The New York Herald Newspaper, January 26, 1872, Page 3

THE STATE CAPITAL Discussion in Joint Session of the Committee on Cities, THE SEVENTY’S CHARTER EXPLAINED, Debate on the Board of Audit Bill in the Senate. Senator O’Brien on troller Green. Comp- General Cochrane Withdraws from the Maze of Legislation. ROBERTSON’S RAPID TRANSIT BILL Manufactured Citizens To Be Looked After—A Stringent Law Proposed—Savings Banks— The Sheriffs’ Fees—Brooklyn’s Gift to Chicago—The Albany Printing Job. The Senator from the Fourth— Tweed or Rossa? ALBANY, Jan, 25, 1872, ‘The worthy lawmakers have settled down again to work, The bitverness of the fight on Monday 18 gradually toning down, and the crowds which came to make the “‘hurrans” for one side or the other have dispersed and gone to their respective abiding places. The canal appointments which were made Yesterday have not created as.much of a stir nere as was expected, because the lucky hurried away with the good news and the “soreheads” hurried away as quickly to swear at their misfortune or the mgratituae of republicans, So gow, these outsiie disturbing elements having been disposed of, the reform Legislature may go on with their ood work. ‘Blessed are they that expect nothing, for they will not be disappointed,” has been ac- cepted as an additional beatitude; but the poor pub- Ne cannot be placed under the category alluded to im that: beatitude, for they expect much and will get but little in the way of reformation. It would seem to be the truth that no repablican measure can be bad, while the same provision if in the in- terest of the democrats cannot possibly be good. For instance, a bill was brought into the Assembly to legalize the election of Harrison Clute as Superin- vendent of the Poor in the town of Schenectady, and a bill for the same purpose was intro- @uced in the Senate. ‘This seems innocent enough, It was sent to the Judiciary Committee ‘and by them reported favorably. Jacobs exposed 4 and showed that tnis man Chute was a supervisor 4n Schenectady at the time of his election, and Therefore undoubtedly disqualified to accept or hola ‘the office of superintendent of the poor, a direct, Plain and simple provision of the jaws of the State pronibiting a supervisor from becoming a superin- tendent of the poor. Notwithstanding that the act ‘was in direct violation of the law 1 was pressed forward and carried. Jacobs plainly told the House that the great trouble here was if the House Gia not legalize a clear violation of an ex- isting statute a democrat would ve retained in office, and if they, as lawmakers, agreed to de- luberately sanction a violation of law a republican Would get the office. “Old Salt” agreed that the Fesult was ‘just so,” or, in other words, that the “end justified the means.” ANOTHER NICE LITTLE JOB ‘was innocently worked to-day. D. B. Hill, of Che- mung (who by the way still comtenues to act. tne. foolish little boy inregard to iis votes, incurring the pity of those with whom he should vote and the contempt of those with whom he does vote), intro- duced a resolution calling for an investigation into the charges against Terwilliger, Clerk of the Senate, in relation to his pay as “proof reader” extraordi- nary. Alvord squeichea it by calling trem the table his resolution in regard to the public printing ex- penses, which was to have been referred to tne Committee on Ways and Means. This was all done with a grand flourish of trumpets, when Smyth, of ‘Tioga, thought “so lang as ye ha’e gote a C’mittee ou Pooblic Prenten I doan’t see whey the ragolu- ton shed go to the Weesenmeans O’miitee.” There ‘was no objection to this, of course. Nobody would be captious or fractious on this point—of course not, So it was sent to the Pablic Printing Commit- tee; but many here believe that the Argus and the Evening Journal, the great morning and evening Rarcotics of this town, through their managers, Know a little something anout “how the old thing ‘works,’ and that the resolution will rest quietly in the archives of the committee, Istated im my despatch a few days ago tnat the fees of the Sheriff in New York were to be looked imto; and now, besides the threatened impeach- ment of Matthew T. by the Bar Associacion of your ity, it may be stated that HAYES IS ON THE WARPATH. He is going for the burly Brennan with a sharp stick. He intends to show up the fraud of giving the Sheriff Mity cents for eacb person committed in the city and county of New York, and for that pur- pose has secured the foilowing interesting statis- ARRESTS FOR 1871, «++ 5868 July. Committed to care of Commissioners of Charities ‘and Correction, a8 shown by their books for tue year 1871:—Males, 32,124; females, 19,342—total, 61,406, At flity cents for each commitment the Sherif’s fees would amount to $25,733. At one dollar and fifty cents each, :or three times the amount anthorized by law, it would amount to $77,199, instead of which the Shenff presented bills nd was allowe‘, $77,310 50, as shown on the 8 in the Supervisors’ office as follows:— 6,842 00 November, 6,616 60 December. ++ 877,810 50 presented ‘Dills lor iees and oiher expenses during the year 187i, quarterly, a3 lollows;— January to April 818.423 51 July to October... ..816,481 95 April to July... 0,280 95 . 19,765 60 Ovtover to Dee, 31 . Tota... peoncic $72,302 U1 Grand total—Sheritt’s fees for 147) “$150,612 61 ‘This ia @ nice little billet, and It 1s probanle that a bill will be introduced making the Sherti’s onice a sularied One at about $10,000 a year, thus saving to the city and county some $140,000 per annum. THE “MANUFACTURED” CITIZENS will have to keep dark 1 the following bill, which was to-day introduced by Mr. Hawkins, shoul become & Jaw:— AN ACT to ascertain by proper proofs who are eniitled to vote upon certivicates of naturalization purporting to have been issued within the city aud county of New York by the Supreme Court during the month of Uctover, in the years 1868, 1869, 1870 ana 1871, and by the Superior Court during the months of September and (ctover of said years. The people of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows :— — No certilicate of naturalization purporting to inured by the Supreme Court of the First Judicial istzict of this State during the month of Octover, mn the Yr-are 1868, 1809, 1870 and 1871, nor by the Superior Court of the city of New York during ‘the months ot September and Uctober of said years, shail hereatter be receive as evidence of the jacia therein recited, nor as evidence of the right of the haiuer thereof to vote at any election until the provisions of this act shail lave veen complied with by the hoider of, ‘x0. 2—For the purpose of DETERMINING THT GRENUINEN ROS and validity of all such certificates porporting to have been aeaued by said courts within the perio. aforesaid, the Court of Common Pleas of the city and county of New ‘York, and the Superior Court of the city of New York, are hereby Vester with juriadietion and authority to entertain the Specie p ings hereinalter autnorized for the purpose of esiabusbing the validity and g ry be aubiattted to ty wectively by thereof in the manner hereinafter provided, Sc. 4.—Any hoider of any such certs may Upon the Attorney Geveral a copy of such certificate and a Written notice that at a time to be named in such notice, not Jean than iwenty days trom the time of the servies thereof, uch holder will apply to such of the gard «: desimated in such notice at a svecial term thereof, to make fn Orcer estabiistidug the validity and gennineness of the cer- Uheate referred 10 i stich notice; and it shall be the duty of Abe ANOr BEY General jo ultend in verson, or by sued ceueral . NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY. JANUARY 26, 1872.