The New York Herald Newspaper, March 19, 1870, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES “GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. AMUSEMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BOOTH'S THEATRE, 23 Matinee—HAMLET, Event etwoen Sth and 6th avs.— io MERRILERS, WALLACK’S THREAT: Rroadway and 13th street.— Lost at Sma. Matinee at 19. GRAND OPERA HOUSE, corner of Bighth avenue and 23d at.—THR TWELVE TENPTATIONS. Matinee at 2. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broaaway.—Nzw VxRsion ov Hamiet. Matinee at 2. FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, Twenty-fourth st.—FRow Frou. Matinee at 2 ‘ WOOD'S MUSEUM AND MENAGERIE, Broadway, cor- ner Pbirtieth at,—Matines daily, Percormance every evening. NIBLO'S GARDEN, Brondway.—Tur DeaMa or Tur EMERALD Ring. slatinee at 2 —City AXD CoonTEy— Y. Matinee @: 2. BOWERY THEATRE. Ronsers oF Sci0-HAN ACADEMY OF MU! C, Mth street, -ENoLisu OPrRa~ Matinee at 1-Manat FOF FidARo, MR&, F. B. CONWA\'S PARK THEATRE, Brooklya.— Brian BoKOUME. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE. 201 Rowsry.—Coxto Vocalisa, NEGRO MINSTRELBY, £0. Matinee of 234. THEATRE COMIQUE, 514 Broadway.—Couto Vooat- 18M, NRGKO ACTS, 0.” M: al 24, BRYANT’S OPERA HO Ot.—BRYAN1'S MINSTR: SAN FRANCISCO MI BLS, 58h Bron ‘wa Pian MiOTRELSY, NeGRo Aors, &0.—13 TEM » Tammany Building, 1th KELLY & LEON’S MINSTRELS, 720 Broadway. —ETH10- PIAN MINBTKELSLY, NEGRO Acts, 40. NEW YORK CIRCUS, Fourt AND GYMNASTIO PERPORMA. eenth street. EQ) OxS, £6. Matines MINSTRELS. DODWORTH HALL, No. 86 Broadway.—New York Brooklyn.—HOouRry's 40. Matinee. New York, Saturday, March 19, NEENTS OF TO-DAY!S HERALD, PaGE. 1—Advertisements, Q—Advertisemenits. 3—Advertisements, 4—Editoriais: Leading Article on What Shall Be Done With the Funding Bill ?—Literature—The State Capital: Disgraceful Proceedings in the Assembly; Open Charges of Oorruption—New York City News—Desperate Attempt at Sui- cide—Amusement Announcements. S—Telegraphic News from All Parts of the Worla: Spanish Resolution for the Retention of Cuba; Austro-French Imperialism and a Royal En- tente—Fatal Collisions of British Steam- Bhips—Safety of the Steamship Samaria— Brooklyn City News—An Englishman’s Views of the Proposed International Yacht Race— The Richmond Excitement: One Man Killed and Several Wounded—The Railroad Titans; Jun Jubilee Fisk Aga on the Stand—Missing OMicial: Collector Batley, the Great Waiskey Raider Not “At Home"—Personal Intelll- gence—Business Notices, G=Tue Gallows: Execution cf Theodore Nichols at Little Valley, N. Y.—The Gates Will Case—The Bergh Libel Suit—New York City and Brook- lyn Courts—Squirming from Justice—Steam- boat Inspection—A New Thieves’ Dodge— Financial and Commercial Reports—News from Hayti—Police Favoritism. Y—A Balloon Fish: Huge Piscatorial Pirate—The Brooklyn Election Frauds—Marriages and Deaths—Advertisements, 6—Washington: Investigation of the Tennessee Troubles; A Successor to Collector Batley Appointed—Death of Gulian C. Verplanck— Disastrous Fire in Jersey City—Fires in New York—Fignt Between Jersey Policemen— Another Billiard Match Between Rudolph and Deery—The Hoston, Hartford and Erle Rail- road—Attempted Wife Marder in Brooklyn— Shipping Intelligence—Advertisements. Tue Trine Fixep.—That job for the re- moval of the Navy Yard from the city of Brooklyn is evidently all right. A bill for the sale of the property is to be reported, This proposition was first made in the House by Mr. Slocum. Exactly what relation he bears to “the milk in the cocoanut” is not yet apparent. A Rumor was current in the city yesterday that Collector Bailey had absconded, as he had not been at his office for several days. It was stated, however, by his clerk and some of his friends that he was absent on important business. We give the rumor for what it is worth. Unless Mr. Bailey has been guilty of some criminal act we cannot imagine why he should abscond. Aside from this, it will not make any difference whether he remains in the city or out of it, as the name of his successor, Alfred R. Pleasanton, was gent to the Senate by President Grant yesterday, and the ap- pointment will doubtless be confirmed, Mr, Beran’s Liner Suir against the editors of a Sunday newspaper was brought before Justice Dowling yesterday, the plaintiff plead- ing his owa cause. One of the defendants de- clared that in publishing the offending article there was no intention of casting ridicule on Mr. Bergh, the sole object being to indulge in a liltle humor, After the plaintiff had deliv- ered an address and the defendants’ counsel had replied Justice Dowling withheld his decision, ¢o give both parties an opportunity of amicably settling the affair, which Mr. Bergh intimated might be done, and the doing of which we think will be a very sensible act on his part. Srnator Murpay To Taz Resovg.—Sena- tor Murphy proposes at Albany a bill to make Courts of Oyer and Terminer no longer Courts of Oyer and Terminer. What he objects to in these tribunals is their vital point—that a trial in one is a legal finality. He proposes to extend to rogues tried in these courts the same privilege for new trial that they have in some other courts. The immediate applica- tion of this seems to be to the case of Jack Reynolds. We think the proposition is an untimely one. New trials are measures to defeat justice, They are already far too common, SPAIN AND THE Popz.