The New York Herald Newspaper, January 2, 1856, Page 1

ce wv WHOLE NO. 7065. ——_ _——_ > NEW STATE GOVERNMENT. |, vm | wae. Oe oan 2.. Eli Curtis. vaTm, List of Executive, Legislative and fs ies) eee Judicial Officers. POLITICAL COMPLEXION OF THE GOVERNMENT, Financial Affairs of the State, the Cana) Board and the Sinking Fund, Business to Come Before the Legislature. Laws for the City of New York---Repert of the Police Committee, &e., &e., The government of the State of New York, holding ‘Office from and after the first day of January, 1856, is Somposed of the following named persons, who will meet @t Albany, at noon to-day, to organise the government;— EXECUTIVE OFFICERS. Black republicans in italies; Know Nothings in small tepitals; democrats in roman, &. Becrciary of State. ‘ecretai . Attorney General. SrePuEN B, CUSHING. State kugincer, $1148 SEYMOUR,. CorneliusGardiner,.. * 1857. Ganal Commissionors..~ Henry Fizh “1858, Samus S, Whatton, “ 1859, Thomas Kirkpatrick.. ‘* 1857 ‘Bnapecto’s Stato Prisons. qe Bowne. + © 1858, WILLIAM 8. KUBSELL,, “ 1859, Deputy Secretary State. .Nenamiau P. Stanton, Jr. App'd. Deputy Atiornes Generai. SH. Hamwow. ” 3 Bup’t Public Instruction, Victor M. Rice. “ Sup’t Banking Dep’ ment. /aniel B, St. John. “ The Auditor of the Canal Department is elected by the Commissioners of the Canal Fund, and will be a Know Notbing. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT, ‘The Legislative power of the State of New York is vest ef in a Senate ani Assembly, elected by districts. The Senate consists cf thirty-two members, and the Senators pre elected for two year ‘ officio, omes Rider. f _Henry J. Raymond, Prest eat, . Suffolk, Kich’d ana a eens. J OSERIL im 4..New York, 7, 10,15, liwarda. . Mark Sponcer. 6..New York, 8, #14 wds.... 6.. New York 11 2, 16, 16, 18, . Rxastos BRooss, t. JOHN ae Frrpon. 8.. Dutchess & Columbia. m, Keuy. 9... & Sulby: davard Mf, Madden. groncg 3 Nicnor. Jou W, HeaRoovar. AMOS Weare A. Suir. ‘Wituam Horensass. mas Claris. «Prot, P.BMinger. I Jozeph He Ramsay. »pIsON M. SMUTI. Rulon J. Richr: M. Lindley Lee, Garner Tinwne, Janes Neson. Ges. W. Bradfort. Samuct C. Cuyler. cunaes Huntington. wy KK. WADE. 2. Patterson. Upham. od: -Johie B. Malsi ad. James Wadeworth. Roderick While. 40. Ulster & Greene... Db " lerkimer, Hawilton, ul & Montgomery... ... 41. Schoharie & Delaware... 20. Madison & Oaweg 21, . Jefferson & Lewis Onondaga "Cortland, Broome & Tioga . Cayugs & Wayne, “!Tompains, Seneca & Yates . Steuben & Chi PReeeneeeEnt: Black republicans Know Nothings .... Democrats... Preston King “repudlicans’’. Joel T. Heudiey Know Nothings... Know Nothing softs .. Anti-Know Nothing softs Total....... 2 Mhe.democta'a were all elected by the soft shell ‘wtag of the party. It will be seen that the Senate is in their bands. Accordirg to law the Senate should meet on the first Tuesday in January. The Senators will be sworn in ‘by the Lieutenant Governor, and then proceed to the Glection of Clerk. A message will then be sent to the House that the Senate is organized and ready to receive the Governor's message. If the House should not or- ganize on New Year's day, the Senate will adjourn over. The seat of Bir. Sickles, inthe Third district, will be eontested by Mr. Barr, harddemocrat. The seat of Mr. Ferdon, in the Seventh district, will be contested by Mr. Brandreib, soft hell democrat. THE ASSEMBLY Js composes of 128 members. It meets a‘ the samo tine as the Senate; members are elected for one year. They elect their Speaker and other oflicers, and are judyes as to the claims and qualiiications of persons claiming seats. The following is a list of members: — Dist. NEW YORK 1. Isaac Witbeck 2.) Jackson Kise, H. Jrnevs, 4. James Brady ul ALIRGANY. Tras Hampton, 2.14, H. Main Cuarcrs T, Milica, Peter Dawson, 15,, Winns A. Guest, ROOM. 15,. Arthur Woods, Walter L. Pek 18. Jobn H. Anthon. CATEARATOUS. NIAGARA. 1..L. D. Cobb, Winns 2). Danna. BecKnn. CAYUGA 1... Savitis Dudley, LXONARD SIMONS, ONEIDAL . George F. Bowler, James J. Unnshe't, Holbert Powers. homas D. Venfels, | CHAUTAUQUE. . Caleb Goodrich, | As read A, Penlergrast, . a Limestret, Burr Burton, J. Burr Clark. CORN ANGO, 4..Jaboz Lowls. 1..T. H. Matteson, ONTARIO. \l Frederick H, Juliand, —-1,. Samuel A. Hot, | CLANTON. DuivER CAgR, | Timothy Hoyle. ORANGY. | COLUMNLA. eave Woon, } 1, Savas, Tex Boner, .W. Reeve, 2..A, A. Hoveruipr. TA. J. Mule, 7 CORTE AND. 8 George 1. Kingman. t DELAWARE. } 1.. John Mead, 3. 2.,Joxm Haron. 2 HAM, Bi Tixorty B. Barry 2 wn Dinock, aler. “3. a ‘C. Weleht. wm PUTNAM. 2..J. G. Desi, Benjamin Bailey Daniel Devening, Jr., OVENS, I SOHN CLARK, SM. SwENIKER, 4. Benjamin Maltby. RISSAT ARR. RSAUX 3..Geo, Van santvoord, Jon A. Le. 2.. Ave Tee Jomnse FRANKLIN , Saspronp A. TRact. CHMOND. William J. Shoa, HOUKLAND, Rowarn Wierravow, Avimer Hons FULTON AND TAMITTON. Isaac LAFRViat GENTER!. 2.,.8th Wakeman, David Mallory. ORRENK, 1... Bem. Maw, 2..M, B. Marin. ‘UK MK, 1... George G, Samuel Greene, 2 {Joseph Baucus.” A, A, Prescorr, SCHENECTADY. TRFYFRSON. Jayes Ropers, iw Massey, SCHOUAR. john K. Lovét, 3,. Ienac Welln. Charles Holmes. xINGS, SENFCA, 1. . John Hanford, dawns B. THOMA, STECREN. 