The New York Herald Newspaper, February 8, 1872, Page 4

4 Comptroller Green’s Bill Reported Without Amendments, WVESTIGATIONS THE ORDER OF THE DAY, Mr. -James Terwilliger to Resign. A Beal Reform and What It Will Accomplish. The Police Justices in New York To Bo Legislated Out of Office. Professor Doremus On the New Drug Clerk Law. THE PUBLIC PRINTING PLUNDER.- How the Reformers Rob the State. The Capitol Whitewashing Committee—Emigra- tion Affairs—The Surrogate’s and District Attorney's Offices To Be Ovor- hauled—Savings Banks. ALBANY, Feb, 7, 1872. The developments which were effected last even- Ing before the mvestigating committees in relation tothe printing for the Legislature were certainly rather peculiar. For instance, there was Mr. Daw- son, member of the frm of Weed, Parsons & Co., who knew nothing of the fact that his er gave a lobbyist $10,000 for procur- the passage of their mils. Either the members of the firm must be individually very ignorant of the affairs of the firm, or their business ‘Was 80 good that giving away $10,000 was scarcely Worth their notice, other than the one by whom the “present” was made. Then there was Phelps, who Bot the $10,000. He either must be a*first class Swearer or a very mean lobbyist. He got their money and says he kept it—paid some few dollars ‘Out as expenses and put the rest in the Dank at his ‘place. A $10,000 “RAKE” AND NO “DIVVY.”! Rather shabby, or else he is a—weil, he makes a good witness. Tne entire investigation, however, is likely to end in a grand farce. The developments go far nave been more damaging to the party of s0- calied great moral ideas than to any others, The Printing Committee, having charge of the mat- ter, has no desire to have anything proved against the printers, and their little chairman seemed more anxious to inquire into the operations of the Ways and Means Committee of last year than he did to learn whether any frauds had been committed in the printing. In this direction he was seconded by Mr. LD. Brown, of Cayuga, formerly of the Evening Journal of this city, who, of course, NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1872.--TRIPLE SHEET. SROTION 1.—All trustees of savings banks shall had ar gre ally liable for the depts of the bank and by them, and on the refur of tbe tank fe any of its officers, to pay any di r, they shall have right and power to sue and collect the amount of such from any trustee in the same manner as now provided by law for the collection of d SK, 8.—N ‘a trustee of any savings bank sbalt unless oat estate t0 the amount o 110,000 in the county where the bank is located, free and clear from all coon brapeny ‘end shall file in the County Clerk's oflice in the county where the bank is situated a certificate of owner. 'y, duly acknow in the same man- her aa deed) whbin taurty days from ¢ passace of the act. It is probable that the Committee on Banks will report a bill embracing the provisions of both the above-mentioned bills. Had some such laws been in force the poor ple of the down town wards Would not be suffering as they are now from the Manipulations of those emiment church members, Roche and Selmes, It 1s thought, however, that the statements made and sworn to by Smith as Presi- dent of the Bowling Green Savings Bank and the workings of Roche and Selmes may be found sufi. cient to entitle those gentiemen to a free ride a short distance up the Hudson and a tree residence in a mansion there located, THE POLIOB JUSTICES’ BILL, of which I gave a jt in my letter some two ‘Weeks ago, Was presented to-day by Mr. Foley, It Will be remembered, as I stated, that it calls tor the election of ten Judges on & general ticket in Marca next—threo to sit at Special sessions and others at Police Courts, to be assigned by the Judges them. selves as a board, The salary ts to be $7,000 per annum and $1,000 per anpum extra for the Special Sessions Judges, the present Juages to 4 out of office a8 soon as the successors are sworn in. ‘the fees of the Court are to be revurned monthly to the Comptroller, and in case of a failure so to do the Judges are lable to impeachment. Tne city members have received trom the Attorney General's private office copies of a bill providtn lor legislating District Court Judges out of of- fice and providing for a new ciection. The clerks and officers are to be appointed and removed by the Mayor of the city, Also a bill abolishing the Marine Court and establishing a Munictpal Court with six Judges, to be appointed by tne Mayor. Under exist- ing Circumstances the bills do not meet with much favor. Tne only wonder about the matter 1s that the Attorney General did not ask to have the ap- pointment Of the judges himself, SOUTH FIFTH AVENUE seems to afford