-TRIPLE SHEET, upon the questions so raised and termine that uy ceriideate imatia © of the aia rimine that any ce! leat invalid Teagon the a thereto naving been alll xed by any person oF perwore not vuthorized to aifix the same, or by reason of the sane SEALED BY ANY UNAUTHORIZED PERGON, or sued in blank, or not founded upon evidence of suMcient Jength of residence in the State or goud moral character, or Girectha $0 be enrtelied aout the uasepobell celled and cancelled, e same. cancelled ant destroyed by the Clerk of the Court. SEC. 4.—In case judgment shall be rendered in any such proceeding in favor of the zenuineness und validity of any certiticate offered for probate, tne person offering shel! be entitled to recover {een for his actual disburse- ments in such proceeding, lor witness (ees and the lawful fees of public eiicera pal by him inthe prosecution of such proceedings, and arther sum, not exceeding twenty dollars in any one case, as the Court may award, as ® cou Pensation to counsel; ‘and the sum 90 recovered shall be raised by taxation within the chy and county of New York, fo such manner as lature shall hereafter provide; but tn case judgment shall be rendered agatast tue validity of any certii 80 offered for pro! Judgment shall be rendered against the verson offering thé same for the like disbursement and which eee belong to the nel thereof for the 1c benefit of the ony and county of New York, SEC. 5.—The like proceedings may be had in the case of anv person claiming to have received a genuine certificate of haturalization since the Ist day of January, 1885, from some Court or ollicer authorized to issue the samie, aitting or acting within the said city and county of New York, in case of the loss of the original certificate of naturalization. CLA The Court to which such application as is herein- before authorized shall be made may, in {ta discretion, direct testimony to be taken upon such application before & Teterec, who shall be appointed by the Court. In ease the applicant and the Attorney General shall agree upon person to act ag such referee the Court shall appoint the ‘person 80 oneet yn, and the testimony taken referee shall be iced to writing and rea over and signed the witnesses bi merth be ving such testimony, and such oricinal depositions be certified and returned to the Court by the referee. he burden of proof in establishing the genuine- hall be lidity of any certificate of naturalization 3! wg presenting the name; sah pena 2 compel rocess to appear before the Court or referee ‘and submnt to an examination and to answer a qnestions relating to such certificate, and such person shall be exempt from any criminal ings being founded or brought ‘upop any information obtained by such examina- ion. S¥c. 8 —Each of said Courts may make general rules con- trolling the proceedings on such applications, 40 far us such general rules shall not conilict with the provisions of this act, and may appoint special and extraordinary terms, to be held by such Justices or Judges of said Coutts respective! be designated by the suid % upon such applications; and it duty of the Judges or Justices of tho said Courta to expedite the hearing and determinatioa of plica- Hous ag rapidly as shall be consistent with the otuer business of the Court, BEC. 9.—Ail acts, statutes, parts of acts, parts of statutes or provisions of law conflicting with aoy provisions of tnis act are hereby repealed. ‘SRO. 10,—This act shall take effect immextately. THE BOARD OF AUDIT BILL IN THE SENATE, There was quite a lively discussion in tne Senate over tae bill creating the new Board of Audit, but there was no real fight. The only growl that took place during the debate was made by Benedict, who carried out his threat to op pose the Hoard of Audit feature of the bill at all hazards. But ne was laid out stiff and cold every time he made a motion to amend the bill 39 as to give the Coinptrolier the sole power to audit the claims provided for in the meas- ure. it should be stated, however, that tue T'woin- bly bill passed in the Assembly was not made the direct subject of the discussion, tor Senator Patmer mauaged to get the Senate bill substituted for tue successful House vill at the very start of the debate, In making the motion to this end he expiained that it was his tnteution at the same fima to make the Whitbeck amendment relative w other sessions of the Board made a part aud parcel of the bill he was anxious should be passed, Hurdenburzn gave it as nis opinion that the seagate would omy be wasting time tv wrangle over the bill, If the patriow on the other side of the polliical fence were as anx- tous as thev claimed to be to do the best thug they could tor New York in the particular matuer the bill under consideration treated of, they would see the folly of INAUGURATING A TONGUE WAR for the sake of giving vent toa surplus of bad am- munition, This reproof tron. a democrat was not ‘without its effect, and the republicans gnowed their good sense by taking the hint in good part and act- mg accordingly. edict, however, in his woo great anxtety to win over to his way of thinking on {he question the stavborn Senators, wio, a3 a wene- Tal thing, take a good look ahead belore they leap, made a strong appeal to his lellow members nov to leave it in the power of-any one man in the Board oO: Audit to prevent the paymeat ot claims, as any. one of the members of the a8 con- stituted, could do iW he made up his mind :to be ugly, He then went on to of tne a rule fel how ie Ww bt al destroyed the Pacey, und woud have in all probabhity given the Senate a ful and complete poutical history of the past tilly years had he not suddenly been reminded by Mr. Murphy that the democratic party was stil alive—in fact not only alive, but in a very devermined kicking mood. In justice to Mr. Benedict, however, tt should oe said that he deqared that he would never make use ol is political leanings to make any bili a law in- troduced with the avowed invent to CRUSH A DEMOORAT simply because a democrat was in power. Palmer Jollowed up Us move by deprecating the stand the newspapers had taken im regard to the fight.over the bill in the Assembly, by wiich the peopie were | Jed to believe that the battle was fought between two factions of the republican party. He was tho- roughly disgusted with the talk about Fenton aad Conkling, and believed it was high time that the Senate put its foot down firmly and showed by its actions that it belonged to no faction. Tiemann had been up to Uns Lime auxiously waiting lor a chance to say & Word, and he Was fortunute enough to ve recognized by the chuirman when Palmer resumed his seat. And his “piece” was short, but it was to the point. “I care for no pany in ths mater,” said be; ‘all I want Is that the poor peopie in New York who are wailing lor us to do sometning to re- lieve them from their present tightened circum- stances shall be relieved.” And he then added rather savagely, as lie looked around atthe repub- lican Senators, ‘1 came here not to SEKVE ANY POLITICAL PARTY, but the people of the city of New York, al- though 1 ama democrat and always have been a democrat and nope to die a democrat.” It was, of course, necessary after this outburst for one of the republicans to show that he and his were just as irce from political bias as any life-long democrat, and Woodin got the first chance. In defending that portion of the bill which requires a concurrent vote of all the members to audit @ ciaim, as against @ majority vote advocated by Bene- Gict, he