—It is said by Atlan- tic cable that Spain is not likely to send a special envoy to the Ecumenical Council in consequence of the action which the Pope has taken. This is very good in its way. But what action has the Pope taken? We cannot tell. We do know that the Eniperor Napoleon has expressed a desire to the effect that France should have a lay representative in the Council in the event of the Council tak- ing a fancy to endorse the Syllabus or to bring infallibility to a vote; we do know that Aus- tris has encouraged France in this conrse; ut we do not know that the Pope has con- sented to have in the Council any lay repre- sentative. Since the Pope has not given his consent there is the less reason to give Spain praise for making up its mind not to send a lay envoy to the Council. Done with the Funding Be A number of reports about the probable action of the House of Representatives on tho Funding bill come to us from Washington, and it is now sald the Prosident disapproves of some of the features, Thero is no doubt that considerable opposition will be made to it in the House, It will be remembered that there was a sharp contest between the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, Mr. Schenck, and the Chairman of the Committee on Banking and Currency, Mr. Garfield, as to which should take charge of the Senate bill. It was given to the Ways and Means Commit- tee; but a telegraphic despatch says the Bank- in; and Currency Committee will report a bil, covering the banking clauses in the Senate bill, and that it is considering the pro- priety of reporting a substitute for the entire measure. This looks like independent action, and shows the contest that is likely to take place in the House. But the most curious thing connected with this question is, that while the Secretary of the Treasury approves of the Funding bill as it passed the Senate, the President does not. It is said General Grant prefers to fund the bonds bear- ing a high rate of interest into those of a less rate, but is opposed to converting the non- interest bearing legal tenders into bonds which require the payment of interest. Though the President does not pretend to much knowledge upon subjects of national finance, he shows good common sense on this as on most other matters that come before him. We pointed out the other day the in- consistency of those who advocate the Funding bill on the ground that it will lessen the bur- dea of the people by a reduction of interest, while the interest bearing debt is to be in- creased to an amount that will require the same psymont of interest annually, We showed, in tact, that there would be no saving; but that, on the other hand, there would be a dead loss to the country of the amount of taxation now imposed on the interest of bonds, which the Funding bill proposes to exempt, besides the loss of six millions or more which it would cost to trans- form the debt. The President, it seems, has had the good sense to view the matter in the same practical manner. Let us see how the account will stand with regard to the burdens of the people as between the debt as it now stands and as it would be under the Funding bill. It is proposed to save in interest eighteen millions a year by chang- ing twelve hundred millions of six per cent bonds into three classes of four hundred mil- lions, bearing severally five per cent, four and a half per cent and four per cent interest. It is provided at the same time that the four hun- dred millions of outstanding non-interest bear- ing legal tenders shall be converted into in- terest bearing bonds, by which conver- sion eighteen millions a year would be added to the burden of the debt. In other words, the amount saved by the reduc- tion of interest and the amount added by con- verting the greenbacks into the bonded debt would just balance each other and nothing would be gained. But that is not all. The new bonds and the interest upon them are to be exempt forever from al! taxation—federai, State or municipal. The government at pres- ent derives a revenue of several millions a year from the incomes on United Siates securi- ties, This would be lost. Then, again, should the government in case of war or other diffl- culties be compelled to raise a large revenue the bondholders would be free from taxation, while all the rest of the community might have to bear extraordinary taxation. The Funding bill, therefore, will bring an annual loss to the people instead of a gain, Worse still, we are to pay six millions at least to agents for nego- tiating the new bonds. Mr. Boutwell wants about double that amount to pay for the job. The probability is that with the cost of printing, paper, labor, advertising, percent- age to agents and all the other expenses, the amount would swell up to fifteen or twenty millions. Thus we see from this profit and loss account the government and people would lose a large sum annually besides the millions that would be directly squandered on the job. Such is the economy proposed by our legisla- tors at Washington. The Funding bill ought to be called a bill of falga pretences, The country ought to “understand, too, that @ main feature of the bill is to enlarge and con- tinue the national bank monopoly. It is to extend the national bank currency from three hundred millions to about seven hundred mil- lions; to make a free gift of all the profits of a national circulation, amounting to thirty or forty millions a year, to these private corpora- tions and to perpetuate a moneyed power over this country that can control the government itself. The blow which Chief Justice Chase gave to the legal tenders in his late decision in the Supreme Court seems to be a part of a general programme, in connection with Mr. Sherman’s Funding bill, to make the national banks the controlling