the legislators chances to do some- thing. To-day, for instance, the bul with the very innocent looking title of An act for the reliet of Cornelia Townsend” came up for final vote. The members beimg very gallant when there was a woman In the case voted for tts passage, but when 1t happened to leak out that the relief 3 to have @ reassessment made in behalf of Cornelia Townsend the voting changed, and it was. deteated. The vote was reconsidered, however, and Jaid on tne table. Shortly after another innocent bill was brought in by Twombly. It was “only to authorize the Comptroiler to sell @ little strip an inch wide on South Fitth avenue, from Fourth to Amity street, to John D. Ireland, for $609 79." That was all; but it appears that the atrip is six and a half inches on one end and one and a half on the other end; that houses have just been erected at thia point, and this little strip would allow of an advertising fence or something else, whicn may induce the owners of the houses to pay Mr. Ireland @ snug sum for the parpoee. of having him keep away from their jOuses. A REAL REFORM. The expenses in opening streets in New York will doubtless be considerably reduced in the future if Senator Tiemann’s bill, introduced to-day, does not get knocked in the head in the Lower House, One thing is cer- tain about the bill, if it does not lessen the general expense of opening streets, it will to cut down the perquisites of a great many 3 In the city who uave herewiore “done wel to themselves if not to the general public. The bill provides that from aud afier the passage of the act no expenses of any description shall be inciuded in any report of Commissioners lor opening, widening or altering any street, avenue or public place in the city, or be assessed upon apy real estate intended to be venefitted by such proposed improvement other that: the cost and damage ascer- tained by the Commissioners in taking and ac- quiring the land, aud any buiiding required for such proposed unprovemeat and Vommussioners’ jees as fixed and determined by chapter 48% of laws of 1862, It is moreover provided that after the passage of the act no charges for any expense what- ever shall be certified or presented by the Board of Public Works to the Board of Assessors, and the Board of Assessors are prohibited in laying any as- does not desire that the frauds should be exposed of the establishment which ne represented for some years past and to which he owes bis place On the floor of the House ant also on the committee to which the investigation was com- mitted. Itis curious to see how much trepidation the mention of the word “investigation” causes among oid clerks. Assoon as it was whispered that Investigations might be made to extend to prac- tices of some years back ltichardson, the railroad king of Brooklyn, formerly Clerk of the Assembly, vame flying ap to have his statement put ia before anybody could say a word against him. He declared that Parsons’ statement that he was in the habit of paying percentages to the clerks was false, if it referred to tim. Mr. Richardson was a good wit- Bess in his own behalf. Terwilliger’s case is cre- ating a great talk, It1s said there will be no ex- puision or resignation, and that the investigation will show nothing against Terwilliger, or Weed, Parsons & Co., and that a libera! supply of white- ‘wash ts already on hand for the use of the Printing Committee, Terwilliger Investigation Committee, Ways ant Means Committee on the Capitol investi- gation, and for all OTHER INVESTIGATIONS which may affect republicans. The Capitol Investi- gation report is such @ ficrce whitewash that the members of the committee are almost afraid to sign it. The party whip, however, may be applied, and it will come in all right. Investigations, however, sessment for any local improvement, trom inciud- ing in the assessment list any charge or expense whatever other than the ACTUAL COST OF MATERIAL and labor for doing tne work of such local improve- ment, not to exceed the contract price whenever a contract shail be made for the work. The board of Public Works shall, at the sole cost of the city, pro- vide, furnish and employ the services of the neces- sary engiveers and surveyors for all surveys, and w the making of all profiles and maps required in regard to all local improvements and in the opening of streets, avenues aud public places in the city, and ior all inspectors, apprais- ers, advertising, printing and stationery necessari|; required in the making and perfecting tne procoed- ing for such improvements, and all clerical services required by the companies in the proceeding to open, widen or alter any street or avenue or public place in the city shall be renderea by clerks in tne