The New York Herald Newspaper, January 14, 1860, Page 4

NEW YORK NEWS PROM THE STATE CAPIVAL. Oar Special Albany Despateh. UNION MEETY BAN KICHAMOND ANP TRB LOB BY—APPLICATION OF THE VIS0R8 TO RAISK TAX POR SPRUIAL 0 OKLYN FRR RIES. ROAD ALL OVER CRE O1rTY—mLONG JUDICIAL DISERICYS—-NEWS PROM WASHINGTON, ET Sd) Bhat teal Hon rson Brick and ex Cov. Seymour are baatiyon gaged writing out their speeches that the livered Jast } evening. The latier taking ¢ rutiaas ing tt for tt bret ot a word that either of ” as and Argus publi w morrow, Iti. v eo bk x raity ing to Raymond to have Seymour follow him and repu diate wh t tu t le (Reymour) bad but political p 3 iv common with the Ae The speeches, | however, will be arrange ay in their private rooms, around, and ia wh musa, m but littio idea of what was really | Gad. The numerous thrusts at tho Central Railroad, and tho geners! disposition manifested by the Legis! late for that road, has Drought Dean Richmond pul and blowing to Albany. The raitroad interests are raily: ing their forces in preparation for the coming storm that is looming up in every direction, ‘The lobby ts filed with | friends of corporatious, and the members are besos by | them at their hotels. In short, the work has commenood | and from this time to the close of the session the war. | fere between corporations and the anti-corporation | interest wil! be wasing to a wonderful extent. From present indications, the pro rata tax and to legis og | the tolling of the railroads will be put through ag party measures. A number of the republican members of the | House state that they consider that there is no doubt but | Legisia- won by the that bow of those measures will go through th fer Uhat their recommen m NES a dat the course thi Is. g that Richmo with (he et pas ma coma £ Btw HM the street up. Saoult + there is no tell ady enough noticed to oceupy the tull time of the Logi the one hunired days, end work A “ grinding committee” will ha will have more work to perform than that capacity since 1857 | Legislation tor the New York will occupy a large | Portion of the time of the Legislature, and tuere Ig a pre- } Valling feeling to take every thing out of the hands of the | city authorities, in the same manuer that they did with the Metropolitan Pohee, Ths entire control of the city railroads wili be taken out of the is of the Counc dand his friends are iargel the railroad schemes. ‘Ab application has been made by the Super county of New York, for the passage of an act authorizing | them to saise tax for certaia purposes, aud have preseated | ‘@ bill which proviaes for levying a tax, in addition to the | Bums heretofore authorized to be raised by spocial law, a | Bum not exceeding two millions three hundred and sixty. | seven thousand and forty one dollars aud thirty-one cenist for the folic Advertising . $5,000 Coroners’ fs 000 | County contig Court Flovge Dest Harlem Howse Tntorcet on loans... and wiMiesse ors of the 30,060 15,000 | 1,325;560 | 6,000 10,000 | 16,000 | 3,200 | Salaries, Excer Salaries, Judiciary......... ¥ For estimated deiiciency in the tof thy taxes assessed, arising from abatements, re | missions and correctious made by the Board of Supervisors, in pursuance of lw losses of taxos on personal estate. 228,720 Sec. 2 provides that taxes thas lovied ‘shall ied for any other purpose but that for w vied Bec. 3. It shall and may be lawful for the said Board of | Supervisors of the county of New York to borrow, upon | the faith of saxt county aticipation tof | the taxes levied and Seseésed by them for county pw poses for the current yei bh amount of may be necessary to mncet the expenditure jon for said year, before the said t en collected aud ta pledge and appropriat the payment cf sail woney 80 borrowed thereon, the whole am Said levied and a: of indebtedne were | of r | ing Seven per cent be sigood by the Comptroller of the city New York, countersigued by the Mayor ot s sealed with the common seal of said Board of Supervisors, aitested by the clerk of the said Board, provided that the | ni of all the bonds €o issmed shall not exceed | ageregate sum of the said taxes so as aforesaid levied | and assessed for county purposes for the current year, and that tho same shall ip po case by disposedof by the | said Board at tess than their par value. } The above bill is now in the hands of the Committee of | Cities of Villages. | sort of meagures are finding their way into the Senate | Senator Spinola opened the pall | foliowing bill | haut | than | ‘That no individual, or corporation, or charge, demand} or receive a greater lone cont for the conveyance of any pe at t of the East river | between Bridge sirect and | Hook Point in the city o: Brooklyn. { Any officer or employee of any company or association, or any person having charge of any boat uted for ferry” purposes on the East river, between the pomts above amed, who shall charge, demand or receive any greater | Pompensation than is specified in the first section of this | for the service there mentioned, shall be deemed | nity of misdemeanor. Commodore Vanderbilt ts also appl Wili be seen by the following Senate nd the same is ,to wien th ‘orth river on th pier No. 2 to 150 feet from éaid pier, under t! et Commissioners.’” A city railroad bill was also introduced is morning by Senator Hammond, which city, curving and tw passage, however, is considere at noses have been counted in the ends of the scheme know where th Weed’s pet bills, upon which ing up for some of the . The Will authorizing the Seventh avenue, The nam granted are Robert Buckley wett, George C. Peters, and thoir noing on Seventh avenue, at the a e Centra! Park, running ibrongh said avenue with a puble track to Greenw: avenue, across Greenwich enueto Hammond strest, through Hammond to Fourt | reet to Sixth avenue, across Sixth ayenue to Amity Ireet, through Amity ‘to Laurens, through Laurevs | cross Canal to West Broadway and ©. ‘ ect, across the y and Fulton streets, thence through Greenwich | Battery place, thence throu State street, to Whiteball, through Whi South up Whitehall ana Bro ver, thence through Boa fo William ‘h William to Fulton w connect with am in the Senate r It ts said | and the It is one in hopes of stand is mity of ized, which shail | nce where the track is Inid down in Wost Broadway, | csee Read street, through Read stroet to Centre street, | ace through Centre stroet and City Ha Street, through Nassau street to Mal kten lane to Poarl street, through 1 wgh Wall t South street, throu ough Fulton to William, through W ough Ana street to Broadway, thence ni Barclay strest, through Barclay to Church ough Church to Mercer, through M ough Fighth to Sixth avenue, across to mwich avenue, thence through Greeawich avenne to ypect with gaid tract where it crosses saiJ avenue as | e specitied. Brooklyn people are also to hays new prssenger aye. Mr. Fisher introduced a bill this mor +! Bouse, to amend the charter of the Long [ela d Company, which permits said railroad w be 1 r- and rr the® ples b singie or double track, from their mau road to any ee or point on the East river or Loug lviani, through BS or Suffolk counties. s White is here to i \" porated, making ft a sort of benevole Dilb introduced to Incorporate the New York Bay Steamboat , 8 for the purpose of organizing | mpany with one hundred thousand doilars, to build | equip steamboats and barges to ply regularly or for : between the @y