The New York Herald Newspaper, July 4, 1869, Page 5

THE DRUM FISH. Terrible Ravages Among the Key- port Oyster Beds. Twenty Millions of Summer Oysters Destroyed. LARGE SACRIFICE OF CAPITAL SKETCH OF THE RAVAGING MONSTERS, The beautifal little village of Keyport, by the Jersey shore, on the distant rim of New York bay, With its shell-covered beach, its old homesteads bid away among the foliage of maple and colonwood trees, and its hardy, simple-hearted population of fisherman has been recently visited with a great ieaster, as great to its people in its industrial and commercial resuits as the destruction of a cotton mill to @ factory village in New England, What the army worm is to the cotton boll, the locust to the virgin corn and clover, so is the drum fish to the young and succulent oyster, The latter, In this in- stance, has been the fearful and fatal visitor to the waters of the lower bay and the remorseless ravager amoung the oyster beds of Keyport, Nearly 20,000,000 oysters /have already been destroyed and oyer $100,000 of invested capital have at the same time @isappeated. This is no light blowto a community depending almest wholly on the cultivation of the bivaive aud employing over seventy sloops, with an innumerable fleet of small boats, in carrying forward the enterprise. ‘Those who are not engaged in fishing = find @ limited share of employment in various neighbor- ng brick yards or in a@ factory where cans are manu- factured on a large scale tor the purpose of preserv- ing fruit, and where the fruit itself is put up and ex- ported to many markets, Beyond this Keyport has to live and thrive by oysters and clams. The roads of the village are whitened with bleached and broken shells; the sidewalks are dottea with crustaceous eruptions; the sawdust on the floor of the corner grocery is mixed with the fine fragments of the bi- valve; the wayfarer, passing by the village well, takes his libation of spring water by the aid of an empty moilusk shell; the hotel table runs over with a variety of dishes contributed by the inex- haustivle oyster; the contemplative man at the cor- ner, with the sunburnt face and the wide spreading straw hat, minus any trimming, has his deep set eye fixed upon a distant oyster bed, where his fortune lies a few fathoms below the tide; the MNavor of the village conversation is pronouncedly clammy, and from every quarter comes distinguish- ing evidence of the potential presence of the mighty mollusk, EXTENT OF THE OYSTER BEDS. Forty miles in circuit the oyster beds extend, reaching from Staten Island on one side to Sandy Hook on the other. The ground is staked with tall, Strong switches, that nod lazily above the tide and ark e€ach planter’s property as accurately as a rail lence. Very few outside oyster boats have any ground left to them now. The old professional planters have monopolized a'most all th@ ground by & process of staking as ingenious as it is profita- ble. Atthis season the oysters spawn and spread themselves aWay from their original resting places. They spawn with a marvellous fecundity, and attach themselves lo every conceivable fahg at the bottom. An old bootleg, for instance, or a glass bottle, or any other odd encumbrance on the bed of old ocean, has been known to become so covered by the spawn of oysters as to be rendered almost past identification. © ‘The planters of the initiated stripe follow the spawn outside of their original ands, and having discovered that there is an immense migration to the common grounds, where anybody With a pair of tongs can heip himself, they go to work and bring from Noriolk, Va., or thereabouts, asmall quantity of oysters, which are turned out on top of where the spawn lies, and then the ground is staked and claimed as the property of the enter- pay individual who invested in the Virginians, ortunes have been made in tiis way, but it 1s hardly a fair way of makingthem. The visitation of the drum fish, however, will blight the blooming hopes of many a sanguine planter. Virginia has been the great source of supply for years past of the young oysters planted in the lower bay in the spring of tne year and made to furnish a supply for the summer ‘as well as for the falland winter of the year. The East river was formerly drawn upon for this pur- pose, but it was early discovered that there was little gamed in the transplanting process, and it was radually relinquished in favor of the product from ‘irginia, the wonderful fertility and rapid growth of which made it a highly paymg Patieecn to go even as far down as jorfolk and charter vessels at considerable expense to bring the supplies up here. About this time eighteen years ago all the oysters, young and old, were destroyed by araid of dram fish, Great, of course, was the consternation in Keyport: but lor the thousands killed then there have been nearly millions now. The recollection of that fearful inva- ston haunted the memories of the 1nhabitants for six or eight years after; bat time, with its usual etfect, finally wiped out the remembrance, and the planters ‘Were lulled into forgetfulness so great that the} never dreamed of a recurrence 1 eRe RS a ‘was a phenomenon, thought they, tia an earthquake or a stroke of lightning may never visit the same place again. False security, as events have proven. DISCOVERY OF THE DRUM FISH. ‘Two weeks ago a drum fish was caught by a Key- port fisherman, Who In a spirit of curiosity proceeded to make an anatomical dissection of the curious creature’s stomach for the enlightenment of himsetf and his neighbors, The keen eye of the fishérman very quickly detected a quantity of chewed’ up oys- ter shells in the interior of the fish, having Way him in the vicinity of the beds he mentioned the significant result of his analysis to a Tew of the leading planters. They paid little or no attention to the very important inferences of this discovery, contenting themselves by supposing that it & Vagrant specimen of the genus Poga- nias Chromis on his travels through strange and uncongenial latitudes, Last Sunday, however, a nueman of Staten Island took afancy to row a it from there across to Keyport—a tolerably long row for a warm day. On the journey he felt aston- ished to see the water for miles, as he believed, covered with schools of drum’ fish, the ma- jority of @ dark dun color, but a con- siderable sprinkling of red and gray among them, So numerous did they appear that vhe Diades of his oars were impeded by their presence, and he found little ditticulty in knocking a dozen or 80 on the head and capturing them afterwards. On Nis arrival at Keyport he communtcated tne intelli- gence of what he saw to the impassive fishermen of the village. He showed them the specimens in his boat; he ripped open one of the largest, and ex- posed over @ handful of fragmentary oyster sheils caimly reposing within, and he concluded by de- claring bis belief that che cer beds must be badly ‘used up, and that soft shell clams must be as rare about Keyport as strawberries in the month of No- ve mber. The planters gradually opened their eyes as wide as one of their own oysters, and resolved to see for themselves if drums were reall, nesting spout their oyster beds, Captain John Britton an Mr. Brown, two of the heaviest oystermen of Key- port—the former of whoin has = $40,000 of capital invested in the business, and the latter nearly as much—went out in their sloops for a critical investigation into the condition of affairs. The tongs were put down on the first bed they came