claimed that it was but right and just that the minority should be a check upon the majority. If Mr. Green could be prevented by a single vote from carrying out his particular ideas as to any particular clan, he had it in his power to prevent the others froin ‘carrying out any particular ideas of weir own. It was ausurd to suppose that the members would pure posely vote W trip OLe another up to gratify any special feeling aay one might entertain towards any other une, particularly if the sessions of the Board were open. He then foltowed in Palmer’s wake on the Fenton-Conkling flight question and indignanty denied that he was ANYBODY’S MAN, no matter how very wise people saw fit to classify him, ‘The champagne suppers that he had neard so Much about the night alter the fignt in the Assem- bly had aisgusted nim, and he for oue would not re- joice if the Senate bili was passed in iteu of tne As- sembly bill, neither would he weep ii it never ve- came a iaw. When Woodin resumed his seat O'srien took the floor, So far he ‘has been very quiet in all the debates that have taken place in ref- erence to New York affairs, and naiurally enough every eye was upon him as he began tospeak. I need hardly state that nis speech creaved a ae- cided sensation from the way he took hold of the men who are striving to optain power in New York aiter the work of reform has been completed by other hands. RENEDICT’S LAST STRUGGLE, In conclusion it may be said that Benedict was deieated in every motion he made to make the Comptroller the sole auditor in the bill, His first motion to strike out the names of all members of the Board, with the exception of tne Comptroller's, was lost by the decided vote of 22 noes to 5 ayes— Benedict, Cock, Johnson, O’Brien and Tiemann voting in the aMrmative. How O'Brien came to vore the way he did, when his reflections upon Green are taken into consideration, 18 rather a mys- tery. she motion to strike out the lines “by the con- current vote of all of said members” was lust by ayes 10, noes 16, The oniy afiirmative votes cast for the motion to strike out the Assemblv pro- vision of the bill Making tue sesstons of the Board ublic were Benedict, Cock, O'Brien, Tiemann and eismann, twenty-three votes being cast against the motion, Johnson's motion to amend tne bill by making tne President of the Board of Aldermen one of the members was lost—ayes 3, noes 25—Har- rower, Jonnson and O’Brien voting in the atfirmas tive, Madden after this endeavored to have the bill sent back to the Committee on Cities, with instructions so to amend tt as to require the Boara Of Audit to subint, statements of their doings to the common Council, but the motion was voted down. ‘The bill then passed, without @ solitary vote being cast against It, LEITER FROM GENERAL COCHRANE, ‘The following ietter Was received here tuis even- ing by Mr. Twombly To Hon, A. N. TWoMBLy:— DEAR Sik—At the request of yourself and other repubil- cane of the city of New York, I gave a reluctant consent that iy name should be used as one of the Board of Audit, con- teinplated by your bill recently passed in the Assetnbl The sineular unanimity with which both your Mical friends and — opponents =~ moved in Senate to strike me the bill and to fain. the remaining auditors in it suggests the cone! tion thas my withdrawal would be equally acceptable to your Opponents xs well as to your friends in the Assembly, Be this as ft may, my own seuse of iy torbide that I ould be continued in this maze of legisiation. I therefore my name from it. etfully you ask you to withdraw my SOHN Bore Re ALBANY, Jan, %, 1872. RAPID TRANSIT ONCE MORR. Mr. Robertson's bill to create a board of commis. | sioners of city railways aud to provide meang of rapid transit in the city of New York, which has already veen alluded to ak some length im the HERALD, constitutes Henry G, Stebbins, Andrew H, Green, George M. Van Nort, Wiliam F. Havemeyer, George Opdyke, John Wheeler the frst board, and gives them power to o) two lines ot ratlw: of rapid transit by steam or other power. The rail- way authorized to be constructed shail be a douvle line of ratlway of four tracks each, for through and way tray to be known as the ‘Kast and West side Railways,” “West Side” will begin at the tery, extend along and under Greenwich to Futton street; thence Uhrough and under the two intermediate blocks to College place, under place, West Broadway South Fiitn avenue to Washington square; thence by.@ curved line .through. aud under Washington square and the, biock intervening .between the northwest corner of the same and Sixth avenue, to said avenue, opposite the commencement of Greenwich avenue; thence througn ana under Sixth avenue to its junction with Brouuway ana Thirty- fourth street; thence througn and \ UNDER. BROADWAY, the Circle and the Grand Boulevard ‘to its junction with Ninth ayenue; thence wtrough and under Ninth avenue to near 106th street; tnence by curve Une through intervening. biocks to New ave- nue at @ point near. loth street, and under ‘New’ avenue to a point near 160th street; thence wnder said avenue or through the blocks intervening, to the most convenient point for crossing the Hariem River by a tunnel or ovine. The East Side Rattway starts at a point near the City Hall, near. the termmation ol the East River bridge, thence by @ line as neariy as may be along and under Centre strect Ww Broome street, thence through and under the witervening blocks and streets to Lafayette place; and atong and under La- fayette place and the intervening block in @ direct Mine to Fourth avenue, thence along and under Fourth avenus to tlariem River, The ratiway shall be constructed upon tie plan of the Arcade ratlway in t, Cross the Harlem Mats by & viaduct, the Saat Side road north of Thurty-second street to Ninety; ninth street, to be IN A TUNNEL, and by viaduct from sinety-ninth street to Harlem River, The Commissioners may with the Hariem Railroad Company tor the construction of a douole arcade, tunnel or viaduct of four tracks each from Forty-second street northward, under the present roud bed or the Hariem Company. ‘Af.er tre compietio: of the sara double sub-roadway th: Harlem company and its lessees shall remove its tracks from the surface of said avenue and cease to ‘use the same.” a A XBW DEBT FOR BROOKLYN. Mr. Rerry’s bill to cer.ain obligations in- curred by the city of Brooklyn provides tha: the money borrowed by the city of Brooklyn or officers (the sum of $100,000) for the relief of the sufferers by the Chicago fire be made a debt of the city. On the surrender of any voucher or vouchers now outstanding the finan- lai officers of the city are required to issue cerufi- cates payable on the 1st of January, 1873, peari interest from the date of the loan. {be amount of certificates and interest is to be inserted in the tax levy made in the year 1872, MONSIBUR TONSON COME AGAIN, Mr, Weismann created a great deal of merriment to-day by offering a resolution to the effect that a person Known as a thief who shall at uny time visit or be found in any bank, savings bank or other monetary institution or office, shall upon con- viction thereof be imprisoned for a term not exceeding two years, mor less than siX months. Evidently the Senator is rather green about lawmakiug. What the “conviction thereot’? means in the resolution it would be hard to tell. Probably thts resolution was paimed off on Weis- mann by the same wag who got an innocent legis- lator a few years ago to introduce a resolution declaring that “highway robbery is hereby avol- ished in the State.” SAVINGS BANKS, The resolution offered by Mr. Tiemann calling upon