ot New York and Moamont ation get @ Minstre! F Sixth J district of New York also noods tin. | , in the opinion Of some person, as will be seou by act introduced by Mr. Tucker this morning, which ‘that the Judicial district of New York, now | of the Sixteenth, » Twentieth and into two Judicial and the Eighteenth and Twenty-first wards shail ‘Twentieth shall constitute the Eighth district: and justice te shail | Was read s third time and pees } thousand doll } double railroad tra: ration act of 1850. | counts cl | charged { named in the tarif » | vision of reoairs may Db? pl \ r | Improvements, aball Jocated | Moner in charge of the divisioa York; bat ihey ave avly a drop iv the becket compared With what wii! be hereatier re the Legtita ture. Ub k do not fud bills here ren operty, they’ may tun | ‘A bot veniog from & prom ut repal og bot thin, begin to kewl yer of the Op MDewirere ¥ knee, Tow huve ad nti! Momday night. NEW TORK LEGISLATURE, rer . Semate, Ainany, Tan. 18, 1860. C tho aot for th fo the tak S sof Loug Lsand Somad ‘The Dil to smend the section Poration of companies to uaviga’ #0 45 to make it apply to the w. aud 4 RILLS INTROODERD, Mr. Fino (rep) jutroduved a bill exempting from taxation 10 the amount of five hundred dollars. Mr. Ronexison (cop.) introduce act kppointing Commissioners of Record in New York. Mr. Consianey (dem.) introduced « bill exempting the Now York Academy of Music building from all taxation for the next seven years. Tho bill for the repeat of the State tax equalization law Was reported for the consideration of the Seamts. Mr. Hawaton (rep.) introduced a bill Cor the coustrne- tion of @ railroad si Seventh ayenue and other streets in New York. Mr. J. McLxop Muaruy (det.) introduced a bill tegaliz- ing tho resolution of the New York Common Counoil of New York pr ng for the extension of the pier om the South side of No. 1 North river. Adjourned till Monday at seven o'clock P. M. men a bill repeating the Assembly. Avaayy, Jan. 13, 1860, LL INTRODUCED. By Mr. Coorsn (rep.)—T» provide for the election of in Spectors and canvassers in New York; to terminate the term of offlee of the present ollicers on the Ist of Szptem- der, and provide for the election of new ones by the Board of Supervicors. Py Mr. Four (rep.) Bay Steamboat Company, To incorporate the New York with @ capital of one hundred —To extend St. Felix street, Beookivu the purchase of certai lands for tue Sing Fr Sg prison bo Mr. Mriinty (rep.j—To incorporate the Minstrel Fund Assocsation for the aid of members of the theatrical profession, ? By Mr. Tockks (rep )—To divide the Sixth Judicial Dis- trict, moking the kightecath aud Twenty urjt warda the Sixth istrict and the Siatceath and Tweaticth wards the Eighth district, By dir. Vas Horn (rep.)—To anthorize the laying of a jo Brooklyn, Kings county, aud New town Notice was given of a bill for the payment of the inte- rest on Canal drat ‘The House adjourned over ti!) Monday at seven P, M. Work Before the Legislature, BILLS IN THE SENATE. The Mill introduced by Mr. Hawaoxn, of Steuben, to authorize the construction of # railroad in Seventh ave. nye, and other streets in New York, gives tho charter to Robert Bar William M. Pullis, Henry B. Howott, eC. Peters, and their successors and assignes, A Couble or single track is authorized through the following sircets:—Commenging at southern extremity of Park; thenee southerly, with double track to Greenwich avenue, with stagle or double track through Hammond, Fourth, Amity, Laurens and Canal streets; thence across Canal and through West Broadway, Colloze place, Vesey street, nwicb Ftreet, Battery place, State street, to ys Mhenee wlong same” track to Stato street; up street and Broadway to Beaver street; Beaver and Willam to Fulton sireet: ct with avother portion of the road to be coustructed; which said portion shail commence whore the track now laid down in Wert Broadway crosses Reade street, thence with sin- geor double track trough Reade street, Centre street, Guy Hall = Nassau atreet, Maiden lane, Pearl street, Wali street, South street, Fulton street, William stre Ann street, along Broadway to Barclay street, through Barclay, Church, Canal, Mercer and Eighth streets, dia- | gonally across Sixth avenne to Greenwich avenue, there | connecting with the track whore it crosses said ayenne as above specified. The dill exempts the company from the nons of the act of 1864, relative to the construction of railroads in cities, and of the Genera! Railroad Incorpo. COMPERTION OF THR CANALS. Mr. Prosser’s bil! to provide means for the completion | of the canals, imposes a tax of one half of one nuil cack year, in 186Gand 1861. The proceeds to be applied in 10UntS OF Proportions, to be hereafter filied in, to the following object#:—To the enlargement and compleuon of the Erie caual, and to furnish an additional and ample supply of water on the Rome level previous to the 1st of July uext, and to maintain at all times thereafter fully seven feet of water. To the enlargemeat and completion of the Oswego canal and the Cayuga and Seneca cansl; to the completion of the Genesee Valley and Black River cana’s, end to rebutiding the locks on the Cuamplain canal,’ The enlargement of the Erie, the Oswego, aad the Cayuga and Seneca canals, to be 80 tar comploted before the opening next apring, as to give a full width of 70 feet and full aupth of seven fect channel to all portions and fully seven fect of water to be maintained du navigable season. The said canals and the Biack and Geneseo Valley canals to be completed ana the ac ed by the Ist of January, 1861, when (ne Kai. neor Corps éball be reduced to three Divivion or three Jent Engineers. The bevels are to be cut out from tom of the locks on the Erie, Oswego, and Cayuga and Seneca canals, where necessary, 80 a8 wo five-milorm hof eighteen feet, as near as may be, on the mitre pd all bridges to be reized twelve feet from the gar- full water, The expense to be patd out of the s of the said tax. The bill makes it an offence punisbable by not less than ose yr imprisoument aud not less than $1,000 due, to draw water from the canals, fecders orweservoirs during the season of navigation. BILLS IN THE ASSEMBLY. Mr. Viaglor’s bill relative to the fretght ‘tariff on rail- roads is similar in iis provisions to the Pro Rata bill of last 5 It requires the publication at a certain date, of classifies Litts of the several grades of property pro- posedtto be tranaported over any line of railroad, with a full and complete specification of the rate at which cach grade or description of property will be carried per ton When articles are not classified in any of the then the price is to bo stated at which such Yarticles will be transported by the car load, barrel, package, or other known quantity. ‘The price to be « loading, handling, delivering, &c., is alsoto bo tied to a in percentage by the act. to convey any property from of station on its line at the sa ure or quantity, per mile, as is bt. No article of property to ve charged for at a exceeding double the rate that is upon the lowest article pt it be coal or ore. The pf, loading, handling, &., shall ho d for through oon any rai Wangnortatior per ton ame price for rec | charged on way a3 on Lorough freight, and’ no railroad ig to give to one station on its ae an; ties for receiving or any other station there to be ke anid stat ‘0 or better facili- bt than js given to iain list of