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THE COURTS. The Bank of England Forgeries—McDonnell Sent to Castle Pinckney. Woodhull and Clafin—A Further Post- ponement of Their Trial. BUSINESS IN THE GENERAL SESSIONS, The Consul General for Uruguay to the United States, ‘Mr. Garsia, was arrested not long since on @ capias issued out of the United States Circuit Court, in a suit brought against him by Nathaniel McKay, to recover moneys which Mr. Garsia was charged with having misapplied. ‘The capias was made returnable on Monday last, but no appearance having been made by Mr. Garsla on that date counsel for Mr. McKay obtained a fresh capias, but Mr. Garsia having appeared yesterday the Marshal, under the advice of the Court, will not serve the new ‘capias until time has been given to show cause for not ap- pearing on the return day. The divorce suit of Elizabeth Brinckley vs. Hugh L. Brinckley came up for trial yesterday in the Supreme Court, Circuit, Part2, before Judge Van Brunt—no jury, by consent. Testimony was first putin of several hotel clerks and boarding house keepers, taken by commission, astothe fact that the litigants had lived as man and wife, Mrs. Brinckley was then called to the witness stand and proceeded with her testimony till the adjourn- anent of the Court. In the Supreme Court Chambers y?sterday James Bell and Charles Holstein, two gamblers, who were arrested last week by Detective Heidelberg for roping ina stran- ger toa banco game and swindling him out of # sum of money, were discharged {rom custody on application of their counsel, Mr. W. F. Howe, on a technical objection to thé complaint on which they were arrested and tem- porarily held. John Whitehead was put on trial yesterday iv the United States Circuit Court, before Judge Benedict and a jury, for giving information through the mails where ialpractice medicines could be purchased. The jury convicted him and he was remanded for sentence. On Monday, the 16th inst., Judge Woodruff will take up atthe United States Court room, 27 Chambers street, the calendar of appeals in admiralty, writs of error and ap- peals and reviews in bankruptcy. Yesterday, in the United States Cirenit Court, Judges ‘Woodruff and Blatchford presiding, the former delivered the judgment of the Court, remitting George McDonnell, one of the alleged forgers upon the Bank of England, to the custody of the Marshal. The decision maintains in every particular the conclusion arrived at by Commis- sioner Gutman, who has issued his warrant for the com- mitment of McDonnell; to await from the Department of State the order of extradition to England. The prisoner has been removed for safe keeping to Castle Pinckney. He Is closely guarded and watched. The report that Judge Benedict has given a decision pon the demurrer to the indictment alleging that George ¥. Dunning embezzled money from the Sub-Ireasury is ‘Not true. In the United States Circuit Court, yesterday, before Judge Benedict, John Bott was found guilty of sending through the mails medicine intended to effect an im- moral purpose. A motion for a new trial of the case is pending. In the United States Circuit Court, yesterday, Judge Smalley presiding, the case of Long & Ogden vs. Mokes H. Grinnell, ex-Collector of this port, was commenced. It is an action to recover $1,500, excess of duty claimed by the plaintiffs to have been pala on an importation of hoop iron. The iron was cut into strips and punched, anu the allegation of the plaintiffs is that the strips were aron hoops, Which are subject to a lighter duty than hoop tron. The case is still at hearing. Yesterday Judge Blatchford, sitting in the United States Circuit Court, gave leave to counsel to move, to- prisoner, one nethor \t for the same charge. © | Tetdischarge trou the fret day, to quash the indictment which has been found | agalnst Woodhull, Blood and Claflin for sending obscene | publications through the mails. UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT. The Bank of England Forgery—The Case of George McDonnell=lmportant Deci« sion by Judge Woodruff—The Prisoner Remitted to the Custody of the Marshal and Confined in Castle Pinckney. Yester the case of George McDonnell. charged the Bank of England, who is \d for whose extradition to Lon- we NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1873—TRIPLE SHEEY. Fite own to nara fed on by counsel = we toa ‘30 that the case relied on by ot no app! learned Judge then lerable len to decide upon the ot by counsel for the #3. re arrest was or que: ‘was whether ‘warrant was such an acqui3- y demanded. Judge Woodru took up the point whether the depositions taken before the Lord Mayor of London before issuing the warrant of arrest and the supplemental depositions taken by His Lordship after the warrant was issued were legally re- fare a pire before sre Cpmeenanes., fit sndge laid down. the law as recited in the acts of Congress o| 1848 and 1860, and decided thi these depositions bore the ceriifcation of the Ameri Minister at the Court of St. James, they would be legally received in England as evidence ot ci in that country, ed al me, it comm! ited | Were legal and proper evidence in this prosecution. RTLPICS OF THE AMERICAN MINISTER was, in ita nature, asit seemed to the judicial act which neither the Court nor the Commissioner could disregard or overrule, Even though those documents were inadmissible, their reception, furnished no ground for the discharge of the prisoner, They were not sitting As appellate judges; they were discharging an indepe: dent duty; they were inquiring it the prisoner was ille- gally hefd. They were not sitting as an appellate tribu- Nal for the purpose of reviewing proceedings betore the Commissioner merror. ‘This was not a writ of error, and she inquiry here was not to be construed on the wechhical rules applicable to a writ of error That might result in reversal, and if it was an affirmance, then it added addi- to. what the’ Commissioner done. This proceeding had no such analogy. The Question, in their opinion, to be determined was whether on habeds corpus the prisiner was rightly held, or was he to be discharged? If the Commissioner was In error in the reception of evidence it did not follow, a#@ legal rule, that his proceedings were to go for nothing. conclusion on the evidence was whether that evidence was admissible or not that the prisoner was legall Atter referring to the questions of tact that had a the case, Judge Woodruff concluded by stating that there had been sufficient evidence laid before the Commis- sioner to justify him in concluding that the Lord Mayor he chief criminal magistrate in the city of London, and that, in such capacity, he had power to Issue his warrant for the apprehension of the prisoner. For these reasons ho found nothing to justify them in interference with the custody of the prisoner under the Commission- er’s warrant of commitment, and the prisoner must, therefore, be remittod to the, custody trom whence hé came, Both writs must, therefore, be discharged. ‘Judge Blatchford said’ that as the Court was how sit ting, and in order finally to dispose of the case, go far as the Uourt was concerned, it would be well ‘if’ counsel would draw up and enter upon the minutes of the Court an order dismissing both writs, Mr. F, F. Marbury immediately drew up such an order, which was entered. Mr. Brooke aakod the Court to detain the prisoner in the custody of the Marshal until he could take such ap- pellate proceedings as it might be_in his power to ta Judge Woodrutt informed