The New York Herald Newspaper, July 5, 1874, Page 5

NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, SULY 5, 1874.-TRIPLE SHEET, ERMAN DRAMA. proved of by His Excellency the Minister of Pubtio ‘orship, alter a Teport has been made to about $400. The loss on the furniture is $200. The building is fully insured. ‘The residence of James Cochran, No. 207 Frank- took fire last evening, causing damage to the ex- tent oF SiO get fire to rool of No. 241 West Tenth | Fourth.” Judging from the patriotic fervor ex- hibited in the exuberant eagerness of every citt- Generally speaking, these so-called Thuringian court companies make @ poor business, the resi- the fulfilment of their sacerdotal functions, but ought to be mere employés of the State, disciplined Servants of the Kaiser, bound to teach and preach only what does not dispiease bim and his lay oMicials, lest they should expose themseives to be dismissed at Once and replaced by @ more supple lackey of the civil power. THE CATHOLIC POSITION. , fo such @ monstrous pretension the different clergy, and more espectally the Cuthotic one, re- N dences of the courts not havi Dim on the matter.” So that according to tne t last evening. Damage, $10. lin avenue, was set on fire by crackers yesterday | 2e0 to congratuiate his neighbor, and the supreme ng & population lary atreet las be asternoon and damaged to the extent of $150, delight of the younger portion of the community enough to support them comfortably. The Mee Witte maintivetey Favbles- iu ons word ¢ woes XCURSIONS. Slight fires also occurred at No, 160 Myrtle ave- | while occasioning the time-honored din ana clat- ingen court troupe has had an excellent ma Batholte, Protestant and even Judatc clergy of EXC ONS. nue, No. 18 Hicks street and No. 25 Columbia street. nager | the German Empire—are no more independent in ‘ACCIDE: terof multifarious pyrotechnics, 1t 18 safe to con- Grand Success of the Duke of Meining- in the Duke, The Duke of Saxe-Coburg-cotha is “as Mary Cresemer, twelve years Of age, residing at No. 359 Pearl street, Was shot in the left thigh with a pistol ball at the hands of some person un- ‘The wound ts not serious, ciude that the extinction of time itself must occur ere the birthday of this great nation ceases to be dear tothe hearts of its children, The numerous steamboats trom New York and elsewhere as they glided swiitly up and down the Hudson, almost covered with bunting and laden to the guards with livine freight, presented an at- an amateur actor. I think it would be a very happy idea on the part of the smaller princes of Germany to turn their attention to dramatic, musical, lit- erary and artistic culture and development and | leave military matters to Berlin. In these depart- ments there is an immense fleld still uncultured; the latter is already over-developea, 'The Machinists and Blacksmiths’ Union, No, 27, celebrated the day by a trip to Lion Park, corner of 110th street and Eighth avenue. Dancing, mu- Brown, thirtecn years old, residing at sic and general good cheer made up the pro- | No, 295 Furman street, was shot iu the left arm by gramme of the festivities. | Henry Lary a Dor who was amusing himself by ‘The steamer Providence left her dock swathed in | SPOT a) A Milt Ke Joon Riely, a boy eight years old, was struck b: flags and bletant with music for a trip down the Wonca a , . M en’s Company in Berlin. The Drama-Loving Duke and His the shait of a passing Wagcn, on the corner of | tract reiy. 8 ’ ; “ ed, of cour I ly vi ty 9 e1 nou- J a ny ' PRAUI YER. 5 use, to Submit, and it is well Known bay, Out on the ocean and up the Hudson, she | Union and Henry streets, audsoverely injured, | gractive picture of gayoty and gladness, thon Blind Actor, Weilenbeck. "DEATH OF PRAULEIN MEYER at for a While 'Bismurek’s credit at the Court of was loaded down with pleasure seckers, and | 303% En as Aer RN ce Ge Fcbelttt ey | ofered by the Hudson Kiver, Hariem and New Munich lost, on the 22d of May, one of i best Postdam was auch uuperiited, the firm represen- rt Smith, residing | jy; eae " f 3 le by the indigna pleasant one, and the families, who had prin taken advantage of it, returned to the city tresh- | Dean street yesterday, shied with | they had | exploding on ihe sidewal ened by the breath of salt air and de: the spingee: of highland scenery which oviained, Staten Island was largely pati ing citizens, tho principal reser: Shiver Lake and Ciilton Verk, being Kim Pack, Park in tne evening. ip a Word, tuere were excursions everywhore. | with re- | New York isso beautifully situated gard to suburban points that the dificulty in selec- tion Comes from the excessive nulaver Of routes, By every availabie avenue cur people from the city yesterday to wherever the s suri be heard. The Bay was whitened with the snowy sails of yachts a leasure bouts of all kinds pressed agiily into service, From the Buttery to the Kill Von Kali, and on the other side, through the Narrows;und out to tne open expanse that hes past this side of the biue Atlantic, could be seen cratt ofevery imaginabie description. In other direc- tons the swift trains, blushing with bupting, bore their quota of New Yorkers tu sweet sylvan retreats. ‘The day was, as it should be, one grand picnic, Miss Columbia stooped from her customary dignity, and was inclined tora frolic. Right royally did she enjoy the gilt-edged hours, dimmed in the sli:htest degree by the grate- ful showers 01 the aiternoon, Thus came end went the Fourth of July of 184. What may transpire belore the circling seasons bring us another cele- bration of our independence no one can tell. Let Us trust that the comiug year may have as many smiles a8 tears, and that we may be as jubilauuly inclined as we are now, one year frum to-night, UP THE HUDSON. The several places of resort on the Hucson, south of Youkers, were, wit but oue or tWo ex- * ceptions, crowded with visitors, AG WEEHAWKE there could not have been less than from 3,000 to 4,000 persons congregated at the several saloons @nd on the mountain top. Ali passed off vei quietly, with the exception of a fight ina low gro shop near the ferry, wiere a man nained James Hurley was cut in the head by « club, BULL'S FERRY ‘there was quite a scarcity of visitors, owing to the fact that the leading otel of the place is now closed, At g At PLEASANT VALLEY. there was one continual stream of visitors all day Jong. The grove was crowded with a large picnic arty, and during the evening a tine display of reworks was made on the green directly in trons of faylor’s hotel. FORT LEE ‘Was also Overrun With visitors, the steamer Pleas. ant Valley being loaded down with passengers to and from the several groves at this beautifal lace of resort. A serious accident occurred dur- ing the afternoon; & young lady, the daughter of Mr. L. M. Cauiding, of Jersey City, was precipitated down the rocks near the Pavilion Hotel and badly injured about the head. she was conveyed to