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— v 4 CONGRESS. The Amended St. Domingo Resolution Adopted by the Senate. Senator Schurz in Strong Op- position to It. Sumner’s Proposed Amend- ment Defeated. He Wants Our Naval Force Withdrawn. SENATE. WasttinéTon, Jan, 11, 1871, OORAN TELEGRAPHY. ‘The House concurrent resolution for the appoint- | ment of a joint committee on all ocean cavie legisla don was depated upon a motion by Mr. UMANDLER | to refer to the Committee on Foreiga Relations, ‘Mr, SumNeR, (rep.) of Mass,, summarizing the re- sults Of that committee's action on various proposi- tions before it, saia that among otier bills now pending which had been reported from that com- mittee Was a general measure for a code regulating ocean cables, the substance of which was sketched by their lave associate, Mr. Fessenden. There were also several special bills—one for a cable from San Francisco to Japan, which had been considered many days by the comniitiee. He doubted mere of taking ail these matters at this late Btage of the session from the charge of the commit. ‘ee Which had specially considered them. A joint committee, 1 appoluted at all, should begin with a new Congress. Mr. WILLIAMS, (rep.) of Oregon, advocated @ joint committee us necessary to an intelligent understanding by Congress of peuding contlicileg ropositions. One of these Was 10 appropriate ,000 yearly lor 2 long period in aid of & elesrapa Nne from Calijoraia to Cina. If another company Would do the work jor one-aalf that amount there was a fitness mm having tueir proposition aud the one presented to the saute committee, The subject, by consent, was flnally laid over Without action unui to-morrow. LEVEES IN MISSISSIPPI. The latter halt of the merning nour, until one o'clock, Was occupied ‘: Mr. REVBLS, (rep.) of Miss., in som: remarks upon the bill to aid in the repairs and construction of levees in te State of Missis- sippi. He spoke of the importance of tue cotton 6, remarking that while ovtiou was RO longer “king” its commercial intuence upou te material interesis and prosperity of tie country demanded that roper measures should be taken to foster it. He referred to tie difictities in the way of the cotton Egypt and Brazil to show that, with proper en- col ment, its cultivation im the Umted State could be carried on without fear of successiui cou- petition in otter countries. by the improvements contemplated by the biil several millions of acres of cotton land in the delta between tie Mississippi and Yazoo rivers woulc be opeue:d to cultivation. Upon his motion the vill Was reierred to the Com- mittee on agriculture, | St. Domingo. The Senate then resumed the consideration of the resolution as amended by the House for tue appoint Ment of a commission to St. Domingo, the question being upon Mr. Sumner’s motion to amend the House amendment by adding thereto ‘and tho said commissioners shall ingnire especially iuto the alleged pendency of civil warin Dominica and the tate of the territory occupied by the opposing Parties; also as‘to the relations between the exist- ing government of Dominica and the neighboring republic of Haytl, and the pendency of any claim, territorial or pecuniary, by the latier upon the former, and whether any war now exists or 1s | menaced between these two goverumenis,” Mr. SAULSBURY, (dem.) Of Del, moved asa fur ther amendiaeut to add, “And providing Lorther, that Benjamin F. Curtis, Millard Fillmore ana Gene- ral W. T. Sherman be tiie commissioners.” Mr. STEWART, (rcp.) Of Ney., 1ooK the Hoor in favor ‘Of the resolution. He argued tat the fartuer te torial expansion of tisconniry Was 4 pari of is mai feat destiny, and @ necessary incident of its growth in wealth aud power. Tue gfeat dificulty of France um maintaining her republic was owing (0 the concen- tration of power and Of national organization in une city. Our own Vest eXteat, in giving freer scope wo the operations of local State orgunizations waa, | during the war, and would continue to be, 4 guaran- tee of national saiciy, Proceeding at length to re- view the isstes involved in the general quesiton of Dominican quisition, Mr. Stewart ticidentally alluded wo the leader, Cabral. _ When Mr. Monroy, (rep.) of Ind., made a state- ment to the effect that that chieftain had said to the United States Minister at Hayti that he was in favor of annexation as an independent question, but opposed to annexation under Baez, because 1b would result 1a making the latter governor of tie | island, and he would oppress him (Vavra}) aqua his adperents. he tahiti. essenanas Mr. SrEwarr went on to show the benefit to ac. crue to the Dominican people by annexation, in the substitution of our staple institutions and equal Jawa in place of tneir own form of government, | fter an assertion of the desire of that people for an- mexation, a statement of the feruiily and saiuority | e and @ criticism upon the supposed { of the daemocratic change of position in opposing tne an- mexation policy of that party in former days, Mr. Stewart conciuded with an allusion to the political | fate of some of our public men who heretolore op- Posed territorial expansion. | The debate commenced by Mr. Stewart assumed conaiderabie latitude upon the general merits of the annexation qpestion, while upon the 1mediate qpestion of concurrence in the House amendment e Mr. RZ, (rep.) Of MO., in a long speech, indi- ealive of his determined hostility to anuexation, proceeded to review the arguments urged by ify sup- rters. Commenting upou tie extraordinary spec- le that, in considering @ proposition to sénd out @n important commission, tle Senate was under tie whip and spur, being told that it must be done in- stantiy, he asked, “Who needed the cominission 1’ Not the President of the Uuiled States, because he foly ‘to reect the treaty, aad failure of anuexation would be a ty. To make that assertion he necessuriiy must have acquired belorehand every essen- Ual item of iniormation. The annexXationisis in Congress did not need the iuformuion, for their | minds were already made up. ‘Tie natural suriis: therelore, was thatthe only scekers of the knowie were those Senators and members who were op posed to annexation. Yet in a former Senate ue- | Date on the subject every suggestion inthe form of | an amendment was inconiineutly voted down. The | fave of his Own amendment for av inquiry into the alleged proiectorate by the United States over St. | Dowiungo, and as to popular sentiment there was an» instance of tls, Were gentlemen afraid of what Would come out if tne protection of the Unitea | States Navy was withdrawn?’ What neces- | wily existed for the tremendons hurry in starting the commission? Asan iilustration ef the | sophistry made use of to deiude the people of the | United States in this matter, Mr. Schurz said tt was now attempted to explain away this oe by repre- | senting that the commission was compelled to start | at once in order to complete thetr labors in the cool | weather. Yet one of the specific objects of the in- quiry was the climate of St. Domingo; and how could the comission investigate the climate except by their actual experience ef it? Keiterating Lis opinion, that @ conscientious ivestigation would | that the t calaml- cs occupy from three to tive years, he said the weakness of their cause was 60 far felt | by tue advocates of the resolution } that they bad endeavored to manulacture | all sorte of pretexts for justification, Tney now | their object so be te exculpate the President | raions and accusation. He (Air. Schurz) | had heard nothing of the kind from any respensible | ree and did not believe the peuple of the Untted | FS thought the President was acting in the mat. | from corrupt motives. The suggestion of the to vindicate him had come froin the other side. he regarded as s mere subterfuge, for the other certainly did not wish to represent Presidont as a child, te be humored @ bauble. For himself he had more for the dignity of the office end for the man. made against the enator ir. Sumner) becuuse he had The Senator evade asserted we would have ncies of ont custonus. ervice ox! es our ce there “would eiapel it. Therefore it was trifiio, to deny that there “ yo solo epmaneg tne he a — against the Haytien the Senator ‘irom Indiana (Mr. Porto Rico were to be absorbed, and half as i prot of tte Justice, slavery onght never to havo to inquire respectin: | OX | proauction in i i U ) ruption and iatrigaing with Senate was unanimous, i had toid Congress, in his Message, it was an act of | 1 viz.3— NEW YORK HERALD, een AbOlished ta the United Slacca, Mr. Sen than reintroduce slavery there. But he was deal- Ing with facts, anc that slavery had been abolisked 1n Spite of natural laws, which seemed to dictate I ) 1 bis triend could deny then he would like to have him say vations in a tropical clime inevitably degenerate to the demoralt<ed condition of the society there; that even the Anglo-Saxon race become enervated under these induences, and that the Dominicans, ticapa- bie of appreciating tree institutions, were unlit As-oclates In our governm al system. Mr. MorToN remarked N Schura’s argument was that it was ea to abolish savory in the South and especially in the West da of what I said. My reiaark wag that the abolition of slavery carried With it that organization of labor which was the megny of developing the resources of those countries, diana to deny ft. further In the course of rewarks Mr, Schurz contended that im the leng run ations; that tho rebellions {n India, Cuba nd St. Domingo had swalluwed up ail proiits de- rived by tho mosher countries from their expendl- esp te re foreign intervention upon the soil of Mr. MORTOS hocaes that ff St. Domingo ought to be annexed, and the United States reiused to ac- juire the island, our government would be debarred m asserting ine Monroe doctrine against any al- — of any foreign government to possess It, . SCHURZ beileved the Monroe doctrine applica- ble to every foot of American soul without cirect re- | ference to acquisition by the United States. In re- | plying to a remark by Mr. Morton that there was geod reason to believe that Germany desired to ac- uire this island or some other rich possessions in the West Indies, Mr. Schurz spoke of the iminense | commercial beneft derived by Germany from her | system of colenies, which did hot devolve upea her @ particle of respensibility 1 @ political sense, He | denied that Germany, in particular, had any disposi- ; Mon to acquire Dominica, | Mr, CaSsBRLY suggested that if Mr. Morton’s | position on the Monroe doctrine was the valid ong ; the United States would bo unabie over to assert tuat doctrine as to any Eufopean posscssion upon 80. He proveeded to argue that free insti- | hat the point of Mr. | Ch3 { give the Senate URZ—~NOo, air; that is a misrepréesentation | resolution; aud, furth ‘allenge the Lenuter trom In- | ing whether auy villages, towns bm Cal rong Were not a source Of wealth to | agreed to. - a tures, and that no reasonable apprehension need be , in unaulmousiy by—yeas 57, nays ni i the imprisonment or exile of | | @ny persous by We Dominicana government because URz replied that, for one, ho would preferto | of hostil ty to annexation, Not agreed to, | tro do without the products of tropical Countrios rather | Mr. SuMNER also moved to provide fer an Inquiry | as to any negotiation or proposal for acquistulon of | Dominiéa by any foreign government. Not agreed | to. Mr. Sumner then seat to the Chair another amendinent, When Mr, Moxton inquired whether 1¢ was in order to urge additional amendments after the sense of the Benate vad been repeatedly expressed against any moiiication, : Mr. SCMNeR—Does the Senator wish an answer | from mer Moxtron—My inquiry was directed to the Ar, SUMNER—With the permission of the Ohair 1 i will answer it. Lam doing my duty as a Senator to opportunity of improving wis Lwish it to go betore t! country that Sepatore ad the opportunity of mak- | ing these amendments 4nd have yoted them down. | Mr, Sumner's amendment was then read, iu: oy the over Not | ‘The Housa amendment, providing that tno ap- | pelutment of the commission shall not cominit Con. | ress Jor Or against annexation was then concarred | » The reso- | rdingly goes to tho President. At five , Senate adjourned. Bec isiand, uow occupied by the people of one nt, are claimed by any otber governmen' lution accor o'clock the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WASHINGTON, Jan, 11, 1870, CONSULAR AND DIPLOMATIC APPROPRIATION BILL. Mr. Kesey, (rep.) of N, Y., from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the Diplomatic and Con-*) sular Appropriation bill. Made the spectal order for Friday next. Tae bili appropriates $1,438,347. THE THXAS FRONTIER, Mr, DEGENER, (rep.) of Texas, tntroduced a bill | for the better protection of the frontier of Texas, Rolerred. ; the American Continent. Tne mere staiement of ; such an assumption was its suMicicnt refutation, Mr. Scmuaz conciuded with a reference to the idea suggested by Mr. Sumnor, that the tropica should belong to the colored race. It that race snould concentrate there aud those West Indla islands suouid torm a confederacy of their own ts | Would be the last,manin the Senate to stand ta tie Way of the offer of the iriendly offices of this gov- | ernment in aid 0: such a consummaitou, ; Mr. Yares, of lll, sald that if be bad time he | Would demonstrate that the speech of the : enator ; from Missouri was in opposition to ute giorlous tus- | bory of our free institutions. It was at war with progress, civiiization and freedom. He undertook ; lurther to say that tie Senator had bot wade | any argument. agaivst the aunexation of Do- j municd which had not been heretofore made | agalost the extension of human liberty to tue | slaves in the South. According to th are to 8uui Ourselves up and have a ©. tween our fice lustitutions and tie islands that sur- round our Continent, in answer to Senator Sua- | ner, who said that if we aunex vomialca we wil have a civil war on our hands, Yates remarked that fi tilat should so we wil end it, on we & sutt with Hayti we will go to law The Senator from Missouri a! elaborate argument about ra 0 hot to pass @ resolution of siz Whether the people 6i Dominica are in & co: tu be annexed to the United 1 States. Was Un Guiry in order to w in how jar and wh ne wes unustiy imp ing Oppressiod upon the people: Or did thesenacor sup, | Senate were not as weil versed in tne history Taces a8 Le was, and that, thereiore, they slo hot inquire into the lustory of tne Dominicans? Presidentjhad been charged with being , O..08 par in Uhis isiand usa part of the | United States through what was denominated n , is alde-de-camp, ‘The President, theceiore, tn