freight tariff is * aru! first adapted, ex- mpozed during twelve Tie bill is more carefully guarded than that of f aginst evasion. and every provision against its violation is made ag striugent as possib) Mr. Jefiords introduces a bill to increase the fees of gras \ petit. jurors in courts of record to $1 60 per day, with travelling foes as at present, Mr. MeQc spe yesterday introduced a bill to retransfer the power of appoimtment from the Contracting to the Canal Board. The bill repeals the following sectioas of the Contractiog Board law of 1857: > said Contracting Board shall divide the ea- improvements of thie State into not more than # subdivisions, each of which subdivision shall be wholly three general divisions of said canals and sion engineers ant so man: dinay Const qualifies id engineer far the prot Ses. 8. The Ipeation and duties of division, Agsistant engineers aball be prearribed by the in the location of resident engineers, in sil cases be seed under their a concurred in by dhe Comuussioner in charge, and w far as they may relate to the repairs of tbe cinale or other be prescribed by the commissioner in charge of tbe ¢iviaion Bec. 9 The Contracting Board shall have power, and it shall be thelr duty t dispense with tbe office of Superfatendeat of Repat » all canra where said repairs are placed under con: tract and in ot ctber cages when in, their opinion said repairs can be more \borougkly and ecomomically done by plecjag tbe ineers’ and in cases where they may uot deem it for the interest of the ‘State to place seid repairs uncer the supervision of the resident engineers upon said u Contraction niniehed portions of the ¢ sald Hoard may eppoist ub loeate oe eases periatone y the Hoard withont the concurrence provited to be appointed by this act shail be fixed by the ed fo any ebxwerr than appointed tind os sree een teen “ or Th. The Bake rand Surveyor may (for eases deem sufficient) suspend any s 3 3 5 : é zak & g i 8 z a ™. missioner in charge of any @ivision sea which be may deem saffisien:) endes\ of repairaor any reaidei engi Of repairs, from the performance of their suspend any srperint eh havin, vs Fespective doties in re)ation ‘9 or a connection wih onal re- airs, wnttl the matter can be Sronght before the Qosiracdng Board, and their decision take) poo i and NAY ippo nt ems other sullable person lo perform ihe duties of superia:sacear meetin A wong of ail ta made by exch Canal Com Oy a wien’ . Anh fled with Yee audivor of the Canal Department, aa bow revuired by law, sbullainy be Sled wih the Cvatract Board. “He bill farther provides that all laws shat) again be which were repealed by the folte section of Jaw of 1867: — < ore See. 19. So mech of all laws or parts of laws as conic bed the provisions of this act, or saiberiec ike appalatmont | HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1860.—TRIPLE SHEET. ‘employ ment of any of Abe ollicers or pormans wi tient horein prottied for, bs sf oluee mover ir g to the provisions of this ct, are hereby revealed. Mr. Goven's bill to proteot gas consumers against al- logedt fmponition empowers she Board of Sepervioere of : POI respectively ien aM. motore (0 exetaige all pas meters fo to eaod 4 olor, Such exam/aations to be wade semi moutbiy, snd any false record made by mppoiel- accord: Dow Yors and Aa inspector as to Uhe con: » of gas to be pamish able by nnewt for a term of abc ta twelve axoaths. No renitor char, 8 to pe mace for qeters in Now York or Kings by any gas compsuy. No wAvacce payment for wie fox snore t to be liable for wy agai er occupan, of prewises. The in- are to bold office for.iwo years, and their com- r. Jones introduces a bill abolishing the oMces of City net Clerc8 Of tho City Court of Srookiyaa, teansfor- ring 2) suits, ay peals, &e , of that Court to the Supreme Court, sod «quiring the “elivery of ail papers aad re- cords of the court to the County Chik. Mr. A. Svrm’s bill, amending the !aw for the collection of demands againet vosseis, gives 2 prelorred tien on the veaori Over all owers, to debia of 800 or Upwards, coa- tracted for building or repair of vessel, provisions aud stores, wharfage, and towage or pitotae.’ Tt also requires a recoré of hens to be made and kept iv (ho several county clerks' offices, in coun! s whore uavigagle waters run, und requires that all liews shall be recorded within a cer- tain period. Mr. GARRETSON’S Dill relating to cutting ice on the Hud- gon, required all persons or companies cutting ice to place at the cuttings and openings # sufliciems number of guards at least four feet above the ice, ms warnings. Such guards (o be kept up until the ico at tus openings or cut ‘tings has reformed at lgnst fix inches «. Ay negtect to bow misdemeanor, punishable by !mpriseament and fine, and the parties violating the act to be responsible siso in private damages for say injurica to ind viduala, ‘The bill was referred back, on modon of Mr, Garretaon, to be reported conpiete. Mr. Catuicot introduces a WAL to amend Brooklyn char- ter, by empowering the Corumon Council va raise the fol- Jowing amovnts anousliy by tax:—For City Hospital, $4,000: for celebration of “Fourth of Jaty, $1,000; for Fire Department funde of Western and Eastern ‘districts, $1,500—to be spportiousd according to the taxable pro- perty of each district; for city dispensaries, $1,500. Mr. C. Ketezy’s bill to amend chartor of Long Tsland Raiirosd Cor any empowers ihe cowpaey, upon cousent ota ma, ut two-thirds in interest of the slockhoiders, to construct and operate branch railroads, with single of double tracks, from its main road © auy points on the East river or Long Island Sount,in Queens and Sullulk, and to any points in said counties south of the malo road Mr. Covewxax’s bill to amend section 140 of clapter 1, title 2, part 2, of th v 4 slatntes, provides ag fol- jows:—Sec, 140. Ni shatt be implied in any can- veyane ‘her such conveyace conta special covenants or not; and no covenants male by, or on the partot the grantee of any conveyance of real estate, by which conveyance svch gravtee stall have takon or acquired al! (he estate of the grantor, shall attach to the estate conveyed, or ran therewith asa hurden upon sub sequent grantees or owners. Mr. Jrevonn's bill to increase the powers of Supervisors gives the Boards powers of loca! legisiation itt all cases ex- cept as to acts of incorporation, or the division @f counties; requires that before the pasaage of any law to raise mouey other than for ordinary county expouves, uotice thereof shail be published once a week for six weeks, in the daily or weekly paper of the county, and if the amouut to be raiged exceeds $16,000 in one year, it shall be sebmitted to the electors of the connty aad rece @ majority of affirmative votes before it becomes operative. Mr, Jaques’ bill to amend the Code of Procedure pro- vides that “in difficult sad extraordinary cases whea a tris! has been bad, and in any of the actions or proceed ings specified ip section 308, the Court may also, in ite dis cretion, make m further aliowance to spy party, not ex ceeding five per cent upon the amount of the recovery or claim or subject matter involved.’ EW YORK WHARVES AND SLIPS Mr. Cartacor’s bill 19 amend the New York wharves and slips law amends section 1 as foliows:— Whenever (he owners of any wharves and slips on the Kast river, now occupied by any of the steamboat lines hereinatir meationed, or the owners of wharves aod stipe ou tie Norih river, in the city .