1.4, Desxison, 2. Francis B. Spinola, 1, Wor 2. Albert C. Morgan, 3. David 4 ler. 3. Hartow Flaxrs. TAVINURTON. SUTVOLK. 1.,1., Onwss, 1... David (. Floyd, 2., Alonzo Bradner. 2. Wm. 8. Smith. MADISON, ULISVAN. 1. . Samuel White, Wirt H. Becker. ‘2... John Snow. TOGA, MONROR. A. H. Miller. Benjamin Sniih TOMPKINS. 1,. Writsaw C, Cooy. iphay Trivamer, 2..R, H. &. Hype ‘Jouerh Desvey. MONTCOMERY, UISTER, 1. Joseph #praker, 20K A. DeDiEY, 2.,John Vandever, SCHOON MAKER. NEW Youn. WARREN, 1,, Danicl Mechan, Thomas S. Gray. 2,, Benjamin Kay, WASHINGTON, ‘ mes Hayes, CRrockKet 4,.Jobn D. Dixon, ‘Havay B. Nounwnor, 6. Joba J. Rielly, 6... J. HL. Dewaxsy, Z..Jamme Baxyoors, WAYSR, Harlow Hyde, Thomas Barnes. According to th pt line of partion, the following summary may be made:— Preston King ‘‘vepublicans’’, 20 Keel T. Hi Know Nothings. : Aaron Ward ay : Ff iirecl Tr Hatch notte : 20 Old line whigss nn a . ORGANIZATION OF THE ASSEMBLY. ‘The Assembly should meet on Monday, January 1, at eleven o'clock. The oldest member is goneraily elected Chairman pro tem, and the House procoeds to vote for a Speaker, sometimes viva roee, and sometimes by ballot. The organization of the House wi'l not be easily effected this year, unloss the republicans cast all their votes for ‘© soft shell democrat, in order to defeat the Know No. things. This is the current rumor at Albany, and Mr. Robinson, a soft shell democrat of Oswego, bas been named as the man. STATE JUDICIARY. The Judiciary of the State of New York is arranged aa follows == 1. The court for the trial of impeach nents of State of- ficers. It is composed of the President of the Senate, the Senators and the Judges of the Court of Appeals. 2. The Court of Appeals, which consists of eight Judges; four are elected on the general State ticket, and serve eight years, and four are selected from the Justices of the Supreme Court, having the shortest time to serve, This is a high court of appeals and chancery, and it has the power to hear causes from the lower courts, to set aside their proceedings, to revise thelr decisions, and to order new trials. The Judge of the four chosonat large having the shortest term to serve, sits a4 Chief Justice. Six Judges constitute a quorum. Evéry cause must be do- cided within the year after it is argued. Your terws are held each year, at Albany, and thore should be one term every two years in each judictal district. Kach Judge bas a salary of $2,500 per annem, ‘This court is composed of the f. Mowing name Hiram Denio, of Utica, Chief Judge. i Judgos:— Term expires Dec , 1857. Aloxax Johnson, of Albany. Term exyires Dos, 1859. Groner F. Comsmoc (lected to GM yaeancy eaungg hy the resignation of Judge Charles H. Ruggles). Term expires Dee., 18¢1 Samuel L. Seiden, 1908, of Rozhester. Term expires Dec., Three democrats and one Rnow Nothing. Clork, B. ¥, Harwood, of Livingston; Depnty, Russell icka, of Albany: Stato Reporter, Fransis Kernan, Judges of the Court of Appeals from the Supreme Bench are taken this year from the odd districts, as fol lows. ‘Their terme all expire in 182 William Mitchetl. of William 2. Wright, of Kingston. Freerick W. Hubbard, of Watertown. ‘Vhemas A, Johnson, of Corni Making the court « Demoe Whig: ae Know Nothing, oa The rew Court of Appeals will organise at Albany, on the 24 of January, Of the new Judges, Mr. Seldon has long been on the bench of the Supreme Court, and Mr. Comstock has Leen reporter to the Court of Appeals, The new court is considered quite equal to its prede- cecxors. 3 3, The Supreme Conrt, haying general jariadiction in i dequity. T ate is divided into eight Judicial Gintricta, each having four Justices, They verve for eight years, (sn.ary $2,500,) but are so classified that one in each district goes out every two years; consequently the people clected cight new Justices at the last election, and the Bench uow stands Gaus -= VIRST DISTRICT. SAlATY se eee eee Tern December Williom Mitchell, of Now York James Roosevelt, Ad Thomas W. Clerke, “ James it. Whiting ‘ Contested by Henry E. Davies. Judge Cowles was appointed te fill x vacancy cansed by the death of Juege Morris two or three days before elec- tion. The eeveral political parties prepared tickets, and Mr. Davies, who was a Know Nothing, receive! the greater number of votes, The Executive, however, de- clined to acknowledge the validity of the election, on the ground that no legal notice or proclamation was made of it, and the State Canvassers did not count Mr. Davies’ ‘The matier ie now belore the Courts. vote. TRIED DISTRICT. Exoat H, Rows Frede:ick W, Hu! Vag Piatt, syr Williiria J. Bacnu Utien Wituiam ¥, ATEN... 64 BIATI PIeKRACT. bankland, Iuinca Sligo Thotwa Theron Terry Well E. Dar e887 180 1861 . . 1865 HIGITIC DISTRIC 1. Rowen, Lockport ¢ Mutlel!, Buftato. min Be Greene, V xp), Manviy., BUSINESS TO COME BNFORE THE LEGISLA TURE—STATE FINANCE Almost the first document that will be presented to the Legislature will he the repert of Comptroller Cook, who gees out of office, and which will be handed in by his or, ir. ws, who it in believed will be a faith guardian of the treasury cini system of Ut under the constitu. 