The New York Herald Newspaper, April 17, 1869, Page 3

WASHINGTON THE COMING ELECTION IN VIRGINIA, Celebration of Emancipation Day by the District Darkies, President Grant Reviews the '. Sable Procession. PROCEEDINGS IN THE SENATE. Proposed Survey of the Darien Ship Canal. Confirmation of Curtin, ‘Nelson, Bassett and Dana. Strong Opposition to and Howard. THREE NOMINATIONS REJECTED. Proposition for an Adjourn- ment To-Day. Sanford WASHINGTON, April 16, 1869. Meeting of the Cabinet. This boing the regular Cabinet day, all the mem- bers were present. Previous to the meeting @ large number of Senators called and haa interviews with the President. Early Election in Virginia to be Ordered. The present understanding is that President Grant, under authority of law, will issue a procla- mation at ap early day submitting to the people of Virginia the constitution of that State, with sepa- rate hotes on the clauses—frst, as to disfranchise- ment; second, the test oaths, and third, the county organizations, It is understood that the vote is to be ordered for the fourth Tuesday of May next. A new registration of voters will be made. Colonel Joseph Sega hag Ras gnnpupsea pins himself a$ 4 candidate at large for Congress In that Stat i ‘The Adjournment of the onan House er Securing the Spoils, As ae as the | Beiate tet to-day Senator Fd- munds offered a resolution that the Senate adjourn to-morrow (Saturday), at five o'clock P.M. Objec- tion being made it went over for one day. It will come up the first thing to-morrow for consideration. ‘Yhe indications are that it will be defeated, as there ig no prospect of the Senate getting through with its business by that time. It is the opinion of the presiding oiicer of the Senate, Mr. Anthony, and others that an adjournment cannot be had before Wednesday or Thursday next. Some of the Sena- tors are anxious to adjourn without confirming all the nominations, or filling all the offices. They argue that while they are compelled to remain at the Capi- tol, the members of the Honse, scores of whom are still here, are going round jto the departments and having interviews with the President, by which they get all the fat places over tho heads of the Senators, without even consulting them. If the Senators were disengaged, like the members of the House, they have an idea that they could do better by way of getting places for their friends. There ts doubtless some force in this, but Grant says he would rather the Senators would attend to their legitimate busi- ness of confrming and rejecting and allow him to make the numinations. Large Namber of Nominations Confirmed. ‘The Senate confirmed to-day about 150 nominations o} all sorts, from ministers extraordinary and pleni- potentiary to petty postmasters. There were but two rejections—a pension agent at Memphis and a postmaster at Lawrence, Kansas. These are the first rejections made thus far under Grant’s ad- ministration, Now that the ice is broken ft is thought the rejections will be somewhat numerous. “In this way,” say some of the dissatisfied Senators, “Grant will get to understand that the Senate has a say in this matter of appointments as well as himself.” A. G. Curtin was confirmed Minister to Russia, after a slight sparring between his friends and his opponents. Although there was no call for the yeas and nays on him his nomination was not unanimous. The only opposition Senator Camerofi has made to him was to state that Curtin was not the choice of Pennsylvan: hat the two Senators from that State were not consulted about his appointment, and that he was not a fit man for the place. The cases of Sandford, Minister to Spain, and Howard, Minister to China, were brought up, but, considerable opposi- tion being developed, they were temporarily laid aside 80 a8 to go on with nominations over which there was litte or no contest, As already intimated 4n these despatches, both these gentlémen wi.l have dimoulty in getting through, The Pacific coast men ‘aro stoutly against Howard, because he interferes ‘with their pet, 3, Ross Browne, and they clatm that on account of geographical pdsition the Pacific ‘States should have ail the Oriental foreign appoint- ments. Sandford’s its are legi and, un- lesa there are some rémarkable conversions, it is diMcult to see how he will be confirmed. Direatisfaction with the Nominations for Consals. ‘The Committee on Commerce, through whose mill all the jar nominations must pass, held their first mi 1g to-day. The large list of nominations was taken up and considered. Old Zach Chandler, ‘who is chairman of the committee, bas a peculiar fashion of dealing with the names of those who are ‘ambitions to represent the commercial interests of the country abroad. In his day Zach was consider- able of a business man, and he has an idea that ail persons who appiy for consulships should have, as one of their qualifications, a business tact. Another quality indispensible with him {8 radicalism, Woe to he unfortunate applicant who lacks either of these requisites when he comes before Old gach Chandler's committee.) A cursory exami- nation by the committee of the list of consuls sent in by the President reveals the fact that a large number of them are either old political hacks, incapables or democrats. Each man’s merite were carefully canvassed, and after considerable discussion the committee agreed to report such as there was no contest over and to lay the others aside for further examination. ‘The number reported favorably was comparatively few, and it looks as if Secretary Fish, who it 1s said selected the ist from a large number of first claas applications, will have to make a recast, Nominations by President. ‘The following nominations were sent to the Senate to-day :— nee, M, Delano, of Colorado, at Foo Chow; Oscar William’ gm teary Wadsworth to be Commissioner under the “Teun with Mes! roar e. Nate Justice of Arizona, Biufe to be United Btates Attorney for the South- orn lates of jinote. Addie nepector ‘team! forthe Second ndvdistriet 0 inieow we bomen forthington to Pg mo Appraiser for the Port of Philn- ecient son's Cra iser for the South. jungon tobe Asenyer of the Mint at Sam Fran- <rienepn P. Cochran to be Melter and Refiner at tbe ame Sek Pollogk to be aga ey the Mint at Philadelphi Pie rated to be Colmer of the Miut ban ina ie dand, Third Aristant Postmaster General, cing