° New: shell eye the same to the owners or agente of any of the reguiar lines of stes boats heretofore established, avd now engsped in the business of Seanspor ting passengers and frelskt between the city of New a leased ehatl, durtug the ae for the exclusive use and occupancy ch steam costs lo the exient necessary for eouductiog aud doing toe business in which they are engaed. Section 2 is amended as follows:— It ahal) be the duty of he Hacbor Masters, or of any oflicer or officer of asid city, who ars pow er Leresfier ahall be om- powered by law, or by any ordinance of auld city, toregulateand stauion ships and vessels in tae Larbor of said city; and they abatl ‘have power to prohibit and prevent all ether bunts, ships and veasels from ente tng any of she slips, or approaching or Jying at any of the wharves 80 let or leased under the oroviaions 1 the first sect" of this act, when such sit be required for the use and accommo steamboats thercia referreLto. in case any bost, ship, or res- Setnot ented. according wo the provistons of this nci, to use, suid whorves or slips have entered any of guid slips, or ehall be lying at any of seid wharves during thecortnuanee of such let!ing or lease, when such or wharves shall be needed or required for the wae cr accom Gatton of any of said iinen of stesmboats, it shail be the duty of raid harbor masters or other offtcers, and th power forthwith to remov slips or wharf, so far a5 to accommodate the Meamboats entitled as aforesaid to the use of said sip or wharf, DEMANDS AGAINST SIPPING. ‘The biM introduced by Mr. A. Sint’, of New York, to govern proce for the cotlee! a Fhips aud vesse's, provides ing to fifty dollaré or master, owner, or his signee of any ship or verse) withiv this State, for either of the following purposes: ist. On account of h one or materials or arti- cles furnished in this State for or toward the building, re- pairing, fitdng, &e , of a sbip or v 2d. For such provigions und this 1 stores furnished within il proper for the use of such ame were furnished. arfage und the expenses of keop: ing such veesel in port, including the expen in employing to wateh her. 4th. On account of towage or pilotage service rendered to her within or into the waters of this State. Such debt flail be a lien upon such ship or vessel, her tackle, ap} 1 and ferniture, and shalt be preferred to all other lieng thereon exeept martuers’ wages. Soc. 2. When the ehip or veseel hall depart from the port at which sho was when such debt was contracted, such debt shall coage to be a lier at the expiration of six months after the return of such vessel to such port. But tp all cases such len shall cease immediately after such vessel shall have returned, unfecs the person having such lien shail within sixty days after such departing cause to be drawn up specifications of his lian, which sball be sworn to and filed in the County Clerk’s office. Yor all liens created on such ‘ships or vessels in the different counties on the Hudzon river below the counties of Albany and Rensselaer, and on the Long Island Sound, shail be filed in the oftice of the Clerk of the city and county of New York. For all liens created in (he other counties borde*ing on the Hudson and on Lake Cham- plain, the notice shall be filed in tho Clerk’s office at Al- bany. The balance of the bili provides for the Tegal course to be pursued in attaching said vessels, fling warraat, sale, re. el at (he time w On acco: Oor Albany Correspondence. Autaxy, Jan. 7, 1860, Difficulties in Navigating the Hudson River—Large Sums Expanded Uselesly—Sand Bars very Troublesome and Annoying—A New Plan Proposed to Iuprove the Navi- gation, e.. dc, The channel of the Hudson river, for a distance of some fifteen oF t miles below this city, is a constant an- noyance to navigators. Large bars of quicksand are formed by the freshets, and are continually chang- ing frem one position to another. When the tide js at an ebb or midway, vessels and steamers are most certain of getting a; 4, and remaining there from ten to twelve hours, before a change of tide flews to their relief. The general government, some fifteen or twenty years since, expended two or three hundred thousand dollars in con- structing a dyke and excavating the channel at the point so familiarly known as the + Ovorsiaugh,” four or five miles below this city. That partial improvement re- moved the obstructions from that point, but the very next year the same bars accumulated near Castleton, some two or three miles below, rendering the navigation as difficult as previously at the Overslaugh. All the appil- cations to Congress have been disregarded, aud further sppropriations refused. The State, the city of Albany, Steamboat companies, forwarding associations and pri- vate citizens, have contributed several sums in driblets towards dredging out the channel, which assisted the navigation for the time being, but at. the next freshet, the accumulation of sand filled up the channel again. This seazon the navigation has been extremely difficult, and the larger class of steam- ere and vessels have been detained near! trip. Several of our most prominent citizens, aniong them Erastus Corning, Thomas W. Olcott and others, a few days since peutioned the Common Council of this city, asking for an appropriation of three thousand dojlare for the purpose of ‘& new and more detailed survey, » Of the Hudaon river, between this city of New Baitimore, a distance of some six- teen miles. of our engineers, it seems, has exhibited & plan and profile for improving the river navigation, tia the same principle that the Prussian river le has been lately successfully improved. That river was made narigable it its course in th ritory, a dimanoe undred and thirty for the sum | SEs Hi es, iy Es it 4d Hi weces irked: crease the vel ‘and depth of the current. ‘Known that such Jetty dams hay years, but the bydrwulic laws which govern were not well understood. Of late, however, been very thoroughly tested and studied, and tmla these jetties were constructed and new principles thus evolved. The civil engineer who bi this tice of the public, states, as firm beliof, nel of twelve feet depth can be obtained with an of i i § eS fae : ial it ate “i i il F for several years io a (arther attempts for aid from Abe ge ven ernment he Hadsoo river is the great- som of the Ationtic th the Northern States, gud uyon i becom are transported rine tenths of the préductions: of Cavaca and the Great West. A detention of a day upen the sand bars not only wjures the transportation lines on the river, but the impediment ts felt at along the borders of our great fnlaod Jakes aud the Immense terri tory lying arounc and beyond them. Notwithdanding alt this,in a putional point of view, our belief is shat the Siate of New York, the cities of Albany and Troy, w- gether with p subgcriptions, will bo the means of MDproving Wie vavigation of the Hudson river, if it is ever doue. Acnanr, Jan. 9, 1860. The Union Mening—A Private Cireular of the Abolition- iste—The Place where the Wicked Coase from Troubling the Negro—By Whony the Petttions are Signed, abe. ‘The citizena of Albany are just pow ender considerable excitement im preparation for a nfeeting on Thursday might, to eave the Union, Members of all political partios are evgayed ia the movement, and it is now promising to be an ertensive afteic. They had better turn their attention