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eR Plate of Bolivar,” and opened ber clored poris, a# be could have done, and wpon the same terms as has Gon. WEWS FROM THE SOUTH PACIFIC. Commercial Pregress im Chile—Gemeral Quiet and Attention to Education— Murder of Captain Lambert, of the British Navy, at Lima—Arrival of Pres @emt Castilla at Paita from Ecuador— Chanees of Ancther Revolution in the Last Named Republic—Bolivia in War— Preparation Against Peru, dic., dic. ‘The steamship Bogota arrived at Panama on the 2ist of February from Valparaiso and way ports, with the South Pacific mails, nnd four hundred and five thousand dollars fu specie for kng'and. ‘The Dogota left Valparaiso on the Sist of January, and @allao on the 12th of February. ‘The United States cteamer Wyoming, Commander J. K. ‘Mitebel, arrived at Valparaiso on the 25th of January, forty two days from Rio Janiero. She was expected to leave for Panama about the middle of February, touching ‘8 Callao apd Guayaquil. , CHILE. ‘There is no news ¢! itsportance from this republic. ‘we country is tranquil and prosperous; every branch of todustry appears to have recovered from the blighting effects of the late revolotion. The mining interest, which suffered more, perhaps, than any other, is now in a pros. porous condition. The number of workmen employed in ‘the copper mines this year is more than double the num- be Rd ed times, ‘The yield of these mine 1859 was some 85,000 tons @f copper. The yield of this year, it is supposed, will ex- eved that of last year about ope hundred per cent. There were ehip| from the ports of .Talcahuano, Ferne and Pevco 179,649 quintals of four and 86,014 fanegas of wheat during the year 1860. Owing to the great abandance of grain in that section of Chile, which is regarded as the great agricultural district, a much better result is expected this year, and a consequent reduction in C the , there by Buy jucing exportations. Co tepectomrnit Chile seems to be alive to the im- ortavce of fosteriny public jostruction. ‘The budget for hie year requires $448,388 for the various intitations of learniog of @ public character, &c., established in the cuvntry. This speaks well for Chile, and if her sister re pobiies in Syeth and Central America will profit by her exemple in thie respect, their material proeperity woul ‘be much better it at ie. | ‘The Speniards resi in Valparaiso arc e1 in yang 8 8 for the relief of t10 families of ‘The Bank of Valparaiso juced its rate of discount to ten per cent. ‘The Chamber of Commerce of Valparaiso was engaged ™ preparing @ commercia! code, which is said w be much Bosiners was more act.ve in Valparaiso than it wae dar- tag the previous fortnight. We quote bar copper at $19 25 a 62. In four where has becn some avimation, omng to the pui chase of several love for Peru apd the Northern Provinces of Chile. E 20,000 quintals baving changed bands at $3 37.2 $3 PERU. Great excitement prevailed in Lima and Caliao when the ‘Seamer failed, on scocunt of the murder of Capt. Lam- bert, of Her Britanic Majesty’s steam corvette Vixen,a J, at Lima, the 13th of February. Great respect was shown to his memory. The diplomatic corps. the officers attached to the vessels of war in the harbor of Callao, and the leading fereign merchants cf Lima and Callao attended the funeral. We have heard it rumored that the deveased at the time of hic death was engaged to be mar- ried tothe sister of Mrs. Clay, the wife of the United States Minister to Peru. He was only twenty-six years of ‘President Castilla arriv@4 at Paita from Guayaquil with ‘the remainder of hie forces on the 12th of February, and with him the naval , Which had been anchored s0 be- ; and as Castitia bas left no troops in that country, ‘will probably soon make an effort to gain his lost The le of Lima, aided by the government, Mt in contempration to build a railroad from that place 5 112 miles, croseing the Oordilieres. on the United States were at Lima and Cal- at 18 per cent premium, and on Eogiand 12 pence pre- ; freights to Bampton Roads, $15 per toa; Fogiand, pounds ten billings. ECUADOR ‘The oply news we bave from this State is via Paita, Onstiila bad failed to dring about @ reconciliation be- ‘tween the two contending parties of Guayaquil and Quito. Morino, who is at the head of the latter, refused his medi- ation. Franco, who was declared President of the whole of ‘Kouador by Castilla a short time ago, is still at Guayaquil, daa hf thought be will be driven: from. the country 4 outraged je now that Castilla hae withdrawn al! inform us of his banishment. troops recen:ly suffered a severe defeat at the hands under the government at Quito. The United ‘States Cone] at Guayaquil bas resigned. 