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vation. Congress, by a two-thirds vote, passed ‘the Reconstruction law, by virtue of which Mississippi may be restored to the Union, and McCardle sued to recover damages for injury endured by him through the action of our Officers, setting up a very important point of base for future litigation on similar grounds. ‘The court delivered judgment to the effect that by a law of Congress passed during the administration of President Johnson taking away their authority in such cases the judges have no jurisdiction in the matter. So it appears as if Mr. McCardle must recommend the citizens of Mississippi to adopt the fifteenth amendment at once and return to the fold. ‘The Texas Indemnity Bonds—Judicial Re- view of' State Federation and Secession. In the United States Supreme Court yester- ay Chief Justice Chase delivered an elaborate judgment in the case of the Texas Indemnity bonds, in which that State sued several defend- ants to restrain them by injunction from re- ceiving from the United States the payment of Certain bonds and to compel the surrender ‘of these bonds to the State as State property. in his treatment of this racy, original suit, which revived the old question of State rights, the Chief Justice took his stand on the consti- tution, pronouncing the logical and perspicu- us decision which appears in full in our columns to-day. Chief Justice Chase set out with a definition of the status of a State of the Dnion, and explained the difference existing between its governmental rights and duties as such and those of a territorial form of govern- ment,. He then sketched the history of Texas to the date of her admission to the Union in 1845, setting forth the responsibilities which her inhabitants undertook towards the federal government and performed until the moment when they threw off their allegiance and went into rebellion and entrusted the management of their affairs to the control of a military board, the members of which were sworn to secrecy. An ordinance of secession from the Union was then approved ; but the court held that the State had no right to secede, that this ordinance was null and that Texas was stillin the Union. These bonds were issued in aid and support of the rebellion and nego- tiated in England, thus enabling the State io maintain its hostile attitude towards the parent government, The court then referred to the social, political, governmental and judicial changes which were found to have taken place in Texas atthe termination of the war—the abolition of slavery, the appointment of a Union Governor, with military power, and the action of the President and Congress for her restoration to the Union, winding up with the legal decision that the present suit was prose- cuted by the State under competent authority ‘and jurisdiction, and that the bonds in ques- tion were completely her property in 1862. From this highly important judgment associ- ate Justices Grier, Swayne and Miller dis- sented—the first on the ground that Texas ‘was not at the time a State of the Union, and the two last named on the question of present jurisdiction in the case. ks Oxt OF Spracur’s APoTnroms.—The Troy Daily Times remarks very truly that Senator Sprague said one good thing in his last speech. It will pass into an apothegm and be repeated like’ a proverb, He said:— “Nothing is more vicious and cowardly than five hundred thousand dollars, unless it is a million.” The Times adds that the Senator meant it for a personal allusion to the family that founded Brown University and which is now the richest family in Rhode Island. But the saying is true ina general sense. Property is always timid. It is always conservative and afraid of change and disorder. And our con- temporary might have added that property should be as it describes. Otherwise there would be a reign of anarchy and agrarianism in every community. Bat if we take the rebel- Tion as an example, it will be found that Senator Sprague’s apothegm does not reflect our own national experience. The rich men of the North came forward nobly and met the crisis with munificent donations. They might have been repaid subsequently in shoddy con- tracts. But that’s no matter. Nor Honery.—Jubal Early has been in- vited to dinner by the Lynchburgers, but ‘for reasons which you will understand is con- strained to decline.” No appetite or no dress coat, “\ Herepitary Apiity.—One of the Boston papers gives us a glimpse of the Down East idea of a good inheritance in showing that present or recent ornaments of the Massachu- setts bench are descended from the judges who burned the witches. Judges ordered the burn- ing of old women for crimes never committed, and the descendents of those judges have owned the judgment seat ever since. That's where the ability appears—they kept their places, pre Bs |. Our Forry.