The New York Herald Newspaper, April 29, 1869, Page 5

(er WASHINGTON Meeting of the Female Dress Reformers. PANTS AND PETTICOATS. Sharp Tirade of Doctress Lydia Has- brouck Against the President. One of Mr. Lincoln’s Jokes Laid at His Door. The Court Dress to be Worn at the White House. THE PRESIDENTIAL CRUISE. | Delay in the Blections in the Uare- constructed States. WATHINGTON, April 28, 1869. Monts and Petticonts—Woman’s Dress Reform Convention=Stiriing Speech of Doctross Hasbreuck—President Grant Dissected’ Noisy Demonstration. The National Dress Kejorm: aE Rights Ar- sociation held a meeting at Ur League Mail ima evening to discuss the great question of pants and petticoats, The agsociation seemed to be composed of two Wou Jp. beeches, to wit:—Doctress Mary ‘Walker, oF Wash hatan i ‘Poetiees Lydig Sorte Hasbrouck, of Syracuse, N. Ys The tudidhice was mainly composed of young scamps, who came for amusement and who kept up the most boisterous demonstrations during the proceedings. Doctress Walker presided and opcued the speaking with a stirring address, which brought down the house and sent the boys into ecstacies. Doctresss Hasbrouck followed at considerable length, concluding with a reguiar aitack upon President Grant for bis con- tempt of women in breeches. She said:— Up to my quiet home in the North came the call to come and meet with us in counell, (hat we i strengtien ‘each other in the right and gather > newed forces for the work thatis before us. Por years J had fought the good tight, Instant in season, and perhaps sometimes out Of season, and aithough when the call came I Was resitug from my public labors aud noting the doings of others, | did not Jeei that | had the right to say nay simply because 1 had workea my way to the ruil fruition of my ideas of freedom in dress and woman's rights, save the one inherent right-of casting the ballot on public election days. As 1 Was canvassing the matter in my wh tind f came to a prompt decision by seeing a notice In one Of the New York dailies that President Grant had sent the insulting message to Dr. Waiker ‘that he would receive her when she came dressed in garments suitaple vo her sex.’ (Laughter.) I believe the Washington papers were respousible for tnis taunting morceau, and as every iusu.ting paragraph derogatory to dress re- jormers or Women’s rights Women is cagerly caught by ‘he conservative press, 80 was tts waited from Maine to California. If Grant did this, he was only folowing the fashion of recoguizing ‘dress above merit in his associates. But as a uewspaper woman of iwelve years’ standing | am bound Co velleve the news. (Cneers.) We judge irom (us that be aspires to be the national modise of Women’s dress as well as the appointee, unrestrained by tenure of oilice re- sUICLIOUS, Of Lhe OMice holders of the land, Paris bowls a great modisie of ashton, Why should nov we ape her ere as weil as m her other vices? And now, sald I, Grant will need a new Cabinet Minister to carry on gove: nent, he will need to establish a deparunent vesied with full power to decide the leugtn of Skirt that woman shail wear to be respect- able, (Laughter) Said length would doubtiess be uuitorm lor Bridget i tae kitchen and Mrs. Grant 1p tue White House, for the do-nouting women of iasnion who murder time and themselves in the parlor, a8 well as tne practically educated women physicians of the and, Who Knowing the physiologi- ea! curse fashionable dress is lo woman and te nation at large, yet by this grand megul siiall be so-ced to wear itor else shall be deprived of the great privilege of entering the august presence ot Vresideut Grant to hold aa audience with his lord. slip. (Shouts of "Go It old gal; go it.) Now it so Boppened li Ue Course of huinan events that I was assistant editor on the paper Uiat first bore we Grant banner to its readers in the State of New York, aud rhowd not tins fact be recoguized in the organiza- tion ef that new Cabinet? And who so fitted as I? Now you see why Iso promptly decided to come to dus méeung. We frequentty remember reading as well a8 Writng reports of Presidential receptions embodying the rea! spirit of our repubtican inst tutions; lor here all come om @ common plat- . @€ach was taken by the hand, was «rected with a word, # smile, and no one ques toned his or her right to be there; bat tb is resery #o.(le Bewepapers say, for th tea conn sense of Grant (0 reverse this order of thi to establish a coart suit for th en W him to appear in. (Cries of “iully for you “Go it again.) We frequently sueer at the ide: that the women of America cannot appear bes crowned heads of Europe without donning pings of court; bub he: ideLt, but 1a! «his reported as dicuating © oF “furrei fur the tan wave years of er lie tu aid our sat who, tur her devotion in this ca mouths of imprisonment and stocvation th Libby, te Tr poried as denied a word Wit our military Preside yt Wao, pertaps, ui the Sauie hour sends Lue names of f logs mtnent i el oficers tov condrmeion by, ate to td most lucrative positions in the ce (cry of “Piteh miofLougstreet.”) ‘Trae to tls prin: ples, even here, of recoguiaiug personal lavors, we. g that he never would ht Teneted the ir but for this rebelitou, he wants the deeds done vy by feeamg them on aureery. tne edilleavon of ail who wow yar We doctor women scattered {are not gover fling their d r of them, pract clans, honored ad Wives wit Hing tueir tie duties accepiabiy—wereu who fo nha Cb appre to i jt Let me sas, Nike to fo ur the Uruth'# sake aare take up the crors bravely ac beor it, for the most partthey have men for bis bands whose ideas of nght and ot ned suuid the fumes 01 tobweco emvk agatal’) ain, the is bors purity nok who will hold him ap emplar woen wi i to let the They are women who love purity purty of character aud bal and thinking women, abie to w selves homes Insiead OF dependiay ou crafiy pouiclans lo buy them present ud cheers aud derisive she never be . but many of Uy some hoines. Am I ‘80, hens for It egotis aseort, wi woman W will aut true nour purpose ty come ont m the of fasivon and don a « far more wortiy woud tur Gauge of fr polluted atme 9 Suited to her live Work end physical needs is men than sue WhO f her ov cophant of fual Oni lo gain adv phere Unt sure b and lay nee Lo the to inde the mhabita of the Wine low Have 1 maitgned Present Grant? if so, 1 am not answerable tor the report, as it went