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10 THE STATE CAPITAL. Formal Election of Reuben E. Fenton to be United States Senater. Discontent of the Morgan Adherents at Fen- ton's Suceess in the Canens. PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE, Report of the Auditor and State En- gineer on the State Canals. Fhe Election of Fenton Deciared in Joint mveution of Both Houses—Executive Ses- sion of the Seunte=No Committees Yet— Slates Breken and Confusion Dire—Provie sions of the New Pilotage Bill—Opposition Anticipated. ALnany, Jan, 20, 1869, The clection of Reuben E. Fenton as Senator of the [nited States was completed in the Assembly Chamber to-day in the ol form. At twelve o’ciock the august body of Senators, headed by the Lieutenant Governor, Allen C. Beach, entered the hall and formed in a semi-circle on the floor in front ofthe Speaker's desk. The Lieutenant Governor took the Speaker's seatyMr. Youngleve sitting on his left. The Clerk of the Senate, Mr. Terwilliger, 1 the minutes of that body nominating Mr. mn, and the Clerk of the House, Mr. E. Under- hill, read the minutes of the latter body. Governor Beach then announced that, as both houses had agreed upon the sge name, it became his duty to declare Keaben #. Fenton, of Chautauqua, Senator from tke 8 United States tor stx years from the 4th of March next, to Gli the place of Hon. Edwin D. Morgan, whose term expires on that day. He then pro- Rounced the jolut convention dissolved, and the ave and reverend seigneurs departed as they M. Tweed bringing up the rear, jovial as if it had been a r who was elected. The Speaker mony by declaring Fenton's xpectations entertained com deme finished of aUNO lusion Was Rot afew hours of the to be appe another night’s calm const will prob rman of ( Richmond (radical), and Frear (dem New York, will be on the committee; but it is abtiul whe' emocratic member of the x4 ‘The loug delay ani ness to which whe lature for mere fac ‘With weli-merited condemmation and disgust, to say mothing of the ‘ nights ant corroding anxiety it has iniicted upon the patriotic members ir country in the unre- Jwho are desirous to serve ‘munerative office of com ‘the past two weeks have been looking ‘ike Patience on 8 MonUMeNt,”’ sniling at Younglove! The Senate had an executive s ) to-day, which ap ancient democratic Senator declared was the most friendly and harmonious in its character held for many years. They confirmed General Morris, Commissary General of Ordnance, on Governor Hoffman's stat'—the only officer requirimg confirma- tion—and abou' 200 notaries public. . ‘The bill introdticed by Mr. Jacobs in the House on ; Monday to amend the act of June 28, 1853, regula- ting tne pilotage of the port of New York, has at- tracted sufficient attention to bring up here several i. other parties interested in the shipping ness of the metropolis. For the benefit of ail Buch persons J appenti the subsiance of the new ie first section provides that section eight of the law of 1353 is hereby amended by adding the follow- words:—*‘The said commiesivners shail annually, on the first day of January mm each year or within Qwenty days thereafter, report to the Secretary of State a detailed statement of their receipts and ex- Penditures during the preceding year.”’ The eleventh ®ection of the old law is so amended as to read, ‘If any amount be collected in said sult it wha!! be paid to the said commissioners, and they @ball direct the game to be applied for purposes as expressed in section twenty-two.” It is fur- ther proviced that all funas ovar and above expenses of the board shall be distributed among the. widows and-orphans of such pilots who may die while in the service, and for the relief of aged and infirm pilots honorably discharged. The fourth section provides for an amendment to the ‘twenty-third section of the law ef 1853, that pilots Suspended by the board shall have the right of ap- peai to aboard of appeal, consisting of three ship owners, one to be caosen by the commissioners, one by the defendant and the third by the ship owners #0 named. No one in the service of the com- ‘missioners shall be eligible, and the decision of the of appeal shall be final. It is pro- vided by the fifth section that no fines or pen- f@lties shall be sued ior withia thirty days after no- tee of the decision of the commissioners, setting forth the nature of the complaint and the fines im- Posed, spall have been persqnally served upon the Person subject to the One or penalty, nor until a bear- ward of appeal. Nat many thousands of dollars y by the Pilot Commissioners of int Js giv and bence the Ing is had %efore the Which no pubic acc necessity of the amendment requiring an account of * yeceipts and expenditures to be furnished to the Secretary of State. There 1s no doubt that the bill wili be met by flerce opposition on the part of the comuissioners. The appearance of George W. Blunt and his friends may, therefore, be looked for before the Dill 1s reached in committee. The bill of Mr. Morphy, of New York, tor the erection of a Monument to the roldiers and satiors of the war ‘Was passed in committee of the whole by a large . ‘vote. Mr. Mosely, of Brooklyn, introduced a very wreivl bill with regard to the conveyancing of Teal ¢ At provudes that the residence and busi- Bens of the parties shali be mentioned im the deed and put onrecord. Under the present law tne name only is required, Waving the searcher mto the titles to ind out who the particular John § Brown may be among the m ude of Nothing else of importance to New York was done in the House, Decidediy the finest entertainment eve the pobiic of this clxy was given under t Of the Zonave Cadets at Tweddie Hall this even! There was a grand promenade concert, with Theo- dore Thomas’ baud a New York. The Governyr and staff, representarives of the metr aad Washington press und many distinguished gentle men were present. enton Repablicaus Over ection. Any, Jan, 20—-1L P, M. ‘There i t to-night—and (hereds some Bulle Morgan Senators, Folger, Hale and Stanford, are