—The administration supports in Cuba the rottenness of Spain this side the Atlantic, and this because it fears that by giv- ing Cuba belligerent rights it will keep out the argument of England against us on the Alabama claims. What we ought to do is to give such rights to Cuba to show the European Powers that we accept their view of the law and to show them the application of the law. Give ‘belligerent rights to Cuba and England will pay our claims and relinquish her argument. “A Caapter or Lamentations.” —Under this head the Detroit Free Presa reters to the disappointments that have attended the appli- cations for office made by the proprietors and editors of radical papers in Michigan to the wow administration, and remarks:—‘‘Tbhe friends of Senator Chandler alone are the re- cipients of executive favor. The bright dreamsof the campaign have turned to sdd, dark realities, ‘Grant is not President of Michigan,’ but Chandler is. So far as Michi- \gan is concerned Grant is only admitted to ‘sneeze whenever Chandler takes snuff.” The ree Presa considerately extends ite sympa- jthies to the great disappointed. It ‘‘mourns ‘or the niourners, not for the dead,” and con- poles itself by the reflection that it is not ‘‘our Funeral.” sic Tae ADVANTAGES OF Havixo Honest Reta- srives,—A Western paper remarks :—‘‘Grant’s pledges that he would appoint only honest jmen to office are belog rather strangely re- deemed, He evidently thinks that all his Folatives are honest.” NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1869—QUADRUPLE SHEET. The Tendency of Change. Evidently we are drifting, and the tendency of the time is to such a mutation in the charac- ter of the government as will leave us without that strength and an individual responsible Executive which the constitution gave. Under Andrew Johnson the change began. Naturally some cramping of the executive power should have begun in Johnson's term, because he came immediately after the war. War strengthens the Executive always, and our war was no ex- ception to the rule. What war gave to Lin- coln, in extraordinary power, peace should have taken away from Johnson; but it also essayed to take something more, and Johnson himself furnished the opportunity. His folly and blundering excused before the country the first invasion by the Legislature of the province of the Executive, and the Legislature is dis- posed to hold on to what it has and to take more as the chance arises. Had Johnson been succeeded by a President proving to be in politics what Grant had shown himself in war there would have been another story to tell at the end of four years. Even with the Tenure of Office law, political sa- gacity and the acute perception of opportu- nities, supported by inflexible will, would have sustained the powers and prerogatives of the Presidential office. But Grant is either not disposed to see danger to the government in the conflicts that rage at Washington or he is fonder of his cigar than of facing the politi- cal foe. Disgusted with the struggle for spoil of the cliques and rings—disposed to a quiet life, a drive and a smoke—he seems likely to forget that he cannot turn away from the moil and strife of the politicians without at the same time turning away in some degree from the duties he has accepted at the hands of the people. With a President ready to accept from Congress such a patch as the latest modi- fication of the Tenure of Office law, and with no man in the Cabinet able to sustain him in that assertion of the rights of his office in which he fails, what is the future? Govern- ment by Senatorial usurpation. Nay, this is scarcely the future. It is the actual system, for the government in the several departments is in the hands of the chairmen of the respec- tive Senatorial committees. Mr. Sumner is President of the United States for foreign affairs, and so we might go through the Sena- torial committees. This is the tendency—to have twenty or thirty presidents, with power, but without responsibility. How does the country like the prospect? HORSE NOTES. The trotting horses George Palmer, W. H. Taylor, Lady Watson and a bay mare—all the property of Erastus Corning, Jr., of Albany—together with Black Homer, Bella Clay and a bay mare, have ar- Tived at the Fashion Course, in oharge of Charley Champlin, the trainer. Budd Doble will not, it 1s sald, go to the Fastiion Course to train this season. It is his intention to train at one of the tgacks near Philadelphia, and bring his horses on here to fulfil engagements as they occur. Gray John, the property of Mr. May, is trotting very fast at present. He shoula be put in training and entered for some of the large premiums offered by the Prospect Park Fair Association, which close on the 26th inst. Young Fillingham looks fine. ing him on the road. The new track will be used at the Fashion Course the coming season. , Lady Thorn ia ‘offered at one hundred to eighty against American Girl. The backers of the latter want greater odds, and they will get it before the horses get the word. The odds will be two to one before the start. Old Brown Dick struck a pace the other day. is going back to first principles. OBITUARY. Henry Arcularius. This gentleman died suddenly at the Park Hotel in this city on Sunday night last, after a brief illness, He was at one time a prominent and influential politician in our midst, and had served in the State Legisiature and City Council, besides hoiding various minor offices under the municipal government. Being @ gentleman of friendly, hospitable manners he became quite influential, and when in the zenith of bis