fortnY wuthoriy of the press of this ty, aud has been heraded through the fand. 1 hove used ti wot ve peri At the con nd, shou keeplag. roueck's pe boys keptyre ng With such ex that some o resent were obliged to shout oul, ven Who seemed to have authority in the and Lockwood, suc a whose name was Ir, # cone at the notsy boys, and threatened to c! c M shonld they porsist Doctross Waker & a alter Dootress f brouck and seid s) id in justice 60 President Grant to stave (hat vciden) related by Doctresa Hasbrouck had never occurred, Grant had not re. fused her adwitiance, because she had never gone to seek an interview with vim sinee iis thaugura therefore he did not aay to her that he y 80 her only in the garb bedteing ber sex; bat lresident tion, Lincoln 4 one occasion Lad seat her word that he ‘wad afraid to see Women Who Wore pant) (Great Jaughter.) ‘Tho Waiker continued at considerable length, and finaly aunoaved that if the ladies pre- sent desired there would be another meeting of the association to-morrow. She would hike all the Jadies present who approved to rise, At this an. nouncement about a dozen of the noisy boys got on their tect and cried “Aye? amid great inugiier, ‘The Walker, with imperturbable gravity, remarked NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1869—QUADRUPLE SHEET. no meeting until to-morrow night, when sue hoped no boys would attend unless they could bebave themselves, The boys thereupon, shouted loucer than ever aud kept it up tll the meeting adjourned. Opposition to Grants Qaaker Indian Policy Kansas and Nebraska Reiuse to Surrender Their Share Of the Spoils. ‘There isconsiderable il feeling among the Senators and members from the extreme Northwestern States: about the President’s appointment of Quaker Ladian agents in those States. It appears that the Senators and Representatives from Kansas and Nebraska, learning of the President's intention to appoint the Quakers, called upon him and extracted a promise from him that he would not appoint Quakers for the Judian agencies in their respective States, He fur- ther agreed to allow them to select the men whom they wished to have appointed, With this under standing, and happy in the bellef that whoever else might suffer Kansas and Nebraska would not be inflicted with the Quakers, the Representatives of the two States left the Executive presence, That Was between ten and eleven o'clock in the morning. About two o'clock on the afternoon of tat same day the President's private secretary brought to the Senate a batch of nominations, among } which were the Quaker Indian agents. ‘Yo the utter surprise of the Kansas and Nebraska men, the list included appointments for all the Indian agencies in those two States. In self-defence, if not out of retal- jation, these agents were promptly rejected by tie H Senate, The injured Kansas and Nebraska men again called upon the President, and remonstrated with him, at the same time reminding him of his promise. Grant, however, was mad; he was inex- orable, and said would appoint other Quakers for those rejected, and the Senate might reject them again if it chose. He wanted to carry out hisown policy about Indian matters, aud he thought it would succeed best in the hands of Quakers. W! especially provoked the Nebraska men was the fact that one of the parties removed to make room for the Quakers was a wan who had been commissioned by President Grant only a few weeks be ‘Thus far the Kansas and Nebraska Senators h a Un able to sake the President ale Dv in Ordering Elections in structed States. The delay in issuing (he orders to the military com- ay Unrecone munders at t olding A ae in the Iouimn ng unreconstrucieg {2 dit sta by the nyent Mone thé leading men of those States as to whieh ‘the elections shewld be held, What is known as the conservative element is in favor of having the elections take place at once. The radical leaders want it postponed uni alter the pianung season and some of them are opposed to holding it not) jate in the fall, They argue that uf it is held now it wil interfere to some extent with the labor interests in the several States concerned, put especially in Virginia. They also assert (hat many of the negroes who are engaged on the plantations would be unable to get to the poiis at this season of the year or during the summer montis. The Presi- dent is anxious to have the elections conduc wiin the utmost fairness to all parties, so vhat a good test as to the adoption or rejection of the constitutions may be had. He has not, therefore, made up bis mind as yet what woud be the best time for holding the elections, but is consulting the leading Inen of both parties at the South on the subject. As soon as the time Is settled upon the order for holding the elections will be is- sued, ‘in accordance with the Virginia-Mississipp- Texas Reconstruction act. Presidential Trip to Mount Vernon. President Grant, accompanied by Secretary Borie, Admiral Porter and several intimate friends, will leave here to-morrow morning in the United States steamsloop Tallapoosa for a trip to Mount Veraon. Au Asintic Traveller at the White House. Moore, the Asiatic traveller, had anunterview with the President to-day about his Asiati: projects. ‘The President received him kindly and accorded him an hour's audience, ‘fhe Geld Sale in New York—Secreiary Boute well to be Prosent. Secretary Boutweli will be present in New York to-morrow at the opening of the bids for the pur- chase of government gold, As the thing is to a certain exient av e\periment he is anxious to see how it works, Appointwents fo the Taternal Revenue Sere vice. Since the 4th of March 119 assessors and 122 col- lectors of thednternal revenue have been appointed, including in New York 19 assessors and 16 collectors and in Pennsylvania 18 assessors and 16 collectors, Massachusetts 1 assessor and 3 collectors, in Dary- land and Louisianavall the assessors and collectors have been changed. No changes have been made in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Minnesota, Khode Isiand, ve and Washington Territory. Alleged Corraption in the Amerlean Consulate nt Alexondrin, Egypt. It is rumored here in well informed circles that the corruption which has long been known to cha terize ali the European consular agencies in Ejrypt has at length reached that of the United States. Our Consul, Mr. Charles Hail, has, it is said, been