so disgusted with the way Disgust of ® rumor aft} y for ith the election of nion Was cot hat they will ally themvelves with the democratic Seuators in con Grining Homman’s nominations. Summary of Bilis Before the Aewembiy. ¥, Jan. 20, 1869, ‘The foliowing is a et the bitis before the Asem! iy — Mr. Piunkett’s bil! p son River Railroad, alter Gse eteatn in Mas hatian | Mr. Nachtman’s of ihe Covmos Life Continental Loan and Mr. Bergen’s bil, labor at Auburn aif Sing Sing » ployed in the working of q manufacture of «Aas BO riuitted to at side of May fty-ninth street. poses to change the name mpany to the fter convict shall be em- s #ud mines, the her wares ax ti not conflict with the ae of me wich; at Cilpton Prison, as now provided by Jaw, and 0 goods herea nasa ud by t ate shail be sold at less tha Moniiiy reports of the expenses le Of goods, &c., shwll be n rden to ihe Comptro! + of the awa of 1848, an's bil with reference to the sale of s@ to punlet by a ine of fifty doliars ir n L vaic amouut reahzed ade by the et, Also to repew eva! pro any person convicted of defrauding in the weight of coal. Also eu powering the Street Commalssiovers of New York 451 Hrookiyn to appoint inspectors of coal in the pective cites, who alali receive th Same compensniion as aliowed to the Saperin ieuts of Lureaus to the Street Commissioner's artment. » Moseiey’s bili prov OFr mMoriyage OH land of resitience au tor ated granies ry wonvey- r ritcalar and dceupation of other singie or mar- f.Jlartman’s Wil! provides beats the until we shail the ere it hat tate of New York inthe Senate of the | NEW YORK HER and forty-five years of liable to au lary dues. NEW YORK LEGISLATURE. sacha 52 SENATE. ALBANY, Jan. 20, 1869. BILLS INTRODUCED, : By Mr. Hap—To amend section 426 of the Code of Procedure, By alr. WiLuiAMS—To amend the charter of the People's Life Association. By Mr. Banxs—To amend the acts of 1868 relative to public exchange. by Mr, CHAPMAN-—To authorize the employment of astenograpler in tue Court of sessions in Broome count) y Mosean—70 ovens. te, Hei! yelenve to supplying vacancies in the oitic ‘2 4 Mr Fou ER—To provide for the Sotelo to the people of the amended coustitution for the elec- tion of Judges, By Mr. MunPrY—To Incorporate the Fifth Avenue Savings Bank of Brooklyn. that the city of New ‘Directors: 8 ir, MuRPHY—l’rovidi York shall be represented in the Board of of the New York Bridge Company by the Mayor, Comptroller and President of the of Alder- meu of the sald city, and Brooklyn, by the officers constituting the Commisstoners of the mg Fund; and directing the company to proceed to construct the bridge, and it must be completed by June 1, 1874, giving power to use as much of the Tand uncer water in the East river as may ve neces- sary for the construction of piers and towers. By Mr. Muar ae the Comniissioners of Quarantine to take all necessary s! to preserve and strengthen the structures now being erected on the west bank in the lower bay for quarantine purposes. . Mr. Williams’ bill proposes to inerease the sala- ries of the Judges of the Court of Appeals to $6,000 and Justices of the Supreme Court to $5,000, in lieu of all other compensation. Nr. TWEED introduced a bill providing that in pr coding. relative to assessment for local ‘nprove- ments in New York, where any fraud ts discovered whereby damage has been sustained by the owner, the party aggrieved may apply to the Judge of the Rvp pena Cours in Special Term, who shall proceed to hear proof at once. If fraud has been committed said assessment shall be vacated. BILLS PASSE! ction of a new bridge in . Establishing an acade jon Schoo! in Oswego. SESSION, Authorizing t! Rathbone, Steube mica! departme: The Senate confirmed the following nominations of the Gover- no athan Bishop, of New York, to be Covimis- sioner of Public Charities; John .Williams, to be Major Genefal of the Seventh Division of tie Na- tiouat Guard, vice Craig Wadsworth, resiened ; William H. Morris, of Potnam County, to be Commils- sary General of Ordnance ; Notaries, John’ L. Brower, Fred. W. White, Fred. Lathrop, eee z . Wiison M. Power, Thomas Bisgood, James Carpenter, H. Cowdry, John C. bev Julian 1. Edward be t c Ford, Win, tmann, John H. Hand, Edward man, John W. Leveridge, M. ck, B. George H. Starr, V Wheel wrigh’ dhead, Wm. , John A. r 2. Con John Fow: m, George Ke’ B. Storms, Thomas Auison, ny amuel Rosen s and Wm. Smith, Mason, W. Ty ‘yl G % lye sessions for the purpose of confirming aries only were ordered for Thursday and Friday, i the Seuaie adjourned, ASSEMBLY. ALBANY, Jan. BILIG PASSED. To incorporate the Tritoner Schiitwzen Company; to amend the charter of Phelps, Ontario@ounty. BILLS INTROD By Mr. MoseLey—To amend the act relative to the Brookiyn fire lmits; also relative to convey- ances. By Mr. CAnPENTER—Relative to the commutation of taxes for the support of the National Guard. By Mr. RANDALL—Relative to the tax on dogs. By Mr. NacuTManN—To amend the charter of the Cosinos Insurance Company of New York. » By Mr. HaxTwann—To provide for an additional Metropolitan Fire Commissioner. By Mr. FrEakR—io amend the charter of the People’s Life Association. By Mr. BERGEN—For the better protection of me- chanics in this State by the reguiation of convict labor, By Mr. MADDEN—To authorize the purchase of a farin and building in Hempstead for @ poor house; also to confirm the vote of electors in Hempstead relative to a cemetery. By Mr. Surrery—To improve the Hackensack creek. By Mr. PALMER—For the improvement of Rackett river; also to legalize the ofictal acts of Edwia b. White a3 a justice of the peace, By Mr. DyckmaN—To amend the acts relative to the construction of the Schoharie Valley Railroad, By Mr. BRUNDAGE~To amendgthe code of pro- cedure. 4 By Mr. LAMAREUX—Relative to assessments of highway lavor on the Jeffersonville turnpike. By Mr. Perets—To complete the road from Dock street, Yonkers, to New York city. RESOLUTIONS REFERRED. ‘The resolution to examine into the affairs of the Merchants’ Union Express Company was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Adjourned, THE NEW YORK CANALS. 