5 ‘ bite auto ne Curther effete axing ‘Thi little no el ¥ been rainge December last to overthrow the existing it. President Linares is at La Paz, making to resist President Castitla, of Peru, should Be to invade Bolivia in April or May, when the tv ‘will be over, as is expected. Linares is said to be more firmly seated in power than ever before. It SS one ee dept . “The covernment has reduced the export duty on Peru wian bark to ten per cent on the invoice cost. if A 3 5 § f i, EWS FROM THE WEST COAST OF MEXICO. BY FREEMAN 4 €0.’S EXPRESS. | Our Acapulco Correspondence. ‘ey ACAPULCO, Feb. 27, 1860. Murder of General Toro and Siaf/—Eerribl: Exsitement in puoo—Case of Capt. Mallet, of the John Colle, &:. ur oty bas been thrown from its quiet ense and cus. Semary monotony into quite a whir)poo! of excitement wince my last letter to you. Gen. Tero and hie staf were brutally murdered by some mutinoue sci liers belonging to iis own brigade at San Marcus, about thirty leaguee below tie city, on the Lith of February. Immediately upon the receipt of this news, Ger. Alvarez sent the chief of his etaff, Col. Christo, post haste to this city, with orders to call ont the Nationa’ Guard, and to put the casile in s state of defence, which was ‘mmediately done. The peo- ple were much alarmed, and as usual sent their vaiuabi and themselves anc their irttle ones to “he Const) © be. n Captain Malet, of the Jobu Cottle, who shot his mate, ie ‘on Dy this steamer, With twoof his crew as witnesses. rise wen the regard 07 all here by bis qaiet end heac- # demeanor during his Say omang <e Tost he was ‘ fable no one doubts, and the evidence will show it. people are Selighted bere ai the prospect of the ratification of the treaty. Steamer Movements. FAB NEW WORLD, I6AAC N2WION, FRANCIS SELDDY, HENDRIK HUDSON, NORTHERN LIGHT, JAMESTOWN AXD MARION. The New World, which broke her gallows frame and sank lest fal), while coming ¢own the river, where she remained, with the water up to the top of her state room exioen—some thirty-seven feet in depth—for more than @ix weeks, hae teen theroughiy overhauled, an} many of her rebuilt. A vcew galiows-freme, of Georgia pime—one-third larger and stronger than the firet—has ‘een put up, while ber machinery has been ovehauled gekoilt and improved, being all ready to be put up, with , Hendrik Hudson, and noarly all the Deen put in tip-top ender, ready, Gear Of izeteetart ace TSA se SL Soa Cae, here opposed to upon At Congress Ha}l, Dr. Price, the City Al lhe for Comptroller Haws, and a host of other officials from the France Depertment, are levying war for the further expansion of their conquests. At the Delavan, Ben Wood I a § i f ‘ payment, and to enforce ti - | Soller at aw, i The Financial Condition of the State. Troubles of the Excise Commissioners of the Metropolis. The Rich Placer Opened in the Grog Shops. THE GRIDIRON RAILROAD BILL, FREIGHT OF THE OMNIBUS DRIVERS. THE CENTRAL PARK INVESTIGATIONS. INTERESTING FACTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS, THE RAILROAD TOLL BILL. THE SLAVE HUNTING BILL, de. ao, ho, OUR ALBANY CORRESPONDENCE. Anant, March 10, 1860. 4 Chapter on Municipal Affairs—Back Pay for the Com- mon Council Reported—The Thorp Hous: Special Legisla tion Uommitice—The Charter Projects and the Shoe and Leather Bank—Invidious Proceedings of the Shoe and Leather Bank Lobbyists— Proposed Separation of the Exe- cutive and Legislative Branches of the City Government— Where the Lobby Money Comes from—The Condition ef the Tax Levy, dc. ‘The municipal affairs of the metropolis, leading off with the city railroads, promise to engage s large propor. tion of the balance of the session. Yesterday the alder. men, who were here in a body, returned home, and in the evening a bill was reported in Assembly giving them salary forthe past year. The passage of this amend- ment to the charter is regarded as doubtful, although an allowance of one thousand dollars a year to a member of the Common Council would be nothing but just and rea- sonable. It is only the same pay allowed to the inspect- re of street sweeping. Avother delegation from the city, assuming to be a committee of republicans, chosen from each ward, also re- turned yesterday. They had convened at the Thorp House Jest week under the auspices of Joe Hoxie and Solomon Holl. Their objec: here was, like that of the Aldermen, to provide themselves with ealaries. They waited upon the sc vera: lobby and logislative members of their party, and demanded in the blontest manner that the entire city government should be taken to pieces for the benefit of the republican party in the city. They left a sub-com- mittee of three here, at the head of which is Mat. Green, to eee that thelr inetructione are duly carried out. Several amended chartere have been brought forward here, but that which 1s to be finally urged to its passage has pond been drawn up A new acheduie is now in prepa- rau spd will be ready by Tuesday. 1 find but three causes at work here for procuring any cbange in the pre- sept charter. These are, first, s leeted bere, of disappointed republican candidates defeated in the last elections, whose chagrin it is desired shall be moderated by islating them into places for which they could pot chosen by the people. A second, ana more plausible reason for @ change, is based upon the disfavor with which the couree of the Aldermen is regard- ed, and the necessity of providing some remedy for the cena lock by which their cupidity hae paralyzed the seve- thi departmente of the city government for the past two years. But she third and most infiien ual source of the vari- ‘ous amendments to the charter arises injthe restless effort which is made to secure the city deposits for the Shoe and Leather Bank vpon some basis. nest, which is col. permanent . iby earliest move bere for an amended charter was a proposal to extend the term of the Gity Chamberlain to reappointment officer had 1883. The of this been pro- cured from the jate Meyor threo days before the new deyor came imto office. The con! by the Alder- men was procured by well arrangements upen the expenses of their election. Having secured pont, it is gow the aim to go still further by means of legislative act, Weed, Schooicra‘t, J. B. Taylor and oi the lobby potentates, including D. D