the Committee on Banks to inquire mto the pro- priety of so amending the laws as to prevent savings banks from transacting ordinary banking busiaess will doubUess be productive of good results, In view of late revelations concerning certain savings banks an New York a stringent law is needed on the subject, The Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections held a brief meeting this afternoon. TWEEP AND ROSSA icuous by their absence. Tweed was by Mr. Reynolds as counse,, and Rossa by Mr. Davenport. The committee decided that the charges made vy Rossa were not as specific as they should be to justily the com- mittee in basing their action upon them, and so an adjournment took place, with the proviso that at the next meeting Rossa would present his cilent’s claims in a proper shape. THE NEW JURORS BILL, ‘The Judiciary Committee of the House has desig- nated Wednesday next, at four o’ciock P. M., as the ‘ume for Cage we bili relative to the qualifl- cations of jurors, ie Same Coinmittee will on Tues- day next, at four o’clock P. M., continue the hear- Ing on the bill relating to the powers of the Attors ney Generai in proceedings against corporations, ALLEGED CORRUPTION IN THK CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW CAPITOL. A committee of the Workingmen’s Assembly is engaged taking amMdavits in the matter of charges of corrupt practices in connection with the building of the new Capitol, {t is cnarged that materials have been used for private purposes in constructing the buliding, &c, TSE PROPOSED NEW CITY CHAR- TER, were cong] represen Debate in the Commitice on Chies in Joint Sessions ALBANY, Jan, 25, 1872. The Committees on Cities of both houses met in joint session in the Senate Chamber thts evening to hear arguments on the proposed new charter for New York, A large number of disungutshed citi- zeas of New York were present, including Mr. James M. Brown, ex-Governor Saiomon, Simon Sterne, John Wheeler, Joseph Blumenthal, Samuel B. Ruggles, R. B, Sherman, James M. «Halsted, Robert Hoe, Judge Emott, Frederick Schaick, Major Bundy, Henry N. Beers, Lewis Ballard, Colonel N. G. Dunn, Albert Klamrath, J. J. O'Donanue, Robert Nooney and Thomas B. Mc- Clellan. p Ex-Governor SALOMON was the first to address the commitiee, anc in opening referred to the dis- covery of great rovberies in New York, through conspiracy among the municipal authorities, and the origin and organization of the Com- mittee of Seventy of the leading citizens, He then detailed the duties devolving upon this committee and what it had done. He said that not- withstanding all they had done an appeal was made to the people, not only of the city, but of the State, to do tnat which it was beyond the power of the committee toao. ‘The people of the State nobly responded to this call, and took measures to secure to tne city such reform measures as were needed, The committee, Or a sub-commit- tee of fifteen, then proceeded to form @ charter, the main features of which had been submitted from time to time to the Com- mittee of Seventy, and met their approval, and now it is submitted to the Legislature with the hope that it will meet with Its sanction. He reierred to the Jact, and deprecated that party rules had been ap- phed to strictly municipal affairs and enforcea with such effect as to inflict great damage on. the interests of the city. It had seemed to the committee that a removal of the opportanity for this partisanship would result in much good, and he proceeded to illustrate the ad- vantages of minority, or PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION, and neld that the Board of Aldermen elected under ‘Unis system wonld oe by far the most fit represen- lve of the people. He said this was not a new taing. jt had been tried in Engiand, is the law in iiinois, and, indeed, was put in operation in our own State in the election of the Judges of the Court of Appeals. The effect of this Drinciple 18 to act as @ restraint upon parties and Yequire them to put in nomination better canil- dates It was also proposed to give the Board of Aldermen larger powers than tney have had and as 18 possessed in other are to have the power the money necessary to carry on the affairs of the city. ey had also thought but one Board instead of two was necessary. Thore had never been found any more difficulty in pu.ting ascheme through two boards than would be expe- Tieuced with one A two-thirds vote was also made necessary lor appropriations. He proceeacd to de- tail and comment upon ail the otner leading features of the charter—tne payment oi salaries to Aldermen; term of office; the Ke tee of the Mayor to remove from office; ie being also removable; the departments to be governed by the provortional system in their organ- vations. 1t nad been objected that for the execu- uve departments s0 many men could not discharge their duties as well us one man or head. ‘This op- Jection he discussed, and said that there would ve | an advantage gained by having a minority present ‘at the action, whatever it was. to see that it was done property aud legavy. He held thatit you pat TAK POWER OF APPOINTMENT in the hands of one man, a head, the Mayor, you will put it in the hands of a man nommate: caucus, elected by a party—the Creature Of a pi $ and you wul certainly have to experience agatu just such things us have been experienced within the past few years, He said they bad provided that the Commissioners should have seats in tie Board of Aldermen, but without votes, like the Ministers of England, This, tov, was for @ good purpose, and it) was hoped it would 80 resi The heads of bureaus appoint their subordinates and can remove them; the heads of bureaus are removable by the heads of the department, who, in turn, are removanle by the Mayor on good cause. ‘They nad avolisied the Commission of Public Docks and provided for a Bureau of Docks. The Depari- mentof Public Parks remaim as it was, with the ex- ception of relieving if of control over certain streets and some other slight changes, together with pucting 1 under control of the Board of Aldermen. He ex- plaimed the organization of THE COMMISSION OF PUBLIC SAFETY, the members of which were to be elected every three years. He showed how charitable mstitutions in the city were to be brought under the controi and supervision of tne Commission of Charities and Correction so long as they received donations from the city, The four Commissioners of Finance are mace the Tax Commissioners. They are to fle aod publish monthly statements Of ther affuirs, and they shall have the sole and exclusive to pay out moneys. It was thought pavisable to have oniv oue outlet to the Treasury. Th> Board of Aldermen are to pags on the budget, alter it if they see fit, and then the board of Supervisors shall proceed to the money. There was a law de- hrough (nis He also explained the provision made for public education, which was of a similar restrictive char- acter. Provision is alse made it any one holding two ofices, A member ol the Legisiatare or of Con- Azote cannot hold any position under the charter. concluded by saying that ums charter was the went and combined labors, ‘The com- mittee believed that 1t would give the city @ good governmect, He asked for its candida consideration on the part of the committee and tne ature. It Would excite opposition. It aifects naeorially Ae tictans, and thev would, of course, oppose it. It had broken up all SUBSIDIES TO THE PRESS, which it was found had grown to great proportions, and had made provision sufficient Publicity, as they thought, at regular prices and cost, He said the committee expected soon