was being talked 6¥ef Mr. J. Pluvius once more interfered and throwing cold water on the dispute settled i Five tnnings had been piayed and it must rank, therefore, as a full game. As far as it went it was a remarkably fine game on the Eckford side and rather loose on the Mutual side, Martin never pitched bet- ter, Jewett never caught better, and saving that much of both is saying @ great deal. The fleiders and basemen attended to their business, allowed no opportunity to escape and caught everything that was to be caught. The Mutuats, on the other hand, did not get hold of Martin’s pitching and batted up for the flelders. The figures given below will give a good idea of the facts of the batting and of the work done in tne fleld. The Mutuals lost chances for double plays twice, and several of them were rather carcless in their manner of working the bail, They must do better if they do not wish to see, after the games they piay, such scores as the foliowing: 0 BV 8 0 00 1 00 1 1 1 Neison, ba’ b. 0 1 2 Hodes,'c. ¢. a3 0 0 Jew 223 0 0 Tracey, 1. f.. a3 1 1 Pinkham 1 0 0 0 © 0 Garleton,'s'8.)2 0 1 7 1 4 8 Totate. 69 9 RUNS RACH ENNINGK, Lat. Md. BL deh. Bah. Peo oe 14 ‘ 9 0 028 tia: alias sai Nelo i, Woden 9, Jewett 4, Tra | m1, Carle otal 12, t G. Milis &, MeMation 1, Swandell Ltotai 9.88" Matiela Ly Foul bonnd eatchen” Jowett 2 Out on for balls dinitual 6, Kekfora 8, Mutual 3, Kekford 4 yur and ten minutes, MeUarthy and Watson, ker, of the Active Club. ed th Troy on Friday night from the u by row Hagh Fish result of Injuries received by being thre bers from @ ralway bridge over Pith street im that city, Opening Day at. Jerome Park—Five Races and Vine Sport—Large Attendance of Beauty and Fashion—Scenes on the Grounds—A Whirlwind, Rain and General Excitement, The first day of the annual summer meeting of the American Jockey Club was inaugurated on the Jerome Park Course ground yesterday with a very gratifying eclat, and in presence of a fashionable, elegant and crowded assemblage. There were five races, including hurdle and handicap contests, each of which presented during its pro- gress a pleasurable and invigorating excitement. Public expectation was particularly on the qué vive for the result of the events, owing to the individual experiences of match day, which were certainly very unfavorable at first, but resulted, notwithstanding a most unpropitious state of the weather, in a “good time’ generally, the full comple- tion of the programme, with really ex- cellent sport. Our “young bloods’? having braved the storm of Wednesday, it appeared as if the weather god determined to render them somewhat uneasy and anxious with respect to the prospect of opening day, the grand event—or, as some class it, “the event”’—of the season. Unpropitiated, perhaps, by prayer his deityship remained in a very “ugly” and tantalizing frame of mind during Friday, his evident vaccilation with respect to the justice of continued punishment or the mercy of complete ab- solution inducing a state of fretful alarm in the minds of thousands regarding the condition of the atmosphere, the probable fate of new and costly robes, the dissolution, it may be, of “‘aucks” of hata of the latest and most becoming style, and the gene- ral effect of @ rain storm on the nealth of the fair wearers, who are for the most part “airy asa faye,” although “graceful asa duchess,’ and, of course, delicate in proportion. Varying his mode of action from that employed against Palinurus of old, when he piloted Aineas and his ‘fortunes’ from the ruins of Troy, his godship on the present occasion veiled his intentions in a heavy mist, enveloping the river fringes and streets of New York in a dense fog, which pre- Vailed to an embarrassing extent during the greater Part of Friday night and was not rolied off until an early hour yesterday morning. He did not, as in the instance narrated by Virgil, employ the force of tne united winds—“eastward and northward,” with the others—but appeared to have kept them strictly con- fined to their “caverns,” leaving the air heavy, damp, fogay and enervating to a degree. Nature vindicated herself, however, by daybreak, the knowing ones experiencing the hope, almost cer- tainty, of a “good” day during ite opening hours. Whether experienced or unskilled in the science of astronomical observation the people at large permitted their inclination to run to Jerome Park yesterday, toovercome every consideration of econ omic caution, so after an early breakfast they turned out in large numbers for Fordham. Private carriages were ordered to be in readiness, four-in- hands were matched and harnessed, spry “tigers” were liveried, stalwart and portly coachme! began to look after their “nes” and whip lash their gloves and pomatam; livery stables were ex- tensively patronized; “fast horses” were hitched to light wagons, with sporting “‘whips’’ seated behind; the railroad station at Forty-second street was crowded, while very lar; numbers of our citizens, less favored as yet by fortune, jumped on the cars of the different city railroad lines which tend towards Harlem Bridge, trus' to “good luck”’ for transportation to the Park after they had crossed thas Sire - bana eo the one of “pure m: yu large cabbages, r beer and Whiskey. ” Le j juch impulse and volition realized to