to doieating legislation upon the Personal Liborty bill. By killing tuat measure they will obtain more credit than delivering bancowbe speeches aud adopting high sound ing regotudions. Ibave at length ascertained the origin of the petitions upon slave hunting, that are pouring in from all sections of the State, Itappears that thore waa a private meeting held in thia city last September, at which they adopted an ap- peal for the purpose of circulating througbout the State, im Copnection with a petition to be signed. The appeal abd petition were printed upon the same paper, and sont out, with instruction to tear off the appeal before sending the potition signed to the Legisiature. This has been strictly observed, with the exception of two or three instances, In looking over the petitions this morn- jug I found one with which Us precaution had not been carried out, and have copiei it im fail. Jt is signed by George E. Baker, as Secretary, and A. M. Yowell, Chairman. In looking over the Albany Directory Lean flnd but one Geo. K. Baker, and tbat is the Deputy Clerk of the Court of Appeals. ' But as the document in question is aa interesting one, T have copied itta full, with full kuowlevge that the republican press will accuse me of circulating ince appeala for exposing the Plans Of their assoriates :— MEW YORK A PRS SrATe informal meting of persons Cavorable to the enn a Personal Liberty law. hed in Albany op the Lui C , the following sppea’ was adop ied and ; A. M POWELL, Ohaienan. OF THE STATE O1 State be louge FW YORK, polluted by the hunter Ives be subject to his call to clase aod cateh cted to (ines and tmprisonment for refasing d debutnanive oureeives? ‘ust our doors and bearte be mranger, who seeks wer and protection Jess Kiduapper that would drag aim back i plantston trom wlieb he lus eecaped? Must we help to cend bien back to the fand tures from which h ut his track: through fore we woes Of the chains and ter- troops of bluodbounds sceut- where wild beasts prowl in the darkness: through Tiers and ¢isma? swamps with no ave to pity Fim aave Goa’s, ahining through the North Star, guiding His despairing child (0 the weurest asylum, where the wicked cease from troubling: Serious, se!emn, mom aball our apr wer be! Pies: ous, ore all theac inquiries! What will ask the Legtalature te pass tour Stete from the desecratiny: the Fugitive Slave bill of ror aagiat the most forlorn ‘mpathy and aid. Pines and us for exercising ore Of the holiest rréligion. The law of God is detied—vice, the foulest, the blackst. 1s exalted to viryie; while virtus, humanity and holiness are leciataved ints crimes, and Heaven's own cow ditious of asivation are impiously reversed. ‘We revoice to believe that our Legwiature, by passing a Por- sonal Liverty bill, can remedy these fearfil wrongs. A pati tion to Anat hag been ‘prevared, to accompany this ap pesl. You are asked to sign it, to cireainte it. to obtain for it the panes cf all your neighborsand fellow citizens, and to seud iLenrls iu Jenuary to the Legisiniure. Petitions way be sent to sour members of Assembly or Se. nator, orto George K. Baker, Albany, N. ¥. ‘This 's no formal, idle rejjuest, earnest, well consi: ppeal in the nee of God aad humanity, and this ap- Peal is inede to Fou, reader, whoever you may be, fs one upon wpom the responsibility of God's law unceasingly rests, PsP eaae give every maa and woman your town 9a opportunity to sign this ped ton. Ou or near January 1, 1360, itebould be forwarded oy a reliable hand to the Legislature By # union of effort and & élvision of labor In enh town, ihe Work of xiving ‘he petition m thorough clreulation will be ac compliabed with comparative ease. There is a good sprinkling of feminine names amongst the signers, uch as Sally, Raby, Rebecoa, Jane, Augusta, Mary,kc. Notwithstwnding that fact, they are not signed by suy greatnumber in any locality, some of them coming mwith a balf a dozen names. Many of the petitions are badly worn, indicating that those circulating them ‘were compolicd to carry them for some time before they were able to zet many hignatures. The large number of ‘these petitions are, however, having a great intluence upon & portion of the members. ‘The pictures drawa in the above appeal of the condi tion of the slave in the South, and cating Canada, where they are all freezing to death, “an asylum, where the wicked coase from troubling,”’ ig a decidedly interesting portion of the appea!, and is but another proof of the barefaced hypocrisy of those abolitionist fanatics who ‘Will kick a poor white man from taeir doors that ask for alms, and scorn the free negro in their midst, but pre- { tend to be half crazy in sy:npatds for the well fed negro of the South. But they dud this running off slaves very often proftable business, and as money controls things in this world, it is not to be wondered at that they bave an affectionate feeling for the blacks of the South, which lasts until they get bim into Canada, where they leave him uncared for leading miserable life. Gur time ball on the Capitol works admirably. It is dropped at twelve o'clock from the observatory within the fraction of a second. A bell is struck in the Senate aud Assembly Chambers by the impulse. We can do the game in New York at the Custom House if agreeable. Our ball is four feet in diameter, and is seen and watched from every part of the city. ‘The ball ordered by Messrs. Bloodgood & Tileston, of New York, is well under way, and will combise many improvements upon ours. It ought, we think, to fall thirty or forty feet, to be seen weil ftom all parts of the barbor. Atnayy, Jan. 12, 1860. Gov. Morgan's Pariy—The Knickerboccer Families—Street Passenger Railroads—Albany and Susquehenna Rail- road—Taxing Luzuries—The Repridlican State Central Commitiec—Pro Rata Tax Bill, de. The Governor's party was well attended last evoning by the members and officers of the Logislature, and others now stopping atthe capital,as weilasa large number of the cvs of Albany. The original Knickerbocker famitics, however, kept themselves aloof; the podigree of Goy. Morgan is not altogether satisfactory to this class of the Albany aristocracy. He has too much of the Yankee accent in bis pronunciation, and does not date back in his blood in the origival Dutch families of the State. They have a perfect abhorrence to sll that undertake to put themselves forward whose antecedents are not of the true Knickerbocker stai When, in the course of human events; persons re_ move to Albany, these Knickerbotkers are seen eyeing them closely and scrutinizing their associations, always deputizing some one of their number to ascertain their pedigree. Should it Le found that the pure and unadul- terated Knickerbocker vlood courses in their veins, they at once receive assurances that they are welconie to the fireside of the first families of Albany. Thus, the pedigree of Governor King was to them every way satis. factory; they haiied bit with pride, and at once gave him the hospitalities of their homes. But Governor Morgan is not so favored; his pronunciation of the word Knicker. bocker at once reveals the fact that he does not sound the “K,” but pronounces the word Nickerbocker instead of Knickerbocker; he is, therefore, declared at onco as being an outside barbarian, with whom the first fami- lies cannot aseociate, without degrading themselves; they therefore keep themselves aloof from ali parties and every, place