to be able to present to the Legislature a ry law which would meet the wants of the city. He called attention to the bill giving power vo any taxpayer to sue any official guilty of malieasance im office, and explained the necessity ior that law. SOON STERNE was the next speaker, and ad- dressed the committee mainly in advocacy of the rinciple of minority or proportional elections. ‘his Was actually necessary under the prevailing circumstances politically the city, It was im- le for the minority ever to rise to a majority; therefore they snouid be put in a position where they can secure representation. There is no other way than this proportional system, He said the minority must be represented, be- cause if they are not there is no op- portunity to prevent the robberies we have ex- perienced these past lew years. By tnis system the Minority can secure representation tn the legisia- lve body of the city, and this representation can be on tne watch and prevent frauds. We want some one, he said, in that body who cannot be cor- rupted. He cited @ vast number of high authorities in Various sections o! the world in favor of the system, and said unless it was engrafted in the charter it would be far better to govern the city from the state Legisiature than to keep the city ‘under the majority rule, as at present, Mr. 8. B, RUGGLES was the next speaker. He Pointed the committee to the fact that this was the Most important question he ever in his forty years’ experience knew to be before the Legislature. He endorsed all that had been said in advocacy of the proportional representation system, What was wanted in every aepartineut of the city was a re ofeyes to watch the doinss of the majority. is was the great desideratum. It was the only salvation of the city. He ten proceeded to uetall the events of the past #1x months, and pointed to the great uprising of the people demanding reform, He begged of the committee to seize the oppor- tunity to save the city and do themselves a lasting honor and credit, but he appealed to them not to remove the watch dog wbich was contained in the Proportional representation aystem. Mr; JACKSON 8. SCHULTZ was the next speaker, who spoke generally on the charter, saying he believed it expreased the sentiment of the people of the city. ‘The committee then adjourned till a week rom to-night. LETTER FROM GENERAL DIX. The followlug letter was handed the committee by ex-Governor Salomon:— New Yorx, Jan, 24, 1872. My DEar Str—I regret exceedingly that I am unable to leave the city and go before the committee of the Leginia- ture which have under consideration the charter proposed wy, the Gommittee of Seventy, Having been a member of the Committee on Legislation, under whose immediate di- rection the charter was formed, I can sincerely say that have never been associated ‘with a body of gentlemen lan fora city government which should provect the people jneime nt most perfect puulicity. Among the provisions whiel » iress ini which aims for us the according it to us asa measure which can work no possi- ment, Ifthe members of the Legislature could have wit- h which every provision was weighed, in view favorable conalderation which no words of mine could more earnest in their eiforts to necomplish the pstriotie ob. ject in their view. In this case the object was to frame a om plunder to arrest maladministration tn tte stages, by civing to the transactions ef municipal ofheors the themselves particularly to te judgment of the lature’ and "to. its regard for “our wellare te shouts be of proportional representation, and in case it i be deemed experimental, J trust there may be no hesitation in bie injustice, and which may ve instrumental tn restoring to us the long-lost blessing of an honest id pradent govern- nessed, as | have done, the long and laborious deliberations with which “this "charter "was ‘framed. ‘and the. care witl solely of the interests of the people of the city I am sure the instrameni would go before them with a claim to their strengthen, I am, dear sir, very truly yours, ti PTY OUrSOHN A, DIX. To Hop. E, SALOMON, Decision of the Supreme Court in the Tweed and Connolly Cases. ALBANY, Jan. 25, 1872, The Supreme Court has decided the cases of Tweed anda Connolly, aMrming the decisiuns of the Special Term as to bail, ani ordering the arrests, with $10 costs, NEW YORK LEGISLATURE, Senate. ALDANY, Jan. 25, 1872, PETITIONS AND REMONSTRANCES. A number of petitions were presented agaist legisia- tive interierence win the Ene Railroad; in favor of the Pneumate Tube Railroad, ana for an increase of the Lr‘er- ary Fund; also remonstrances against giving the Third Ave- nue Railroad Company the right to ron palaceears: also « tition from Brooklyn requesting the Governor to request he President to direct the Bureau sngineese of New York harbor to revise the pierhead line in front of Brooklyn, as ew tablished in 1557. Mr. Preey intro’ diction im any county of the State, Mr. PREY introduced a bill to legalize contributions of the city of Brooklyn of 4#100,000 for the suilerers by tue Chicago fire. ILL8 ENTRODUCED a bill to give notaries publie juris- SAVINGS RASKE, Nr, TIRMANN offered a resolution requiring the Committee on Banks to report a bil to prevent savings bani from doing business ax banks of deposit hecks. Agreed to. THIEVES AND MONEYED INSTITUTIONS. Mr, WEISMANN ollered a resolution declaring it a felony for any person known as a tmef to be present in any moneye'i institution, Laid on the table, THE PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AGAINST THR CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK. The Assembly bill providing for payment of the claims against the city and county of New York was taken up in Committee o” the Whole. ‘The Senate bill, which difered from the Assembly bill in leaving the President ot the Board of Aldermen out of the Board of Audit, was substituted for moved a substitate which was sub- Hawkins’ bill, which was deteated in the Assembly, and urged its adoption at iength, de‘ended the Senate bill. poke earnestly in favor of the Senate the retention of bill, Mr. O'BRIEN (reform dem.) warmiy w M rane on the Koard of Audit, Mr. O¥srien severely denounced r. remarks When the amendment came up to have the the Board held with open doors, Mr, Kenedict strongly op- pored it; but tt passed by a decided vote. Mr. JOHNBON, (dem.) in order to have the bill conform to the Assemoly bill, moed to add ident of tne Board of Aldermen to the Auditing Board, ‘The motion was lost by 8 decided vote. ‘The committee rose and reported the bill to the Senate, when Mr, BENEDICT renewed his amendment to give the exclusive power, nnd on that called for the yeas It was lost—yeas, 6; nays, 22. EDIOT continued to move all bis amendments and \i the veas and nays; but he was defeated rote. wet his motion to add General Coch- and calied for the yeas and nays, which resulted—yeas, 3; nays, 2. Mr. MADDEN (rep.) moved to recommit the bili to the committee with instructions to amend so that the bills au- dited should be submitted to the Common Couneil. Lost, ‘The bill was then ordered toa third reading and passed— ayes 28, all the Senators present voting in the aflirmative. THR PHARMACY BILL was referred back to the standing committee, PROUIBITING SAVINGS BANKS FROM DOING ORDINARY BANKING BUSINF! Mr, BOWEN (rep.) moved that the Committeeon Banks quire into andjreport on the propriety of so amending th Felating to savings bangs as to prevent apy savin, doing ordinary banking business, Agreed to. THE PO O PRINTING, Mr, Woorn offered a resolution that the Comptroller of the State furnish the Senate a copy of