reputation he could individually control more, or at least a8 many votes as any other of the numer- ous local politicians of this city. Some years ago, however, he ret from the political arena, and had of late appeared to take little interest in public affairs. His owner is work- He LYCEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. ‘This Lyceum has lately been reorganized and has been divided into committees on special subjects. The meetings are held at No. 68 Madigon avenue, and at each meeting oue or other of the committees has the floor for the Introduction of papers on and the discussion of subjects coming within the province particularly assigned to the committee. Last evening the committee on chemis- try, technology, &c., had the floor, and the session was attended by a select and undoubtedly intelli- gent audience. The greater portion of the evening was ovcupied by Dr. P. Schweit- ver, Who read a lengthy and learned essay “Tribasic phosporic acid; its history, ita modes of separation from sesquioxides, princi- ally from sesquioxide of iron and its estimation.” The easay was one of more than ordinary ability, and was rendered doubly interesting to those sent by the careful and masterly manner tn which the subject was treated. After the — had concladed, a discursive debate sprung up in regard to various experiments with phosphates. It was finally decided to secure copies of Dr. Schweitzer's essay, as the number of experiments fully explained in the paper and the results of which were 60 ac- curately stated, render it most valuable to chemists, Papers were read by Dr. H. Ende on a “New Earth among the Zircons of North Carolina,” dis- covered by A. Loew; by Professor Seeley, on the “Relations of Atomic Numbers,” and by Dr. W. G, Bolton, on “Ethylamine.” OARING ROBBERY ON BROADWAY, A Showense Broken Open and $500 Worth of Human Hair Stole Last evening, about seven o'clock, the large show case of Mr. Robert Wolf, No. 743 Broadway, dealer in human hair, was broken open and $600 worth of this Valuable commodity, consisting of loose hatr, braids and wigs were abstracted from it. At frst the above gentleman was at a loss to imagine who perpetrated the daring robbery; but the mystery surrounding it was partially cleared away when a bright litte girl in bis employ, Carrie Klink, living at No, 95 First avenue, informed him that two men who had been about the building since Satur. day last putting up gas ixtures were seen by her mo ving the case at the above hour from its usual location to the hallway, when they, upon see- ing her, part iy closed one of the doors, ‘This infor- mation being lodged at the Fifteenth precinct sta- tion Jn question, was detailed to hunt them up, and about eleven o'clock, he succeeded in arresting one of them at his residence on West Twenty-sixth street. He Was escorted to the station house, where he gave his name as William McMahon, nineteen years of age. The complainant was then sent for, and about midnight he and the litve giri witness visited the station house, If possibie, to identify him, So sou as McMahon was eonfronted by her, she exclaimed, ‘you did that,’ and then detatied the particulars of their maneuyres a3 above, By direction of Sergeant Ferris, who was on duty, officer Ditmar was sent for the other alleged culprit, and it is nighly probable that both will this morning be arraiued to answer to the charge of grand ays before Justice Dodge, at the Jefferson Market Police Court, THOMAR JEFFERSON Binrnpay.£The memory of Thomas Jefferson was weil kept up by the Germans, At several piaces, especially at Kuester’s Centrai the an shering or the Deltevera in Jefferson's doctrine was not only numerous, but Lat At the piace last named, a number of notabilities : present, as James Brooks, Mayor Hall, Dr. Bugish and others, each of whom madd @ speech. house, oMicer Ditmar, who knew the two men | TELEGRAPHIC NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD THE REVOLUTION IN CUBA. Concentration of Insurgents About Santiago. Rumored Revival of the Con- fiscation Project. THE WAR IN PARAGUAY. An Allied Expedition on the Search for Lopez. The Steamboat Disaster Arkansas. BIGHTHEN LIVES Lost. in CUBA. A Spanish Canard—Géneral Dulce Compli- ments the Volunteers—The Woods Surround- ing Puerto Principe Set on Fire—Insurgents Massing Near Cinco Villas. D Havana, March 12, 1869, The Diario reports that the insurgents at Siguanea decapitated a young girl and shot two others. Brigadier General Tetonia, of the Spanish army, has arrived at Havana. Captain General Dulce, at a recent meeting ‘of officers, made a speech in which he highly compli- mented the volunteers for their courage and zeal. The Diario says the woods surrounding Puerto Principe have been set on fire, and adds that the troops will soon clear the vicinity of rebels. Many small bands of insurgents are operating near Cinco Villas. Their numbers are increasing in the vicinity of Santiago de Cuba, and tt is supposed they are going to Cinco Villas, where they will masa their forces, This movement, it is thought, explains the recent disappearance of the rebels from the jurisdiction of Jiguane. A report was in circulation yesterday that Ces pedes had been captured; but it proves to be