The New York Herald Newspaper, March 15, 1871, Page 3

« WASHINGTON. General Butler’s Bill for the Proteetion of Southern Loyalists. Important Decision by the Mexican Claims Commission. The British Miuvister American Politics. Hearing in the Louisiana Lot- tery Cases. and WASHINGYON, March 14, 1871. stepublican Family Jare—The Purty Divided on Impertant Measures. ‘The republicans of the Senate neld a caucus this | afternoon at the close of the regniar session. The object was to discuss the Ku Klux bill, and, if possl- ble, tocome to some understanding about it. After ‘the bill had been read the discussion began and con- tinued until five o'clock. The debate took a wide range and nearly everything was discussed except the bill, the immediate business before the caucus, Tne question of adjournment seemed to be most prominent. Senators Hamlin, Conkling, Cameron, Trambull and others thought Congress had better adjourn at once and let the Soutn alone. Morton, Sumner, Scott and several others were of opinion that the republicans in Congress could not afford to go home without taking action on the pill before the caucus, It was evident that, while Cameron and the tariff men would, like to pass some | legisiation for the beneft of the South, they. were afraid that if they prolonged the session the tariff would be reduced. New England Senators were apprehensive about the Apportionment bill, and every man seemed to con- sider his’ own particular section as entitled to con- alderation in preference to the whole country. The caucus finally adjourned without coming to any conclusion, with the understanding that it will meet again to-morrow at one o’clock. There was devel- Oped an unexpected feeling m favor of a speedy ad- journment. but Morton gnd thuge who have char Sf oo Ku Kinx bi ae of oninion bal toiaorto | the republican Senators will remain long enough to ‘pass the bill, Whe Maiden Speech of the Atrivan Represen- me tative in the House. ‘The sensation in the House to-day was the maiden mpeech of Mr, Eliott, the negro member from South Carolina. Mr. Beck, of Kentucky, had introduced a general amnesty bill, and it was on this that Elnott | made his speech, He is 4 very dark negro, but evi- dently the ablest of the five black men in the present House. General Butler, whe had the floor, yielded ; to Elliott, who spoke from a seat in the immeaiate | vicinity of where Butler sits. Euliott 1s well edu- cated and kas a good delivery, rather inclined to be impassioned. He charged down in good style upon the Ku Klux, and then alleged that trey were sustained and countenanced by the democratic party of the North in general and Tammaay Hail tn Particular. Beth democrats and repa0licans gath- ered around nim as he spoke, ‘Als being the first epeech by a negro in the House At the clese of his speéch he was warmly ovngratulated by several prominent republicans The bill was finally de- Jeated, but wheth« On account of Elliott's speech is not known. ‘The Briewh Minister and American Politics. Wits reference to the'frresponsible statement that tbe removal of Senator Sumner from the chairman- ship of tne Committee on Forcign Relations was re- quested by the British government through the British Minister, the letter of Secretary Fish contains a complete denia: of the truth of the pretended rumor, In additiun to that, how- ever, sir Edward Thornton himself. author- izes a8 emphbatical a contradiction as is con- tained in Mr. Fish’s etter, Str Eéward says he has never interfered in any way with American politics, and he regrets exceedingly that his name has been used in connection with tbe fabrications published in the Evening Post, His relations with Mr. Sumner have always been of the most cordial character. Apart from nis esteem for tie Massa- chusetts Senator he says he could not, as a member of the diplomatic corps, entertain the idea of med- dling with a matter which belongs enurely to the affairs of the American government. Important Decision by tho Mexican Claims Comunissioners. % In the United States and Mexican Commission, in the case of Charles J. Jarsen vs. Mexico, the Commissioners recently decided the broad principle that no reclamation Mes against the republic of Mexico for wrongs inflicted by the Maximilian interventionists. This principle was regiscered yes- terday. Inthe cases of W. B. Knox, No. 889, and Baxter and Merrill, No. 116, like the above case of Jarseu, were rejected. The Louisiasa Lottery Cuses. Associate Justice Bradiey, as Judge for the Cir- cuit Court for Louisiana, has heen hearing for eight days what are known as the Louisiana lottery cases, The arguments were made before him at the Su- preme Court room. Action 1s brought by Henry Colton and Ben Wood against Charles Howard, of New York, and others, asking that these lotteries be wound up and go out of: existence. The profits realized irom them exceea an average of $60,600 a month. The array of counsel | ie very large, Senator Stockton, of New Jerséy; | George Shea and Judge Emott, of New York, coun- sel for the plaintiffs, and ex-United States Judge Campbell, of New Orieans; ex-Judge John K. Porter, of New York; Courtlandt Parker and J. W. Scudder, of New Jersey; Philip Phillips. of Wasbingtou; Pinckney White, of Maryland; Mr. Billings, of New Orleans, and Wiliam D. Henning, of New York, counsel for the defence, Campbell made the leading argument, consuming eight hours, and Shea replied in an argument of four hours. Nominations Sent to the Senate, The following nominations were sent to the Senate to-day:— Walker N. —— to be Assistant Attorne: United States; William McMichael, to be General of the liciior of Inter- nal Revenue; Sherman Couant, United States Marshal for | the Northern district of Flori - . 8. Wade, Chief Justice | of Mantans Territory; William H. Chesebrough, of New York, 19, be Asuetant Legation’ in Lon- nj ' & u | ‘Bila, I T ‘Third district of New Jersey; James Laidley, Assessor of In- ieroal Revenue for the First district of California; William Chari Assessor of Internal Revenue for the Tweuty- fourth: of Pennsylvania ; H. Ra} ers. Appraiser of Merchandise at Mobile; Andrew C. Smith, Collector of In- | ternal Revenue for the First of Minnesota; D. David- son, Internal Revenue for the Sixth district of ‘Tennessee; Retired Lieutenant Vommander Kubert Boyd, to be commander on the active list. Nominations Confiilmed. | The Senate, in executive sesston, has confirmed the followiug nominatiens:— Potmvtes—N. P. _Chipma ‘anastoti N. Y.; 4 ‘Seneca Falls, N. ¥.; Cunries ir Thompson: Ww. Cheerento, Fulton, N. Y.4 Ga.5 .” Adams,’ B Camden, N. J.; John H. "Aaareme toa Towa; Jos,’ F, Minor, Bridgeton, N. J.; Matilo Miveistowae 5. ; Ellen B. Whol: Cats: fa. withent M. ‘Dayton, Ohio; Albert M. Patterson. Crestline, Ohio; 2 ‘Bt. Joseph, Mo. ‘The Cane of the Negre Mu Attorney General Akerman, to whom was re. ferred the petition of the negro, James Grady, now under sentence of death for the murder of Mrs. Faulkner, an invalid lady over seventy years of age. for commutation of sentence, yesterday submitted his report on the case to the President. The Attorney General says the prisoner was justly convicted of a most heinous crime, without @ single palliating circumstance, and no good reason has been presented why the judgment of the Court should not be carried into execution. The President, it is said, coincides with the concl mons of she Attorney General, and Grady will there- fore suffer the extreme penalty of the law on Friday next. ‘ A Now Preprictary Stamp. For the accommodation of manufacturers of pro- prietary articles subject to internal revenue stamp duty, ane! where the retall price of suoh article Is $1 60, the Pormmissioner of Internal Revenue has ordered the preparation of ~ ucw stamp of the , Tow janola, Reau: The | {i | NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET. Senne Genomination of-eix conte. Heretefore for the pay- | guilty of 1s ny Pp vars the United Btates ment of this tax manufsesarers have