1809, Report of Auditor James A. Beil, The State Auditor furnishes the Legisiatur® with his report on the financial condition of the canai fund, revennes, expenditures, &c., for the past year. The following presents an exhibit of the CANAL DEBT SINKING FUNDS. ‘The care with which our present constitution guards the State Treasury 1s one of {ts most valu ble provisions, The seventh article of that instru- mrnt is admirably framed to check the debt creating spirit of our people. The twelfth section provides that, except to meet casual deficiis or fatlures in revenues to & limited amount, or to repel imvasion, no debt sball be created unless the law authorizing the same shall provide for levying a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the interest and redeem the principal thereof ta eighteen years, The yearly sums thus raised and constitute a sinking fund for the debt. debts have been contracted at different pe- riode and under different circumstances. ; separate and distinct sinking funds have rovided, under as many different provisions of » constitution for the payment of these debts. ree of these sinking funds are dependent upon urpias revenues of the canals for which they were established. ‘The means required to supply the fourth is dertved from taxation. wder and priority in which these sinking tiorm their faucvions are as follows: sinking fund to pay the canal debt, under 4 One Of article seven, required&a annual con- vation from the canal surpius revenues of 790,000. The contribution of goth September last je tals sinking fand snM@ctent to fully discharge its remaining obliga: No further contributions to this fund w mnections of this sinking fund will, pid the money aud temporary investments and apply the same to the payment of the imterest and principal of the outstanding canal debt of 1846 as it becomes due, oa © purchase and cancel the stock as fast a4 (he sane can be ubtained. ‘The condition of this fund at the close of the last fi year wa follows:— funds i. 7 $180 194,900 + 2,240, , Tota. .... 666 srgeecece OB, aL Since September 0 there has been paid ow thE ALVOVE DOVE... cece Mee ceceeee Sixes, July 1, 1867. Fives, October 1, 1868... Fives, danuary 1, 1874... Leaving a belance now outstanding of. .§ , 2. The sinking fund for the general fund debt re- quired an anneal contribution from the caual rev- enues of ¢ pay the interest on said devt, until the accumulafions of the sinking fond, under section one, shail be sufficient to pay that debt; thereafter the sim of $1,600,000. As has been shown, the contributions to the fund, under section one, are now suficient to pay timt therefore the sutn of $1,690,000 must hereaster be contributed annually from the canal revenues tothe ‘ai fund dett sinking fand until a saat suMicient curmulated to pay the principal aad in- t debt. The manager tof thisdebt ts in the charge of ntritutions thereto from canal reve- that omficer, Who feporis the balance nobth September, 1868. . $4,707,526 in the general Supd deb maent of (he $350,000 revenues due suit fund from surpi Beptember, 1868, and since patu Was. ive 163,178 Balante of devi to be paid from canal nking fond established under section three, for the payment of the enlargement det, re- quires AD annual contribution oO; $1, 116,26% « vcount of the prior claims upom them the canal revennes have (or several years been insnifl- cient to hake @ full or in some years even w val comtrivadion to this sinking fund, ee deficiencies in tie aggregate amount to 7,780,544, A vortign Of this deficiency, mamely, $3,001,770, Me Sek ee has supplied as will fully appear vee triduted Jrom Deneten- a $414,296 = ybanaso a Pipoas _ 2716.24 yon 23116, 242 842 470,400 1,116,242 pa 1,116,242 - 106,242 — mo aunisa ae 65 336,077 3,116,242 1,116,242 sl "Total....$14, 602,140 16,840,500 -$t, 781,544 wanes weit levied and collected during ©” above period, on account of the above “deticiencies,” as follows:— 1856. ++ 285,500 000 sea, xb 198, 534 ae 690,000 The outstanding stock debt on the 20th of September, 1e68, for which this, fund must provide was. . +++ +$10,324,100 And matures a8 follows:— Wives, January 1, 1871... $25,000 Sixes, July 1, 1872. 5 Sixes, January 1, 18 948,500 Sixes, July i, 1873. 2,615,500 Sixes, November 1, 18' 2,167,800 Sixes, Getober 1, 187. Sixes, October 1, 187: - Total. » $10, sinking fund for payment mature in-less than six y ; bence, it now becomes necessary to supply these defletencres trom the canalrevenues to make this fund suficient to perform its functions, wo plans are suggested to accomplish this pnr- pose. After making tue required contribution to the general fund debt apply the entire balance of the surplus revenues to make good (his deficiency. After contybutung to the general func gebt as above, make an annual contribution to the sinking fand in question of $2,240,000, which will tive it the means to liquidate the debt without further resort to hen 8 10,324,100 tion. 4. The sinking fond for the payment of the foat- ing debt loans, vy virtue of the proy\stons of section twelve, was created to secure iue payment of $2,500,000 borrowed to pay claims against the State arising from the enlargement and coimpletion of the canals, and is to be supplied by a direct aunaal tax upon the people of $187,500, The balance due. on this debt on the soth of September was... ba Balance of sinking fund 8 nese ee yee], 108,341 in process of col- lection will pay one pu this debt and e principal about $100,000 below this sum. ued and secured by thi application of the sink- several canal debts e now in all tauds wei my ded and set apart would reduce theia to $10 as wOl more Jully r by the following statement of the canal dé th of September, 1803, the balances in the siuking fands and the amount of the debt alter de- ducting the balances applicable there’o:— Under arti of constity Under artic! of consti ONDITURBS OF THE FISCAL YEAR. Statement of the revenues of the State canals aud peuses of collection and