Hoboken in an insensibie conaition, where she was tended to bya physician and then taken to her ome. AT EXCELSIOR PARK two large excursions from the city spent about ‘two hours, all passing olf very quietiy, THE DAY IN BROOKLYN. Amusements — Fires—Fatal Accident — Names of Persons Injured During the Celebration. The Brooklyn boys and girls retired to their noc- turnal couches filled with visions of the celestial Visitant, the coi excitement and sport in store for the glorious Fourth, when Young America is in conscience bound to celebrate the national embiem—the ban- ner in the sky. Tieir fond anticipations were re- alized, it is to be presumed, from the very noise and general observation of the day. A national salute was fired at sunrise from that historic point, Fort Greene, and the same ceremony ‘Was repeated at noon. A salute was also fred trom on board the United States receiving ship Vermont, at the Navy Yard, and on board the Nayship Roanoke, both of which vessels were handsomely decorated with bunting, So mach Jor the big guns. The discharge of small arms was incessant from daybreak until near midnight. Firecrackers, serpents, spit-devils, smal} cannon, revolvers, muskets and firearms of every description were going off in every direc- tion and the most extensive stuck of the emport- ums of sulphurous scented commodities was de- pleted. Very few of the stores remained open during the day, though in the evening the markets were open to accommo- date those who desired a Sunday dinner. Flags were displayed in graceful protusion from ‘the staffs on the roof of the City Halli, the decora- tions being perfected by the artistic Aldrich. A pennant seventy feet in length and a large national flag were given to the breeze irom a staif im the arms of the figure of Justice on the summit ofthe cupola. From the truck of this staf, twenty | feet above the figure, were jour lines of smaller colors attached to poles extending out horizon- tally from the top of the hail bell tower. Lines of flags were also run from tie centre to the edges of the roof, The County Court House was also hand- gomely bedecked with many-hued bunting, and sought to vie with the municipal mansion in dog honor to the day we celeprate. FLAGS WERE FLYING from Police Headquariers, the Health Office, United States Court House, Park ‘Theatre, Brooxiyo Theatre, Uiympic, Hootey’s Minsirel Hall and in- mumerabie private residences. The entire police Jorce was on duty, the off platoons being held in reserve at the station houses aud headquarters, The cars on the Smith street and Coney Isiand Nine, Fiatbush, Greenwood and fergen street routes, were crowded tnroughout tne day vy Reoie bouua to the great Park on the hill. Not ess than 40,000 visitors pul in an appearance @t that favorite resort yesterday. xtra Doats were employed on the lake and an accurate survey o! the miniature isiets and their products was made py the voyagers. The model yacht clubs were preseut with tueir tiny cratt in fun force, and with ‘“afull sheet and flowing sail” beat to Windward from the Caye, near the base of Look- out Hill, in right galiant manner. Several bets ‘were made upon the relative prowess of the fairy vessels, aud the sport was intensely enjoyed by “children of a larger growth,” who specu. lated with much vim concerhing each trial of speed across the pond. The drives at the Park were thronged with vehicles, filled witn the working classes lor the greater part, the more | aristocratic bemg out of town or reluctant to ap- pear among the “common horde.” AMUSEMENTS, The congregation of St. Peter’s church, Hicks street, spent tue day in jollity at Pope's Park, Gow- anus. ‘The parishioners of St. Malachi’s, East New | York, held their picnic at the grove on Smith ave- nue. yhe schools of St. Ann’s church, Front’strect, enjoyed the day beneath the umbrageons shade of Boulevard Grove, The Union Association sailed away to Meyer's Grove early in the day, and returned, tired but pleased, late in the evening. ‘The James Dunn Association, so called in honor of the Alderman of the Sixth ward, made their an- nual excursion up the Hudson River. in the forenoon the Constitution Club, composed of prominent politicians and office-hoiders, ceie- brated the Fourth at.their headquarters in briawe street. Ihe Declaration of Independence was read i) Mr, Anthony Barrett, and the President of the club, Aiderman Joun M. Olaucy, delivered the oration with his usual Demostuenic force und ei- fective eloquence. ‘There were matinées and evening performances Gt oll the places of amusement. FIRES AND FATALITIES. At half-past one o'clock a fire occurred in the two story frame house No. 617 De Kaib avenue, o cupied as &@ newspaper and stationery store, caus- tag & damage of $5,000 to stock, ‘The stock was insured for $1,000 in the German-American Com- pany and $1,500 in the Hibernian. ‘The house is owned by Mr. Dale, and was damaged the amount of $2,000, ‘The stofe of ‘imbail & Brother, adjoining, was damaged to the extent of $1,000. Phe building, No. 615, drag store of Mrs. Barnaby, was damaged to the extent Of $600, The latter structure is owned by Mr. Wyckotl, of New York. During tne haste in which the family of Mr. Nodine were compelled to vacate 8, the tire having gamed such rapid children, Who was sleeping up Stairs, was forgotten. The little one, who was Aged five years, was burned co death. The fire ‘Was caused by the explosion of a kerosene oil op, wich latter was overthrown by a ball irom @ Roman candle which entered the window, Cor- Oner Jones was notified. A tire broke out at No, 284 Third avenue, caused by children playing with matches. ‘the damage ‘was trifing. ire No. 62 Bergen street, owned e I structus by John Kinokey, was set fire to acctdentally yes- serday alternoop ayd damaged to the extent of, ized by the fly- ‘Three thousand per- Bons went to see the lirework display at Stapleton tened a le ofa | tree could be enjoyed, or the musical song of the H et, and joyously anticipating the | if in the right hand while firing at a dog in | ‘rhe face anc eyes of Harry Vou Glahn, ten years old, were badly burned by powder which he was Kk in front of his resi- | dence, No, 49 Prospect street. | John Goon, twelve years. was burned about tne Jace at the same time and place, Luke McGinnis, jourteen »ears old, residing at No. 831 Nevins street, biew oif a iinger while setting off gunpowder yesterday alternoon, William Vatte, twelve years old, of No, 420 Flat- bush avenue, was badly burned about the head and face by the expiosion of gunpowder. William Garry, aged twelve years, of No. 150 Adums street, ‘shot off the middie duger of nis right hand while firing a pistol. James Dowling, aged twenty-nine years, resid- ) ing at No. 292 Commbia street, sustained the loss | of hus right nand, which was blown oir by the burst- | | ng of a gun, while he was discharging the piece, Alvert Koller; residing at No. 335 Court street, ; Shot himself