political power of the country. The Father of the Greenbacks and now the destroyer of them may be the national bank candidate for the Presidency. But why this Funding bill just now? The country is approaching a specie basis, the debt is being liquidated at the rate of a hundred millions a year, and both the Treasury and the country would continue in a prosperous condition if Congress will leave the debt and national finances as they are. There is no financial statesmanship in Congress, and if that body will let the national finances alone the country will work out its own salvation through its wonderful resources and the industry and intel- ligence of the people. Funding the debt at the low rate of interest proposed and at par is a scheme not at all likely to succeed. Even the national banks protest against changing their six per cent bonds for new bonds bearing a lower rate of interest. The best thing Con- gress can do is to drop the Funding bill at present, reduce taxation as much as possible, simplify the tariff, finish reconstruction and go home. What Shall be Cueatina Cnarity.—The trustees of the Avondale Relief Fund complain that a great many of the subscribers to that fund have not paid up, and threaten to sue the delinquents, Suits to recover promised gifts would be legal oddities, and it is a shame that any quee- tion of them should become necessary. Would not @ publication of the names of the delin- 1 quents have a good effect ? NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, Tho Row in Richmond, The disgraceful conflict of authority in Richmond, Va., has thus far resulted in riot and bloodshed and in partly depriviog the city of civil government, On Thursday night a party of negroes endeavored to break through the + line of policemen besieging the station house, and were resisted. A fight followed, which ended in the negroes stampeding, after one of their number had been killed and two others wounded. Yesterday morning General Canby endeavored to effect a compromise between the rival Mayors; but Mr. Chahoon, the old official, rejected the propositions of Mr. Ellyson, the new appointee. Meantime the siege was vigorously kept up, the citizens congregating in large numbers around the station house, greatly excited over the events that were transpiring. This state of affairs lasted till half-past two o'clock in the afternoon, when General Canby summurily raised the siege by taking possession of the station house, As the special policemen of Mayor Ellyson formed in line and moved off the negroes, whose sympathics appear to be with Mr. Chahoon, assaulted them with clubs and other weapons. A riot ensued, and tho police, aided by the white citizens this time, again routed the negroes, several of whom were wounded. Our latest despatches report the city comparatively tranquil, with the streets patrolled by Mayor Ellyson's police. It is evident that Mr. Chahoon has acted without judgment in this matter. The law under which his successor was appointed may be unconstitutional, but no private citizen possesses the power of deciding upon the validity or invalidity of a legal enactment. Until the regularly constituted courts, having jurisdiction in the premises, pronounce a law unconstitutional, it is valid, and is binding upon all, Now, the case in Richmond is simply this: Mr. Chahoon believes that the law enacted by the Virginia Legislature, vacating all offices held under military ap- pointments and empowering the Governor of the State to appoint new officers, is in conflict with the constitution, and he has resisted its enforcement, not by legal process but by force. There cannot be anything more dan- gerous to the liberties of this republic than contempt for the laws. We fear that the era of military government in the ex-rebel States, when force was the only law, has done much towards causing the deplorable disregard of civil authority so manifest throughout the South, Bribery in the Legisinture. Mr. Fields, a member of Assembly from this-city, has made against a country member, Mr.4. Ainsworth, of Saratoga, the specific charge that on the floor of the House he said “he was at the head of ten men, and if it was made agreeable to him and them he and the others would vote for a bill then before the House, otherwise they would not support it.” How it was to be “‘made agreeable to him and them,” otherwise than by a bribe, it does not appear. Asa retort to this charge the coun- tryman makes the counter charge that Fields tried to coerce him into the support of the bill by threats that otherwise he would “‘kill all Ainsworth’s bills,” his altogéther is a very good sign. tis of course too late in the day for the press or the community to hold up its hands at such a revelation of the shameful abuses of legislation. That such things are regularly and constantly done in the Legisla- ture is a fact of such common knowledge that to express any surprise at their appear- ance on the surface would seem like an attempt to simulate the Arcadian innocence. The only expression that is timely in the matter is one of satisfaction that there begins to ap- pear some disposition among members to re- sist the extortion of the political sharpers who secure election to the Legislature, not to per- form a public duty, but to make merchandise of their votes. Bribery has gone to such lengths that it is likely to prove a remedy against itself; for corporations seeking the passage of measures find at last that they would as lief not have them as have them burdened with the legislative price. So the market for vote-selling is likely to fail. We are glad that a city member is able to thus fairly fix his case upon one of the honest members from the rural districts, It will be interesting to hear what explanation” Mr. Ainsworth has to make of his proposition to Mr. Fields, He must do better than rest on the feeble countercharge of Fields’ threat, for that threat might well be drawn from a mem- ber in such case by an honest feeling of in- dignation at the roguery of the other. Spain Hepaine on Cusa.