action by aids and accessories of wealth, giving life to the motive powers just enumerated, resulted in the ag- gregation of @ truly fine assemblage; whether estimated in view of its ted = num. bers or the names and wealth of those who gave the ton on the occasion. The ladies who graced the club house, grand stand and other points of favorable lookout, counted in large excess of those seen at the Park on previous occasions, while it foe paponen as if the modistes whom they patronized had exceeded all their former efforts to piease them. So that as noon Ia phere and passed the scenic effect was one of combined magnificence Indeed, the general attendance on unds was never much better. Among the four-ip-hand “turnouts” coming within the range of more immediate observation, were those of August Belmont, Griswold Gray, William Paulding, Mr. = Mr. Cranston, Mr. Stewart, Dr. Helmboi ery many—others, in- cluding the very fast, almost incomparable, team of J. B. Fellows, which on the route homeward swept long the roads—then muddied by a fali of rain— that they passed everything, single or double, in their direction. Messrs. Lawrence, Jerome, Dr. care with his family; C. N. Thomas and ladies, Leland, of the Meéropolitan Hotel; Lew Pettee, Frank Work, Comptroller Connolly, Commissioner Brennan, Samuel Mulls, Mr. George Clark and lady, Mr. Green, of the firm of Tumanie & Green, wit hundreds of others of the more early arrivais whom it was quite impossible to recognize amid the pieas- ing bewilderment of the shifting scene. Later arn- vals hogy, 3 in most stylish eaulpage, ex-Mayor Gunther, William Whitney, Richard Darling and Mr. Turnbull. As the day advanced every little eminence was oc- cupied, sheiter from the heat was sought under every tree, carriages were lined in range from the gates of entrance, favorable positions were taken on the dif- ferent stands, while hundreds of belles reflected the light of a full sunshine from their faces and dress in the eyes of the admiring thousands. Preparation was soon commenced for the erection of the hurdles to be’ used in the first race, and the apparent formidable obstructions to the career of the coursers were soon completed, the ladies endorsing with their approbation the act of precaution 01 strewing their surface breadth with green leaves and branches, #0 as to “break” a fall and save any injurious personal consequences to an unlucky rider. This care Was unnecessary, as it proved, for the leaps were taken ia excellent spirit, the crossing distance of the hurdles being evidently measured with practised eyes by the jockeys. These important personages, white and black, dwarfed or of corporate proportion, soon commenced to show themselves, Programmes were immediately consulted, and the identity of their empioyers, with that of the horses they were destined to manage, soon ascertained. ‘Pool’ selling was commenced, the horses which won eventually being for the most art the although ere 16 no joubt that => amounts of money changed han whether through miscalcu- lation or misfortune could not be ascertained. “Nothing ventui ona | win,” however. The man who goes to the battle field for glory must take his chance for a wooden leg or his coffin, besides having his name wrong spelled in some war office gazette. Saddles on and preliminary canters were next in order. Amid such preparation, excite- mént, persong) gre¢tings, prudent Calculations and hurry, the hours Wore away rapidiy. As the hour of three o'clock in ty¢ afternogu—named for the start In the first race—approached the display gt the club house was magnificent, ladies in splendid attire looking almost vis-d-vis with the ladies as finely “got up” who were seated in the different stands opposite, The milemen patronized the club house in large numbers, also dressed in every variety of costume. They were young and advanced in life, sporting men, men of an every day domestic aptitude, American men, Irishmen, men of Germany and France, with the inevitable—or sine qua non—tmen of race courses, py ye ‘lo-Saxon Mage’ Alea A one 2 are for the most part quite at home on a eS Eelsiotts the Dundreares carefully avoiding the “waggle” of democratic “crowds.” The horses were soon Jed out. As cach of them appeared his ‘backers’? cotiid be recognized very soon by their manifestations of applause and asser- Hen of his capacity, speed and so forth. The vast if puree of spectators commenced to shift their positions, som Loe | up stairs so as to enjoy a more elevated range of prospect, while of ’ de. scended 80 as to secure a seat in front an the “finish,” even if only the finish,and be thus tent. Good namor prevailed on all sides, Refresh- mehts for thé inner man” were ordered; the a | were well patronized; the employee of the Pi were on the alert; Captain Wilson's poli men were iw _ positio and the fret hurdle race was started and ran, with result in performance and time chponicied underneath. In the inférval which elapsed n the termina: tion of the first contest and the commencement of the race for the Fordham Stakes the weather changed. The sultry atmosphere was charged with electricity, the sky became neavily clouded, the wind freshened from the southeast, a distant thun- der peal was heard, and rain commenced to sprinkie down. The “biow’* increased in severity. It