1847, ewhat complicated, and we have no ific funds, as follows: The Geneval Fund, vnal Fund, Common School Vund, Litera, 108 Doposite F ERAL FUND. tret apart for the paymont of he ordinary expenses of government; its revenue is de- rived from a direct tax of one mill on every dolar of the astersed property of the State, the net proceeds of which tax amount to 000; an appropriation of $200,000 from the eurplus canal revenne, auction and salt duties ($154,000), State prison earnings, &., $200,000 more— making the entire revenue to this fand about $1,600,000; the es .imated cxpentes of this year for salaries, printing Tegislature, State prisons, charitable institutions, river improverrents, lunatic asylums, &c., to about $1,650,000 There has been a deficieney in the revenues of the general fund for several years; commencing in 1840 with about $37,000, it grew at the end of 1854 to $279,054 38 and probably this year it will be increased another hun- dred thousand dollars, The direct tax alluded to was [gid by the Legislature of 1863, for the purpose of extin- guishing this deficioncy, but as the means of the State are incrensed so does the rapacity of its law makers extend, and the Legislature soon made appropriations enough to «wallow up the whole of the mill tax, although it netted over $000,000, Wo understand that during the past year, while the veceipte have been increased, and while there ehould have been over # million of extra revonue put in the treasury, including the appropriation of two huan- dred thousand from the canals—the whole sum being nearly two millionsthe deficiency is proportionately as great as ever, When Millard Fillmore was Comptroller of the State, he urged upon the Legislature to practice the most rigid economy in making appropriations from this fund, and every Comptroller has followed his exam. ple, but without much effect. In 1849, when tho deiicioa- cy commenced, the State expenditures oa this qocoyat Bur tate, t is eo u of ‘and, PRICE TWO CENTS. were about $700, ,000; but tince that ume they have | donbled. A little has been taken bere and a little there corruption bas rua riot at Albany, and each succeed- ing administration has surpassed its predecessor in con- triving schemes to deplete the treasury. This shows the folly of the direct tax, unless guarded by Jaw, for the State expenses will always be carried up to the revenue, and the Legislature, knowing that there will be « certain smount in the treasury frcm all sources, are sure to epend it, and leave the deficiency to be provided for by their svecessors, This is made plain by the fact that the ortivary expenses of the government hare doubled sinc? 1848, thur-— 1848-'9 1855-6 $71,600 $1.517,55) 700,000 1,533,913 To the last item of expense must be added the deficien- cy of #279.000, which would bring up the State expenses to more than double what they were seven yoara ago, The cnly possible excuse for this 1s in the prison debt which amounts to $260,000; but taking that out, we should still have our expenses double3. The mode by which the Legislature gets the money i very #'mple. The School Fund and Iiterature Fund are made sacred to educational purposes by the State. The running expenses of the government, as appropriated by the legislature, must be paid, and if the General Fund revenue is deficient, the Comptroller.borrows from the School Fund, and a direct tax is laid. The authority to lay this tax is given in article 7, section 5, of the consti- ‘tution. ‘The aggregate valuation of taxable property in the State in 1864 was $1,364,164,625—real estate, $1,001,514, - 053; personal’ estate, $272,648,119. Acres of land taxed, 28,188,173; State tax $1,023,116 27; county tax, $3,608, - 602 86; town tax, $2,006,561 70; total taxation, $9,638, - 279 68, of which over ene half ($4,845,286 07) was paid by the city of New York. Average rate of taxation on one dollar valuation, 6.3 mills; in New York, 10.5 mills, The entire general fund S‘ate debt amounts to $6,355,054 7; the contingent State debt, State stock issued and leaned to various railroad companies, is $920,000. The General Furd is funced in stocks bearing interest and payable st certain periods. Whon it becomes due new stock is iawued to pay it. The principal falling due Jan. st, 1855, has been provided for lately by a « new loan, THE SINKING FUND Is establithed by the constitution, art. 7. It was in- tenced as a gradual means of extinguishing the canal debt, which in 1836 amounted to $3,000,000, and which haa vow increased to $27,000,000. It will be seen that the elultog fund scheme has been an entire failure. The ecusti!wion provided that on end after June first, 1846, the sum of $1,500,000 should Le set apart from the canal revenues till 185, when the sum should be inereased to $1,700,000. This was to be a sinking fund, to pay the intercat and redeem the principsl of the canal debt, in- cludirg the $360,000 then to be borrowed. There is a further provirioa sppropriating $550,000 of the surplus canal