ordinary repairs dur- g the fiscal year ending 30th September, 1 Recespts. Payments Surplus revennes...... ALD, THURSDAY, rially ° . a ‘ JANUARY 21, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. was fornished and eager! read. A detective’s ear Stars and §! which they cherished affec- was close by, but the words he caught was bles per Hiv and protects“Old “What a d—d yarn | thas: denis now nothing: Glory.’” ( ) it be where was 168 miles from Buffalo, ing LOCKS LO they'd get ? ‘one who wu the monument to t! ‘? New York was their faio are single, with the ption of No, 01, at for two | m ‘The green fields, with the wa\ corn, Macedonyiile, and tive locks at Lockport, | of the foul. play of this nature, | in fact, over anlog hr Ndi to. ‘ine greatest pumber of lockages in any one season was Fifteenth ‘station house | build up their mion around the since 1856 Was in 1862, They were at t points, | anu alter nine 0" fruits of their glorious everywhere Tock three railes west of Schenectady, double. 24) Inguiries the Mavcreanice of the District At- | Iande they ove was their i we 01 : Sri aese oe Soahie,, ws 38 torney and others, would be among the first to Hor is ai 4 the S nd went le Geddes lock, double. very ress, Which Pirst lock east of Roc! hout Was repleis with most witty Lockport locks, double by com enting the association and refer+ Black Rock guard lock ring gallant achievements of the war From the fo1 How many could have exclaimed with Ne! Pircou they should ‘perform ony feet Up eee [ol ' not, however, disp ‘A vote of thanks was then unanimonsly tendered at present to the Rev. Mr. Gallaher, and the address was the canes The most serious. objection to ordered to be put upon the minutes of the associa~ now often occurring, in which na’ mn is Aspinwall then presented a handsome mate “whe aed a vue eer a ig 100 re- } Se ees ile He maid Peoria + whereas jou! asia © mains uninterrupted. however great the accident to THE STATE MILITARY ASSOCIATION, to tion of his one of the locks, These interruptions from acci- duty to present the Seventy- it with @ dents 4t the locks upon the western division are be- | Second Day's Session=The Championship faldon, ts rilled of the Highth divi+ coming more frequent from the age of these struc- Guid Question. sion. pleasnre that Colonel Hynes would ex- tures, and are a source of alarm to those rely- perience in it on benalf of his com: a ing pon the canal for the transportation of t The State Military Association met yesterday, | could not be greater than that which he experienced to tidewater. 1 am, therefore, of the opinion pursuant to adjournment, at eleven o'clock. In the | tn ting it. (Applause.) these iocks should be doubled as soon as the sur- | aysence of the President the Fourth Vice President, ‘Hynes, responding, said that in receiv! plus revenues can be applied for this purpose, The ee the nad a feeling of pride on be! estimated cost of this improvement is Brigadier General Brown, took the chair. On the | of tt, On La baa oficers in com- hy retereace torahe suaor’ report it wilt bo ob. | Meetins being. called to order 1k was, found that @ | iene Ct erat veep. Get regiment Up 40 {he ¥ re! 2 served that the from the Western States | @U0rUm was not prosent, but nevertheless business referred to in the report presented to the tonnage over the trie Canal to tidewater has doubled since 1862, while that from this State Las decreased one- halt. ‘the falling off In the tonnage from this State is produced by a Ey pee change in its charac- ter, havi become of a more pershhble class of merchandise, and requiring quick transit by the rail- roads. It is to the Western trade that the attention of those interested in the future commerce of our canals should be directed, aud to so manage and improve the canals 2s not only to control, but to retatn the vast tonnage wiicli has Inereased over agr cauals at an average anauai rate of about Afteen per cent. It is for this great prize that American capitalists are projecting new rail and water lines bythe shortest routes tothe seaboard, and it is this grow'ng and powerful competition that should induce the State to adopt every means to secure the full working Ca- pacity of our canals and, above all, reliable and un- interrupted navigation. ‘Yo accomplish the latter would, in the opinion of all interested, be of vital importance, a3 foreign grain or produce contracts would then be promptly filled. ‘This has become the more iviportant sinee the operation of marine telegraphs. Onr canals do not lack capacity when tn good na- vigable condition, and with the improvements ai- ready recommended and a change in the present system of repairs that shall be more to the interest of the State-will fully answer the demanas of Western comamercs without furthern enlargement for at least thirteen years, when the surplus revenues can be applicd without resorting to taxation. rhe present system of repairs has proved @ great isappolutment to its early advocates, and as-an ex- periment wholly failed in protecting the interests of the State and in preserving and maintaining our pwhbile works. It has proved to be anything but teal to the State or benedicial to navigation, locks, The uninterrupted line of double locks ex- Nag from: Troy ia m4 psy end of tezuma le es trom es The chs but econol, 1d its repeal 1s earnestly desired. by all directiy In- terested in the navigation of the canals and strongly recommended by ali the present and retiring oifl- cals. , cue The total length of hamton to the Pennsvivania Siate line, near Athens, is forty and a half mu let ANGO CANAL EXTENSION. this amprovement, from Bing- 3, of Which ten miles are com- , twenty-Bix 1 jes. partially lea under contr step and a el ur . The follo ated cost to complete this Work :— Estimated cost fo complete Work ¥ tract. completed and If intles yet to be ing is the esti- er cont der con ated co: alance of 8 1566 3 1888 ‘Amounts set apart by ar seaseee 102,027 stitution, viz:— — ‘To sinking fund, under section one.... Total additional appropriations required