ju to himself, aiiuough he may be weli inforn Tue rlvy to cor- 5 d, | Should send three cminent nich thither in order to | , investigate this cuarge of corruption and make a | Teport. The Senator from Missouri said that we | Investigation coud not be made itn four years; bat that Seuator took much less tine in investigating i Ty as to | the whole coadition of the Souch. Ho compieted , iat work in @ few months, The investigation | Bow proposed id be made in a short time.” Ta argument wile had been | urged agaist the annexation of Duinivica had by urged agefust the acquisition of Lousiana, flock ; Dexas, how “i A 2 | been done without injury to us. It was in the ina of empire and civil liberiy. ; Missourl migh y this was th st. 1 ag so, he (Mr. Yates) tha en Q ! God he wa: | enthusiast. He was ready to the banner our country, not oniy to the blacks the South, Dut to tus 39,900 Deopie of Domiul Mr, Witson, Of Mass., said at foar o'cluc! ; Were to vote. He wished sitmpry lo stale he re- | greed very much ths question came before Liem at wll; Dutas it was here it was to ve met. | weve Strong opinions on both sides of the question, ; and statements and allegations aifectiug it. | Proposition 1s sluply to make an Inyuir He pr | sumed the inquiry would besearchtug, thorou. ; and complete, and that in proper time we sio: ; have all the facts, He should vote for the amen ment a8 it came irom the House Jor the simpie reason. that he did not understand that the vote on the aciop- | tion of the resoiution suowed how they would voro | On the question oi annexation itself, fig should vote | fov any amendines question which germane to tig | looks’ to = obi. ng foformatloi, — whether | moved by frieud or | uppouent. ie had with deep sorrow listened to the is Senator from Misscarl He thought toat Senator's Fant rere uly a repetition of the argument used in Uis hall by the Cine of human siavery tu Americi. He did not believe one werd of such philosophers. If tho people on that island wero not capable of ireeiom, ihe Almighty ousht to have called the philosophers Joto Hig councid before He made the torrid rep in his jen every race is capable of civiiization, Carisuan- ization end education, whether it exist tn the tem- porate Aad irigid Zones or 1 tue tropics. Mr, Morton said the resolatioa, without the pro- posed amendment of Mr, Suuimer, embraced every form of inquiry. Mr. CONKLING and others remarked, “So it does.” » SORVON suid au amendment would simply | have the effact of productug a > with t hops of the enemies of the resolution y creauig ein. ; barvassmeut, apd to pa: the “resviuiion tweea the two houses, backward and fo like ® siuttiecuck, There was no rea rd, ney | Propriety for adopting the amendment, except ior | mos 4 | the purpose ol delay. Those, therefore, in Iavor ot | tovestigation, and believe it right aud just tat the } truth or falsehood of certain statements should ba | inquired into, will resist the amendment. We are, | he said, wm favor of tavestigation, and tuey siiink from it, ‘The VicB PResiDENT stated that the hour or four | had arrived, when | Mr. Somer said there was @ number of ; Senators who desired to speak. He co ane several of them. Hc therefore thought there should be a postponement of the hour for taking tae ; Vote, He did not think his ardent friend from In- diana (Mc. Mortou) wisied to be silent. He thought | Some Senators de: tobe heard witu no pur. pose of delay. Considering the magnitude of tne quesiton, and the interest Which existed throughout the country, he thougbt it oaly proper and just that there should be more time for discussion. He sug: ested to-mortow at four o'clock. The VICE PRESIDENT stated that a postponement Wouid reqaire unaniinous consent, wien Afr. CONK- LING and others objected. ‘The Senate then voted on and rejected the amend- ment Of Mr. Saulsbury, nainely, wat amin F, Curtis, Millard Fillmore and General W. T. Suerman be the comnussioners. Mr, SAULsbURY offered And the said Commissone: 1 proceed to Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Mexico and tho Sandqich {rlands, and make iike inquiries and notify the President, who shall submit the rep ort to Congress. ‘The amendment was rejected. The Senate then voted on Mr. Sumner'’s amend- ment, insiructing the Commissioners to inquire especially into the alleged pendency of civil war in Dominica and the extent of territory occupied Ly tue opposing parties; aiso into the relations between the existing government of Dominica and the neighnoring repunluc of Hayti, and pendency of any ciaim, territoria: or pecumary, by the latter upon the lormer, and if there be any war or menace of war between the two govern- ments. The amendment was rejected as follows:— Yeas—Bayard, Buckiarham. Casserly, Davis, Fowler, Harris, Johnston, McCreery, Morthi of Vt., Patterson, Rous, Saulebury, Schurz, Scott, Btockton, Sumner, Tepton, frum: bull, Viokers and Wilsen—20, rownlow, Cameron, Car: 01 NAys—Abvoll, Ames, Anthony, Bi ter, Suanaier, Gale, Conkling, Corbett, Cragin, Ldrvnnds, 7 Texas, Hanlin, 4 tony Fai Hamilton of , Howell, Jowett Lc ._ Nye, Pomeroy, Poo} Uratt fede ipo ntny Lag ‘Bn ‘Sp an Ramsey, , Rice, Sawyer, Sherman, Spencer, Stewart, Waroey, Willey, Wiliams 20d Yates U8. é another amendment, Mr. Thurman tn tavor ef the amendment and Mr. Howe against it were aosent on account of sick- nessa, Mr. SUMNEB offered the following aniendment:— ther, that 1f th naval force stationed Provided further, that 1f there be any naval force stationed in Dominican territory such os drawn; and if any power be tory to restating domestic or f be discontinued ar not commence thetr investigati udrawa and such ald discontinued. Rejected—yeas 16, nays 40. Anumber of amendments were then offered by Mr. SUMNER and voted upon separately. The first set forth that, aa it was not expedient, during the Cee ed of the proposed inguiry, to augment our naval forces in Vominican waters, and as the com- misuion was paciic in character, with no purpose work a would proceed until we had airtne ‘Went islands, ie the same spirit we ‘would soon be driven to speculate fer the acquisi- Heese oreges gait iataon By oa, Ge Stent oe moinent je mauestion as preliminary to na anette aa wi ni a dant upon, eucy a pouoy! aud iy paceried, asa Boh hi bad are 4 ‘un into thriftiessness, in a eee. av ) remarked that it {hata single tropical negro slavery ceuld be pointed eut, of 1S ust cited was @ of violence, therefore the commissioners aiail not be conveyed in @ war vessel. Rejected without a division, The seoond amendment provided for an inquiry whether there 1s @uy, and, if 80, what, government In Dominiea authorized to treat with the United tates for its anmexauion. Kejected without @ division, 4 directed an inquiry whether the consti- tution minica forbids ber goveinment to cede her territory or any part to any foreign Power, On this Me. SUMNER demauded the yeas and nays, Tne amendment was voted down—yeas 17, nays 37. Nr. SAULSBURY moved to requife the commis sioners to be sworn or affirmed w make an onest nd true report. Lost—yeas 10, nays 43. Mr. BUMNBe WCVed to direct che commissioncrs There | The | ir. Wiison's) opin- | i } | | ; Sigal consecuive hours without unloading to give BILLS REPORTED. Mr. Wiison, (rop.) of Ohio, from the Committee | on Agriculture, reported a bill to procure and dis- | seminate information as to the extent