been ebiged to emx two three cent stamps. —_— PROTECTIIN OF SOUTAERY LOYALISTS. Text of General Butler’s Ka Khx Bill—Stringent Measures for the Enforcement of the Laws in the Late Robel Statee—Al, Cares to be Taken Before Federal Gourts— No Interference by State Authorities. The republican members of the House held a cau- cus this evening for the purpos oS hearing the re- port of tho special committee appointed to draw up @ bill for the proteotion of Mife amd property at the South. Genoral Butler, chakman of the com- mitiee, laid before , the caucus the ill agreed upon by the joms committee of the caucus of the. sete and House twday. After some disoussioa was agreed to by @ vote of $2 to 2, only eighty{our members being present, It is @lated thet there are not more than @ hundred republican m@ubers of the House in the city to-night, This indicates that a majority when, it 18 expected, the devate will commence, The following is the bill: Whereas large numbers of lewlegs and eril disposed per. ally Ja the States lately fy rebellion, having con- apd hound th to each'other by un- are formed socreh wyanizntions, some of mmonly koows as th) Ku Klux having for their main object to defeat certain classes of citizens of the United an equal protection of teed by the constitution; and wh r hi over- ‘aud otherwise, such persons and raded nisi rive fe, liberty and pro- them, “equa protection of the laws; by which means such citueus have been made ble te peacea do acts against their will and freedom of action as thelr only oF great fores) their just rights and ‘means of escape frum death t bodily harm at the hands of such persons and ouyanizations ‘and whereas the States have fi and still fail to prerest or suppress snch violations of law and denial of the iberty, rights and p) graranteed by the con- stitution of the United States to within their reapec- tive jurisdictions; and whereas it has been thus rendered imperative on Congress to enforce all constitutional guaran- tees by appropriate legislation ; fore Be it enacted by the te and Hous of Representatives: of the United Btates of America, in Oongress assembled, FH ! the. several cironit courte. ies, Bates ja the States: bam regia, North Garol ine, Bouth Carolia, ‘Tennessee, Texas, Virgins and Kentucky, when the elroult Jud.eis aftting therein, and for this purpose the circuit judgo shal one, are atthor- feed, and lls range tuenr duty, toppotad somes sioners in their respective cireuita to a number not exceeding one for each county therein, and one for each city exceeding the number of twenty thonsan Ditapla, and in the State af Louisiana for Pp therdn, and ot, New Orleans, which commissioners shall r] " ‘of Congress upon commissioners aproint ne Court of the Unites Beat6s 83 fut ab a HY ie to perform, exercise, dischafgé Aid curry out all tl 8 auth ties, powers and duties imposed uponthem by this uct. 8 comlesioners. shall be it sree perso, ler have the same compensation for thelr services act as is now provided by law for duties and services of like cbaracter, when titer by such commissioners, to be audited and paid in like manner as ober like wocguats are paid, a ssioners shall lold their offices omers appointed b yntment each of he ie appointed so long as he abail hold his 0 heeds “And beit tart duties which sow: or which Rave deen, or may herea‘ter be prescribed vy law tor said commiasioners, tt shall be the duty of each of (said seg te ‘upon information of any o ‘er Wronj done againet the liberty, property oF person of « citizen of Uni States within bis precine! inten to hinder, impair or deprive such citizen of the full enjoyment of any right guaranteed tim under the Cor Gon of the United States, or any violation of any of the pro: Visions of this act, to leche w warrant or other proper pro- cess, under his band and seal, forthwith to bring the offender or offenders before said commissioner, and after examination whether there is probable cause to be- Neve such offence haa been comuiltied, if the commissioner shall be sullsiea of such probable cause and that the accnue d persons ure probably gufity, the commissioner shall bind the offender or offenders by recognizances with good and aul cient suretiog, each shaving sufclent estate within the yadi- cial distri 000 nor more ‘® penal sum not less thi iid {the ott ite than $10, ‘ence is bailable under the laws of the United States, with condition that the accused party shail apvear and auswer to the offences charged at the term of the Cireutt Court of the United States next to pe held in or ime thereon, or of any comm: to Which appeals may be be taken, and in the meantime. vojkeep the pence and De of good be- havior toward all. citizens of the United States; and said 1 have power to ‘ind by recognizance any am, With oF without surety or sureties, us © erson in suc Is or je may deem best for the purposes to avpear before such ‘court (0 justice, as a witness court: testimony im that behalf, and Pr from to term charged thereots but the offence be not batlabie by the laws of the” Cuited States, or if the accused shall not f i such suiticient sureties, then the commissioner by a, ier énacted, That in addition to the | with | due | sent for trial aid on vided} but found by the mi anLer an ie Provided herein in, ty judicial distric: RO. 7. And be it furth "That whoever t Ie er enac Tolaate, ireat wih violence, retuse t para OF in of auy such citizen uni or who oped to ‘his havin, itt and, vi all by, for the distri be pani administered commit he ai be counsel, aid set ceal concealing binder be arr any accused ‘cuit Court ort may brit if death against aa: } and ‘and inhabitant tribution, to offences trom of dai with cos So. 12. misdemeanor court. Whoever a fine not less prixonment | live years, felony neck until he And the Uirca! ‘cognizant returned, Judgments ‘the common shall have ‘vacation, to ¢ penges of con bRo. 13. the Imbibited by the any autre! of hited act, and the allegatio: aitence that the person ao ‘ofendiig ca 1 be deemed in addition to the ip ted ict w t ioe 8. And be without due process la threats take away or deprive | affirmation or other eral Butier will introduce stam ihe House to-morrow, | s¢nt when such oath, or con of the offences described in this act, tet, or binding of requiring aay’ peraos: te act, on AUy manner any dfender again forth in this act, or ald or obstruct any Of, parts attempted to be oonee: or attempted to be rescued atood charged, convicted and punished therefor, whether the pri fender has been arrested or tried and convicted or other- wise, ‘Sn0. 11, And Frente eae jamaxe or tujury in bis any'of the offences declared the offence so Est abetted, connselled, Such sult, to whom also the action aha pens after sult ought, and al defendant in the sult the fall loss, damage or tuyu court, and judgmen: unloss the same is set nal execution be. tasued the goods fos { Wt thé election of th eated, the icity, | Upon the trial, not less than one at the discretion of ‘the court. shail be convicted of an offence named and deemed a felony in this act shall be: punished by a fine not le sand dollars nor more tl | prisonment at hard labor not less than | than twenty years, at the discretion of the Cou shall be convicted of any offence named and deemed a cal in this act, shall be punished by han pe deaty it each tile as the Coun dual Jurisdiction of all theotfen ceedings named. sitting in or for een committed, plainant in any suit or jn the d all ceeding hereon shall ‘be the cirouit aud district courts of | their respective circuits and. districts, in. term time aswell any ofthe provisions of this aet, and Dartles under tis act, shall be certified b ‘as 1n other civil and criminal cases in And be e hereinafter prov’ Btate or judiotal district die ai De arrested ‘may be found ve dictment district for the anise = for the purpose of doing being found by the jury on Id of ‘@ felony, and, iehed = as Pro- a eegttan not be he be pame fn the same case of a citizen of the State ce Ww: offen: aball inti- refuse Pe A arge from personal barn uy 1m pro- tates with to hinder the exercise ven as the laws and constitution of the United all do elther of the acts last above men- y, citizen of the \'nited jStates because of ere! any of hie sald ite as euch to have boen guilty of a lemeanor, other pui ent inet ver vio I, at the sult of the party injured, im sustained in consequence thereof, £ be Virouit Court of the United BI such offence was commitied. it fi acd enacter wi aball, olence, dation A Pentaen hue Dated ‘States +. 