Mr. Brooke that the Co1 had no such power. discharge writs, the cage was ended #0 far as the Court was concerned. There was no appeal that he knew of, The prisoner was then remitted to the custody of the Marshal, and it fs not in the range of probability that the gase of George McDonnell, the alleged forzer, upon the Bank of England, will be i ard in the United States Circuit Court of New Y was io was taken at once to Castle Pickney, and is strictly, watched and guarded. tls supposed tot the Bank of Knaland oF the ritish government has spent af least $20,000 in their efforts te secure the surrender of the accused. The de- tectives will be well patd; and, no doubt, the counsel rep- resenting the prosecution are to recelve, if they have not already obtained, good fees for their services, COURT OF OYER TERMINER, ‘Woodhull & Claflin—The Female'Broker- esses Object to Being Tried—Important Witnesses Absent—Their Case Set Down for Trial for the 16th of June. Bofore Judze Barrett The court room of the Oyer and Terminer w: filled to repletion yesterday by a motley crowd of specta- tors attracted thither to listen to the details of the Woodhull & Claflin case, The defendants entered the Court promptly at half-past ten o'clock, shortly after again | Judge Barrett took his seat, and were surrounded by a | host of male and female friends. To their previous full array of counsel, consisting of Mr. William F, Howe, J. Parker Jordan and James McKindley, was added Mr. C. W. Brooke. The latter gentleman opened the proceed- ings by reading an affidavit in which Mrs, Woodhull set forth that she was unprepared for trial by reason of the absence of several material witnesses, In reply to this, District Attorney Phelps arose and in- sisted that the names of the witnesses mentioned in the affidavit read were all new to him, and that they were not imported into the case until this late stage. Mr. Howe, in response, stated that the most material witness for the defence, Mr, Maxwell, had been indicted for perjury, and must thus be precluded from appearin; in the witness box, as the taint of that proceeding woul prejudice the case. Brooke was counsel for Mr. jaxwell, and for that reason had been asked to appear in the present trial in conjunction with the other counsel. ‘Judge Barrett was of the opinion thac It would be more roper for the District Attorney to first try the perjury fraletment, inasmuch as that proceeding involved & matter which was very important to the interests of the prisoners; the matter was one, however, purely dis- Cretional with the District Attorney, but he could not forbear to inake the suggestion. After some turther discussion between Mr. Phelps and Mr. Howe the case was set down to be tried on Monday, June 16, and the tair defendants, besieged by a host of ad- mirers, held a con we inthe court room and then leit, followed by a retinue of the strong-minded or weak: =] ith complicity in the alleged forgeries upon | don to be there tried upon that charge, a warrant of | commitment has been made out by Commissioner Gut- | man, came before the United States Circuit Court, Judges Woodrutr and Blatchford presiding. Counsel for the prisoner had, as already stated in the Hxratp, sued out writs of habeas corpus and certiorari for the purpose of reviewing the proceedings had before Mr. Gutman, It must have leaked out in some manner that the coun- sel for the prosecution would not be called on to reply to the argument of Mr. Brooke and thatthe Court, on taking its place on the bench, would deliver its decision, for Mr. Judson Jarvis and a posse of deputies from the Sheriffs ice were in attendance, evidently with the object of hearing what decision mght be arrived at, as Judge Fancher, of the Supreme Court, is to hear an argument before him on a writ of habeus corpus sued out by the prisoner, Mr. ©. A. Seward and Mr. C. M. DaCosta appeared as counsel tor the Bank of England, Mr. F. F. Marbury for the British government and Mr. Brooke and Colonel Fel- lows tor the prisoner. At half-past ten o’elock the Judges came into Conrt; and while the shorthand writers were expecting counsel zor the prosecution to rise and proceed with his argu- ment, Judge Woodruff began to deliver his opinion on the cre. Below we give the main points of it. THE DECISION. Judge Woodraff, in delivering the opinion of the observed that the’ question they had to determine urt, asd to krave one, and they had considered all that seemed thein necessary to arrive at a right conclusion upon the questions involved, having duc regard to the rights of the citizen and proper respect tor the foreign government ior extradition of the prisoner and wed to the government of the Xecution of the treaty, The result was that they did not think it necessary to hear counsel for the prosecution on the question of law and of fact, Which had been discussed by the prisoner's counsel, did they think it necessary on those questions to co! the grounds on which the Court was moved, on th oi the prosecution, to quash the writ of certiorari. The conclusions reached on the points submitted on behalt of the prisoner rendered it unnecessary to say anything in reference to THE PowER oF THE Count to issue a writ of certiorari ina case of this kind, or of the etfvet of the mandate of the President for the sur- render of the prisoner upon proceedings after a writ of certiorari had been quashed. It was, however, proper to say that the power of the Court to issue such a writ in @ caise of this description had been frequently affirmed and | exercised, and that a warrant of surrender issued by the government of the United States for the delivery of an accused person to the agents of the demanding ‘govern- ment had not, so far as they could discover or were ad- ‘Vised, been heretofore heid to be a bar to further inquiry on arly questions which might. properly be raised on the | return to the whole proceedings. On that subject they went no further, because, assuming that the writ was properly issued and that the warrant for s4e surrender of the “prisoner should have no effect to preclude further “inquiry and no effect to render vali pro- ceedings which could not otherwise be sustiined, their conclusions were that the grounds on which the Gischarge of the prisoner was sought under those writs | | | watched the movement of the ougnE not to be held. Without discussing the questions | at had been raised by counsel at great length, or at pting w review the arguments, of weking to array Inst them the mate is for not giving them the force they seemed to possess the mind of counsel, they merely contented themselv by disposing of the Objections raised. by counsel In th order stated by him. The first objection, asexpressed by counsel in the course of his argument, Was whether the arrest of the prisoner in this proceeding was an illegal ial details of the case, as reasons | | tWo pleas of guilty. minded of both sexes. MARINE COURT—PART 2. In the jury caso tried Monday last before Judge Spauld- ing, involving an important question as between landlord and tenant, as to what constitutes the legal definition of the terms of a renting—the uses to which premises may be put where no specific contract is nade with reference thereto, but where the business of the tenant and his Probable adaptation of the same to his proper business Purposes should be apparent, and a claim for supposed damages arising theretrom on the part o disputing the right to go use and occup: for the detendant. ‘The case, which wax sterday's HERALD, was that of Forsythe