granted a sal by the Viceroy. Jt ts added that this step has been taken with of the French Consul General, who ts high favor at the Viceregal conrt. The rumor not be well founded, but our informant spe: as a well estat ed fect, In official eireies it is well known that this is the general Egyptian pra tice. Ismail Pacha is found to have represeuta- tive agents from other lands in Egypt, but he wishes them to be as dumb as poasib'e, The Viceroy has trong faith in the power of money. ‘Dacksheesh,” ho has been known to say, makes even the british it aprears that henceforth he shall be e the same |} wrd to the Hie forget the United $ co the advice and concuircuce in c tes has a and that the American peopie will not This conduct in their for to be thoroughly taken money he 4d be recaited at on The Governership of New Mexica. A rather novel question has come up fn cor (ion with the case of Colonel Crowe, recently ointed and confirmed as Governor ot Mexico, Fis political disabilities have neve n agents. ir | exter on asked t appointinens « whch Crowe can assume his ¢ Af lute is dee cidet la the negative, General Mitchell, the present enor, Will probably remain tn th ress can act on Crowe's case next wi . ounded mor—The Paraganyan inves« Hention, ‘The statement that the House Commitice of Poretgn Affairs has made arrangements to visit St. Domingo and other islands of the Gulf, is pronounced by the charrman to be without any foundation what ever. The committee has no authority to make any visit and its members could go to St. Domingo only as private citizens go, at their own private expense. ‘The committee has been mn eeseion seventeen days taking testimony relative to the affairs of the Ameri. con Legation at Paraguay, and will meet in the avturan for the purpose of taking the testimony of members of the Brazilian Legation, officers of the South Ationtic squadron and other parties who have heen stimmoned, which, it i# supposed, can be done in ten days. make an Gc Cor Agents far Indians That Finve Become gfx. | tinet. ‘The tribe of Delaware Indians is wholly extinct, and bas been since April 10,1867, At that date the tribe numbered, all told, less than eleven hundred. About one thousand of their number moved from thelr home in Kansaa to the Indian Territory, north of Texas, and became Incorporated into the Chero- kee trtbe-became Cherokees, in fact and in law. Tue remainder were natnraitzed as citizens of the State of Kansas; 80 that, as Thave already stated, the Delaware tribe became Wiolly extinct on the 10th of April, 1867. Now, it may or nay not astonish tax- payers to learn that a Delaware Indien agent has been drawing his salary from the national Treasary up to the present time, and Is likely todo so for goine time to come, The fortunate locumbent is a warm friend of Seyator Pomeroy. Preatdent Grant, vot being cognizant of the above fact, nominated an honest Quaker friend to the place; bot he was re- jected by tho Senate and the ever faithful Pomeroyan holds on to his sinecure, 1 don't know exactly wiat the place te worth, aainry and perquisites, but it ts regarded as one of the fattest sort, It is aliegod that jarge quentities of supplies are bonght annually intertin, or if there ts any way in | cepting on appropriation bills. Certain it 1s that we have a Delaware Indian agent in the pay of the go ernment, when there is really not a Delaware Indian on the face of the earth, che tribe being wholly ex- tinct. Taxation of Brokers. Commissioner Delano has prepared an optnton in the case of Assessor Webster relative to taxing bro- kers, It is understood that the Commissioner taxes the same view of the matter as Mr. Webster. The opinion will be made public in a day or two. Homestead Law Decision, The Seeretary of the Interior has decided that an actual change of residence or abandonment of land entered under the Homestead act for more than 61x months at any one tume works a forfeiture thereof to the government, Keduction of Force in the Treasury Departe ment, The work of reducing the force in the various bureaus of the Treasury Department Is progressing. About five hundred cierks will be dismissed; but it is announced that no appointments can be made at present to fill the vacancics, it being the desire of the Secretary to have the force reduced as low as possi- bie in order to properly conduct the business of the department with the least possible expense. The work of dimimshing the force in (he Post Otice De- partment coutinucs. Twenty clerks were removed to-da The President's Arrangements for Receiving Visitors. The President is so overrun and harrassed with visitors of various kinds that he bas been compelled to issue an order that hereafter visitors will be re- ceived only on Mondays and Thursdays from ten to twelve o'clock. On other days of the week he wil fe¢ persons only by cards, or in spectal es, Where engagements have been made. . The Dyer Court Martial. The testimony in the Dyer court martial case closed to-day. The court adjourned until next Mon- | day, when arguments will be commenced. The | printed oral testimony in the case will cover about 1,100 pages, exclusive of the documentary exhibits, which also are very Yoluminous. Au indignant Senator. Zach Chandler and John Welcker are exceedingly wroth at the recent paragraph in tlhe Washington correspondence of the HERALp about Chandler's fittie acclamation about the Alabama claims, “Aleck of Russia’? and Bodisec. They can't un- derstand why the HERALD is 80 cruel as to expose these extva senatorial exhibitions, Personal. J. Bancroft Davis and Judge Richardson are act- img respectively as Secretary of State auc Secretary of ihe Treasury in the absenee of Fish and Loutwell. THE ARTY. Impertunt Order=K ption ef the Recruit- ing Service. The following order was issued yesterday by Ceneral Sherman, through the Adjutant General's om GENERAL ORDERS—NO. 46, TRALQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Wasnincvon, D. C., April 26, 1862 By direction of the War Departinent the recruiting service is hereby resumed. The regimental recruit- ing will be conducted under the direction of the regimental commanders, according to the general regulations of 186%, paragraphs ¥56, 986, 987 and oss. The general service will "be conducted uncer four general superintendents, viz.:—At New York city, Cincinnati, Obi » Louis, Mo., aud San Fraveisco, Cal; and there