to and a bushel full of bivalves brought aboard, but every single one was empty, was chewed off at the thin end and its contents sucked down the voracious throat of some prowling drum fisi. Twenty beds ‘were visited in succession, but nothing met the astonished eyes of Britton and Brown but broken and empty oyster shells. Some of the ceds, however, had escaped so far—beds on Which reposed @ dark solid ‘maas of tough old Virginia veterans that the drums might have tried their molars on but relinquished for the younger and softer kind in the Immediate neigh- borhood. Mr. Brown, of course, could not estimate accurately the extent of his loss, bat he thinks it Is safe to say the drums have dissipated $6,000 worth of his submarine property. , THE LOSS SUSTAINED, Captain Britton makes a Ingher estimate of his loss, Both men brought from Virginia lust spring twenty-six schooner loads of oysters, ranging from $1,200 to $2,000 per load. The aggregate of this was certainly an enormous investment in the simple seed, so to speak, of the oysters; but then this hay tert to ve the t supply source of New York, rooklyn and ail the towns around, and all the mil- lions raised could never fail to find a market among 80 many people, with such mordainate fondness for aticll fish, Of the other heavy planters bestdes those named there are Taylor & Miller and William They suffer in common with the The other oystermen whose beds are staked and planted are Ackman & McConkey, King Terry, Karnes & Hutt, Decker & Co., James Lombard, James Gampbell, King Ward. These men have as a total suffered from these terrible drums to the ex- tent of over $100,000. When the planters suffer every Interest in the village droops, just as a village in Mis- sissippl sympathizes with the misfortunes of the cotton planters from the army worm, As near as can be ascertained the drums in three vast and pow- erful divisions came down upon the oyster beds about ten days ago and with a vigor and thorough. ness worthy of a better cause slaughtered a:) the little, Innocent, juicy summer oysters and all the Dig and little buil-nosed clams from Sandy Hook to Staten Isiand, They charged through nets oulepread for other fish and wre them to pieces, = defiea eregtion =and = jaid NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY 4, 1869—TRIPLE SHEET. themselves out for the sargest sneil fish feed in the records of history. ‘talk of oysteis sried, roasted, broiled and on the half shell, but what tor exqui- site deliciousness could equal the taste of a young and tender oyster sucked out of his shell in ten or twelve feet of water, It was this rare teat the drum-fish enjoyed; but ifthe fishermen of Keyport were more enterprising they would have con- structed powerful nets, pursued the drams, ¢ap- tured half a million, got back ven millions of their Cams and oysters in a digested aud more solid form and created @ sensation in the Fulton fish market. DESCRIPTION OF THE DRUM FISH. ‘The drum is @ large, uncouth, ugly looking fish, not often sought alter as an object of sport, but sometimes, when least expected, ihe subject of the angler’s toll, Should the latter be lightly rigged, and not on the alert, this singular rover of the vasty deep chews the bottom tackle at his leisure, and the astonished sportsinan finds he has to rig himeelf anew, ‘The black drum when fully grown measures from thirty-five to forty inches in length and trom Jourteen to sixteen in depth. He spreads from the back wedgewise towards the belly, Which is some- What fat und broad, rendering it easy to turn the dead ish upon the belly for examinauon. He some- umes weighs as high as thirty pounds, but the average is twenty. ‘There is informa Uop of one that weighed 101 pounds— @ terrible fellow, truly, for the Saddie Rocks and Shrewsburys. The color of the auimal—for he 1s little better to prey upon defenceless shelltsh—is a duil silver, like the dross of melted lead, with a faint brassy tinge of ruddy, though between the scaies the skin is inclined to blackish on the sides and back, ‘The seaies of the body aye exceedingly large, stilt, horny and marced by radiated and concentric nes. ‘They are so planted in the skin that It is dificult to remove them. Under the scales tie silvery hue is most considerable, All the fins incline to reddish, inore especiaily the caudal, pectoral and dorsa!. Sometimes the space covered or shaded by the pec- toral fin is paie or white. The tau is even and the eyes silvery yellow. On the whole he very much re- sembles a sheepshead fish. His name of Drum has been given on account of the drumming noise he makes immediately after being taken out of water, ‘They swim in numerous shoals in the shal- low bays on the south side of Long Island where lishermen during the Warm season can fiad them as numerous as a flock of sheep, with nothing of a sheepish disposition about them. He is also found in the kilis and of Communipaw, He sometimes takes a stroll up tue stream solus and although con- sidered a duil fish 1t takes no trifling skil and ac- tvity to capture him. A gentleman fishing m the Hariem river in Augast, of 1844, struck one of these curious fish and nad @ lively time seeking to make a prize of him, On the first pull the line began to whiz and run out with great rapidity. finding nearly ali his line, 300 feet, run out he took up his anchor stone and away went the boat about a mile Gown the river, He continued to make a tack, which resulted in his going up the river and down and up again for two hours and a haif, uniil finaily thedrum was got into shallow water and a seizure made under the gills, but he slipped grasp and made a@ sudden jurch, taking rod and line away, but he went in the wrong direction and found himself irre- coverably floored upon the grass about twenty yards from the boat. On being weighed at the hotel he proved to be Over seventy pounds in weight. A number of fishermen at Keyport, in their altempts to take them, had their nets destroyed and their time sacrificed for nothing; but lots ot them have been trapped in nets of more than ordinary strength. One interesung native of Keyport, resoiving wnat posterity shoula have the beuelit of the genuine anatomical formation of a drum’s head and jaws, took hold of the last lot brought ashore, and having secured the parts con- taining the oysters’ crushing apparatus, buried them in the sand on the beach, where he caiculatea they Will jast for endless ages in a state of good preserva- tion. Very tew people ever dream when they see a drum so much resembiing an ordinary sheep’s head or stripped bass, that he contains within him the most extraordinary formation of jaws of any fish extant, ‘These are hidden eaurely irom view, and their existence could only be asceriaimed by dissec- tion, The mouth of the fish has a small, fine row ‘of teeth im the upper jaw for despatching casual wayfarers of the finay tribe; but for mashing shell fish, mussels, clams and oysters he is provided away down apparently in his stomach with an upper and lower plate, studded with teeth, nie posas stoue pavement. He gets hold of poor unfortunate oyster and lets him siide down to tins mashing plate where he sets the machinery going that grinds into powder the thin outer rim of the encased victim, Enough of this being removed for the succulence to escape Mr, Drum ed for & moment to imbibe f the juice, and having satisiied himself with the “taste of the soup sucks out the meat and casts back the empty shell on the heap from which he took it, All this