ag The jury tound not only in accordance with tl legal ruling of Judge Spaulding, but also with the it of wstimony in the case. CCUAT OF GENERAL SESSIONS=PART UL Before Judge Sutherland. The second part of the General Sessions, which organ- ized on Monday, settled down to business yesterday in its appointed quarters in the New Court Youse. The troubles of District Attorney Rolling were still, however, some* whatembarrassing. Many of the jurors and still more witnesses were apparently unable to find the location of the Court, and it was necessary to send officers out occa- sionally into the corridors and. to the brown stone build- ing to hunt up errantand strayed witnosses. In order to prevent future trouble of this character it is well that the public should know where the second part of the Court is, It is in the room of the Supreme Court, General Term, at the southwest extremity of the second’ floor of The business in consequence of this contusion was very light. Not a single case could be tried, but there were Charles Halleck pleaded guilty to an attempt to steal $00. The thett was acwually com: mitted, but the complainant was brother ot the d fendant and pleaded for as light a puuishment as pe sible, and a mild sentence of a month in the Penitentiary was imposed. George 8. Fyfe pleaded guilty to petty larceny and was sentenced to tendays in the Penitentiary, COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS—PAAT I. | A Broadway Pickpocket Sent to Sing Siug for Five Years, Before Recorder Hackett. Yesterday John Vork, who was jointly indicted with John Shea, was tried and found guilty of conspiring to pick the pocket of John J. Neville. A brother of the complainant, who was with a party of gentlemen, noticed Shea put his hand in the overcoat pocket and steal twenty cenis on the aiternoon of the 15th of Ma near the corner of Broadway and Fulton street. prisoners, his own pocket locallty a short time pre- having been picked in that viously. They came outof a haliway together, and as soon as Shea stole the money Vork picked it off the side- waik. Belleving that Vork was connected with a gang of pickpockets who operate around Fulton street, the Recorder imposed the severest penalty that could be given, which was five years in the State Prison. Stabbing a Policeman, Jamos Hennessy, who, on the 2th of April, stabbed Oficer Sheehy, of the Eighteenth precinct, with a knife in the groin, pleaded guilty to an assault with a danger- ous Weapon. As a warning to others not to use weapons | So treely His Honor imposed a severe penalty tor this offence, which was five years’ imprisonment in the State arrest. The tacts out of which this question arose appear | by the return to be these :—That a complaint had been made at an early day in which & charxo of forgory by the prisoner way stated, that charge being particularized by the statement that he had been GUILTY OF FORGERY in the making of two certain bills of exchange for £1,000 each, with intent to defraud the governors and company of the Bank of England, ‘The objection was, that upon the proceedings had upon that complaint the Comiis- stoner, and the marshal who executed the Commission- warrant, acted illegally. The prisoner was brought er judicial inquiry, as had beon pronounced by ong of the Judges of this Court, after full argument; and, enter- taining the views which governed their decision, they were bound to pronounce that ARWEST AND DETKNTION LEGA: 1 then and legal always; so that on the ‘24th day of under that arrest, or, to use another form ot words, be- fore the prisoner's discharge frou that arrest, he was beld in legal custody. While in that custody the war- Fant of arrest now in question was placed in the hands of the Marstval, and thereafter, on the following morning, on the suggestion of the prosecuting counsel, they havin, fo further evidence to offer In supnort of the charge can plainly, upon the taco of the preccedings, because the evidence produced did not establish the charge satistnc. torily to warrant any other result), the Commissioner discharged the prisoner from that arr 1 how urged that, by somo _ le discharge of the prisoner from ata conclusively that be was, up to that tine, held onder that illegal arrest, That reasoning they could not eflirm. All that it did afMrm was that ait that had been urged against the prisoner failed to cstablish the charge, butdown to the time of his di Jogal, and now to hold that the discharge of the pri for te want of suMicient evidence operated re’ hvely, to make the preceding arrest illegal harge his arrest was tended to other kindred cases, that whenever parti were arrested on a charge and then discharged, whethe for informality or want of proof, on verdict or by dire tion of the Court—that is,ipso factomall other arrests were legal, and the parties causing It trespassers, as ifall the | first prosecution was illegal. Such adoctrine they thought | would be productive of mischief. They sald that THR ARREST ON THUR was not illegal. It wa: INT WARKANT however, suggested that the prisoner, veing tn cust the Warrant of arrest, it was {ilegal to Issue anoiner warrant to the Marshal, a ‘that pe AT 8 Were te be tustituted against him other charge it should b ry done by qetainer lodged wi the 3 and not by warrant of arrest, as counsel said. Without going int Sat question ot they wore of opinion that such echnical ‘Objechons had no piece ings for the execution of this treaty and no Eid lication to this subje Tt was insisted that a er, ision of this Court involved this proposition. in which was before the Court on habeas pril, and betore the discontinuance of proceedings | Prison at hard labor. James Duily was convicted of assault and battery, he having, on the 25th of August last, cut Jaines Tuily in'the head with a pair of shears. The prisoner was seit to the Peuitentiary tor one year. . False Pretences. Henry C. BH. Davies, who was jointly indicted with Ann Davies, pleaded guilty to obtaining the sum of $3 from © Nash, 89 Park row, on the 2ist of March, by talsely senting in a note purporting to have been Written by; chultz, the Superintendent of the Working rotective Union, that his (Davies') of employment by the sudden death tenuting circumstances were pro- +» Who sentenced Davies to the Penitentiary for six months. An Acquittal. James Hughes, a little boy, was tried for forgery in the third degree. On the 26th of April he presented a check to the paying teller of the North River Bank for the sum of $205, purporting to heve been ¢rawn by C. R. Johnson, which was cashed. Two days after the boy came with an- other check, and the paying teller believing that some- thing was wrong questioned him d thatn liquor dealer In Barclay street, who promised to employ him, re- quested him to get the checks cashed. Hughes gave such an apparently frank and truthiul account of himselt and ot the circumstances that the jury rendered 4 verdict of “Not guilty,’ JEFFERSON MARKET POLICE COUAT. An unusual number of both greater and minor erimi- nals were brought up before Justice Cox, at the Jeffer- son Market Police Court, yesterday, and disposed of by His Honor with that readiness and judgment which result | from long experience and a Knowledge of the criminal class such ag is equalled by few in the city, Burglary. Robert Parr, of 424 West Twenty-ninth street; James Burns, of Thirty-seventh street, and Robert Devlin, re- siding in Eighteenth street, were charged with breaking into the krocery store of Elbert Bailey, of 18 Sixth aye- nue, at arly hour