will be four depots for collecting and instracting the recruits, viz. :—Governor’s Island, New York harbor; Newport Barracks, Kentucky; Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and Henicia, California, The general superintend- ents will report direct to the Adjutant Geveral oi the army and receive all orders from him. ‘The Com- mwanding Generat of the military departments in which the depots are jecated will Gesignate the burracks to be used by the recruits and oficers on duty with them, which will not be changed in any change of commanders, and they will have the gen- al Supervision of thet discipline, as well as com- a them when o ions require thetr service at depot, but in bo event will they remove recraits trom the depots without orders from the headquar- ters of {he ariny. The following details are hereby made, and the ofieets named will proceed to and relieve ihe ofticers now iucharge of the superintendencies and depots:— Hrevet Brigadier General J. V. De Reeve, colonel Untied States Army, at New York city; tre- vet Brigadier General T. 1. Netil, lieutenant colonel United Staves Army, at the depot on Governor's Isiand, New York hurbor; Brevet Brigadier Generai 4. B. Kiddoo, heute: t colonel United States Army, jor assignment: Brevet Brigadier General Sidney burbauk, colonel Vaited States Army, at Cmeimnnat, Ohio; Brevet Brigadier General MH. W. Wessels, lea tenant colonel! United States Army, in chaige of the depot at Newport Barracks, Ky.; Brevet Brigadier General f. Trodenbough, major United States Army, forastiynment; Brevet Major General W. Hoffman, cvionel United States Army, at St. Louis, Mo.; Bre- vet Brigadicr General W. li, Sideil, lieutenant col- onel United States Army, In clarge of the depot at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and Brevet Licutenanc Colonel T. Anderson, major United States Army, jor assignment; Brevet Major General Abner Doubie- y, colonel United States Army, at San Francisco, Cal.; Brevet Colonel M. Maloney, 1ieutenanut colonel United 5 rny, at the depot at Benicta, Cal. A suitable number of captains and subatterns from eruiting #8 soon as the infantry regiments are con: rung to Geveral Orceis No, 17, current rom Uns oltice. In the meantime the oilicers recruiting service will remain on such duly roperly reileved. KS, Penpsylvania, and Fort Leave: , are named as depots for the c - ction of cavalry aud ght ariillery mand of mera st MAN. Dp, Adjutant Geners THE PROSPECT PANK ASSOC'AT.ON. Jane Decided U until Carhate E worth, hans: A ‘The board of divection of this aesvciation gular meeting hekt last night at Ub Montague street, ecided, business of an important p ovement was on motion ige and Gec minittee, wi Clep and make ait ements Hecessary Wy the p agreed upoa tat, 80 Lar power of the association, tis meeting sha! onth of Jun esers, 3 les in the I not be There are 264 convicts tn the Mississippi Peniten- tary. Mra. Eunice Nichola, of Middleton, who 7 00 years Old OF the 2oth, diod lest Ex-Senator Doolittle has opened a law olfice io Heago. ‘The Mormons have eighteen Sunday schools, with 2,600 attendants, at Satt Lake City, A Cincinnati woman endorsed on her tax return “Paxahon without represeatation ts tyranny.’ * ie amount of duties on mercaandise bonded at Porand (Me.) Custom House ta March amounted 276, 75Ne It is understood that John L. Stevens of Augusta, Me, declines to accept his appoiguneut as Cousul to Birminghaw ‘The subject of allowing Massachusetts to issue fire. arms to all the high schools in the State ts being agitated before the Legisiature. General Jack Hamilton's name now appears as candidate for Governor of Texas at the lead of all the democratic papers of that State. Last week, Raciel Robinson, a colored woman known in Vergeanes, Vt, for a half century, as “Vid | Kachel,” did there at the age of 104 years. Twenty-tve banks have already been started in | the White Pine silver mining district In Nevada, { twenty-four of which are devoted to faro. Judge S. W. Brockway, © prominent California Hed at fan Mateo, in that St March 20, native of Columbia county, N. Y., and @ graduate of Caton College. The litinois State Biind Asyinm, at Jacksonvill¢, which was lately burued,| will be immediately re- built and Bloomington is using strenuous exertions to secure tts location within her limits, Dr. Brown Sequard rej A corions case of a dog, which had just died, Md fresh blood passed into the carotid, The dead animal was revived, stood on his feet, wageed his tail and lived over twelve hours, when he died again. Aswarm of bees and a bountiful store of wild honey were recently found in a tree by woodchop. pers on the weat side of the Sierra Nevada moun tains. The incicent is recorded as the first discov- ery of the kind on the Pacific slope. Roston’s vicinage was shocked tnto a lively state of excitement last Thursday afteragon by a very posi- tive and unmistakable tremor in the earth and thuader in the air, which suggested earthquake at once. | The localities affected were Hrookiine, Hing- ham, Stoughton, Centon, Dedhain, und South Ped- It_oveurred at nearly three o'clock with & ‘ory seusation, whieh did . The crockery- ware shook in the closets, and the nas in the Wit dows. The weigh! aud curation of the shock Was that as the iadies cid not vote that tere Would be | for Indians that have no existence whatever ex- | heaviest at Dedham, lively respona to tho reque American Jockey Club, and ho mecting iia anspl during | iin brilancy of racing atira by any i ventin! season fu the onered will be of a n tan ail tae sa- | peri s Tie ny horses im the count GENTRAL VOTES. THE STATE CAPITAL. The Gas Bil Passed in the House by a Vote of 94 to 16. The Contested Elections and Their Results. Democratic Momination for Police Commissioner. ALBANY, April 28, 1869. ‘The Lill which emanated from she special com- mittee appointed to protect the public from the ex- tortion of the gas companies had its final passage in the House to-day. An effort was made by Mr. P. Mitchell, the chairman.ot the committee, to call up the bill out of its reguiar order m consequence of a statement made in an Albany paper that the gas companies had expended the petty sum of $125,000 in order to kill the billor keep it back, This Mr. Mitchell indignantly dented on nis own behalf; for other parties of course he could not answer. The bill, however, came up in regular order during