in the left hand, Andrew Moore, of No. 25 Debevoise street, was severely burnea while setting of gunpowder on the sidewalk in iront of his residence, Otlicer ‘Tate, of tne Second precinct, shot himselt in the hand and a man named Peter Main in the foot, in Atlantic Park yesterday. The olficer in- tended to per.orate a dog, but missed the cur with the resuit noted. Peter Culbane will remember the ninety-eighth auniversary 01 the nation’s independence for the remainder of his ie. He lost the lore finger of bis rigut hand white firing a pistol in irony ol No, 57 York street. A pistol exploded in the right nand of John | Dering, twelve sears of age, tearing off the fesh, James McMahon, of No. 5 Feet alley, was wounded in the face by the discharge of a pistol in the hands of some unknown man, Charles Young, aged five years, was burned about the face by the discharge of a pistol. Wilham Henry, of No. 6S Midaagh street, was burned about the head and lace by tue explosion of powder. Ynevdore Knopple, seven years, residing at No. 133 Twenty-first street, had his tace ourned by gunpowder, Peter Burns, of No. 847 Pacific street, burned his rignt hand severely. Heury Landrum, fitteen years of age, residing at No. 1,071 Fulton street, shot himweli in the leit hand with a pistol. ASSAULTS, Philip Young, a clerk, was arrested in the First precinct for shooting Adelaide Garrett in the leit leg with a pistol which he was discharging on ‘Tiliary street. William Faucett, fifty-five years old, a rigger, assaulted Lawrence Burdett, pitting him in tie breast and cutting him on the back oi the head, ATTEMPTED MURDER. Mrs, Gainsiord, du: an aliercation with Mr. McKiniey, at No, 52 Navy street, last evening, drew a five barrel revolver from ner pocket and pointed it toward him. Before she could discharge The weapon, three chambers of which were loaded, a son of McKinley caught her by the arm and wrenched the revolver from her hand. She was arrested by an officer of the Second preciuct ana locked up to answer, BROOKLYN'S FIREWORKS were postponed in Cont equrnte of the threatening aspect of the weather. Thousands of peopie had | congregated at tne four points designated for the public display. The only exuibition on the part Of tue city was that made by Keeper Tormey on the roof of tue Hall. Calcium lights were burning, which lit up the long lines of many- colored flags and guidons, bringing out their nues with beautiful effect and briiliancy, Many pounds of coiored lights were also burned on the rooi of the Hall aud County Court House, and the illummation was very fine. Private exhibi- tions Were as humerous as upon any preceding an- versary, and in some instances Most eXxtrava- ui expenditures were made in the purciase of rotechnics, The Day in Williamsburg. The Datioval holiday was generally ovserved in Williamsburg yesterday, All the public parks in the Eastern District and vicinity were thronged during the day by pleasure seekers, Nearly every | house was gayly dressed in fags and streamers. In the evening there was a public display of dre- works at the square in Union avenue and North Seventh street, and another at broadway and Myrtle avenue. The number of accidents from the careless handling of firearms and other causes was very smail compared with other years. Among tbe most serious are the lollowing:— John McSweeney, 4 grocer doing business at No. 89 North sixtn street, Willtamsburg, amused him- self yesterday by discharging a revoiver, loaded with powder and ball. About four o'clock In the afsernoon he determined to fire anotner voiley, and, going out on the sidewalk, pointed ms pistol ata group ol chiidren who were standing on the opposite side and succeeded in sending a bullet into the heart of a little boy named Morris Smith, aged five anda hall years, killing him instantly. McSweeney was promptly arrested by Officer | Hurst and locked up in the Fitth precinct station house. The pody o1 the child was carried to the residence of its parents, No. 102 North Sixth street, and the Coroner notified. About midnight on Friday Mr. Peter Delaney, & reperter on the Brooklyn Zagle, had both eyes badly burned by the premature explosion oi a large firecracker which he was holding. He was taken to the Wastern District Hospital and attended by Drs. Talcott and Brady. Henry W. Malvom, elghteen years old, nad his right hand shattered by the discharge of a pistol. ° ‘Thomas E, Malcom, six and a hal! years old, a brotaer o1 the above, had his eyes badly burned by the explosion oi a cap. They were attended by a physician at their residence, No, 289 South Fitth street. A boy named Andrew More, fifteen years old, re- siding cor of Debevoise and Smith streets, while in Graham avenue, was terribly burned on the hand, face and neck, by the explosion of some | powder which he had in a bottle. He was attended by Police Surgeon Lowenstein and scnt home in an aipulance. Eliza Hauser, @ woman residing at No. 218 North Second street, Williamsburg, had both hands se- verely burned by the explosion of a quantity of fireworks, whic) she was selling from a stand in iront ov her restdence. William Smith, eighteen years old, residing at No, 270 Ninth street, Williamsburg, was shot in the arm by a pistol in the hands of a young man named John Quinn, residing at No, 260 seventh street, Smith was taken to the Eastern District Hospital, where his wound was dressed. Quinn was arrested and locked up in the Fourth street station house to answer a charge of felonious as- cs by sauit. Yesterday afternoon the roof of the two stor: frame dweiling No. 334 South Fourth street, Wil- | hamsburg, was damaged about $150 by fire, caused by careless use of fireworks. The butldin | ovat by Roderick O’Niel and occupied by Mrs. janbar. THE DAY ON LONG ISLAND. | The first train bound eastward on the South Side | Railroad yesterday morning consisted of eighteen | cars, loaded to their fullest capacity with pleasure | seekers intent on spending the Fourth at Rock- | away, Fire Island or some other of the numerous | watering places on the south side of the island. \ | The Rockaway branch of the Long Island Railroad | was also extensively patronized, and the main and lateral branches of this road took great numbers | to various points on the north shore and the east | end. Stewart’s Central Road, which runs dircct | from Hunter's Point to Babyion and Fire Island, conveyed a multitude to those points—John Lux's Oceanic House aud Sammis’ Suri Hotel on Fire | Island being literaily overftowing with guests. At Rockaway beach probably so great a crowd was never before known, as the means of access to it have never beiore been so numer- ous or 80 cheap. Tae Seaside Pavilion, the Seaside House and the other well known | hotels on the veach had more business than they | could well attend to, and the various bathing places were literally alive with frolicking humun- | 7 disporting liseli tn the suri. The shipping at | ail points on the