ote einer Cag Leg Cesare district of aa ¢ Internat ue— Cll bert gn ve ey von ¢ Pe Henn Hhgno i Seif tnt th ror New rpct thee fichardeon, Third bi ol rth Carolina; Q latrict Amen waahnet oF bho; Willem ‘Barrony Biree deter at ‘aroll MH. Stowell, Fourth rib district of Virginia; ove P, Hodnott, tor the Pec Rah et re ea Heilmann, Carolina: nn Whee B: die tea Fiat wa a) oatual oa catia rata Ged Ba arte reams cue ene deestors ila, owebura, P; iain Dat Wi Mi wil. son Bute, 20rore jevada: se gseyaenin, jcapixin C. W. Brouse to be Pension Agent at Indianapo, |, M. Burnet: to be Fk seers canter! a s Josebl Ne Co DI Jama Pa; iy 7, + John 1 Bi : oe $ + Jowa; John W. Hs il ledgeville, Ga. Ebenster Wood Tncob A. Woodman; Pleasant Hill, Mo.;'Mra- Maite Matson! Jetferson City, Mo. ! H. B, Nichols, Norfolk, vaig . M. Jobn- ton, Huntaville, Ala, ; Mra. Mary E. Baker, port, N.Y. Gonaraati The Senat¢, in executive seasion to-day, confirmed the following, nominations:— Collectors Revenue—William ©, Morrill, for th second dlaside OF Georgians & M. Preston, Wire district of Missianippl; Nor ‘Shoriman Second district of lowes harles hind district’ of Massachusetis; W. H. arnes, First district of Pennsylvania ; Jobn R. Reno, Second district of Keatucky, Anessors of Internal Recenue—James Ashworth, Fifth die. trict (of Pennsylvania; 0. P. Johnson, Third, district of Loulslana:, Rapoleon Underwood, Second district of Loul- all, Pirat diate of Missiet aaipol Aribur A Donate ley secre yr ‘Texas; district o Catsfornta os Western district of Arkan- rthern district of Flor Samuel T, Carron, North Curo- Montgom , aes ‘San bed ‘Public Me Montgom: Ai Banker Moore Mobi, Ales Ha Tat Fellows, Sacra! mciio, Cal; GL Gottrey, Des Malnen, Postnutert i. ty Kan.;_N. D. Hefender £6 ‘ia 1 vont rt jefenderfer, nt 5 Dletendertes, ABPRIOND, Fo rs. passe llefontain jacob Bl ie “th to A. B. ie Hi felph, “Lebanon, Hamsbabg, N Whitta! er, ae Conn, Sylvan Gleason, Weat olt, Fort Leavenworth, Kan, ¢ 2 David A. Sackett, Petaluma, tah ‘alls, onus George F. ine Conn; Per lem, Oregon ; J. 9. Smith, Baines cal Tiss Mary J le jo, y or Neral=C. W. Babcock for Kansas; Edward Surecyor Indic — rk tre of rar ti Indian Afairs—Eli 8. Parker, of the Dis- rt. Resident—Robert C. Kirk, of Ohio, to the Argen- ane Republic; Ebaneses Banseti, of Penus vant (col- ored), at Chart; Leopold ‘Mackbre! alto Ohio, Hi Secreta ion—George W. Wurta, of Pennaylvant at Florendes_ . diol it sictrocednary ani Mintsters Plenipoten fin, of Pennaytrania to Russie; % indian, to Moxloo. ugustug L, Cheltam, of Utah» to be consul at Brussels; Samuel Lyon, of Oregon, at Kanagawa; Felix Mathews, of Call ora ‘Tangiers David Turner, of Caltfor- nia, at j iss. Nevada, at Guayaquil; John P. ‘atamnoron; Truman WBlake, of K ow consul st. Fort rie, it P, W, Partridge, of Tilinots, at of Iliaols, now consul at Etatn £8) Beary 4 inser, of Andrew Paliiipa, of ft Maine, at le; J. B sould ‘of Maine, at Cork; John L. Stevens, ‘of Maind, at Birmingham: yitt Ge Soe, of Connecticut, at Bru Kent onnecticut, at ene '. Holly, of Yormbnt, at Mi lack, of New Hamp: shire, at Lendondregt Biwart Vatighan, of New Hamp. shite, at Conti mk S of Messa- Eee a Zanziva? van i Bay yrent,o, tito é; Jonn. f,. Hauser, a Trinconelar at Bring} H ‘M. Johnson, of Missourl, at Han wi ‘4, 0! nois, at ser aa John wa me Tien-Tsin; L. or {of | Towa, Milton 'M. "Price; of lowa, Marseilles; seph_ ©. Brand, ‘of at Mi Hanson, of Ohioy at Bremen; Carlerhue; Henry 8.’ Neal, of Ohi alas D. Neil, of Minnesote as Dublin; Pennsylvania, at Cards at Leghorn ; Charles . depen Charles E Perry, his ‘New ‘York, at Aspinwall; Dayid M. Armetrong New York, at Rome; Frederic Schutz, at ‘Roijendtam ; Chariend. Clinc) of New York, ‘at Bordeaux; 8 Haggerty, of New York, at Glasgow. bar Gcnera!—Freeman'R. Morse, of Maine, at London; ‘Thomas B. Van Buren, of New Jersey, at Florence; J. Mere: dith Keed, Jr., of New York, at Paris; William O. Dart, of New York, for the British North American provinces. Pension Agente—Eawi Porter at Dover, Del, ; Benj. M. Prentiss, Quinoy, Il; Thaddeus Toole, Jr.,' Grand Rap- r Green Clay Goodioe, of Kentucky, to be Second lleutenant of the Mariue Corpe. Charles A. Dana to be appraiser of merchandise at New Custome—-George F. Marshall, for the district of New London, Conn. ; Orrin M. Fadden, district of Wiscasset, Me. ; Samuel’ T. Hooker, Milwaukee, Wis. ; Walter W, John: i ming LS rane Phin Mornvrook, at By iM ornbr aur ite rn. Seeoph R. Winchell, at Hannibal, Mo. : ‘The following nominations were rejected :— A. B, Ricks, to be Pension Agent at Knoxviliey Tenn. «Lo: renzo J. Ward 10 be Postmaster at Lawrence, Kan. ; War- Mor Be Mestacked, to be jer at Salem, Ii), A Nomince Rejected at the Instance of Senn- tor Brownlow. It ts stated that A. J. Ricks was rejected by the Senate to-day as pension agent at Knoxville, Tenn., at the instance of Senator Brownlow, who stated that the nominee was personally objectionable to him. The New Governor of Wyoming Territory. Colonel John A. Campbell, the new Governor for Wyoming, took the oath of office yesterday before Associate Justice Swayne, of the United States Su- preme Court, and left for that Territory last night. Changes in the Treasury Department. Out of one hundred and thirty-five clerks belong- ing to the Third Auditor's office who were yester- day notified that they were to be removed there were seven out of eleven chiefs of divisions. It ts stated to-day at the Treasury Department that Sec- ond Comptroller Broadhead has received a letter from Secretary Boutwell informing him that the Department has no‘intention of dispensing with his services; in consequence of which Mr. Broadhead ‘will not tender his resignation. Reconstruction of the Internal Revenue Bu- reau. There are tndications of a thorough reorganization of the various divisions of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, It is not probable that any change will be made in the office of supervisors until after the ad- journment of the Senate, Omicers of the Branch Mint In Nevada. A mistake was made in the Northern papers this morning in saying that the following persons had resigned:—Abraham Curry, to be superintendent; D, W. Balch, aseayer, and T. M. Luther, melter and refiner, at the branch mint at Carson City, Nevada, and B. P. Chenour, Consul at Canton, They were