occupies a mere second or so of time, so that a large, healthy Drum, with a fair appetite, can get outside more ams ang Oysigns in ap hour than half a dozen genuine New Yorkers. CONSEQUENCE OF THE DESTRUCTION. Now, the consequence of this fearful slaughter of the innocents must of course be felt in every house- hold and every market in New York. It is all very Well to say oysters can be found somewhere else; but where will New Yorkers find the ones they have been accustomed to glorify, nourished on congenial soll, fed by the waters of New York bay and bearing the delicious name of Shrewsbury? Won't the ladies bewall this awfui disasver? te Mhuitres will disappear from the bill of fare at Taylor’s and Del- monico’s; stews and breaded fries will mount toa high premium, and balf shes will be left to the altlu- ent and extravagant. THE PRECAUTION. Yow comes the remedy, after all the mischief has been done. Had a string been fastened to a brick at one end and @ shingle painted white at the other, and thrown gown upon an oyster bed, the shingle by its wobbifng motion trying to rise to the top and escape from the brick would scare two score dram fish out of their wits. Multiply the one brick and shingle by a thousand or so, and @ quarter of a mil- lion drums would fly in terror of their lives out of the harbor. ‘his is the only remedy the inventive genius of Keyport has imag- ined, and there is every reason to believe it ig the only effective one for the purpose. Stull this remedy can be applied to the case of the yet undevoured Virginians and our darling half-snelis of next winter, Where drum fish that have done all this musentef took their departure for nobody knows, but it is generally and shrewdly suspected that they are operating with a vengeance in the neighborhood of Sandy Hook. FIRES IN THIS CITY DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE. The Fire Marshal of the Metropolitan District has Submitted the following report of fires occurring in this city during last month: — Hon, BOARD METROPOLITAN POLICE:— GENTLEMEN—I have the honor to submit the fol- lowing report of fires for the month of Juney the month there were 57 fires, Of th caused by bursting or upsetting of kerosene lamps, 13 were caused by carelessness of occupants, 3 were caused by fireworks, 1 was caused by explosion of a gasoline lamp, 1 by children playing with matches, 1 was of incendiary origin, and the remainder ori- ginated from a variety of accidental causes. + Samuel Lang and Annie Giles (colored) were ar- rested on 6th June, on suspicion of having fired the premises of Sarah Brandon, No. 33 Laurens street rear). Lang was indicted by the Grand Cit on the Sten inst., while Giles was discharged, no bul having been found against her, From a thorough investiga- tion of this fire, I am convinced of the guilt of Lang. Before the expiration of the trial, however, the Dis- trict Attorney abandoned the case, owing to the bad character of the three important witnesses for the prosecution—they each having aterm of im- prisonment, either in thegPenitentiary or at Sing Sing. Lang was therefore discharged by the Re- corder, ‘On the 9tn of June an attempt was made to fire the remises No. 704 Seventh avenue, occupied by Messrs. ngard & Fox a8 @ liquor store. The discovery was made by the barkeeper on opening the store about nalf-past seven o’clock A. M. After an examination into the circumstances surrounving this case, Igna- tius Fox, one of the proprietors, was, by my direc- tuon, arrested on suspicion. Justice Kelly having examined the testimony taken in the case, held Fox in $2,000 bail for examination. On the 26th of June, about five o'clock P. M., a fire was discovered in the kitchen of the premise No. 778 First avenue, occupied by Fritz Berger as a lager beer saloon. Berger was arreste:! on suspicion, and held for examination by Justice Keliy. The number of fires in which no |os8 was tained was. .. . Less than $100. Between $100 and $1,000. Between $1,000 and $5,000. Between $10,000 and $50,000 Total... Loss on bmidings. Loss on stock.. TOUAL...... +000 seers Insurance of buildings. Insurance of stock. Total. accompanying il be seen that the Tava sixty-two fires have been completed during the month. The following comparative statement of losses, &¢., for June, 1868, and June, 1869, will not be found uninteresting: — June, 1068, June, 1899, . 59 67 + $42,185 Loss on stock... Total. Insurance on buildings. Insurance on stock. TOUAL. .sesseseveeeeseree ROOKLYN, m A It appears from the report of Assistant Fire Marshal Keaay that the number of fres occurring in Brooklyn during the month of June was 29, of which 5 were of incendiary origin, 8 were caused by firew orks, 2 were caused by kerosene and gasoline, 7 were caused bef carelessness of occupants, 4 were of unknown origin and the remainder were from various accidental causes. There were 11 fires in which no loss was claimed, 11 fires in which the loss was between $100 and $1,000; 4 fires in which the Joa was between $1,000 and $10,000, 2 fires in which the loss was between $10,000 and $59,000, 1 fire in which the loss was over $50,000, Loss on buildings, $79,300; 1089 on stock, $45,500. Total, $124,800, In- surance on bulldings, $26,300; insurance on stock, $123,300, Total, $144,600, Very respectfully, CHARLES N. BRACKETT, Metropolitan Fire Marshal, GEORGE B. SneLnon, Obiet Cigrk Metropolitan Figg Marshal, ++ $195,807 NEW YORK CITY. THE COURTS. SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS. Kate Fisher Takes a Hand in the Bevin’ Matter. Before Jiige Barnard. Kate Clark vs. William Stanton,—The plaintiff in this action 1s the celevrated equestrienne, whose deeds of dartng, jashed as Mazeppa to the back of the fiery, untamed steed Wonder has been the admira- tion of so many thousands of theatre goers; but in the present instance Miss Fisher has abandonded her legitimate line of acting and will appear for “‘ner own benefil’ in a drama of real life, entitled “A New Way to Pay Old Debts,” Some time ago a Woman of rather equivocal reputation, a ‘“Mrs,”? Eliza J. Bevins had Miss Fisher's agent arrested*in Pittsburg on a charge tr stealing a gold watch, &c., but on the trial before the Court of General Sessions Mrs. Bevins came out badly “worsted,” although figuring as the complainant, Later, or about three months since, Mrs, Bevins caused the arrest of Miss Fisher, or, rather, Miss Fisher appeared to answer a summons at Essex Market Police Court, chargin, her with the appropriation of the identical ‘ticker which her agent had previously been charged with stealing, On that occasion also Mrs, Bevins was terribly worsted, and came out with grave doubts thrown upon her right te the title of “Mrs,” and the com- Piaint was dismissed. The matter, of course, created & great deal of notoriety for Miss Fisher, which was decidedly unenviabie, and as the sequel proved, un- merited, and now she thinks 10 is time to take a hand in giving some oné else some reputation, She charges the defendant, Stanton, who was employed at the Bowery theatre at the time Miss Fis<7 was playing there, and at which time, also, “2° summons was served upon her, with defamation of character, and claims damages therefor. The alleged defama- tion consisted of statements regardimg the plaintit in relation to this same Bevins matter, and Judge Barnard yesterday granted au order of arrest against Stanton, fixing bail in the sum of $2,000. ‘The whole affair is'a professional diticulty of some sort, and Mrs, Bevins is also in