north and south sides was gay | with patriotic bunting, and everywhere was heard | the popping of pistols, firecrackers and otier | reworks. There were formal celeprations of the | day, With reading the Deciaration, orations, pro- cessions, fireworss, &c., at Flushing, Mr. L. Bradford Prince was the oratoi | Rockville Centre, with Mr, Robert A. Davison as orator; at Patchogue, where Mr. Chauncey Siaf- fer was orator; at Bridgehampton, where Mr. | H. P, Hedges was orator; at Riverhead and one or two other places. The Methodist society of | Bridgehampton célebrated the day with a social ‘ clam-nake. Toere was horse racing on the dit- ferent driving parks of the island, At Greenport, mM addition to a regularly organized regatta, open to ull entries, there was a ‘‘scrub” regatta, a rowing match and a tub race, which caused a | great deal of sport. And there were @ number of } steamboat excursions on tne Sound from Sag Harbor and other points, which were liberally patronized, WESTCHESTER, The Day Among the Convicts. Throughout Westchester county, yesterday, the “gpirit of '76” seemed to animate both old and young 1) commemorating the ever “xlorious | | | | where innocent amusement and rational hilarity heid sway. At Sing Sing the day was ushered in by the firing of cannon, and during the afternoon thousands of people assembled on the grounds of Samuel E. Tompkins, where a prayer was offered, the Declaration ol Independence read, and patriotic addresses delivered by a fewor the prommenut residents of the place. In the State Prison the occasion was arked by re- om general joicing among the 1,3 jailbiras. Through the thougnutiuluess of Warden Hubbell a sump- tugus breakfast, including clam chowder and genuine coifee was served to the convicts, who were flen marched to the chapel, where they were allowed to witness and partic,pate in a vocal and instrumental concert. which occupied about two iours and a half, ‘The inmates were aiter- wards taken back to the messroom and furnished with a substantial dinner, accompanied by pine apple and pound cake for dessert. Aiter being locked up the convicts were alowed to amuse themselves in their celis a8 best they might until evening. During the afternoon, at Yonkers, aman named James Tobin imprudently stepped in front of a cannon Wille it Was being fired and had his right lower limb terribly shattered. Tue wounded mem ber was subsequently amputated, At Morrisania George W. Peck, hving on 135th street, was firing ata target, when he lodged & bullet in the nasal organ of a neighbor named Huyb Car while the latter was situng at his own window. Peck was fined $10 by Justice Wheeler Jor nis recklessness. THE DAY ON STATEN ISLA ND. The Fourth was celebrated on Staten Island in Tather a quiet manner, There was a geueral peal of bells at sunrise in the village of Edgewater, which was by many mistaken for a fire alarm, and several of the engines were out in consequence, National airs were played upon the chimes of bells of St, Jonn’s Episcopal church at Clifton, The Stapleton Cornet Band gave a morning concert in the Park, The American colors were displayed at the Seamen's Retreat, Stapleton; at the Satlor’s Snug Harbor, New Brighton; at Police Headquar- ters and ali the public institutions. Most of the lager bier saloons about the village did a big busi- ness. It was a lively day with the Staten island Railway ferry, upon which jour boats were run during the day, making hal{-hourly trips. Bars were kept on each of the boats by the Superin- tendent, from which lager beer was sold in large quantities, ‘thousands of pleasure seekers crossed the ferry during the day, The North Shore Ferry Compauy also ran extra boats. The oid spirit of rivalry Was exhibited between the two companies, whica occupy adjoining slips at Whitehall, each soliciting passengers as they came down to the boats, which more frequently kept over the regu- lar time. Probavly from 18,000 to 20,000 people visited the isiand yesterday. NEW JERSEY. eee For many years past there has been no such universal ebullition of patriotic sentiment through- out New Jersey, commemorative of the nation’s birthday, as that witnessed yesterday through- out the State. Everywhere, from Sussex to Cape May, the spirit of a revived regard and love for country waS made manifest by ringing of bells, booming of cannon, parades, orations, patri- otic music, fags and fireworks. The tone of the orations was noticeably altered for the better as compared with those delivered in former years, The norse cars in all the cities were gayly decked with flags, aud the locomotives on the Pennsyt- yania Railroad were tasteluily immed with tags and green boughs, IN NEWARK, as far as the citizens could make it, the celebra- tion was one of unusual spirit. Crowds of citizens thronged the strects in holiday attire. Nearly every house hung its starry banner on the outer wall. Some had two and eveu three. The city authorities took a new departure. ‘They omitted the customary oratious and other Uterary exer- cises. 4 $2,500 appropriated by the Common Council for observing tue Fourth was therefore con- sumed in ‘brass bands and fireworks. Early in the forenoon there was a very creditable parade of the military and firemen, There were the usual sunrise and sunset saiutes, joy bells, &c. At night, just as the fireworks had begun to fizz otf, the ruin came down and caused a& postponement tll to-morrow night. At Tivoli Park, in Newark, the Swiss residents of that city, with delegations from Paterson, Brooklyn and New York, had a joyous celebratian of the day in accordance with old country tasnion. The only accident recorded in Newark yesterday from the effects of gunpowder was to a boy named Richard Lynch, who stiot four of his fingers off, He lives corner of Academy and High streets, A sad drowning accident took place in Newark | early yesterday morning. Edward L. Miner and another youth went onthe river boating. The boat capsized and Miner was drowned. The other boy escaped. Ailday yesterday the Passaic was dragged, but the body of the lost boy could not be jound. He lived witi his parents at No. 379 Wash- ington street. BAST ORANGE. The celebration was earnest and hearty, the citi- zens showing, without any spurring or ex- ample on the part of the local authorig ties, in sundry weys their veneration jor the memories of “the day we celebrate.” ‘There were salutes and @ generous dispiay of bunting and induigence in fireworks. The chiel feature of the celebration was i the afternoon ai National Hall, where, under the auspices of the East Orange Livrary Associauon, a hterary programme was carried out creditably. An earnest prayer was made by the Rev. Mr. J. L. Danner. ‘then came the reading of the Declaration of Inaepencence by Mr. Charies M. Davis, County School Superin- tendent, alter which Mrs. Blake delivered an ora- ton. AT DOVER, N. J. The Fire Department of Dover, N. J., had o grand parade under the