un- founded. The steamship Teutonta, from New Orleans for Hamburg, arrived vo-day. Havana Commercial Market. Havana, April 12, 1869. The sugar market is buoyant. Sales were made to-day on the basis of 8% 98% reals per arrobe for No, 12 Dutch standard. The Confiscation Project Again Started. Key Wxst, Fla., April 12, 1869, A private letter has been received here from a re- Mabie source in Havana, which says that the gdvern- ment there tncends to confiscate the property of all suspected parties. The writer urges Cubans now in the Unite States to lose’no time tn placing their property in the hands of foreigners. ENGLAND. Meetiug of Conservative Members of Parlia- ment—Future Poficy of the Conservatives on the Irish Church Question—Mr. Disraeli’s patent ce x Lonpon, April 12, 1369. A meeting of the conservative members of Parliament was held to-night. Over 200 mem- bera attended. Mr. Disraeli was present, and made a speech in which he indicated the future policy of the party onthe Irish Church question, and announced the amendments which would be proposed by the opposition to the bill now pending inthe House of Commons, These amend- menta are in effect that grants made to the Irish Church sinee the reformation are to remain intact; that giebe lands be retained by their present holders without purchase; and that the union of the Irtsh Church and the Church of England cease in 1872, Important modifications of the fnan- cial sections of the bill are also proposed, including the establishment of a capitalized sum for the sup- port of the clergy instead of the granting of annut- ties, and the application of a large portion of the church revenues to the support of public worship and to defray the expenses of the management of the Churca. Fivally, an effort 1s to be made to have all the clauses in the bill referring to the Manooth grant and the Regium Donum stricken out. Mr. Disraeli’s plan was favorably received and the proceedings of the meeting was marke® by much enthusiasm. ROME. Release of Political and Other OWenders ty the Pope. t Lonpon, April 12, 1969, The Pope, on the occasion of the jubilee in celebra- tion of the fiftieth anniversary of his acceasion to the priesthood, granted pardons to @ large number of persons, including many political offenders. ITALY. Appointment of Foreign Ministers—The New Minister to Washington. FLorence, April 12, 1869, Bertinatti, the Italian Minister to Constantinople, goes to Washington 1n the same capacity, Barba- lont succeeds Bertinatt! at Constantinople, Cadorna has been appointed Minister to London. AUSTRIA. Tho ElectionsMnjority of the Deak Party. Pestu, April 12, 1869. The elections tn Hungary and Croatia ve re- suited largely tn favor of the Deak party, which will have @ majority of one hundrea members in the new Diet. PARAGUAY. The Allies Preparing to Send an Expedition o the Interior in Search of Lopez. LONDON, April 12, 1869. The latest advices from Rio Janeiro state that the allies were preparing to send an expedition of 12,000 men from Asuncion into the interior of Paraguay in search of President Lopez. MARYLAND. ing of Cuban Ladies In Baltimore. Bautimore, April 12, 1869, On Saturday evening, at Jarrettsville, Harford county, Miss Oairnes shot and killed * Nicholas McComas, About twenty persons were seated on the porch of the village hotel when Miss Cairnes suddenly appeared and drew a pistol and fired three shots at McComas. The alleged cause of the murder was seduction, Miss Cairnes had previously brought suit against McComas for breach of promise of mar- riage. Both parties were highly respectable. © On Saturday night a meeting American and Cuban ladies and gentlemen was held at the resi- dence of Mra. A. Lincoln Phel Sefhor 0. M. de Colas, Vice President, and Sefora Mercedes Shan- non, Secretary of the Junta Patriatica of New York, wore bted to déterasine ihe of spine ladies Nate appoin ine the proper action in regard to Cuban affairs. A branch society in regard to the sick and wounded of the Cuban army was formed, ‘The meeting was addressed by Samuel Shannon, of New York; 0. B. Phelps, of Maryland, and others. ‘The Grand Jury have indicted the proprietors of two places of amusement in this ity whore the “gancan" Was 6xlibited, STEAMBOAT DISASTER. The Loss of the G. A, Thompson in Arkan- sas River—Kighteen Persons Perish—Full Particulars, Mempants, April 12, 1369, A special despatch from Little Rock to the Appeal gives the following particulars of the loss of the steamer G. A. Thompson, commanded by Oaptain Frazier, bound from Cincinnatt to Little Rock and Fort Smyth, laden with bacon, flour, agricultural implements, furniture and lime. She nad on board about eighteen passengers, five of whom were ladies, including the oapesin’s wife. She struck @ snag at Erwin's Landing, forty miles below Little Rock, at two A. M. Saturday, and sank imme- diately in nine feet of water, slacking the lime aud setting the boat on fire. Ao effort was made to throw the time overboard, but the whole of the crew were driven away by the heat of the Names, After considerable dimculty in keeping the men back, the ladies were landed on @ sand bar, In the meanwhile the yaw! used to sa' the crew was swam, by too many jumping tn 1 which comet php eyen