to To sinking fund, under section two. To sinking fund, under section th For tie support of government, sec. three. MM icc csateesstreiicp ++ $3,293,201 Annual Report of Van R. Richmond, State Engineer, on State Canals. ‘The annual report of State Engineer Kichmond on the State canals has been sent into the Legislature, and contains much more than she usual arnount of statistics and other valuable information connected with our public works. The total length of arti- ficial canals and feeaers in the State is $9%.70 miles. ‘The total length of navigable lakes and rivers con- nected artificially with the canals is $31 mules, making the totai of water navigation within the State 1,274.70 miles; The namber of bridges on the canals is 1,318. If hese bridaee were plaved together their approximate len, would be sixteen and a bel barge Spy of tocks: = the canals 1s meng acing FeatA s. aue'¢ would form @ Continuous link o! Stems an ny Mailes. The total quantity of water received the Erie Canal from its numerous feeders 18 121,367 cubic feet per minute, equai i volume to a@ river 198 feet -Wide, seven feet deep, flowing with a surface velocity of one and a quarter miles per hour. ‘The cost of transportation on the canals is dwelt upon at length, The amount of work done during the fiacal year 1868 was $033,505. IMPROVEMENTS RECOMMENDED. T would most earnestly call the attension of the Legistature to the necessity of making lberal ap- propriations for the removal of the “bench walls’? upon the Erie Cana), and the tmomediate* conatruc- uion of Fish Creek Feeder, for furnishing an addi- tonal supply of water Lo the summit or “long level.” Both of these improvements should, tn my opinion, be made at the earliest practicable period. They have been repeatedly urged in the annual reports of the Canal Commissiouers and my predecessors for the past eight or nine years. I would also re- commend that, a% soon as the surplus revenues can be applied, the locks upon the western division be doubled. ‘Ihe rapid increase of tonnage from the West will soon make this tmprovement imperative. REMOVAL OF THE WALL BENCHBS. The construction of thé enlargement of the Erte Canal was authorized by act, chapter 274, iaws of 1335. The form and 4izé Of the prism was adopted by the Canal Board and constracted with wali benches up to the suspension of 1842, as shown in diagram No. 1, This pian was changed February 7, 1649, by Canal Commissioners Cook. Beach ana Hinds, a3 showy tn diagram No, 2, dispensing with the benches and carryt: ¢ to tae bottom of the prism upon slopes The tonnage of the an hali the present 1. al in 1849 was less ess, Yet at this early y the embarrassments to navigation from the bendh walls was seriously felt. » Smce then the embarrassments have gradually increased ag the business h from the settling of these benches owas canal, greatly reducing the width at th p 1 to-day there is teas capacity than in 1849, with ‘double the busi- a. ‘The canai with beach walls Is only wide at the bottom, while the p space chat free iorty-two posed chan admita of the the former wii ouly p Tue reuoval of t tw venches and substituting he botvom of the fly f capacity for trans. ter navigativn easter and safer, aud at present ty miles of canal con- ith bench wails, sixty-ive mites of which j@ astern division, «'xveen miles upon the three miles up Western divi- structed 18 upon Miditie sion. T $1, 600,06 KUCTION Ware the estimated cost of this improvement is rien Carex 0 THE “LON FERDER— Ley UPPLY OF The nee for an increased supply of Level has long been expe- cy was most gertousiy ck 47) from rapid lockages cumuation of boats from tie Canal, to keep up the short levels West of lock 47, to supply the weigh lock and frat level Oswego \unai, To provide for a re- point toe De Ruyter Reservoir ch has yiven the desired *relief ng Level. Since its @onstruc- tof tne onelda Lake will be browghs into rovision haa been made of eu arged capacity and ton- toportant onstructed, W this end of the f for suppiy't Tinta, together w nage. AH ihe facet that the volume af many of the stres suppiying4he cagal are grad- ually dimiuishing cleaving and enitivating ine lands around theirasvurces and chaunels, renders new sources of supply 1 y heoessary, Surveys and ¢ nade im 1961 forthe constraction of Fish cr “er, The stream wae being covered by umoterropted forests Ganges Were made at ite lowest 1860. tn tages i146 and 5 it wus found te gute and in i860 Ht flow of 13,818 cubs more than yie Wis i id, making feet per minute, an exe Ww eabic feel than is requited for the eieieney Upon he long level, incinding 1 1M LAKE Covel, The estimated cost of tuis feeder, inolnding land damages, 4 & ), based upon constracumg it eleven miles in ieugth, fifteen feet wide on the bot. tom, thirty-oue fee: at euriuce, four feet deep, with @ descent of six tuches per mie, capauie of delivery at the canal, three mies West of Rome, 7,590 cubic feet ber minnie. . ‘Taking into cons! streain, its vc ‘he permanency of this ee favorable location tor & re liable and immediate retiel to not only the long level, but to Littie Fails, where navigation ts greatly iorpaired for want or inereaaed supply, Laut of the opinion that this {Mprosement js of the first im: rianee tow hnproving navigation, aad should at Once placed uniter coutract, DOUSLING TUR LOOKS UPON Tile WReTRRN DTVIaION, ‘There are Upon Lhe Wine of the Brie eanal sity. seven dyubie, Murieen single jocks and two guard By act chapter 18 r By act chapter 64 By act chapter 726, law: ‘| otal appropriated. Total expended up tc A |. complete. ness rscesceecers 1,000 The extenston, when completed, will connect with the North Branch canal, and by tue latter with the whole canai aysiem of Pennsylvania and the coal flelds, from which coal and iron can be brought into this State and along the Erie cana! without breaking balk, The shortest distance from the coal mines via , this route to the ixrie canai at Ubea is as followa:— Utica to Binghamton, 97 miles; beg ome to the State line, 404 miles; State line to Pittston, 