The New York Herald Newspaper, March 29, 1860, Page 6

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Velume XX AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. jo. 88 NIBLO'S GARDEN, Brosdway.—Wuus O'Ruay—Oun Gai—Farey Omore. BOWFRY THEATRE, Bowery.—Rovens—Watace—My NwiGuson’s Wire. WINTER GARDEN, Broadway, opposite Bond street,— Svancsuse, ‘Stistity al etesecs per | NEW. YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH) 129, 1860~TRIPLE, SHBBE: the biph-r prades, while the sales cmbraced about 1,200 ‘balce Ot prices given in another column. ‘The receipts at the ports since the Ist of Seytembor leat have reached about 3,009,000 bales, against 5,185,000 for. the | same perod im 1669, 2,842,000 im 1868, end 2,581,000 in 1857. ‘The total exports within the fame time have been 2,601,000 bales, against 1,874,000 | to 1869, 7 41; ,000 im 1868, and 1,544,000 im 1857, The | stock on hand embraced 1,000,000 bales, against 874,000 in 1859, 800,000 in 1858, and 586,000 in 1857. The flour market was heavy for common grades, and rather casier, while he Nigher qualities wore in fair d0- mand and saleable at previous’ rates. The chiof demand was from the domestic trade, .Whoat was heavy, and sales limited. Cora was heavy for common qualities of mixed and yellow, while gooa white was firm, with? sales msde for export at 770. a 80c. Pork was steady, with sales of rew meas as $1787 at $18, and of new prime at $14 25 a $1440. Sugars wore steady aud active, with gales of about 1,000 hhds., 2,000 boxes, and 1,200 bhds, melado, at rate: given in another place. Coffe was firm, with ea'es of 1,000 bags Rio at private terms, 60 bage Java at 16c.,and 100 do. Maracaibo at 18}¢0. @ lde. Freights wore engaged to a fair extent. Among the engagements to Liverpool were 16,000 bushels corn in Dull, at Od, a 63/d., and 9,000 do. in ship’s bags, per steamer, on private (erms, said to be at about 6d. ————$—$—— The New Abolition Developoments im Con= greas—Tneir Danger to the North. We have already called public attention to the work’of Mr. Spooner on “The Unconstitution- ality of Slavery,” the fountain head from which TAAMLACK'S THEATRE, Brondway.—Bouancr ora Poca / Seward and all the other black republican sear KEENE’S THEATRE, 6% Broadway.—Coiten wi. NEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—?: Young Hemxes—Luoxsn 8woad. ate BROADWAY BOUDOIR, 444 Broadway,—Tus Pioxrer Parator. THEATRE FRANCAIS, 595 Broadway.—La Jore DE ta Mgi20N—BKUNO LE FilevK. BRYANTS' MINSTRELS, Meehanies’ Hal!, 472 Broadway.— Bunissauas, SoNGs, Dances, &0.—We Vom rhOM THE Hiss, NIBLO'S SALOON, Mrosdwey.—Geo. Cuanisrr's Mix. eragis iv Gongs, Dances, ko —Tae Toonies. NATIONAL CONCERT SALOON, National Theatr’,— Sonar, Dances, Buutesqurs, £0. ONDERDONK HAL. prewts wr Soncs, Dances. BAMA, 405 Grand strect—Harn Mur BoxtesquEs, &o.—Dows mt Ata- NEWARK THEATRE, Brmoriay Sonos, Daxoes, bk han Woon's MuvsTeeys in ce “TRIPLE SHEET. ay, March 29, 1860. The News. leuders have drawn their political theories and programme, and which demonstrates, with ir- resistible logic, the objeet at which they are all arriving. Today we give further extracts from the same work, which has been in the course of publication for the last fifteen years, and which is‘now the handbook of all the republi- can leaders. Some of them have denied this fact, aud most of them disclaim the idea of aiming at the emancipation of the negro slaves in the South, and their admission to political and social equality, through the operation of the habeas corpus, protected by the military force of the federal government. The ex- tracts which we give to-day embrace the whole foundation of Mr. Spooner’s argument, and point conclusively to the aim of Everything is referred back to the “natural tights” of the individual man before he congre- gated in society, and laws and constitutions are tried by that test. Under it Mr. Spooner claims that contracts of government or con- stitutions cannot infringe “natural rights,” and should never be so interpreted. He then ap- The bill granting an increase of pay to officers plies the legal rules of interpretation to the of the navy finally passed the Senate yesterday. Nothing else of special importance occupied the attention of that body. In the House the conside- ration of the bill suppressing polygamy in the constitution of the United States, and in every page shows that his object is the destruction, through the process of law, of the entire social organization of the slave States. The denial Territories was resumed, which finally gave wayto | of the republican leaders that thia is their ob- a discussion on the Army Appropriation bill, which was reported to the House with an amendment. The section in the Senate amendment to the Post Office bill allowing publishers of newspapers to print on their papers the date when subscriptions expire was stricken out by the House. An amend- ment was then passed making the charge for the ject received a direct and irrefutable contra- diction in the House of Representatives at Washington yesterday, by the presentation of the preamble and resolution of Mr. Blake, of