4 othe: for Purpose He United Staten where h d where he to Natrict jury tt threaten w! of the Un ni citizen of z = u yh of any arme or weapons be may have in use OF feat sion for the defence ot ja person, family or proy al be deemed. ‘, Yonmviotion i of @ larceny, re ided in this ot for felo as prov! for felony, Cn 9 And bel ted rio or obligation, or as such member be pre- Sartiatiod oc otsee obiigation shall be oF , Laken, binding oF requiring any perpon 1@ iceal, or aid in committing or concenting, nay losing any act or offence made ‘the provisions of this act, of felony, and, upon thie for aust often deemed guilty ished as provided {1 be it further enacted, That whoew or abet the commission of an) offense or who shall knowlagly con- same, or ald in conceal al the offender “or ofticer in ing arrested, Or shall in: te or ion thereof, be punished in the same man. the same extent as a prinotpal in concealed or ‘or with which the party rescued be tried, Incipal of- the in ball nv! and ma} be it further enact any citizen of the That whenever in either Inited States shall suifer jon oF property becatise of 6 or injury may bring a suit in the Btalew again the Is i of the Ui Tifuret ae wife oF shail surive action amount a 0. ry all be entered upon the verdict, ide for good cause, witl cont of sult reupon, Wi a levied upoh” and. autiefied and estate of any individual defendant, county, city or parish, ¢ plaintiff, and the person whose be so taken or levied upon shall bave remedy over and ubove his just share against may be ine ‘one or more of gs co-Inhabliaate, by bill ‘in equity, for con- + upon the motion of any person inter- Coa or pariah may be made aparty, If, it shall appear that the perpetrators of the which the injury, loss or damage happened have not been broaght before ihe State courts and tried and nished for such offence, it shall be the duty of the judge of \d_cirenit court to enter judgment for double the amount found by the jury, ana (ssue execution therefor, of anit, And be it further enacted, That whoever shall be convicted of an} is act as a offence named and deemed in than 500 ‘shall be punishes by a fine not is nor more than $1,000, and imprisonment not less than six months nor. moi than one year, at the discretion of the hail be convicted of any offence named and deemed a high misdemeanor in this act shall be punished by than $1,00°nor more than $6,000, and by Im- ethan oever year nor mr 8 than five thou- fen thousan > hoever ty the order.” it Court of the United States shail have exclusive oes, recognizances, suits and and described in this act,to be exercised w! ‘any district In which such offence may have OF of any cause in which plaintiff or com Tendes, or in cnse of re- district whereia. the sate was taken ‘upon Tecognigance and according to the course of law, and the commissioners) above named concurrent jurisdiction — with. of the United States within as ed_all violators of costs, fees and ex- ks, Wi ause to be arrested anc missioners, of offic courts. iat, if upon @ny ex- for either of wt farther en: yolttimus, or other proper process, thal! commit the offender | amination or trial of any person the offences: or offenders to the Of the “Marshal, to be breught be. | set forth In the fourth, Ath sixth and seventh sections of fore the Cireult Court at its naxt term,ittiere to abide the | this act, under any provision of the same, It shall appearin order aod: euch nitiimne'or other 90 | evidence that the accused was disguised or acting In con- iseued shall be conci to prevent all molestation | cert with ‘othors; eithér arm or disguised, or or hindragce of the Marshal or bis tl that actual violence sud injury was done to accuved in charge from holding him by any process !asued by | person or property of a citizen ef the Unted States with any cot judges magistrate, or any person whatsoever ex- | previous provocation thereto by any unlawful act cept the oiroulf judge for such circuit; provided, however, | party inspired toward accused, the fact of such acting in that the commissioner may at any time before the session of | concert with others being disguished or armed, or of such such court admit to bail aay | violence done, shail be deemed and taken t0 be p:imuyrcle jun by him committed to the want of audlclent sureties; ana custody of the Marshal for each of said commissioner, aif, and also attested copies of all depositions, afl- davits or testimony taken by him in the hearing as to proba- b.e cause to belleve such offences have been committed and | of judicial proceedings, < the probable guilt of the accused, and it shail be the uty” of the clerk’ of “sald circuit. court to place such copies so transmitted to him in. the fandsot the District Attorney for the @iatrict wherein the offence was committed, whe is required diligently to cute all the offences therein set forth, and to see to it that the party or parties, aad the witnesses, perform the obliga. tions of their several recogntzances, and in case of default by the witness either of them, to have thein arrested bj proper process and brought before the Grand Jury to testify and thelr recognizances’ estreated, and if the accused, be- ing on bail, shail have made default, to cause his or their re- cognigances to be estreated and to cause judgment to be entesed up thereon, and speevily to enforce the same, and to cause thé accused to be arrested wherever he e found, and brought to trial; and said commissioners are hlso hereby empows to do all and such other acts as are requisite and necessary for the full presen tation of the offenders aud the evidence before the Grand Jury of said Circuit Court, It shall algo be the duty of each cotamisstoner to transmit duplicate copies of ali his pro- ceedings, together with the evidence taken by him, afldavite and depositions, and other documentary evidence, io the De- partment of Justice at Washington, to be therein filed of record; andin ense of the death, sickness, absence, ref or neglect to act, or other disabillty of the’ cominiasioner in way county, all bis power and duties may be exercised by eithe SE be the dut; te all warrants and precept under the provisions of this act when to them directed, and should any marahal or deputy marshal refuse to receive such warrant or other process when tendered, or use all proper means ailigentiy to execute the same, be shall, on conviction thereof, be fined in the ‘sum of one thowvand dollars, to the ase of the informant, on the motion of such informant, by the Circuit Court for we ‘enable the aaid commissioners, when thus’ ppatated, to exe cute their duties faithfully and efficiently, in conformity with the constitution of the United States aud of this act, they ai thereby authorized and empot within their cour Teapectively, to appoint in writing, under their bands 'v ‘one or more suitable persons from tme to time to execute all fuch warrants and other process as may be issued by them in the lawful performance of their respective duties, with authority to such com- missioners, or the persons to be ‘by them, to execute process as , tos summon and cali to their aid the bystanders or posse comitatus of the pro- per county when necessary to insure m farhful observance oftthe several clauses of the constitution referred to, In con formity with the provisions of this act, and the Marshal and uties and the persons #0 appointed shall be paid for their rervices the like fees as may be allowed to such oflicers