confirmed. Louistana Election Investigation. The sub-committee of the Committee of Elections, consisting of Representatives Stevenson, of Ohio (chairman); Burdett, of Missouri, and Kerr, of In- diana, have agreed to commence their investigations in New Orleans the 5th of May, taking up the five Congressional districts tn their order and examining into the charactet of the last Congressional election and everything relating to that subject. It is ex- pected that the parties on both sides will furnish wit- nesses to the sub-committee, who expect to occupy the whole of that month in the business which will take them thither. Another Onslaught Upon General Kilpatrick. It ts said that there is @ movement in General Butler's district to get up a monster petition to the President to have General Kilpatrick, the present Minister to Chile, removed. Kilpatrick has heard of it, and so has the President, and as both of them un- derstand the enemy's tactics there is little danger of a surprise, A Queer Charge Agniast Secretary Wash- burne. Among other queer things discovered by the Com- mittee of Commerce to-day, In examining the con- sular nominations, was that E, B. Washburne had procured the appointment of a number of persons from the State of Illinois and had credited them to the Territories. There is @ sort of @ rule at the State Department that each State shall have a certain number of consuls, in the ratio of their population and representation in Congress. Washburne, after giving Illinois her full share, found that he had not supplied the wants of all his friends, and proceeded to Sarpet-bag them over the Territories, This is regarded as about the coolest proceeding of the asinte aaa diplomatic K, Bb yet developed, ve +! Ter from Perry Puller. The following letter was brought to light in a suit now pending between Perry Fuller and General ‘Tom Ewing, Jr.:— ey, at N&W ORLBANS, Jan. 20, 1869. DFAR GENENAL—I fm in receipt of yours of the 18th inst. | wrote H. that ©, Ewing had lai interesta in the contracts and vouchers, an all would be right as soon as the Fos ke pla og were made. I shail come to Wash- relieved by th as soon as | am reese: or before if not ev T shall come on ent at Iam after a bigger mote profitable S caterprise than Indian boeners can be. Doan plage you aud A, in it, it cypis wothing only to get, a bill in- oe ae ay will —s 7" “ appointinea as wrote you the ao slip. Iwish you oad do all Un auisiaus to have Miia appointed for several Ten: appoint ted I will remain in New Or- business to you; en Saree “bank” for fine business, and id ugh the Custom Awe: Lez ir and it is all cash nd bat delay. me 800 all of the aan believe me truly your friend, P, FULLER. Seales Celebration—A Colored Prow cession Reviewed by the Presideut. The colored people of this district are to-day cele- brating the anniversary of their emancipation, Va- rious colored civic and military organizations, &¢,, are out in procession, and large numbers of cglored Persons, of both sexes, and all sizes, are along the streets to witness the parade. During the morning @large number of them, taking advantage of the holi- day, were at the Executive Mansion, taking a view of the rooms usually open to the public. The procession halted in front of the Executive Mansion, when the President appeared at one of the upper windows and viewed the scene, and was greeted with cheers. In the afternoon speeches were made in front of the City Hall, near Lincoln monument, by Senator Wil- son, ©. H. Peters, Rev. Selia Martin, Prof. George B. Vashon,of Pennsylvania, and John M. Langston, of Ohio, All, except the first named speaker, are colored men. The National Academy of Science--Uniform Gold Coinage. At the meeting of the National Academy of Science to-day the subject of uniform gold coinage was dis- cussed. Samuel B. Ruggles, the representative of the United States in the Paris Monetary Conference of 1867, attended by special invitation of the Aca- demy, to state the progress of monetary unification in Europe up to the present date. He showed to the Academy that the work of unification, which commenced at the Berlin Statistical Congress of 1863, had gone forward with such vigorous success that if now embraced ten of the continental nations of Europe, with an aggre- gate population of one hundred and thirty million inhabitants; that Germany would probably follow during the present summer, with thirty-eight mil- ions more; and also the Empire of Russia, with sixty-eight millions of inhabitants, Mr, Ruggies took the ground that the plan of the Paris Con- ference was sufficiently metrical for all practical purposes, and that any new schemé seeking more perfect metrical conformity would keep the United States in perpetual isolation and send all the coins of this country into the mints and melting pots of Paris and London and recoined at the expense of the shippers of the coin from the United States. He presented his views with much earnestness, and they were received by the Academy with marked attention. Personal. Secretary Borie left to-night for Philadelphia to be absent a few days. An Insight Into the New Orleans Ring—Let- FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. EXTRA SESSION, Bennte. WASHINGTON, April 16, 1869, The Senate met at noon, ‘The CHAPLAIN, in his prayer, alluded to the eman- cipation celebration in progress to-day, and thanked God for the action which, proceeding from these halls, had established liberty and equality through- out the land. He prayed that the efforts of the peo- ple who were to-day celebrating their emancipation would be directed toward elevating and improving the condition and education of their race, and the Divine blessing would rest upon their endeavors. After the reading of the journal Mr. WILsoN, (rep.) a Mass., submitted the following resolution:. solved, That the Secretary of the Navy be and is hereby authorized’ with the consent ot the government of Colomble, to cause a thorough survey to be made for a ship railway or a ship canal acrose the Iethiaus of Darien, from San Miguel to the Gulf of Uraba, in Darien, On motion of Mr, CONKEING the Senate then pro- ceeded to the ey of the executive bust- ness. OBITUARY. Timothy C. Day. Timothy C. Day, member of Congress for one term from the First district, elected in 1554, died of con- sumption at his residence in Cincinnat! at seven