command of their chief engineer, hrgd McDavit. The strects were crowded, and the apparatuses were decorated in the most gorgeous manner. Vigilance Hose Com- pany No. 1 carried off the honors as to beauty and appearance. THE FOURTH IN PATERSON AND VICINITY was “nusnered in” as usual. Torpedoes, snappers, crackers, big crackers, pistols, guos. cannons, up to the big thirty-two-pounder mounted on the Heights and superintended by the annual organi- zation yclept the Paterson Cannon Club—all these and the combined clatter of church and factory bells and the shrill snricks oi steam whistles made the usual imiernal noise at dayiight, to be re- newed spasmodically throughout the day and again burs* forth with exasperating vehemence at nightiall. Business, except that devoted to pleas- ure or patriotism, Was generally suspended, and although there was no observation of @ public character there has not. been a holiday observed ina em way in Paterson 80 extensively for a long while. Jarge numbers of people went from town to re- treats rural and otherwise. The numerous excur- sions leaving New York attracted many, while the brie Katiway carried hundreds to quieter spots in the country, away from the smoke and detona- tions of the day, At the Falls there was a picnic the German societies, of as there was also | at Buifalo Woods and Bunker Hill. Several base bail matches took place between amateur players, Most of the Sunday schools eu- joyed a “treat;” that of the Main street Mission in their building; the Presbyterian Mission in Spring strect; the Cross street Methodist, the Willis street Baptist, the Main street Methodist, &e., the latter spending the day in the woods. ‘the Cale- dontan and other temperance societies indulged in appropriate exercises. Numerous private par- tes were made up and spent the day in an en- joyabie manner, Inthe evening there was quite @ respectable pyrotechuic display from a number of private residences, A sou of William Jonson, aged ten, of Passatc, was killed about five o’clock yesterday afteruoon by the explosion of a pistol. ‘The picnic of iot owners and their friends on the Denville Camp Meeting grounds yesterday was ; attended by a large number of faites from Pater- son and vicinity. At icho Lake and Mocopin there was a grand picnic and fishing party. At Bloomingdale there was a fair and festival , and patriotic exercises, including an address by Rev, Jesse 5, Gilbert, of Paterson. At Pompton there was @ jestival and a variety of games, sack racing, climbing the greased pole, eG, ‘The Little Falls church people held their usual patriotic celevration, ‘The Fourth was observed at Hackensack by a parade and a number of charcy and society gather- IDES, KC. At Ramseys the day was appropriately observed | by patriotic exercises, Vocal aud instrumental music, &c. A iarge number uf people availed themselves of @ special reduction in fares to take excursion trips over the Midlana Katlroad. At the First Methodist kpiscopal church, in Hack- ensack, Rey, Dr. Bartine, of Morristown, delivered an oration and Mr. Haas read the Declaration of Independence, An ample supply of reireshments ‘was Served in the lecture room of the new vuild- ing. Be Bann’s Woods, near Ramsey's, were tastily trimmed and orations were deuvered by N Mauard and Z, M. Ward, of Paterson, | to | months in the year, and in the remainiag give | Misfortunes of the Vienna Comic Opera Troupe. FRANKFORT, June 8, 1874. Some four weeks ago there arrived in Berlina compact, well organized theatrical company, be- longing to the Ducai Court of Saxe Meiningen, in Thuringia, They went thither with the intention of giving @ series of representations, mostly of classic pieces, With the exception of a single in- | dividual, none of the members had any great fame outside of Thuringia. Yet the result of their per- formauces in Berlia has been successiul to a de- gree certainly not anticipated by the Meiningen troupe belore it went Berlinwards, Every seat in the Frederick Wilhelmstadt Theatre was sold night after night. The aristocracy and the Kaiser, and all the members of the Imperial family, honored the ‘guests’? by thelr presence, and the Berlin public gave them unrestrained welcome and applause, Their chief pieces were Shakespeare's ‘Julius Casar,” “As you like it,” Minding’s “Pope Sixtus,” and Lindner’s “Bluthochzeit.” Julius Cesar’? was given seventeen times within four weeks. “Pope sixtus” surprised Berlin audiences as much by the grand assembly scenes as by its internal worth. ‘The success of the performances of the Meiningen ‘Troupe is considered to be a SIGNAL DEFEAT OF THE BERLIN ROYAL THEATRE, Tun by Generai Intendant Von Huelsen. White the Royal theatre has excellent individual actors, } like Doering, Kable, Frieb-Blumauer, Erhartt, the | Meiningen troupe has only one star, a Herr Barney, while the rest are actors of middle ca- pacity. But, what then is the reason of their un- exampled success? Why do the audience desert Von Huelsen for the new guests? Fer a very simple reason. Under the direction of the reigning Duke of Meiningen this court company have been trained ta a manner Which would please even Ed- ward Devrient or Richard Wagner. They consider themselves, as actors, to be there on the stage on account of the play, not that the play is put on the stage on their account, They play together as a well organized body. Thereare no “stars;” the scenery and costumes are scrupulously historically correct, and the success achieved is unheard of in the annals of the Berlin theatres. When ‘Cesar’ was given a few days ago, and the last act fnisied, the house called enthusiastically the entire com- pany before the curtain, and the Emperor William rose from his seat, stepped to the front of his box and gracefully acknowledged the pleasure the actors had given him. ‘Such a thing,” said a Ber- lin citizen, “has never occurred to Von Huelsen for the last ten years !"” THE BERLIN CRITICS were as & whole very friendly disposed toward the guests. Paul Lindau, however, the editor of the Gegenwart, wrote a foolish article ayainst them. And what, think you, offended this wise critic? That the rictness and grandeur of the costumes, the surprisingly brilliant pictorial effects thereby produced, took the aitention from the words of the actors! “Away to the circas with such trumpery!? exclaims the indignant sands of people followed her to the grave. The rumor spread abroad after her sudden death that she had taken poison, An = ab- duction of the body seems to prove this to have been the case. The cause is not yet ascertained, Some papers give stories of love and romance, which, however, vary so much that we do not know which to seievt as the true version, A number of compositions by Schubert, which had been considered lost, have recently been found in Vienna, A private gentleman has had them in his possession ever since the composer's death. The pieces found are “The Magic Harp,” a melo drama, performed