of cereal crops in other countries, requiring such information Ww be furnished by United States Vonsuls, Passed. Mr. WiLSON also introduced @ bill to prevent eruclty 10 auimais while in transit by railroad or oter means of transportation, forbidding caule to | be conined m Tatlroaa cars longer than twenty- | tue castle rest, water and feeding, for at least tive cousecutive hours, except prevented by contin. He explained that the bill did not apply boats, where arrangements are made to iced gud water cattle. ii LDR: Duk, (rep.) Of Wis, questioned the pro- constiiuisnality ef the bul. WiLSON state that the measure had been sieved and submitied to some of the Who certhied to its legailty aud con. | ‘The transportation by railroad of cto the Hast was very groat and {| . and it was well Known that | a and barbarous practices were | stuck 1n transit, that were not only | dunauity, Dui made the meat of the as to health. | atisfied that the bill was re- | tion, inasmuch as it inter. | internal police regulations of vac! 3 might as well undertake to legis | in every city and village, He | 1ue@ bill should be referred to the StLLUHOMALY, “ ‘g} that the bill was directly | withia the scope of the provisions of tie constiiu- tion, Which gave to Cougress power to regulate commerce between Statex The bill only reierred | to r us, Whica formed connected links beiween | , aud Was, therefore, constitutional. He moved the previous question. a Vote by tellers there were only 104 members volug, which lacked fourteen of a qucruin. Ou a second vote by teliers.tne vote was still less, many members being probabiy attracted to the Senate Chuimber by the DominiGan debate. A notin to adjourn was thea made, VME DEATH OF REPRESENTATIVE COVODE. Pewling the vote on it by yeas and nays the Spsaker jald befere the House a telegram from jor Geary announcing the deaii, at Harris- burg, Us morning, of John Covode, Representative vou Veuusylvania, aud speaking of him a3 a good citizen afd vaivable and faitninl pubile servant, aud a true patriot. On wiotion of dir, Kerr, (rep.)of Pa., a commit- ol vigit Members was ordered to attend the ob- aytules Of Mr. Covode, Tue House refused to adjourn, and the previous mesiion was Seconded, | ir. F GB moved to lay the bill on the table, tor tne yeas aad pays. ‘tae noraing hour expired, and the bill went over unui Lo-inocrow. 4H8 BROOKS INVESTIGATION COMMITTER. The SeeAKEt announced the select committee on Mr. Big9ks! Lavestigation, as tollows:—Messrs. Bing- | buco, Poland, Kerr, Beaman and Biggs. He stated | that the on Why Mr. Maynard, who offered the resolution, Was Lot appolnied chairman o7 the com- mities Was, that owing to the fact that he was a | meiaber oO! the Committee of Ways and Meana, and | au assoclate of Mr. Brooks on that committee. USE IN COMMITTEE OF THS WHOLE. .) Of Mass., OVed to go into Com- } @ of the Wiiole on the Appropriation bill. BeTLRR, (rep.) Of Masa., urged the taking up of the Amnesty bil, but tie Speaker staved that ul a two special orders Wilch had precedeace over it. Tue House then, at half-past one o'clock, went 1nto Commiitee of the Whole—Mr, Schofleld, (rej. ) ot Hie in the chair—and took up the bill making an additional appropriation of $200,000 for the Louta- ville anc Pordand Canal for the current fiscal year. Mr. WasuBi -). of Wis., meved an amend- Ment appropriating $341,000 for the completion of the section work at the Dea Moines Rapids, and ex- plataed tie necessity for it. Mr. H, fart (vep.) of Il, also advocated the i JALKLN, (dem.) of N. Y., moved an amendment appropriating $450,000 for tne improvement oi the navigation of Hell Gate, New York harbor, aud spoke In advocacy of ti. She amendment was rejected, Mr. Conver, (rep.) of Mica., objected to the sin- gling out of any parucular Work at this time. They Shoutd all be left to the General River and Harvor Appropriation bill. One-foarteenth of all the appro- priations made for river and harbor improvements Since 1524, wien the system commenced, went to t Moines Rapids, which had already received $1,918,200, While $02,200 had gone to the Louisville aud Portiaad Canal. Mr. MYERS, (rep.) of Pa., also protested against propriations being nade in advance of the regular iiiver aad Harbor Approprtation vill. Mr. Dawes explained taat the appropriations in the regular bul would be for expenditures to be made utier the Ist of July next. ‘hese appropria- Uons Were uecessary for the current fiscal year and to preveat Waste and damage to the works in the tpring. die hoped that no such small ovjection as had bec imade Would preveat the passage of the bil. Mr. Beox, (dem.) of Ky., stated the facts which rendered necessary the appropriation for the Louis- Ville aud Portland Cagal . Mr. SHELDON, rep.) of La, also argued in support Of tiaat priation, He sald that in New Orleaags to-day cual Was doubié the ordiaary price on account of we impossibility of ratts and coal boats getting down the Ohto im consequence of the opstriictions al Lou.svili Mr. STAG VEATHER, (rcp.) Of Conn., opposed the ndineni and argued that works of equal wice Were In Operation in various parts of Ue Guuntry—such us Heil Gute, New York. They had been all overslaughed last ‘year, gentieman from Wiscoasin (Washburn) had got Curougit ao appropriation for tue Des Moines Kaplas, ani then that gentleman went against ail oiler pro- Jects 1rom Now York to New Orleans, Mr. CaLKIN—That is s0. Mr. STARKWEATHER—Aud that is what he will do. again, ad that is why 1 am against it 1 cav't. alford to allow him to get his project through aud thefi to put the Knife ito every other project, Mr. WasHBURN said that the remarks Of the gen- Ueman from Connecticut were most astonishing, and that the statement made by bin that he (Washburn) after getting through an appropriation last year op- Posed every otier similar proposition was untrue. ‘The debate was further continued by Messrs. Alli- son, Steveusoa, Beck, Benjamin, Finkeinburg, McCrary, Copurp, Holman, Garfield and Shanks in because the | Pike4, Gilnton 8; total 14 thelr cost, just as tn Great Britain. This, with the poatisian oF, the [ranking privilege, would work a e reform, - Mr, GRiswoun, (dem.) of N. Y., moved to amond the law py requiring the payment of twenty-five per ee the cost of printing. The motion was re- ject Mr. JENCKES Moved to make It ten per cent adal- tional, Adopted. : Mr. LarLin moved to strike out the whole provi- sion as amended, Rejected. APPROPRIATION BILL PASSED. Wirhout making further progress with the bill the committee rose, and vie House passed the bill making pentepresions for the Loutsville and Port land Ganal and the Des Moines Rapids. PETITIONS PRESENTED. Mr. STEVENSON presented the petition of six han- dred citizens, business men and firms, or Cicin- Dati, protesting against the construction of tne Newport and Cincinnati bridge over the Ohio river on the present plan, and praying its modttication to conform to the recommendation of the Board of ‘Engineers. . DAWES presented the petition of the Sun, the Mercanthe and the New York Mutual Tnaurance companies of New York and the China Mutual ine surance Company of Boston for @ rehearing of the claim for loss per bark Caldera. YHE FUNRRAL OF REVRESENTATTVE COVODE, ‘The SPEAKER announced the following committes to attend the funeral of the ilon. John Covode:— Messra. Merour, Van Horn, Phelps, Beatty, Gilfilan, Axtell, Getz and THR CATTLE DISRASRe Mr. REEVES Offered a resolution directing that, in view of the prevalence of infectious and fatal diseases among cattle in New York and Massachu- setts, believed to be introduced from Canada, the Committee on Agriculture inquire whether any legislation is necessary to more effectually prevent or restrict the introduction and distribution of diseased cattle into and through the several States and Territories. Adopted. BILLS INTRODUCED AND REFERRED, By Mr. Roaxrs, (dem.) of Ark.