revenues to pay the general fund debt. Tbere is a further cbarge for 18{6 upon tie canal revenues, of $100,000, to go towards paying che State expenses, The surplus revenue, to wect @ll ihe charges, ought to be & 0,000, but it will probably fail short of that amount ¥200,000, at Toast. This defictoncy will have to be met by lown, end the sum paid to the general fand will be eut off, and thue the icieney in the goners! fand, to be mst by eect taxation, will amonnt to half a million. It will bo seen that coyrupt legislation at Albany, and the folling off in the canal receipts, caused by railw: competition, have, together, entangled the State in a masa of debt. The direct tax must be continued and the remainder of the revennes of the canals, after paying the intercst on their eebt, will speedily siak to nothing. Ateny rate, the siaking fund csunot be relied upon to accomplish its purpore, which was gradually to extin- guish the State debt. The devt gradual'y geows larger. In acdition to the above, the late adminis ever to tho fiecnl year beginnirg October, 18: ticnal charge of $400,000, to be met from the caual revo- nue. ‘The sinking fund, then, can only be relied upon to pay ibe interest on the canal debt, Unless something is don + to increese the business of the canals, or help their reve- nues, it may eventually fail to Go this. THE SCHOOL FUND amounts to $2,425,211 07; the income of which, $510 000 is equally diviced among the schools of the State. The Literature lund is $268,62012—ihe income, $ ‘81 80, is divided between the academies in the State, and applied for the purchave of hooks, maps, gloves, The United es Deposit Pund—$#4 014,620 71—i come $254,900, is divi¢ed between conumon tohools, Indian schools, acade- anies, Staie normal scaools, Teacher nstitules, Ke. THE CANAL FUND bah Canals, and their valve is estimated sce ineome is in tolls, and may net ons in round numbers. They owe a # on construction aecount, 3 of the Copal Fund ar he Secretary of State, the Comptroller, and the At consist in the at forty mill this yeer two mil debt of seventeen ‘The the —one black republi ‘Th ¢ Cnomis- fi now Notbings , Who is to the H 1 Comptroller t . Hon. 3 ston will undoubtedly fill this ofi'c vg the next tw 8, and the cavals wil be ia the hands jends, ‘The Legislatuce will % y do something ty tae { terrible entaagle olved hy a course of thirc— sis ame officers, i Comn rs of the Ca except Canal Cormisstoners, and with the Spea' ly, (yet to be cheven,) are 3 of he Lard The Amer LL have complete con Lol in there three important | The Commisston- ers of the Canal Fund choose Awlitor of the Canal Department. The duty of the Count Pond is to fix the rate of te f at c » Supers nts of repairs, we mentors and inspectors, hear appeals from the Canal Ap: act as the general executive an he 8 appertaining to the canals. I wnt of patronage in thetr hands, end in the Lane crupnlous politicians the eaval revenues have been diverted to party purpores. ‘Tho Commissioners of the Canal Pund have the cara he 1cvenves of the canals ané the canal debt, The evaal receipts in 1864 amounted to $2,088, , and the se. jlu# revenue was only € 0,700—a considerable doti- cicney. It was in the power of the Commissé ot the Cona' Fond to have suggested a remedy for this by laying tolls on the great railways—-the Central and jirie-~whie! couse the canal revenues to diminish by at rates which are not profitale to the companies, and which seriously compete with the canals, But the old Canol Board was in the railway interest, which now con- irols the State, and the railways have fought off the tax. ‘The railway tolle are paid in Pennsylvania and other States, and would have been Inid here long ago were it not for the dominant power tn Alvany of tho Centra Rallroad Company. Our reader will take notice that the canal interest ia @ public interest; therefore it has no frends. The canals represent forty millions of public capital, and there hae been no one to defend it. The rafl- road, on the other hand, represents forty millions of pri- vate capital, and ite shrewd managers have no dificulty in controlling the Legislature to their interests. It isa singular fact that some two or three small old fashioned locks have been kept near the centre of the State in order to diminish the business of the caval. No linge sized boats can pass these locks, The friends of the canals have hopes of better things this year. The new Board contains several strong canal men, and an effort will be made to induce the Legislature to toll the railways. As matters now staad, tho canals would soon become an actual burden upon the State, in- stead of a source of revenue, The trae caure of thia iv found in the fact that the Central Railroad—the greatest moncy power in the State—rules tho legisiature, We ho ‘at there will J fome decency found at Albany thin oar, and that the great cansi interest will ovt bo snoriliged to Ml qhe of a Low sivgk jobbers, THE RAILWAY COMMISSION. By an oct of the LegislatareFobrusry, 1865, » Board of Ral!way Commissioners was appointed. Their duties were to have a geners! superviston