was termed a gale by some, who appealed to its effects in suddenly unrolling and towering the awning from the roof of many of the stands to the ground, thus curtaining of the view of the spectators who were seated opposite the club house, from the track, in proof of the accuracy of thelr clasaication. It became more violent; the same observers prociaim. ing @ crescit sundo, At three minutes to four o'clock in the evening it became a storm, The | storm barat with violence; Sweeping in momentary | Mary over the grounds. An unusual and extraordt- | nary scene ensued. The spectators jumped on their feet, seeking shelter on every side and in any place. Ladies were stampeded to the club stand in a state of much alarm, the awnings rattled gon the grand stand with deafen- | ing clatter, ui the fruitless attempts made to haul them in reef or completely lower them, one of them was carried away; ladies rushed to the “front? or anywhere. Some few screams with | mixed ejaculations and abjurgations were heard, | and umbrellas, shawis and summer overcoats came | forth as if by mawie from very many nooks, from car- riages, stands and some out of the Way hiding piaces. Rain came down heavily and the question, will the rev aining races “come oy became general. The | belies of the day endured their discomfort with ad- mirable spirit,” Some murmura were heard, how- | ever, against the weather “manager,’’ but they were S000 terainated by @ canvass of the abaglute neces siy of the momonut—how to get home, The com) aid not separate so soon, how- ever, for, as will be seen by our recapitula- tion of the events, the remainu races—the Fordham Stakes race, the Belmont Stakes race, the Members’ Cup race and the race for the Sweepstakes were completed in gallant atyle. The last named contest finished, preparations fo: for home were commenced at ail pointe. were ready; the ladies were willing and sought their carriages well shawied and protected. The jarvies who were in waiting outside the gates ot full tares in @ moment; in of the Harlem Railroad was in tickets were issued and accepted, the rank and file hurried into the cars, the whistle sounded, and steam—than which the song says ‘there’s nothing half so quick in life’—was brought into action, as if in opposition to the muscle of the very many fleet horses with the “speed of thought’’ in their limbs, which whirled the different members of the gay and fashionable throng from Jerome Park towards their Iuxurtous homes by the lateral routes which remain yet unbroken ty the iron rail and tie. The Racing. ‘The five races on the programme were all run. The entries in all of them were numerous. Many of them were withdrawn, however, but the representa- tion was very good, comprising all in the hurdle race, numbering six; eleven out of the twelve who had accepted the weights in the Fordham stakes; eight out of thirty-seven entries for the Belmont; three of the four entries for the Members’ Cup, and three out of the eight for the sweepstakes for fillies foaled in 186%. The first race run was over the hurdles, a mile and three-quarters, with mx jumps in it. It was an exciting and well contested affair throughout, and, in our judg- ment, was one of the best run hurdle races that have taken place in this country. No untoward incident occurred throughout the race, except that the rider of the mare by Dick Cheatham was thrown at the second hurdle, but sustained no material injury. The horses that ran in this race were H. B. Todd’s brown horse Harry Booth, carrying 146 lbs.; Richard Shea’s bay horse, W. F. Beacon, formerly Underwood, carrying 146 lbs.; McCon- nell & Thompson’s bay mare Lobelia, carry- ing 143 1bs.; Littlefield & Turner’s bay geld- ing Mitchell, carrying 115 Ibs.; James Thompson’s bay gelding by Simon Kenton, carrying 139 pounds, and R. Wa waldeue brown mare by Dick Cheatham, carrying 133 pounds. The race was won by Harry Booth, after a desperate contest with Lobella for about ile and @ half, when she succumbed, and with W. F, Beacon for the remainder of the race. The others, although they helped to make a fleld, had no eomnene position in the race, particularly at the end of it, The contest for the Fordham Stakes, a handicap sweepstakes, one mile and a quarter, for horses of all ages, was a most beautiful race to look at, there being eleven of our finest horses engaged in it. It was a very fast race, and during the major part of it the horses were clustered go closely together that it was dificult to assign them positions. ‘Towards the close, however, fag to separate, and as they neared the finish Mr. Eckerson’s chestnut colt, by Uncle Vic, was leading; Mr. O’Donnell’s chestnut colt General Duke second, and Mr. Eckerson’s chestnut horse Metairie third. The entries were—The Uncle Vic colt, carrying: 1031bs.; General Duke, carrying 114 Ibs.; Metairie, 115 Ibs.; Corsican, 105 lbs. ; Jubal, 109 lbs. ; Baywater, 121 lbs.; La Polka, 1041bs.; Kit- ten, 104 tbs; Sweet Home, $8 Ibs.; Legatee, 90 Jbs., Oysterman, Jr., 114 ibs. ‘The third race was the Belmont Stakes, for three pe olds, the distance one mile and five furlongs. ‘nis also was @ most vapital contest for about a mile, after which it became apparent tnat Fenian, who wis leading, had everything his own way, and, barring mishaps, would in all probability win the