the day and was passed, without discussion, by a vote of 9 to 10, The members who voted in the nevative were Messrs. Aiken, Bamler, Cameron, Crane, W. M. Ely, Fiynn, Gifford, Grifiin, Horton, Howard, Hegeman, Hasbrouck, Lyon, Sturges, Tighe and Conger. It 18 probable that the bill may receive a few more stringent amendments m the Senate, Sri bot at will pass in its present shape, which is, perhaps, good énéugh to serve the pubile, although not quite palatable to the monopolits, ‘the laborious work of the special committee has not deed in vain, nor has the small sum ($515) ex- pended in Ue progress Oi their efforts to rescue the gas consumers from the clutches of the monopolists been thrown away. The bil as passed to-day is as follows:— ~ AN ACT TO REGULATE THR SALE AND POWRR OF IL UMINATING GAS IN TRE CLLY OF NEW YORK, f Few York, represented i senate f here shell 6 appointed, Cor the better regulas tion of the sale and quality of the gas consumed in the city of New York, » bon * "Such board shall consist of three scientiiic sta residing in the elty of New York and Brooklyn, who shull be eminent for their special familiarity with the weanufacture and tests of tluninating gas. Sach board shall be appointed by the Mayora of the cies of New York and Brooslyn, and their letters of appointuent shall be eyidence in ali courts and places of the uuthority under this act of the persons ro appointed. ‘the persons go appointed shail bold Ueir ollioe for saree years and until their scccessors shall be duly appointed. Skc, 2."the sald board shall have power to appoint a suf- nt Dunder of inepectors of gas to carry this act into ef soveding five in number, which appointment shail rom among those qualified by scientific ion to discharge the duties of said office; ‘ali also have auinority to appoint a elerk, keep a record of the proceedings of such board in such man- the paid board shall prescribe. . 8, Two members sba!l constitute a quorum of said d the acts of such quorum shail be sufficient for all requirements of this act. Src. 4. The board of supervisors of said city shall, imme- diately after the pasnace of this act, provide for the use of said board a central laboratory, which shall be furnished and equipped by sald board of superriscrs in such manuer as the board of gas examimers or a majority thereof shail require, in writing, which laboratory. shail be located at some cast) acceasible point in said city, to be designated by said boar of gus exaroiners. So. 6. The said board of supervisors shail, fmmediately af ter the paskaze of this act, further provide suitable tests places, equal in number tothe number of public kas works In'eaid eily, which said testing places shail be located at such points asthe said board of gas examiners may direct, but shall notbe situated nearer than one thousand yards to the gas works whose gas is to be tested at such testing place, Such testing places shall be furnisted and equipped by the said ooard of suipervidors in such wanner as the said board o be known as “toe board of Gas sxam- Of ga exaininers oF & majorny thereot shall require ia writin, BC 6. The enid board of cas examiners shall,,from time to time, prescribe -the mode to be adopted and ‘pursued for testing the purit said city, of gas furnish and also the times of ner of recording and cey {and such roles aid board may adopt in reference thereto’ shall be obliga- tory upon said companies, and a compliance therewKh shail be a condition precedent to the right o: said companies to xe- cover the price of gas consumed. Sxe. 7. The ead b Hi require testa of the {liuminat- ing pow by sitid companies to be made between the hours of five and ten P. M. at least three Uaes each day from the Ist of October to the Ist of April in exch ear, and between the hours of seven and eleven P.M. from he Ist of April to the Ist of October In each year. Bre. 8. The eaid board whail prescribe: the maximum amount of the various kinds of impurities with which the pas supplied by said companies shall be allowed to b and the time when the rutes preserived shail & company failing to conform to the rules prescribed said board in this reyard, and furnishing gas of less purity than tuat designated by such rales, shall be lable to a peualt; of one hundred dollara per day for each day when the 1 furnished by it shall all below the standard of purity pi scribed by sald board, such penalty to be collec-vd ax now proviled by law for the collection and enforeement of pen- aities; all such penalties, wien collected, shail be paid over to the Comptroller of said city Sko. % it shali be the duty of the board to prescribe the quantity of gas to be consumed by each street ta elty per hour, and, in case of a dehicieucy of gas so to be con- ined, it shall be’ the duty of ihe board to eertify the argount of snica detieleacy to the Comptroller, or other proper aughority of said oly, who shall deduct, ftom the amount eldiined by any gas company as du city {the amount of su alter preseribed as the ti SUUNEF OF BAS. 19. Kuch gas inspector ghall make a daily report to the raid board of the result of the tests made by him on the pre- ceding day; « copy of suck report shall be furnished by eaid board to each eas company in wuld city on the day following ytion of euch report by said bourd, verage of be deemed to represent the fluminating power of the gas furnished by eaid compautes on the day 0 such tests, SEC. 11. Tt abalt be the right of each of th by the gas companies in raking teh testa, and the uted at the rate berein xd to the private con 4 gas companies f taking such teats by their own ed to interfere Any company havea right which may appeal fr and the decis‘on «i the proper correction appeal shal. be made by i. ‘ue clerk of the said board shall make » mon! report thereto, in which he shall aggregate the dally reporis of we inspec di shail therein state :— 1. The d minaling power of each cor x pe rate of tMuntnating power for the month, embraced report, at which it shall be iawiul for the compauies rge the price hereinafter mentioned. dally amount of the various kinds of impn ) which te gas furnished ty the various companies is ¢ gas furnished by rice to be charged by the several ished by them «i » Ninminating power of eixteen candi soribe the rales by which the ih js to De wetarmined; aud the decision of wai co ti voard ii rendered by any there «bali be ‘stated wor