Ohio, and its endorsement by a large majority of the black republican members of that reception of drop letters in cities aad towns, and | body. Were are the doctrines and the names their delivery by carriers, one cent. In our columns this morning will be found the details of one of the most mournful calamities by fire that we have ever been called upon to chroni- that uphold them:— THE RESOLUTIONS. Whereas, The chatteling of mankind and the holding of persons as property are contrary to natural justice and the fundamental principles of our political system, cle—a calamity by'which ten persons were hurricd | and are notoriously reproach to our country through- to untimely graves. From the evidence before the Coroner it appears that a fire originated under the staircase of the tenement house No. 90 West Forty- fifth street at an early hour yesterday morning. The only modes of exit from the building were through the hallway and the scuttle en the roof. There was no ladder by which this scuttle could be reached, while the burning stairway prevented all escape in that direction. The jury in their verdict strongly censure the owner of the building for not having provided a ladder to tlfe scuttle, and give it as their opinion that this calamitous loss of life was the result of that negligence. There is much excitement in the public mind re- garding this unfortunate event, and all sorts of ramors are afloat asto the origin of the fire. A Mr. Redman, who occupied a store in the premises, was arrested by the police, who found him wander- ing about the streets ina state of real or affected lanacy. t The preliminary examination into the myste- rious and bloody tragedy on board the .oyster sloop E. A. Johnson was commenced yesterday before Mr. Commissioner White, and the accused prisoner—Hicks, alias Johnson—was strongly identified as having been the mate on board that vessel. The details of the condition of the sloop leave no doubt but that the murders were comnuit- ted on board. The report of the proceedings and incidenta connected with the sad affair are published in this day’s Heraup. The examination of the Chinaman Ya-ma, or Jackalow, the supposed murderer of Captain Leet and brother, on the oyster sloop Spray, was com- menced yesterday before United States Commia- sioner Vroom, at Jersey City. After considerable interesting testimony had beén taken, the examina- tion’ was postponed until to-morrow, ia order to afford time for an jinportant wilacss to be present, The details are given elsewhere. We have received files of Kiugston (Jamaica) papers to the 10th instant. The Colonial Standart of that date discusses the colonization project at some length. So much in need of laborers is that colony that the Standard is unwilling to admit the reasoning of the opponents of coolie immigration, notwithstanding some forcible facts that are brought to bear on that question. It thinks “Chinese immigration to Jamaica has not hada fair tvial, and that the assurance and knowledge of the im- provements in steady progress to render the sys- tem of immigration safe, beneficial and humane, ought to have inspired a better feeling and disarm- ed any conscientious man from indulging in a groundless and vain, frivolous and vexatious oppo- sition.” The papers are otherwise devoid of interest. | Advices from Bathurst, river Gambia, to Feb. 5, | state that Mr. Upton, the American Consul at that port, had celebrated the anniversary of Washing- ton’s birthday by giving a large party. A great fire liad occurred at Cay-Aye, river Gambia, by | which large quantities of peanuts were destroyed. | Nothing else of interest from that quarter. A lectire in part was delivered, and some inte. | resting experiments made to detect adulterations of liquors, at the Cooper Institute, last evening, by | Dr. Hiram Cox, of Cincinnati. The meeting was | rather thinly attended. The House Painters’ Society held a special meet- ing last evening at Montgomery Hall. No business of importance was transacted. The society ad- journed to meet again on Monday next. The Commissioners of Emigration met yester- day afternoon, but no business of the slightest pub- lic interest came before them. From the weekly statement submitted, it appears that the number of emigrants landed here since the last meeting was 839, which makes the whole numver since last De- cember 6,506. The apparent balance in favor of the Commissioners is now $14,189 70. ‘The supply of beef cattle was large and the mar ket heavy, except for first class offerings, which were better, and sold at 10}c. alle. Cows plenty, dull and nominal. Veals were also plenty, dull and unchanged. Sheep and lambs were scarce and higher; sales were effected at #3 to $7. Swine were plenty, dull, affd jc. lower. The receipts were as follows:—3,208 beef cattle, 174 cows, 1,056 Veals, 4,480 sheep and lambs, and 4,993 swine. The cction market yesterday was steady, espociglly for |? out the civilized world, and a serious hindrance to the progress of republican liberty throughout the nations of the earth; thererefore, == «% Resolved, That tho Commnttce on the Judiciary be, and the