95 miles, making a total of 2523, miles. The shortest dis- iance now by canal from the coal mines to Utica, via Seneca Lake, is as follows:—Pittston to State line, #3 miles; Junction canal to Elmira, 18; Ohe- mung Canal to Watkins, 23; Seneca Lake to Geneva, ; Cayuga and Seneca to Montezuma, 21; Erie to Syracuse, 38; Erie canal to Utica, 66; making a total 1 miles, an excess over the Chenango miles. -From Pittston the North Branct canals pass through the rematning great coal basin 74 miles to Northum- periaud, and by the Susquevanna Cana! to tidewater at Havre de Grace, 206 miles from Piliston and 308 mues from the Erle canal at Montezuma. Wilkes. aoe Nes upon the canal about 814 miles below ivtston, 5 S distance of 2 route of 4 and Wyomu ortion of tli THE ROGERS ASSASSINATION, % Saxe eae Sk ‘The Plot Thickeiis— Reports About the Mysterious “Tom’s” ArresimA Clever J: Arranged—Its Failure—The Detectives B: Beaten—“Jim”? Wanted, ? - An immense sensation Was created in the city yes- terday by the appearance in some of the evening papers of the announcement that Tom McGihney, the “Irish will 0’ the wisp’ who ts supposed by some to be the “Tom’ whom Mayor Hall, Coro- ner Flynn and ail the detectives of the city are anxious to take by the hand to assist them in unravelling the mystery of “who killed Rogers” had beeh arrested in Waterbury, Conn., by a New York detective. The telegram an- nouncing ythis important information purported to be based on an article published in the Waterbury American of yesterday. The story was 40 palpably absurd, and bore the stamp Of falsehood upon the face of It, that none but fhe ignorant, who are not posted in the mysterious manner in which sensations are manufactured, believed it. Hundreds swallowed the yarn with more credence than they Would place in Holy Writ, and the Fif- Yeenth precinct aad police headquarters were be- sieged by eager inquirers after later information. THE CONNECTICUT STORY. The foliowing ia the statement of the case as re- corded in tie American, and upon which the enter- prising telegrapher at Waterbury based his de- epacen: der ia waa captured by Rogers from the pocket of the derer addressed to James Logan by » comrate in Sing Sing prigon, and which was endorsed, “Tom will give this to you" Large rewarda have bech olfered for posed to be an escaped searching for him. On c New York ceded in has been fn the employ two weeks, He ism con- a8 6 e been past from Jere taken In sharge acquaintance in this by the Woollen Com. been very well ad ancceeded in o § acquainte! with him atl securing him without any as we can learn not 's, OF considering It neceenary . According to re it with th an ts supposed for tha purpose’ of but found bim gone. The Genuine hing, but at present it look: eer. THA TRUK WSITION OF CASK, While giving this rural journal credit for its enter- prise it is proper that the real facts «hould be given. it is true that one or two of the detectives believe th ere is such an individual as Tom Meg who carried the letter found in the pocket of the coat; if ia trne that they belteved that “Tom” was somewhere in Connecticut, and it ts aleo true that putting the N hai one of them posted of to the “Land of Steady Uabita” to work up the case if possibie. Put before he went he ha, unknown to all the authorities, arranged with his assistant what he conceived to be a master stroke towards discovering tue murderer, The plan ar- ranged Was this:—A was to proceed to Connecticut, If ansuceessful in finding Tom be was to contiden- tially approach a representative of one of the papers, ive him ths tion above telegPaphed, arrange: that it should be seat to New York at once. This was A's part of the pregrainme. B waa to remain in Xew York. On the publication of the startiihg news he waa to rush to the prison Where the prisouers bow tn custody are ,contined and taking a position in an adjacent cell have these prisoner furnished with papers containing the news of ‘Tom’s" arrest, ‘fhe object of this is at once apparent. The prigon= ors, since their confine:nent, © been remarkaniy reticent and non-comrittal. It was believed that the springing of this news upon them suddenly would lead them to converse, and It was hoped that B's cara would.cotch remarks calculated tb throw some light upon the mystery and give the detectives new clues upon which to follow the caso to a successial conclusion. Philip Farley and Geo vins, of the Central Onice, have been credited ih ‘this bril- Nant scheme, but they are not the parties, tintin vootertey mut OF TK PLot intl yesterday none of the prisoners mitted to peruse the daily Vonreee, weleenge to fay, yesterday afternoon tie, prison diget reiaxed somewhat, and a party ed to betteve them innocent cote cre to Magy of them the information wid been got, and offered, if they would hot compromiee hin, tO give then the pavers Mt tine = was ‘was proceeded with. The Treasurer, Colonel F. A. Conkling, submitted the treasurer’s report. The receipts during the past year, from all sources, amounted to $1,303, and the balance in hand was $687. An auditing committee was appointed, who subsequently reported that the accounts of the asso- | 5) ciation were found to be correct, sioner Desietes fy oe ‘The Committee on Nominations reported the fol- yrs sn sat Sipser lowing named gentiemen a3 their choice for officers y aye y of the association for the ensuing year:—President— A ae Seb eS MALT EXTER x. Major General Theodore B, Gates, Fifth division; by «ie paration. First Vice President—Colonel C. H. Thompson, Sev- Tee enn a saa ere enth division; Second—Major General R. L. Howard, Hes}tir4p;Niee nine, vigoe to tharwpe ks Eighth division; Third~Brigadier General E. A, A substitute for ale, beer, porter, Ac. Brown, Third division; Fourth—Brigadier General \eneas every bottle put ap by'me H. D. Barto, Sixth division; Recording Secretary— | shall bear my initials, J. 8. ywoin the glans and burob Lieutenant Colonel Henry Heath, Second division; on the cork, and every label a'fac-almlle of my signature, a JOS. 8. PEDERSEN, No. 236 Murray street, Corresponding Secretary—Colonel O. F, Blood, Sixth ae te oa division; Treasurer—Colonel Albert Steinway, First | 50° 48em8 4" Uaiied states and Mritish provinces of N. Ay to Hoff’s Malt Extract d pe oo Chapiain—Kev. T. C. Strong, D. D., Sixth Formatiy ey No. 542 ate vision. ae ‘fhe motion to table was carried and a recess taken. BSOLUTE DIVORCES LEGALLY OBTAINED IN After recess the motion to elect the slate presented different States.