for similar services; and all oltizens are hereby com- ‘and ‘assist in the prompt tion of this law whenever their services Sforesald for that purpo hereinafter provided; and gait warrants shall run and be executed by said officers anywhere In the State within which they are insted, And said commissioners may call upon the President of the United States or upon such, ‘as ma: in command or the nearest Ian ‘naval muy be required a or be | forees of the United States or of the militia, or such part thereot ashe may deem necessary to enforce’ the complete execution of this act and the lawful orders and process of said commissioners, and with such forces may cause to be pursued, arrested and held for examination and trial all per- sons obarged with a violation of the and enforee the mder the paine and penalties + Bro, surrection or fail or refuse he land and | judged n | cause the Legal re to call 3) . Ant Cirenit Court eral district in proceed to nel per, and whom all be drat re! a shall be authorized to constituted authorities of an; jerao ns the equal protection of. tho laws, it ‘or the President of the United States, in powers now investedin him by law, to emplo ecessal laws to be ture and Executive of any such States may omit or act, together with the marshal of the constitute a jury board, whose duty it shall be, in one of the respectively, for Said district, who shall be sober, judicious men, not disqu fied under ‘existing lawa, a number of names equal to fi times the number of jurors year, and they shall cause sal With the residence of each juror, upon separate alipa of lace the same in a bor, as the body of citizens from jurors for both Circuit and District Courts, re- spectively, aitting in that district for the ensuing year, shall wn. ‘SEO. 16. And be it further enacted, evidence of the guilty intent set out in either of sald sections as charged In the complaint or indictment. id, And be it further enacted, obsirnction in the laws, her of the United Blates or of any individual State or Territory, by combina- tions too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course and in all cases where the wich State or Territory shall to 80 execute the laws thereof as to secure to all naval force of the United States as shall be to suppress such combinations and to duly execnted, and this, although the for such forces, be it further enacted, That the clerks of the ‘and District Courts, respectively in cach Judi- the States named in the firat section of this roper district, shall autuma months in each year, to determine, as nearly as may be, the number of jnrors who are Iikely to be required to serve as'grand and peilt jurors of each court for said distri the’ ensuing year, and thereup-n tney shall lect from the citizens of the several counties in zreod upon and fixed for t names to be plainly writt a That the marshal of ceiving from the Circuit or District each district, upon. ret Court a writ of venive fucks, or other legal authority, to summon jurors, annil, in the presence of the Clerk of ‘the Cireult. Court’ and’ the District Court, _ respectively, after thorpi ‘open’ said box and ly mixing sald al Tay hE to serve in suck conrt, district of such marshal; and after arrest of an; mn by | respectively, «list of which 1 shall be taken by the’ uch marshal or his deputy, or while in his ovelody under | Clerk of the District and Clecult Court, respectively, aid by | the provisions of thie act, should such person escape, | him be port ed in some come conspicudus piace in the office whether with or without the assent of such ; of said Clerk. When the Marshal shall have completed the Marshal or bie deputy, such marahal shall be Usble | drawing of the requisite number of jurors be shall carefully on bis official bond, to forthe benefit of any | lock the la of sald box, and, keeping the key in wreon injured, for the full Samages done to any injured per- | bis own possession, shall leave the box in the n by the exc ped person or his confederates ia the State or | possession of | the Ulerk of the Circuit Court, at district where the offence was commit nd the betterto | shail proceed to summon jurors, whose names deen drawn by written notices served personally or by a C0} bel os @ juror, attendance box te wan! of Sro. 18. Ai tempt ‘of court. pauated, by, reason of en x \¢ Court is opl jer talesmen Tastakal, instead of subtiacaing tyetauders; sbell cause aata therefrom not less than tive names for each talesman 17, And fh vo an aperture large ¢: ‘out aipe, one ata Unie, times, except when produced in court or before the jury board, af ator eutt Courts; but t all times be In the exciu several alstrie y left at the residence of each juror, at least twenty days fore the return day of his writ, who, having been duly served with to appear, and fend any of said jurors, ‘said notice, shall neglec unless excused by the Court to serve shall be lable to a tine as tor con- In case the panel of jurors in of said courts shall be ex- summoned, the upon an to t into court, and in open court shall draw that is which names the olerk shall preserve a ese! Mist, and the marshal may bring in any one of themen most convenient so drawn to ee ¢ of no juryman who has been summoned, and who has d.at ne term of court, shall be replaced fh said box for rve as the talesman, andthe an aball be summoned courts whose name oa box. be it further cted, That said jury box igh to it @ man's hand ‘and said box shall be kept at in the custody of the clerks of the Cir- keys of the locks of said boxes shall at e custody of the marshals of the te. nd be it further enacted, That any person who attendance of witnesses on such examination and trial, and | shall insert names into sny such ‘box, or abstract them with such forces may cause to be disbanded and dispersed ali combinations of persons conspiring and banding ther for the purpose of violating any in of this act; and oF naval forces of militia ereot the President, under penalty lect of duty and the require- misdemeanor as hereinafter Shed re or near, ithe gu foation with others, of bemg punished for such n¢ mente of this act as for @ hig provided, Ske. 4. And be it further enacted, That whoever found on the public highway, o dwelling occupied by another, armed or unarmed, alone or in comt with intent to do shy injury to the seen atta Ae oo ncaa ance armed er aera E Bay oF | Lenton Fasts and Washi © Belles of the font to terrify, {righten or overawe any person or persons, 60 THA? enat' gutsy ‘orivaloges ‘oe: famataRoee eens tae aioe re ¥ wander the Tn kind. constituiion’ of thes United. States, hall be deemed gailty of a high Catena if the offe the day time, or of a felony, if the same }¢ commited in the night time, and shall, upon conviction, be punished ‘or such misdemeanor or felony as hereinafter provided. Sec, And be tt further enaeted, That. wer, being dteguised or armed, shall, with the intent eet forth in the pre- ing wection, broak or enter any building of another, or shall aboot at such building with any firearm, or sball set to, or threaten to set fire assault, or threaten to 9 beat, or ill treat any person, lone in the night snociates, or either of them, being armed, be guilty of a felony, and if such offence be committed bers combined toxether each and every whatever bulding of anoth ball or hall beat, wound, brave it all if or leemed »; sot person so combining, rt mi have been taket by each, shall Seemed and held wo be principal herein, acdir ‘any shail ensue, or arson of a dwelling house shail by the persond ao combining be done, each and every offend shall be deemed to be guilty of a capital felony at common Jaw, and upon arrest and fd! robable cause shall be commitied to close custody of the jarshal for trial, without ball or main; ‘and on convie- tion sball b punished as hereinafter ‘Rie 6. And be it further enacted, That whoever shall con- federate, combine or conspire together to hinder or compel aby person or persons, citizens ot the United y means whatsoever, to