ot the gas supplied ermined by the said board oF the p y the Inspec- xeable for tbe same in accordance this act and of the regulations of the recoverable ‘out in compliance herewith, slail have suitable } thority an ba 4 re weriben by the sald Y unt of gas specified as consumed tn said i shall be Ench of the said companies shall aiford to each id mapeciors wn {ties neeessery to enable them to jremente of this act: and in ease of embor af eid beard oF inspector the works of said company fall be liable to the same to perrott any Or aseisinnt of aitd inp the sald company eo. refi ime way ae is herein before Penalty and to beeollected tx : proviied (0 regard to penaities for the mannfucture of im- pure gar, and to be eoliect way. Src. 13. Each of eon) whail, on demand, " nther tint those who may he | ruppiy to every app’ previously furnished, such amount of gas dexted for ypiieant teh appl res ant of premian which may have all remove therefrom without b pany for the amoant of une previo to him, it shall got be lawful for any one of iiupaoies to vetvse (0 supply gas On that account to the pubsoq nent oecttpant of auch premtaes, Bate. W, In case of wdlspuie arising between any con- sumer of yas and any of the gas companies ta said ty a8 the amount or quailty of gas fuined or furnished, such dispute ehall, upon ths request of either party, be rererred to the sald board for deci#ion, and ite dectaion thereon shall be final; end, In such dispute by « consumer of gaa, and a reference ‘application to wid board, it shall not be lawful, it the rt deen 6 con: il deposit. with the board ed as due, for any of — the faid companies to out of ihe enpply of gas to sich conaumer, On the decision of sueb reference the said board shell pay, to tho rakl company from sueh deposit \judged to be dur t0 It. member of said board of examthers shall be id said boned of supervisore a yearly alary of i in t! 000; and ench of wnid In shail’be paid @ yor! salary of 81,000, and the ‘clerk of ihe sald board shall ve paid | abealary of $,0W0 a year. Seo. YW. rey, after the passage of this act and the A apr oy ‘of the said boar! of examiners, the said board bhaal signify, im writing, to the board of apervisors the nuto- ber of inopectors deemed requisite by them to carry ow the f Unie iso the amount Necessary to com. atory and the toon station fot L upon the receipt shall be lawl auty of said tn be property of each gas company in said city, To equalize the eam 6 18 ri ‘don for the salarien heremn before | fore pre- said board and p: be the duty of the said to the first day of Septem aud every to furnish the said ewith tn writh of the Ee nore for aud et, for the | ereamny year; amd it shall be the duty Wve ‘ald Board of Supervisors to collect aunuatly the amounts stated ty as Weeiae e aaa at tc hee Sec. Any ppot ‘under this act, who shall po sald chy, for enety | caren 5 wii in she. 2, All neta. and parts of gts inconsistent with this act are here! “= awe Sx0, 28, Thie act shall take effect immediately. The Ovi , Decker from hus seat for Rich- mond col is oie much regret to all parties on the floor; but as the question was made oue of a purely party character the result was mevitable. the case of Mr. Halpim, who was to make way for Mcleod, thee isa impression that the business was pushed without much regard to precedent and in a somewhat unbecoming manner, . Halpin was one of the most popular and re: ‘able members of the New York delegation, and as such was very hi by his fellow members. His eniete have reason to be satisfied with his straightforward perl Bey Sie session ee will proven = na 1 republican majorit next dleeton. 4 i The Excise law was before the Senate to-day and Was made a special order of business for to-morrow. Democratic Joint Caticus—Nomination ‘of Police Commissioner and Regent of the Unie versity. ALUANY, April 28, 1569. ‘The democratic joint caucus to nommate a Police Commissioner and Regent of the University was called to order at balf-past seven o'clock, in the As- sembly 4 Chamber, by Mr. Frear, chairman of the caucus committee. Mr. Bradstreet, of Monroe county, was made chairman, and Mr. Murphy, of New York, secretary. Mr. Hartman nominated as candidaie for Police Commissioner Oswald Otten- dorfer, Mr, Nachtmann seconded the nomination, which wae carried unanimously by acclamation. For Regent of the University Mr. Kirnan nomt. nated John L, Flagg, of Troy, a member of whe pr Sent and last House. His nomination was curried unanimously. The caucus thea adjourned, NEW YORK LEGISLATURE. SENATE. 4 NY, April 28, 1569, REPORTS. Relative to the construction of a dam at Baldwins- vile; for the extension of Madison avenue: to in- corporate the Fort Ann Water Works; to.incorporate the Clyde Water Works; to provide a supply of wa- ter for the village of Rome; to amend the charters of Union Springs, Union Village, Jamaica, Boon- ville, Mohawk and Saratoga Springs; to open Mas- th avenue, Brooklyn; requiriag the Brooklyn and nionferries to run certain boats after miduigit; to close @ portion of Hicks street, Brooklyn; to author- ize raiiroads to loan their credit to aid in the con- struction of the Buffalo, Cary and Pittsburg Kail- road; for the better protection of passengers trav ling on railways; continuing the corporate existence | of the Lake Ontario, Auburn and New York Raiiroud Company; in relation to the proposed new rauroad from Poughkeepsie to (he Connecticué line; to mcor- porate the City Il Association of Troy; to incor- porate the New York and Willianisburg Bridge Com- poy; granting to State banks the facuities enjoyed yY national. BILLS ORDERED TO A THIRD READIN Requiring the removal of 100 prisoners froin Sing Sing to the Albany Penitentiary; relative to the Sus- quehanna and Cooperstown Railroad; to authorize Oswego county to aid in tie construction of a rail- road from Oneida Lake to Wijamstown or Redfield; regulating the term of office of notaries public; in relation to the Eqectic Medical Coliege; to widen Underhill avenue, Brooklyn, for an approach to Prospect Park; to amend the charters of Usawego and Canandaigua; also the commercial warehouse, New York; to rporate the Abingdon Square Sav- ings Bank of New York; to extend the provisions of the laws of 1853 in relation to Hie artd health insur- an to incorporate the lollowing savings banks: ‘The Oneida County, at Rome; the People’s, at Buf- alo and White Plains; for