yesterday morning, quantity of cigars and money valued at $ obsery Za cub, Which was in with the proceeds of the robbery, by Officer Me Twenty-ninth precinct, who captured then and took them to the station house. They were com! fault of $3,(09 hail, to answer, Adolphus Lohman, of 411 West Thirty-ninth street, and George O' Keele, ot 6 Tenth avenue, were charged, on compiaint of Charles Kunkel, with king inte ‘the Premises 403 West Thirty-ninih street, occupled for ré- ted, in de- e of Farez, GURA Wi BIB GBs Cousiond Ly suv dunes Sauk Vapkea NGUY ANd steqng Watches aud other vrop- | To CAPTAIN ADDISON Low, Supervising $773, of April iar “Oi HS ited fu doce of 8 0 swer. man was a! pated aie breaking into th srocery sare of ‘Stephen Hurst, 621 Ninth avenue, on the mor of the Ist inst, and a Pitomvting to ateal ten, 0 ‘apices to the value iret opeerved bs wi ited without batt Highway Robbery. William Cafferty was arraigned on a charge of high way robbery. Frederic Schiaubusch, of 339 West Fi teenth street, testified that he was assaulted by Cafferty id another man while Sixth avenue, an early our yesterday morning, knocl lown and robbed. ‘The assailants then ran away, but Cafferty was over- taken rrested. He was committed without bail. Felonious Assault. Louis Kreutzer, of 472 Seventh avenue, was charged with stabbing John Hafner, of 316 West Forty-first strect, twice in the abdomen with a penknife. A certificate from a surgeon showing®the wounds were not danger- ous.was produced, and Kreutzer was locked up in de- fault of bail to answer, Pocketbook Snatching. Frank McGee, of 413 West Twenty-sfth strect, was charged with snatching a pocketbook, containing a mall sum of money, from the hand of Mra J, Salter, of 74 ‘West Thirty-fith street, while in front of Stewart's, on Monday aiternoon. He was cominitied to ans: " COURT CALENDARS—THIS DAY. tt Ni fn 7 i 2845, 2687, 301 487, rett.—Nos, 3 T1085. i s,s Bt, Mae: OR” Pact 2 hield by Jadge Van jase on. Surreax Count—Cuamexns—Held by sudge 8 rpouir—Part 1 Held by Judge Bar- 1895, 89: I Ee eigea Fancher.— Nos. 4, 13, 17, 34, 42, 47, 58, 66, 66, 67, 69, 70, 73,79, 103, 105, Md, 14, call'131. Surekion Count—Trray TenwLPart 1—Held by Judge Sedgwick. —Nos, 2543, 2461, 1394, 1417, 2h: 2) 1375, 2221, 131, 2169, 2201, 2083, Taio bart Hel by Chie? ice Harbour. Now. Tae6 8 816. 1140, 1922, 1622, 1546, Count or Common PLeasxBquiry Txna—Held by Chief Justice Daly.—Nos. 27, 19, Coun? or Common Pieis—Tarat Tanm—Part 1—Held b Jui 1518, Judge J. F. Daly.—Nos. 1033, 1 906, 1649, ‘oe, 846 671, 1490, 108, “AA * AG, rt 2—Held by Judge Loew Nos, 823 1564, 2100, 2146, 2147, 2149, 2186, 21 2158, 2160, 2161, 2162, 2168, 2104, 21 Manna: Cobar —Taat Tunu—Part 1-Held by Judge Frowland.-Nos. 1906, 1771, 1776, 2100, 1990, Lis6, 2206, 21 2103, 1416, 2157, 2182, 2836, 1475, 1891,1881,2337, Part 2—Held by Judge Spauidin Nos, 2309, 2811, 2391, 2399, 1555, 2065, 2549, 2358, Part3—Held by Jud Curtis. —Nos, 2002, 2314, 1976, 4160, 2172, Cur os ja, ait , 2160, 2172, 2526, 2093, 2307, BRCOKLYN COURTS. SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TERM. The City’s Title to Parts of Atlantic Avenue Disputed—The Heirs of the Cowenhoven Estate in Court. Before Judge Gilbert. A suit involving the question of the city’s title to cer- tain portions of Atlantic avenue was before Judge Gil- bert yesterday. The plaintiffs in the case are Margaret Redmond Cowenhoven, Katherine B. Heard and Maria Louisa Strong, who bring sult against the city of Brook- lyn ander the following circumstances :—The plaintiffs are the only surviving children and heirs-atlaw of John Cowenhoven, who died intestate in thi city on the 18th December, i851, and Eliza, his widow, who died on the 9th of October, 1853. On the 1sth of August, 1823, John. wenhoven conveyed the property, known as, the “Cowenhoven’ Homestead” in this city, which was conveyed to Leffert Lefferts, Jeremiah John- son and John Torge one-third of the income, after paying his debts, go to his wife, should she ‘survive him, during her life, and the fee of the remainder to the persons entitled thereto as bis heirs-at-law. During the lifetime of Mr. Cowenhoven, and during the continuance of his trast the Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad Company was incorporated by act April 25, Under proceedings following this ion appraisers were appointed to assess h owners might sustain by reason of the appropriation of their lands for the construc tion of the railroad, The Cowenhoven Homestead con- tains 44 acres, 1 rood and 2 perches, bounded southerly by the old Jamaica turnpike, northerly by lands of J. Jack- fon, easterly by lands of Vanderbilt, Ryerson and Van Cleots, and westerly by the road from Flatbush to the Brooklyn terry. Of this homestead a strip of eighty tect ras taken for the purposes of the railroad. and on, the lth of May, 1835, the Vice Uhancollor confirmed the re- ort of the appraisers and asyersed the damages of the Dowenhoven Trust Estate at $10,907 80, which sum was duly awarded. The railroad company laid their railroad tracks on this property and operated their, railroad thereon until the month ot Aprit, 1835, when the Brook. lyn and Jamaica Raiiroad Company and the Long Island Kailroad Company, their lessees, removed their tracks therefrom, but made a deed conveying the land to the city of Brooklyn for the purpose of adding the same to the width of Atlantic avenue. The considerations gi by the city for this conveyance was the right to use st on Atlantic ayenue. The city has graded, flagged, pa and guttered the land in question. The plaintiffs now seck to recover possession of the land taken, and claims that the elty wrongfully holds possession of it: that the railroad company only acquired an easement and right of way for the fifty years to which its franchise was limited, unless it should sooner aban- don and surrender the same, and that this abandonment and surrender occurred when the company removed their tracks, a8 previously mentioned. Corporation Counsel De Witt appeared for the city and ued :— ‘hat in August, 1855, the Brooklyn and Jamaica inpany conveyed to the city all its right in the uestion, and even if its right was merely a right of way, that right has not yet expired, and will not ex- pire until 1:85, flity years from the time it was taken. ‘Secon?—That tor more than twenty years past the land has been thrown open to the public and the city as a ble streobagad, garden, paved. curbed, guitered and lagged, 1 mal Seapesiy treated as and'made a public street of the clty, ahd by ‘virtue of such uses and dedication the land has become # public street of this city. Third—That the owners of the land through whom the plaintiffs derive title conveyed the land adjacent to Atlantic avenue, and bounded the lands thus conveyed by Atluntic avenue, thus dedicaung the land in quesiion as a public thoroughfare. Mr, De Witt asked for a dismissal of the complaint, and the Court reserved its decisi ory COURT—TRIAL TERM. Before Judge Neilson. Mrs. Mary Lee sues William Young and others to Tecover $39,678, which she claims is due her for the loan of bonds, mortgages and other securities to the detendants while they were engaged in the clothing busi- Rens, in New York in 1869, und. he firm name of William oung & Co. She says the mo to her order, and she was to re She received $2,150 as interest, but the property she advanced ‘Was never returned. The de dants say that all the money Mrs. Lee con- tributed was for the benefit of her husband, who was member of the firm, and to whom it was loaned perso! ally. Case on. land in BROOKLYN COURT CALENDAR. Crry Court —Nos. 35, 42, 49, 45, 11, 4534, 57, 59, 60, 61,637 6, O16, 67,68, 63 The” 1 ASH SO h COURT OF APPEALS. Decisions. ALbaxy, June 3, 1873, The following decisions were rendered in the Court of Appeals to-day :— Judgments, affirmed with costs,—Durke vs. Marsh, Bodine vs, Killeen, Youngs vs. Youngs, Kearney vs! Sheahan, Habbell vs. Medburg, Day ve. Ruprecht, arn: ham vs. Wilbur, Martin vs. Silliman, Hawley va. Keeler. Judgment Affirmed.