do auy act, or to refrain ‘act, which such person hase law/ul right to do or refrain from doing, or to injure any citizen of the United States jn bis perso or property or ite of property under tha inwe and conettulon “Of the United: Staves becauen ee has done uf refrained from doing any act that he has a right hereinbefore provided, orinjare tay such box ahall be deemed or injure Meanor, anc cuit or District Ceurt in the diatrict in which shall be pe! imp von at the ‘discretion of the court in which the convic- oF both, or who shall break ity of a misde- upon conviction thereof, before elther the Cir- such offence shall be punished by a fine not exceeding lsonment not exceeding two years. either tion shall take place. THE REPUBLICAN COURT ton Fashionables— pital—Mrs. Grant's Reception—A Gay and Brilliant Ascemblage at the White House. Washingt WASHINGTON, March 14, 1871. on gayety still goes on, although the misdemeanor, and, on convietion, be | 6 man ded; ct is euch: ‘of the In this act, when committed by any combination oF number of, meuy'whether diaguised ot | ‘Mira, otherwise, armed or unarmed, In cons pers Great Cot of tne Untied Ded ‘1 set habita, te | and Mra, Ho ch nat the in| tf 3 the connty, city or parisb, if in the Stato of Louisiana, in | Tich and Mr. D, Cremer, which the tnlawful acts of which he complains may have been tative, aad th done, ag if the inhabi an! 188t01 ‘will entertah 7 3 ny fae erg je | Commissioners ertain a number of frienus led ; last evening to its utmost seating capacity with an "Thai {0 all eases of tn- | the maa ecte Making wenton just the same, Some highly colored pictures of the LIVES OF WASHINGTON BRLLES represent them as haggard looking, hysterical crea- tures, almost verging on the borders of insanity from the erfects of heavy suppers, wines, tiin Gresses, the wild exeltement of the german which j piey danced until daybreak, and the power- } drugs that atupeficd their senses after. ward, But if the belies who were present | a Grant's reception to-day are really the drugged, hysterical girls that some people would have us delleve, the iate hours ana the drugs cer- tainly have not repbad their cheeks of their bloom or thetr step of ity elasticity, ‘the President assisted Mrs. Grant to-day. He has been slandered by those Fee tare iven hin the reputation of not bein; fond of ladies’ sociesy, for ladies compose the lead- pe element of these receptions, and the President jas not missed one this season. The English mem- bers of the JOINT HIGH COMMISSION WERE PRESENT. Mra, Grant was assisted by Mra. Senator Conkling, Mrs. General Ricketts, Mrs. Benjamin and Miss Felt. } Mra. Grant wore white satin, with light blue ell } court train, brocated with white and blue daisies. i ‘The high corsage was covered with a white point bertha. The reception was extremely brilliant and THE JOINT HIGH COMMISSION. Short Seasion of the Comminsion Yesterday= Heavy Mall from the British Members for England—Dinser Given Them by Geveral Sherman—Other Social Attentiouy Shown WASHINGTON, March 14, 1871. The Joint High Commission were in session to-day about two hours, secretary Fisn was present at the Cabinet meeting, but did not remain until its con- clusion, transacting the business relating to the | State Department, and then retiring to be present | t the deliberations of the Commission, In addition to the preparation of a large mail, which was taken to New York to-night by the courier of the British Legation for tne Foreign Ofice in London, the members of the British Commission devoted several hours to social duties, and among | other visits attended the Tuesday afternoon recep- ton of Mrs. Grant at the Executive Mansion. This evening General Sherman gave a dinner te the members of the British Commission and their secretary, Lord Tenderden, which was also attended by Admirat Bailey. Generals Marcy and Michler and , Colonel Audenreld, of General Sherman’s stall. isk also gave a dinner party, which was Lady Thornton, Lady Macdonald, Mr. and Mrs. Howara, Colonel Bernard, Viscount Gode- On to-morrow and Thursday evening the English at their residen AMUSEMENTS. ot ERS | | Nu.sson’s RENTREE.—Steinway Hall was crowded Sudience fully prepared to give Mile. Nilsson a hearty welcome after her triumphant tour in the West and after the severe illness that robbed the concert hail for a long time of one of its brightest jewels, Her selections were of the very highest | order and calculated to place her in direct compari- son with the most celebrated songstresses that ever visited America, Tney were the ‘Ah! Perfido’’ of Beethoven, and “Let the Bright Seraphim,” Han- del’s soul stirring pean. Of Beethoven's great scena it is unnecessary to speak, unless to mention that no | severer test of an artist's voice coula be applied, It 1s dramatic fire itself, and in it each heartstring vibrates and each passion of the soul is waked into warm life. Mile, Nilsson’s rendering was fervent and passionate, and yet intelligent to a high de- gree. singers, in their desire to give expres- gi0n to. the spirit of the work without the ability to do so, render it periectly unintelhgibie. The defecis in Mile, Nilsson’s interpre‘ation were a want of sus | tained power, a lingering reminder, probably, of her | Dlness and a want of facility of execution, attribata- ble, no doubt, to the yame cause. ‘Let the Bright Seraphim” was by no means satisfactory from the Same reasons, and also on account of the total inef- | ficiency of Mr. Schwab’s trumpet obligato. This | gentleman plays in a rather oe manner, ‘Without the proper principle of tonguing. Those who have heard Parepa’s magnificent singing of the same work, with Levy to accompany her, can easily draw @ distinction between it and the perform- ‘nce last eveniag, As an encore to the Beethoven Work Nilsson sa Foster’s well-known ballad, “The Old Folks at Home,” in a style that more than \-redeemed the inapproprinteness of such a selection, i hose two qualities she possesses—extreme urity of tone and dramatic warmth of tnterpreta- tion—render her always a favorite in concert. Miss Auntie Louise ary fuirly excelled herself last even- ing in a selection from Rossini’s Stabat Mater, and, with Brignoli and Verger in the Gratias Agimus, | from the “Messe Solennelle.”” There 18 no other con- | up on the democratic side of the house against this | money for its support. | Whatever amounts they deem necessary through THE STATE CAPITAL. Boss Tweed’s New Tax Levy System. The Bill Reported and Ordered to a Third | Reading in the Senate. REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION SLIGHT Consolidation of City and County Stock. THE PNEUMATIC RAILWAY. ALBANY, March 14, 1871, Mr. Tweed to-day reported THE TAX LEVY BILL substantially as it was originally introduced, and now commences the trouble and turmoil of the ses- sion, There Je a very deciued opposition springing new invention to provide ways end means for the government of the city. The old fashioned tax levy | Was the rich placer of the session, from which the Prospecting members and their friends obtained their nuggets of various sizes. It should be remembered that the city of New York 1s the only city in the State that comes to the Legislature for authority to raise All the other cities raise their Boards of Supervisors. No one knows why it was that the practice was instituted, and it seems to be more a matter of custom than law, When Mr. Flagg was Comptroller he endeavored to trace the origin of the practice, but he reached no very definite conclusion. The old system was to grant a som in gross, without any specification of details, and to leave to the local officers the distribution “of the amounts required ‘by the various departments, Mr. Flagg was ! the author of the innovation. levy a sort of SYSTEM OF BOOKKEEPING, each item being under aseparate head, and this scheme continued down to the present period. The | tax levies of lace, however, have become the mere vehicles for He made the