Conover, Brewer, A. Oakey Hall, &c., are enlisted in this 6cl for which & large ac¥ance of money is said to be in bere. The latest shape which the matter has taken is agreement on the part of the Coniptroller to re- ren resent Chamberiain, and keep him in office the balan Hi 08 of his own term, to 1 A billto Fl # benefit of a demeoc-at teable to the republicans, a variety of utber hhave been made to keep this in counte- ‘BADCe. Croton Board, the markets, the bureau of of the Street aracsaments and other it Syanatnt Ste cee ae Bae thc Nasa hie partieans. The schedule of charged every week; but the bank, asthe great fae] holie ite ground in all, ag it is the magazine from ailtbe lobby ammonitign i There is gne principle embodied in the conclusions .ar- rived at ‘as to ciiy affairs, which should be, and will be carried out, it any’ is done. It is the complete separation of the and executive branches of the city government. - In a fina] caucus, beld bere last even- ig, it was determined to place the Mayor upon an equal footog with the Comptroller and Corporation in On ee et tee ee ee ta viding any interference by the Aldermen. This, after all, is Jet He one gouroe of aifieulty in the practical working of e charter. Jt will not make so much difference who ita the hier Ad the Pe ty -vmangl od propel Uo Ne ig re- e i¢ tor their doing. It e disorganization occa- ioe Aldermen med by the exactions and domineering of the 4 which demoralized the executive bureaux. As in the caze of the railroad wars, there are twocampe the amendments. yuteDant tm command of an active phalanx te all special ether for the infringment of the franctisce or the fagee_of the city of New York. The Metropolitan Sanitary bil! was reported iast evening: Ex tend ett Pillsbery bas arrived here and begun an active cam- Ree in the lobbies against his late associates in the oce Board. The city tax levy is promised a considera- tion in the begining of the week; the county portion wil! probably pase the Sonate with an amendment for the Commissioners of Record, and $40,000 tor the building of a house for detention of witnesses. THE TOLLING RAILROAD BILL IN THE SENATE. TEE TAX LEVY—RETALIATION ON PHILADELPHIA. OUR SPECIAL ALBANY DESPATCH. Aipaxy, March 10, 1860 The tolling bil} that parsed the Houte yesterday was reported to the Sepate to day,and instead of being re- ferred to the Selec’. Committee, wae, on motion, referred to the Commitee of the Whole, and made the epecial or- der for next Wednesday. The fellowirg is the Tol! bill, as it paseed the Assembly, by & vote of 81 to 33:— An Act Toile uj rt} a imposing prove ty transported cron vail r to herein. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembiy, do enact as foliows:— Section 1. The Casa! Board is hereby authorised and required to levy apd impose the same rates of toll, per Bile, spor all transported Rercafter upon the i : e g tf f HH i ba H E it § i ry Hi i 3 lt HH (i 1 rl ij th : E i B if 5 le et i i i 3 i Hy FE i EH il seo BU eubey Gf ibe waid ropde shal) refuse oF neg Jeot to make the statements, INTE.QRSTING FROM ALBANY. | i sier sus ken 'by tie prevaioen ot or lw fag h eeg the Attorney 3 nor action at law in the name this State. Rare All acts and parts of acts inconsistent act are hereby repealed. ber ‘queation but that the bill will , With a large vote. held on to uptil nearly the close of the session, nded the Senate and sent ‘Hooge too late to be acted upon Progrers was reported on the in the Senate, and was made the special oi wsday. The Divorce bill was ordered to a ‘The Atreembly passed a number of bi Among construction of # railroad in Westchester county through bes yy Morrisania and other towns ted or refused Wo take proceedings have bees recommenc are now pending.” It way well ve asked how camo these three bundred suits, if nes pro- perly commenced, to be discontinued before the atipula- 8 fullilled in every case? 1 out of licenses and pay: fe the condition precedent to discontinuance, it is not likely that any of these proceedings woukt have required to he ‘‘recemmenced.”” @ controlling Commissioners of the Board inform us "lecootinned ‘on payment af owt ned on ment which defaults were in ; mt or © = olberwise. surely be interesting to“know the exact number of cases in which the attorney of the Board ‘consented’ to the tetting aside of judgments taken by default, and the mo- Utves which impelled him to that sent OD & mere promise, never fulfilled, that would take out licenses and pay their license future time, or bad he on of ta king out licenses other ground for his action? us further, that the cost ceived by him amounted toan average of $0 in making 8 tota! of $3,915, out of which he has assistant the sum of $660; for Jeaving him a balance for his &e. own remuneration of average of “about twenty-six cent as his net profit on each of the ten thousand two hundred and four suits ee commenced. Ni vieit that city with samples commenced, provices that i shall not be Ia enlitled to reee if said attorney can give any idea of whon these he telle us are “bel ONE OF THE RICH PLACERS OF THE CITY: THE CHARGES PRESENTED TO THE SENATE AGAINST ‘THE EXCISE COMMISSIONERS. T Tur How. tux Sxxats or tHe State or New York-— The undersigned, one of the Commissioners of Excise in the city of New York, having recetved a copy of the re- solution of investigation sdopted by your honorable body, directing inquiry in regard to the proceedings of the said Commissioners, deems it bis duty to lay before you this statement of facts, to