o'clock on Thursday evening. Edwin W. Morgan. Colonel Edwin Wright Morgan, Professor of Mathe- matics and Mechanics at Lehigh University, died at Bethlehem, Pa., yesterday. He entered West Point in 1833, and graduated third in his class in 1837, He served as lieutenant colonel of the Eleventh Infantry in the Mexican war, aftér which he accepted the superintendency of the Kentucky Institute, which ined he filled tojthe att of the civil war. Colonel ‘an, by his high attainments and skill, heiped mud to produce and give excellence to the public works of Pennsylvania, Kentucky and other States, He was a skilful teacher, an honorable gentleman and a devout Christian. TRAVELS AMONG THE CANNIBALS, The hall of the Young Men’s Christian Association, corner Broadway and Twenty-second street, was closely packed last evening, the occasion being the narration of travels among the Cannibals by Pro- fessor Albert 8. Bickmore, M. A. The speaker, after giving a new theory of the upheaval of the Asiatic Continent, in which he held that the East Indies were but natural appendages of Asia proper, being peopled by immigration from the northwest, and owing distinct evidences of volcanic elevation and depression, proceeded to describe the apnreices characteristics of the popula- tion In the different islands, The inhabitants belong to the grand Malay ava but are subdivided into innumerable tribes, 8 many different dia- lecta. The most ferocious “pe bloodthirsty of these are the Alfura and Paduans, who, together, combine all that is brutal and barbarous one Cae Be pod people. The whole regton occupied b; ene BAV- Poy covers a larger area than Nhat ot a United tes and ow but the section where the man eater 18 in ‘greatest force and. dominion to-day 18 in the northern half of the island of Suma- tra, where the natives eat the! ‘iminals, goo the flesh raw and using the ne head footba'l. Insome of the smaller islands they care more for the body of a white man than @ native, and more for a woman thana man, This horrible butchery is carried to the most revolting extent, and when subjects are scarce some tril eat the dead bodies of their relatives. Their cruelties are always oi ipanied with pomp and ceremony, with strange thcantations and the Oriental war dance. The lecturer concluded by advocating the support and increase of foreign missions as the best means ¢ a civilization and eradicating this terri- je evil. “THE SPIRITUALIST SUICIDE. His Obituary Notice—The Inquest. Coroner Keenan yesterday conciuded whe inqui- sition, previously commenced, in the case of Edwin Rodgers, the Spiritualist, who died in the Seventeenth precinct police station from the effects of a dose of potson taken by himself for the purpose of self-de- straction, No new facts of material importance other than those heretofore published in the Henai.p were developed, Mr. J. B. Conklin, the Spiritualistic friend of deceased, “heed appeared at the Coro- ners’ office with & oe, of the obituary notice of Rodgers as written. by himseif, with Conklin’s name attached thereto. Below will be found wor of the document in the precise language in which it was handed to Conklin by deceased for publication: — ‘THE ORITUA Poor Pots t knew b him as a pianofortiet; I knew him as somethi 8 poet; [knew him as a contributer of philo- sophical oe pitied and assisted him; he was aman of erratic genius; he ted the taste offa gentleman and the purse of @ beggar; he died as be lived, unpiiied and wn reciated. CONKLIN. ivate,—Copy and send to the press.— B. rom the facts as presented to the jury they found . nae Copenes wha gg ane Se taking doine was expected that the relati of the deceased, who live in the country, would oe and take charge of the remains for interme: nt atthe time the inquisition was concluded 00 claim for the body haa on made. “THRE AIH STREET, = * Snortly before #1x 0 ‘clock fast e¥ening a fire broke out fi the four story brick building No, 49 John street, occupied tn the basement and on the first floor by Messrs, Harris Brothers, dealers and manu- facturers of papers, It waa confined to these places, but the stock, eae that stored in the basement, was damaged, before the flames were extinguished, about’ $6,000, Insured for | $20,250 in. the following com) Greenwich, $2,000; Bina, of rtford, $2,500; Li fayette, Lg Niagara, $5,000; ‘radesmen’s, $2,600; ital City, $2,500, ‘The stock on the second foo! Ly Messrs. Sawyer & Putnam, was slightly damaged by smoke; insured for $3,000 in the Kellef, That part of the basoment and first floor pa B on. Dutch street, and known as No, 3, was occu foun ae whose damages on stock of be about $2,000; no insurance, The building, owned by Thomas A. Tavie, is eons about $1,000, In+ Comparex: Par, $8,900; ect tterns will Mesere, Sweeny & Brothers, brass | surance not ascertained. THE STATE CAPITAL. The Whiteball and Piattsburg Railroad Bil) Vetoed=Avenue © Road in Danger—Passage ef the Underground Railroad Bill in the House=Cnaal Tolls—Report of the Com- mittee, ALBANY, April 16, 1869. The Governor came down with his veto battle axe to-day upon two more railroad billa, He sent to the Senate, without his approval, the Whitenall and Platisburg.bill, which appropriated @ grant of $250,000 to that road, In afew minutes there was @ Tumor that a veto of the Avenue C bill was prepared in the Executive chamber, The news of these vetoes made scme excitement when it was received in the lower house, Although there was much disappoint ment among the friends of the bills, the action of the Governor was generally approved. ‘The Underground Railroad bill which Colonel Van- derburg has heen pressing before the Legislature for 80 many years was paased in the Assembly to-day by a vote of 88 to 10. There had been considerable Opposition to it in consequence of the line proposed to be taken, which would undermine ae Mea yor of all the public buildi in the City Hi ‘k and vicinity. It was amended s0 as to qymmence the excavations at the line of Murray street, above the Park buildings, The aah poems Sea aa ng at the Battery. The chief oppositiol Colonel Murphy, who ei ben the district ne able two be affected by the . the amend- ment as introduced a Mr. iapans thongh he voted against the bill. Should the Senate concur in th coe or the Honse, the Governor will have an oe of decid whether the le of New Von hay have an Hoan right