tax THB BIG JOBS of the session, and have been looked forward to on both sides of the House as furnishing the | eventual compensation and indemaity for all the | costly trials and tribulations of Icgislative lie at Albany, until at last the evil has grown so great that the heads of the party and the government of the city of New York determined summarily to uproot the evil by providing a summary remedy, limiting the amount to be expended to a fixed gum (two per cent) on the established valuation of taxable property of the present time, This scheme has the double motive, they contend, of curing the excesses of past tax Jevies and of providing a remedy against threatened | abuses under the new charter, It is not generally known, but such ts the fact, thatthe charter passed last year virtually ABOLISHED THE SYSTEM of tax levies altogether. It gave to each depart- | ment the absolute right to fix its own expenditures, | aud made tt the duty of the Board of Supervisors to levy and raise the amount thus fixed without any tnterven'ion of the Legislature. It was found that this system of determiinng the taxes by the heads of departments promised evils as great as those G ad existed under legisiative tax levies—-hence this | '§ tax levy, which is not in fact | a tax , he asserts, 80 much as it is a Imitation and restriction upon the existing ete devolved upon the heads of departments of the city. In otner words, without this restriction there was reason to apprehend that the taxes might Teach to four or five per cent, as in Brooklyn. ir, ‘Tweed's tax levy says that no matter what the est- mates of the heads of departments may be of the city and county government combined, they shall | tralto on ‘ds who can compare with her for cultivation in the eniy school of stadying—the Italian, Both the French and Ger- Man methods are alike destructive to the voice, and render it incapable of ease in execution. An encore brought Miss Vary out in “Kathleen Mavourneen,” which she sang with a feeling that went mght to the hearts of the audience. It has never been sung better here by any artist. Brignoli warbled a “Traviata’’ romanza, aii, as encore, “Come Into the Garden, Maud,” in his own inimitable style, ; and showed that he has not yet relinquished ; the sceptre as king of tenors. Vieuxtemps | played his own Jantasia appassionata. as no | one else can play it, with that pure, true, { accurate execution, delicate sentiment and intelli; bility which nave made him so famous. Of M. Verger’s voice and method all we can say is that, without being faulty in a particular sense of the word, the general effect of it is unimpressionaple. He neither pleases nor offends, Mile. Nilsson will ry tag this evening im “The Creation,” assisted by Mi . Canissa, Messrs. Simpson and Whitney and the Mendeissohn Union, uuder the direction of Mr. Geoige Bristow. STavT THEATER—GERMAN OPERA.—The excellent company of Mr. Rosenberg returned yesterday to the scene of their earliest success in this country and attracted ® large audience of admirers. The opera was Halevy’s tragic ‘“Jewess,’’ and the principal réles were filled by Madame Louise Lichtmay, Miss Rimer aud Messrs. Ber- nard, Habelmann, Franosch and Formes. Madame Lichtmay is an admirable lyric artiste, and the title révein her hands was interpreted witha care and earnestness that our operatic stage has been long a stranger to. In voice and acting Mme. Lichtmay will always be a favorite with the operatic public. Miss Rimer shared the honors with her by her | clever rendering of the 70/e of the Princess Fudoxia. The tenor, Bernard, sang better than en any previou: occasion in this city, and it would be difficult to find @ more satisfactory Eleazer, A a trained ch and an orchestra of more than oramary | calibre helped to make the opera an entire success, Mr, Neuendort js an intelligent, careful conductor, and seriom permits the forces under his comman to make a mistake, even in the most trifling detatls, To-night ‘Fra Diavelo” will be presented, with Ha- belmaun in his very best.rvle, PaRK THEATRE, BROOKLYN.—On Monday night a | the Brooklyn Park Theatre Miss Lucille Western ap- peared for the first time after a long interval in the dual character of Lady Isabel and Madame Vine in Clifton Tayleure’s dramatization of Mrs. Henry Wood's celebrated sensational novel ‘East Lynne.” Judging from the audiences of teh past two nights the management will have no reason to complain of ‘iss Western's limited engagement, the house being filled to the doors long before eight o'clock. In the two first acts she was excellent as the half Jealous, haif confiding Lady Isavel. Her eae in the last scene of the second act, when she fully realizes for the first time what she believes to be the treachery of her husband, was really very fine and drew down @ burst of well merited applause. In the latter part of the piece the transition from the Jealous, aimost captious wite, to the patient, sorrow- stricken governess was complete. The charm of Miss Western’s acting is in her versattlity, and in situations such as demand sudden transitions of feel- tng, a8 In the early part of “East Lynne,” her acting is of @ very superior order. Ifshe had any fault 1¢ is perhaps In the extreme effort she makes to be dis- tinct—an effort which spoils the charm of many a pathetic scene. ‘Kast Lynne” does not afford much opportunity for show to the character of Sir Francis Levison, which was rendered by Mr. J. A. @ young and promt American actor. Mr. J. W. Carroll, in the rather diMcult role of Archibald Car. lyle, in some of the trying situations incidental to the character, dispiayed a good deal of histrionic power. Miss Anna Liewellyn’s acting as the terma- gant sister of Archibald Carlyle, was really very ex- celient. The remaining characters im the piece were, on the whole, weil Giled by the company, and par- ticularly that of Barbura Hare by Miss Kate Brown- ASSOCIATION HALL—MI8g GLYN'S “HAMLET,” — Thts lady gave the first of a series of three Shak- sperian readings to a large and fashionable audience at Association Hall last evening. Miss Glyn was habited in a black velvet robe, décolleté days of sackcloth and ashes and penitential fasting | toa great extent, and likewise displaying tne ar- are upon us, and fashlon’s devotees go to stylish churches, where the sunbeams ao not penetrate | quires an effort of the highest genius to embody through the gorgeous stained glass windows and | before the imaginations of the hearers in a reading the robed priest repeats the solemn Lenten prayers, his elegantly attired congregation bowing their flower-wreathed, feather-decked heads over their homicide | Velvet and gold monogram prayer books, when their either of | silken robes rustic down the cuurch aisles aud they carch a glimpee of heaven's brignt golden sunshine by the Commissioners of | as they step into thelr splendid carriages and are Tolled away to some To-day the one held by Mrs, Grant was FASHIONABLE RECEPTION. the attrac. tion, ‘To-morrow an equally fashionable throng will make their society speeches as the, spects to the wives of some of the Cabine Mintaters at their receptions. Nothing back tiae of gayety. It defies Lent, and even if death thelr re- the can sweep aid throw its shadow over the new year’s dawn it van- right | ished when the beautiful form of iis gentie-eyed to do. or refrain trom doing. sbai be dopmed to be ! Victim Was jaid to reat and the song. the dauce and | gether it was verv creditanla tiste’s fair, round arms, 1¢ is undoubted that it re- of this description the effects produced by the same play on the stage, The almost impossibility of successfully changing the voice so as vividly the idea of a number of persons of different sexes and idlosyncracies present at the same time ts ie the: intellegent listener. The lady's conception of Hamlet is not a very high one, and introduces a subdued deve- tional shade to the character, which is natural enough ina woman. The scene. with the ghost was, however, an