the end that the investigation in qbestion may take a wider range than was contemplaicd in the original resolution. ‘The main part portion of this communication was pre- pared to be sent to the Board of Supervisors of the coun. ty of New York, in answer to a resolution of inquiry ade ; but as your body is are remedy the consequencts which have attended the & majority of said Commiseioners, it is deemed more useful and appropriate to bree econ aan will be seen amongst ear the majerity of b Bolmes and th kett and Holmes—do not give the names cases were dismissed. They say that to ¢o £0 would require all their present vice of an additional clerk, aud a period of abd fifty days for the preparation of su: x for the undersigned to resolution of inquiry of your honorable bod; ‘aid Commissioners—no the approaching examipation—call oposed the 0 ® consent for the discontinuance of all said the proposition as a movement to con. ‘with said litigation, he refused to with said suita, declaring that they commenced withou! his assent or agency, and tha! if Mr. Haskett ane the litigation, they must take all the responsi. buity which attached ‘to it, whether ‘Th de! has thus laid before your honorable bane eae ‘These facts need no com. ment or elaboration; and for such acticn as they demand at your hands, the undersigned respectfully submite ‘New Yorn, Mareb 1, 1860. THE FINANCES OF THE STATE. IMPORTANT REPORT FROM THE COMPTROLLER—FACTS TO BE CONSIDEKED BY THE LE@ISLATURE—ARE THE NEW MEASURES TO BE THROWN OVERBOARD FOR WANT OF MONEY? Stare oy New York, Comprrotgn’s Ornce, ALbANY, March 9, 1860. To Ine SYERAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY -— Sin—I herewith tranamit to the Assembly a communi. cation in answer to the rerolution of the assembiy of the Sch instant. | em, Robi Peepectfi ‘Stars or New York, 1x aise.” ALpasy, Resolved, That the Comptroller be requested to siate to this House what, in bis opinion, will be the amount of tex required for the wants of his office and of the other cepartmente of the government during the next fiscal year; whether the condition of the finances will warrant apy appropriations for new works; and to give suck other information as to the condition of our revenues as be may Geer important to communicate. ‘ties sued, or ‘which partict sport. add that, since the adc the power, in which setons Viti forth, Bect 1 jersi sok enna oe have anything to do bad been tings, tant within the 2 hia ‘associate ad ‘Messrs. absorbed in themee! whe Board; that the; 1c,0C0 actions in the Court ‘murs of gave ‘bearly & mare early eqi tiep of the entire State, involvin; costs alone over one million of plain statement of facts. almost tion ag ainet whom they are cirected, calculated public benefit, nor to subservo any otherend the of the mn epgaged therein. of Supervisors of the New York, to which I bave referred, inquired as to “the number cf suits which have been commenced discont ‘amount of euch receipts which has been paid to fg answer to this communication the dominant members of the Excise Board, Messrs. Robert D. Holmes and Wm. Jay Haskett, op the 4th of February last sent an elaborate communication to the Board of Supervisors, in which the enormous litigation referred to was set forth asthe ground for the demand for increase compepeation, and of the proceedings of the said controlling The undersigned cannot take the same view of the busi- ‘nets of said commission as is given by his said colleagues, ard against their apswer be would most respectfally sub- honorable body the folio ‘the Board By order, RICHARDSON, Clerk. The Comptrotier, having-received the above resolution, Will, with euch knowlcage as he has obtained during the brief period be has been in office, proceed to give his The firet question is, what, in his opinion, will be the amount of tax required for the wants of his office and of the other departments of government during the next Bis predecessor in office hae estimated that the tax for general purposes may be reduced with safety to one mill on the dollar, statiog that there will 0 outstanding Babilities wed by the present Legislature) to wing statemen::— ago of Commissioners of Xxcise of the city of New York was constructed, b Jay Haskett and Robert D. & yntment of said Wm. imes (both members of the legal p: undersigned (not ® ally to represent the citizens Likely to rations of sald Board. rofession ) mut on more especi- affected by the 8 of 5 city of New York bas repeatediy shown itself op- tosed on principle to the enactment of prohibit occasion wht jnestion abeorb apy portion of [We are obliged, from the Iste hour at which she report ‘Was recebyed, 10 omit the table.) ‘This table i shows what wan expected by the tion, and experience afterward demonstrated that the re- venues of the canals, properly cared for, would have Worked out the ol of the Convention. But the process of reducing the tolle and dimin sbing the revenues of the Canals was commenced before the first ten years 38 ed, and the result of that process is exbibited in the fol- Beek oe, No. 2, prepared by the Auditor of the Canal at is table ip nece: sarily omitted } Comptroller believes that the revenues of the canals, as they existed in 1616, were get apart by tho constitution to pay the debt of the canais; ana that good faith to the public creditors forbade their diversion. That although ap alteration in the rates of to! may not have been pro. hibited, yet thatsnch alteration could only be made with 8 view lo revenue ly. ‘When the policy