same are hereby, instructed to inquire into the ex- gar of reporting a bill giving freedom to every juman being, and interdicting slavery wherever Congress the constitutional power to legislate on the subject, ‘THE VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE RE3OLUTIOSS- Adams of ’ Hoard, Aldrich, pt rey, Alley, Hat 5 Bingham, Kellogg of Mich., Biair, Leach of Mioh., Biake, Loe, Brayton, Lovejoy, » forrill, Burroughs, Ola, Butterfield, Palmer, Carey, Potter, Carter, Potilo, Colfax, Rice, Conkling, Sedgwick, Curtis, Sherman, a ing D 5 » Be » Erg Penn. wards, eppaa, Biot, Tompsias, By, Train, Farnsworth, Vandever, Foster, Waldron, Frank, Walton, Gooch, Washbura of Wis:, Grow, ee of Iil., Gurley, ells, Hale, Window Holmick, Here we have the endorsement of sixty black republican members of Congress to Mr. Spoon- er’s theory of natural justice and of the fanda- mental principles of our political system. It shows conclusively that all their talk about only wishing to exclude slavery from the Terri- tories is nothing but a flimsy disguise thrown ever their real designs; and that the effort to obtain Congressional action against slavery in the Territories is only the entering wedge of the great fallacy which they wish to drive to its head, and sunder this Union in civil war, fra- ternal bloodshed, and universal anarchy. The resolution of Mr. Blake is guarded with a like flimsy pretence. Although in his preamble he aweepingly condemns the institution of slavery, he aseumes to limit the exercise of the power of Congress over it, by asking for its interdic- tion “wherever Congress has the power té legislate on the subject.” This is an India rub- ber limit, that can’ stretched to any extent, ‘according to the rules of interpretation that may beadopted. Mr.Spooner gives the rules of inter- pretation under which the constitutiort, as wel] as | Mr. Blake’s resolution, carries us to the habeas | corpus, the liberation of every slave, and the arming, organizing and disciplining of the ne groes as militia to protect the abolition courts. Seward has given to Spooner his full and , unconditional endorsement of his theories and rules of interpretation, and Spooner now prints | it on the very title page of his book. In this we have the explanation of the reason why Seward did not approve of John Browa’s pro- posed raid on Virginia, when Forbes communi- | cated it to him. He saw that Brown was a fool as well asa fanatic, and that his bloody treason would defeat the object both of them had in | view, by awakening the country too soon to the sense of danger. Spooner proposed a safer lan—obtain a Congressional majority and get into the White House, and then apply the | rules of interpretation, protected by the army and navy of the federal government. Even now the developement has come too soon for | Seward, and he foresees that if the end is made too palpable, the good sense of the country, not yet subdued by a fanatical mania, will revolt against the proposal, and drive him and his party from the political power they are clutching at. Hence his recent palliating speech in the Senate, aimed to lull the conser- vative fears of the people. But these constant and repeated develo ments among his followers, and the identity their arguments with those put forth by Spoon- er, show that the South has good reason to be it. | | grants of good character may become citizens The Reported Cessten of Saver *° Prance—-The Ammexation Vote in tral Italy. Tbe report brought by the Bohemian that the Sardinian government had consented to cede Nice and Savoy to France by « special treaty, will take no one by surprise. Not- withstanding the seeming seriousness of the diplomatic controversy between the two gov- ernments, there were good reasons for be. lieving that its gravity was moré ostensible than real, and that they were not as remote from an understanding as they would lead the world -to suppose. The exception made in M. Thonvenel’s programme in respect to ‘Tuscany, was put forward leas from the appre- hension of giving Sardinia too formidable an extent of territory, than as a makeweight to the annexation of Savoy. France has in reality nothing to fear from the augmentation of strength which the addition of Tuscany would come alarmed at the prospect before it. The theories and arguments of Spooner, Sew- ard and Blake are identical with those of the infamous “ friends of the bla ks” in the Frenoh National Assembly in 1790,an who hounded on the negroes of St. Domingo to the revolu- tion, massacre and ruin that swept that fair island from the family of civilized nations. Against such a fatethe South must unite, They must, even to-day, seek to be industrially and commercially independent of a community that pursues them to destruction. Here is the danger for the North, aad not alone for the North of America, but of Europe also. England to-day is cotton-bound to the slave States of this Union; and the industry, com- merce and wealth of the northern nations hang upon the cotton, sugar, coffee and tobacco pro- duced by a few millions of slaves in America. Annihilate these, and a deadly blow is