loss of ne Seventeen lives wel lost; eight whites, including George Ely, first John Perkins, second clerk; the cook; @ lame cabin boy, of New Albany; Mr. ‘randle, of Lit Rock, and three other names not yet anown, nine colo! persons, including a chambermaid aud eight deck hands, The Caldwell coming up brought the survi- vers of the wreck to this city. It is reported that the oMicers of the ‘Thompson behaved with great coolness The ladies on board were hardiy aware of the acci- dent before they were safely tanded. The boat and caro are @ Lotal loss; the former, valued at $130,000, Was insured in Cincinnati companies, The value of the cargo ts unknown, THE PACIFIC COAST. The Fire in the Nevada Mines Extingulshed— The Remains of the Victims Not Yet Recov- ered—Departure of a Revenue Cutter for Alaska. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 12, 1869, The Gold Hii mines were uncovered to-day and no traces of smoke were observed: Lights were sent down and extinguished almost immediately by the foul air. The blowers of several of the mines were set in operation and streams of water turned on, with the expectation of expel- ling the pombnnus atmosphere and absorbing the gasses. Preparations have been made to remove the dead ies as soon as it is possible to enter the mines. A patty to-day descended to a point 600 feet below the level of the mines, but the air extinguished their lights. They immediately gy the signal to hoist, although not feeling the ad air themselves. Great interest is manifested to ascertain the damage to the miners. To-day the Yellow Jacket, Crown Point and Kentuck stock sold in advance of Saturday's quotations, in anticipation of slight damage by the fire. The Uuited States steamer Saginaw arrived to-day from Alaska via Victoria. ‘The English iron-ciad Zealous, Admiral Hastings, sailed from Victoria on the 10th inst. for England via Valparaiso. The revenue cutter Lincoln sailed for Alaska to- day. She wili visit Forts Tongas, Wrangle, sitka and Kediak and then the islands of St. George and St. Paul, where revenue officers will be stauoned, LOUISIANA. Extension of the New Orleans and Jackson Railroad to Decatur—Valuable State Papers Discovered. NEW ORLEANS, April 12, 1869, The Pontificia! anniversary celebration yesterday was a very magnificent affair. ' A meeting of the directors of the New Orleans and Jackson Railroad was held here to-day. The reports of the President, Superintendent and Engineer all favor the extension of the road to Decatur. Repre- sentatives of the State of Louisiana and Mississipp! were present, the latter holding 160,000 shares, but itis claimed by the management of the road that they have relinquished their right to vote. A meeting of the electiou directors will be held next Monday. The New Orleans and Opelousas Railroad Com- any has just consluded a contract for 16,000 tons of English iron of a muperiee, =. Yesterday a quantity of valuable documents was discovered tn the bullding in which ts located the Auditor's office, a portion of which is $8,000 in un- paid State coupons, As far as the case haa pro- gressed no loss to the State has been discovered. VIRGINIA, Republican Meeting in Richmond—Departure ef General Stoneman. Ricumonp, April 12, 1869, Governor Vells this afternoon addressed a large republican meeting, giving @ history of the passage of the Virginia Election bill in Congress, and at- tributing much of the success to his own exertions in its behalf. General Stoneman, with the Twenty-first infantry, left to-day for Baltimore, en rouce for Caufornia, TENNESSEE. Reply of Henry 8S. Foote to Ex-President Jeohnuson—Mr. Johnson Abandons His Pro- posed Voyage to Europe. NASHVILLE, Aprii 12, 1969. Henry S. Foote replies in the Press and Times this morning to a portion ‘of ex-President Johnson's speech, in which he assumes that Johnson charged him with ingratitude. He denies the charge and avers that he owes nothing to the forbearance or generosity of Johnson, who, he alleges, together with Mr. Seward, treated him un- kindly and cruelly. He denounces Johnson as a seditionist, to whom the people of Tennessee are in- debted for Saat Ga tum with usur- pation and tyranny, and admonishes the people of the Southern States not to be controlled by him; but cept the legislation of Congress and confide in jenerai Grant, Who, he assures them, ts thetr friend and desires to restore them to prosperity and good government. He also charges that Johnson 1s opposed to negro suffrage and political equality, and refers to Jonnson’s interview with Fred Douglas, in which he #aid these things would lead to a war of races, to sustain him, £x-President Johnson is still in Nashville, and has abandoned his proposed trip to Europe, preferring to devote his time and energies in belialf of the dis- franchised of the South. He will speak in all the Southern States. He leaves for Memphis on Weanesday. INDIANA. The Legislature—Democratic Members Sworn In—Resignation of the Spenker of the House—Considevation of the Fifteenth Ameudmeut Postponed. INDIANAPOLIS, April 12, 1869, The bolting members of the House appeared this afternoon and were sworn in. The House completed its organization by resolution continuing the officers and employés of the regular