of the constitution was set in motion in 1847 the language of the J cgislature was that “the consti tution has made it the interest of all the people o° the State to cherish this sy. The canals are placed under constitutional bonds to pay all our debt and relieve the Peale frome tamsiinn,. aed the. scomar. thoes ob are at ed the sooner the ple revenues will be unlocked for the use of the bred ginal It should be consid the true policy of the State ‘i at the vaet tonnage paseing through our avenues of trans portation from the great West to the Atlantic Ocean must pay @ revenue sufficient to provide for the principal and interest of the canal debt. ‘The obligations of the constitution and good faith to the np this, and nothing lees than this will be ‘bat Combinctions may fora time prevent jt, but if wise counsels prevail with all concerned, this poliey should be acquiegced in pow, when it may be adopted and carried “tis ply sf is Sepiater compen wot y of wl was in- augurated in 1851, by Nun oe railroads from the payment of tolis tothe Canal Fund for property trans. Poth ak made h the ‘Qct made necessary ‘was to diminish from time to time the ison tat canela, not with a view to revenue mainly, as tbe constituuonal policy required, but with a view to successful competition ‘with the railroads, in which once Fes canals and railroads bave uflered, as the Auditor shows. Since 1#51, under the new policy, the revenues from the canals, including rent of surplus waters: and intercet op current revenues, bave run down from $3,722,163 in 1861, to $1,859,670 in 1860. That is to say, they have {alled off wore th tonhage “of tbe ‘more than one half, while the the same, viz: 3,582,733 tone in canals remains about 1851, and 3,781,684 tons in 185: ‘This fall ling off in the revenues of the cavals leading to taxation, has been used as an t against the ul of the canals. Nothing could be more unjust. It proves nothing againet their utility, but everything against the er- roneous poli:y which has been pursued in regard to them. During the whole ptrioi of unrestricted competi- tion with the railroads in the State and in other States, and while the Erie canal bas been encumbered with the process of enlargement, our canals have transported more tonnage than all the raiircads in the State put together. The Auditor shows that the tonnage of the cana‘ in 1858 3,665,102 3,781,684 Total in two yearr..... The tonnage of all the 3 ‘Tota! in the two years... see 7,338, Bot it is evident tbat s large portion of ihe ratiroad ton- ie counted twice, inasmuch an each of the railroads makes lis bogey ear much of the tonnage in passing page from one road to other is twice reported. Another fact to prove the efficiency of the canals, the Auditor shows as follow: E ‘The total tonnage carried by the Baltimore and Ohi> Railroad, the Pennsylvania Central Railroad, the New York and Erie Rastroaa, the Nuw York Central Rallroai, the Ogdensburg Railroad, and tho St. Lawrence Canal, in 1868, exceed the total tonnage carried by the New York canals only by the moderate amount of 15,000 tous. In the Nght of these figures, the statements of enthusiasiic persons, in their eagerness to keep up with what they call ‘the progrees of the age, who tee the canals and magnify the railroads, should received with many grains of allowance. The peopie of the State have in former days, with good reason, groaned over the extravagant expenditures on the canals. They are now nearly completed, and the oot revenues by for, but never enjoyed, may yet be fully attained. tto accomplish that object great vigilance must be exercised in their management and in husband- ing and in protecting those revenues. The same spirit wi formerly clamored for the largest expenditures, pot now cry out for the lowest tolls and the highest taxa 2. ‘Will tolling the railroads and increasing the canal tolls burden the internal commerce of the State? The Auditor shows that the whole tonnage of our foreign trade, both exports and imports, is abou; equal to the total tonnege of the New York ana Eric and New mace, Central Railroads, added to the tonnage of our The total value of the canal tonuage was in 1859, in round numbers, over.........0.+ tesa ee ee 26 $182,000,000 The total valuc’ of the ‘railroad tonnage, the same j car, is estimated at (which is deemed TOW). ceceseeeseseeeseeseenseceeeeee sere 100,000,000 Soleloccs Sas ge «++. $982,000,000 A tribute of one and a bait ‘et cent ‘om thie value will yield to the canal revenucs $3,480,000. ‘The total value of all the foreign tonnage, importa and exporte, for 1859, wae $605,657,592. This paid a tribute through the Custam House of $49,565 324, an average of ‘it per cent; but all of it being collected from the im- brought before the citizens of New York, an overwhelm- ing majority of the people has been found ar! There is danger of mistake in this statement, inasmuch as appropriations for the t curre: year have shown Dermaatven the Ee sescth anuhery io the amount of at least $120,000, and other outstanding Xt Cd mead on such appro- lePADLY tmuremce stro there deficiencies. Hence, it is deemed unsafe outta the tax below the amount levied 8 will of course increase the defi of the current fiscal year P sagt il have to be paid from next fiscal year. therefore, for the general fund a partment will require a tax of 3¢ # mill, to go on with the work on the canais. The achoo! tax will remain 3 of a mill, the same as last interest on the $12,000,000 debt authorized under article 7 of the