struck at the whole fabric of commercial credit | give to Sardinia, for the political and commer- cial interests of the two countries must ever be identical. The French Emperor merely made a show of excepting it from the union of States about to be effected under the sway of Viotor Emanuel, in order to conciliate the other Powers and render more feasible his designs upon Savoy. If he is compelled by the popular vote of Tuscany to yield assent to its annexation to Piedmont, he will be enabled to plead the same violence done to his declara- tions in regard to the territory which he covets. He has promised to refer the latter question to the opinion of the great Powers ; but, as in the case of the treaty of Villafranca, it will pot be his fault if events should antici- pate the necessity of his consulting them at all. All this was to be inferred from Count Cavour’s last despatch. The writer declares that, at the moment when Sardinia claims for the inhabitants of Central Italy the right to die- pose of their destiny, she exposes herself to the charge of inconsistency if she denies the same right to her subjects dwelling on the other side of the Alps. However great the regret she might feel at the cradle of the Piedmontese monarchs demanding a separation, she would not refuse to recognise the weight of a mani- festation, “however slight,” if made in confor- mity with the prescriptions of the Sardinian Parliament. There can be no misunderstand- ing as to the true meaning of these declarations, or as to the significance of the terms marked by inverted. commas. if Sardinia had any- thing to Year from Lonis Napoleon for her ac- ceptance of the Tuscan territory, she would not be so ready to apply the principle of the plebisci- fum to one of her own provinces. But in being prepared to accept any manifestation, “however slight,” she showed that her understanding | with France was complete, otherwise she would not be ready to grasp at ahy pretext, no matter how 4rivial, for ceding away “the cradle of her monarchs.” The re- port that since this despatch was written she has agreed to a treaty cession, alters in no re- spect the impression created by these facts. Whatever effects may be made to give an ap- pearance of unpremeditation to the arrange- ments now transpiring, it is pretty certain that they were long since secretly discussed and settled with France. It bas been stated in the English Parliament that the feeling of the Savoyards is almost unanimously averse to annexation; but there are strong grounds for doubting this assertion. ‘They have a greater national affinity to France than to Piedmont by reason of their geographi- cal position and language, and in a commercial sense they would be benefitted immensely by their absorption by the former. When, there- fore, the popular vote comes to be taken in Savoy, we believe it will be found tobe largely in favor of the project. France and Sardinia must be well assured of the fact, or they would not allow their other arrangements to hinge upon it. .No doubt the matter will be dis- creetly managed, and will realize something more than the “slight manifestation” to which Count Cavour’s significant language points. Pending the result of the Savoy vote,*that taken in the Central Italian States and in the Romagna renders it the more easy for Louis Napoleon and Victor Emanuel to carry out their compaet. Although a parade has been made of the instructions sent to the French troops in Lombardy, contingent upon Tuscan annexation, nobody believed in the intentions expressed inthem. The French Emperor knew beforehand what the unanimity of the Tuscan vote would be, and he,merely threw out this threat to cover his position vis « vis of the other Continental Powers. That he will, in the face of such a decisive manifestation of the popular will of Italy, abandon its people to the vengeance of Austria, is not consistent with his previous conduct, or with the ready concessions made to him by Sardinia in regard to Savoy. If Victor Emanuel had any reason to be- lieve that such would be the case, it is plain that he would not. suffer himself to be dragooned into the cession of that terri- tory. The statement that the English govern- ment has modified its view of this question, by agrecing that the matter shall be left to the votes of the Savoyards themselves, ren- ders it, we think, conclusive that all the main difficulties of the Italian settle- ment have been removed, and that there now only remains the consideration how the Pope is to be provided for. The vote of the Romagna, of couree, knocks in the head the plan of the Sardinian Vicariate, and the Pontiff is left to assert his rights after the best manner that he can, We fear that the ecclesiastical thunders which he threatens to launch against the King of Sardinia will fail to awaken the least feeling of remorse or terror in the breast of that hard- hearted and hard-headed son of the Church. The best thing that the Holy Father can do is to accept the facts that he cannot alter, and trust to the good feeling of the Catholic sove- reigns for a provision befitting the state which roll po it necessary that he should main- and industrial wealth of the world. When these are destroyed, the developement of hu" man knowledge and the progress of morals cease, for these are inseparable from the pro- gress of industry and of national wealth. Tue Lavon Movement tx New ExG.anp.