to the fran {rhnehises under the House ground as well as on the su: Mr. Irving, of New York, objected in to-day to the habit of the Clerk ingrneee votes of members who had not voted at all. Mr, Irving said that this practice was common, and if it was con- tinued members might as well go home and leave legislation to the Clerk. The Clerk received the remarks very good naturedly, and the Speaker requested that members should answer to their names distinctly, as it was impossible for the Clerk to teli how gentlemen voted. Representatives from the Eighth regiment, National Guard, cavalry troop, are looking for an appropria- tion for uniforms an Vequipments. They lak thi that they have not receiv dollar for the price of uniforms, arms or flags, although they did service during the war_and bore their own expenses. The Committee of Ways and Means have consented to recommend an appropriation for this purpose. Caucns of the Republican Members of the Legislainre—Henry Smith Nominated fr Police Commissioner in Placo of Thomas C. Acton, ALBANY, April 16, 1869. ‘The republican joint caucus to nominate a Police Commissioner in place of Mr. Acton met in the Assembly Chamber at eight o’clock, and was called to order by Senator O’Donnell, chairman of the Cau- cus Committee. On motion of Speaker Younglove Senator Folger was made chairman of the caucus and the clerks of the Senate and Assembly were made secretaries. Agsemblyman LaBau nominated ienry Suuth for pe Commissioner, and urged his claims in a h. ‘The nomination was seconded by Assem- tiyman Husted. Senator Thayer presented the name of mek E. D. Cuiver. Assemblyman Allaben named A. Cole, of iy aud urged tne claims of Kings county to the office. . Assemblyman Selkreg withdrew the name of Henry R. Low from the caucus, by bis own request, and seconded the nomination of Mr. Sinith. Assemblyman Baker endorsed Hs gr Culver, and Mr. Hegeman regretted that Mr. Low was not a candidate, ‘An informal ballot was now had with the follow- ing result:—Whole number of votes, 83; for Henry Smith, 60; A. N. Cole, 8; ch aoa D. Cuiver, 8; Ira Buckman, 3; Henry R, Low, 4. Mr. Allaben said if Kings county must be de- prived of the commissioner he preferred Mr. Smith, and therefore moved his unanimous nomination. Benstor0-Donney, offered the Squowing resoluwons which were unanimously adopte: ‘Whereas the republican members of the Legislature have assembled to place in nomination a successor to Thomas C. Acton, who is about to tender his resignation as a Commis- sioner of the al litan Police district ; therefore Be it resolved, That the republican members of the Legis- lature hereby tender to Mr. Acton their thanks for the cer. etic and faithful manner in which he has discharged the Guties devolved upon him by the Legislature; and they ten der to im their aympathy in his physical de ility ani uote hope for his speody and permanent recovery, that he again be permitted to enter upon the active ‘duties of life und prolong his usefulness to mankind. Teavived, Th ved, That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted by the secretari caucus to Mr. Acton. Mr, Younglove moved the unanimous nomination of John A. Griswold as Regent of the University, in place of Dr, Isaac Parks, recently deceased. ‘Gar- Ficd. ‘The ewucus then adjourned. ‘The committee to whom was referred the duty ot revising the rates of tolls on the canals submitted their report to-day, The following are the most im- portant portions of the report:— In attempting to make important reductions in the rates of toll mpon the canals the committee encountered = feulties resulting ig from the eee ee al revenues and wale in thelr opinion, ren it inexpedient, te not ‘or practicable, to make any changes at this time wh! \- fentially diminish, then ae revenge {ross from thig soaps le ft is conceded that the were made primarily for commerce and not for revenues, it is also ‘conceded that the cost of their construction and maintenance must aud should be paid from their earnings, and it follows that until the debt er for their construction is disch: the tolls should be regulated as to yield a revenue suflicient for the payment Of that debt as it matures, so far as it can be done without detriment lo commerse. in other yey es the subject of reve- ue enters iy Into the question of tolls, #0 long as the ‘Obligations of the State growing out of the construction of the canals remain uni The constitutional charges upon the canal revenues are sacred and cannot be repudiated, coli atime they will more than a rb the entire net earnings of @ annual cl 4 these revenues for the current year (and they will on eos for several years to come) are are For the sup) f the oe For th Generel fund debt, inking fa For the canal debt, sinking fund..... tote pall tr from the plas “revenues of the “canals, an i“ there shall be any serious deficiency from year to year it wi must ied by taxation, ony deacon i eres a ep te ee the State will be full master of cation and be able to regulate the tolls with rel interests of com- All wi “a redu of tale ‘should ear- xtinguishment of ‘the canal surplus revenues for the aa ear were ‘git than amount demands for the current mates the a Se ee only, and it pI l, exceed that ‘sum. 4 follows that ‘no reduction of the rates teh will mater nce Be om chat other is interests wil Pan be ory eeok, ¢ shown ful If by a reduction of vat the ren te the revenues of the canals would be 6) increased that Teceipta would not be dimin ished, they should be vrediced ‘The tolls and tonnage of the canals from 1866 have been an follows: ‘The following are the “anges my made is the canal on erated Tah, tin late, ‘blewenii $ po a rie ash, 8 Pi ing pow ers, brimstone, spikes, sal soda, crockery, from one ‘and a-half mills to one mill per 1,000 de per mile, Castings—All iron cast inclu stoves, from three mills to one and a milis per 1,000 pounds mile. Bloom, scrap and pig iron, going toward Rae water, oa ‘two milla to one and a half mills per 1, pounds per , one and a half mill ic P00 pounds per mile; pig fron, from tide water, from two mills to ‘one mill per 1,000 pounds per mile. Ratiroad tron, from two milig toone and @ half milis per 1,000 108, per mull. Gypsum, a of this State, from one half mill w one mill per 1,000 Iba. per mile. aren foreae from two and a half mills to oné mil! lbs. per mill, Hides, foreign