—smith The People. Juagment reversed and new trial granted, costs to abide event.—Moore vs. Pitts. Judgment reversed and new trial granted unless plain- tiff stipulates to reduce recovery to $624 15, lif'so re- duced, affirmed with cosia—Cooley va the Howe Ma- ching ‘Company. Judgment of General Term reversed and that of Special Term affirmed with costs.—lhe People ex rel. Dilcher vs. a Unived Evangelical St. Stephen's Church of uttalo. Order affirmed with costs in the matter of Astor to vacate an assessment. Court ot Appeals Calendar. The following isthe Court of Appeals day calendar for Wednesday, June 4:—Nos. 139, 140, 145, 147, 148, 152, 1, 131, IMPORTANT TREASURY DECISION. No Foreigners To Be Officers of United States Vessels, Either Public or Pri- vate=The Prevention of Fires at Sea— The Supervising Inspector of Steam Vessels’ Tactics, The following important decision from the Treasury at Washington was received in this city yesterday, with reference to the subject of grant- ing licenses to officers on board United States vessels, either public or private, who may not be citizens of the United States, and will be read with interest at the present moment :— . TREASURY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. C., May 31, 1878, Inspector of Steam Vessels, New York :— Sin—Your letter of the 7th inst., in regard to re- ferring the question of granting licenses as masters, mates, pilots and engineers to persons of lorei birth, who have not been naturalized, to the So" licitor of the Treasury for his decision and opinion in the premises, has been received and was 80 re- ferred, In his reply the Solicitor states “that the act of June 28, 1564, repealing certain provisions of law concerning seamen on board public or private vessels of the United States in its concluding para- graph provides ‘that officers of vessels of the United States shall in ail cases be citizens of the United States,’ and that the effect of this provision of law is in no degree impaired by the Steam Vessels act of February 28, 1871." You Will therefore be guided in the future by the above decision in granting licenses to officers of steam vessels, W. A. KICHARDSON, Secretary. A WARNING TO STEAMBOAT CAPTAINS, On account of the numerous fres which have re+ cently taken place on board American steamers, causing such terrible loss of life, Captain Addison Low, United States Supervising Inspector of Steam Vessels, resolved to give a ‘surprise patty” to some of the principal steamship lings plying ont of this port. ‘The first line he resolved to operate upon was the Old Dominion, and the steamer selected the Olid Dominion. During the voyage to Rich- mond, while the crew were distributed about the ship attending to their various duties, the alarm of fire was given, and in less than two minutes every pump Was in Use, With hose leaving to every part of the stip. When the pumps were stopped the crews for the boats were detaticd, and all went with admirable precision. Subsequently the fire alarm was sounded during the night, and with a similar result. Captain Low states that he intends to puc numerous steamers to the test ina similar manner, 80 that he learn by practical ence Which vesseis weil manned and By this energetic course of conduct it 18 to lived, be hoped that 1e95 appalling disasters at sea will have tw be guronicled, CITY WARRANTS PAID. Monthly Exhibit of the Comptroller—The City and County Debt and Other Fi- nancial Matters. The following is the monthly report of Comp- troller Green of financial matters in his depart- ment: DEPARTMENT OF bbe | } Comrrroier’s Orrice, June Monthly statemontof amount of warrants drawn and for what purpose against the, City and County Treasury, January I to May 3 Inclustve; also a comparative statement ot the c county debt as of December 81, 1372, and May 31, 1873, with statement of and tor what UrDpOses SLOL! ave yn issued :— n olty account— ToApril, 30, In May. wsment Fand. crecsnsas SOO) $405 304 Arrearages of 187i and advertis: ing prior 0 872.....+...0:+00+6 - 278,703 ‘13,689 Board ot Apportionment and Audit, expenses of.. 3, a3 Board of Apportionm 3h 16 Gontect Commission, expetises of 6. 60 jeanin, under Police Di rine 390,090 125,000 Departineni of Public Parks. Sw,000 85,098 Deparment of ks. . 121,698, 29.709 Department of Public Works. 2,563,325 — S.GLG Department of Public Instruction. | 850,000 19y,461 Department of Police. 1,110,725 285,048 De; th. 44,325 17,212 Department ol Finance. 141,006 576 Department of fublic and Correction 521,600 (140,657 Duplicate assess! 338 - Excise License Fund * 4,513 — Fourth avenue improvement Fund — 106,84 80,806 . 854 180 323 99,210 Fire telegraph, 197,536 p ie Foundling Asyluin, for sdpport of foundlings. i Intestate estnic Interest on cit, Judgments . Law Depai contingencies ; Municipal Correction, Bureau of.. Museum of Natural History... .; Printing for departments, Givii and Police Courts Public repairs, ving nigh 0 Reven: Remissio church property....... . Stationery and biank ‘books, De- butidings, construction ‘and ot partments, Givi) and Police ourts.. ie + 6,566 2 Stationery und bisnic LooKs, Com missioner of Taxes and Axseas- MONMS..... 1. es sarenvenes 1,479 - Salaries, advertising’ and ‘contin- gencies, Legislative Department — 118,202 18,946 Salaries,’ advertising and contin gencies, Mayor's ottice.... 7.4% 4,706 Salaries, ‘advertising and contin- Rencles, Board of Assessors... 6,978 2,333 Salaries ‘and contingene: partment of Build 30,014 2,27 Salaries aud contingencies, ity Courts. .. 5 se, 91,980 23,726 Salarles and contingenc’ Revision and Correcti 666 1,199 Salaries, judiciary 4,11 13,241 32,159, 131 haoo-oas Total amount warrants drawn on city account 1873. — $21,030,126 On county account— Avertising 89 Arrearages: prior to 1872 71 Armoties an 82,014 Asylums and reformator, tions... 39,618 Cleaning and 744L B10 300,009 20h Contingencies, office = Conting 1,970 Contingencies, Tax C office : 545 188 Disbursements and fees, county offi- ces and witnesses. 1,590 Election expenses........ 1,019 Interest on stocks and bonds: — Jury fees... % 5,500 = Lishting and heating county oitices 5,821 138 New County Court House 3B Be Printing for Lexislativi ment... 1,970 Printing iuentant Judiciary {15,663 Repaira’ to county” offices ‘and puitdings nes eiggne Rent oe paces. Le eparring and. preserving records Hegister's ole ; > 9a Support of prisoners in county jail 25 Stacionery, law and blank books... 404 Salaries, Executive. saSoe Salaries, Judiciary Salarics, Legislative Amount warrants, cowity accout Aad amount previously drawn. . Total amount warrant 1873, on county count... rs 1,895,178 Add amount warrants drawn on city account. 21,089,126 Total amount tor city and county............ 622,954,305 city AND COUNTY DEBT. ee. 31, April30, May 31, 1872, Abra. “13s. Account— ~ ale (rom sink'g fund.$24,160,683 24,321,113 23,968,113 able troin taxation...” $9,025,692 44,152,673 44,212,573, porary debt pay: from assessments. 16,927,372 20,136,372. 