tion; her Hamilet in this exhi- ited rage which, in 8 mau’s voice, would be almost rant. A tribute must be paid to her ghosi’s speech, which was one of the most effective pi both a8 to tenderness and point in the readi ‘The solilo- deeply impressed with tne profunaity of tbe. /uture: a map wi mn ure; and in the scene with ‘ophdia which follows the au- dience & well won applause. Taken aito- not spend more than two per cent annually on the Aires taxable property of the city, and to this mited income 2y must rigidly conform. The scheme 18 Opposed by the republicans because, as the demoorats say, they prefer to fasten upon tie de« mocracy ¢ WASTEFULNESS AND, EXTRAVAGANCE a8 a means of thelr downfall, and naturaily dislike to see economy credited to their politiea) opponents. ‘Two diiticulties threaten the success Of the scheine. First, the New York members will revolt mst the abolition of the old system of tax levies, which were 80 cheery and comfortable to contemplate at the end of every session, and they will be folned by their | allies from the rural districts who are opposed to the new order of things; 80 that eventually the old style of tax levies—a bill in which everybody can ut something into, a sort of mull in which all the jobs can be ground out—will be rallied upon by the lower House. Mr. Tweed Armly adheres to his original proposition, and Means to fight it out on that line, Anotherenemy to the new scheme comes in the shape of the enormous amount of STATE TAXES, put upon the city of New York bythe State asses- sors of the rural districts, discriminating in favor of the country at the expense of New York, Let me Mlustrate. The total amount of State taxes for this year for ail purposes 18 $14,285,976 65, of whicn amount the city of New York is charged forty-seven per cent—within a fraction of the entire half of the whele amount, being the total sum of $6,741,956 18. This latter ameunt, te be raised in the city of New York this year for State purposes, is more than a few brief years a was required for the entire support of the city and county , governments, including State taxes. To make wis more clear, let me give @ detailed statement of what | the eity of New York is required to raise this year | us ite proportion of the taxes of the State to be assessed wholly in the city of New York. I give item by item as follows: ‘or schools......+... Awards of appralsers of Canal Board...... 812,' For new work and extra repairs of canals 928,283 For ChamplainjOanal..........0..eeeeeeee68 11,001 Total.....0..... see eeeesereeen sess eee $6,741,956 This is WHAT THE CITY OF NEW YORK PAYS towards these several objects. It will be seen that among other items the city pays for the reaemption of the State vounty debt about $2,000,000, and that its proportion of the expenses of the new capitol is nearly $600,000. This increase of charge for State urposes on the city of New York is manifestly un- fair. That New York should be charged one-half for the entire coat of the expenses of the State, in addl- tion to the costs of its own government is obviously ‘unjust; but it will open the eyes of our tax payers to. the necessity of Pie & system of imitea taxation, which Mr. Tweed contends 1s in his bill. The State taxes Imposed on roposed Rie city in the year 1860 were $2,108,635, and the amonnt of these taxes has steadily grown tiliit has reached the magnitude already referred to, Last Year the amount of State taxes ch: upon the city was $4,904,601. It will be seen that the increase for this year is nearly $2,000,000. Now, how are THE OITY FINANCIERS to manage to reduce all the estimates of their de- partments from twenty to twenty-five per cent under those of last year, and take upon themselves this additional burden of $2,000,000 of thorpeeed ipiare taxes? This preseuts the queation of State taxa- tion as a serious obstacle to the proposed reform, but it ts one of the preblems to be worked out here, and between the intrinsic dimculties of the case It- self and the clamor of interested parties, who desire to see the old-fashioned state of things restored, the city managers will, evidently, have their hands full of trouble. All the city magnates are now on hand ‘vo make the hew system a success. Mr. Sweeny is determined t the thing shall not fall through, and Mayor Hall is to come up to night to add nis in- fluence to the heavy weights to be brought out in favor of the measure, THE EAST RIVER STREAMERS, The Committee on Commerce and Navigation will make @ favorable report to-morrow upon a vill in which the several steamboat companies, whose ty ada its now on the North river side of New York, but whose boats ply a the Sound and have consequently to turn round the Battery and take the East river course, have @ great deal of interest. The bill compels the com; ies to locate their wharves on the East river side, not below tenth street. Jt is given out that was introduced with a view of pre Tecurrance of accidents, which wave become so log for youthful ee Out Of will be effectu- rs @ sort ot a practising leaders to hack experic ally killed by the bil. However, the bad feature about it is that tt gives the “Public Attorney” @ body guard of ssistants who may be, In the long run, no better than tie present ciass of young pleaders, SOUTHERN NEW YORK BArTIST LATION, Scnator Twe bill Ving for the Incorporation of the above na) @stoclation, The New York Baptist Association, the Church Exten- sion Committee of the Hudson River Baptist Asso. ciation and the New York Baptist Sunday School Union shall be merged into above association. THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL CLUB, Senator Genet introduced a bill provieing that T. F. Allen, C. F. Austin, William Bower, isaac Bu- chanan, D. C. ion, P. V. Leroy aud others may associate themselves under above title, for tne pur- pose of encouraging a taste for the study of botany. Japital stock, $59,000, RELATIVE TO AUORTIONS. Senator Norton Introduced a bill providing that ny person who shall administer to any woman with child, whether such child be quick or not, or prescribe for any sach woman, or acivise or procure her to take any medicine or drug, or shall use any instrument or any means whatever to cause a mis carriage, unless the same shall have been necessary é her life, shall be deemed guilty of man- in the second degree, to y slaughter The Tox BIN Ordered to a Third Reading— Sliaht Republican OppositiouCoensolidation of City and County Stocks <The Pneumatic Kailwxy—A Caucus of Democrats on t! Election Bill, ALBANY, March 14—10 P. M. TUE NEW TAX LEVY BILL came up in Committee of the Whole of the Senate this evening, and was ordered to a third reading afterwards by a vote of 16 yeas to 14 nays, It was generally believed that the republicans would try to make a stir about the matter in the committee, but they were quiet as lambs throughout the entire proceedings. Mr. Kennedy, however, who always has a say on most everything that is worth talking about, be it good or nad, after the oil had been read by sections, offered the following amend- ment as an additional section:— It ahail not be lawful for the Mayor and Commonalty of the Oity of New York or the Board of Supervisors or the Board of Apportionment to upproprinte any public money or any property or credit of said eity oF count any sectarian schools or inatitutous or any society that je under the control of any reltgious denomination, Mr. Tweed said he hoped the amendment would Not prevail, as there was a law now on the statute books that prevented any sectarian appropriations. It was totally unnecessary. The amendment was then voted down—16 to 14—whereupon Mr. Ken- nedy again made himself heard by moving to STRIKE OUT THE ENACTING CLAUSE, an order, as he sald that Senators could get an ex- planation as to what the bill really was, This was also voted down, and, on motion of Mr. Tweed, the committee ordered the bill to a third reading, which report was adopted by the Senate by the same party