and doi Ic, from three mills to one and & half mills per 1,000 lbs. per mile, Water lime, from tide water, one and @ half mills to one mill per 1,000 Ibs. mile. Wool, from two mills to one mill per 1,000 1) Ve mile. ‘ar wheels, from two mills to one and half mill per 1,000 Ibs per mile, Car axles, from two mills to one @ half milis per 1,000 Ibs. per mile. id, from one mill to one and @ half mi per 1,000 ibs. per mile. Stone, wrought, one and @ haif mills to one mill per 1, 008 Ibs. per mile, Stone, unwrought and partly ‘wrought, from one mili to half mill per 1,000 Ibs. per ‘mile. Coal tar, and products thereof not enumerated here- tofore, half mill per 1,000 lbs. per mile, iin minous, cleared to and aelivered at tide water or Cohoes, half mill per 1,000 Ibs. per mile. Some of the above named items are subject to the approval of the Legislature, NEW yORK LEGISLATURE, SENATE. >. ab BANY, April 16, 1869, BILLA PASSED. In relation to the Brooklyn and Newtown Rau- road; to incorporate the Brooklyn Young Men's Christian Association; in relation to the payment of pounties; to Incorporate the City Safe Deposit Com- pany of Brooklyn; incorporating the Americus Asso- ciation of New York; for an observatory in the Con: tral Park, New York. ANOTHER VETO FROM THE GOVERNOR, A message was received from the Governor veto- ing the bill for aid to the Plattsburg and Whitehall $ Raliroad. Mr. HALRB moved to lay the veto message of the iattaburg ‘and rWhitenall liway bill on the table. Carried jer debate—23 to 6; the a bein Messrs. ‘Campvell, Chapwan, Crowley, Humphrey. The Governor says his duty to the ple at | requires him not to overlook the fact that we are the midst of a an of Lo speculation, under the influence of nd inflated currenc; one ef the in re emtocts of which is to cre: activity, more or leas feverish under a stimulus, when men are not likely to discriminate caretally between legitimate enterprise and speculative pro- jects, When this is over and we return to a sound currency and @ more healthy condition, we will estt- mate more justly the heavy burdens of taxation Edmunds an resting upon u: 1 will witness a diminution of | profits w mpoR af, an, o* undertakings now earn, and of Promise of profits of othera. As @ general Tule, pri- vate ‘capial we be quick to see where railroads (ale er Tevet of ie xe Ly the ure ie cutive Keon sagaciyy of private capitalist aera ell een si yp tee Wale Ca] a ne have already Been extended—whether wisely or hot we need not here discuss—for a cities, villages and towns, for new 50 goede. U cumstances almost any rprise can succeed without Aan A me sige TOD a tions proposed tor roads this see ae in troduced is over four ery A lye, we the peveral ones of wi ee ecemaraten Most bills have pi #0 far as to indicate clear that the friends of one rely for success upon ~ id. and co-operation of others. The emount a a OO twortithe ‘of the than ordinary expenditure of the State tal te, ate juences are re at work in 08s a8 the Capitol to secure their suceeas which lated to the 1m} cxorclen et of feowiative power, 1d @ portion of any money now asked mo be hereafter employed. to wecure re renewed iucreased appropriations fer pur- tie does not believe the “allegation 7 a Pee te, tabu the power snaps, het ger © Daa ino eee we w ther they will aid these The fact no such eee has yi wane dettes the time is strong evi- advocates don’t believe the people ap- prove of a tor these reasons, therefore, that 1t 1s nos easy to discriminate between this and other similar measures pendinge eek 8 the present policy of granting money from State to aid in the con- struction of railroads when the burdens of taxation are wo. to admit thereof; that the constitution prov: a wise method ws wo aa the people can decile; “nat the measure be deferred Netierta nt prevadloe to the future consitera- Son aoe to almore healthy financial period, without expressing any opinion upon the merits of this particular bill, exeept to admit most freely that the region through which the road beh xan poe very strong claims upon the consideration thy of the whole State, and that the eoationction r here ee through it would contribute very greatiy to reneral wealth and prosperity, to return tne bill =! ut his signature. BILLS ORDERED TO A THIRD READING. To amend the act authorizing Oswego, Wayne and Cayuga to take stock in the Lake Ontario Shore Ratl- road; to amend the law of last year, so as to classify the directors of the Erie, Central, Hudson and Har- lem Railroads, 80 as to hold one, tw and three years (on motion of ee this bill was read @ third time and pt rovide for widening West street from the Baitery to Mamm sreet. COLLECTION ON 8. NB The bill for the collection of ship Pant in New York harbor was Mr CREAMER Inoved to disagree with the report of the Committee of the Whole, and that the bill for the collection of ship news be ordered to a third read- ing, the bill being previously amended, so el the Board of Health may instead of shall, ol pe permits. Carried. Mr. Creamer moved that the bill now have @ third reading, but Mr. Thayer objected. THE EXCISE LAW. jumerous petitions were presented against a mod- ification of the Excise law, aad a few in favor thereof. BILLS REPORTED. ‘The New York county tax levy was made the spe- cial order for Wednesday next; authorizing the Man- hattan Company to construct an underground rail- way in New : err at consideration; in- corporating the Sontine, Mutual and Stuyvesant Savings Banks of New York. bee REPORT. The PRESIDENT presented & report of the State Homopathic Society; also resolutions of German meeting in New York in favor of nding the Ex- cise law. RESOLUTION. Mr. Fouerr offered a resolution requesting the Comptroller of the city and county of New York to report to the Senate with all convenient speed a correct statement of the fees, allowances and moneys allowed to be, or had, or received by the Sherif of said city and county during the last seven years, Tabled on motion. ASSEMBLY. ALBANY, April 16, 1869, BILLS REPORTED. Increasing the penalty for the procurement of abortions and other like offences (recommitted to report a complete bill); to repave Columbia street, Brooklyn; establishing a public place in New York, being the Senate bill; changing the time for the municipal election in New York, making it the same as the time for the general