—Some time ago the Spanish government wanted to divert the attention of the Spanish people from some of the little games about the crown, and it found a convenient pretext in an American proposi- tion relating to Cuba. It called upon the people in the name of the national honor to rebuke us by their indignant declaration against our proposal. That answered the pur- pose very well; but now the Spanish govern- ment begins to feel that it manufactured a little too much popular indignation against our pro- posal. It would like to consider that proposal, but the indignation aforesaid is in the way. So now it is manufacturing the other view, and the Spanish press holds that as the rebel- lion is nearly put down the national honor can no longer be compromised by a sale of the Ever Faithful Isle. It does not make much difference to us if they prefer it that way, and when we buy the island we should certainly prefer it with the rebellion “put down.” Hasty Leaistation.—The fight of the factions at Albany promises to give us a full crop of ill-considered, inconsistent, loosely drawn laws. We could expect nothing else when the varying phases of the contest are expressed from day to day in bills framed at half an hour’s notice to suit the whims and fan- cies of our politicians, Tue New P oxice Brrr is at least something new. It provides that New York city shall be a district to itself, and, we suppose, Kings, Queens and Richmond county will be treated inthe same way. Tho result of this will be that we will have several distinct police organi- zations, acting independently within hearing distance of one another. From this disorgani- zation and complication are apt to ensue. But so long as it is a new arrangement and is dif- ferent from the old one, we suppose it is an improvement in one way or another. - The Papal Question in Paris, “Young France,” as represented by Prince Napoleon Bonaparte, {s out In a stirring news- paper editorial on the subject of the relations of tho empire with Rome. The Paris jour- nalistic organ of the Prince “demands” the withdrawal of the Frenoh troops from the Holy City, the absolute renunciation of the Concordat, and the suppression of the French budget estimates for public worship. The writer wants free religion and a free church in a free State, Ho adds that “should these pre- cautions be carried out by France nothing will be left ia Rome but imbecility and fraud.” This is plain speaking and to the point. Our readers aro aware that the Archduke Albert of Austria is just now in Paris, They will also see by a cable telegram published in the Hzraup to-day that his imperial. Highness, who has been hitherto opposed to a Franco-Austrian alliance, “is now favor- able toit.” This is, perhaps, the key to the entire subject, Austria has had about enough of the Papacy. Her people need the religion of the day, as shown by the statements made lately by her Protestant Premier, Count Beust, to a HeRaxp special correspondent in Vienna, Princo Napoleon Bonaparte knows that the power of Rome was virtually annihilated both in Austria and France within a few days after the moment when General Fleury rode into the Aus- trian camp on the line of the Adige, at Verona, on the 4th of July, 1859, The treaty of Villa- franca was signed on the 11th of the same month. Napoleon and Francis Joseph nego- tiated that instrument alone and without witnesses, The Jesuits could not get into that little room. Napoleon then telegraphed to the Empress that the bases of the treaty included “the Italian confederation under the honorary presidency of the Pope.” Instead of this his Holiness, poor man! has had little peace ever since. His case will be settled soon, The Archduke Albert may elaborate the Villa- franca instrument in the Tuileries. SoRINKING FROM THE SHADOW OF THE Noose.—Thomas Jackson, a political under- ling, became involved in a difficulty which he had himself provoked in a First ward saloon on registration day last fall. His opponent, Douglas, fled from him, and Jackson dogged him from door to door of the corner groggery for a chance to strike. The chance was offered, and he shot Douglas like a dog, in the back of the head, Douglas died, and a whitewashing Coroner's, jury found that the fatal wound was inflicted “partly in self-defence.” They dared not acquit him. A timid or a corrupt grand jury indicted Jackson for manslaughter, and the bill was such a@ barefaced fraud that the District Attorney quashed it. A second grand jury indicted him for murder in the first degree, and now that Jackson must soon take his turn at the bar, like Jack Reynolds and other non- political murderers, the lawyers for ducats are trying to cheat justice of her dignity by mov- ing to quash the last indictment. They prate about rights of the prisoner and such stuff. Have the people any rights, or do politicians Absorb them all for their own benefit? ous verrons. Napo.gon as A CiviL ARBITRaToR.