the meshes of the Jaw at pres- ent, some of her domestics at Centreville, Long Island, having brought suit against her for various causes, and a young man, also, who had been as- saulted by her, is seeking “satisfaction” in the legal manner, COURT OF SPECIAL SESSIONS. How a Lawyer Got lient Out of a Scrape and then Got Himself Into a Scrape Female Inquisitiveness and the Opera Giass—Three Outs and One Inning—More of the Grab Game—Throwing a Brick with Mild Intentions. Before Judge Dowling. Thirty-four cases constituted yesterday’s calendar, which Judge Dowling rattled*through with animated liveliness. The complaints were seventeen charges of petty larceny, sixteen of assault and battery and one of indecent exposure. As usual there was a crowdesl court room. During the latter part of the session Justice Dodge occupied a seaton the bench. The proceedings presented very few features of in- terest. DOUBTFUL THINGS UNCERTAIN. Daniel Dennison, a flashy and pompous looking gentieman, accused Levi Segar of assault and bat- tery. Segar is a colored gentleman, a genuine Havana, in fact, in appearance. “Well, sir, what did this man beat you for?” the Judge asked the complainant. “He got into difficulty and I got him out of it.” “What kind of difticulty 7” “He was charged with stealing.’ “Where was he taken?” “To Jetierson Market.” “And you had influence and got him out of the scrape f"? “Yes, sir? “Influence with the Judge ?” “7 will not say that; I am a lawyer.’” “It was your talent, doubtless, that saved him.’? “It was my innocence,” interposed the accused, “that saved me.’” “But we do not Set to the cause of the beating yet,” remarked the Judge. “Come, hurry up; give us the facts."? “T asked him to pay for my services and he beat me. “Well, prisoner, what have you to say to this?” “He did not callon me for money,” replied the prisoner, “but he Kept calling at my house m my absence and seeing my wile.’? inten have a wile, then? How many children?” “Four, “He only went to take a look at your Segars,” said the Barige. “I only went to take a look at him,” interposed the complainant. “I wanted my counsel fees.”’ “So you didn’t want to see the wife 1” “No, sir.’* “Is your wife in court, Mr. Segar?” the Judge asked the latter, “Yes, sir’? Mrs. Segar, who ts of olive complexion and good figure, was called. She said that the complainant called frequently to see her, and at times he knew her husband was absent. “Did he come to see you?” asked the Judge, “Yes,"? she answered decidedly, “and he talked to me as no gentieman should”? “In view of the fact that doubtfal things are un- certain I dismiss the complaint,” said the Judge, “I think, with the doubt in the mind of Segar on the subject of the visits to his house, that the compiain- ant got no more than he deserved.” OPERA GLASS EXPLORATIONS. James Johnson was accused of re in copy- ing too exactlygafter the wardrobe of the original proprietor of the Garden of Eden. Some young ladies saw him. © you positively identify the prisoner?’ the Judge asked the first witness, “Most positively.”? “There can be no mistake about it?’ “None; 1 looked at him through an opera glass, to make sure.” “Sure of what?” “Sure—sure—that—that he deserved arresting,” rather hesitatingly answered the witness, “Did other young ladies look througn the opera glass 1”? 4 “They did.” ‘These other young ladies were called, and duly testified to intensifying their powers of vision in the manner stated, “What have you to say to this?” the Judge asked the accused. “| have gworked in.the building six months, and was only trying to get cool,” replied the prisoner. “Pil give you six months’ work on the Island, where, with the sea breezes. blowing over the Island, tee ‘will have no difficulty in keeping cool,” said the judge, “and meantime I advise young ladies So cate ve less vate confidence in their own eyesight and hi recourse to opera glasses.” A HARD SERVANT. ‘ A hard master ig a thing mentioned quite fre- quently, but a hard servant is altogether new, Cath- arine Williams, a woman fully sixty years old, was charged with atvempting to help herself to the con- tents of the money drawer of Sarah Raynor. “I caught her in the act,” said the complainant, “and then I caught her by the hand, and then I told her to drop that, and she dropped it.’? “That is to say, she did not succeed in getting any money,” sald the Judge. “Exactly that.’? “Weil, Catharine, let’s hear your story,” said the Judge to the accused. “Tye been a hard servant all my Mfe."? “You mean you have been a hard working wo- man. “Tis all the same. 1 was out of a place and out of ey and out of my head,” Three outs and notone inning. That’s bad. I'll give ge! @ place.”? “Thank you,” “Blackwell's Island one month.’ “Oh, murther,” and with howling and lamenta- tious the hard servant left. SNATCHING MONEY. Tenry Myers was arraigned to answer a charge of snatching & portemonnaie that contained two dol- lars from the hands of a little giri who had been sent by her mother to a grocery to make some purchases. “Had ne said anything to him?’ asked the Judge of the little girl. Nota word. He snatched my pocketbook from my hand and then ran away.” “What did you do then?’ “Tran after him tii saw a policeman, who ar- rested him.’’ ‘The policeman was called who arrested the pri- soner, He confirmed the girl’s statement as to her chasing the prisoner, calling on him to arrest him, which he did, and found the money. The prisoner pretended that he picked up the pocketbook. He Was sentenced two months to the Penitentiary. ONLY MBANT TO GRAZE HIM. Anderson Bion charged Thomas Brady with hit- ting him with a brick. he complainant said he bad been at work for the accused and weal for money that was owing him, “T didn’t owe him anything,” interposed the ac- cused; ‘I told him keep to away from my place and he kept coming.” “And because he kept. coming you threw a brick at him?’ spoke up the Judge. “Lonly meant to graze his head,” “I fine you twenty dollars tor your good inten- tions.” “1 suppose I must stand it; and he paid the fine, looking about as pleased as Shylock might be sup: posed to have looked at the loss of a thousand ducats; and then he continued, “But suppose t man Klon comes to my place and annoys me mor “Ifthe throws a brick at you let me know," said the Judge, “and I'l! fine him twenty dollars.” MISCELLANEKOUS CASES. Herman Lindendorf mistook August Klein for a saud bag and went to beating him. He was given ‘ten days in the City, Prison to recuperate hts organs of vision, Alvan Schmidt, a youlh of seventeen, visited a man he had formerly worked for, and the latter gave him half of his bed. Young Schmidt dis- appeared in the morning before his hospitavie en- tertatner awoke, aud with him his entertainer’s watch and sieeve buttons, The House of Refuge, it Ee |. Kelly, at the Yorkvitle Police Cou a 5 was thought, might have @ good effect on one of such ungrateful disposition, Stephen #rown, a col- ored boy of the same age, after fifleen years of faith- ful service as errand boy in the store No, 513 Broad- way, commenced stealing. He was given a home in the same institution, there being no distinction in color in crime and its penalty, Thomas Feion stole a dozen chisels from a blacksmith shop in Thirty- second street, He was sent three months to the Penitentiary. Samuel Jackson was given two months to the same industrial institution for help- ing himself to another man’s coat. William Moore, who said he was nineteen, but whom the Judge, who knows better, said was sixteen, went into the * ull tapping” business. He was sent to the House of Reluge. Matthew Sennett, a boy nine years old, went into the same business, Owing to his extreme youth he was sent to the Catholic Reformatory. James Nashby stole a piece of calico from a store in avenue A, He pleaded drunkenness, and to give him ® chance to get sober he was sent one montn to Blackwell's Island. Ann Hackett took a fancy to a pair of gaiters belonging to Ann McVormick, then she took the gaiters, and then she took to wearing them. Having such a taking way, the Judge ordered her to be taken to the Worknouse. CITY INTELLIGENCE. Tne WEATHER YESTERDAY.