race, but that if he did not his stabie companion, Glenelg, certainly would. The horses presented a singular spectacie towards the end in the positions they had taken, being spread out at about equal dis- tances apart for about @ quarter of amie. The Face was won very easily by Fenian, Glenelg second, Invercauld third, The starters for this race were Mr. Belmont’s chestnut colt Fenian and bay colt Glenelg, Mr. Cameron’s brown filly Invercauld, Mr. Constable’s brown colt Glengary, L. G. Morris’ black filly Viola, Mr. Colton’s black colt Onyx, Mr. Can- non’s bay colt Stone River, and Mr. Sanford’s chest- yy Lexington, out of Sally Polk, all car- Tying the lar three-year old dash weights—colts 110, fillies 10 ‘pounds, The fourth race was for the Member's Cup, @ han- dicap sweepstakes, the horses to be ridden by the members of the club. For this race there were four entries, three of which came to the post—Climax, Morrissey and Alma; the other entry, withdrawn. Mr. (, Lir ton rode Morrissey . MeCullock rode Alma, but we did not learn the name of the gentleman who rode Climax. Mr. Elwes was to have ridden him, but as his jockey costume had been mislaid, and the rules of the club were inexorable as regards gentiemen nine in costume, another gentleman Tider was substituted. Climax, however, won the race, Morrissey secon hile Aima was @ bad third. The distance was miie and a furlong, but that ‘was too far for to run, and almost too much for ma Ale ‘147 1bs. on his back. Climax carried 157 lbs,, but the old horse is a fine weight carrier and hard to beat in almost = dash race. ‘The fifth race was a sweepstakes for fillies foaled tm 1867, Out of eight entries three only made their appearance at the starting place. e distance being five furlongs, the start was from the foot of the bluff, opposite the club and Dew stands, The starts were Mr. Conneli’s bay filly Anna Mace, by ae Leamington, dam Luxemburg’s dam; Mr. F. Morris’ chestnut filly Remorseiess, imported Eclipse, dam Barbarity, and Mr. J. J. U’Fallon’s chest- net filly by Glendower, dam Prunella. They were three of as beautiful two year old fillies as we ever looked upon, and their running did tem infinite credit. Anna Mace won the race, beating Remorse- oe about three lengths, the other about ven further om. When the races first commenced the track was in good order and quite fast, but after the second race @ heavy shower of rain set in, which 80 affected its condition as to make it heavy at first and afterwards very muddy. The races were all fast under the cir- cumstances, although from the cause previously mentioned the three last races did not seem compar- atively as fast as the first, ‘The betting on the two first races was very brisk, and a good deal of money was deposited in the box of the pool seller, but after the storm set tn, and peo- ple were obli to seek sheiter from its violence, ail jusiness in thet line seemed to have been broken up, and we heard no Jonger the voice of the auction- eer. A detailed account of the five races run is ap- pended, beginning with THE FIRST RACE. Hurdle Race for all ages, premium $500, en- trance money to second horse, welter weights, one mile and three-quarters, over six hurdles. H. B. Todd entered br. bh. Harry Booth, by Lexington, dam Blonde, 6 years old, 146 ibs...... 1 Richard Shea entered b. bh. William F. Bacon, late Wot ag by Lexington, dam Kate Hayes, “s 2 McUonnell & Thompson ente: by ae Scotland, dam Capitola, 143 . 6 yrs. old, Littiefleld’‘& ‘Turner entered ‘b. g. Mitchell, 0; Mickey Free, dam by Sovereign, 3 yrs. old, 115 Tbe. sees 0 James Thompson entered b. g. by Simon Kenton, dam by Boston, 6 yrs. old, 139 ibs... R. W. Walden entered br. m. by Dic dam by Glencoe, 4 yrs. old, 133 Ibs,. “ me, 3:52. THE BETTING. Lobelia... +$50 50 100 125 150 150 155 Booth 25 35 «80 110 120 115 99 Field 2 48 70 82 7 80 7 HURDLE RACE. ‘The horses started from the end of the inside of the course very finely. At the first hurdie Under- wood was first, the Simon Kenton gelding second, Lobelia third, all close together; Mitchell was fourth, while Booth and the mare by Dick Cheatham were side and side. Before reaching the hurdie on the lower turn Lobelia took the lead and cleared the barrier nicely, Underwood second, Kénton third, Booth fourth. Cheatham here fell and was out of the race, Mitchell was fifth. At the hurale on the homestretch their positions were just the same, but they had tailed out considerably. ‘They raced from that point on the fat ata good pace to the hurdie at the bi again, where order was fhalhitained. ft we on the | cmt = Underwaca's * Huse a8 at Lobelia’s girths, Kenton at his haunches, th ethic rourfh, He had been well waited with but 108 being cut loose, ran through lus horses, and {nthe lead se the head of £s sree Caine down at a clipping pace, At urdie te Ware neck ahead of Underwood, while Lobelia ‘was in the air before they were down. A close finished followed, all under whip and spur, Booth winning by a length or 80, Underwood second, Lobelia third, The other two were separated by a large space. Time 3:265s, which was excellent run- ming. : THR SECOND RACR. The Fordham Stakes, a handicap sweepstakes of $60 each, p. p. for all ages, and $10 only if deciared; $500 added by the club; one mile and @ quarter, the second to receive twenty-five per cent of the stakes, the third to save his stake. % J R. W. Walden entered ch. c., by Uncle Vic, dam Dolly Carter, 4 years old, 105 ibs........ Jonn O'Donnell entered ch. c. General Duke, by Lexington, dam Lilla, 4 ae Old, 114 Ib8....... 2 W. Walden entered ch. ¢. Metairie, by Star Davis, dain Katona, 6 years old, 115 Ibs. 3 L..B. Holland entered b. @. Corsican, by Uncle Vie, dam by Sovereign, 4 years old, 105 ibs... ) J. W. Weiden entered b. bh. Jubal, by Balrow! dam by sulia, 5 years old, 100 Ib: BE. Thompson entered b. h. Baysw: ton, dam Bay Leaf, 6 years old, De 0 M. H. Sanford entered ). m. La Poika, by Lexing- ton, dam Dance, #years old, 104 Ibs. W. Kerwin entered b. m. Kitten, by Eclipse, dan Starbeam, 5 years old, 104 lbs.. fi oe John Coates entered b. h. Oysterinan, Jr., by Oys- terman, dam by Phil Brown, 5 years old, 114 Iba, 0 L. B. Holland entered br. m. Sweet Home, by Bil Cheatham, dam by Wagner, 4 years old, 98 Ibs... 0 Bowie & Ilali entered Legatee, by Lexington, dat Levity, 3 years O10, 90109 Lo cece cece sevccccce @ ‘Time, 2:14. ‘The betting on this race was very lively, Walden's entries, the Uncle Vie colt and Metairie being the favorites. They sold for $400, La Polka for $200, Corsican for $175, Bayswater for $100, and the fleid for $200. JT he above is =, one pool, however, of a great nul ir thac were solid, but it will give a fair average of the rates at which the horses were vaiued by thelr respective backers. The race being a mile and @ quarter, the horses were started at the lower end of the homestretch, at the three-quarter pole, | ‘They were starved very nicely and got away in a cluster. As they came up the homestretch, the Unele Vic colt was in the | Metairie second, Gen- eral Duke third, Bayswater fourth, and the others all together. In this way they passed the judges stand, bat before they und the turn, Metairie had ran to the front, the Uncle Vic colt second, General Duke third, Bayswater fourth, Oysterman, Jr, fifth, Jubal sixth, Corsican seventh, and tie Others all togetacr. ‘The horses ran sharply around, Past the quarter pole, and came rushing around the Point of the blu, and as they passed in view, broad- side on, Metairie was leading one length, the Uncle Vic colt second. one length ahead of General Duke, Bayswater next, and all the others an close together as it was possible for them to be. Wheel- ing the right, and then again to the left on the lower turn, brought them again in full view, when it was discovered that the Uncle Vic colt had taken the lead, Metairie second, closely pressed by Gen- eral Dake, Corsican and Bayswater side side, and the others well clustered together. .As they swung into the homestretch the Uncle Vic colt had @ winning lead,and he came up the homestretch under a strong pull, with General Duke second, Metairie third, Corsican fourth, the others straggling in a few lengths apart. Time of the dash, 2:14}4. THE THIRD RACE. The Belmont Stakes for three year olds, one mile and five furlongs, $200 entrance, half forfeit, $1,500 added, the second horse to receive $300 out of the stakes, A. Belmont entered ch. c, Fenian, by Mickey Free, dam Spiietta... A. Belmont entered Bapta W, Constable entered br. manby, dam Carbine, by Rifleman... L. 8. Morria entered bik f, Viola, by dam Verbena...... Henry Colton entered c. Onyx, by Eclipse, dam Greek Slave.... sccrsrereesesccsessee O J. M. Caunon entered b. c. Stone River, by im- ported Stone Plover, dam Kitty Hunt...... oo ® M, H. Sanford entered ch. g. by Lexington, dam Sally Polk. Time, 3:04. Mr. Belmont’s entries were the favorites against the field at one hundred t0 eighty. The race being @ mile and tive furiongs, the horses were started in front of the bluff under the club house. The send- off was as even as possible, after one false attempt. Glenelg, jumping away, soon took the lead, Viola second, Fenian Onyx fourth, Glengary fifth, Stone River sixth, Mr. Sanford’s colt seventh and Invercauld last. Running around the lower turn Fenian went ap and took the lead and Viola the second piace, Glenelg third, Onyx fourth, Glen- 'y fifvh, Invercauld sixth, Stone River and Sally olk seventh and eighth. They ranin this way up the homestretch, around the turn and down under the bluff Without any change of places; but after pass- ing there, Viola gave it up and fell back, and a few other changes took place, and then they ran in very open order for the remainder of the race, Fenian leading, Glenelg second, Invercauld third, Glengary fourth, Viola fifth, Onyx sixth, Stone River seventh and Mr. Sanford’s eighth. In this way they came up the homestretch half a dozen lengths or more apart. Fenian won Glen second, Invercauld third, the others as before m@htioned. Time 320414. TAE FOURTH RACE. Members’ Cap, valae $250, a handicap sweep- stakes of $50 each, and only $20 if declared; one and one-eighth miles, to be ridden by members of the club. Richard Shea entered br, a. Climax, by Balrow- nie, dam Jewel, 157 1bs..... Mecubes D. McDaniel entered b. h. Morrissey, ridge, dam Sophia, 5 yrs. old, 147 1 Peter A. Davis eatered ch. b. Alma, by Tar River, dam by Annexation, 6 yrs. oid, 147 lbs..... 3 J. F. Purdy entered oe &. Petes aged, 145 Ibs.. .dr, ‘Time, 2:07 3. ‘The horses were started just below the end of the grand stand, giving