—Incorporating the Sbriveport and Upper Red River Navigation “Company. By Mr. Porrer, (dem.) of N. Y.—For the improve- ment of the harbor of Portchester, N. Y., and of the Eastchoster creek, By Mr. CHURCHILL, (rep.) of N. Y.—To facilitate the collection of Judgments in favor of the United tates, By Mr, BUTLER, (rep.) of Mass.—For the relief of the First New York Mounted Rifles, Mr, FINXELNBURG, (rep.) of Pa., presented the aaah of the Indianapolis Immigration Conyen- on. Mr. SARGENT presented the memortal of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerov on the subject of subsidizing an Australian steamship line, The House thea, at halfpast four o'clock, ad- Jouraed. THE NATIONeL GAME. The Atlanticrs and a “Picked Nine” Sliding at BalimA Good Day’s Sport on the Capite- line. Of all the novel sights ever witnessed that of playing base ball on skates 1s one of tho greatest, and the citizens of New York and vicinity were treated to an exhibition of this kind yesterday after- noon on the Capitoline grounds, Brookiyn, which for genuine fun far excelled anything in the base ball line that bas been seen for many aday. The announcement in yesterday’s HERALD that such a game would take place between the At- lantics and Mutuals op the above mentioned grounds caused a large crowd of both ladies and gentlemen t# assemble, and sometime before the hour for the | commencement of the game arrived the glittering fee was literally swarming with fair women and gallant men, fitting, steel-shod, hither and thither, Irke veritable measengers of the elements. Most of the Atlantics were promptly upon the tice, passing the vall about from* one te another as in the more balmy days of the base-ball season, just previous to the commencement of a game, and from the easy, graceful manner in which they caught and tirew the “sphere,” maintaining the while a perfect perpendicular, it was evident that taetr opponents would have their hands full if they held their own against them, The Mutuals did not come to time at all, only Hatfleld and Swandell appearing for thom. A picked nine was chosen, and in a jew minutes, with Hatfield as captain, they were ready tor play. In 4 game of this kind much more depends npon the ability of the players to skate weil than their profictency with tne bali; but unfortunately Hatfield | overlooked this fact in the selection of his men, and to this fact is principally due the overwhelming de- feat they met with, although the Allautics outbatted them considerably. GAME ite. HL THE commenced at a quarter past three, with Thorn, of the picked nine, at the bat., He caught the ball nicely on his stick and sent it og eget down centre field, and, being o tine skater, he struck out finely for frst base, which he easily made; but instead of stopping on it he slid of ior his second, where Pike canght him. Shrieves, after being muffed at first, skated clear around to the home base, but Hatheld and Ruggles were both captured despite their fue “sliding” abilities. Pierce and Smith ofthe Atiantics bot made runs by the bad throwing of Glover to Swandell at first, the ball going clear through the seats on the right of the grounds and causing the last named person, who could not skate at all, to risk breaking his neck hal ving to get it. Start and Hall were both caught at first, as was also Fergason, who, in trying to skate there, allowed his legs to become de- moralized, so that before he knew it he had measured his length upon the ice ina manner well calculated to shock his nervous system. In the next inning the picked nine were disposed of in one, two, three order, while their opponents Scored twelve “slides.” In the third imning Smith sent a red hot one tu Hatfield at short, who caught it as nicely as he ever did anything in his lile, and brought from the andience a good round of ap- ause. Cox, of the picked nine, in the fourth Inning struck the prottiest pallof the day, sending it spinning and skipping. over the ice way down in left field, where tt knocked the feet from under two or three juveniles who were gliding ‘about on their Christinas skates. Long before the left flelder could capture the ball Gox had crossed the home mark. Bat poor Swandell was ina peck of trouble. Because he could not keep upon his feet in @ perpendicular position he was taken from first base and put out in the right field, where, after that, it seemed, nearly every bail was sent, and his frantio efforts to capture them, which gave him many and many & hard, and to tbe spectators most ludicrous, = = the whole assemblage tu an uproar of aughter. The following is THE SCORE. PICKED NIN® z a Q R, 4 2 1 -2 4 ao6L 24 2 os oe | 200 B 8 3 0 5 1 3 1 8 2 61 +2 4 Glover, ¢. a) 2 2 Gil, rf, a OO 2 8 —_-— — = Total ols 6 18 88 INNINGS. Pickied Nine Home siides.—Atianti 10.1 3 1 1-6 ~Smiti’ 1, Pleree 1, G. Hall 1, Clin- fon 1; total &. “Picked Nine—Ruggies 1, Hatticid 1, 0x1; total Horizontal tions umed.—Atlantica—Ferguson 4, icked Nine—Shrieves 5, Swan- Brown 1, Smith 1; total 2. York, of the Haymakers, »—One hour and thirty minutes. dell %, Cox 5 Hiatield 1, Shrie- THE WAR CLAIM OF NEW YORK AGAINST THE UNITED 5 STATES, [frem the Albany Argus, Jan. 10.] One sentence in Governor Hoifman’s last Message ought not to be overlooked—to wit, that which reports further settlement, during his ad- munistration, to the extent of pessoas of the war claim of this State uponthe general gov- ernment. At the close of Governor Fenton's term lus Quartermaster General estimated that of this favor of the bill and amendments, ana by Messrs. | war claim, then standing at Sa not more than Potter, Conger and Myers against them. Mr. GABFIE! (rep.) Of Unto, in illustrating the importance of the Ohio river, referred to the fact that the value of the commerce of that river in.1870 hile the whole fo! without employing au: Was $730,000,000, while the w! reign commerce of th pI of the country Was only $50,000,000. Mr, STEVENSOY, (rep.) of Unio, in reply to Mr. Conger, said that the commerce of the Ohio river ee, year would buy up the whole State of chigan.. Fiually, the vote was be ae the amendment @ppropriating $441,000 for tl ‘Was agreed to, and the bill laid aside to be reported. to the House, A discussion sprung up on a proviso repealing the existiag law, which permits the Pabiic Printer to. stonal docume: Mr. SARGENT, (rep.) of Ual., gave an illustration of the fraudulent manner in which that privilege ts used. A paper in Carson City, Nev., which was author to publish the laws of Congress ag ad- vertisements, procured from Washi @ suficient number of pamphiet eopics and the immense cost of advertising the laws might.be saved und the laws distributed tn pampniet form from Washington. Mr. JENOKES, (rep.) of R. I., approved the course of the Nevada paper reierred to, and wished that it wero generally follewed instead of pubilshing the jaws in