where such Yankee interlopers upon their rights are to be found. It will be well for those who intend to make a political pilgrimage to this city, in the capacity of State officers, to practise upon the pronunciation of the word Knickerbocker. Should they become perfect in that, it would in a moasure offset the lack of pure Knickerbockér blood in their veins, as it would be taken as proof that they bad been in the habit of associating with the genuine families, and therefore worthy of their attention. Without this, or the pure blood, there is no bope of their obtaining the fellowship or receiving the hospitalities of this class of Albany society—they’ will be considered as upstarts, who are trying to put them- selves where they do not belong. ‘The Railroad Dill introduced in the Senate yesterday by Mr. Gardiner, of Brooklyn, was for the purpose of wiping Out all present existing laws governing the construction of street passenger railways. An attempt was mare to rush it through without referring it to a committee; but this failed, and it bas been referred to the Committee on Cities and Villages, of which Mr. Manierre is chairman. Tho Dill is short, but means more than a person at first would think. Its seeond section repeals all existing acts or parts of acts inconsistent with that, which effectually annuis the law passed in 1864 governing the construction of passen- ger railways, in which the consent of the property holders is to be obtained. Could they manage to work that through both branches, John A. Kennedy would be seen here at once with his Broadway scheme, with fair pros- pects of lobbying it through at railroad speed. The lobby interests were on hand watching the measure with close attention, and appear somewhat frustrated at their failure yesterday. Mr. Varian, of New York, introduced in the House yes Ahab atl mae ver of. bore (© be legalized. the Common Couscil cannot make binding without, they will Urtug hore for the Legu. lature to act upon, ‘We bad quite o tempest in a teapot in the Hones this morning, pou the question of referring the petitions ask- ing for an appropriation for the Albany sud Susqtehanaa Railroad to the Railroad Comittee. Mr. Law, of Delaware, made & motion soon after the commencement of the morning sessiog, to refer all the pe- tions npon thet subject to the Raitroad’ Com mittes, insvond of the Ways and Means, which was curried with but Lele from yaur.city are to be branght r, Conkling afterwaels moved the reconsideration of the motion, for the reason that he comsideret that all peti tons asking for an appropriation should bo referred to tho Committee of Ways and Meaus. This motion, after « Sbarp discussion, was recoasidercd by a large vow, All of the members slong thy lino o the road were exceedingly aaxious to rer it to tho Rat- road Committee. This reference {% unquestioansly the desire of the Railroad Company, who fear that chis measure will be straugled in the Committes of Ways and Means, and therefore exhibit a great des! of feeling upon the question. After a lengthy digcussion it was voted to refer al! petitions referring to this road to tue Committee of Ways and Means, by one majority. This ‘ss settled that question for the present, aud made it necessary that the friends of this meusure shall now "direct their efforts in apoiber direction. ‘Boe half a dozen notices were sert ia this morning for the future iutroduction of bills organizing a& tmaay ‘base bal! clubs in the city @& Wew York, incicating that the levers of this game are makiog extensive preparations to become skilled in the mysteries of che gare. A large number of bills were introd ta the House this morning, upon ali manner of subje 2s; amongst them was one om Mr. Lane, of Delawaro, to provide for the liquidation of the State debt, which provites for a tax of ue per cent upon ail the laxuries of the wealthy, such as tings, statuary, gold and silver, liorses and carriages; alsoataxof one dollar upon gold avd silver watches worth over $50, and fifty ceats for those worth $25; it also provides a tax of two per cent upon the salary of all Persons holding office ta the State in pursuance of any election of the people, ‘What will Booner, Vanderbilt and the other fast men that flourish fast horses on Bioomingsale, say to this pro- and how will it suit those that have thousands of doiiars in silver plate and other luxuries of this kana in their brown stone palaces? The bank presidents aad cashiers, as well as insurance officers, may fad somothiog that interests them in that bill. The Republican State Committes will meet here on Tuescay next, to tix the day for holding the Coaveation elect delegates to the Chicags Convention. The Conveat: for this purpose will be beld in this city avout the lass of | February. A portion of the committer are also desirous of xing the Lime and place for holding the State Coaven- tion to bominate tae State and Evectoral tcket, wigst others cesire to leave that for future action. The presout indteations are that a full programme for the coming year will be fuliy marked out, ant ail the private arras ments, except th ose that Thurlow Weee mag tind it a Bary to do privately to coucitiste the American sentim in the State, to which be is cting bis eitorts Upon this point there is a fair prc A breach 1m the republican party. That portien of the party formerly feting with the democracy in this State, mow formu ho small portion of tue repabiecan party, me of the movements of this Alvany r » Weed of trying to keep them ta ground, for the purpose of pleasing und coercing tue American elements in the State. Trey say that they will vote for the Presidential noriw- of Uy republican party, let him be who he will: } v but will demaad a front seat; and if crowded out of will barnese a team of their own and travel upon their own reeponsibthty, leaving Weed with his old acu Mason and Hindoo associates to ride by themselves. This feel- ing is coptiocd to no limited number, or to no particular locality, but I find it existing with republicans from every section of the State; and itis working itself nto a fourt of no mibor Importance, and is talked of by a class of men that generally act as they talk. We may yet sce a faction of bards aud softs in the republican party. Thurlow Weed ieft yesterday for Wazhington, to look after the tntereste of Sherman and his pet schemes about the national Capitol. If be bas uo better success ia wa haging the turbulent spirits there than be has had here, he will bave but Iittle to cheer him this winter. It is nerally acknowledged that many of bis phus have been sadly frustrated by the independence of the Lieutenant Governor in forming the committees of the Senate. Matters and things in generai are not working aito. gether smooth in the republican camp. There is 4 fecliag of jealousy amongst the diferent metnbers of the family thatis promising to work into an open warfare. They will, however, try to keep their grievances to themselves for the present, ana thus make another steuggle for the national crib. Mr. Flagler, of Niagara, introduced yesterday a lengthy bil upon the pro Lae tax, the firet ae Cs i ‘occupies Seven pages of legal paper, provides for its classi- festeen Gas tbe yeien to be charged tor freight, aud that the prices specified shail be a certain sum per toa per mile, and sLall apply to fractional part of a ton the Same as to a greater quantity than one ton. A sum or charge not exceeding forty conts per ton, whether a fractional ton or a car load, shall in no case be charged, whether over the whole or only @ part of its raiiroad. Every company shall transport each and all said way freight, and each and every item and erticie upoa its said railroad, at the same rate per tou per mile, upon @ portion of its railroads upon the whoie line thereof, it provides ‘algo that the various railroad companies shail file a copy of their arrangements and classifications, and specifications, signed Ly the oflicera of the company and auly acknowlecged, in the Canal Department at Albany, Within ten days after the adoption or making the same. Sec. 2.