—The following record Will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours, in comparison with .h@ eor- responding day of lasyear, as indicated by the ther- mometer at Hudnut’s pharmacy, HERALD Building, corner of Ann street:— 1868, 1869, 1868, 1869. 7 au 88 “ ” . 85 12P.M. Average temperature yesterday. Average temperature for corresponding date ben vl Co ee UT T Average temperature for the week Average temperature for corresponding week jJasu year... seeveveneeeses TI STRIKE ON THE HARLEM RAILROAD.—Yesterday the brakemen on the Harlem Railroad struck for higher Wages, they demanding two dollars per day. The president of the company refused the demand, FouND IN THE WaTER.—Coroner Keenan was called to hold an inquest on ihe body of an unknown man, which was found floating in the dock at pier 38 East river. Deceased had on a blue blouse, dark mixed pants, had dark hair and the two small fingers of his left hand were missing. STABBING AFFRAY.—At half-past eight o'clock yesterday morning John Curtan, of No. 196 Cherry street, was stabbed in three places in the head by a knife in the hands of John Mulaney, while in a fight in Butler's liquor store, No. 138 Cherry street. ‘The wounds were dressed by a surgeon and proved not dangerous. Curtan was sent home and Mulaney escaped. FATALLY INJURED IN CALIFORNIA.—Coroner Keer nan yesterday held an inquest at the New York Hos- pital on the body of John Dunston, thirty-seven yoars of age and a native of England, who died from the effects of injuries said to have been re- ceived in California nearly a year since. A stone fell on him while engaged in mining, and, being brought fo enind city, he was admitted to the hospital on the ist inst. A BRILLIANT MeTEoR.—A refreshing shower at forty minutes after five o’clock on Saturday evening cooled the air, This was followed by a rainbow in the northeast at eight minutes after six. At three minutes after nine a meteor, of an emerald color, ap- arently as large as Arcturus (alpha Bootes) shot into the atmosphere at a point nine degrees north- northwest of that star, and moving norihwest over an arc of twenty degices suddenly disappeared, RESIGNATION OF THE CASHIER OF THE SUB- TREASURY.—W. Hawkins Ferris, cashier of the Sub- Treasury in this city, tendered his resignation to General Butterfield on Friday morning, Mr. Ferris has been connected with the Treasury during the past eight years, three of which he has served as cashier. Til health and a desire to be released from the arduous and responsible duties of his position induced his resignation. FATAL ScaFFoLp Casvary.—Coroner Keenan heid an inquest on the body of Edwin B, Evans, one of the men injured by falling with a scaffold erected in front of a house in Sixteenth street, near Eighth avenue, as previously by a bee who has since died in the New York Hospital from the effects of the injuries, Deceased rigged up the scatfold himself and consid- ered it safe, otherwise he would not have ventured upon it, The jury rendered a verdict of accidental death. He was forty-three years of age and a native or this city. The distance he fell was about thirty feet. INSTITUTION OF ST, VINCENT DE PAUL.—The exer- cises at the annual distribution of prizes at this excellent institution, in ‘Twenty-third street, on Wednesday last, were unusually interesting. Nothing could be prettier than the appearance of so many young girls, with their bright 1 white dresses and blue sashes. The proficiency exhibited by the pupils in music and in four charming dialogues— two intFrench and two in English—was especially noteworthy, Mile. Bigot (first prize in music) and Millie. Alice Burton, a sweet little blonde of ten years (second prize in music), shared the principal honors of the occasion. FIGHT WITH AN ALLEGED Horse Turer.—Yester- aay detective Wood, of the Tenth precinct, saw a man named P. C, Lergensen in Forsyth street offer- to sell a horse. The circumstances led the cer to suspect that the animal had been svolen. He accordingiy arrested Lergensen, and took him before Captain Davis, when the man stated he lived at 262 Rivington street, and had purchased the horse in Cold Spring. To Rivington street the officer ac- companied him, and onthe way back the accused made a sudden and violent attack upon Wood, who fought him until overcome, when the prisoner escaped and took r on the réof of a tenement house in Stanton street, where he was subsequently secured and locked up at the station house to await the appearance of a claimant of the horse, Tuk Fat BOILING ESTABLISHMENT.—Referee How- ley, of the Gentral Office, yesterday heard evidence in the case of the’Board of Health against the New York Fat Rendering Company, who are charged with committing @ nuisance, W. E. Smith, chief engi- neer of the company, testified that operations ceased at the premises of the company between three o’clock and half-past four in the afternoon, and that no stench at all escaped during tne night. No steam or odors escaped into the atmosphere, and no out- let can be got except it comes through pipes heated to mt 4 eighty degrees, and they are thus con- sumed, ie company use double the quan- tity of disinfectants used by the Board. Butchers ought to bring the offal fresh, and not after several days, when it becomes concrete and more dificult to disinfect; he did not consider the vapors as un- healthy. Mr. D, Scott confirmed the statements of the witness examined on Friday, and averred that no order of the Board of Health been disobeyed; the witness said that the whole district was infested by boiling establishments, K. ©. Parks and others were examined, and their evidence showed that between Thirty-eighth and Forty-seventh streets, North river, there are from two to five other estab- lishments of an objectionable character from which these smells emanate, The hearing was adjourned until next Tuesday. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CHARGE OF BURGLARY.—Josepn ,*Namara, a young shoemaker, who occupied a room at No. 22 Mott street, was yesterday arrested on a charge of breaking into the room of Mrs. Robinson, in the same building, during her absence, and stealing ninety dollars’ worth of her clothing. Judge Hogan, at the Tombs, before whom he was taken, commit- ted him in default of $1,000 to answer the chhrge. CHARGED WITH THEFT OF MEERSCHAUM PIPES.— Wiliam Stryker, in the employ of Kruse & Drexel, in Washington street, yesterday caused the arrest of David Sigel and Louis Lane on a charge of bbe | meerschaum pipes of the value of twenty-two dol- lars, the property of his employers. He states that the two men entered the place, stole the pipes ant then ran away. The prisoners, who denied the charge, Were fully committed by Judge Hogan at the ‘Tom! ALLEGED BURGLARS CAPTURED.