them a chance to get into good running order by the time they reached the judges’ stand. Alma was the first away, Morrissey second, Climax last. As they passed the Judges’ stand Alma led two lengths, Morrissey second, the latter about the same distance in front of Climax. They ran around the upper turn in this way and to the quar- ter pole, when Morrissey went up to Alma, and as they came down in front of the bluff he took the ead and passed around to the turn to the right with two lengths the best of then gave Alma the goby and alter jorrissey, but he did not capture him until near the three-quarter pole. Climax came on the homestretch leading one length, Mor- rissey second, Alma completely done for. Climax galloped home’a winner by three lengtha; Alma was @ dozen lengths behind Morrissey. 1e, 2307 3g. THE FIFTH RACE. Sweepstakes for fillies foaled in 1867; $200 each, half forfeit; distance five furlongs. Jos. McConnell entered b. f, by imported Leam- ington, dam Luxemburg’s dam...... RS 1 it. Climax made F. Morris entered ch. f. by imported Eclipse, dam J. J. O'Fallon entered ch. f. by Glendower, dam Prunella. . seees - 8 A. Belm A. Belm de Champs... dr. M. A. Little ente: ‘dam Optima... .ar, F. Morris entered Fidelity + re W. Cottrill Boone, red dam Lilly Ward... teases eeeeeeeGDy » 120834. Anna Mace was the favorite against the feld, Af- ter a few attempts the youngstress got away to a good start, Mr. O’Failon’s filly leading, Anna Mace second, Remorseless third. Going around the turn past the half-mile pole Anna Mace ran to the front, and as she went along the lower turn towards the three-quarter pole she opened the gap to four lengths, Remorseless and the O'Fallon filly running side and side. The !atter soon fell in the rear and Remorseless made after Anna, Vested the homestretch the jockey on Remorseless plied the whip vigorously, but she did not seem to galn anything by it. As the Hllies passed in front of the grand stand we noticed that Anna Mace was also getting a taste of the whip cord, and not taking as long strides as she com- menced the race with; she won, however, by three lengths, Remorseiess second, ten lengths In ront of O’Fallon’s flily. Time of the dash, 1:08. And thus ended the first day ef the spring meeting of the American Jockey Club, The next racing day will be Tuesday, the 8th inst. MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL NOTES, The regular musical and dramatic season in this city is closing as it began—abruptiy. Tne beginning was not by the usual gradual advances. All the bril- Mancy burst upon us at once, and the managerial trumpets gave out one simultaneous and discordant blare on the public ear, The close is just as sudden. The lights go out with a sudden flash, the beautiful pictures disappear, while not a few of our princely managers are buckling on their tin armor and paste- board crowns to die amid the ruins of their own making, like the real kings whom they have so often personated, to the heartrending strains of an asthmatic orchestra, the lurid glare of red fre, the roll of sheet iron thander and the fitful Mashes of rosin lightning. The season is ended. There is no tapering of—no easy letting down. It is chopped off with one blow—that is the end of it. This is the new #tyle of doing things—the surprising, sensa- tional, culminative, brilliant—all ending in a sudden | climax of total darkness. The Broadway theatre is defunct. Like its big brother, the “Old Broadway," it is now among “the things that were.” The New York theatre—the reconstructed church— is closed, and neither saint nor sinner can gain | admittance through its sacred portals. No one ap- | ry to Know or care whether or not it will ever again reopen either asa church or a theatre. Ithas been tried as both, and in each instance was a ja mencable failure. “The Catacombs” in Fourteenth street, always in a chronic state of somnambalism, after a brief but | spasmodic season of poiygiot opera, has gone off into @ regular snore. It may wake up in the fall, bus qiter @ yawn or two will be prewy cerjain to relapse C to ite pFasons condition. *» « The Gran agit Wenso, fer . season of nearly three months, Closed last night in a perfect blaze of splendor, with @ good play and a crowded house, the latter being an exceedingly rare occurrence at this gorgeous establishment. The massive doors of the Grand @pera House will remain closed until the latter part of August, when they will again be thrown open to the public, with Fechter, the trage- dian, as the “star attraction.” The Theatre Comique likewise closed last night, after a long and prosperous season of varieties and burlesque entertainments. This house reopens on | the 14th inst.,with anew English pantomimic troupe. The company from the Comique, including Jinks Lingard and the bieached blondes, opens at Selwyn’s theatre, Boston, to-morrow night, for @ season of two months, ‘The regular season at Wallack’s also terminated last night. To-morrow evening Mr. Moss inaugurates & summer season of “comic pantomime” at this house with the celebrated Laurt trqupe, who will, upon this occasion, make their first appearance be- fore an ay audience in Lr new spectacular antomime of ‘Mother Hubbard.” Pimne opéra boufe season at the ThéAtre Francals | terminates on next Saturday evening. The . formauces during the week will be for the benefit of the leading members of Mr. Grau's troupe. The theatre opens shortly afterwards for & short season | of comedy and standard drama by the | Selwyn's theatre, Boston. | ‘The opera boupe season at the Fifth 0 | Will probably close on or about the 20th instant, | after which the theatre will rewain closed until the company from avenue theatre tal rl eniar dramatic season at Booth’s theatre wine, rea to a close a week ago, Mr, Booth and Miss McVicker, with other members of the company, retiring from the stage for the summer, This estab- lishment, however, remains open during the sum- mer, with Mr. Joseph Jefferson, Mr. Hackett and Miss Bateman as the “stars.” Mr, Jefferson corn- mences an engagement of seven weeks at this theatre on Monday, the 14th instant. The dramatic season at the Stadt theatre terml- nated with a grand flourish some weeks ago. The house is now occupied with a German opera com- pany, and itis the intention of the management to rolong the present opera season at this house until the inauguration of the regular fail dramatic aeagon 3 ———.» or @ lack of patronage compels the closing of the doors. Kelly and Leon's Minstrels have succumbed to the exigencies of the times, and about @ month or 80 ago levanted to Europe. They are now playing in London aud are meeting with much success. The San Francisco Minstrels will wash their black faces white on Saturday evening next and they will not think of burnt cork again until next September, at which time their popular hall will be reopened for the reception of their friends. At Wood’s Museum the last performances of “Robinson Crusoe” are announced. The company of English comedians and pantomimists close their engagement at t house next Saturday event and Manager Wood coolly rejoices that he is at length free from foreign engagements, notwithstanding he has been the direct cause of the great influx of golden haired beauty which is reankig rampant over the land. This establisnment also remains open during the entire summer. The summer season bids fair to be about equally divided between pantomime and burlesque. We are to have pantomime at Wallack’s, the Olympic and the ThéAtre Comique, with occasional panto- mimic and burlesque dashes at Tammany, and bur- lesque at Niblo’s, the Waverley and various other establishments. Having graciously swallowed, with- out kicking, one dose of dumb nonsense, leavened with spectacular and cenupedal extravagance, metropoiltan Jeareoree are now to be dosed by our theatrical doctors just so long as they can stand it, and it be somewhat longer, with this delect- able froth of trick: gaume and transformauons, for which it 18 claim jhey have shown much praise- How our citizens will appreciate the efforts of the theatrical managers to please them by thus imduiging them still further that for which they have shown such a laudable preference during the past season 1s to surmise; but our managers will do well to remember that it 1s sometimes quite possible to receive even too much of a good thing. It is just the last straw, you knew, . breaks the camel's back. BROOKLYN CITY. THE COUR @RITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT. The officers of the James Foster, Jr., indicted for an assault with intent to kill, will be arraigned for trial on Monday. KINGS COUNTY SURROGATE’S COURT. Before William D. Veeder, Surrogate. The wills of the following named persons were proved durimg the past week:—Joseph I. Swan, Sarah C. Woodbridge, Conrad Wolfst, Rudolpn Jan- niet Catharine Doring, Elnor S. Kidney, Frederick Schinidt, Julius Zwergins and Matthew McDonough; all of Brooklyn. Letiers of administration’ were granted to the estates of Peter J. Murphy, Thomas Jeifers, James McDonough, James Fox, Robert Meadows, Albert N. Winslow, Cyrus Flint and Thomas Hunter, all of Brooklyn. Letters of guardianship of the estate of Adelia J. Slater, Alfaretta N, Byington and Nathaniel B, Meyers were granted to Margaret Boyce; of inter E. Ryan to Mary ae her mother; of Charles E. and Benjamin F. Dugan 40 Gilbert G. Young; of Anna M.and Mary J. Ruy to Ann Shelly, aud of Ann and Mary Sullivan to Mary McCormick. BROOKLYN INTELLIGENCE. Tae Excise Law.—A woman named Mrs. Adela Gilly, who occupied a brown stone front on Hamil- ton street, near Greene, was fined thirty dollars by Justice Riley yesterday afternoon for selling liquor without @ license. ACCUSED OF GRAND LaRcENY.—John Geeney was arrested and locked up on complaint of Andrew Byrnes, who accused him of having picked up his pocketbook, containing twenty-six dollars, on Fri- day night and refusing to give it up. REPAVING STREETS.—The City Commissioners have awarded the contract for paving Pierrepont street with Nicholson pavement to the Nicholson Pavement Company, at $4 50 per square yard, with fiity cents per square yard extra for grading. ALIveRy STABLE KEEPER VICTIMIZED.—A stranger hired @ horse and wagon on Friday last from John W. Coe, owner of a livery stable in Third street, Williamsburg, and not since been heard of. The name of the sti is unknown to Mr. Coe, who allowed himself to be victimized on the contidence dodge. A CONFIDENCE OPERATION.