—No railroad corporation shall, directly or indi- rectly, permit any other person or persons, corporation or corporations, to carry, trangport or forward over the whole or any part of its railroats, any property for less or greater rates or prices than those which the said rail road corporetion itself would be entitled to receive for the receivirg, oadiog, transporting, unloading, handling, de- livoring and doing the other things atosesaid respectively, according to the provisions of this act. ‘Sec. 5.—No railroad corporation shall, directiy or indi- recy, pay back any portion of the aggregate sums respectively, so as aforesaid to be charged by it for tie receiving, loading, transporting, handling and do- livering (and doing the other things aforesaid) of property as aforesaid,or make any deduction there- from, but shail, in all cases, keep and retain each aud all sums received by it for said receiving, loading, trans- porting, wuloading, handling or delivering any property aforesaid, Sec. 4—No railroad corporation shall, directly or in ti- rectly, cr by or through any officer, or servant thereof, combine with, or make any agreement with, any other Person or persons, corporation or corporations, for the receiving, loading,’ transporting, handling or delivering (or doing other things aforesaid) any property transport- ed on apy other railroad, veasel or line of carriages in the course of that transportation, for any less sum or py thant the aggregate of the’ price which, according to the arrangements, classification and specification aforesaid, the said railroads would be entitled to receive it the property was carried only on its own rail. roads, added to the local tariff, ordivary rates and charges for the transportation and forwerding of the same kind of property reapectively at the ame being, over the other ratlroacs anid by vessels, or other jines of trans- portat on respectively, over or upon which the game is carried as aforesaid, when the same is carried on)y on those other railroads, vessels or other lincs of transportation or carriage gloce respectively. No rat!road corporation of this State shall puysuant to any sach combination or agree- ment, or in furtherance thereof, charge or receive a less gum or price for the carriage, transportation, receiving, loading or unloading, handling, delivering of any property which shall in the course of that transportation have beea carried over or upon any rai/road, vessel or line of car- riage or transportation than the aggregate of the price, which accordivg to the arraogement, classification and specification aforegid the said railroad would be entitled to receive if suck property was only trans- ported over its railroad. Any railroad corporation which shall deliver at any point any property carrried upon its railroad, which shall in the course of that carriage or transportation Lave been carried on apy other railroad, veasel, or live of carriage, or transportation, and which shall charge or receive on euch delivery o less sum for the receiving, loading, transporting, &c., of the same, than the aggregate price and sum it would be entitled to re- ceive according to the arrangements aad classification of ‘the local tariffs and ordinary rates and charges, shall be held prima facie, to have violated this section and this act. The balance of the sections provides for proeecuting all companies violating this act, and the mode of procedure, and also evacts that the provisions of the bill shall apply to each and ali raiiroad corporations vow incorporated or hercafter to be organized or incorporated under any law of this State. ALnany, Jan. 10, 1860, Snrarling Concerning the Committees—Candidate for Gover. nor—New York, as Usual, lgnored—invasion by Office Scokers—Pauer of the Lotln-—the Lemon Oase, de., de. ‘The struggle for the championship of the important Le- gislative committees has euded. Mr, Conkling, of the city of New York, who was entitled, according to all Logisia- tive propriety and parliamentary decency, has boon ousted from the chairmanship ef Ways and Means, which he held daring the last seesion. Ho has been placed in an inferior position, and the Chanceliorship has been awarded to Mr* Fragler, of Niagara. This is the most important commit- tee, and the person at the head enjoys and exercises an influence second only to that of the Speakar himself. How ‘Mr. Conkling will be able to digest this palpable and mark- ed insult remains to be seen. ft is hardly to be presumed re. will himself asthe anti railroad can- didate, and he properly thinks he can succeed by mount. Zon that hobby. ‘The next however, | a any other conbideration. Thore may be a fow of te delegation ecatlered about upon committees, but they are universally overborae by large majorities of the county joser, ‘The Cherman oO Commerce aod Navignion it printer, of Buflalo, on Cities, 2 Rochester broker; aud se fn. Almost every meaanre tutroduced relating to the city of New York wil go wo Pond's committee—wil country wen, &% ucoapeten’s member from the city--where it w out to salt the wiakes af certain city epeculators of the right party shade, ‘The notorious Lemon slave case, WOW Up iu the Court of Apresis, is expect deosion duriag the preecot term. The r about the driaking pa- 0) loons of Congress Hall and tho Delavan House re oam- gretulaung «uch other jo the anbetpation (hat the wishes of the party will be gratified m thet decision, They as- Rert (hat as the Court is now rightly constituted as to pali- ies, it will decide the case pot allowing Klaros to be transported through Uie State. Hiss the Appeals bomgh becoae a political mack'ne ? ‘The Governor is already imnortened by seores of appll- * few appolaiments he has in ls power to be- ftow. The New York applicauts fOr harbor masters and rt wardens—the law allows eleven of the former amd four of the Iattor—are buzzing about the capital like bres, and mixing in with every person who ts expected to have jntlvenee to the executive chamber, For each place there are && toby of @ dozen patriots, "each of whom hag iftered most wonderfully for the party's sake, The meat | importunate 8 young dicMullen, who is bolding over, tm copeequenee of a digagree meat ia the Senate tast winter He Das enjoyed the patronage of the office of Port Wardea, tome five or six thousand dollars, in conseqaanos of the hon-copdrmation of a successor. ie term of Mr. Hall as Capa! Appraiscr expires, and ere are a ecore ef Diack patriow cach expectiog it But as Hall is a sound republican ecitor out somewhere along tho southern Her, kud an especial pet of Bray Dickinson and the honorable. Farmor Abell, there is no auch thtug as ousting him. Tolling Freight on the Railroads. ‘Tue following petition is being circulated for signatares, for presentation to