— We publish to-day a number of interesting let- ters from New England, describing the pro- grese of the labor movement. Among the cor- | respondence will be found a letter‘from Haver- | hill, Mass, in which it is stated that at that | place the etrike was discontinued on the 26th instant, owing to want of material aid, and | to the fact of some of the strikers having gone to work. This was to be expected. The capi- talist can always hold out longer than the laborer; and though he is severely punished in the loss of his profits for the time being, and sometimes in the permanent loss of his cus- tomers, he is never coerced by destitution to succumb to the demands of the operatives. They, on the contrary, can only hold out so long as the subscriptions raised to sustain them may last, Scarcely any of them can have resources of their own from th® miserable pittances they receive from their employers. Some of the letters show that in other locali- ties the strikers have been successful. Among the most’curious developements in this movement is the invitation from South ‘ern communities to the strikers to emi- grate among them and receive a liv- ipg remuneration for their labor, which is denied them at the North--the most effeetnal rebuke which could be offered to Northern fanaticism, which seeks to over- throw the institutions of the South. It will also be seen that at New Orleans a movement is being set on foot to send relief to the distress- ed factory hands, and the strongest sympathy is expressed for them. Whatever sympathy and relief may be afforded will not be greater than is needed and deserved. Ii can only be extreme necessity that compels so many women to appear in public, and lend their countenance to the cause of labor. It is worthy of remark that the republican journals and republican leaders, while they shed crocodile tears for the imaginary wocs of happy blacks a thousand miles away, have no sym- pathy with the suffering humanity of the white race, including women and children, at their own doors. They are opposed to the cause of white labor, and do not wish to see the operative class obtain prices by which they can live. Their sympathies are all with the capitalist and the moneyed corporations; and this is the case with the Anti-Slavery Society of Eegland. Lord Brougham, for example, who is the foremost of the abolitionists, has ever been the uncom- promising eremy of the interests of the work- ingmaa, if his skin happened to be white, and is notoriously opposed to the progress of re- form and all liberal measures for the masses of the people. In republican Massachusetts, niggers can vote without limit, while white men, though naturalized citizens, cannot vote if they were born in a foreign land; it is neces- sary not only that they should be citizens of the | United States, after a residence of five years, the utmost time required in any other State, | but they must be seven years in the country. In | several States a residence of even one year en- titles the foreigner to vote who has declared his intention to become a citizen; but Massa- chusetts, under the influence of republicanism, has changed its constitution, and insists upon a residence of seven years—-two years longer than any other State requires, and two years longer | than the laws of Congress have fixed as the term of probation after which patriotic emi- of the United States, and on perfect footing with natives of the soil. Thus the policy of the re- publicans is to deify the nigger and oppose botf the interests and the liberties of the poor workingman with a skin colored like their own. Por.yoamy ty Congness.—Some of the friends of Mr. Noell think we have done him an injus- tice in a recent article on “Moral Legislation in Congress,” in dubbing him “ Reverend,” and assure us that he does not belong to that race of Scribes and Pharisees who claim to be bet- ter than their neighbors: and moreover, that we have misapprehended his bill in relation to | the Territories, and that it was the Rev. Mr. Nel- son, of Tennessee, who reported the bill to probibit polygamy. It is all very well fora | man, and particularly for a member of Con- | grees, to have friends to take care of his repu- tation; but we opine, in view of the fact that Mr. Noell has been smart enough to get into | Congress, that he is perfectly able to “hoe his own row ” while there, without assistance from officions friends. As for the respective bills of Mr. Noell and Mr. Nelson, we comprehend them perfectly. Mr. Nelson wishes, in the intensity of his moral impulses, merely to prohibit po- | lygamy in Utah: Mr. Noell would go still fur- ther. He preceeds on the idea that the people of Utah have proven themselves unworthy and incapable of self-govérnufent, and so he would have Congress repeal so much of the organic | act as provides for an elective Legislature, and | transfer the power of local legislation to a | council of thirteen, to be appointed by the Pre- sident. Hereby not only polygamy, and many other naughty things, might be prohibited by | Congress, .but anything else that did not square | with the ideas of the President, or the views of amajority of the members of Congress, might | be brought to the grindstone. Both of thes bills involve the dangerous principle of Con- | gressional legislationjn municipal matters, and | are therefore both wrong. If Mr. Noell’s | friends will look at the matter properly, they will see that he goes a long step farther than does Mr. Nelaon in Congressional usurpation. But he probably knew what he was about in framing his bill. Tue Last Tenant Hovsk Massacrs.