of the rallroad:, in- vestizaio tt ¢ cause of acc'denta, &c. The activemembers Of ‘his Poard wore Mr. Joha T, Ciark, the State Engineer, and Mr. William J, MeA!pine, both men of known ability, fod well acquain:ed with the detail of thelr work. The State law of 1850 obliges all the railroad oompantes to re" port anaually to the State Engineer. This year they will report to the Commissioners—first, on their stock and debts; second, cost of construction and equipments; third, characteristics of road, length, bridging, &:.; fourth, business of the year; fifth, expenses of maintain ing roadway and real estate: sixth, oost of repairs of ma- cbinery; seventh, cost of operating the road; eighth, earnings, recoipts and payments; ninth, accidents, Th» latter tables will include classifications of all kinds of cabualties. These reports have all been condensed into one by Mr. McAlpine, and his statement, which will be an exceedingly important one, will be laid before the Legisla- ture at an carly da: There have been numerous im- provements in brakes, platforms, &c., suggested during Fs) pet i Some, wich we hope the Commissioners have a railroad lobby men will muster atror g at Albany this yeur, ‘They havo several schemes to push, the most important of which is to bridge the Hed: om. They will sgt 10 tho last Pe attempts which will ye made to toll Cential road. Mr. Clark, tho late State Engineer, ha: prepared a re- perton the’ subject of the canals. LAWS FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK—HAR® BOR ENCROACHMENTS. This subject hee interested our friends at Albany for t7erel yoars. Lost spring Governor Clarkand numerous legilators came dowa and examined the points on the North and Kast rivers where the cbavnel has been en- ¢rouched upon. As long 9go 081836 these encroachments commenced, and were sanctioned ny law. The following Commissioners were appointed under act of the Logisla- tare last year to investigate the matter:~Hon. Geo. W. Peiterson, Join L. Taleott, Fsq., Hon. Preston King, John Vanderbilt, taq., and James Bowen, Esq. They at once pened an office and entered upon the di-oharge of their doties, Two United states surveying acho 4, the Corwin, Capt. Craven, und the Neutilus, Capt. Wain- wright, assisted them, The duties of the parties connected with the Corwin and Nautilus were chielly pertaining to sountiogs. Tae Corwin’s party commenced their operations at the couth era end of Bisckweli’s Istind, and obtained cow of che East river and the bsys do eon Rariteo bay and Pelican be: were compoied to suspe: d eperati os by the incler of the Feason; but not tilt they bod made about seventy five thousand throws of the lead, im two thousand miles of soundings. Ute parties trom the Nuutilas begaa tie dis- cbarge of their duties in the Hudson vives, opp ite spay ten Thiyvel creek, and fe soundings tilt they arcived atCestle Garden, whence they proceeded to the xfll above mentioned, The whole of the work of this nuture incumbent upon the Commistionors is done, excep! the soundings of a pert of the lover bay, Hurl Gate aud Spuyten Duyvel eveck, tend the éuties of the Commissioners ou the Long Is side of the Fast river to Thre g’: wk, in tend of them at Newtown creek, a8 now cou‘emplated. TI gilature, oving to the croachments at Harl Gate th onast providing for such extension, The Commissioners will sudmit a report soon after the meeting of the Tezislatura, but they will requive a year or more to complete the work for which thay were ap- peinted, Ong duty imposed upon them fs, to ascertain what grants heve been made of lands under water to in- Clviduals, and Low far they have been improved anc wcenped. Some of these grants date back as far as 1 —two hundved years ago—and to discharge their duty with regard to thom, tho Commissioners will fini to be a task of no lite ditiiulty, and one requiring much time and patience. It is probable the Commissioners will reeommend boun- dazigg for the Fast river, beyond which obstructions or Naprevanent> hat wot bo extended Ax regards iho Nerth river, definite aetion, we learn, bas not been re- solved upon. It is hoped and believed that New Jorsey will, Curing the coming winter, appoint commissioners to fix the water line om ber side of the river, and a disposi- tion provails to awalt her action, and see if she dovs ap- point commissioners to act in concert with them, Cer- taialy, the authorities of New Jersey must see the ne- cesrity of settling tho vexed questions involved, at once and forever. In the monntime the New York Commis joncrs ayo vigilant in preventing the extension of new encroachments into either river, An injunction has been placed upon the Street Co ner to prevent the ox tension of a pier at the ty-cighth strost, N. and oth On the ma uoless the Legislatace shudl ex- ad z e Le ly of preventing ea side, will probably ct of TH L thet» operations ave set orth in rs have cansed 9 line to be drawn. id where the soundings are three ghtcen feet—showing how near a yersel tof water may approach the shore We willhere remark that series ater. any point. were tale regaids tlits. 