many years ago in the Theatre an der Wien,” the partitur of waich was thought to be lost; the complete partitur of the “House- hoid War,” and an overture which has never been performed. Franz Nachoauer, the first tenorist at the Court Theatre, Munich, has been again taken into grace, Several months ago, when the cholera raged in the Bavarian capital, NACHBAUER DESERTED HIS POST and was dismissed in disgrace. Tenorists are scarce, 80 he is now back again, with a salary of 9,000 guilders a year for three months’ service (while the King resides in the city). ‘The great German singer festival takes place in Munich in August. The structure of the Dresden Court Theatre will be dnisbed by the end of the year, The Vienna Comic Opera is bankrupt. The Viennese say that times are too seriously hard to permit their enjoyment of comic opera. The cele- brated Mayence masic publisher, Franz Schott, besides leaving at his death 300,000 florins to the city of Mayence, bequeathed an annual sum of 5,000 florins for the Mayence Theatre. Clara Schumann is in Teplitz taking the waters. She is a sufferer from rheumatism. A great musical festival will be held at Zurich from.the lth to the lath of July. Peschka-Leutner, of Leipsic; Frau Joachim, of Ber- lin; Herr Vogl, of Munich, and Herr Hill, of Schwerin, will be there. Hans Sachs is to have a monument erected in Nuremberg this year. Paul Lindau, the editor of the Gegenwart, is engaged to Miss Anna Kalesch, a daughter of the deceased humorist of the Kladderadatsch. He intends to serve out his imprisonment before getting mar- ried. CHURCH AND STATE IN GERMANY. The Great Struggle Between Bis- marck and the Pope. Germany. BERLIN, June 14, 1874, being verifed in the most transcendent manner, in the person of Prince Otto von Bismarck-Schin- hausen, the illustrious Chancellor of the German Empire. Solong as the cunning statesman con- Berlin critic. 1s it not a pity that such persons can exert any influence at all, entertaining as they do such absurd ideas? The value of historical accuracy in costumes is too little appreciated by The teaching of the visit of the Metningen com- pany to Berlin is that a theatrical company of moderate capacity, but well organized and filled with the true mission of their calling, can compete with and surpass, measured by the success achieved, @ court theatrical company, composed of numerous eminent actors, who, how- ever, are not schooled, who do not work together for_the good of the drama, but for their own per- sonal applause, A DUCAL DRAMATIST. The Meiningen performances were undertaken py the Duke himself, who bore allrisks, The mem- bers of the troupe received double pay. The per- sonnel numbered fifty-five persons, forty-six being actors, Nine freight wagons were necessary in order to transport the decorations and scenic ar- rangements to and from Berlin. To show how fatth- fully the Meiningen actors deal with historical sub- jects itis worthy of mention that the tables and seats in the tragedy, “Between Two Batties,” treating of ancient Swedish history, are made of rude ciumps of wood, corresponding to the fur- niture of the era in which the drama plays. The drawings ior all decorations are made by the Duke himself, A BLIND ACTOR, A most remarkable fact connected with the Meiningen court company is that one of the prin- cipal players, Herr Wellendeck, who took the part of Pope Sixtus, has been periectly blind for the last three years. Few people who attended the performances ever imagined for a moment, how- ever, that the actor who moved with such case and precision on the stage before them did not his affliction did not come upon him uatil he had been for sume years a member of the Meiningen troupe, 80 that he knew the boards by heart when blindness came upon him. His colleagues are very devoted to him. Whenever a new piece is to be given they undertake many rehearsals in order to make the blind actor feel at home in his new dle, The drama of “Pope Sixtus’? ‘was quite new to him; and a critic who knew of his affliction wrote how he trembled for fear of the actor making a false step. But he moved about and ascended the tnrone with safety and dignity. “Since my eyes died,” said the actor to this critic, “I see everything ciearer with the nerves of the brain. Life concentrates itself in my head undisturbed by the external world, which for me no longer exists.” Weilenbeck is a man of intellect, having enjoyed a scholarly education tn his youth, He is the son of an Austrian councillor, now deceased, and nas always moved in the high- | est society. His father died only a few years ago, i \ | | the realization of his dream instruction and scientific analysis. 1866 on Austria and her ex-confederates tinents. to Germany itself. THE WAR AGAINST CONSCIENCE. How 1s it, then, it may be asked, that such a man as Prince Bismarck, so highly gitted with a clear terly ability in managing the public affairs of his country, was ill-advised enough to undertake a deadly struggle against the most redoubtable power of this enlightened century—liberty of con- science? How is it that, having to cement and consolidate the still ill-adjusted his colossal structure, the new German Empire, without knowing of the sid affliction that had that most delicate part of his work, he suddenly royal family of Prussta. But the Chancellor Succeeded at lengti in overcoming the highest scruples of the Emperor, who, being informed that the particularist spirit of Bavaria, Saxony and, above ail, Alsace-Lorraine, could be crusted only by the rigid enforcement of the Falk law, con- sented, though reluctantly, to affix his imperial sign on the tyrannical bill, I need not remind you of the universal feeilng of indignation which was manifested throughout the Fatherland at the pro- mulgation of that law—a feeling wnich, still en- hanced by the noble resistance and the ‘andacious imprisonment of the Archbishops of Posen aud Kiln and the Bishop of Treves, threatens to burst out at every mowentn an open rebellion against the civil authorities by the people themselves, SOUTH GERMANY. Moreover, in South Germany and the conquered provinges the particularist element, jar from being checked by the low persecution ordered by the Berlin Chancery, against tne independence of the Chureh in the name of the State’s supremacy, has received a formidable impetus from that very persecution. In Bavaria a few days ago @ bill of distrust brought in the House by the ultramontanes against the Bismarckian Ministry that sits at Munich was defeated by only five votes of majority. I let you judge how far back- ward we are from the enthusiastic morrow of the Frankfort Treaty in our way to the unification of Germany under the Prussian pointed helmet, Now, suppose that un ternational confict should happen to break out to-morrow between Germany and France, Doaeipy Russia, what would be, then, the most perceptible result of Prince Bismarck’s foolish course against the liberty of the churches, if npt to afford to the numberless ce- The Question in South “Quos vult perdere Deus, dementat !’ said the Latin poet and philosopher: and after seventeen centuries that sentence 13 again on the eve of tented himself with being the greatest and most powerful incarnation of Pangermanism, securing | through every means—oriving away Austria from Germany and tneatrical directors in Germany and elsewhere. } Ee aie oe aes cite cera aes real utility of the purpose and the honesty of the means; but it was impossible not to feel struck with admiration at the sound science of combina- tions and the magnitude of the struggle which, in less than ten years, raised Prussia at the head of Europe and placed the imperial crown of Charlemagne on the brow of & Hohenzoilern. Indeed, in a certain degree Bismarck’s splendid achievements could be acknowledged as a serious profit for the sacred cause of humun progress and | emancipation trom the shameful yokes of the past, it being generally conceded that Germany was by excellence the country of iree thought, popuiar True, the mutilation of poor little Denmark, un- der a miserable pretext, had been a flagrant viola- tion of the international right; true, the war of had proved much against Prussia’s good faith and moderation; true, again, the victorious duel with France, however perfectly legitimate until Sedan, when the German Fatherland was threatened by | the troublesome Gailic race, had unfortunately endea by the violent annexation—in plain words, the conquest—of Alsace and Lorraine, besides an exacting money indemnity, and it may be said that such @ renewal of the brutal customs in force during the Middle Ages was bitterly felt, not only as a shocking anachronism, but also as a menace to every one’s security, by the impartial observers and friends of peace in both the old and new con- But, as an extenuating circumstance for those | bold and unscrupulous procegdings, quite in oppo- see the scenes around him. Fortunately for him | sition to the modern tendencies towards the abo. lition of frontiers, economical at first and aiter- wards political, the great Chancellor’s apologizers advocated the painful but yet absolute obligation imposed upon Prince Bismarck of acting in an ap- parently harsh manner, it being the oniy one that could secure the success of his patriotic task, the completion of which, they satd, should be alto- | gether no less profitable to humanity at large than | perception of mind, sound judgment and mas- stones of | instead of devoting all his cares, all his genius, to fenders of’ that violated right a splendid opportunity either of recovering at once their religious independence in exchange for their par- ticipation with Prussia in the momentous contes' or of paralyzing the latter’s moral and maierh torces by their significant neutrality, uniess they should resolutely declare enemies in the field ¢ THE VASSALS OF PRUSSIA. However extreme it may seem to you, that 18 an eventuality openly spoken here in many politi- cul circles, and I lave for certain that, justly alarmed at the growing discontent manifested by both governments and populations, especially in Bavaria, with regard to his despotic internal policy, Prince Bismarck has resolved to convoke at Berlin @ council o! all the great vassats of Prussia (the Kings and sovereign princes of the Father- lend). and exact irom each of them the formal engagement of an unconconditional yielding to nis platform. As it is suspected that King Louis, of Bavaria, will object to obeying this rather imperative summons, Bismarck suould move that the high and illustrious magnates of the Em- pire be pleased to depose at once the rebel King and appoint another in his place. At all events, a fact is hencelorth out of contest—viz., that the confilct between Church and State, s0 foolish! provoked by the Chancellor, has assumed suc! gigantic pice iees as Log ome in question the ex- fetence of the new Ewpire itself. 1 must add tnat, however smart and unscrupulous Prince Bismarck may prove in pushing things to the last, novwith- standing his immense and nearly unlimited power and means of action, the ultimate triumph of Itb- erty over Bismarckism cannot be doubted a single moment. Of what use are Vou Moltke’s and Fried rich Car!’s military talents, the millions of bayonets and thousands of Krupp guns and twenty impreg- nable fortresses to contend with untamavie con- sciences filled with the holy enthusiasm of right? LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE. Moreover, it should be borne in mind that the free-. thinkers, more numerous in the ere 4 of Kant aud Stravss than anywhere else, heartily indorse the cause of the persecuted Church in the name of their very patnsible eer of conscience.” And it 18 not the least striking partculartt; of this solemn crisis to witness the close alll- ance of free thought on one side with Catholicism and Lutheranism on the other—that is to say, of the helpless persecuted with the fanatic perse- cutors of yesterday—tn order to check the tyrannlo purpose ‘of Ciesarism and secure the triumph of that spirit of toleration and freedom in religious matters initiated by Voltaire and Frederick the Great, but which no Church of any denomination would heretofore consent to acknowledge. FRWE CHURCH AND FREE STATE. It is a grand and comforting sight, out of which the thinker, in his sound meditations on the prob- abuities of the future, is happy to draw the final divorce of that monstrous couple, Church and State, a gigantic step towards peace and fraternity between men by the settlement allover Europe of the religious question, after the example of the United States, which, long before Cavour, found the only rational solution to it—“‘All the churches free in a iree State!” MAD DOGS. Though yesterday was clouded and cool, the vagrant curs of the street did not abstain from the dangerous practice of going mad and threatening all whom they met with that sorest of scourges, hydrophobia. No doubt the thoughtless mischief of the boys, who worried the brates witn such in- genious inventions as crackers and torpedoes, contributed to madden the dogs with fright, and chase them into convuisions from excessive exertion. Captain Marriott and the pound had a holiday. But that brought small alteviation of misery to the hungry hound or miserable mastuf of the streets, pursued by the vicious and relent- less pyrotechnics o1 Young America. eg though the police force were otherwise more than Sufliciently occupied by the many extra duties growing out of the Independence celebration, their sovereign specific tor rabies was called into requisition with satisfactory effect in at least half a dozen cases, as will more fully be shown by the ontictal reports below :— Ofticer Taylor, of the Eleventh precinct, shot mad dog at No, 245 Stanton street. Amad dog was killed by Officer Lynchbert, of the Twelfth precinct, at First avenue