vote asin the other instances where the vote was taken by yeas and nays. Senator Parker, just vefore the report was adopted, remarked that in his opinion the bill was the devel- opment of & principle increasiug power with respon- sibifty, and he thought it was but proper to jor an explanation about THE NEW PRINCIPLE, but the chairman decided that he was not in order, and se he sat down, apparently satstied with his own effort, if not with its effect, It will thus be seen that the Uill Is to have a clear way and will be passed without any show of opposition on the of the republicans, although itis binted that they are reserving their fire until it cemes up for its finat pers which will be on to-morrow, if Mr. Murphy is well enough to leave Brooklyn, seventeen votes being requisite to carry the measure through. Mr. Creamer's vill in relation to NEW YORK CITY AND COUNTY BONDS, which he introduced this evening, is quite an im. portant one. It provides tor the consolidation of all the various stocks of the city into a common coupon registered stock of $500 denomination, redeemable in not less than twenty years nor me than fifty years, Tne interest on the stock is to be six per cent in gold er currency as the Comptroller may decide, ¢ bill also _prevides for the consoli- dation of the bonds of the city and county into one stock to be known as the consolidated county stock, of the same denomination as the city stuck, to draw the same interest. The city stock can be exchanged for consolidated county stock or vice versa, ¢ interest on these stocks Is to be paid quarterly or semi-annually. THE BEACH PNEUMATIO TUBE BILL was ordered toa third reading after Mr. Tweed’s motion to strike out the word Broadway wherever it occurred in the bill had been lost. ‘There will be held in this city ina few days a CAUCUS OF ALL THE LEADERS of the democratic party throughout the State, who are lo exchange Views on the subject of the bill which fixes the State election in October. ‘The de- cision of the caucus will be endorsed by the ame inthe two houses of the Legislature, be it for er against the passage of the bill. NEW YORK LEGISLATURE. SENATE, ALBANY, March 14, 1871. HILL. INTRODUCED. By Mr. GENB1—Incorporating the New York Botanical Club, By Mr. CAULDWRLL—To lay out and open 156th street, Morrisanta, from St. Ann's avenue to Third avenue; also to lay out and extend Fairmont avenue, in West Parma, By Mr. Twerp—Incorporating the Southern New Y. Baytist Association ee ba BILLS PASSED, To confirm certain indenture of lease made by the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of New York to the Founding Asylum of the Sisters of Charity ot New York; providing for the appointment of an additional clerk for each of the District Courts of New York; amending the ebarter of the new Brooklyn Tarnverein; amending the Town Insurance act; amending the act extending the powers of the Board of Bupervisors, except in New York ana Kings counties; amending the act extending the tine for the completion of the Albany and Susquebauns Railroad ; to facilitate the con- struction of the Lake Ontario Shore Railroad. priir Norton's resolution, authorizing the Governor to eonfer revet commissions on honorably discharges ofice e National Guard, was adopted. mm Pere Evening Session. Mr, Twxxp introduced _» bill for cloning the offices of Sheritf, County Clerk and Register of the city and county of New York om holidays = Ma chow saa THE CANAL REFORMS, The Senate then went into committee on the bill to abolish the office of Superintendent of Canal Repairs und conter additional powers on the Canal Commissioners. A lenythy jevate was had, when the committee ruse and reported pro- re In the Senate Mr. HARDENBERGH moved to order the bill toa third reading. Mr. PARKER moved to refer the bill to the Caoal_Commit- tee with Instructions to Insert the amendment, “To cancel all contracts entered upon since 1838." The PRESIDENT decided the motion to amend was not ger- mane to-the subject and not in order. Mr. PARKER insisted that it was usual to make such mo- tions at this stage. ‘The PRESIDENT held to his ruling, stating that no amend- ment not offered in committee could be offered in the Senate. The motion t the bill to the third reading waa carried by 16 yeaa to ys. HR NEW TAX LEVY BILL, The Senate then went into committee on the bill to make rovision for the local government of the city and county of lew York. ‘This is the bill which makes provis‘on for the tax levy, and it was ordered to the third reading. Mr. CREAMER introduced a bill to consolidate the debis of the city and county of New York. Adjourned. ASSEMBLY. ALBANY, March 14, 1871 COSTS IN BURBOGATES’ COURTS. Mr. TEN Evox called from the table the motion to recon- sider the vote by whtch the bill fixing the costs in Surrogaces* Courts was lest. The question ting on tbe motion § to recon- sider, it was carried. ‘The question was then on the passage of the bill, and it was passed. BILLS PASBED. Requiring certain maps of Westchester county to be fied; authorizing the Supervisors of Broome county tosecure cer- tain lands in Binghamton for a court house; extenuing the roriaton of the Mechantes’ Lien law: amending thet act xing the feesof the Hell Gate to repeal the act authorizing @ jail or lockup in West Troy; inco1 the Greenwich Railroad Equipment Company; Mr. Huested io- troduced a bili to amend the charter Sing; providing for copying mutilated recordsin the office of tne Clerk of the county of New York; amending the Pawling, (Dutchess county) Water law; repealing the act to drain lands inthe town of Fishkill. * BILLS INTRODUCED, By Mr. BUNCE—To amenct the law relating tothe’ ansess- ment of taxes with regard to the taxation of farme lying partly in two counties, By Mr. MURPHY—To encourage the propagation of fish In the Hudson river. @by Mr. D. B, Hic1—Autnorizing Hon of wanne and Western, the ra By Mr. ALbERG@ER—Amendii the charter of the Indus- trial Kxbibition Company, eo as'to allow them to purchase duildinge ihereon, lands and erect Evening Sessi: The Senate bill to confirm the York of a lense by, ine city of New fece of land to the Foundl ng Angin of the ) Was, on motion of Mr. FREAK, read and THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION BILt. Mr. JAConS, from the Committee on Ways and Means, re- Ported the Annual Aporoptiation bill, The gross amount is aS ot year. vhere is no increase in about the same ee the J frequent of late by reason of the huge Sound a we oe “GOING IT BLIND” Cnondegs ai eecnets 4 around the Battery, to the great risk of ferryboats |@ The valsriee of the Jud peste and and the small craft with which the river 18 con- ; Commasioners of A [a were jncrensed to meet = stantly studded below Tenth steeet. An effort was quirements ‘of the amendment to the constitution adopted made last year to pass a bill similar te this, but it | 1? OLD BARRELS. Eeuat which vat “shee hates ofh"sara id | Cummiene cancer ent ae! “ e have four, fruit an honest control of. The question, now is ‘with the fered tthe miaitiee of 40 ve reported y me! J ie vive moment } complete. the steamboat owners come up here to, have 8 tlk | -y oxunIBt SST eran gO tat reframe of about the terrible expenses and loss they will be | iae'bill to amend the act to extend the road from East Ches- ss to by the ae the companies do the Westchester , to Putnam county. r thing ? Te tang Go the bil Will sleep sweetly. esere, Danza 427, SORISNES san Deepa = 4 PUBLIO DEFENDER, mem oan ee Oe Mr. Madigan’s bill to create a new political oficer | ine the people of hat county were opngeed to all, roa. ant Called the “Public Attorney” has seme very good as benar re, features about it. Ita mot gt gt omega ir. CAMPBELL replied that New Yorkers bad invested are too poor te employ counsel services @f 0 | their money in We county with the ui able lawyer wh Ing paid well, will take care of | that these improvements would ha made, ibe motion wi their tnterests. the cvatom ef making indicent | negatives.