session. After the pas- sage of the resolution Speaker Hauton tendered bis resignation, and George A. Buskirk, republican, from Monroe county, was elected 9} er. A resolution was then adopt pe action on the fifteenth amendment until May 11. In the Senate there was no quorum until after the passage of the resolution of tie House postponing action on the fifteenth amendment, when the demo- cratic members a and qualifed and the requiar business of the session was commenced. MASSACHUSETTS. Damages Recovered Agninst a Railroad Company—luteresting Lect by Mins Field. Boston, April 12, 1869, ‘The sutt of John A, Coleman against the New York and New Havea Railroad Company, claiming damages for assault and ejectment from a car by deren dante’ agent, resulted in awarding $3,300 to the lainetity, Pivliss Kate Pields repeated a lecture on “Women in the Lyceum” this afternoon in Chickering’s Hall, by request of Governor Clafin, Josiah Quincy, Oliver Wendell Holmes and others, The hall was filled with a delighted audience. Miss Field has been re- quested to repeat the lecture in New York and Brookiyn. EUROPEAN MARKETS. LONDON MONBY MARKET.—LONDON, April 12—4:30 P, M.-Consols closed ‘4 for money and 98 for the Seooune, five-twenty bonds 83%, 96. Stocks 8t ‘a; [linot q Liverroon, April The market closed firmer but not quota » Middling uplands 12d.; middling Orleans 12%)d. The sales of the day bave footed up 12,000 bales. HAVRE COTTON MARKET.—Havee, April 12.—Cot- ton closed at 147f, for tres ordinaire on the spot. LIVERPOOL BRRAD@TUFFS MARKET.—LIVERPOOL, April 12.—Breadstuffs are quiet. Wh 9s. 4d. per cental for California white, and &s, 8d. a 8s. 10d. for No. 2red Western, Corn, 208, 8d, for new mixed ‘Western. LIVERPOOL PROVISIONS MARKET.—LIVERPOOL, April 12.—The market is quiet, Pork ts firm at pre- vious prices, LONDON PROpUCE MARKeT.—Lonpon, April 12— 4:30 P, M.—Tallow, 468. per owt. Sugar quiet at B08. 8d. per wt, of No. 12 D. S. on the spot, and ac- tive at 208, for do. afloat. PRTROLEUM MaRKet.—ANTWRRP, April 12,.—Potro- leum, 62)¢f. @ O4s6f. for standard white, THE STATE CAPITAL. The Broadway Surface Railroad Bil—A. T. Stewart Reported to Have Offered Two Millions for the Franchise—The Twe Tier Rallroad—The Common Schools. ALBANY, April 12, 1869. ‘The Broadway Surface Ratiroad bill, which was ex- pected to have been brought up in the Senate at the evening session, gave way to the consideration of claims, Itis reported to-night, and I think on fair authority, tnat s member of Assembly bas in his possession a written offer from A. T. Stewart to pay $2,000,000 for the franchise of the Surface road and an agreement to build the best road in the United States and put itin runningorder. Rumor says that he proposed to give all the stock in the road which the owners of property on the route may require and retain the balance for himself. If this report betrue Stewart's offer will probably come before the House a8 an amendment to the Senate bill. The obnoxious Two Tier Railroad bill, which passed House in a very hurried manner last week and has excited so much indignation among the lower part of the city and led to a denunciation from the puipit, is about to be overhauled. Colonel Murphy moved to-night that the Senate be re- quested to return the bill to the House for amend- ment. The motion was carried unanimously. amendment proposed is to change the clause lo- cating the road a hundred feet east of Church street to the same distance west of that street. T'n1s will reileve the property of Trinity church and St. Peter's Catholic church on Barclay street trom the vandal- ism contemplated by the original bill, and will re- move the strongest objections to it which have yet been advanced. _ Tne bill relative to common schools in the city of i is passed to a third reading in the House night. NEW YORK LEGISLATURE SENATE. ALBANY, April 12, 1869. The Senate considered the claim bills in Com- mittee of the Whole and then adjourned. ASSEMBLY. ALBANY, May 12, 1869. THR TWO TIBR RAILROAD BILL. Mr. Murphy's resolution asking the Senate to re- turn to the Assembly Swain’s TwoT ier Ratiroad bill to be amended so aa to locate the line twenty feet west of St. Peter's and Trinity churches was adopted. se BILLS INTRODUCED. By Mr. Ray—Providing for bounties for kiling wolves and panthers. By Mr. SuMMERS—Authorizing the Governor to Sppoine three commissioners to locate the new State Prison. By Mr, N. B, SMiTH—To incorporate the Wesleyan Church Building Association of America. By Mr. KrenaN—Appointing two new ters to sua vacancies and make indices in the Register's office, ORDERED TO A THIRD -RBADIND. Authorizing the Harlem River and Portcheater railroads to consolidate with cortain others; to in- corporate the Fulton Savings Bank, of New York; for the relief of Hamilton Avenue and Prospect Park Railroad; to factittate the construction of the Scho- harie Valley Railroad. BILLS REPORTED. To incorporate the Fifth Avenue People’s Savings Bank, of New York; for a bridge over the Chemung river at Chemung. « REPORT OF THE NEW CAPITOL COMMISSIONERS. The SPEAKER preseuted the report of the New Capitol Commissioners in response to the resolution. The amount of money drawn from the State trea- Bury is $135,000; over $17,090 were received from the sale of the old buildings and the amount expended up to the 19th of h 18 $136,000. They have accepted the plan adopted by the former and approved by the Commissioners of the Land Office, the Governor reserving the right to modify the same. The architect is now a PY in preparing modifications of said plan, which, it is believed, will fully meet the w the Commissioners and the ublic. No additional legislation is required save e necessary appropriations from time to time to enable them to complete the work In the mosi eco- nomical and expeditious manner. A bill of items accompanies the report, which is signed by Hamilton Harris Chairman, aud James Terwilliger, secretary ol ie rd. OHIO. The Erie and Great Western Railroad Con- acctions at Cincinnati. CINCINNATI, April 12, 1869, The Erie and Atlantic and Great Western Railroads are now removing freight from the Cincinnati, Ham- iiton and Dayton depot. The Little Miami has ar- ranged to carry their freights, charging full local rates. Arrangements have been made for through Vy ange trains on the Cincinnati and Hamilton ‘oad. NEW YORK. Meeting of the Western Elevating Company— Proposed Reduction in the Price of Ele- vating Grain. Burrato, April 12, 1809, Ata meeting of the Western Elevating Company this afternoon, which was fully attended, two propo- sitions were discussed—first, to dissolve the present association; second, to reduce the rates of elevating toa half cent per bushel. Both potnts were fully discussed, and the prevailing sentiment was that elevating can be done more cheaply by an associa- tion than by individuals, and the feeling was generai that the proper course to pursue is to reduce the rates to a half cent per busbel. The meeting ad- journed, to meet on ‘hurad@y for the decision of the points discussed, The Whiteball and Plattsburg Railroad. WUHITEHALL, April 12, 1869. A large and enthusiastic meeting, in favor of. the Whitehall and Plattsburg Railroad, was held to-day. E. £, Davis was elecced chairman and W. J. Donnel- ly secretary. On motion, a committee, composed of 2. E. Davis, O, Bascom, &. A. Martin and George A. Hall, was appointed, to urge the importance of state aid, and also pledging material aid for the road in behalf of this town. Marder in Binghamton—Keeper of a Dis- orderly House Shot. BINGHAMTON, April 12, 1869. This morning Warren Blanchard was found dead tn his house in this city. The usual inmates, con- sisting of his wife and two girls, had fled and the af- fair is involved in mystery, All the doors and windows of the house were fastened from the inside except one, from which the woman and girls escaped. Bianchard’s head was found in @ brass kettle and bore marks of a pistol ball. Nothing is known of the matter except that the neighbors heard a disturb- ance at three o'clock yesterday moining and the re port of # pistol, when ® man ran out of the house when the noise ceased. As the house was classed as disorderly no attention was paid to the proceedings. The women before leaving cleared away all traces of blood and there were no indica- pA the manner in which the deed was per- for b SeRiovs Street CasuaLTy.—Last evening, about half-past eignt o'clock, while William Norris, aged thirty-tive, residing at No. 42 East Twenty-sixth street, was attempting to cross First avenue at the corner of that street, he was knocked down by car No, 68 of the Bast Broadway and Avenue B line, and ran over. When. picked up by a who athered near the scene of the accident it was found that his left leg was completely severed below the knee. He war removed to Bellevue Hos- pitai, and the driver, Michael Smith, arrested by officer Fanning, of the Eighteenth precinct. ———— Mysteniovs DeatH.—The Twelfth precinct re- ported at the Central Office last night that Patrick Vaughn, aged thirty-five, Irish, residing at 140th street and Seventh avenue, while visiting @ friend in 142d street, between Eighth and Ninth avenues, on Sun- day night, fell down stairs, recetving injuries that re- suited in his death. He was picked up by friends and medical ald was at once summoned, but it was of no avail. His body was removed to his residence and the cororer notified to hold an inquest. It seeins Symewhat strange that twenty-four hours should elapse before this fatal accident was reported by tue police, and then with sach meagre details. INCRENDIARISM.—This morning, shortly after twelve o'clock, the unoccupied private stable No, 199 West Twenty-seventn street, was discovered on fire. It was extinguisned with @ loss of about $500, Insurance uot ascertained, MAILS FOR EUROPE. The Cunard mail steamship Samaria wili leave this port on Wednesday for Liverpool. ‘The mails for Rurope will close at the Post Ofice at twelve o’clock M. on Wednesday. The New York Heratp—Edition for Europe— ‘will be ready at half-past ten o’clock in the morning, Single coptes, in wrappers for mailing, six cents, Crank.