—The Emperor Napoleon will, it is said, arbitrate the British Commercial Marine Claims bill of losses arising.from the seizure of the English trading steamship Tornado by the Spanish war ship Gironda off the coast of Spain in the year 1866. This Tornado case has engaged a vast amount of attention, Lord Clarendon has written about it to Madrid, the Earl of Derby has written about it, Admiral Quesada has discussed it and the British Parliament debated it. Napoleon will now, as we aré told, arbitrate it. This step will interest Eng- land considerably, perhaps attract the minds of her statesmen towards the necessity of a joint Anglo-French arbitration of the entire situation in Spain. France and England, the Powers which warred on Spanish soil to the utter demoralization of the Spaniards, allied for the restoration of peace in the unhappy land! Strange, but not impossible. LITERATURE. The Galaxy for April is a budget of good things. It embraces two chapters of Charles Reade’s new Story, “Put Yourself in His Place;”” 9 carefully con- sidered essay on ‘Mr. Raymond and Journalism,” by Mr. L. J, Jennings; another instalment of those tropically sentimental “Letters from Havana,” delictous Cuban moonshine for Young ladies; ‘The Exile,’ another chapter of “Ten Years in Rome,” devoted to the Propaganda; the firat part from Anthony Trollope, of the story of a poor, miserable, brokendown London scholar in search of literary employment, the scene being @ fourth or fifth rate drinking shop named “The Spotted Dog;” a very in- teresting article from Justin McCarthy on ‘Eugenie, Empress of the French; a wild and melan- choly story called “Pine Plank;” ‘“I'he Case of Ham- let the Younger,” by Mr. Richard Grant White, which {s nothing more than the argument of the Play adapted to the theory thac young Hamlet's in- sanity was sheer affectation, and that his irresolu- tion was his ruin; an article on “The Future of New York,” pleading the urgent necessity of more rapid and comprehensive means of ingress aud egress than we now command or are now promised; an elaborate criticism on Fechter, and the usual mis- cellaneous subjects of the closing pages. In his review of Mr. Raymond's career as @ jour- nalist and @ politician, Mr. Jennings gracefully dis- charges a task of delicacy and responsibility. He does not find It necessary in the vindication of his friend to malign or misrepresent his cotemporaries. Nor does he find the active and successful career of his hero go barren of materiais to the historian and so monotonous to the reader as to need the introauc- tion of vulgar sensational digression and personal abuse of other parties to secure attention. On the contrary, while bringing out into fine relief the salient points of Mr. Raymond's character, prin- ciples, opinions, purposes and achievements, as journalist and statesman, Mr. Jennings finds it per- fectly in keeping with his main object and his sub- ject to avoid the base devices of the penny-a-liner to command a hearing and carefully to avoid offence. ‘Thus his task throughout is marked with herr | dignity and decorum, and thus the impression left upon the mind of the general reader 1s that the writer tells a fair and impartial story of # distin- guished man, whose life was most successful in gaining friends and in conciliating rivals and enemies. ‘Mr. McCarthy's pen portrait of the Empress Eu- genie, we have said, is very interesting. It is soaie- thing’ more, It is evidently the result of careful observation and intelligent study. We think, how- ver, that he too lightly estimates the influence of the Empress as a devotee of the Holy Father in shaping the Roman policy of ‘the first son of the Church; that on the Church question she has, per- the balance of power in the Tuileries, faved the temporalities of Rome and the to the Pope. Mr. McUarthy admi! nevertheless, ‘‘that there was a time when it seeme as if the Empress Eugenie was likely to make for hereelf an odious fame as the f patroness of & conspiracy against the religious and political liber. ties of the South of Europe;” and we join him in the hope that hereafter she will be saved from any such temptation, and will finally “receive @ genial record in the history of France.’’ ‘fhe review of Mr. Fechter, though a labored effort to make him a great actor, is interesting as showing how much @ skilful admirercan make of an artist who 18 neither German, French nor English, but a mixture of the three nationalities, even in we brief declaration that he “oats tne gween.” ‘The school book publishers of this and several other States are still in session at the Craftsmen’s Life Assurance office. They think the public are not concerned in the matter and therefore don’t tell what they are doing, MARCH 19, 1870. THE STATE CAPITAL. Disgraceful Proceedings in the Assembly. A Country Member Charged with Offering His Vote for a Consideration. Tho 125th Street Railroad as the Stick in the Mud — Protection for Express Company Stockholders—The Swindling Ticket Agencies—Proposed Amendment to the Constitution. ALBaNy, Marob 18, 1870, Still the orowds come from all directions. Appli- cants for some little position for himseif or some particular friend. Ex-army contractors, raliroad men, canalers and others are here by hundreds, More still are coming. They don’t come exactly 78 tl Come asthe deeelpt y vondeds but they come in such hordes as to make the Dela- van look an tmmense beehive, surrounded by & con- tinual “buzz.” St. Patrick's Day has passed, but its effects have not yet died out, and this morning they showed themselves quite distinctly in the Assembly when Senator Genoet's bill, creating THE ONB HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIPTH RAILROAD, Was upon tta final passage. The Clerk was en- gaged in calling the roil on the vote when Mr. T. C. Fields, of New York, was observed