20,361,372 Revenue bonds, ¢ ‘and 29, Laws 1872....... 6,446,497 6,590,697 6,590,607 Revepue bonds in 29,468 39,910 29,987,401 29,990,565 29,990,565 1,667,700 1,694,706 1,694,700 City P pation of taxes, 1873. County Account— Payable from taxation. evenue bonds, chap. 1 Re and 29, Laws 137! Revenue bonds in ‘antici- pation of taxes, 1873, ‘Totals Less sini Cash in City and County Treasur; Cash in Sinking Fund The following sto For Croton Water For Riverside Pari G purposes ey K and Broadway ire Telegraph arrearage’ For New York bridge . For Public Parks For Museum of Nat able from assessments)... For Riverside Park, Broad (payable from assessments)... ....... For revenue bonds (payable (roin taxation)... For New York County House Bonds For public school buildings... Total. see ¥6 $13,820,347 The above bonds and stocks were issued tn accordance with special Jaws for works in progress; assessment bonds on account of improvements in progress, and to be repaid by assessments to be collected ; revenue bonds in anticipation ot the taxes of 1873 and on account of arrear- ages and advertising claims authorized by chap. 9,29 and 6, Laws of 1 YACHTING NOTES, MVILN SP) ave re The second annual reception of the Pavonia Yacht Club was held last evening in their Club House, near Pavonia ferry, Long Dock, Jersey City. There was a large attendance of the members of the club and the boys had a good time. Commo- dore Kremeyer and Vice Commodore J. L. Vleary, were indefatigable in their attentions to their guests, The attention of the members of the New York Yacht Club is called to the following notice:—“If the wind serves, the yachts will be started promptly, and persons intending to go on the club steamer are notified ro be punctual.” A match race between the sloops Meta and Vision is talked of. Such an event would excite considerable interest in yachting circies as both yachts are remarkably fast. The steamboat Twilight, furnished for the exciu- sive use of members of the New York Yacht Club and their guests, will leave the Erie Ratiroad pier, foot of Twenty-third street, North River, to- morrow morning, at hall-past nine o'clock pre- cisely; pier No. 1 North River at ten o’clock, and Quarantine landing, 8. [., at half-past ten o'clock In the sloop race on Thursday the old antag nists, Vision and Gracie, will meet. The former the favorite, as the canvas of the latter has been cut down, Messrs. Edward Arnold, J, Lawrence Marcellus, William 3, Davenport, B. &, Valentine and Sidney W. Knowles, the Regatta Committee of the Atlan- tic Yacht Club, have issued a programme for their regatta, to be sailed on Tuesday, June 10. in the tabular torms, relative to time allowance, in the “New York Yacht Club Book tor 1873," the following was omitted:—“To find the allowance to a yacht whose measurement comes between any two even tundreds in the above tables, deduct from the allowance to the even hundred next be- low hers each proportion o1 the difference petween that allowance and the one next above it in the table ag the excess of her measurement over the lower hundred bears to 109." The members of the Columbia Yacht Ciub are having a lively time preparing their feet of yachts for their annual regatta next week, It is reported that the members of the Brooklyn Yacht Club intend purchasing a site for a club house at Larchmont, on the Sound, Mr. Lester Wallack will entertain a large party of guests on the schooner yacht Columbia on Thursday, and accompany the racing yachts around the course, The foilowing passed Whitestone yesterday Mr. Pickman, from Bristol, ELECTION OF OFFIOERS OF THE COTTON EBXOHANGE, tion the mempors of the Cotton Ex- President, Arthur At their annual change chose the following officér B. Graves; Vice President, Hy. Herta; Treasurer, Wal- ter T. Miller. Board of Managers—George Blagden, Rob- onti, Jas. F. Wenman, H. HL. Easton, Thomas scott, | H. Brodie, Wi 8. M. ity-two candidates were elected to A large number of applications tor mem- frcohip. are’ be ipitated upon the Membershi Connunttise while ue joining. fee emai at the sum i in Haat eta ahoon ea, ART MATTERS. Mr. Reinhart’s New Pictare To-Day, When Lord Chesterfield was dying he is said to have remarked, “If Mr. Selwyn should call show him up. If am alive I shall be glad to see him; if Tam dead he will be glad to see me.” This, as the Feader knows, was in allusion to George Selwyn’s notorious penchant for viewing dead bodies, and May be said to have been the last gieam of that cold wit which occasionally sparkled in ms lord- ship's conversation, The same spirit—that of receiving or giving pleasure, of being the means of more enjoyment existing for some one than pre- viously existed—animates almost every artist who Paints what he considers a good picture and is will- ing togive the atlettante an opportunity of judging. If the picuure pleases, he will be glad to have seen them; if it. displeases, they will rejoice to have seen it. For (we blush to ewn it) there is nothing your art-smatterer covets more than the oppor- tunity of saying something malicious, in the guise of criticism, that shall be colored by the facts of the case. Well, Mr. B, F, Reinhart is before the public with a new picture, as fresh as the ideal June bud would be if it were only here. It dropped from his easel yesterday, and may be seen to-day at his studio, room 12, Dodworth Hall, 806 Broadway. It is entitled “Welcome Home,” and greater sim- pllotiy of theme and loviiness of treatment would difficult to come by. It is, indeed, sull of bright- ness, breeziness and sweetness. You feel against your cheek the tender breath of the clover field, ‘which forma a portion of the background, a8 much a8 you feel the delicious innocence and happiness of the two little ones who constitute the theme. In every cup of enjoyment we drink there is one precious drop which gives tone to the whole, and the name of that drop is Sadness. Whether Mr. Reinhart recognizes this or not, such is the senti- ment his picture illustrates andeniorces, As there is no happier or sweeter sight than that of two pure chiidren fondling each other, so there is none which is 80 finely touching. We are not surprised to learn that George Stinson & Co. have desired to engrave such a subject, for it is handied with an atfectionateness, a sweetness of feeling and a lov- ing solicitude ior which, we are free to acknowl- edge, more ambitious efforts of the same artist had unprepared us, If it be a@ fact that the true ideal the expression of the Specite characters of an object in their perfection, then in “Welcome Home” we have somebody very near the true ideal of ohildhood—pure, radiant, healthy, happy, ‘ingenuous, self-unconscious child- hood, sparkling with the sportive animalism which makes it something to be iondied and kissed, yet raised by a spirttual touch into something better than mere earth. In “Welcome Home” two little girls occupy the centre of the canvas. The large child, evidently ‘about six, is coming down a couple of rustic steps which bring her from a clover fleid behind. She has just returned irom a visit, lasting perhaps a day, and is received by her sister, a couple of years younger. The difference in dress is a suficient in- ication that the elder child has been away. She wears stockings and shoes, a neat frock, @ clean white apron and @ pretty pink sunbonnet. The ounger sister is the personification of tntant des- abille and abandon, with its roguishness toned and softened by the joy of welcome. She has bare arms and loge and seems quite indifferent to the comparative