—On Monday evening, April 12, at her ro- sidence, No. 206 Kast Fifty-third street, Miss Lypia CLARK, sister of the late William Clarg, Funeral services at the Eleventh Presbyterian church, Bast Fifty-fitth street, between Lexington we ho ay avenues, on Thuraday afternoon, at three or a (For ather Deaths see Kleventh Page.) 9 HEALTH. More Quarantine Mismauagement—Ships from Infeeted Ports Dodge the Quarantino—The Fever Ship—Dr. Swinburne’s Detenco—Swith Milk. At a session of the Board held yesterday Dr. Mor- ria, Deputy Superintendent, reported that while the slaughter house of Donohue & Sons, on East Forty- fifth street, was kept in a@ cleanly condition, owmg © the great number of animais slaughtered there it was likely to become # nuisance when warm weather ses in, and he recommended that the proprietors be ordered te find another locality for carrying on the business, and that sufficient time be given them for that pur- pose, The Board ordered that it be removed. THB HOG YARDS. The case of Alerton Brothers’ pig yards, om Eleventh avenue, near Forty-first street, for the removal of which an order has been issued, was ses for Monday, the 19th, when argument will be heard and evidence taken before the referee submitted. RETURN OF MARRIAGES, Rev. J. Cotton Smith, against whom the Board at its last meeting ordered @ suit instituted for non- compliance with the law in returning the names of persons married by him, presented a letter in which he expressed his}willingness to comply with the law, and referred to the dificulties of obtaining the sig- natures of persons married in church, A stay of proceedings was ordered. OTHER RVASIONS OF THE QUARANTIN®. Assistant Superintendent Steele, of Brooklyn, re- ported that the ship Isabel, Captain Bethuson, a entered this port and was a hides, from the Rio Grande, at De 3 wi without having secured & guarentine permit. He also that the schooner Mary A. Rush, Cap- tain Bowden, was at Martin’s stores, Brookly: where she has discharged a cargo of hides and w from an infected port. The report was referred te tue Health Officer of the port and the counsel of the Board for tuvestigation and prosecution of whe owners. THE DRAINAGE OF THE CITY. A communication was received from Inspector Viele, representing that the drainage in the upper por- tion of the city, near the Park, was being managed t= such @ way as to obstruct the old water courses, and che consequence is that stagnant pools are createdim the neighborhood. A deputation of citizens was heard on the subject and the subject referred to tue engineer. THE SHIP JAMES FOSTER, JR. Dr. Swinburne submitted a long communication defending himself from the insinuations of impro- r efficial conduct imputed to him by Dr. Harris, it week, in reference to the ship James Foater, Jr. 4 len, discussion followed, in which Commis- stoners Bosworth, Stone, Swinburne and Dr. Harris. participated, as well as the counsel of the Board, who submitted a long preamble and resolutions for the purpose of covering cases hereafter. The sub- stance of the resolution is that the Board reapect- fully call the attention of the Heaith Officer of the port and the Commissioners of Emigration to the to the facts set forth in the preamble jing the James Foster, Jr., and ask their cot ration of them and their assistance to the Board in caring tor parties arriving in this condtuon hereafter. Dr. Swinburne stated that tne preamole and resolations that were prepared under the eye of the Sanitary Committee looked like a censure upon him, and he asked time to consider them before their final adop- tion. Out of courtesy to that gentleman the subject was laid over for future action. SWILL MILK INVESTIGATION, The Santtary Superintendant submitted a lengthy report in regard to hygenic questions conceru certain kinds of milk from cows kept in crow stables. The following were the reported resulta of the investigation:— Chemistry demonstrates the fact that these cows are in am anemic condition, not having the proper nutritive elemente in their blood. As @ consequence, the secretion of mili is aiso deficient in one of its most essential co: Professor Chandier justly ret the stril ents. fact exhibited by the milk analysis as compared the mean analysis of ten specimens of noomal milk is the deficiency of butter, which in normal, healthy milk, amounts to four or five per cent, while in these samples none contain more than hbaif the normat quantity. The proportions of water is also considerably. increased. Hence in answer to one clause of the resolution whether the milk {s detrimental to the health of those who use we can a that being deficient in its most nutritive constituents i. cannot ied as a healthy food, and that com- sequently it is detrimental to the health of those who usm: At This milk being so largely disiributed by the various ties in the business, tt waa impossible to trace it to ite ses; therefore we are unabie to describe its direct effect upon the persons using it. In reply to the concluding por tion of the resolution, whether the atables are detrimental te tue health of the neighborh in which they are can say that thelr dithy, ov8rcrowded condition, im) drainage, absence of pi yr means for ventilation, want Wet ‘and the constant confinement of the cows are each con- ditions detrimental to the public health. To this is to be added the fact, based upon well authenticated testimony, that when these cows sicken and decline in their milk they are slaughtered (or human food. 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