to be grumbling rather excitediy, standing up and sitting down, dashing papers on his desk, crumpling them up again and then ruffling his venerable locks until they were most majestically disturbed. He asked to have nis vote recorded in the afirmative and there was no donbt that the bill would have been defeated. ‘Biuff Prince Hal’ made his ap- pearance in the Assembly chamber at this time and was moving quietly around among the members, when Mr, Fields rose in his place and opened THE LEGISLATIVE LAUNDRY in flerce style. He said he thoughs it was time that some member of this House should rise and make an efort to preserve the dignity and propriety of this House, and that he, ag @ democrat, rose to de- nounce # practice which has prevailed to a great extent in this Assembly. He said that ho had been approached by a gentieman—a member of this (ouse—who told him that he stood at the head of ten members who would vote for or against this bill according as he (Fields) would make it conventent to hima, and that gentleman was Mr, Ainsworth, trom Saratoga. Mr. Fields went on in & most excited manner until his face looked as if he were trying to emulate the frog who wished to swell himseif to the size of @ bull. This direct charge against Mr. Ains- worth, one of the quietest democratic members of the House, created, as was natural, a most decided EXCITEMENT AND SENSATION. Mr. Ainsworth jumped to his feet and pronounced the assertion utterly untrue, and stated that Mr. Fieias nad approached him after he had voted against the bill, and threavened that if ne (Ains- worth) did not change his vote to favor the passage of the bill that ne (Fields) would oppose any bill that be (Ainsworth) would bring up. Tils was at first pronounced by Mr. Fields as not im strict ac- cordance with tacts, and although THE LIB DIRECT was not given in plain language it was conveyed beyond a dount. Members who bad voted in the negative beiore then asked to have their votes re- corded in the aifirmative; evidently not because they sided with Mr. Fields in bis deoiaration, but because it had been explained quietly by Senator Genet and Assemblyman Irving that the franchise was to be disposed of by auction to the highest bid- der. The news of the EXTRAORDINARY PROCEEDINGS had spread through the'Capitol, and crowds flocked from the other portions of the bullding into the gal- leries and aisles of the Assembly chamber. Friends of members squeezed themselves Into good places to watch the turn of affairs, The Speaker, on account of the GREAT CONFUSION, ordered the enforcement of the fifty-seventh rule, announced that the “tickets of leave” issued for to- day were revoked, and directed the sergeant-at-arms and the doorkeeper to clear the floor and loboies of allpersons not entitled by rule to the privileges of the Ly ae pra was called again and the bili was Mr. Kiernan, of New York, then offered a pream- ble and resolution reciting the fact that charges had been made by Mr. Fields against Mr. Ainsworth, and providing that a committee of five should be ap- pointed us a COMMITTEE OF INVESTIGATION to inquire into and report upon the matter, in order that the House mighitake such action as was pro- per under the circumstances. Mr. Mosely, of Kinga, offered an amendment to the preamble, reciting tne charges made by Mr. Ainsworth against Mr. Fields, ‘The latter gentleman captiously opposed the intro- duction of the amendment, inasmuch as the steno- grapher had failed to take down Mr. Alnsworth’s remarks, This was made by Mr. Fields as a poit of order, and the Speaker decided the polut of order welltaken. Mr. Mosely then put in AN APPEAL FROM THE SPEAKER'S DECISION, ‘and the appeal was sustatned by @ vote of 78 to 24. ‘The question was then put on the amendment offered by Mr. Mosely, to which Mr. Fields ofered a further amenament to the effect that the committee be em- parece to investigate if any private conversations ad been had wich any member of this House in re- gard to any bill before this House. This, of course, if adopted, would probably bring out a great deal of DIRTY LINEN and would open proceedings that would require a full year to complete, Mr. KIERNAN, 1n a short speech, said that ne thought the amendment was vut of order, as the gentieman had not charged apy member in particu- lar that the amendment was too broad and ougut to be more specific. Mr. BERGEN, of New York, then rose and sala that the proceedings to-day were extraordinary; that this Legisiature while in tne discharge of the duties which their COnstituents imposed upon them Was arrested by a qguon to open aa investigation which was intended ti bs A : D—N THE REPUTATIONS OF MEMBERS ~~“ and bring odium and disgrace upon tne entire Leg- islature of the State. Mr. HusTED, of Westchester, asked who would qxamne the oles ot ere ea to which . Bergen re; jat he en reading the census, and found that ae WESTCHESTER, AS A CUCUMBER GARDEN, bad produced more cucumbers than all the rest of the State. ‘The point of this cucumber joke was not very plain, but it had the effect of drowning the growing uneasiness and bringing down the houge in @ regular guilaw. ‘The amendment of Mr. Fields was voted down, Mr. IRVING then rose to a question of privilege, and stated that when the Chair had culled him to order some time before he was engaged in expostu- lating with Mr. Fields, who bad said he would “vote against any bill brought up this session by any man who voted against this railroad.” Mr. Mosely’s amendment was then put and carried by a decided vote. Previous to this Speaker Hitcn- man had taken the floor and explained fully and