constitution, will require at least To pay interest and originate simking fund to pay float- authorized by the people at the Jast election, will pay iate wants in the Canal intereet due and to come due the first days and October, will require % of @ mill. ‘The total tax will be as follows:— For general fond 13, mills, producing say. For cowpletion of canals 3, mill For school tax 34 mill. For interest on $12,000,000 dei For int. and eink’ For immediate wants 3 mil)... Total sum to be raised by tax.. This is the statement which tr e next quesiion is, will the condition of the finances Warrant apy appropriations for new works? ‘the firet question involves the auewer to to obtaim licenses, districts no licenses ‘law-abiding men, who shall, that no abuse is practiced against ‘With there objects the ex- ofr sible and ability their hon na fag — ~ cite laws form an important part of every commend themselves to the respect an: people. But when prevented from these | aims, either to create monopolies favored sellers, or to make men virtuous under stress of legislation, or to prohibit tense majority and must prove fs 3 mill. $2,600,000 debs 3; mil from whet the im- jures, and no machinery devised strong enough to execute them in the midat of hostile communitics. operations of the Board in this city, eigned differs utterly from the views tak colleagues, and believes that he car show to your hor bie boay & camaition of d #ithout pavallel etory order to explain the facte on whick he bases this it wil bp to rece’! certain transactions If the Legislature authorize new worke and provide for their payment, the taxes will bave to be increased to four or four and s half or even five mills The amount of tax will have to be increaned as now works increase. The whole amount may as wel} bo fally stated and coneidered. This is alike due to you and to the people we represent. let it be therefore, that if new works are to be raised by d author! ize Having all come fresh from the ents Dear additional taxation? Comptroller, new works, however valuable they jety be commenced. The deman of any free commi 9 well understood, authorized, rect taxation. Wili the cond: the commencement of new worke? 2 jury, but the Sherif’: xeeution. or assumed, bave the the Canal Fond.” But all bovor to the Auditor, hie statement of the tion of the canal revenues and foil. We learn from the Auditor’ policy of the State, since 1851, bas: the capals, throw the whole burden tion, uncer the 6th sectidn of the 7 it Te other words, the o’d canal canals etd ® B & f i if 2 igi f i 5 i 3 z f é f li ; i rtd i He ie £ fe i F A a Hes yf te fi! i i i 4 | A 2 ot, four hundred and yment of costs: and that of these aout were diecontinued without any comnprem'se, ‘ or apy other etipu'stion than ‘Vide the following table 2, submiited to the Convention in 1846, showing the ability of the canais to provide for the sinking funds:— ports, they alone paid an average of 1434 per cent, yet commerce moves briskly under the burasn. Surely, the light tribute of one and a half per cent on our domestic Jonnage, cannot be seriously felt by any intercrt, and ae ‘Bot to meet with oppogition from any quarier. - st c be guarded ind But sary and e€ to our the people will “contend for the of J vation against the mal administration of both and rail- roads, and continued taxation will quicken thom toa vigorous enforcement of that law. lore the railroad tolls to the Canal Fund, and adjust a ber the canals to correspond, and we will — ive 600,000 ‘apts for sinking fund under 1st section + 1,700,000 Do. do. do. i section.. 360,000 Waris for interest on $12,000,000 debt under ‘Wacts for tnterest and sinking fund on the $2,- 600 000 dedt......-.sseevee seetteessesersess 356,000 ‘Thie Teeult, which tt it confldently believed may be tained, willenabie us to get along with a tax for tho ( Oral FUuvd Of... cece ceeeceseenee mill. ith a tax for Die School ‘Fund of. With a tax for the $2,500,000 deb! of. ‘Tne tax for the interest on the $12,000,000 debt would be made contingent on the revenues, Total......+...- ‘With « certain proepect Skate purpoece being reduced the noxt year t6 13; milis, and thereafter still lower, Gnd the sinking funds being re stored would no longer be called “ myths,’ but become ae sbetantial basis on which to make deficiency Joans un- der the constitution, and the canal revenues would be- come as herctofore the pride and boast of the State. ‘The iesue presented is simply thie:—-Shali the trade and tonnage passing through the State on our public works be toiled sufficiently to pay our canal debt and interest ac- cording to the origiual design, or shall that debt aud in. terest be paid by taxation on the whole peopie? Or,in other words, shall we have a four mill tax, or shall we reclaims the tolls given up to the railroads? It is eviten:, that with the exisung , the cafal revenuss will con- tinue to diminish and taxation will continue to increase. ar purges of avian, ih the ralent ile tible for of ) Wi restored tot canal fund, and a new adjustment of tolls on the canals, we would witness the g# of the old eo revived; and if our anticipations are realized, pub- lic opinion will be in much beer mood for new appro. priatons An ubforturste policy. doubtiess with good intentions, was inaugurated in 1651. Experience has proved its error. ‘The simple remedy is for tho Legislature to undo what das been done amise; and having learned wiedom from the past, with prudent counsels ip the future, all may yet be wel}. Al} which is r ‘uly submitted. oO NOBERT DENNSISTON, Comptroller. THE ALMIGHTY NIGGER AT ALBANY. A PERSONAL LIBERTY BILL RECOMMENDED FOR NEW YORE—REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE ASSEMBLY—SEWARD'S HIGHER LAW THEORY EN- DORSED—PERSONAL LIBERTY BILLS IN OTHER STATES, BTC., ETC. ‘The document of which the following is @ copy is upon the table of the Assembly:— Mr. Powell, from the select commitice to which was re- ferred the petition— To rne Hoxonrasie Senate anv Asspuniy or tux Stare or Naw Youx:— coben artes, ean Spe oer Tot pees f na saci hat 30 paren who een 28 ‘ove shall bo {8s Sete, 1 any one clalmang Kim oh tbe ground thet bo owes “service or labor” to such claimant, by the laws of one of the gave States of this Union: — —would re fully 4 t: That hav! ms ‘epor' ph ii rt cenibeniis ae ‘Must our d-ore and beasta be slored to stranger, who ote oat Gaeta eae ota? leas Ridnapper, thet would dreg back to Of the Pinan web ipeoa ack to the land of chales and tor. tares, from fled ‘troops of erent es rity 3 . for esta where wild dessa ey tol Ri save Cote shiniog throngh the homh war, gutter bie ing chil to the nearest asylum, where the wicked ion? “Tericus, sole, 1somentous, est et Pare, wa wil tax the Loginiasare to pan sil our ane wer ber we wi ret pass law thot ebsll forever proieet our Sate from, ihe deascratin, YE we ere now forbidden to rs imp: sonmente imoerd over ue for erercising one of ibe etariiem of ene religion The lew of God in defied. Vice, colees, tbe vlackeat, i# exaited to virtue, while virise, bumani- seteeeee stenoses es eT HM6, 876 rajtroads in the State was in Presence of the slave butter. By the Fugtive Slave bil of skefter or aesiee ‘we tor) ngcr bo ever sppeaied for sympathy and ald. Pines asd 3 it ceaton f salva ave Sopfoaay pevetaeds "0"<n'® Graven: | nat erty th can Mpphay t re This appeal, the 1860 will not feel itse! liberty to shun or J constituents cannot be ped away. unsatisfied. The time bag arrived when the volee of manity, in our State, will not.be hushed, . The petitioners, whose prayers the to consider, are Lot concerned about an ance; neither do they plead for any vi excite indigvation against any fancied evil. wary of the ge eat tican State in balf of her 45,¢ zens, whose Pay periled Lae upjust and despotic law of the Of 3,400,000 white citizens, who, by the same ed duced to the alternative of becot man beings, or originals before the statute, of the of human freedost, which ts outr and ebased in berg the existence of the Fugitive Slave act B Your committee believe that such @ law as is asked for should be epacted:— ne reper yp . Because God explicitly for! rendition of fugitive po to their masters: He has said: ‘Thou shalt not deliver unto. his master tho ecrvant which is escaped from his mas- ter upto thee. He shall dweil with thee, even among you, in that place which be shall choore, in one of thy gates, where it hiketh bim best; thou shalt not oppress him,” Deut. xxi 16, 16. " we 2 Because, ag our Declaration of Independence afirms, “all men are created equal, aud aro endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among which are jife, Liberty, and the it of ‘- 3. Because protect all all buman beings within ite jurisdiction, forfeits its to the ailegiance,of human beings, disbands 0 compels ita citizens to protect themselves, each dest men’ perrons seized , recognizing no right of producing C € cisimmed. the claimant to roing claimed, without process of law, and making Glalmsent the person claimed, pon such ox claimant ‘upon ex furnished by him as aball be & sausfactory”” to mireioner, oe amount of wees ne a ahd accounting it ‘ satisfactory commit person claimed into the handd of the claimant and who are both interested persons, without a means c! ae or redress. . Because the State of New York has a moral, polit- cal, and constitutional right to be afree State. She hag, in her statute book, declared herself to be a free State And the, feceral Constitution confers lad ced oa Oon- grese, the federal judiciary, or the federal executive, prevent her from being airce State. Buta free State, im reality, che never can be while she sutters her soil t@ be polluted by the footsteps of huntcre tor fugitive siaves; nor while rhe permits, within-her juriadiotion the ep- forcement of the slave codo, in its most abhorrent and barbarous features. 6. Because, 80 far from its being true that the enact- ment of an effective personal liberty law, by the Siate of New York, would injure, divaflect, and alienate “our brethren of the South,” the reverse of this would be true. Of the ten millions of ‘ our brethren o: the South,’” about four millions are slaves and free persons of color, who would bail with deligh! puch astatute. Of the remais ing six millions, who are tree whites, ouly alout one- fourth of”a million are slave holders, or could have any inierest in the reclaiming of fugitive slaves hile the five and three-fourths millions nen tlavcholding whites could have no desire for their being sent back among them, te compete with and degrade their free labor. So that one-fourth of a milion among ten miiiions, or a propor’. Of 26 to 1,000, or 23; percent of alk “our rethren of the South,’’ could haye the least objection to the most stringent personal liberty bill that could be ep acted by the Icgialature of New York. Many other equally covclusive reasors might be ad- duced, if the limits of this report would permit. But the committee design to offer, at thiz time, ouly the Dasiz upen which may be built