the removal of the Mutual Savings Bank of Brookiyn. BILLS PASSED. Fixing the salaries of the judges and clerks of courts in Brookiyn; relative to proceedings in ad- measurement dower; to aneud the charter of the Commercial Warehouse of New York; to amend the act authorizing iife insurance companies to make special deposits of securities in the insurance de- partment; also providing jor the appointment of receivers for safe deposit companies lu certain cases, THE GENERAL ORDERS. The Senate then considered tie general orders, The general ili adowing towns Lo bind themselves in aid of ratiroads was amended Li Cominittee of the Whole s0 as to exempt from its operations the counties of New York, Kings, Drie, Greene, Aibans, Westchester, Sepeca, Ontario, Yates, Onondaga ond Niagara, and was then ordered to a tiurd reaaing by @ vote of 16 to 15:— Veas—Messrs. Caldwell, Cramer, Edwards, Genet, Gra- hom, Hale, Hubbard, Huniphrey, Mattoon, Morris, G'bon- nell, Parker, Stanford, Th edand Van Navé—Mcusrs, Banks, mpbell, Chi Jey, Folger, Kennedy, Morgan, wphy, Nichow 15. , ton, Paliner, Prince and Willia: RESOLUTIONS. By Mr. NicnoLs-—That the Cana! Board be required to report at the next session of the Legisiature such system of precautionary nieasaves or plan of action asin their jadgmeut may be most likely to prevent ‘fonawanda creek, with reference to its use as a pari of the Erle Canal, from overflowing its banks and damages resulting foi such overdow. Adopted. by Mr. MUKPHY—That the State of New York con- sents and approves the cession by the State of Penn- syivania to Wie United States of Lie Soldier's National Cemetery at Getiysburg; Congress having adopted a uniform system for the mana; nt and care of ali soldiers’ national cemeteries, Tabled by the raie. Oa motion of Mr. O'DONNELL the general appro- priation bill Was recommitied to tie Finance Com- duittee Lo report at any tim ke the Excise bill the Mr. TWEED moved to 1soas to include the special order for to-morr Mr. FOLGER moved t ameadment of the B Mr. FOL Vote not supporting it, by 15 to 15. 1 democrats, e sty law. BA's amendinent was lost, a two-third ‘Aves ail republi- cept Mr. Crowley. 8 lost by 15 tol affirmative all democrats, in the megative w licans, Tae Senate then adjoui ) 6 VETO MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR. yy the Governor was ri srporate the village of Chates The bill provides that no person shall be entitled to vote tor elective officers of the village unless hi er or shall within the preceding year upon property taxa- the Village. 5 to establish property ty qualificaitons for those who are to Vote for vincers dive Ly the people, and, therefore, Is in condiet s i cle tion ove, detiting the qui ns Of efectors; also in artigle ten, t in A y, town | and village st «t Lor by thy ors of on thereof, or preof, as the 1 ) The was returne be amended as tuo 1 e these Objections. lias not b provid be elected by the el some ites te for that purpos ly that it ma BILLS PASSED, the charter of thes 33 10r a bridge to anthorize Broome county to send oonvicrs to the Albany Penitentiary; to imeorpe the village of Cliariote; to tecrease the powers of the Sisterhood . Mary; to incorporate the Gorman Loan Trust Company of Brocklyn; toamend the charter of ihe Oswego Fire Depariment; to authorize Saratoga to aid in the construction of a railroad from Mechautes- ville to the Rensselaer and Saratoga Ratiroaa; to amend the law for the incorporation of healta and life Insurance companies; reguiaung the power 1 sale of Liuminating gas ia New Vork (19 V negative); changing the name of the Pawn Loaners’ Bank of New York: incorpo | Presbyterian Home tor Aged Women ui New Yors; vie Canal Appropriation bill. ' ‘The vote on the passage of the Canal Appropriation | ‘Dil was 69 to 42. The Avsemoly then took a rec Afternoon Session Mr. DoovrrA.s reported a bill aathoriz! rallway in Oswego. BILLS PASSED, Providing for the opening of West avenne in Li Island City—-77 lo 15; to amend the act reat sewerage and drainage in Brooklya; to reps authority of the Board of Supervisors of Kieboy county to pay certain claims; to amend the r of the People’s Fire Insurance Company; provditig for a town hali and library at Sarawga Springs; ¢ amend the school law of Elinira; to meorpora.s ic Waddington Agricultural Society; to lnourporate too Fifth Avenue Savings’ Bank; to authorize the a pointinent of commissioners to locate the State bcu nentiary or Industrial Keformatory; for the oot protection of minors; to authorize @ city hall; supplementary to the Jaw reiata carrying of letters, packages and merchand se means of pneumatic tubes between New York Brooklyn; to meorporate the Kim'ra Water \ making it a crime for imputing & want of chas’ females, actlonable per se; to amend Lie law ce « to Hell Gate pilots. Adjourned. il ROBBERY IN WALL STHEET. A boy named Thomas Willis, in the empioy of Dutihl & Knowlton, commission merchants, No. Pine street, while passing down Wall stree! yester- day afternoon, about three o'clock, had his pocked | cut out by some adrott thief. ‘The pocket itseli didn't amount to much, but, unfortunately for (he young | man’s employers it, happened to contain ai tic par ticuiar time it was taxen from the coat $1,000 in gold certificntes and tnirty dollars in gold and silver coin. The boy when he first discovered ! had been for waa in tne 4 Of the Untied States butiding, but exact done Troasnry When or by whom pe | was unable tu state, | held on Monday YACHTING. The Aunaal Meeting of the Breoklyn Yacht Club—Harmonious Action of the Meurbers— Election of Ofticers=The Regatins of the Senson—The Association’s Fleet.