—We are obliged to add still another to the chapter of horrors of which the week has beenso fruit- ful. Notwithstanding the dreadful warning given by the Elm street fire, we have close ppon its heels a conflagration in Forty-fifth street, where a house occupied by several indi- gent families was buraed at an early hour yes- terday morning, and two women and eight chil- dren-perished. When we reflect that this loss of life, to say nothing of movable property, might be pre- vev.ted by the adoption of a suitable fire &- ca.pe, to be attached to each house that oon- ‘tains two or more Tamilies, we cannot help be- ing surprired at the negligence of the authori- ties, who should compel the owners of these | their muob abused tenants. Of course every- body pities these poor people, but that is net sufficiently practical. Pity and sympathy are the cheapest things golng. What is wanted is a law like that drafted by the Counsel te the Corporation, giving the Common Council the power to regulate the tenant houses. That simple bill ought to pass. The other, if whioh are inserted the names of various persons—ar- chitecta, and so on—is a humbug, and ought to be killed. Then we want a good fire escape; several have been shown here, and they may answer the purpose. But in London fire escapes have been in use many years, and have saved maay lives and much property. The president of one of our insurance companies (see correspon- dence elsewhere) has sent to the Barings for a model of the escape which is used by the Lon- don Fire Brigade, and its arrival may be ex- pected within a few days. The movement is a very creditable one, and we suggest to the in- surance offices that the esoapes should be placed, as in London, under the charge of a special force of reliable men, charged especially with the duty of saving lives and property. The firemen have enough to do in their own work of fighting the flames. The insurance companies could afford to pay the expense of the brigade twice over. The saving of insu- rance upon light, valuable goods would do it. Progress or THE RauRroap SwinpDLes At Aueany—Tue Six. Gripinoys OnpvERED 170 A Tump Reaving.—The whole batch of railroad gridirons were reported complete in the As- sembly yesterday, and ordered to a third read- ing without any amentiment; and there seems very little doubt that they will pass. Thus the coalition of Law and Weed against the rights, privileges and franchises of the city of New York appears complete, and pretty certain of reaching a successful issue. The compromise between the interests of Law’s mammoth grid- iron and the interests of the six small gridirons would seem to have been brought about by the embodiment of Law’s Ninth Avenue bill with the others. By this outrageous job the city will be rob- bed of an annual income of several millions, which should be devoted to the expenses of the government, nearly all of which, with an eco- nomical disbursement, that sum would cover, if the corporate authorities had the right to lay down the tracks and license companies to run the care, as they do the omnibuses under the present system. A railroad on Broadway alone could be@made to return the city treasury be- tween sixty and seventy thousand dollars a yeer, and leave a handsome profit to the com- pany besides. Korty thousand persons now ride daily between the Park and Fourteenth street in omnibuses at a rate of six cents, Three times that number would, undoubtedly, ride in cars at a fare of three cents; and by levying, say two mills for every passenger, as the price of the license, the city would receive an income of $240 a day, or about $70,000 a year—and thus with all the other roads, in pro- portion to the travel. But if these bills pass, as they undoubtedly will, this overtaxed city will be deprived of all benefits arising from the city railroads, the immense profits of which, amounting to millions per annum, will be enjoyed by a parcel of hungry and unscrupu- lous incorporators. ‘They manage these things more honestly in England. It will be seen from the proceedings of the Liverpool Town Council, which we pub- lish to-day, that an American has proposed to that body to lay down tracks through the city, and run cars on the New York plan; but in- stead of going to the Imperial Parliament to lobby his scheme through, he is, obliged to ap- ply to the local government for a license. Why should not a great city like New York, under a republican government, be able to conduct its internal affairs and control its own resources, as well as the city of Liverpool under a mo- are The answer is, that they have no Al- bany lobb: the difference. ApoLitios oF CaritaL Ponisument.