an impregnable fabric of argumente in favor of the measure proposed. lo the debate whieh ‘will follow the introduction of the biil accompanying this report, greater latitude will be available for the presenta- tien arguments ip ite favor, and also fur repiies to «biections that will be raised by those who inay oppose e bill. A word, however, in relation to the constitutionality, or unconetitutiopality, of the proposed law may not bere be out of place. The comnulttee are well aware that, with many per- S008; this is the point of difficulty. Some honestly decline to support the measure, because they belive it to be in conflict wilh the Constitution of the United States. O:hers, the committee bave reason tofear, make this a pretonse for oppreing what tbey know to be an obnoxious principle to the polilical party to which they belong. The enemies of Sreccom have ever retreated bebind this eort of a citadel. Every sep towards liberty, since the dark ages, bas been met with the samo plea. * It is contrary to the Conetitu- tiop;”’ “there is no iaw for it,” have been the arguments of the parasites and defenders of despetwam, in all ages and in every country, our own not excepted. ‘There is & law higher than constitutions, to which legis- lators, e6 well as’otber mep, are amonable. Bat in this argument, appealing to that higher law for sup- port, the committee are content to rely on a fair and libe- Tai consiruction of the federal Constitution, believing it lo be the ladium of our rights, and the bulwark of our Uberties. The clause of the Constitution respecting © per. tons beld to eervice and iabor’’ furnishes not the shadow of @ protext for tho fugitive bili of 1850, we expounded and enforced by the federal Commis fropers, in respect to fugitive slaves. The Constitution epeske of ‘“persons.’’ it, according to the code of avery, tiaves are not persons, but things, chattels. It peake of pereors hold to ‘rervice and lubor.”” Bat slaves “aly eid na chaltev® lected gakeeice” —they are ons beld to service, and in ove State, under the laws thereof.” But there are no State laws holding slaves to “1yerview.”” By the testimony of John C. Calloun, Sena- tor Maron, Juego Msttbews, Judge Porter, and’ other prominent statesmen and civilians of the South holding Glavcs, there are, in the slave States, no laws est»blishing or cyeating the relation of slavery. The eovstitution ergo ‘of persons from whom service or labo: is ‘‘due.’” t noliee, 2 the oode of slavery, can be due” from a slave, “can make no contract” and incur no debt. The slave is held as property, and nothing can be «due'* from property to its owner. ‘The letter of the conatitution- al provision, therefore, does not warrant its application to slaves. Neither does its spirit. Tnere is documentary ek vention refuse jopt a jause, provi the rendition of fugitive slaves, but afterward 5 without debate, the existing clause reepectiog ‘‘persons’* (that js, apprentices and othere,) from whom labor was honestly “due.” There is, therefore, no constitutional obstacie to the enactment of a law by the people and the State of New York for “securing the blessingsof liberty” to all their inhabitants. The enactment of a personal liberty law, by the State of New York, willadd another to the series cf hoaorahle measures in favor of human freedom alresdy on her Btatute booke. It will, porbaps, be regarded as tac crown. ing act of her efforts at redemption teom tho bight and curse of slavery. In 1768 the Legislature paseed an act which struck at the foreign slave trade, but no: at the ex itence of slavery itself, In 1795, John Jay introduced measures for the abolition of slavery; aud in 1798.2 bill ese for the gradual emanci| ot the slavesio thie Riste. Iu 1617; ander Daniel ‘D Tompkios’ «iministra. tion, a more complete abolition of human bon-tage was secured, 80 far us related to the slaves of New York. Io 1840, under Governor Seward, trial by jary was granted to fu, pe aa yl piper try State; and in is4i a law allow! slavel 18, visiting or passing throogh onr Stale, to bold their@lavess for nine mvnth:, wae repealed. About the same time, under the same administration, the Execotive authority decided that this Stale should not surrender, 94 & fugitive from jostice, a person charged in another State with ateal- sEre HHT aay) SEE ing a slave as property. 1857, a solemn resolution was 4 by doth branches of the Legisiatare, declaring ‘* this siate wilh not allow slavery within her borders, in any form, or under apy pretence, or for any time.” At the laet session, (1859) an act similar to the one now , passed the Assernbly, but failed in the Senate. Dill received 84 votes in the Assembly, with only 22 against it; and it is believed to bave been loet in the more from want of time than from want of votes. The ccmmittee submit berewith a bili, which toey trast ‘will receive early consideration, and be enacted into a law before the cloee of this session. ‘Other States have not been unmindfa} of the ciaims of the unfortunate fugitives from the Innd of slavery. (See ndix. Maine de forbidden all State officers from sssisting in SS a een ee the use of her for any such purpose. Vermont, Michi rotect every it of Eine dition. Massa. . E ! E 3 : 6, in the House. i i SMI) SHOTWELL POWELL, JAMES BAVAGE. APPENDIX. PBRSOXAL LIBERTY LAWS IN THE VREE STATES. MADE. the iawn of this State it is that ita ek mall be arrested, ba De dofended by the os ‘Common’ end all ‘of gach VERMONT. Ber law now forbids al! citizens and officers of the State