— ton, &c., sufficient cause, No ‘was renewed and carried. publicly. No charges wut) dlvorte la Obtaine |. Auvice fren. Captain Bowers moved that m future the annual ODER, AMORIGS 75 MASkAG SIreCts association. (Applause.) \ ‘The sonia wa then brought to a close, eanpree ha Ee OE . BSOLUTE a agg iHEGALLY. OBTAINED. IN fereut States No put No charge till divorce Advice free. "Albo ‘Notary Public and Commis Asa guarantee of genuin meetings of the association be held on the first Tues- SNCINTIRE € 00. - day in October and syoceeding day. Amendments A. a1 Ree EER AMR EBS Were made naming the first Tuesday In November } pepiers tn all kinds of Government Securities, .vc.: Gold and and last Tuesday in Gctober, General Brown | giiver, foreign and domestic, bought aad sold at the dally strenuously opposed the motion and moved to table | quotations. Information furnished and prizes prowplly it, which Was lost by an overwhelming majority, It | cashed in Migsourl and Kentueky Lotteries, was eventually resolved that the date of the annual meetings be the last Tuesday of Se yp ovl and succeeding day. A gocd deal of discussion " ensued 3 to Whether or not the next meet. | Complete. Address 9 Basal oboe ing should be in or 1870, While OFFICIAL DRAWINGS aye this question was pending General Brown called -aiegcast end Kenan ee ear at the attention of the char to a provision in the 88, 41, 64, 8, 4 2, 15, 97, we constitution that ali changes m_ the constitution “susboutir Crass Fv 156, JANUARY ‘90, 18h9, A NEAT SMALL G2ED BILLIARD TABLE, IN PER« fect order, tor sale; used in a private house; Balls, &cny MUISSOURI—~BXTES CLASS NO. Wb, TANUA should be by a two-thirds vote, and the vote was ac- 60, 49, 84, 14, , 2, By. 28, 64. cordingly taken over again. There appeared for the —e. . 131, JANUARY Bi, 1869. last Tuesday in nder, 27; against, 18, General 38, 20, , 28s AB, Gy BB ty Oe Bendix asked for te calling of the roll, and a vote 75, ue SANUARY, 20, 1660, : a 8S, 28, al, 20, 81," 51, 48 03 nighéd in the’ above and also Royal’ Havana lotteries by J. CLUTE, Broker, 200 Broadway and 168 Fuitoa street. PAL nc: et SER by yeas and nays, which was granted, ant resulted. yeas 51, nays 20, mains unchanged, ‘The nominations for ofticers of the association were then taken up and those named by the committee were unanimousiy elected. Lieutenans Colonel Heath, however, insisted on resigning, and Lieu- tenant Colonel Walter ©, Yan Rensselaer, Fifth divi- sion, Wks thereupon elected recording secretary. ‘The Committee om Amendments to the Militia Code, appointed on the previonsday, brought in its re- port, The committee asked the association to recoin- mend to the Legisiature to reduce the term of services in the National Guard from seven to five years, and that dues shoutd not be taken in lieu of service; that brigades and divisions be nuimbered, as in the regu- lar army; that tne railroad companies should be compelled to give free transportation to men going to and returning from drilis, parades, reviews, &c., and that the office of brigade provost marshal be created, The report was accepted, but no! fur- ther was done in the matter. Most of the report of the committee was a rehash of last year’s resolu- oo to which the Legisiature never paid any atten- 101 Colonel Budkin moved that the Legislature be asked to authorize the appointment of a veterinary surgeon to each cavalry with the rank of second hentenant. Major Kent, of the Washington alry, SU) the motion in a few perti- ie resolution was carried by a dinanmons vote. ‘fhe time of meeting, there/ore, re- FQOOTH'S THEATRE, Twenty-third street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues, WILL OPEN WEDNWED AY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3. In consequence of the unusual demand for seats at this theatre for the opening nights, the manager respeotfuily ua nounces that, fn order to give each an equa! opportimity to be Py with the hope of protecting the public against the numerous speculators, the tickets will be dispt at 3 PUBLIC SALE, By W. 0. HOFFMAN, Esq., Auctioneer, " ON MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1860, AT IRVING HALL (Through the courtesy of L. F, Harrison, Esq.), corner of FIFTEENTH STREET AND IRVING PLACE, com at ig o'clock A. M..precisely, for the belies ‘on their way to business, gentlemen Diagrams So the eat wil be oo a inf Y MK SIL, jan. J. HENRY MAGO. N°? 2.—A MAGNIFICENT NUMBER General Postley then tried to get a communication ” from General Burger referring to General Bendix's SPLENDID FAMILY PAPER, claim for the the association bro up, % General wall, who had in the ew 4 THE NEW WORLD. THE NEW WORLD. ‘THE NEW WORLD. THE NEW WORLD. THE NEW WORLD. THE NEW WORLD. THE NEW WORLD. THE NEW WORLD. THE NEW WORLD. e P Would not permit it. A long, dreary debate, of nothing in ‘particiiar, ‘then ensued, when the matter of the guidon was brought up. useless discussion, in which it shown that the association had no funds to for the and medals it had so generously , Colonet Remmy said that he should decline tne guidon if it would be offered to the Twenty-second regiment, as seemed to be the intention, the conditions of the resolution of the association not having been compiied with. The members of the association continued to wrangie and debate until near six o’ciock, but noth- ing was accomplished. The association adjourned EW W without ing a single practical resoludon or lial pi taking any measures for ip the efliciency of THE NEW WORLD. the Nattonal Guard, 0.95 a Evening Session, ‘The State Military Association assembled last evening at Steinway