finery of her sister. The merit of these two children 1s their exceeding naturalness, It is impossible that they should have been drawn from the same model, as most studies of children are. They are veritable children, children that you can pinch and kiss, and roiland tumble with, and not minute adults with cheeks like red apple Calas and curvilinear limbs. We remember children by Meyer yon Bremen that we think there is reason to like less. It is easy to perceive that the two are sisters, forthe family likeness shines through the variegation, and kinship 18 expressed not less in the varied identity of teature than in the lovely contentment of the eldest child and the clinging joy of the younger. Who nas not beheld pictures of children which tempted him to doubt the immortality of the soul? Their little forms and faces were of so woodeny a type that if these were to be accepted as embiems of humanity then the spirit within them seemed searcely worth the saving. But, as there are some pisnleage by whose hands we had rather die than ive by those of others, 80 there are some artists Who we prefer snould spoil our portrait in prefer- ence to having it succeed under the touch of an- other. We can imagine Mr. Reinhart belonging to this stamp of artists; because if he fractures the ideas which other people manufacture for him he more than compensates for such havoc by sub- stituting others of his own which are truer, more beautiful and more valuable. We believe that there is not more joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth than there is among the hierarchy of just critics and broad-brained connoisseurs to whom anew and good work of art is submitted, Whether “Welcome Home” is a fit subject for such rejoicing we now leave them to determine, The Clinton Hall Sale To-Night. The very valuable art volumes, half literary and half artistic in interest, to which we referred yes- terday, will (a portion of them at least) be sold at Clinton Hail te-night, It is the last sale of the kind of tho season, and is superior in its claims to auy New York has this year had, : ~ TROTTING AT FLEETWOOD PARK. Two trotting contests came offat Fleetwood Park yesterday afternoon, which were witnessed by about fifty persons, rank and file. The first trot was a match for $600, between the sorrel gelding Star Henry and the black mare Gertrude, mile heats, pest three in five, in harness, Star Henry was the favorite, at slight odds before the start, but aiter the first heat atSto 1. The driver of Star Davis pulled the horse on the second heat so bunglingly that every person on the track, judges included, saw it, and he lost es heat, but not a word was said about the affair; yet instead of altering the betting 6 to 1 was then offered on Star Davis. pe the reason for not changing the driver of Star Davis for throwing the heat was that $50 would have to be given to another driver to take his place, and there was not that amount taken at the gate; and theretore it ‘couldn't be done, you know.” Star Davis won the race easily afterwards, ‘The second race was a match for $200, mile heats, best three in five, in harness, between W. E. Weeks’ gray gelding Tom Wonder and D. Pfifer’s bay gelding Bay Billy. The latter was the favorite at 2 to 1 before the start, but was beaten very easily in three straight heats, The following are the SUMMARIES. FLeetwoop Park, June 3.—TRoTTiNG—Match 500, mile heats, best three in five, in ee 1 H. B. Kelly's 8. g. Star Henry... 1 John Murphy's bik. m, Gertrude 2 TIME. Quarter, Half. First heat. 40 1:23 Second heat 40 Third heat 40 Fourth hea 4 1:22 Same Day.—Match $200, mile heats, best three in five, in harness, W. E. Weeks’ g. g. Tom Wonder..... 111 D. Ptifer's b. g. Bay Billy... 222 TIME. Quarter. Half. Mile, First heat 40 1:20 Second heat Taird heat. DEERFOOT PARK, Irishman’s Daughter Wins the Three Minute Purse. The three minute purse announced to be trotted at Deerfoot Park yesterday afternoon was decided satisfactorily, Entered for the event were A. L. Rogers’ bay mare Irishman’s Daughter, J. Denton’s bay mare Love, E. H. Heard’s bay stallion Harry | Gurr, George Hopkins’ brown mare Jennie C., Dan- iel Gmore’s bay gelding Delver, L. S. Sammis’ sorrel gelding Brandy, M. Rogers’ bay stailion Kipp, William Welsh’s chestnut mare Nellie, and William Tnom’s LA gelding Lyman. Of these Harry Gurr and Jennie C. were drawn, leaving seven to come for the word. Before the start Brandy was the favorite; Nellie second, the two bringing about as much as the fleld. The first heat was won by Brandy, when he was left out of the pools, and Nellie was made the choice. Irishman’s Daughter scored the second heat, when complaints were made against Nellie’s driver, when the judges re- moved him and substituted Hiram Howe, the latter obtaining fifty doilars under the rules of the Trainers and Drivers’ Association for his services, But the change was of little service, as the Irish- man’s Daughter scored the third and fourth heats with ease, thus winning the race, The following isa SUMMARY. Deerroot PARK (FORMERLY TAti’s TRACK), NEAR BROOKLYN, L. L, JUNE 3, 1873.—Purse $100, for horses that never beat three minutes; mile heats, beat three in five, in harness; $00 to first, $80 to second and $10 to the third horse, Messrs. Keenan, Storms and Burke. A. L. Rogers’ b. m. Inishman's Daughter. 5 L. S. Sammis’ s, 1 William Thom’s y William Weish’s ch. m. Netli J, Denton’s b. m. Lov: D. Gilmore's b. g. Delver. M. Rogers’ b. 8. app. H. Heard’sb. , Harry George Hopkins’ br, m. Jennie Judges— 1 2 TIMP, Quarter, Half. Mite, First heat + 4436 1:26 Second heat. 41 Third heat. Fourth heat. A German woman named Lona Datsch, residing at 907 East Twelfth street, died yesterday from the effects of ‘ ra “TMIE DIVISION PARADE. Inauguration of the New Grand , Plaza at Union Square. Gov. Dix Reviewing the Holiday Soldiers. A Handsome Pageant and @ j; Great Crowd. The parade of the First Division of the State National Guard took place yesterday afternoon, Governor Dix reviewing the troops at Union Square, The day was, beyond compare, a gem of beautiful weather. A stiff breeze, cooling me arid heats of the day before, had prevailed all the morning and noon, and had moderated with the declining sun at five o’clock to the consistency of s Pleasant zephyr, which might cool the brow without ruffling the bonnet. It raised no dust and whirled no atoms down the general throat. The tired sol- dier had no discomforts of the broiling sun or the embrowning dust to fear. The day was as suit- able to the occasion as if the god of day had com- menced his round early in the morning with espe- clai reference to a fine parade. As early as three o’clock the streets adjoining Ys. THE GRAND PLAZA OF UNION sQUARE were thronged with expectant spectators. Along Broadway, Fourth avenue and Seventeenth street men, women and children nad massed themselves to see the division as it passed the reviewing stands and throughout the square itself, perched on the benches, in the trees and among the idle machin- ery, and a few nestling even under the protecting toga of the lamented Lincoln’s statue, were the more hopeless and less patient public, who felt con- tent under pressure to catch a passing glance of the division, unembellished by the visible presenca ofthe Chief Magistrate of the State and his aids, The houses facing the point of review were crowd- ed with @ luckier set of seers, who could gaze above the heads of the pressing crowd immediately down upon the soldiery, and from under the arch- ing window