the Legistature:— ‘Toi Honorabis SENATE AND ASSEMWLY OF THE STATR OP Naw Yor«: We, ihe undersigned, citizens of fully request the attention of your honorable body to the Decessity of protecting the logitimate revenue of the Erie Canal against yowerful aud competing railroad corpora- hous. While the credit of our State has been nearly exhausted to promo’e its welfare, ana that of ita citizens, in the con- atruction of a public work, which, for its magnitude and facilities, 18 pnsnrpaseed in the world, we notice on ite , dividing profits by mil- lens, dere: Jogitiinate revenue of the canal, thereby throwing an overwhelming burden of taxation upoR OUF citizens, Seriousiy embarrassing the Stato Trea- Weaning t he cptire capal tuterest be monopoling. therefore, earnestly recommend slaw for the purpose of talling treigiat avsof this S haying competiag — county, respeot- fe eapale curing th anal navi- fcaesing | ory of the pro rate yous bovoravle bory at its Inek ily request ihe passage red that the of that ‘culate upon the cost and 1 railroads. Witoeas, that uuder #0 anuaally increns- ing cauat debt, a powerful railroad monopoly has grown | up, at ove lime dividing among its stockholders prodts to | the enormous amount of $3,594,500—a sum greater tham | the original cost of the Eric Caval,and has ever aiaco paid fut dividenos at the expense of our canal revenue. ‘The coat of our State canals, as per report of 1868, was | $54,280,685. Tho cost of tbe New York Cantral Railroad when consolidated, and State toils taken from her freight (in 1853) was $24,154,860. The annual gross receipts of these two institutions for the past seven years has bees as follows:— Compare the Railroad freight column with the Canal business: that explains the whole matter. Erie & Chom- mi win canals, ———-New York Central Railroad,——, ne Total. Passengers. Freight. Othr S'rees, Tuva. 1853. ,$2,928,663 2,829,609 1,835,572 122,279 4,787,458 54.. 2.) 6 8,261,519 2,279,821 287,000 435,519 3,242,220 ISSH.. 2A0N%,623 8,207}378 ese figures and cal é 8, 205/496 6,528\412 279}331 6,200,071 1858.) 1/882,014 2'532.647 159%, 1,480,000 2,506,370 TL $16,290, *Estimated. 23,427,803 Shal! we continue to be taxed for the support of rail. 45,731,361 road monopolies ? If not, sign this petition, and forward ‘to the member from your district. City Politics. MEETING O7 THE AMEUICAN GENERAL COMMITTEE. ‘The delegates from the several wards to this body held @ meeting last evening at 187 Bowery, F. C. Wagner being temporary chairman, After the calling of the roll—by which forty two dele. gates were ascertained to bo present—the Committee im- mediately commenced the batiot for regular Prestdont. ‘The last ballot stood as follows:— Whole number of votes cast. Necessary to a choice... For J, H. Duganne, of the Sixteenth . a For F. C, Wagner, of the Seventeenth ward . Ww Soattoring....... eeseee seeeeeeees cae 2 Mr. Duganne was then declared ciected. A motion that he be declared unanimousiy elected received some oppe- sition, but was finally carried. Upon being escorted to the chair, Mr. Daganne express- ed bis thanks in an appropriate speech. The following other olficers were then appointed: Messrs. Wm. Stokeley and G. C. Deane, Vice Presidente; Benj. W. Winans, Secretary; Jos. A. Kenyon, Assistant Secretary; L. W. Parks, Treasurer; and Messrs. Andrewa, ynaker, Stokeley, Frost aud Scotield, Committee om ules. A motion was carried that the officers of the various Councils lect shail appear for instalment at the next meeting of the Committee. A genilewan guid that he had been looking around the room, and could not see his friends on account of the smoke, and as it was disagreeable to him, he would move that the Committee on Rules be instructed to prohibit smoking at the meetings of the General Committee. ‘The motion was carried, and the meeting adjourned, _ Usvonrtxag® Arrarm at Harvarp Contnag.— For some time past certain ‘college tricks’ have boom practiced by the students of Harvard University, which have been quite annoying to the faculty, and not quite ereditabls to the young men who have performed them, Suil they were not hanging matters, nor acts requiring the employment of armed force to suppress them, So much for preface. The particular misfortune which bas involved reepectable people in trouble, and placed the University in an unjust relation to the studenta and their parents, ig this: Vor come time past the Bibies of tho cha- pels of Harvard and Yale Colleges have been miscing, and it was known that they had been abstracted by the students of the respective institutions, who desired to piace the New Haven Bible in tho puipit of the Cambridge pel, and in like manner, to place the Harvard Bible im the Yale deek. The Yale College “jokers” had perpe- trated their “joke.”’ At two o'clock ‘yesterday mornin; a Cambridge student, Mr. William H. Forbes (son of Mr. Jolm M. Forbes, of this city), attempted to enter the chapel with a view of “‘sustaining the honor of old Harvard.” So far this was harmless enough, although a violation of col- lego law; but young Forbes, while entering the church, was seized by policeman Hilton, who was placed im the church “to detect the authors of ° previous misdemeanors. “ A vigorous resistance was maie;’ and pow we give the narrative of a person who bas a close knowledge of the facts—d which the detective discharged his revolver, without injury to the student, who struck him a beavy blow with a Baltimore billy, and then surrendered, being apprehen- sive of asecond shot. The two remained in the chapel ail night, where they were found by the janitor. A hear- ing Was bad yesterday before Justice Ladd, of Cambrid, port, who coinmitted the student to await the result of the oilicer’s wound, which,we understand, is not as serious ag at first supposed. The alfair is greatly regretted by all parties. Mr. Forbes ig « favorite in ‘his class, many of whom have experienced his kindness duriug sickness and financial distress, His first act was to send # classmate to the otficer’s house to express his sorrow and to offer aby possible assistance.”” We have here given what we believe to be a faithful statement of thie unfortunate af- fair, and we do this in order to avold misrepresentation. We cannot place the facts before the public, however, without iepresiee our disapproval of the conduct of those who p! an armed officer in such relations with gea- tlemen, who, tough they may be guilty of acta quite reprehensible in themselves, are not to be os burglars end bighwaymen. There was no necessity for pistols in this case. No one more keenly feels the con- sequences of this misfortune than young Forbes. He re- grets it on account of the injury done to the officer, on ac- count of his own family, and on account of the college of which he bas been a member.—Bostom Couriar, Jan. 12. Coroners’ Inquests, Fatat Fatt.—Coroner Jackman yesterday held an in- quest on the body of Isaac C, Bennett, 60 years of age, = uative of New Hampshire, and a painter by trade, who, while at work on the building 617 Sorosdwey jen oneeing? last, fell through a hatchway to the floor beneath, a dis- tance of sixteen feet, fracturing his collar bone and seve- ral of his ribs. injured man was conveyed to his residence, where he died in the course of the The accordance 3 3 1 x 7 8 a 7 i a @2@dAe@ MABE eA Bw Awan asad Adea. wa wrAAWARS iP AEN te AA M&O Mle tO ey ie let let Tht ta ee et a he i a —S wea 4 A 4 4