—John H. Johnson, @ colored individual, was held for the Grand Jury yes- terday by Justice Walsh, on a charge of obtaining fifty dollars’ worth of clothing from the house of Captain Alfred Grey, of No. 364 Pacific street, by false representations. He told Mra. Grey thas the captain fallen overboard, and that he had been sent for » change of clothes far hin. When Johnson got possession of the clothes he sold them. FATAL ACCIDENT.—Coroner Jones held an inquest yesterday afternoon over the body of John Farrell, who died at the hospital from injuries received on the dock at the foot of Warren street. The deceased was engaged in hoisting some sugar on board the schooner David Faust, when the stanchions gave way and fractured bis skull. A verdict of death from accidental injuries was rendered. The deceased was twenty-eight years of age and leaves a wife and two children. Tne Late ELOPEMENT AND POISONING CasE.— In the late elopement and poisoning case in Fulton stregt, In which a man named Henry Woodrum played a ten nn part, a bottle from which that individ ad taken poison was labelled Dr. Harns, No. 607 Second avenue. ‘The doctor tn his own de- fence says that he retired from business upwards of six years ago, selling his stock, labels, &¢., to Dr. Skelton, of Brooklyn, and he has no knowledge, di- rectly or indirectly, of the poisoning case. Tug DischaRdED CERTIFICATES FOR VOLUNTEER FIREMEN.—At & special meeting of the Board of ‘Trustees of the Fire Department Fund, Mr. Mossey, the treasurer, said, as the volunteer department was no longer in existence, it would be necessary to devise some means by which discharged certificates could bg issued. The following resolution was ac- cordingly adoptea:— Resolved, That the Committee on Claims be authorized to issue applications on the treasurer for discharged certificates to all those who have served Sve years in the department. A WOMAN ACCIDENTALLY Suor aT GREENPOINT.— On Friday afternoon roundsman Buckingham took a mad dog into the rear of the Greenpoint station house for the purpose of shooting it, but unfortu nately one of the bullets bounced into the patio office of the station house and took effect {n the right side of Mra. Mary Lowry, who was talking to Sergeant John Stiliwell at the time. The wounded woman was ignorant of her injuries antil she reached her residence and found blood issuing from her side. The builet has not yet been extracted. War On SwILt Cart Daivers.—The ancient order of swill wagon drivers are in trouble. The cause of their tribulation exists in the fact that the oMfcers of the Board of Health have determined upon enforcing the code of sanitary measures which prohibits the carting of swill through the public streeta of the built up sections of the city, withont obtaining a permit therefor from the Health Bureau. Yester- day Patrick McManus, John Clancey, and Jeremtah Kingsley were arrested for breach of this qa ment of the law, and were each fined fifteen dollars, or in default, sentenced to jati for the term of twenty- five days, upon there being convicted before Justice Welch. PROSPECT PARK. The morning seekers of healthful recreation and enjoyment in the form of a delightful drive, such as the new park roads of Brooklyn affords its weaithy patrons, were as numerous as their phetons and vehicies were varied in luxuriance of outfit and symetry of design. ‘It 18 a glorious drive that which can be indulged in by the early aMuent riser who can muster sufficient energy to shake off the lethargy of the sleepful night and refresh the senses of the mind and body by the June wooing breezes, fresh from the harbor and bays surrounding the confines of Prospect Park. It has been repeatedly said that Brooklyn 1s but a sleeping place, at best, for the business men of the metropolis; that it isin fact but a resting place where men recup erate their exhausted energies for the exercise of the day in the great marts of Gotham. This ts #0 In & measure, it is also becoming an established — fact, however, taat no city in the whole Union bids fair in due course of time to outrival this city of many churches in its ingenuity and success in grocaring and adapting to use ail that is most conducive in modern innovations to the enlargment and recrea- tive snhancemens. of the material pleasures em- raced within its borders. offie Coney Island cars and the Flatbush avenue line were well filled with women and children, ana afew men during the afternoon bent Park- warks in quest of pleasure. Here, beneath the shade of the trees on the southeastern section of the rounds, were gathered many happy and smiling- iced groups of people, who came out just for that purpose—to smile and be happy. There are not, as yet, ine attractive objects to divert attention, beyond the grounds proper here, that char- acterizes Central Park, There is no Zoological Department, well stocked with animals; there no deer paddock, though there 1s one in prospective; there are no gondolas or swans upon the lakes, because, doubtless, the lakes are dry and an- finished; there is no Grafula with brass sweet sound. ing instruments to play on the ‘Mall’? and delight thd visitor; tere i", in fact, absolutely nothing of the kind Ghathérated to attract the pedestrian in hi the Pari jence, then, it 1# Mepis a of be had and the fresh al wil rday after noon ith ie Ly park, with ite ~ fold attract! hold ous (@ the ae ji theye et ceteras ard Rout arpa teas