all contracts now in force in relation to public printing, ther with @ state- ment showing the ageregate thereof under sald contract oF contracts for the year 1871 for printing ; also a detailed account of ali expenses incurred and paid during the year, under any resolution of tne Legislature ur either branch thereof, and to whom the same was paid, toxether with other informa- tion which 1p his judgment may aid the Legislature in devis- ing measures for retrenchment in the expenses of public rinting. tai Jounson moved to include the years 1868, 1569 and Ju. it. ‘The resolution was adopted, and the Senate adjourned, Assembly. * ALBANY, Jan. %, 1872, BILLS ORDERED TO A THIRD READING, Regulating the signing ana sealing of bills, Providing for the formation of free public libraries in each town, village and city in the State. Mr. JUDD at some length explained the provisions of the bili and the great good it was destined to do if passed, Mr. SMYTH opp: sed the bill as unne Fike Mr. HOUGHTON, of Saratoga, # the bill fnan en- ergetic speech. He had never ‘h: tional advantages, and be had ever since resolved if the opportunity was pre- sented him to vote for the education of the children of the te he would do xo, He would vote for ibis bili a hundred if hecontd, He appreciated the value of edncation and by the very existence of our government depended en- tirely upo The bill, after being slightly amended, was ordered to & third reading, Providing for the appotnting of notaries public in counties where they do not reside but do their business, and legalizing the acis of such notaries. ‘Amending the ac. ty establish recorders of the Court in Utica 80 fees. Ordered to a third reading, ‘Amending the charter of the Port Chester Savings Bank, by aulborizing tue trostees to invest in town or village bonas, Ordered to a third readn LEAVE OF ANSENCE was granted Mr. Tilden for the balance of the week, owing to iliness. BAR ASSOCIATION OF ONEIDA COUNTY. By consent a viil incorporating the Bar Association of Oneida county was passed te Manhattan Di f the Manhattan Dispensary. Authorizing the Treasiver of Rings conaiy to desiguate ae deputy one of his clerks, to act in his absence, By consent the bill was rend a third time and past Amnending the act to protect purcha: of real estate sold Wyordes of Hurrogates, sae Oh 0 ¢ bill to pay the Recorder of Utica a salary of $2, yeur, instead of fees, was passed, ihc a il INTRODU ORD, By Mr. HAWKING— To aacertain by propor proofs who are entivled to vote upon certiicates of naturalization purport- ing to have been issued within the city and county of New York by the Supreme Court during the month of Uctober, 1858, 1800) 1870 and 1871, and hy the Superior the ‘months of Septenter and October of said Dill prohibit 8 recited, or ithe pi Visions of this act are complied with by the bolder thereof, To leat the eeouinenres of these vavers the Uourt of Com: Amending the charter pay the Recorder a sulary of $2,600, Instead of | mon Pleas and Superior Court are given jansdiction in the for Investig: By Mr Mackey To. toco the New York Ware if Ni ork, id for , mn ny ‘Trevgnt fn New York bill was introduced in ERR secure better protection to persons {yavelline on city railroads; also for the prevention ot gam- By Mr. WiirnxcK—Amending the charter of the Indus- trial Exhibition Company of Nee Yorke” | By Mr. O8G00D—To establish a Capital Police district, in- } cluding Albany and Rensselaer counties. THE NEW YORK CITY GTREET CLEANING CONTRACTS. Mr, HBALY moved that the Commissioners of Street Cleaning in New York report to the House within fifteen daya the number 0: contracts made amnce the organization of | Ihuch ioney haa been pata Tortie ese she aeaeare mi for the ‘nerv' organi- zation of the Department. Adopted, °° "ace She ore LBTIER POSTAGE MEMBERS OF THR HOUSE. Mr. GORING moved that the postage on the letters of the members be paki for out of the contingent fund of the louse, ‘THR OHARGRS AGAINST THE CLARK OF THR SENATE. Mr. D. B. HILL offered the following:— eas charges have been made in the public supstantiated by allidavit, alleging that. in the year tech and 1869, through the orocurement, connivance and corrupt ac- tion‘of the then Clerk of the Senate, {alse and fraudulent | bills for printing were pres 4 paid by the Legislature, and print a bills were fraudulently altered and increased, | and said Clerk corruptly received a certain percentage of the amounts thus paid; and whereas said Clerk is an ofloer of the present Legislature; and whereas astention ‘bas been drawn to the stioject of, public, printing and the enormous | amounts paid therefor during the pas: four years; therefore | Resolved, That the standing Committee on Puoiic Printing of this House be empower 4 directed to ascertain the truth of the aaid charge, and to investigate the whole subject Of legialative and department printing, and to ascertain whether other corrupt practices and abuses have not existed | in relation theretu, and to report thereon to this House; and that such committee have power to send for persons and | apers, and the meeting of sald committee shall be open to | @ public, Mr. ALVORD rose to debate, and the resolution was laid on the table, Mr. Alvord then called up his resolution for the Committee on Printing to make an mvestigation, which he | said would cover this case, and it was adopted. i ALLEGED OOBRUPTION IN THR CONSTRUCTION oF THE | NEW CAPITOL. H Mr. TRA D, BROWN moved an investigation of the churzes made by the Workingmen’s Assembiy that corrupt practices | had been made use of in the construction of the new Capitol. Mr, Ina D. BROWN offered the following: —Whereas itis | oh: in a certain resolution adopted by the State Work- | ingmen's Assemoly, that the new Capito! has bean xed as | olitical machine for the purpose of advancing the political interests of the Capitol Commissioners; that employes of the State have worked upon private contracts while paid by the State, and the building materials have bean taken from he new Capitol and appropriated for individual ase; there: | fore Resolved, That the Ways and Means Committee be and | they are hereby authorized and required to examine into the trach or falsity of these. allegations, and in the progress of the investigation they have power to send for persons and ers, Palle, ALVORD rising to debate the resolution, it was tabled. Mr. YROMANS offered the following :—Renoived, ‘That the | Juliclary Committee be instructed to inquire whether the tule of “prize packages” of confectionery, or other com- modities, i in violation of existing statutes, an, if not, that | the said committee be instructed to report bill for the pre vention and suppression of such sales, | Debate arising, the resolution was tabled and the House adjourned, STATE LEGISLATURES. MISSOURI. JEFFERSON CITY, Jan. 25, 1872, In the Liberal Republican Convention yesterday several letters were read from gentlemen who could not be present at the Convention. The following despatch was also read: — OTNOINNATH, Jan, 28, 1872, WILLIAM W. W. GROSVENOR, CHAIRMAN —The German- American Reunion and Reform Association send the greeung to your Convention. We are in perfect harmony With your platform, and promise you to co-operate heartily with your movement. We shall do our duty. For the Executive Committee, CARL STOBEL, MINRESOTA, Sr. PAUL, Jan. 25, 1872, The House yesterday reco isidered its action m the contested election case of Halli vs. Nillick and gave the seat to Mr. Hall. The Daily Press says General Hancock rejuses to be the democratic candiuate tor President, é, KANSAS, The Support of Sumucr’s “One Term’ Bill Withdrawa—Uebates