clearly why he had decided the introduction of Mr. Mosely’s amendment out of order. Alter a great deal of animated discussion the preambles and reso- jutions were adopted, and the Speaker announced asthe Committee of Investigation:—Messrs, Little. John, of Oswego; Patrick, of Cuemung; Snow, or Seren: Selkreg, of Tompkins, and Kiernan, of New | ‘ork. This discussion had consumed more time than the ordinary session, and after the announcement ol the committee the Houge adjourned. The matter, how- STREET ever, dia not die out, but was the topic of conversa- on throughout the entire day and evening. PROTECTION OF STOCKHOLDERS IN EXYRESS COM- PANIES ‘was the subject of a bill introduced tn the Senate to-day by Mr. Sanford. It provides that each year jn regard to the following terms 1—The amount of capital atock, 3—The amonnt of capital stock issued, 8—The amount of capital stock owned by the company. 4—The amount of funded debt, if auy. 5—The amount of floating debt, if any. 6—-The amount of sinking fund, If any. and how invested. The ‘average rate of Interest on funded and floating fe & ~The amount of floating debt as per last report. 9—Th bonds and other aecurities. 0—The salaries paid president and ail other officers, H—Th receipts. 18—Tho gross expenditures. 14—The amount of dividends paid and declared. 15—The amount of taxes paid to general government, 16—All taxes paid other than to the general government, 17—The amount paid for damages and losses. 18—The amount of law expenses. amount pald for insurance. ‘The amount paid to each railroad. ertining and printing. ald. FRAUDS IN THE SALE OF TICKETS ON VESSEIS. Senator Wood introduted a bill to prevent the injustice perpetrated on emigrants and others who are daily decoyed into ticket offices in the city of New York, where tickets are gold tothem on the different steainship lines at advanced rates. The keeping Of ofices for this purpose gives these par- ties chances for perpetrating frauds. The ovject of the bul is to oblige such agents to procure written authority from each steamship company, and to display such authority in their respective omices, and declaring the houses disorderly which have not such authority for the sale of tickets or drafts. 1¢ also contains @ provision deciaring decoys, runners, hackmen and others who aid in bringing persons to such places as accessories, BXTENSION OF POLITICAL PRIVILEGES TO FOREIGN- RRS, Senator Norton to-day introduced a concurrent resolution proposing an amcndment to section 2 of the State constitution, ich does away with the taktng out of second papers by adopted citizens an@ beads off the Mteenth amendment tn this State vy providing that any male person of the age of twenty- one years who shall been five years in the country, one year in the State, four months in the county and thirty days in the ‘election district, and every other male person who shall be @ resident of the United States at the time this provision ahall be approved and ratified by the people, and wno shall A. ar Foe bag be ri tie ciate. have deciared ‘allegiance to government of the Uni States, shail be entitled vo vole and CONFIRMATIONS BY THE SENATE were made to-day in executive session on the nomi- nations of Messrs. Parker, Kernan and Troup as revisors ol the statutes of the State, and Mr. Mic Delahenty as Advisory Commissioner of the Capitol Police, The last named gentieman is an old imer- chant of Albany, and ts said to be one who will reflect credit on the office. THB SURRENDER OF CANAL CONTRACTS ACOBPTED. The Ganal Board have unantmously accepted the surrender of the repair contracts of Samuel Donald. fon, section two of te Erie Canal, and James A, Wilsonssection one of the Champlain Canal, The former had three years to run. ‘his action is under sue now law avolisuing the contract system, NEW YORK LEGISLATURE. SENATE. ALBANY, March 18, 1870. BILLS INTRODUCED. By Mr. BLoop—Amending the act to extend the powers of boards of supervisors, except those of New York and Kings counties. By Mr. HagrENDING—Extending cases in which writs of mandymus and prohibition may issue, By Mr. KeNNgDY—Fixing the compensation of stenographers in courts. aling the act for the relief of Erie apd Geneseo Valley Railroad. By Mr. SaNFORD—For the protection of stock+ holders in express companies, requiring reports an- Dually to the State of ail the business and the con- dition of the companies. “ By Mr. GRasAM—Regulating the issue of certifi- cates of stock and for the protection of stockholders 10 railway companies. BILLS PASSED. Increasing the number of judges in the City Cours of Brooklyn, and regulating tne civil and criminal jurisdiction thereof; incorpo- rating the Industrial Exhibition Company of New York; the general State Approprtation bill; to reorganize the Police Department of the city and county of New York. PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THR CONSTITUTION. Mr. M, NorTON introduced @ concurrent resulution vroposing an amendment to the State constitution a8 follows, which was laid over under the rule:— Resolved, If the Assembly concur, that section one of arti- ro of the constitution of the State be amended so as te read as follows citizen of the age of twenty-one a citizen for ten daysand an in r next preceedi ‘esident of he may offer his vote, and be a resigent of the United sball be approved and ratified oy ear before he offers his irmation before a Court ited ‘tates, or of the territorial dis- that it was /ona side bis intention United States, and to renounce legiance and fidellty, who shall be twenty-one years o! age. ‘who shall bave been an inhabitant of