4 rega nis i new en Du vel Creek, What a of our harbor in afves times, teve it fx not pe. to individuals! piers to gr vater, st water found is at shon@ed and twenty feet distances, The de F ne ple in the Fast ington street, where ‘eventy -four eof the Fuiton ferry tween sixty and k Channel there f Lough the water seventy fi mn avecage depth of shoals to tre the centre of the clannel en Covorn 5: at tie form tof water, deepening sudd ty, from whieh it shon’s, whea the Jerse: to twenty fect, aud then to thre. nnel is fron thirty to re been tak which The feet deep Diemend I eurfoce of the reck nen feet and a hall h fifteen fect of wat th street, Hast river, enw st whieh is turned ont of riees fr exten¢ing fcom the f iteonth atroct south According to tie map of the € i re, the river t upen from sixty te six hundred feet al the hove point. Theve is a sf Atlan. 1) Cecks (Brooklyn) to nearl i it j Pay, 8s channel ney t rUND examine into the funaw of ihe Jate © Chancery which was abolished about sevou yen By an act of the 12th of April, 1848, the securities and fonda held by the Court of Chaveery, belonging to diffe- rent suitors in the court, were distributed by the Court of Appeals to the various countics in the State where the claimants to the funds were supposed to reside. Un- der this law there were deporited with the Chamberlain of the sity of New York— picid and mortgages amountin 682 79 oo Lit ceee 150,000 00 TIneurs moe and Te ust Company, bg nd Total, ave «87,231 00 These nda. have brea tn the cay of Shepard t napp, | crs Hlmouds and Robert Kelly, successively Chamberlains of the city, Mr. lolly being the present in cumbent. The will report on the stave of this fund fa satan carly day IMMIGRATION COMMITT ers, Mahop, Pratt and Ti Me Senate, were appointed to investigate Commissioners of Emigration, ard report to the present fF, member: of the Inst the alfaire of the Legislature thereon. There ought to be some light on THE POLICE Committe, Which has lately been, in setson itPthis city, will give the Legislature » report containing mush valuabie infor- mation on the sudject of the mal-administration of jas- tice in the lower courts. They have found a great deal of corruption in the matter of ball—they have found that the election of police justices by the people opens the door to favoritism, and they have found that the whole system needs re-orgauizing. These things were long no- torious im this community, and have frequently been no- ticed by the independent press, but now the Jegislature has them under cath. The committee will give all the facta and recommend some important e¢hanges, such as increasing the number of police magis- teates, protecting poor criminals against ‘“‘skinners’”’ and Tombs lawyers, making more stringent laws aa to bail, carrying concealed weapons and making the police department more efficient. The com- mittee received some very valuable suggestions from the District Attorney, Mr, Hal, and the earnest attentivn of the Legis'ature will be cailed to this very important matter, SALE OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE. ‘An application will be made to the Legislature to grant ® perpetual lease of Reservoir square, on which the Crys tal Palace now stands, to the American Institute. The Cryetal Palace Association hold it for five years from 1852, from the Corporation. The Association desires to sell the Palace to the Institute, the officers of which will Duy on condition that $80,000 of the purchase money ($25,000) is raised by subscription, and the Legislature will grant the lend. It 1a to be hoped that the Legisla- ture will not thus give away a square that belongs to the whole people to enrish any body of private citizens, no matter how meritorious the objects of theie combina- tion may be, The Crystal Palace belongs properly in the Central park asa winter garden, and the land on which it now stands should be scld and the proceeds applied to the Centrsl park, which should not be reduced in dimen- ricns cne inch, We wont the whole of it. A movement highly important to some part of our city will emanate from the Commissary General Depart- ment. It is to propose the sale of the present Arsenal and its surrounding grounds, and the removal to an armory in the centre of the city—probably, eventually— the removal of the headquarters of the department to the eoat of government, ‘The present arsenal is at variance with the established grade of tre avenue—ia within the limite of the new ye: }—to the pleasure and loveliness of which, the pow- er magerine would not be an appreciated attraction. sopn & aly make money by a removal, and to ada to iis wealih isa prospect seldom offered to the gave of thors who control the government. THE GOVERNORS MESSAGE Is all veady, bnt it will not be sent in until Wednesday, even if the House thovld organize to-day, which is not probuble. It will deny the failure of the Pzohivitory law, and willanggest rather the extension of the powers of those acting uccer it, 80 a8 to give them f clear guile to their doty. 1 judge all this Lecause the presaut Execu- tive will eco--mnst seo---that identified as he