—Three men, named James Kelly, James Goodwin and Henry Wilson, Were yesterday arraigned before Justice on a charge of suspicion of burglary. Ofmcer Linden, of the ‘Twenty-second precinct, stated that while patroling his beat on Futieth street, between Eighth and Nintl avenues, saw the prisoners acting in a suspicious manner, and calling the assistance of other officers, he succeeded tn arresiing all three, When taken to to the station house a loaded revolver and a full set of burgiars’ tools were found in the possession of the prisoners. Yesterday morning, when taken be- fore the Justice, Kelly made an attempt to escape, but was recaptured by officer McDermott, and all three Were gubsequentiy committed for trial. ALLEGED LAROENY OF Monry.—John Lyons and David Williams were yesterday arrested on a charge of stealing $164 belonging to Frederick Bonhorst, of No. 849 Greenwich street. The complainant alleges that the parties named came into his place yesterday and pretended to wish to purchase some potatoes, and that while be was Laying by potatoes to Williams outside the store he Saw Lyons com out of the store having a pocketboo! in his hand, which he quickly passed to Williams and then ran away. Williams at the same time took to his heels, but was soon overtaken by Mr, Jourdan, of No. 335 Greenwich street, While being pursued Williams threw away the pock- etbook, which was subseqently found and identifiea by Mr. Bonhorst as belonging to him and having contatned the stolen money. Oicer Ross seeing hyone ranning also pursued and cap- tured him, The prisoners were taken before Alder- man Moore, acting magistrate at the Tombs, and each committed to answer in default of $2,000 bail. Both dented thetr gut. Wiihams gives his age as thirty, his birthplace tnis city, his residence No, 4 Secon treet and his occupation that of grocer, Lyons aiso gives this city as the place of his nativity, his awe twenty-eight, residence No, 17 Vandam street and occupation that of machinist, THEATRICAL. PREPARATIONS FOR THE FALL AND WINTER SBABON. ‘The regular musical and dramatic season, which terminated so abruptly in this city a few short weeks ago, still languishes, The petty animosities and Jealousies which last season existed among our managers led many of them into ratnous ruts from which some few of them have not even yet succeeded in extricating themselves, Imitation was their only strategy, and in many cases it proved their bane and ruin. So soon as one manager hit upon an original idea, or something novel which was at all likely to prove remunerative, so long as there was not too much of it, others there were, who straightway sought to imitate him, and the result was most disastrous to all concerned. Satiated to an alarming degree with the veriest trash, the good natured public at last refused to partake longer of the nauseating doses that had been prescribed for its benefit and amuse- ment by our managerial doctors, many of whom, when the tide of public appreciation turned back again into the legitimate channel, found themselves jJeft inthe lurch, and were absolutely compelied to swallow their own villanous stuif, Contracts were made for the entire season, salaries were to be paid, likewise heavy rents, so, acting upon the principle that ‘‘a half loaf was better than no bread,” many of our theatres have been kept open up to the pres- ent time, notwithstanding the fact that but very tew of them have been clearing expenses and not a few of them losing money every week. The theatrical market was completely glutted with opera boufe, pantomime and burlesque, dished up to us in many instances by foreign importations of only a mediocre calibre, while genuine talent of a native growth, of all grades ana genders, was sent prowling about the provinces, to pick up @ precarious subsistence to keep it Irom starving. Managerial fingers were se- verely scorched by these same ‘‘importations,’’ and in some instances managers who sought to take the wind out of the sails of rival theatrical craft by impu- dent and brazen ‘‘imitation” were left floundering amid the billows of direct ruin, with not a plank to stand upon. Warned by the sad experience of the past, our managers are stillin doubt and unpleasant uncer- tainty as to the particular tactics which they will adopt for the approaching campaign. Affairs theat- rical and musical remain in statu quo, or pretty nearly as they were at the commencement of the summer season. But few arrangements as yet have been perfected for the com- ing season, and still fewer engagements have been effected vetween artists and managers. There, however, appears to be @ most decided oppo- sition on the part of the latter to any further in- duigence in the effervescent extravagauces of opera vouse, pantomime, burlesque and “the show basi- ness” generally, and @ corresponding and pratse- worthy determination to return without delay to the ‘legitimate,’ which year after year has carried them sateiy over their troubles, With the val of the “Jegitimate”’ there will at last be some prospect for genuine talent aud artisuc capabilities being recog- nized; but as yet matters are in such an unsettled state that managers themselves scarcely know what they intend doing. Although our city is at the pre. sent moment tilled with the actors and actresses who have returned from their rural rambles and banishment, and although metropolitan and provin- clal managers are also in town for the Pek of reorganizing their various compames and effecting engagements for the fall and winter season, we re- gret to say that but very few engagements have as yet been made, There appears to be a disposition on the part of our managers to grind down the poor actors to the lowest possible sum for their services, and the actors in turn seem just as determined to bold out for the old rate of wages which was paid when ‘brains,’ not “legs,” was the commodity sought efter, As “brains’? once more promises to hold sway over the mimic stage it will be rather in- teresting to watch the progress of this game of “piutr’ between manager and actor. So far as per- fected the following bids iair to be the programme of the theatres in city for the approaching sea- son:— BOOTH’S THEATRE. This establishment will, probably, be kept open with its present style of attractions until the 2a of August, at which ume Mr. Joseph Jefferson com- Mehees aseven wepks’ engagement with his great specialty of “Rip Van Winkie,” fe will in turn be followed by Miss Kate Bateman, who is under a ten weeks’ engagement, during which she will appear in @series of her famous impersonations, including “‘Lean,”? Mary Warner and Bianca, Bateman, it is possible, may be succeeded by Mr. Hackett in a round of his Falstailian impersonations, afterzwhich Mr. Edwin Booth, in propria persona will give us Shakespearian tragedy in an unaduiterated form. Mrs Edwin Booth xve Mary McVicker, having dis- carded excitements of the “foot lights” for connu- bial Ly at ee and home comforts, will not appear at this house next season, and rumor sayeth not yet who is to take her place. It 1s also whispered that Mr. Edwin Adams will leave the theatre after the summer season. Whether or not the rest of the company at present playing here will remain intact is not definitely known. WALLACK’S THEATRE. This nouse closes about the middie of August for repairs, pre] ry to opening for the regular sea- son. It will probably remain closed for about two weeks, and Will reopen with some new drama, the which has not yet been made known. Mr. John Lester Wallack, who is at pated In Europe, will recurn about the latter part of