newspapers, The pracelce ' was algo discussed by Messrs. LYNon, Larxin (Chairman of the Commitiee on Printing), and MUNGEN, aud was attacked by Mr. Dawes, Mr. LAFLtn, (rep.) of N. Y., had read a letter from the Public Priater denying the statement which Mr, Dawes had made in tis connection betore the nristmas holid: 4 Mr, DawkS alowed how that denial was intended to mislead the House, because the whole pamphlet was printed in the Public Printing oilice, except the title page. Mr. ea RELRLD declared his willingness that no coples of public dovuments should be printed except those absolutely neeaed for the government, and that those wno waut them may get them ea vaving e Des Moines Rapida | Jan. 10. stributed them | gir recovers oxy; among its subscribers. If that was to be allowed | water and ice, fifty per cent could be collected, and recommended that @ percentage be allowea to some agent for un- dertaking its settlement. It 1s seen, however, that two-thirds of the claim has al been recoverea one outside of the reguiar @ miulttary department havi! on of the matter; and the accounting officer of the Trea- gury Department says, in his last ietter, that a further credit will appear in favor of the State so goon a8 Vouchers now on file with him and expldna- tions thereof can be passed upoa.—Albany Argus, CATCHING MUSKRATS, Maskrats have curious methods of travelling long at cost price, exwa copies of all Congres | qistances under the ice. In their winter excursions ALS, to their junds, which are frequently great distances from thelr ‘abodes, thoy taken breach at starting, and remain under water as leng as they can. Then they rise up to. the ice and breathe out tne air in their lungs, which rematns in a bubble it the lower part of the ice. They wait till this m trom caren witn the and then take it in again, and go on till this ‘operation has to be repeated, intl | they can travel almost any distance an live almost any length of time under tha ice. ‘The hunter sometimes takes mivancage of this habit of the muskrat im the following manuer:—When the marshes and ponds where the muskrat abounds are first frozen over and the ice 1s thin and clear, on striking into their houses with his hatebet for the purpose of setting his trap, he fre- quently sees a whole famlly plange the wat aud swim away under the ice. Foll ing one for some distance, he sees him come to recover his breath in the manner above d After the animal has breathed against the he has time to take his bubble in again, the hunter strikes with his hatchet direct ver him, and drives him away from _ his breath, this case he drowns jo swimming a few rods, and the shunter, cutting a hole in the ice, takes him gut. ink, otter and bea- Rl travel under tae i inthe samo way, oye rs have frequently tox taking otter e mer descriveds ¥ si THURSDAY, JANUARY 1%, 1871—TRIPLE SHEET. AME STATE CAPITAL. The Agony About the Standing Com- mittees at an End and tho Grumbling Commenced, New Yorkers as General Graballs. The Rapid Traasit Question and the Many Plans that are “Certain” to Pass, SAVINGS BANKS DEPOSITORS PROTECTED ALBANY, Jan. 11, 1871. It was evident, when ‘the Assembly was called to order this morning, that the excitement in reference to THR STANDING COMMITTERS had beon no wise lessened by a good nighi’s sicep. | | In fact, but few of the members had sient at all, judging from the careworn look of their logislative countenances this morning before breakfast. Mr. Hitchman had certainly slept very little. Not that ho was at all miserable about who should be on the committees, but that the expectant com- mitteemen were very miserable about him, and nad tried during the night to make him more so by their | @ndeavors to find out from him beforehand what “great oxpectations"’ were not to be dashed. Flagg, of Troy, strode into the chamber as straight as an arrow, and laid his morocco ieather letter case upon his desk with a slap, as though he, for one, had been told who would be the head and | front of the Ratlroad Committee, and that that par- ticular head was @ gentleman from Troy. Aleo Frear looked happy, of course, for Alec had had a hand himself in plastering up the committees, by last year. Jacobs, too, whose ways and means aro of long years’ standing, also looked cenfident, but he, like Flagg and Frear, was only a joyful exception of a gloomy rule; for the uncertainty of the majority, every one of whom considered himself entitled to a slice of whatever spoils the committees to be ap- pointed might get hold of, was almost as bad as @ certainty that they were to get nothing at all. It Was quite painful to witness the ANXIETY OF THE NEW YORK MEMBERS, may have to profitable consideration, they are al- ways certain to force themselves to the front at avy cost, Crumbs may be nourishable to the raral stomach, bat the city folks don’t see things in the same light, and, consequently, go for what's on the table and not for what little may fail off it. This rapacity was written on every New Yorker's cou! nance during the whole sitting which preceded the reading of the commitices. It wasia vain that they tried to appear calm and unconcerned, to laugh and joke. The mask was too thin, and for the life of them they could not help talking “committee” to one auother, Finally the long expected moment came, and Mr. Hitchman got up and announced that the standing committees would be read by the Clerk, The list was a long one and took a long time to be read; but it had a wonderful effect on the members. Counte- Dances that were bright before pecame suddenly darkened, scowls took the place of bright smiles of expectation, while those who had made up their minds for the worst and found that they had not, ‘after all, been LAID COMPLETELY ON THE SHELY, poked their eee under the rins aud laugned aloud. Of col the greedy Gothamites, aithougi they got the biggest alice of almost everything tiat Wa Worth getting atali, were not unanimous in blessing the committee manufacturers. ‘The fact of Flagg getting the chairmanship of ratiroads, wich everybody had conceded to him beforehand, got the dander of more one New Yorker up, and a few of them went #0 far as to speak their minds freely to Fi himself when the reading had come to aclose. The sramews of the commitices, however, are old hands at the busi- uess, and will, no doubt, soon find a snug way of Btiling the grumblings of the discontented. Disap- pointed members know that grumbling sometimes in ee never lose @ chance to make their longings to be silenced feltin the proper quarters, and what has been done before, you know, can be done again. Indéed precedents for Assembiymen are always a8 good outside the House as they are in tt when people who: hire entire pariers in the notels have anything to say aboutthem. Yet might it not be asked, What there can be so valuable in committees which make members so desirous of sadditng them- selves with exira work which they get no extra pay for from the State? ST. DOMINGO AGAIN. Mr. MURPHY, of Albany, created quite a commo- ton by introducing a series of resolutions on the ot. Domingo question. They Were very attentively listened to while being read, and evittently caused | the Selkreg republicans considerable © uneasi- ness, ‘The fact of their being introduced by a lemocrat was of course nothing surprising; bat 1g pretty certain that it there will be a high old time made over them by