is wish this policy, it Is for him to push forward rather than to retro- grade, een the recommendations of the message, the doubts of the courts, the opposi‘ion of the interested, and the ioaifference of the people, nothing will be done, We lave thus bry mggeed at the most important matters to come before We Legislature of the Empire State during the coming year. The present session will be interesting and important. We hope for an improve- ment on last year’s ies sncoeldasi 2 could not be worse. THE NEW CITY GOVERNMENT, AUGURATION | OF MCMCIPAL OFFICERS. Heads of Departments and their Duties. THE MAYOR'S MESSAG: Measures to be Proposed for the Action of the Common Council, &e., Tho inauguration of the new city government takes place on Monday next, at twelve o’elock, when both branches of the Conunon Council hold their tirst session for the year 1856, There will be no change ‘nthe Mayor's Office, which will remain as follows:— MAYOR'S OFFI &e., &o Fernundo Wood, IL. Siephe 7. Hinehman Gren aint Clerk {Head of Lmigr’t Dep't. ‘The duty of the I'irst Marshal is to superintend, under the direction o/ the Mayor or Aldermen, the geantirg of tavern or exeise licenses, and also those to cartmen, &e., and reeeive tho fees therefor; to receive the fees, profits, revenues, &e., granted by the charter to the Mayor, and report daily, under oath, an account to the Comptroller Ul the moxey received by him, paying it over al the same time. It is the ¢ in the Maye {the May k to prepare and file all an ve taken before the he bonda of such officers as are required the Mayor, and transmit th e all such proofy or acl ‘or'a «fice hs of of the Comptrotier Jef gme t> prep 4 or ot rument ation of the fo preser sep in the Mayor's office a! bo 4d papers which are re- quired by law to be filed th to deliver to the re spective Boards all messages from the Mi and to record and rend sunt to the Comptroller li moneys he may receive. ywelve o'clock on Monday, 7th inst., @ pro- » formed in the City Hall, consisting i corps of the Volice Department, led and followed by the candidates who are fo be installed in their ive offices, As the term of the Mayor does not expire thiy year, there ight difference in the form of the ceremony, and wsion instead of going to his ofice will proceed to the chamber of the Reard of Aldermen, where 'y electca members will take the following cath of of the rese hy the Chief respe hat ¥ will sunport the con. timiion of the § vath, the ituted as follows © admini-t n will then be con BOARD OF ALDERMAN. Politics. « Democrat Demoe .. Demoe « KON, whig 12—Devid &, Jackson 13.—John H. Briggs. OTL, Valentine, Anson Herrick RO meno RSS nS RO IS RE Tsoac 0. Barker, the Know Nothing whig Alderman frem the Fifteenth ward, will, it is confidently expected, bo the President of the new Board. ‘The election in the ond waril ie contested by the Qomociatic candidate, Nicholas Segrist, who claims the office by @ majority of some eight or ten votes. ‘The case enmo before the County Canvassers, but was Dygthem transferred to the Board of Aldermen, who it is peliowed will decide in favor of Drake, It ishardly proba- ble that any change will be made In the clerical force of he Board, which is composed as follows:— Names. Salary David T. Yolontine -Clork, . ooo BY Joon H. ¢ Doputy Clerk, . Bs + First vdetant Clerk . 1000 "000 700 this Kuljcet, as this is the Fecond time that a com 900 has been appotuted, nad nothing done that we 750 of, As the Thurlow Weed andostle Gare interest 19 | Thomas Fender, LLL Assistant nonge 600 vot paramount in this Legisla tere we au we that the | H. H. Weed,. tat Arms, 600 matter will be brought up in the Semate af aucarly day, ° J. W. Green, yeeeeeee Pod When the Board of Aldermen is duly orgentzeé the Procession will re torm againand go to the chamber ef the Board of Councilmen, where the rame ceremony that we have described will be repeated. The term of office ef each member is one year, so that the oath will be admin- istered to every one of thesixty, some of whonr it will be perceived from the following list have been re-elected:— BOARD OF COUNCILMEN. Was. Dis, ‘Names, 1. 1. Henty tani 2. Jacob L. Smit 16.. Orlando oar? 8,.17,. Jonas N. Phillipe 18. James E. Colgrove. eprerery ge 10, .2 26, John Van Tine. A 27..Charles_ Whitlock . 28,.Henry W. Colyer... 29, Trac C. skate, . 20..F.1 A. Boole... . 31. Geerge H. Raymond. 82, John Hart 13,.38,, William Floyd il... . ‘Francis O'Reilly ., 37.. Thomas Farran ,., ©8.. Michael Smith. .39, John H. Brady 49,.Otis D. Swan , Pnarles FE. Appleby 42., Andrew Leary .. .. George Merr 44""Semuel Be 4, Cha: ies 8. W 4. 15. 16 Benjamin F. Pinckney 48..F. J. Miller, 50.| Bernard Reilly 20.,51./ James Wallace, 2. 