Hall for the purpose of hearing the annual address, General Aspinwali presided, and on the platform were Brigadier General Brown, General gendix, General Duryea, General Ggrter, Major General Postiey and others. .General,Aspin- THE NEW WORLD- ‘THE NEW WORLD. THE NEW WORLD. THE NEW WORLD. NO. 218 PUBLISHED, THIS DAY, January 2, 1969, No. 2—Of THE NEW WORLD is superb in every reepec wail stated that owing to the sudden itinegs of Mr. | Pains nor expense bave been spared to make it he liret nu ing literary weeklles. Choate, who was to have been the qvktor of the PrNob—the contents oko. of TRE NEW WORLD are evening the annual adress would if delivered by | Yettgttaees of unacentsiahimati, Toes wit \t the Rev. H. M. Gallaher, of Brooklyn, who had re- MoS rol eesars agin it will be found larg waited ceived only a few hours! notice to deliver it, and | Srery deeree of taste, from the most rouust (0 the 10st whom he now had the pleasure to introduce. No. Levene the leading contributors to the seeond) Rey, Mr. Gallaher, on coming forward, was vei ¢ Hon. RGE SQUIER, who bas prepare: od Foe Hon Ee GRO RGR Stites Wenn aboot oo, Nod incident of travel in South Ameri the association on its annual gathering. Only foP ‘No. 2—Prof, A. C. JOY, of Colurnbia Collece, discourses, a Jemite et pep ped sore Sh Gy sucha rd SS manner on “Giycerine; its Uses ing wou an impossibility. He was not oue buses.’ those Who condemned the gword: for by il the uses Ro. Pe hescoean oa be cmp te Fea wy ot man were protected. After alluding to its issues, the speaker adverted in giowing terms to the re- EMERY and ALLEN on “The Debntes of # Jolcings of the people when tie war had terminated, | peltictune assostaiton and Polytechnic ion and Farmera’ Club of the Aime! Taaditave™ He, believed he rejoiced a8 much as an fi one when the war euded, He passed a hig No, 2-JOHN LUDIN, of the Metropolitan Hotel, on tha culogium on the Iiiah soldiers who had | most attractive of seen te Rata, and how t0 evek ft. so ably distinguished themselves throughout ‘Nest in we A avy i the may severe batites in Which they were en- | Nets ARTHUR SIBLEY'S deeply Interesting and purelf gaged. Not only did irishmen crown their gallant | original Oriental story, “The Ring of Fire; or, The Sorce: efforta by repeated triamphs, but they were abiy | of the Temple.” The cha published in thi in SI v ie 1 very exciting, and, as the roman roasem it assisted by the people of other nations. America f af the ioe. the charming of ath was not originally discovered from any lust for con- | f ath ed teet per quesi, It Was religion and the earnest desire to | 190s tg the stony are ner in ee RTIELIYS Mork promote Chrixitantty which wetaated the good Queen | “Gutwitted ; a Novel of Circumstantial Evidence,” is found of Spain to forward the search forthe great far-off PP eT Te montha sinc country, and so tt was a love for the iand of their | 0! romance ftref we do not “ee ent gd it the adoption thet induenced the gallant soidiers to fight pow pores | poate ota Se ee Bip rhe it E RELD'S story of “Donna Castro’ ie," i@ among the beat h with adventure. ‘7 s0 nobiy inthe late grand straggie, The men who marched in the colamns of the Vaion army were fhe most moral and tnteiiigent thatevpr went forth io No, 2—Ceptain MAYN: Arab: or, Thoked te = Horse Trad: has ever written. It is overi in| contest. The merchant left his counting house, the nt in the tale ie il a. lowyer left Lis client, the preacher left lila pulptt. 1B AMES romance of “Blanche de Pelendet tn fine, the army was composed of the great minds fuse cm, mee Tey. conn er ng Pi ae of the country. The reverend fgets here pie. g the Bhovter storica we have + tured many stirring scenes which occurred daring 2-J. A. BADGER, « thrilling experience entitl Lies of the Plains. TUES DUNN, a domestic tale called pei ae THEO, DAVIS, & laughable akotch, “Marri the four years of the engagement, interspersing his remarks with witty and butorous lacidents, told in a wiost enyaging manner. He asked the audience to consider the size of the great territory over Wiuch tie armies marched. Place France over elie way of “relleven" to this splendid interleet it and it would almost be the same 98 } panquet, to which all are areal invited, wa have poems putting a baby's pinafore over his overcoat. (Lough- [- No. 2—Mr, Ones ‘ne Crows.” ter.) Hie remembered the Yankee’s answer wien jo. 3—DELTA MA. AD, “ce | “ah rl ve. asked to define how America was boonded. ‘it is | No. 3—-J- 4. WATION, 1 a mag bow bounced,” said he, “on the west by the rising sun, No. 9-1 ULE AMES'“Cowonmnty.” Also” on tie east by ont equincttal possessions, on the Oe NGacka with Ge nly ’ north by the anrora’‘borealts and on the south by iO. pu mad the day of jadgment,” (Laughter.) Of the millions of men Uiat fought in the war, four hundred and sixty taousand came from the Stave of New York— twice at many 4s Bngland ever = mee je reler- to put into field. (Applauee.) red “ry the rapidity with ray the great army nip” » 2M Thou} ” is Eide geutotneat, 3 aaheaategigna ne perme Bey Raat RY.—PRIZES PAID IN GOLI Il legalize ized Lotteries. Chesnut wi aived, character!) it as the uprising of a GALLAGHER & i they ret 101 oo irs of tat fale dispoatiion which war usually Beqacgths, eae ee ay but all that was left returned to their former at <¢ tions. It fully demonstrated to the world the unsell- IN ishnces of who had periiled their lives for % good. nothing could have * been more ae the ovedtence wuich rr ern refer ‘ ~— Meciatian evo bered ’ ve we words, cep. and ‘ ed ae J ® a 4 Prize Modal awarded Parle Exposition, 1867. who, jealous of the Brewery 2p West Kighteenth street, 5 — cal bg ER between Seventh and Eighth avenues, New York. eloqu DONALD 8¥ 1 swith the greatert Hes to i note ly, Very rel sriiegone "ror nations had a mg , and his very | © in tketteterineu owe ar ate tne Seat Wt | "A ERLiog ot enum altel, Over the toiaiers of sue NOFtuerh AFDY hud noibiig but | procpis erescied. [. State, junsellor at Law, 261 Broadway. wetinteiat alne i fa ab assts tected eg