on the Alleged Fraud- ulent Senatorial Election Last Winter—Ex- Governor Robinson Explains the Reason for Demanding an Investigation—A Cull to the Republican State Convention. TOPEKA, Jan. 25, 1872, In the Senate yesterday a resolution, instructing the Kansas Senators in Congress to vote for Mr. Sumner’s one term amendment to the tederat Constitution, was defeated after a long devate by a Vote of 7 to 17, ‘The House had a spirited discussion, which lasted ail day, over the Senate resolution providing Jor an investigation of the Sen atorial election last winter. An amendment was adopted, giving tne committee power to investigaie the Senatorial | election in 1867, When Messrs. Pomeroy and icoss | were elected by a vore of 68 to 28, all uf Mr. Cald- wells iniends voting for it. The resoiuon as | vended was then passed with but nine negative vous. ‘The resolution goes back to the Senate for con. currence, f In the course of the debate ex-Governor Robinson | said that two men, with about an equal amount. of | money, came here last winter intending to purchase | aseatin the United Stat wate, One of them | found he had enemies that could not be bought, aud that ne couia not succeed. ‘Therefore ne solu out his forces to his opponent. It was beca ihe p chase money for the votes transierred haa not 0 paid, and some other promises had not been ful- | filed that this move for an imvestigation was haa. | Men who iad been honored by the republican party hau got a democratic paper to make the charge wat no republican paper could ve found to make, ‘the Central Kepublicin Committee met in this city yesterday and issued a call ior @ State Convention, to be heid at Lawrence, on February 21, to eiec ten delewates and ten alternates to the National Con- vention. bite Ey MARYLAND AND POST-MORTEMS. Introdaction of a Bill luto the state Seuate in Reference to Chemical Analyses and Medical Experts. WASHINGTON, Jan, 25, 1872. ‘The quarrel among the doctors and chemisis in tne Wharton trial has had the effect of cajling the atcention of the Maryland Legislature to the subject of post-mortem examinations aad chemical analyses, and a@ bill has been introduced in tne Senate provid. ing the mode and manner in which they should be made. The dill provides that all such examinations and analyses snail be made by the authority of the | law officer, and with that authority only. 1t also prescribes the manner in which they shail be made and conducted. Itis evidently the intention of the Marviand law makers that no more such exmbitions on the part of its scientists shall again take place as disgraced the Wharton trial, if statutory enact- ments can prevent it. BAXTER HOP. Another Grand Display at the Academy. ‘The Baxter Club, an oid New York organization, Which takes its name from Colonel Baxter, a heraof the Mexican war, gave its thirteenth annual ball at the Academy of Music last evening. It was without exception the nicest affair of the season, The mem- bers of the association were nearly all young men and all dancers. The iadies were remarkabie for the freshness of their appearance and the elegance of their toilets, At @ auarter past ten the dancing commenced, and at that time the floor, dress circle and boxes were crowded with elegantly dressed and beautiful women, and their attendant cavaliers in claw-hammer coats, At the back of the sage Was 4 large circle of gas jeis enclosing the letters, ‘Baxter Hop, 1872.” ‘Ihe floor was under the direction of Messrs William H. Kirby, Jr.. J. a. Zimmerman (without the dog) and Heory A. Child, assistea by Messrs. BE. G. Gilmore, Syl. Bradway, H. Mitchell, Daniel Bixby, General Funk, Ed. Henderson, Ed. ames, A. Z. Ashinan, Jonn Loomis, Jr., General Ed. Ferrero, George H. Wallace, John Murray. All the arrangements were most saustactory, and reflected great credit on we management, The guests were received anu at- tended to by the Reception Committee—Messrs. D, J. Bernstein, O. J. McGowan, Ed. Pettinger, 8. K. Spencer, H. Dougherty, W. M. Fleming, Thos, Tay- Jor, Frank Ball and Williaia Birch. FIRE IN THIRTY-SIXTH STREET, At nine o'clock yesterday morning a fire occurred on the third floor of the three story frame tenement house No, 53: West Thirty-#ixth street, the property of Timothy Rafferty, and occupied by William Giad- stone. Loss $400; no insurance. ‘The second foor, which was occupied by Livingstone Cornell, was | damaged to the extent of $100; no insurance. The building was injured to the amount of $400. The fire extended to the frame house 627 and 629 West ‘Thirty-sixih street, also Owned by Rafferty, whicn | Was damaged to the amount of about $500; fully in- | sured, The several occupants of the buildings suf. | fered more or less by the water thrown in by the engines. The property was insured in the following | companies;—Niagara, $2,000; Pacific, $3,000; Con- Unental, $600; Stuy nt, $550, The cause of the fire so far is unknown. FIRB IN THE BOWERY, A fire broke out at 168 Bowery at @ quarter to one yesterday morning. The building is a three story frame, ad was occupied by Hiram Croker as & gentleman’s furnishing store. The fire was caused by @ defective flue, and it did damage to the amount of $2,000 to the stock. The building was injared to ine extent of about one thousand ona The fire extended to the next house, 16834, au damaged it to the amount of $1,000, The anser pi ce Was occupied by Benjamin Raugh as a jewelry s ~~ He was fully insured, Croker was imsured for $13. 000 | Memphis and O) OBITUARY. General Rebert Stoddard Ewell, General Robert 8. Ewell died at bis residence im Maury county, Teno., yesterday morating. General Ewell was fifty-two years of age. He was born in the District of Columbia in the. | year 1820, His brother, Benjamin 8. Ewell, ag well as the General himself, was educated in West Point Academy. thirteenth in Ms class, next to George H. Thomas, lower down than W. T. Sherman and Stewart Van Ropert S$ Ewell graduated: Viet, and ahead of Bushrod R. Johnson, Colonel Olver L, Shepphard and General Thomas Jordan. He entered the United States Army on the 1st ol. July, in the year 1840, as Brevet Second Lieutenant; was promoted Second Lieutenant November 1, 1840; First Lieutenant September 18, 1845, and brevet Captain August 20, 1847, “for gallantry at Contreras and Cherubusco, Mexico.’ He was engaged against the Indians in New Mexico in June, 1857, and in the- year 1858 was placed in command of the Unised States troops stationed at Fort Buchanan, New Mexico, On the Ist of May, in the year 1961, Ewelt resigned his commission as Captain of United States Dragoons and joined we Cone. federate army of the South He was in time to parucipate im the bate of Bnil Run with his new made friends in the rank of brigamer general of the torces ol the South, Tius engage- ment took place on the 2ist of July, 1861. During the period of inactivity which ensued im military circles South, General Ewell was promoted to the rank of Major G the Second, or Stonewall Jackson's corps. erat and assigned (0 a division of In tis | capacity he fought in the battles of Front Koyat and Cedar Mountain, du the valley cam- paign in 1862. When Stonewall Jackson Was wounded in the battle of Chancellors ville (May, 1863), General Ewell succeeded that oficer in his position in the fight, commanding we Second corps, When Jackson was dying ne @x- pressed an earnest wish that Generai Ewell shoul be appointed a lieutenant genera! ard placed in per- manent command of the Second corps o: the South. ‘This was done accordingly, General Eweil foaght with the Second corps, commanding it at Wincnes- ter, Gettysburg, and during the rst day of