and 123d street. Ofticer Kenedy, of the Thirty-second precinct, killed & mad dog on the corner of Sixth avenue and 138th st ect. ‘A mad dog was killed by Oficer Gaw, of the Twenty-nintlt precinct, at No, 319 Sixth avenue, Officer Potter, of the Twenty-ninth precinct, a mad dog at No. 337 Sixth avenue. At one o'clock in the afternoon Officer G. Brown, oftne Fourteenth precinct, killed a mad dog at No. 406 Broome street, At four o'clock yesterday afternoon Officer Finley, of the Fulteenth precinct, kiiled a vicious dog that had bitten a child, Meer O'Connell extinguished 8 agg at No, 686 Water street yesterday aiternool STABBING AFFRAY. About two o'clock yesterday morning John Fee~ ney, James Kelly and William Harvery, all living in Mulberry street, became involved ina quarrel in Prince street, Which led to blows and the use of the knife, Feeney stabbing Kelly in the neck, in- ficting a dangerous wound. Oficer Van Norden, of the Fourteenth precinct, arrested the assailants and had Kelly taken to Bellevue Hospital. At tne Tombs Police Court yesterday Feeney was re- manded to await the result of his victim’s injuries, and Harvery was held as an accomplice. | A YOUNG ASPIRANT FOR PRISON HONORS. James Collins is eleven years old, and, being anxious to celebrate the Fourth, applied to bis | parents for money, but they being unable to sup- ply him he got $69 (rom Mr. Martin Deyer, of No. 69 Park street, without, however, receiving Mr. Deyer's consent, as that gentleman was not in his | store when Collins made the application. At the ‘Tombs Police Court yesterday Justice Wandell told overtaken his son, who, by means of a mechanical | rushed into a new and terrible war against a prin- | him tuat probably he might be able to celebrate arrangement and toe assistance of @ servant, | of Meiningen settled a pension on this remarkabie actor some years ago, 30 that nis future is pro- vided for. : | THE THURINGIAN COURT THEATRES. | The prominence given just now to the Meiningen | troupe calls pubiic atiention to the state of other | Thuringian court theatricai companies. When in | Bayreuth a few weeks ago I saw a number of per- formances by the Court Theatre Company from | Gera.” The playing was, however, below medium. | | In all Thuringia there are, perhaps, only three so- called court theatres which have @ more than | jocal iame, or a fame extending beyond the bounds | of Thuringia, Lefer tu those of Weimar, Coburg- Gotha and Meiningen, eaca of which receives a subsidy of about 30,000 thajers annually from tie | respective courts, by which they are enabled | engage and support good actors and singers. ‘The other Thuringian court tronpes play | | in the theatre of the residence cities only a fow | representations in the smalier towns around. In Rudoistadt, tor instance, the theatre season lasts | only irom August till September. ‘he company bears the title of “Court Theatrical Company,’ and } receives @ subvention from tie Prince of 500 two or three months in the year, the Prince paying & monthly subvention of 200 hurins and providing | the music, But for this subvention the Prince re- celyes & court box and ticketa ay reduced prices. ciple which, far from standing in his way, would wrote letters to him up to hts death, Tne Duke | have made of bim the most glorious and jess dis- puted among the benefactors of mankind, had he solemnly proclaimed it aud enforced its radical ; consequences wherever Germany's direct or indi- rect influence was to ve feltin Kurope? In snort, why, instead of standing firm on Cavour’s plat- form—a tree Church in @ tree State—did Prince Bismarck attempt to reverse the criminal preten- | sion of Romish priestcrast in the ancient times and suomit the Charci to the State, while the only logical solution of the problem jes In the absuiute separation of those (wo quite distinct elements— religious and civil powers? The German Ohancel- jor, in persecuting the Churcy—not only of the Catholic creed, but aiso of any other Christian or exisa-Christian denomination and iaith—bas sailen into the same error as Navo.gon |, When, at the height of his power, blinded with vanity and be- lieving that everything was permitted to him, the brufai Conqueror, ot being great enough to be Jusi and modera: pretended to dictate laws to | Pius VIL. in purely reitmous matters, and made the august old mau a prisoner because he woul not subinit Lo Uesar’s cCapricions and arbitrary wil. BISMAKUK’S RESOLUTION, Without any provocation irom clergy, that, dariug the Franco-Gertian war, lad sioWn as much patriousm and devotedness to te cause of the Facheriand as the iaity, Prince Bys- arck resolved to curb them, together with the gy oi the other various creeds, under his iron € Will; Hence (he famous Fatk law, which regalates — the rejatious between Church and state in the . . iS sense of A complete submission of the lormer to | florins. The Court Theatre at Gera is only opeM | jhe Jacter’s good pleasure. One of the provisions ol that monument of despotism runs ag follows ; “NO appointment to any ecciesiasty office, at whatever degree of the hierarchy, shall take place inany Chureh recognized by the State, without | fught trom the sun. the Catholic _ the «distance | three times his country’s centennial, but that he could not pare ticipate iu this or next year’s celebration, | | een iaansentcdees ton | FIREWORKS IN THE HEAVENS, | {From the Tribune.} Let us see, then, how the fireworks of heaven | compare with those of earth, In other columns there will be found an extended description of the comet, with @ diagram of its movements, the ex- tension of its tail aud its place among the constel- jations. From unknown space somewhere in the | north, and at a sharp angle to the earth’s orbit, it | has come rusning down to give one giddy whirl around the san and then dash back again into the realm of cuaos and oid Night. This evening, | thongn we see it so clearly, It ts 55,000,000 miles away. Of such distances we can form no conception. A cannon ball starting with an imitial velocity of 1,500 feet per second, and never slacking its speed, would not traverse this space in six years, On this very day the particies oi matter flowing from the comet wiich are likely to surround the earth within fortnight have just started ‘on their backward Anything on this earth trav- @ similar speed would complete from New York to Chicago in seven minutes and aroand tne world in twenty-four hours, Whe every fresh observation adds to the probabtitty | that this will be one of tue most magnificent comets the world has ever seen, and ne the: | possibility that the earth may pass through some portion of the matter emanat are also accumulating to prov the earth will be almost if n tt im percep- tibte, [tis now Known that after Bicla’s comet split iteelf in twain, the earth, in November, year betore last, passed througn one of the dissevered elling at the said appolntuent having been previously ap- | portions