shades of the Everett House hostsof fair ladies were enabled to look down right into the face of Governor Dix himself. A large detail of police served to meer the plaza clear and to vent intrusion upoa the reviewing stand, wi was indeed filled to repletion by gentlemen and ladies to whom invitations had been extended by General Shaler and the Park Commissioners. Flags were flying from the peaks of the Everett House, Westmoreland House, Arcadian Club and a number of the edifices in sight, ‘THE DIVISION WAS FORMED at four o'clock in close column of companies, with the front resting on Filth avenue, in the following order:—The Second brigade on West Ninth street, Battery B on East Ninth street, the Third brigade on West Tenth street, Batteries O and G on Bast Tenth street, the First brigade on West Eteventh street and Battery K on East Eleventh street. The separate troop of cavalry which led the and formed General Shaler’s bodyguard, forme: on East Thirteenth street. At haif-past iour the coluamo moved, General Shaler in command. up Fifth avenue to Fourteenth street, through Four- teenth street to Broadway, up Broadway to the Grand Plaza. ON THR GRAND STAND, As the head of the column reached Fourteenth street and Broadway the Governor took his place on the stand erected for the roviewing officer. It was built on the northern end of the Ticute Gothic cottage, and fronted the broad street with Belgian pavement (Seventeenth street originally, but now widened and philologically harmonized into the Grand Plaza), and it was decorated with a pro- iusion of flags and banners, The Governor was dressed in the ordinary blaek attire of the citizen. He was accompanied by his entire. staff, Major General Sanford and Adjutant General Rathbone leading, and was immediately bie tad on the reviewing stand by Vice Admiral wan, of the Untted States Navy, and Major General W. §. Han- cock, of the regular army, each in tne fui uniform of his rank, while just behind him were Lieutenant Governor Robinsot with nothing of his so:dierly attire about him but his crutches, and Major General James W. Husted, of the Fifth Division of the State National Guard, resplendent in his brand new legislative uniform, sword and epaulets. Among the other distin- guished people on the platform were @eneral Mor- ris, Captain Herrera-Davila, of the Ordnance De- partment oi the Spanish Army; Captain Gaston, of the Pay Department of the same; Lieutenant gon of the Bee etary of State: Peter Cooper, an Sigerman Vaiéé, while in the sitting room of the jothic Cottage, too weak from his long illness to trust himsel! to the pressure of the crowd on the platform, though still looking hearty for bis great age, sat Thurlow Weed, attended by his devoted rit ‘al Shaler reached the reviewing stand ener le" he saluted and took pdst Monge le the stand, his statfand body guard ranging in line On his right. The regiments then commenced to move past the Governor, and became at once the object of the a tention of the vast body of onlookers and of the military celebrities Who stood by the Governor's » side. THE MARCHING IN GENERAL was excellent, the Seventh, as usual, carrying off the palm for exceilence tn everything pertaining to parade. Cheers were freely bestowed upon thi model organization when its head of columm turned into the Grand Plaza, and were kept up until they disappeared beyond Fourth avenue into Seventeenth street. The perfect alignments were almost marvellous, in view of the seem- ingly unconquerable desire of young mi- liiamen to look upon a distin, hed individual reviewing them. The step and ring were most soldierly, and the saluting of commis- / sioned and non-commissioned officers was um formly graceful. The Ninth regiment followed the Seventh in the column, and presented a very an- commendable contrast to that handsome com- mand. The alignments of the Ninth were usually faulty ; too many “private” eyes were glaring upon the Governor instead of the guide, and many of the men carrica themselves with @ gait that was rather shuiling than soldierly, One captain, while engaged in the duty of saluting, had his com; stumbling over his heels. The uniform of the ment, once too gandy for beauty, has now had gaudiness ground out of it, and is slouchy rather than handsome, serving with unfortuna: cision to expose a wearisome untiormity of round shoulders. THR TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT appeared in handsome style, and was the recipient aiso of hearty cheers. The hero of “Humpty Vumpty” was descried at his post, as zealously perfor: the duty of parade as he does the pantomime, was cordially cheered by the gods of the gallery as he strutted by. THE SIXTY-NINTH AND SEVENTY-FIRST were cheered for their handsome marching. The latter carries a war-worn flag which should have © rest. it hangs in mere strips from the staff, and, unless care is taken of it, may not survive many more campaigns, We commend the officers to lay it away and provide themselves with a newer and brighter one for the grand parades yet to come ) instances, the guns bright and ferocious, and the artillerymen bore themselves like the grim men of war they are popularly supposed to be. The cavalry was all in excellent trim, though some of the companies were ratier thin. One lieutenant in the Washingtons Grays commanded a platoon of just four men, who rode at wide intervals as if to spread out to save * appearances, The police arrangements were very excetient until the end, when, before the First Battalion of cavalry, Which brought up the rear, had passed the stand, and while Governor Dix stood barehead acknowledging the salates of the officers, the cr of men and boys directly opposite broke through the police, scamperea between the platoons of cav- alry and immediately assailed the platform whereon the Governor stood, some of the more irreverent among them, carried away probably by associations *, connected with the recent political campaign, shouting “SPEECH, SPEECH!” at the dignified old gentleman who, bareheaded and bowing, represenied the gubernatorial digmty of the Empire State. Governor Dix responded to this untimely call only by a general bow and retired: but Major General Husted. to whom the fascination of speechmaking is more enticing than the soldferly reticence of the camp, lingered near the inviting platform, and his friends tor some mo- ments were Sperenensite that his clear voice might be heard ringing out above the din of the crowd in all that flowery eloquence of whieh he is * papabie. “ane regiments having passed the reviewing stand dispersed at once, and until dusk various streets of the city were made musical by the of regiments returning to their armories. men tn column numbered nearly eight thousand and the parade was one hour passing the Gov- ernor. PARADE OF THE SEQOND DIVISION, Considerable preparation has been made by the mem- bers of the several military organizations for the pat and review of the Second Division N. ¥. 8 N. ¥. i Brook 1 to-morrow. The line of march will be th on, Clinton and Schermerhorn Hanson piace, Cnimberland street, Lar fayette avenue, Carlton avenue and Myrtle avenue, Uor- crnor Dix will’ review the organizations {rom @ sta erected on the westerly side of Cumberland street, oppo site Willoughby avenue. DEATH FROM DRUNKENNESS, Coroner Uerrman has instituted an inquiry into the cause of death of John E, Dunham, who died in Bellevue Hospital on Sund: nt injuries, It ts believed, res Celvgd ina saigou wail, wader the initwenoe of Uauor. ralem| Flatbush avenue Pe