the United States five i yeare next preceeding an sige the Inst year an inhabitani the ni to become a citizen o! of this State and resident of the county where he may offer his shall be entitled to vote at such lection in the election district of which he sball at the time dent, and not elsewhere, for all oflcers that now after may be elective by the people; but such vot been for thirty days next preceding the election a reside: the district from which the officer \s tobe chosen for whot he offers his vote, provided that in the time of war no ele: fo she actual militas d States in the army or navy thereof sha: of h ‘absence from the Stat power to provide anner place which fsuch absent electors y voto, d return of their votes in the election districts in reside Feppent Waly: or otherwise. ‘ssembly concurs, that the foregoing \dment be referred to the Legislature to be chosen at the general election of Senators, and that, in conformity to fection one of article thirteen of the Constitution, ft be pub- Lpcrs for vhtee months previous to the 20 THE GRINDING COMMITTEE. Mr. TwBED moved for the appointment of the usual sub-committee of nine to pass on bills. Tabled On motion of Mr. Genet. , OGDENSBURG AND CHAMPLAIN RAILROAD, ‘The Ogdensburg and Champlain Ratlroad leasing matter was referred to a select commiites, EXECUTIVE SESSION, A short executive session was then held, at whioh g@number of notaries public were confirmed; also the appointment of Michael Delehanty as Poilce Commissioner at Albany. The Senate then ad- Journed till Monday even! ASSEMBLY. ALBANY, March 18, 1870. BILLS PASSED. Incorporating the Traders’ Savings Bank of the city of New York; authorizing the Finshing and Northside Ratlroad to construct a drawbridge over Flushing creek; oblete for the election of judges of the Court of Appeals and justices of the Common Pleas of the city of New York; authorizing the con- struction of a railroad in 120th street, and other atreets in New York. REDUCTION OF FARES ON STREET CARS IN EW ‘ORK, Mr, MITCHELL reported the bill reducing the fare on street cars to five cents, each passenger going as far as Sixty-tifth street, New York, and making other like provisions; also setting apart a park for the National Guard in Brooklyn. NEW YORK CITY. Odds and Bnds of Interesting Local Wews. time of such The following record will show the changes in the temperature of the weather for the past twenty-four hours 1m comparison with the corresponding day of last year, as indicatea by the thermometer at Hud- but’s pharmacy, HERALD Bullding, Broadway, cor- Ter of Ann street:— 3A.M. Average temperature for corresponding date William Waterman, of 119 Clinton street, was killed yesterday by car No. 65 of the avenue B line, Kit Burn’s enterprise has led him to open another Tat pit in the hope that some missionary band will buy him out. Morris'A. Tyng and Ell A. Chapelyea were ordained yesterday as ministers, by Rt. Rev. Bishop Potter, a4 the Church or the Holy Trinity. Coroner Flynn will take the ante mortem deposi tion of Patrick Walsh who was stabbed Thursday night in the Twenty-first ward. Mary McCann, 8 woman who was terribly burned by Kerosene on February 224, died at Bellevue last night while being shrived by her confessor. A verdict of accidental death was rendered yester day in the case of Frank Trimbly, who was killed by a falling block on the steamer India on the 11¢h instant. The Cuban League will meet this evening at Del- monico’s. General McMahon, President of the League, leaves the city to-day for Florida for the benefit of his health. Martin Coffee, the Twentieth precinct policeman who had charge of the body of Thomas J, Flyna when the deceased man’s watch was stolen, was yesterday dismissed from the force. Mrs. Theresa Raymond, of 447 West Twenty-fourth street, was terribly burned while cooking on Thurs- day morning, and died during the ensuing evening from the effects of the injuries received. The regular monthly meeting of the General Com- mittee of the German American School Association was held last evening at Liederkranz Hall. Tho only important matter transacted was, that a propo- sition looking to an agitation against the reading of the Bible in the pubite schools and other “reforms” waa struck out from the report of the executive committee, and, In consequence, was deciared to Rave been voted down. A note drawn at three months by @ bogus firm doing business under the uncommon name of “Smith & Johnston,” for $55057, on Brown & Spaulding, jewellers, Broadway, dated March 16, ‘Was gent around to that firm yesterday morning for identification. It was made payable at the Ninth National Bank and bore the endorsement of Brown & Spaulding, and also that of L. W. Lynes. The man who brought it seemed to be a stupid sort of fellow, and probably took it to the wrong place. Mr. Spaulding told him it was a forgery, and refused to retura it, Whereupon he leit, saying he would call again, DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT SUIGIDE. In Newark, on Thursday night, Mrs. Bernard McMahon, of No. 90 River street, whow husband Keeps a saloon there, made a des- perate effort to commit self destruction by endeavoring to throw herself into the street from an upper story window while under the influence of liquor. Some friends witnessed the act and caught the wretched woman by the heels when she was hurling herself out. It appears sne has been ad- dicted to invemperance for & considerable time past, though lately she siacked up. On beng prevented from repeating the act she screamed ikea mad woman, causiig much excitement tn the nelghoor- 000.