the battle of the Wilderness, in May, 1864. He was wounded in the latter engagement, sna the command of his corps given to General Jubal Early. Eweil retired vo Richiwond and assumed command of the Department of Henrico. During nis fignt trom this departmenc he was captured by the Umon solulers unver command of General Sheridan, Generat Swell has lived in comparative retirement. since the ciose of the war. ‘The feeling of his first and natural allegiance returned upon Lim strongly previous to his dissolution, In giving directions Tregaraing his tombstone he jaid particular stress upon the fact that he “did not desire any word em- pioyed in the inscription that could reflect in any Way upon the government of the United States,” General Ewell was a brilliant soldier, and was moved, no doubt, by generous impulses, the force of watch is likely to lead good men astray in their views of Iie and duty unless the tendency has been carefully considered and the. contingencies wnich are likely to ensue estimated with cauuion aad ac- curacy. TEMPERANCE. The Massachusetts Temperan: e Conventions swee) Resolutions Denouncing Liquor Sellers and Liquor Drinkers—Sympathy with Their New Jersey Bretiren, Boston, Jan. 25, 1872 The State Temperance Convention closed its labors to-day, after adopting an address to the People of Massachusetts and fitteen resoluuons, the principal of which was the following:— Resolved, That the present Legislaiure be and are hereby peuttoned to restore the Pronibitory law of 1867, with the amendment :— : the Implements of a lquor store containing evidence of guilt, luding liquor dealers as other criminals from the jury box. Thr d—Securing the right to challenge Mquor drinkers ry at discretion. Fourt)—Miking the punishment for unlawfal sles thirty days’ Imprisonment for the first olfence, sixty days for the second, and so on doubling the thine of imprisonment for each and every succeeding offence. Fifth—Abolishing the liquor commuston and leaving the State police under the control of the Governor, as formerly. ‘Siavh—Making every person who unlawfully ‘sells or gives away liquor responsible for the damaye ing theretrom, The following despatch was read by the Secre- tary:— ‘The New Jersey Temperance Alliance, in State convention at Trenton, sends greeting. Our object the entire suppression of the liquor traffic, ‘The means, l@cal prouibition by the voice of the people. It was voted that a responsive telegram be for- warded, New Jersvy State Temperance Allinnee. TRENTON, N, J., Jan. 25, 1872, The State Temperance Alliance Convention was attended by nearly s1x hondred delegates, George Shepherd Page was re-clected President of the Alhance, with a vice presideut from cach county and a board of sixty members. The i n of pronibition was discussed and @ scries of luvions passed denouncing the Heense system, and finally dectaring that If the Legislature relused wo give them a law to submit the question of license to the people of the several townships and wards of the State, they will use thetr tifa. evce to defeat the men who voted against tem the next time they come betore the people tur election, At the evening session Mr. Page, Mr. Stearns, Rev. Mr. Craig and Hon. Mr. Frve, ber of Con- gress from Maine, addressed the Convention, Sena- | tor Wilson could not come on account of w press of business. Mr. Nelson J. Waterbury concluded his argument yesterday morning in the Murray-Coulier contest for the Police Justiceship of the Fourth district, in te Supreme Court, before Judge Brady, and the Judge charged tne jury. If the lawyers were te- dious'y long, the Judge partly made up for it by being most pointedly brief. He occupied scarcely fifteen mmates. He toid the jury they were gentle- men Of intelligence, and cout judge of the evi- dence themselves. He indicated its leading fea tures, calied their attention to the gravity of the cnarges, and after telling them to use every effort to come to an agreement, and telling them that he should keep them out a good long time t» agree, as it would be @ terribly tedious mutter and very ex- ensive to have anotier trial, left the case in their ands, As heretofore the court room was densely crowded, and very many of the crowd lingered about late into the evening awatting the verdict of the jury. ANOTHER RAILROAD TO NEW YORK, Important Mecting at Syracuse Yesterdays A Road to be Started to Connect the Lake Ontario Shore Road with New York. SYRACUSE, N. Y., Jan, 25, 1872 An important railroad meeting was held at Bald- winsville this afternoon, which bids fair to result in the opening of anotner direct route from the West to New York city. A company was organized to construct @ road from @ point on the syracuse Northern Railroad near this city, to connect with the Lake Ontario Shore Railroad at a point in the town of Walcott, Wayne county. The proposed road will be thirty-two miles im lengtn ana the capital stock $1,000,000. ‘ne directors Will organize on Wednesday next, and the work of bonding will be commenced at once. The effect of this road is intended to ve to to turn freight and travel irom the Oswego and Lake Ontario Shere Railroad through Syracuse and thence to New York via the Chenango Valley and Midland Railroads. i aie GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 25, 1872, Tue delegates to the Convention of the Grand Army of the Republic were formally welcomed in Independence Hall, by President Littieton, of the Select Council, this morning. The response was made by Howard J. tteeder, of the Easton Com- mandery, of the State deiegation. The delegates visited the Mint th: Several of the Japanese Embassy are visiting the cole quartz mines of Grass Valley. Thomas A. Scott and other railroad officials left Memp his for Vieksburg and New Orleans by special train on Wedues- day night. A weil f in Trenton, No J. that Jono appointed President of the United Railroad Companies in the place of Asabel Weich. On Monday last at Fayette, Greene county, Ill., © man named Jones attacked George Higgins, school director, with a buteber knife and mortally wounded him. Jones es eaped. A meeting of delegates of the various conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church of ‘he South. for the purpose of organizing @ Southern University unver tbe auspices of that Church, was held in the First Methodist chureb, Memphis, Siahop McTeyre presiding. Be- ‘A iarge number of dele- 8 in cireulatl inded ram: BI Tenn, Wednesday evening, yond organizing nothing was done, gates wore in attendance. Wednesday night Thomas Seott and associates nd ‘Charleston Railton: directors lease ratiied in the Feeent Bioesnalaecs: | Com by the Scott party. tions which wll be "passed on by another Stockholders? Con. vention, to be held in Memphis, Tenn, Fevruary 3. Jease is regarded as a Uxed fact In the McDonald-Cheek case, in Cincinnati, on W ednesday, temtimony was introdneed showing that Herron ae not i Aurora on the 6th of rm Rong i son alviea Siem heek's wife, Three persons testilied positiv rien op did not leave home that week. ‘The bes 4 in at turee o'clock the Court adjourned tit thi yo Hugh McMullen will oven the case for the met the to toe Murrell Cheek oer. elo] that Hi 5 It will be recoliected that last summer A. Dameron, and premdent was a prominent and wealthy citizen of St. Louis, OP the Southwestern Book and Publishing Gompan . witn the seduction of @ young girl, ourse In bi subsequently died from the effects of an xbortion, ‘ine Robinson, evtered a suit 000 damages. Yesterda, San ad % was mricken frow. ghergea ha that ber mother, Mrs. C ry a: ainst Mr. Dameron, cial Mrs. Robinson withdrew t the docket