election; providin; ee the completion of Gowanus Canal, in Brooklyn; regulating ben! salaries of police justices and clerks tn Brooklyn; im reference to mortgages of corpora- tions organized under the general law for the for- mation of manufacturing corporations; for relief of the soldiers of the war of 1812; providing for the transfer of certain arsenals armories (was re- ported for consideration only:) to incorporate the Chureh Build Aid Associaton of the Wesieyan Methodist Church; incorporating the Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital of New Yor; tn relation to sales for taxes; in relation to gafe deposit companies; in reference to juries in the district courts of New York; for the protection of persons and companies gather- pos for merchapdise, BILLS ORDERED 'TO A THIRD READING. aid in the construction of the Rondout and conten picealiroad: regulating the business of brokers taxing one-twentieth of one per cent on the par vaiue of all sales of gtock; to guthorize ty tye South. side Railroad to build a branel Newtown Creek, and to use the improved steam dammy in ae, Ed facilitate the construction of the Burta- jo, Corry and Pitts! Railroad; to amend the Charter of the Utica and Susquehanna vue sae Rail- road; to incorporate the White Pi: woe pelt 8 Bank: to amend the charter of the New rookiyn Iron Tubular Company; to incorpo sporave ths Fulton Market Fishmongers’ ‘Association; to incorporate the Hangom Cab Company; to aid in the construction of the Wallkill bie Raulroad. ‘The SPEAKER presented nreporte upon the Union pies American Institute. BILLS PASSED. rating the Underground Raliroad Com- pens Coie York, known as the Vanderberg bili, 10. BILLS INTRODUCED. By Mr. CAMERON—To aid in the construction of the unkirk, Warren and Pittsburg Raliroad. |. By Mr. Ricumonp—The Senate pill incorporating the Bel Towing Company. Ri By La Bav—The Senate bill, amending the Se Kier RESOLUTION. By Mr, DoonitrLe—That an afternoon session from half-past three to six o’clock be held for the third réading of bilis. Adopted. Afternoon Sension. BILLS PASSED. To authorize the extension of the Dry Dock, East Browiway and Battery Railroad; to amend the State Excise law; to meoorporate Margaretsville Retreat for the maane, KAPPA DELTA REUNION, ‘The first annual reunion of the Kappa Delta Asso- ciation in connection with the Flushing Institute, Long Jeland, was held last evening at Apollo Hall It was quite an agreeable affair throughout, inas- much as most of the auditors present were deter- mined to be pleased and doubtless were highiy grat- ified by the oratortcal proficiency of their young friends, The attendance was large and fashionable toad » and it is almost needless to state that erent ‘was manifested in the proceedings. val evinced confined to silent ad- ty ver apd anon the token of heroes of the Fate th load tokens spgoneticn. ‘hoe lent ns My = re ae Ras ~~ > ation i, Prince oration by L. by Mr. C.F Francis jase Ki: Chute ae during ap hx the Goat t § i ‘ee ai any orice, Baan ugh aut fom Coto 4 drawn between humor and of such @ reunion, The me ae by ia but momentary, while recol author is ai sion ha age ote Among y, itable production Mio tie ara Go. * Ww. ngs ot ‘Tribate to Wek ns: a “Thon en $ sores ae tnee progress an “7 ‘and 49 of the ; olloway, Ol bed ‘The Handeck Fall Paes is P. Cooper; A beautiful selection of mresie," though eMcient orchestra, ¢ nom the pleasure of reunion, which iiogether war very successful. ction hav been given the proceedings were brought toa ea piared by a = SINGULAR SU SuIcIE, =: About five o'clock yestersay Gay evening Jonn J. Mil- lor, a hatter, residing 4c No. 131 Amity street, com- mitted suicide b> taking a large dose of morphine. Deceased Wak a widower, and lived with his sov, & Jad Of fourteen years, who aasisted him in his busi- ness, Miller, it appears, Invited his sop to accom pany tim for a short wom, mae F proceeding with him to @ drng store, the of which the boy doee not now remember, purchased thirty cents? worth of morphine. ‘The, lad asked his father what he was about doing, and was informed toe pd Vad (oT was “going ug. to nim \e. ire ihe. boy to pre are @ place for Lgl ne father) to lic down, he told his son to go out toa restau- rant and get his supper. ‘The boy “obeyed, and meet- ing some youn, nthe a ons did not return for an nour and @ hal, ‘at the end of which oa ne found his father a corpse in the back room of their resi. dence. The boy taen jas informed & med EA; of the fact, and Captain Caire, KA the inet, notified the coroner, and well aa the orphan anita 1. yeare of age, and hie acquaintances can probable reason for his deaperate act. meen | THE AURORA BOREALIS. | Its Appearance in the City and Elsewhere= The Most Noted Aurora Since 1858—4 Brilliant Spectacle. ¢ Shoruy after sunset on Thursday evening the heavens were suffused with a singular light; then at thirty minutes after seven o’clock the most magnifl- cent first class aurora shone forth with great splen- dor. This was the most noted aurora since Sep- tember 2, 1859. The corona formed at fifty-two min- utes after seven on the southern meridian, in altl- tude about eighty degrees, appearing and disap pearing at times to thirty mmutes after ten o'clock. The auroral streamers shone with resplendent and varied hues of emerald green, mother of pearl, scarlet, rose and crimson. The electric waves were ever in motion, affecting the magnetic needle, also ® very large and exceedingly sensitive anerola barometer in the exceilent observatory of an ama- teur astronomer. Mention will be made of this aurora for thousands of miles around. Its influence was felt on the telegraph wires. Messages were sent by ite aid aione on the several telegraph lines. It still prevailed, though in diminished splendor, at half-past three o’clock on Friday morning. Meteors were visible between twelve and two o'clock. One, of crimson color, with # train of ten degrees, shot into the atmosphere at forty-five minutes past one o'clock at a point eleven degrees west of the first pointer of the freee Dipper, and. moved northwest over an arc of thirty degrees. The moon set at fif- teen minutes past ten o’clock, being a lite more than four days old. Tne aurora borealis was again visible last evening, and sik pnceralion, ‘alled when we went to pi though up to ight the disp! +4 ‘was not go brilliant