August, and will bring over with him the piece which 1s to inaugu- rate theseason. The business of this establisnment Will be the same as has heretofore characterized it, and will consist of standard dramas and comedies. ‘The engagements for the coming season at this nouse are not yet completed, but so far as known are as follows:—Joan Lester Wallack, James W. Wallack, Joun Gilbert, Charles Fisher, Owen Marlowe and Messrs. Stoddart, Ru id, Williamson, Heid, E. Milton Holland and Rockwell. The ladies comprise Miss Effie Germon, Mrs. Join an ie Emily Mestayer and Miss St. Claire Philips. Miss Rose Ey- tinge, Mrs. Jennings, Mr. George Holland and Mr. A.W. Young have severed their connection with this theatre. NIBLO'S GARDEN. The home of the centipedai and spectacular dra- ma will sustain its reputation for sensation and liberality. Everything will be done in the cus- tomary extravagant and gorgeous manner, and we are assured that everytaing placed upon the stage will be done in a manner to merit the approval and continued Lecce of the public. “Arrah na Pogue” will be brought out on or about the 2d of Au- when “Sinbad” and the Thompson troupe will sent, with their Sas and fringe, to the rurai districts. Dominic! jurray, of London, has been engaged for four weeks tw play the part of Feency in the piece; but the other engagements have not been completed. Lotta, after her from Cali+ fornia, w: sige ving ee engagement at this house, and will be follo' by @ short season of legitimate drama. During the winter the enterprising man- agement contemplates out a grand spec- tacular drama with weird effects, whicn Is said to be even ter than the famed “Black Crook.” Later m season a new drama from the pen, paste pot and scissors of Boucicault will be pro- duced, with gorgeous scenery and costumes, GRAND OPERA HOUSE. The arrangements for the coming season at this boon begun, Beyond the ‘present engagement of mn yond the o Miss Lucille Western poh definite been decided upon, although we beiieve it to be the in- tention of the management to run the theatre upon the sensational Frnple. To-morrow evening “Oliver Twist” will be produced, with Miss Western as Nancy Sykes; and later in the season ‘Patrie” is to be revived, with Miss Western in the role of Dolores and Messrs. Bangs, Sheridan, M‘Kee, Ran- kin, and J. Gutthold Newton in the cast. This time it is confidently expected by the managemeat “Patrie” will have a run of some months at least; but upon what particular foundation this fond ex- pectation 18 based, deponent sayeth not. ACADEMY OF MUSIC. The doors of the “Catacombs” are in their chronic state—closed. Nevertheless, Italian opera bids fair to claim a share of our patronage and attention. Impresario Mitchell, of London, con- templates favoring us with it in an unadulterated manner early in the fail at the “Catacombs.” Mile. ‘Titiens, Mr. Santley anda number of other weil known operatic stars have already been engaged by Mr. Mitchell to come to this country for that purpose, Mme. Gazzaniga also threatens to revive Italian operas at the Academy of Musfc eariy in September. THEATRE FRANCAIS. Quiet reigns at unis house at present. With the exception of a few occasional performances for benefit pur, the theatre will probably remain closed unc about the 16th of september, at which time @ season of lish grand opera will be in- augurated by Madame Parepa-Rosa. Extensive pre- parations are being made for isuring the success of the season, and it will doubtiess mark the com- Mencement of a new and higher era in the operatic tastes of our citizens, The prime donne will be Madame Parepa-Rosa and a lady from Europe; the contralt!, Miss Fannie Stockton and Mrs, Seguin; tenorl, Messrs, Castle and Nordbium; ‘baritoni, Messrs. Campbell and Lawrence, and buffo, Mr. Se- guin. The repertoire, in addition to such operas as “Martha,’”’ “The Bohemian Girl” and other like com- positions already favorably known to New Yorkers, will include the operas of “Oberon,” “Puritan's Daughter,” “Robin Hood,” “Victoriue” and & num- ber of other celebrated works never before given in this country, OLYMPIC THEATRE. The pantomime of ‘Hiecory Diccory Dock’ now running at this establishment, has been found suM- ciently attractive by the management to justify the continuance of its mirth provoking representations for another month or two. No change will be made in the present programme until after the ist of Sep- tember, when it is proposed to do fy ngedeg MR the dramatic line, but what it may be has not been set- ted upon, The house is now provided with “Indian punkas” which are continually kept in motion, fan- ning the audience; besides: aoa | it is lighted by an artificial sunlight inthe dome—the use of ail the other lights in the auditorium having been discon- tinned, This has the effect of m: whe Olympic one of the “coolest’’ of cool theatres in this city. WOOD'S MUSEUM. ‘This establishment will close about the middle of August for redecoration and repairs, preparatory to opening for the regular seagow. Like so mauy other theatres, the Musuem 1s still a |ittle puzzled over the nature of its {all and winter attractions. It 18 pro- posed, however, to play a number of “star” engage~ ments at this house, the interstices between whicht wilt be filled up with comedies and sensational plays by @ regular stock company. New and unique curlosities will be added to the museam department, which will otherwise be made attractive and inters esting to families and students, ¢ FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE. | The new dramatic season at this theatre, under tha Management of Mr. Augustine Daly, will it take place on the ist of August, as previously stated—ue Tact, it may possibly be postponed until about the 1st of September. When it does commence, however, we may expect something good. Mr. Daly is going ta give us from his own pen a new sensational play, but will inangurate the season by some attractive dramatic novelty from abroad. Foul Play Harkins ig to be stage manager, and Mrs. Chanfrau, frour Selwyn’s theatre, Bosion, is to be the leading lady. Mrs. Jennings, Mr. George Holland, Mr. James Lewis. and Mr, G. H. Clarke are members of the company engaged for the new season at this theatre. TAMMANY HALL. The reconstructed *Wigwam,” where the Sachems of the “great unwashed, unterrified” formerly bela their deligntful *pow-wows,” will nex¢ season, a& heretofore, be devoted to the elevation of legs in the ballet, the risk of humaa Ufe ou the flying trapeze, the interpretation of pantomime and the production of burlesque and farce. fwo extra saloons, never before in use, will be thrown open to the publig with the inauguration of the approaching season, in one of which seventeen Patagonian women, ly thetr native costumes, will supply their patrons with cigars, drinks, <c., “at the lowest possible rates.’