the republicans if they suould ever get out of the hands of the Committee ou Federal Kelations, to which they were referred, on motion of Mr, Littlejohn, who expressed his desire to have them ‘care- fully digested.” The fact 1s, that the resolu- tions are almost identical with those which were to have been offered at the repub- lican caucus some time ago, had Selkreg not weakened before the battle had well begun; and there is a suspicion that tie democrats are not the only ones who had a hand in getting them before the House. Of course, the Conkliagites will rise in their might against their passage, if they do not prevail ron the committee to smother them, Then we will have THE OLD FACTION FIGHT over again, with the aemocrats as spectators, who will only take part in the fun for the sake of making the general scene all the more interesting to the general public, who can come to their own conciu- sions about the Kilkenny cat strife in the republican family. The tollowing are the resolutions:— Resolved (If the Senate concur), That the Legislature of the State of New York regard with feelings of the most pro- found humillation and pain the recent extraordinary, un- | warrantable aud unprecedented attempt of the federal ad- ministration to effect, by what seems to bea corrupt and irresponsible commission, the anuexation of St, Domingo to the territory of the United States. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That white we rejoice in the lawful and constitutional extension of our national authority over any territory lying contiguous te onr national domain, we would regard as pre-emiuently destructive to the dest interests of our country any annexation ot territo the United States by means of mmission or with- bservance of those international laws and customs which have hitherto formed the foreign policy of our government, and unless such annexation is demanded, ben yond ail question, by the general welfare and honor of’ our whole country. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the Hon. Sumner and other prominent’. United States a tora, representing of the great political par- toa’ of the country, deserve alike the sincere thanks Of the people of the Zmpire State for the straightforward manner in which they recently resisted the undignitiod aud unprecedented attempt of the federal administration to effect the annexation of Bt. Domingo, Resolved (if the Senate concur), That a copy of the fore- ping fepolntions be transmitted to the President of “the Inited States and to each of our Senators aud Reproseata- tives in Congress. SAVINGS BANK TRUSTERS, So much tinkering of the laws in reference to savings banks has been indulged ia during past years that the ie emer nowadays have to be very careful ag tothe way they handle the bills that are from time to time introduced, ostensibly fer. the protection of the depositors, but which tarn bare to be no protection it 3 took up the cudgels for those who put their little earnt away in savings bani in a bill which gives the State Su- Perintendent of Banks a very strong hold over. them. As the law now atands the tri of @ savings bank, when found GUILTY OF WRONG DOING as a trustee, can be removed only at the instance of the other trustees, Mr. Field’s bill gives the Super- intendent power to remove him by suspension, ti him and absolutely remove hi if foun guilty. I algo gives the Superintendent the same Power over the other oMtcers, and provides that when ® man is trustee of two or more savings banks and is Linge tA on sare reaires e, trustees! jose Hat mck all faut to. the other” Im ule" con: nection I may as weil add that another bill was introduced to legalize the establishment in New York of a co-dperative sa’ panes It pro- vides that each trustee shall be a stockholder ol the bank. Where the co-operation comes in for tie benefit of the depositor tsa mystery not explained an the bill. THE RAVLD TRANSIT QUESTION. It becomes more and more lent every day that Beare question, that will bother the heads of the ions of the Legislature this year will be that of Soe ‘The is transit. x) no doubt but aA ae will feasible jaa pres! eve this pumpece. 3 every lol Charles Be pass any that the Governor will this very fact ts well known a hagetsad ofes hg a Be as mal e his bosom friends for @ consideration paid in cash may prove to be we ‘catest dificulty in the way any party in either House: wh et agate 1 with any who wi ir es 6r that tho efforts of % RESTED PROPERTY OWNERS . ‘@ill prevail against all odds; yet thore will be so many plans submitted that the Legislature will be at loss Which to select. One thing is certain, and f aveak Dow of what I know from @ thorough oapvasd right of his pelng the father of a pretty little charter -; for, nO matter what claims thelr country consreres ; — ‘of Me membors of both honses stace tho session bee gan, and that is that an el vated road thronyh tie biock swill fiud the strongest support, It may be Yhat the Governor's recomneudation in h's Messaga has had @ great deal to do with this, but the fact remains all the samo, mo matter what In- fluence bas been brought to bear to bring the majority of the members to the conclusion the: seem to have come iu regard to the matter. Al plans for UNDERGROUND nOUTRS will receive the cold shoulder, althgugh it is rumored that there will bo several now plans of this kind on tho tapls, ‘The Arcade folks are already On hand again, and their heachmen, Smith and Gardiner, aro hard to work night and day trying to show ¢verybody that they are certain to carry it through this time, The strongest argument they put fortn now 1s that thoy have Abolished all those objectionable features ip the bill: which the Goveraor took exception to when he returned it last year, ‘These done away with the Governor will have no ground to stand on to fight tt, say its advocates, Yet the fact of their buttonholing newspaper inen and ever, member they can get into a quict corner for a “busi ness chat” in regard to it, ts proof positive that TOR ARCADE FOLKS have not such plain sailing before them as thoy want the outside would to imasine, - It ts uaderstood that John Fole: and his crowd of uptowners are expected up here in a few days with auother plan, which, of course, will be, ike all the others, the best of the lot. Tuen, to add to the agony, Mr. Heusted to-day dragged up Jim Swayno's cld bill, which raised such a rumpus two years age when it first showed its head. This—added to Mr. Hitchman’s, that is yot to be olfercd; Mr. Morion's, which has been offered, and several others whick are ceriain Koon to be offered when they are into shape, every one of which of course wilt | find favor with everybody and bu passed without & | Gissenting volce, and get the Governor's signature | ten seconds after it gets Into his oiico—will make the number quite formidable, If ont of the whole lot oue can be found whitch will satisty THE UP-TOWN PROCLB of your city when {t goes into operation, the Legts- lature will have good cause to rememier itself here- i after with feclings of pride, if the New Yorkers do not. Yet it [s jast as certain that the multiplicity ofthe plans olfered will give rise to considerabie ‘“yobbery” as that some one plan will ga.n the daydn the end Knowing that the people of New York must have this transit question setled this session certain members who have the power to do