as on Thursday evening. auroral clouds, the auroral arch, with the dark panic of dense haze” beneath, and mauititudinous stream- ers, were very conspisnons at eleven o'clock. ‘At St. John; N. B., the heavens were very bright at one o’clock yeaterday 1 ae and the telegraph terrup' In Te Newfoundtand. the the ‘northern light was more CetUsiy imerrupeog Telegraphic communication ent le ‘with Heart’s Content. < (At Montreal, ee eure was quite light at one o'clock frat despatch from portend, Me., dated haf-past were o'clock April 16, reports the stars nearly the prillianey of the light. Meta “At hand Pond, Vt., the spectacle was unusually ited tacle of oe Lavle brilllane ate sented g spect of le CY, larly ‘between the hours of seven oud 2 he o'clock, cross from the eastern to the weste: orizon Was exhiolted @ broad belt of white light, , chaging Beau and uagnitide has been, witaonwed in sachusetts for ten years. From Philadeip! we learn oe Liernowepreined auroral displays occurred, being ip grentens sia the eirtrie tora of 1859. mah an of red ‘and, he eastern to the west- asrceton bie Boston the displ ern suddenly etanged into knots ov forth broad rays in every direction. During thei continuance the telegraph com) worked its Ii from this city to the wt c am the State out the use of a bat At Baltiniore the ent! northern t etatepnere, Bast to West, to the pice bbe! iui flashes cgntinued for several kours, Atelegram from Pittsb the aurora was not or. were visibly affected b; At Indianapolis the rere was seen at about o’clock in the event Tt was 8 @ whitish “9 and appeared like clouds sent by the wind. A I, tiful bow was formed in the south. the sky again lighted, first in the northw very around to the east, darting out huge sheens of light, which turned red and then faded away, when they would again burst forth, It lasted abou! an hour and a half. ‘There was a fine auroral display in the northern horizon as seen at Cincinnati. Brilliant columns shot up to the zenith. The telegraph wires, except those running south and west, were disturbed, the current ett ha being strong, and at others almost neu- tral Between half-past seven and ten o'clock on Thursday evening the northern lights were slightly visible at Louisviile; but the effects upon the tele- h wires were hardly perceptible. ut eight o'clock on 1 ng Renting 8 belt of white, apparently about six feet in width, appeared across the sky at Richmond, extending from east to west, and drifted northward, crossing and to some ea reports that although» ere Mihe telegraph wires extent obscuring the moon, and flaally gathered, as @ fan closes, and disappeared. MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL NOTES, Matinee performances have become quite an Insti- tation in this city, whtle the number and variety of the entertainments given under that head afford an opportunity for all to satisfy their own individual aste in regard to the style of performance they feel inclined to patronize. They can select between tragedy, comedy, opera, burlésque, farce, sen- sational drama and negro minstrelsy; and as ail of these particular attractions have up to the pres ent time been well patronized, it is but fair to sup- pose that each has a goodly number of admirera, Fifteen matinées are announced for to-day, as fol- lows:—— “Othello, the Moor of Venice,"’ will smother Des- demona with kisses and a pillow at Booth’s. “The Tempest,” as illuminated by artificial light ning at the Grand Opera House, will doubtless re- ceive thunders of applause. “School,” though contrary to the rules of the Board SF io will keep this Saturday after- noon at Wallack’s. “La Periehole’” will be the opera bouffe attraction at the Fifth Avenue theatre, “The Forty Thieves” will commit absurdities and we their audience with laughter at Nibio’s. and Mrs. Barney Williams, at the Broadwa’ aclight inet audience with, the genuine sparkle Of wit and brilliancy in “ihe Emerald “J oubihee 7 wi le ‘new lamps for old,” “To onus Benepe SE oe aateU a ue and jum} 1) io r Sas and will Uance the can with Saogail 9) the the way of transformations at the Bowery. “Ivanhoe,” as buriesqued by the bleached blondes at the bf will ‘doubtiess attract os Sn house. “Mother Widdle Wadale,” male and fe ny naste and wk *. ian jarines’’ will ‘acl aerons the Tamwmai f ¢ in comedy and Lingard tn buriesque will be Fae a freee at tne > Theatte Comique. “4 About Town,”’ jig dances and comic songs will delight all those who Visit Tony Pastor's Opera joure, ‘The trained horecs, clowns and acrobats at the New York Circus will each endeavor to piease all an who favor that establishment with their pre- “and at Hooley’s KB get House, Brooklyn, the loverg of sane e Lory Bw burnt cork bur- ace te te te ‘daveing and —s so that the Blonde may mive the f “Txion.” Mas Feared to a eee me 4 inne a4 ant ipsa al for one encing 19, at Me pales theatre,” Ch Chi 1 , derson, the pianist, has @ concert at on the bs ey mo of the Great Edropean Circus waa in Newark on Wedi bled were unabl ion wal huagdreds furned aw: or x aplit ie brief, of the; rd pit alone one thousand dollars, — Who ts Arie! in the hebiprstriy To Ts Eprror or THE HERA Your courteous and di ba critic or corres: pondent, in his “Musical and Theatrical Notes,” ate tacking mr. Tayleare’s selections for “The Tempest’? company, writes thas:— “ nly importations Were the Mirai and Aretand we owt sink London has lost mugh oy their absence.” Permit me to correct this eminently polite gentle man and satirist, and at the same time relieve my- self of tne stigma of special “Importation.” Ariel tm- ported himself, on his own account and for his own ment, ‘ten months ago, and left an e and very Dyeaaant ee as the Park theatre, Broo! ascertain if @ New York sudience and critics, would be as kind to nim now as they were in 186 when he first appeared in America, at the Metropol tan theatre—for notices of which event I can of confidently refer you and your contemporaries o the to your and theif back fies; and when Jook on “this picture and on this” I can scarcely bo lieve my own identity. NV’ (mporte, Tam content to be ju by an tmpartial audience and leave your glari partial critic, to be himself judged by tho Buvite ‘who have witnessed my humbie but earnest ende: th rt of Ariel, avore in the part O“GATHARING LUCETTE. ene Seven Dwarfs’ will do some big wonders fa