—A Dill has been introduced into the Legtslature to abolish capital punishment, and we are sorry to say it has paseed the Assembly. All the burglars, garroters, and other criminals who infest New York city, will have a fine time cutting their victims’ throats and knocking them on the head, seeing that the punishment will not be much, if any, greater than for rob- otis bill is supported by two classes of men—one the humanitarians, whose false phi- lanthropy is a disease, and the other the mur- derers, highway robbers, and Dead Rabbits, and housebreakere, and gamblers, who are either present in person in the lobby at the State Capitol, or are represented by active and worthy agents. It is all very well for members from the rural districts, where crime is compa- ratively rare, to speculate about their the- ories of capital punishment; but if they lived in close proximity to the vil- lains who prowl about all large cities, they would entertain a very different opinion, If this bill should pass, no man’s life would be safe. Robbers snd rowdies will rule the roast, for they may kill with impunity. They may, it is true, be sent to State prison for life; but we all know bow easy it is to get rascals out, and how generous pardoning Governors are at the expense of the lives, limbs and froperty of the citizens of the State over which they pre- side. After men are hanged there is no danger of pardon; but send a murderer to State prison, and the chances are at least even that after a short time he will find himself at large, ready tostab to the heart or shoot through the head another victim. We trust the Senate will throw out this infamous bill by such a large majority as will amount to a vote of censure upon the members of the other houge, who, in their maud- lin, morbid sympathy for criminals, and in- tense anxiety to save their precious necks, have no thought or consideration for the many innocent lives which would be yaa en - blood-stained proteges of the sembly. The legislation of members from the rural districts has been a series of continued blunders when applied to the city of New York, of which they know little or nothing. As they cannot do us any good, we hope they will. not do us any farther harm, and that if the Legisia- a bill to abolish capital pena sy wilf exempt New Yost “city its operation. Narorat Instrvct.—The black republicans of ghe New York Legislature have a bili before them to ‘‘remove the rocks at the entrance of Hellgate.” This ahows which way the party in- tends to travel—cortainiy not towards the White House, y in Lancashire, and that makes all |. barracks to. provide sultable safeguards fot | urWws ;R0M THE STATE CAPICAL.. ~ Tre Lebby—The “* Gridiroms Ordered to a Thug Reaaing~"George Law's Nemth Avenue and South “Bd West Streets Battead Reported ~ Wastington Heights Bill—Imvestigetinx the Ma~ nagement ef the Imstitation for <he Blind—Albany and Susquehanna, &. OUB SPECIAL ALBANY DESPATOR, Atuany, March 28, 1860, The lobbies bave been crowded by an excited baad alt the morning, mostly New Yorkers, among which were some half a dozen police captains from your city, im- cluding Dowling, Dilks, Hopkins, Leonard and others. No doubt they could find a good opportunity to make ar- rests and do thelr country good service by it by marching off a portion of the lobby. ‘Tho main features of the House to-day is the reporting of the six gridirons from the Committee of Citios and Vil- lages ag amended by them, and their boing ordered te @ third reading. The only amendments that have been made tothe bills, is the droping of a portion of incorpera- tors and the addition of several others, The only change therefore that bas taker place, is the addition of « few more speculators names, that they can bave the inside track in the rich placers supposed to be in these railroads, George Law, it seems, bas accomplished one thing ia his mancouvres here, and that is to force his opponents te give him the long sought after charter of the Ninth Avense Railroad which bas troubled him so much in the past. ‘The six bills heretofore considered, were reported com- plete, and ordered to a third reading without the yeas and nays being called. The other, or Ninth Ave- nue bill, wasreported favorably by the committee, and its passage recommended, which was referred to the commitice of the whole. Thus has been adided encther gridiron to the six, m: They also reported a bill in the introduced, authorizing Charles W. Durant, Johu Batier, Robert B Van Vaikerburg, John A. Cook, James 0. Kennedy, Thos C. Durant, Benjamin F. Brace, to com- struct a railroad, commencing at the interseotion of Teath. avenue and Filty-ninth street, al Tenth avenue to Tweltth street, through and along Twelfth street, aiong both Weet ana Greenwich streets, with single tracks, the Bauery Cg) to State strect, along