'Tenris Ryer 58.. Thomas A. Dunn baylor 56, y ieee Baxter, The election for Councilman in the Fifiy seventh trict, is contested by William @. Sterling, the Know N thing whig candidate,jund the democratic candidate, Jo K. Bradley. Tho claim to the contested seat has boa to the decision of the Board, by the County Canvassers, The I'resident of the New Board will, it is unders be Benjamin F, Pincksey, the Know Nothing whig m ber from the Forty seventh district. The following are the clerks and other oficers of Board, all of whom, it is believed, will be retained:— oe E. Greene, i ae Veaboo: _Doorkeeper “Reader. ion of both branches of the Comn Council, the Mayor's message will be sent in, This give a veview of the condition of the various department and will also suggest new measures for the constderat and action of the members during the presout Amorg the most important of the statementa he make will be that concerning the financial affairs of city, as the *ubject is one in which all who pay taxes a deep interest. From the last report presented by Comptroller, it appears that the estimated expenses of | city government for the year 1856 amount to six millions ond a halt. To this the Finance Committ the Board of Councilmen have added $454,282 as cotimate for the imcreared expences of the next months. The total sum, with this addition amounts, $6,922,826, showing an increase of $1,099,614 over expenses of the year 1855. Now, in view of the g burden which is thus imposed on tax payers, ana which they reecive a comparatively trifling retu becomes the duly of the Mayor to suggest some by which those expenses ean be reduced. Hehas called the attention of the Common Council to the m defects which exist in the different depa:tments as are at present organized; but he cannot impress strongly upon it the necessity for a more direct reg bility on the part of the exceutive officer at the b each. In the Innguage of his last year's message, « no exaggeration to sy that sometimes trent of belonging to different departments are e in doing at the sume time that which could be ace plished by one mon, if'acting for himself, in one- tieth the time and at one-twentieth the cost, while department is its own master and acts upon its own tion, without consent or consultation with any o ‘The present system of contracts, we understand, will be treated of in his message, and the many abuses grow out of it, and which are among the most tbat our people have tobear. A more equal distrib of taxes on diferent kinds of property, and an en ment of the basis upon which they should be the abolition of fees in the different offices ¢ with the municipal government; the imposition of tain rate of interest on all loans of fands from the cit individuals; the adoption of a strict rale by whio disbursing efficers sball be prevented from exper money or incurring obligations, to pay for the city ia liable without previous appr. tion, and a balance unexpended to meet it; collection of money from the suspended sales. taxes and assessments, which can be obtained upo necessary legislative action empowering the Comp' to proceed; the taxation of city railroads by compe the companies to pay a license on each car—these form the principal subjects which will be embrac the Mayor's Message. In regard to the expenses o city, which have increased at the rate of about quarters ofa million every year for the last three or, yeors, no person who ix at all acquainted with the tor will deny that the whote machmery of our mun could be conducted better than itis at present least cne half the amount that is annually expended the item of fees alone, there are instances in whit much as fiom twenty to thirty thousan have been paid to one These rhoul m a portion of the to defrny the expenses of the city, while the thonld be paida fiir salary for tho performance oficial duties, Another way of diminishing the the city 1s by charging a cortain interest on the Joaned, as reccmmended by the Mayor in his last message; for as he justly remarks, there is no reas the financial affairs of the city in this respect, sho conducted upon any other principle than that governs the commercial intercourse of individvals, There are other entjecta {a addition to those juet alluded to, which will also be embraced in sage. Among those will be the Police D tm of the most fertile that can be presented to the Co Council. The investigation of the Legislative which adjourned last week, hae brought to startling fete in relation to the doings of a of the police. We are well aware that it te impossible for them,to put a stop to Prostitution, and the numerous other evila with our eity is afflicted, but they cam accomplish mor they are at present doing. The Mayor being head of that department himself, and one of the Bo Commissioners, can also do a great deal in im efficiency of the police. Every charge of against an officer hould be strictly investigated, political considerations be permitted to inter the infliction of the penalty provided for every of duty. Yor the improved condition of our streets duris past twolve months the Mayor ia entitled to all ‘Tbere is much, however, to be done before New| becomes what it should be, and what its natural tages of location render it capable of healthiest city in the United States. Then is the Russ pavement—which ia fast intolerable vuisanco—and the manner in streets are opened and graded. We should ke, know what progress bas been made in that © the new Croton reysrolr, end what ie obed lara per aenum