it may take ad- vantage of the fact to hurry through whatever pian | will pay thera the best, It will be well, therefore, | for those parties who look to the futerests of the jPeople more than they do to iheir own to keep & Sharp eye on the lower House whea the question. comes up for decision. ‘The annual report of the STATE TREASURRR, made to the Senate this morning, shows a balance in the Treasury oa Octover 1, 1869, Of $5,473,056; receipts during the firsi fiscal year, commencing October 1, 1862, and ending September 8, 1870, $31,045,608; payments during same _ period, $23,198,500; balance in Treasury January 1, 1870, $1,921,064, ‘The receipts include the following items:—Gene- } ral Tend, $9,434,057; bounty trust fund, $9,565; common school fund, $175,280; free school fund, | $2,63 3, Literature fund, $34,233; United States $311,749; college land scrip fund, $50,074; Cornell endowment fund, $3,463; Long Island Rail- road sinking fund, $17; Elmira Female College en- dowment, $1,592; tary recurd, $19,463; bounty , debt sinking fund, $752,572; Metropolitan police Tund, $1,856,026; Metropolitan fire fund, $309,940; Metropolitan Board of Health fund, $70,436. Total, 3140, Canal fund, $5,415,597; canal repair tiund, $4,170, Grand total receipts, $21,643,603. ‘The details show receipts from non-resident tax, $8,019,155; Stale, @eueral fund State tax, $8,262,952; State Prison soncangs $400,353; miscellaneous sources, $11,759; Bank Department, $18,718; com | briputed from free banks, $18,718; contributed from savings banks, $7,462; Insurance Department fees from Superintendent, $69,655; fees from insur- @nce companies, $4,609; contrtdu%ed from yas com paples, $2,504; contributed from railroads, $13,080; contribuled from the Metropolitan Board of Ex- ‘ontributed from tie National Guard ontributed from the public admin- total gexeral fund, $0,434,007! Ss 1h istration, $163, 2 trust fund for payment of bounties, $9,565; canal fund—tolls on “Erie, $2,632,507 ; Champlain, $172,482 5 Oswego, $133,648 ; Cayuga and Seneca, | $25,985; Chemung,’ $40,540; Black “Raver, $11,902 3 Genesee Falis, $17,733; Seneca river towpath, $292; Cayuga iniet, $3,077; Oneida river tm- provement, $755; total toll: $3,000,893, Mis- cellaneous items increase the fund on tolls to $6,418,397, Tae payments of the year are:—Gen- eral fund, 305,437; Stockbriige ladians, for schools and gospel, $2,160; general fund debt, sink- Ing, $1,004,050; Lounty debt, siuking fund, $3,045, LOL, free school fund, $2,450,330; comin school fond, $350,599; lterature fund. $105,852; United States deposit fund, $127,142, Metropolitan Police fund, $1,956,026; Metropolitan fue Department, $802,940; Metropolitan Board of Health, $70,436; college Jand scrip, Cornell Eudowment fund, $6,000; military record, $32,015: Long Isjand Ratiroad sinktug fund, $1,918; Elunira Foiale Col- lege endowment, $52,258—toial, $17,237,353. Uanat fund, total, $5,918,759; canal repair fund, $42,357. Grand total payments, '$2:,193. 500. RUFUS HATOH?’S CiRUULAR, NO. 1, on railroad management, has been piaced in the hands of every Senator and Assembiyman, and the announcement is made of a stroag elfort in behals ot i aa legisiadou concerning railroads this session. _ THE CANAL APPRAISERS ; have decided, in reiation to the Black river claims, tha’ the State was liable for damages icurred above Lyons Falis, NEW YORK LEGISLATUR:. Senate. ALBANY, Jan. 11, 1371, BILLS INTRODUCED, By Mr. PirRce—Authorizing the New Yoru Guaranty Indemnity Company to accept and exe- cute certain trusts, By Mr. ELwoop—To facilitate proofs of incorporar Uons in courts of the State. THE DEATH OF SENATOR BLOOD, Mr. MURPRY offered the following:— Resolved. That the Senate has learned with profound sor. row of the death of Hon. Isaiua i901, a menbdor of this body, and, that sympathizing deeply with family and friends in their bereavement, desire to express a deep sonse of the {oss which the State has sustained of a good and faith- ful egisiator. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions, duly certified by the ofticers of the senate, be sent to tue fambiy of de- ceased. Resolved, That the same be transmitted to the Assembly. Resolved, That the Senate, ous of respess to the momory of the deceased, do now adjourn, Addresses were taade by Senators Murphy, Parker, Bowen, Konnedy, Plerce and several otuers, When the resviutions were adopted and the Senate adjourned, Assembly. ALDANY, Jan. 11, 187L. BILLS INTRODUCED. By Mr. CONSRLYSA—Amending the act for relief of the Cannon street Baptist church, New York. “By Mr. NACHTMAN—Cbartering a German So- ciety in New York, By Mr. FiELDs—Uonferring additional powers on tho Bank Superintendent concerning savings banks. By Mr, Caspwick—To appoit an Overseer of the Poor in Utlea. By Mr. SuckneG—To enable several towns and cities or the Siate to refuad money expended in procuring substitutes Lo the late war. By Mr. HEcstep—To authorize vie construction of certain railroads in New York city atross Harlem river. RESOLUTIONS. Mr, W. A. Murray ollered a joint resolution In Opposition Lo the annexation of St. Dominyo, to be transmitted to the President and our Representa- tives in Congress, On motion of Mr, LITTLEJOUN re- ferred to the Committee on Foreign Relatious. STANDING COMMITTEES, Ways AND MEANS—Jacovs, Murphy, Coo! aoe Loutrel, Littlejohn, Husted, Selkreg al 180. COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION—Fiannagan, Back, Bayles, O'Brien, Cook, Vunsiecuburgh, Loutrel, Muiferd and Creamer. On CanaLs—Howe, Lord, Fuller, Chambers, Ten. Eyck, Mulhall, Alvord, Alberger and Shepardaen, ‘ON RAILROADS—Flagg, Irving, Weed, itoche, Nel sen, Hill, Littiejohn and Baker, pe ON BaNks—Nachtman, Oukley, ory agner. Buckley, Seward, Bunce and N STATE OMARITABLE INSTITUTIONS—Ten Eyok, Wiley, Bancker, Flagg, Berry, Brown and Bignall, AFFATRS OF CITIES—Messrs. ar, loseley, Campbell, Coyle, Howell, Kelley, Haver, Ely, Kil- ham, Curtis, O’Brien, Fisk, Pierce and Prince. THE MANUFACTURE OF SALT—Moseley, Cook, Fields, Edward. Connolly, Sniper, Bradford, Brown. TRADES AND MANUFACTUKES—Connolly, Fiecker, Wiley, Irving, Stevenson, Chadwick, Wade. STAKE PesoNe Nicholas, Curtisa, Haver, Bart- lett, Burns, 0 and Barney. ENGROSSED BILLs—Blatr, Bendei! Vor, Kilham, Johnson and Carmine pina! MILITIA AND Puniic Derence—Buck, O'Neill, Ra ht, Howell,-Cook, Oakley, Suiper, Sanborm RoaDS AND BripGss—Wainwright, Metis ba ae Uoyie, Oakley, Winans, an ON PUBLIC LANDS—Megers. Criftin, Aitkon, Mons. tayne, Ray, Wado, Bradigrd, Hill i 4 Inptan eArrains—Mesers, Rowell, He ba) Chamberiata, Hewitt, Goodrich and Chad- Mentrs, Brown, Mocha, Oonseiyes, Kellys Buckley; ¥ , , Buckley, , Gifford and, Stewareé, a GRICULTURE.—Messra. Fuller, Ranoker, Waterbury, Grit ‘Tenéyok, Barae and Durfee. ‘ON PUBLIO PRINTING.—Mossts. Montayne, Nacht- maan, Hayes, Kraek, Chambers, Lord, Berry, 80l- kreg and Oady. ON EXPENDITURES OF THE RxEcUTIVE DEPAR' MENT~ Messrs. Bayles, Madigan, Qarey, Deoker, Sunderlin, Pound and Sage. ON SXPENDITORES OF THE Hovse—Messrs Ourtis, Randall, Ransom, Fieck, Tucker, Prince and Greene. ON THE JUDICIARY—Messrs. eens at ee Blair, O'Neill, Gleason, Alvord a ON FEDERAL RELATIONS—Mossrs, Nelson, Weed, Conselyea, Wainwright, Vole, Buck, Graham, Joha- 4an and Paivud. ‘Weed, Bemus, ON Jor LIBRARY—Mosers. Randall Chambers, Roche, Conselyea, Wyman aud ‘The House thea adjourned.