State to Whitenall along Whitehall to South ferry; returning through aad along Whitehall to tho intersection with State strees; also, from the intersection of Fifty-ninth street, aioog Fifyy- ninth street to Firstavenue, aloog First avenue, with @ double track, to Twenty-third street, thence along eee third strect to avepue A, along avenue A, with @ doud! track, to Fourteenth street, along Fourteeath street to avenue D, along avenne 1) to Houston street, along Hous- ton to Mangin street, along Maugin to Graud street, a.ong Gr to Corlears sticet, thence to South street, along South to Montgomery, along Montgomery to the junction of First sireet with Soath, along South end other streets to Whitehall sireet, to South ferry, mak- ing, a8 you will see, a road allthe way round that portion of the city below Central Park—a very nice ar- rapgemenct all around, and is one of the copgiomeration bills that is booked to go throagh, with several Other jobs. The railroad bills that were reported complete, were immediately taken to the engrossing clerk's room, with instructions to sliow none of the reporters to Bee them— pee ‘that bas not been done this winter with any ober bilis ‘ Tne Committee on Citios and Villages also reported the Peiig g Geights bill, contrary to the express agree- ment cf threo members of the committee, that par- ties oppoped to the bill should have a hearing before tae committee upon that question. Twe three of the members have let. ters from.perscna holding property in that locality asking them to go before the committee and oppore it. but this emugg)ipg arr ment of the commitice, contrary to their own promises, has prevented them. There never ‘wee a committee in any legislatare that has so completely proved themscivcs the mere tools of s corrupt and rapa- cious lobby and hungry speculators as the majority of the Ccommittee on Cites and Villages. I don’t wonder that Meesrs. Collins and Law state that they should com- sider themeclves diggraced to again sit with them in com- mittee. All it is wanted for them to congeat to report a Dill 4s, to have certain members of the lobby, with Weed at their side, to.call upon them and it is at once granted. But the worst of the whole mmiter ia, but a very few of the bulls are ever considered in the committee This kind of complaints has been this cession, and still the Chairman of com goes on in the same way. There could have been over three members of the committee present when they the bill yeaterday. One of the members two of them were on the Grinding Commit- tee. and one other denies point blank of ever present in the committee when the bill was consi Thero could not, therefore, have been a quorum present. on the Pro Rata bill im the agreed to re was sick ap cations, character and disposition of the Superintendent thereof, and to make investigations in the grie- i now or heretofore ‘with the to report the result of such ia lature forthwith, OKI The Grinding Committee fitty- Dilis morning, cne of which was Sauitary bill for New jced. Mr. Webster moved tostrike mad for the present, by yeas, 67; neya, 60. fhey will, therefore, bave another chance at it. ‘The Aseembly was ep; for nearly two hours thie evening filibustering on the call of the House,and on & s having beena morning ant an Many of the members boing in iigueat because thoy were not there at the véry minute, as an act of revenge kept Cae motions to and to lay billa on the table, and met the yeas and nays, taroughout the entire evening see- ss ‘The Committee on Engrossed Bills reported a number of bills, among which were three of the Parga reported. > this morning as being ready for a ‘d reading. The other thfee areal engrossed, but & portion of the com- mittee refused to report them. Three or four bills were read the third time, when the motion to adjourn was car- ried. The Senate had under consideration the Metropolitam Police bill this evoning. Some thirteen out of the seventy— four sections were gone through with. was re~ ted, and i ade the order for port and it was m: ‘special Friday; mone. ba Pe opposed by Messrs. jannierre an The committce have also reported the Washingtow Heights bill. wEW YORK LEGISLATURE, Senate. Avnaxy, March 23, 186? 5, Petitions were presented for the location of the Gig © Ball in Madison square, New York. ‘Tho bill relative to foreign insurance compan s was ordered to a third reading. BILLS PASSED. To incorporate the American Zoological Sociey ;. To provide for the more certain punishment of frauds by bank d trustees. e if ate the Schuyler county buildings at ~ gavana, by mers ‘Pro Rata bill, as passed bythe Amsoms® y.was taken up, and after avery brief dissustion, Pro? ress was re- ‘The Mr. Poxp (rep.) ‘reported complete the following New York city railrow’ | pills, and the same were ordered te third reading The Sevent? avenue dill. ‘The Four’ enth street Dill. ‘The Aver no D dill. ‘The Tey th avenue and Forty second street bill. ‘The Fonston strect bill. ‘The Barciay street and South ferry bill, with {x71 at three conte. ° Also, the Brooklyn and Broadway Railroad vill A large numbor of bills wore reported favorably