? In the Literary Bazaar all the journalistic celebriuea of the country are tw be hung up for exhibition, without extra charge either to themselves or thei delighted admirers. The hall is to be materially improved and a new gallery for cheap admission erected. Tammany opens for the season about tue 16th of August. THE BOWERY THEATRE. The summer season at the ‘Bowery theatre termi+ Dates on or about the 10th inst., when the theatre Will be closed for one week, in order to give an op- portunity for painters, carpenters and uphoisterers to give the “Old Drury” a thorough overhauling anc renovation, The Bowery next season will divide its time about equally between the legitimate and sen- sations of every kind. Concerning the company we have been able to obtain no positive information. THEATRE COMIQUE. A new burlesque this week, entitled “He's Sitm,’? and followed next week by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Watkins, for a lumited number of nights, im a new comic drama, and the summer season at this house comes to an end. The theatre will then be closed for a few days for repairs and renovation, alter which it will reopen with new features and new novelties. Lingard and the bleached blondes wii remain in Boston, and in their place we are to have sensational dramas by stars, and comedy, bur- Jesque and vaudeville by @ good stock compauy. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE. — ‘This establishment reopens for the fall and win- ter season on or about the vth of August. During the interim the hail is being eutixely re- modeiled, redecorated and enlarged. Manager Pas- tor intends introducing a number of radical improve- ments in the appeatance of the house, so as to make it one of the most attractive and comiortable little theatres in the city. Improvements are also promised tn the style of entertainment, and novel- ties will be introduced in rapid succession, as here- tofore. Poole will continue to act as business man- T and general dramatist, and his qualities being of the proiific order, any quantity of new dramas may be expected from him in the course of the season. Bryants’ Minstrels will continue their season until the latter part of this month, when they will pack up their trunks for a tour through the country, returning here to reopen on or about the Ist-of Sep- tember, The San Francisco’s, having gone off on a pleasure trip to Europe, it is not probable that their season will commence much betore the 1st of September, When they will continue their usual style of per- formances, with the addition of a number of comi- cal novolties they are preparing for the occasion. During their absence their house is being thoroughly repainted and put in repair, MISCELLANEOUS. The New York Circus, with its trained horses, acropaty and clowns, will return from its summer rambles about the latter part of September, when it will agaia be located in the neat “Hippotheatron” in Fourteenth street. The reconstructed churen—the New York theatre— remains with ts massive doors securely barred alike against saint and sinner, ‘Tne Stadt theatre is afilicted in a simiiar manner. ‘he fall season at the Waverley is still undecided. Bryants’ Minstrels are endeavoring to locate them- seives there permanently, while at the same time the Jinks Lingard, apparenuly not satisfied with one. theatre in the Hub, 18 anxiously mguiring whether he cannot have an opportunity of securing it for himself next season. “Sinbad’’ will be presented at Niblo’s to-morrow evening in a reconstructed shape. Miss Lydia Thompson and Mr. Henry Becket, both of whom have been suffering from a severe illness, will make their reappearance. The Lauri troupe of panto- mimists and the Clocoche troupe of grotesque dancers will also = in connection with the piece. The female drum corps will likewise take part im the performance. The Peace Jubiiee will ve yurlesqued in the burlesque, and the anvil chorus Will be done by the young ladies of the dram corps. The excellent company from Boston that for the eet two weeks have been delightng our citizens ith the drama of “Dora” apa the burlesque of “Black Eyed Susan’’ at the Fifth Avenue theatre opens to-morrow evening in the same pieces at Wal- lack’s. BROOKLYN CITY. THE COURTS. ‘SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TERIA. Action for Foreclosure. Before Judge Tappan. Salvatore L. Nigro vs. August Lormies et al.— This action was brought to foreclose a mortgage given by defendant, Lormies, to the plaintiff. Before the mortgage was recorded the property covered by It was transferred to the other defendant by Lormies, who had his deed recorded immediately. It was claimed that the deed did not take precedence over the mortgage, for the reason that the purchaser knew when he made the purchase of the existence of the mortgage in question. He had been told, as it appeared by the evidence introduced, that there was & mortgage on the place, but claimed that mere heresay was insufficient notice. The counsel for plait? cjarmed that he knew enough to put him on inquiry, and that the failure to mquire further was equivalent to actual notice. CITY count. Decisions. _ By Judge Thompson. Lyons vs, Smith.—Motion for new trial denied. vs. Hafferty.—Motion for new trial denied with ten dollars costs. Proesiler vs, Kuln.—Preliminary injunction should be granted. COURT OF SESSUOKS. The following prisoners were arraigned yesterday and pleaded not guilty:—Edward Hautsch and E. B. Le Baron, receiving stolen goods; James McCauley, burglary; G. W. Pullman, grand larceny; Dennis M. Eagan, manslaughter; John Tennesiey, assault and battery; Hugo Hoigousen, false pretences; James Carberry, Matthew Carberry, Thomas Kilmead and John Kuroy, riot. BROOKLYN Arrests Durmnc tHE WeeEK.—The police of Brooklyn arrested 467 persons during the past week, the majority of which were for intoxicatfon. A Mure BEaTEN.—Four rowdies attacked a mute named William Towers at twelve o’clock Friday night, on the corner of York and Jay streets, and beat him until he was insensible. ey then made their escape. ALLEGED ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.—Kate Stephens, a servant girl, sixteen years of age, in the employ of David Eastman, No. 15 Portiand avenue, was arrested by officer Perrine, of the Forty-fourth pre- eimet, on Friday night, on a charge of stealing $236 worth of clothing from her employer. HELD FoR THE GRAND JuRY.—Yesterday morn- ing an express driver, J. B. Stillwell, was committed by Justice Walsh to await the actlon of the Grand Jury upon a charge of having feloniously collected fifteen dollars upon an express package and failing to make return to his employer, A. H. Free. Tue FIGHT AT A FUNERAL.—The examination in the case of the parties arrested on a charge of creat- Ing & disturbance atthe funeral of Joseph McCann, in Twenty -first street, Gowanns, on Tuesday last, was concluded before Justice Walsh yesterday, when five of the parties who participated in the row were fined ten dollars each. Their names are Sarah King, Sarah Kenney, Hannah Joyce, Baidy Joyce and Pat- rick Wickham. CHURCH OF SAINTS PETER AND PAUL.—To-day will be celebrated the feast of the patron saints of this chureh, Haydn ‘Mass No, 3” (imperial) will be rendered by the double quartette choir, with or. jecompaniment, — Sanctus Agnus Dei, of Messe ‘Solennette, — Stabat Mater,’ Quis est Homo, by M, G. Spilmer and Mrs. Coletti. The panegyrics on Saints Peter and Paul will be deliv- red by Rey. F. F. Moriarty, diocese of Albany. THE PARK SAVINGS BANK RoppEny.—In the state ment of the arrest of Edward Newitsch, charged with having in his possession some of the bonds alleged to have been stolen from the Park Savings Bank, it was stated that the Ciiristian name of Mr. Ross, another party arrested in connection with the same affair, is identical with the name of John Koss, of No. 42 John street, New York, In one of the reports the name was given as Reuben Ross, Jr., also of No, 42 John street, The latter named gentle- man has been absent in Europe for some time past, ‘and John Ross, Jr., hia brother, is not directly or In~ Girectiy connected with the afair above mentioned, INTELLIGENCE.