* ‘This spirited yachting Association had its annual meeting last evening at their commodious rooms, No. 9 Court street, Brooklyn, President Edwin Un- derhill in the chair. The attendance in the matter of members was of the most gratifying character, and the enthusiasm manifested in the furtherance of business for the interest of the club of the most harmonious nature. After dispensing with the cus- tomary and necessary routine work the following important committees reported progress:— The committee on buildmg a club yacht of a com- modious size and approved model, to be under the direction of the Commodore, advised that satisfac- tory arrangements could be made for its construe- tion when the club took earnest action in the mat- ter. The committee on the location of the new club house, the construction of which is under considera- tion, reported that the important subject had re- ceived the attention 1 merited, and that it apy at this period so favorabie that they could almost guarantee that before the season was closed tie aa- sociation would owa an elegant structure, woriuy of the name of a “yacht club house.” ‘The treagurer reported a handsome baianee to the rye credit despite many large expenditures dunng je year. : The election of officers for the ensuing year was then proceeded with, when, amid an enthusiasm seldom witnessed in like meetings, the saiovang yen- tlemen were, with applause, ubanimously re- elected:— Commoadore—George W, Kida, Vie Comamnodore— overt pion, Presideni—Kawts Underbill Secrelary—W iliain T, Lee. Treasurer—Chauncey M, Felt, Assistani Seeretary—G, Clement Wood, dMeasurer—John M. Sawyel Trustees—jobn Jones, William EH. P Laidlaw, R. M. Whiting, George W. Kid Pry, G. L. Haight. Committee on Membership—Chauncey M. bvit, G. Clement Wood, Samuel Longman. Regatta Committee—G. 1. Haight, Wi Pegg, John Jones, J. M. Sawyer, &. Hillye: When the honorable position of com submitted co the club to be iilled, and tu 2eted, gallant George W. Kidd, a gentleman, young, earn: est and influential, renominated by ® score of hearty voices, that gentieinan arose, and feeltngly re- Marked that it was his wieh to decline tie highest Thomas am H, was ofice in the club's gift; that their ex. pressions of kindliness when his Dea was mentioned were of such a mature as to almost unnerve — him ae wonidt prefer some one else who he club mo: service and justice than he—a justice it deserved; that at times during the pleasant yachting months he eco engaged with his business dutres that le has feit how meagre were his services, aad often. times that he had been negiectiat of theiy interos: Mr, Kidd then pald the individual members of cinb a high 6 € for the wniversal mauner in which: they had in every important movement carried out the wishes of the officers, and repeated his requesi, that they would allow him to decline the honor pro- 4. But it was of no use, as the clab meant to fave the “genial George” to rule over them once more, aud they did, re-eiecting him, ‘The new members elected were:—W. A. French, Henry Morrison and Jolin b. Herreshom, Brisiol, R. 1. On motion Messrs. L. L. Jones, G. L. Haight and Pp, W. Ostrander were appointed @ comuiittee io draft resoiutions of condolence upon the recent death of their fellow member and yachtman, James How, Jr., Which were subsequently unanimously adopted. It was at this juncture then decided by the meet- ing that the next aunual regatta of the club should beheld on ‘Thursday, June 24, and that on the same day and over the same course as Jast year, in conjunction therewith, a Union regatta should be heid under their auspices, open to all yachts in the country belonging to recog- nized clubs. Jt Was aiso unanimously agreed that a subscription list be immediately opened among the members to collect the sums necessary for the chase Of suitable prizes to be offered on unat occa sion to the competing boats of the several classes that may participate. ‘This annuii meeting was of that wholesome cha- racter that cannot fail to give fresh dimpetus to this enthusiastic aquatic association. ‘The club possess many boats of iarge tonnage, exqustite model, ele- yant appointments and fleet heels, in proof of Which the subjoimed list 1s appended:— SUHOONERS. Name. Alice o Dauntless. Fieur de Li Sea Drift Siiva, Longnan Fore .D. 8. Voorhees... J. M. Dagnal. -M. “! Van byke Ll re wnne ongh and Ready Peyonhe. » Taa... Portinud Yacht Club. & of the yacht owners of Po: last for the orgaaization of a chosen Commodore, A meetin, James M, Chureht smith, Viee Com tary and treasurer. It Was votud that tie should meke its first annual cruise on Wedge: the tuth ¢ Xt Yae The yacht Alarm ts at prese She comes to tie city nex ness for the coming senso. © a new sult of sails, ly patn and is to have her masts, cecdtagly rakish, sarge fect. it lying at nave to be pur ia reads is to bo Utted wits fhe Fleetwing ts 2w London, Wier been undergoing nsive alterations aw! Kies” plane, hea be and has Nad her aus «te at two f 4 entirely rebuile ned ab that she Wi piove oseeodingiy saat. owner, Me. Peauk pationt somedody to chuile ". Me. Osgood ao- comme 4 the De The f are stil! snagly moored at New Lor nue fox the comitug season, Sap ow masts in ps now bel lier cabins lave beer 48 10. {ate nore persons, u ai in herd wood, she is lymmg at Poitious ard, Mrookivn. ihe Meteor is ikewise lying at Poulo: © she is being rapidiy fitted out te ‘rhe iitde Lois te also at the same p ing extensive alterations aad rep: We unteretand that Com: Brooklyn Yaciit Cl whien will doubtless ing her, both in appearance and speed, ‘The Paimer is still at Greenport, were she 18 (ast getting ready to participate in tie suuinior sporia, THE CROTON WATER, Another Main Bursts Up Townetthe Eiftye Ninth Street Main Being Repaires. vould seam that the Croton water is determined some to the surface in the upper part of the elty pite the etforte of the Croton Aqnedoet Depari- Ata late hour iss evening the main pipe opposite No. ood bast Thirty-first street burst and flooded the street considerably before anything be e@ to siay the overtow. The polica, p Allaire, however, did good service as + the break in ihe matin been dis- post sei e, undergo- by the officer on ta the vi ys and after a Ite hard work tho water was tured of, The main whieh burst ta Filty- niuth sfreet, near lourth evenve, on Monday, nas hot as yet been fully repaired, although workmen have been constantiy at Work at the break ev. nce the accident. Owing to the breakage there was scarcity of water fn certam houses ap town yester- day, but itis said that the maia will be in service. able cofdition sous ume to-day. The squatters, who were the only sufferers by the overfow of the ‘water into their Canina, nave neariy betaken themselves to shasties In the nighborhood wath escaped the flood, where they will be cared for by thetr friends until auch time as they Will be aby to Lpeege od thelr own shantics—tnat ia, those whic’ are pot ily destroyed. Mauy of os have beon utterl: hy the catastrophe and may, in ai prover hav e10 ‘apoent to the feelit of tay “haritably disposed to herp tient in their distress.