department. THE COUNSEL TO THE CORPORATION, and no change of any description shall be made or allowed tor preparation, or engrossing, or ocpying of any report of the Commissioners, but the same shall be performed by the Counsel to the Corporaion as 4 part the ordi- nary business of his se: Maka with- out any change tor the same. It should be said for the information of the general public that this act is not intended, as the last sec- tion expressly states that it is not, to apply or affect any proceeding tor the opening, widening or aiter- ing or extending any street, avenue or public piace tn the ciiy, in which the Commissioners in any such matter have, at the time of tne passage of the act, Bled an abstract of their report in the ofice of the Board of Public Works. THE NEW DRUG BILL BLASTED, Professor Doremus appeared before the Senate Committee on Public Health this: forenoon which only affect democratic oMciais will be made 8 inquisitorial and condemnatory as possible. Of course there can be no doubt that such will be im many cases much aeserved, The emigration ‘nvestigation will no doubt bring to light sume very queer workings of the Commission, the President of which did not learn that a bill was here to cut his Board off until a HEALD reporter called on lim. JI am informed by a responsible gentleman that this worthy President stated, on | the day before tie HBRALD reporter 1uter- viewed him, to the other members of the com- Mission, while the were indulging in their usual wine and luncheon in the meeting room— “Now, gentiewen, you winst all do your best to prevent the passage of this bi 1, if necessary, go to albany.” It may seem strange that gentlemen who get no salary sould be so anXtous to have thetr oflicial cares continued. It ts sate 10 say, how- ever, that their official ie will be deservedly shortened, The Committee on Commerce and Navigation will imvestigate the business of the commission, and find, among other things, why the Commissioners awarded the coutract for sup- plying condensed milk to the member of a firm who tesufed that he had previousiy used skimmed milk | ip what he turnisned the department. Among other investigations that wil be interest ing to<he people of the city will be tat ordered to- day by resolution of Mr. Hawkins into the affairs of the Surrogate’s oftice, where ihe ‘at, curly-neaded son-in-law Of ex-Comptrolier Connolly presides ana resents to bis reporter ai times such jearned, jengthy and honest decisions, Mr. Hawkins wants to have @ report from the Surrogate within ten | days as to names, duties, saiaries or fees of the officers of is court and ofice, and also What {ees apprawers under him charge or are gillowed for appraising property of deceased persons. ‘This will cause quile @ Mutter of the little heart of Hutchings, and, if te truth be toid, 10 is velleved that some curious facts will be revenied. THAT JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, whose composition shows so munch extraordinary legal lore, wants to lave more work. Tuey have had so mucb business belore them already that they bave not bad time to report that Jury bill which has been 60 much called for and so carnestiy demanded, yet they want to Dave authority to ex. mine any Judge they may have reason to believe as an opponent of tne new Drug Clerk bill, tntrodu some weeks ago by Senator Weis- map, He explained with considerable detail the careiul apd practical manner in which the present Board of Examiners in New York con- ducted the examinations of the druggists and pre- scription clerks. mr. Branda, the Secretary of the Board, ex- hibited the books of registration, in which over seven hundred names of those who were examined are recorded, with the age, vity, place cf business, years of experience, date of granting license, &c. This | solid argument as to the good work tne Board haa accomplished seemed to greatly interest the com- mittee, who, it may be said just here, were up w a day or two ago rather in the dark as to what the present Board really nad done stnce its organiza- tion, Dr, Doremus then stated his objections to the proposed new law. _ By it re-registration of DRUGGISTS AND DRUG CLERKS was demanded, involving ios8 of time, in some cases closure of stores und payment of additional fees, which would be unjust to druggists ana pre- scription clerks who have already obeyed the law now in force. He laia great stress upon the clause which would permit boys or ap- prentices, under nomjnal supervision, to put up pre- scriptions. He contended that since the average cost of prescriptions 1s but ten cents the novice should gain mis pfuctical experience on those only who were willing to take ils doubt- Tul preparations, they had better ve ‘hrown in the sloppail. le certainly didn’t Wish them sent to his wile or children when dan- gerousiy 11). The new bill was unjust to the licensed clerk, Whose value would be depreciated by the employment in many cases of incompetent persons. An other words, 1t was A BID FOR CHEAP CLERKS, It was unjust vo the pnysicians of New York, whose success depends notonly on skilful diagnosis, but upon the careful and faithial compounding of his Prescriptions. As a proof of this h prwentee a etition from the most eminent physi 3 of New ‘ork requesting that the present law might be held 1 full force, and strenuously objecting to the new project of jaw wWhicn, by permitting unqualified clerks wo prepare thelr pre- scriptions, risked the lives of their patients by m- crease liability to error, It was unju: ‘the puv- hic, in the third place, When were the services of the druggist needed? When we were iu a most critical condition and appealed to the highest med: cal authority for assistance. Alter the pnysician’s diagnosis of one case, or, Paton after consul- tation with bis experienced professional brethren, the ald of pharmacy 1s demanded through the pre- scription. Snould not the law then insure, as far as been guilty of any feasance in ofMmce. Master Hill, from Chemung, introduced a resoiution to-day, asking for such autuority, but Old Salt Al- vord, stating that the proper way would be to wait until’ charges had been made to the Bouse, caused the resolution to ve tabied. Then young Mr. Fiam- mer, who is not satisfied with tue action of the Senate in rélation to bis resolution of inquiry ito the man- t of the MMistrict Attorney's office, repro- juced his resolution again to-day, and wants to we that same Judiciary Commitee make the examination. While they are waiting for authority to make these investigations they wight find time to report Judd’s Jury bul, Jf they delay that part of their work much longer it1s probable that the LITTLE STATEN ISLAND GAMBCOCK will give them @ touch of the ‘‘gafs’’ by aa’ the pill taken sway from them by the House. These gentlemen think they know what 1s wanted so much better EA Bedford, Recorder Hackett or any otber does, that they mey need som buch touching up. Judd has his eye, om them an his comb ts bristling, so to save themselves a dig they nad better report the bili at once. THE SAVINGS BANKS Bre cauing for extraordinary jegisiation owing to the Sevelopments receotly made in New York city. To-day Mr. Foley, of New York, introduced # ‘hich in itself would make savi vank ofMcials (uch more careful of the savings intruated to their ‘The bill provides that no gay bank sball More than $5,000 on deposit any person phali not pay more than six per t_ interest (OXcept in case there is # surplus, when the extra divir 3 possible, its exact fuldiment? The law force forbids any one to Pune TOUCH A PRESCRIPTION without a license. If the new bill was made a law and substituted im the place of the present one virtaally all precaution was atanend. Mr. Kalluff and several others apaeared on behalf of the pro- law, and, after enting @ peution in its favor, he mdulged in vituperative remarks abont the present commission. This style of advocacy of the new bill utterly disgusted the commnitiee jast week, and it certainly was not favorably received Unis time, and the Chairman, knowing how bis fellow members aaa expressed ‘themselves on the subject afer the other meeting, took care to lose nu time in calling oy gentieman to order. However, he did not have sense enough to do this until Dr. Doremus had pro. tested agaiust personal abuse being considered as argument for or against the new bill. It may be of Interest just here te that tn lvocates of the pew bill lay great stress on the fact that if it passes and the present excellent Board is set aside, the pow- licensing the dru; ind clerks Will be in thi The fact ts the; Da red rent that this “College” 1s far more capable than could be any other body of men of taking care of te druggists Lye PROTROTING THE PUBLIC petiaet, on clerks’ an Now there can no ‘denying é fact that there are a great many excelient nen attached to the college; but the Me are not aware, provaviy, that aay man in New York who has had ar et ely - oe are ears’ srpereance as . an willing, to pay bis ree to the may be said that the present members are very particular as to who they elect. That may be, but the qualification remains just the same, and the outcry, therefore, that the little coterie of the members are now making, to drive the Legislature into putting outa good set of men, #0 thas they can ee into. power, comes with a very Grace from the Vollege of Pharmacy. If the men who are hounding on the new law had the public interests at heart solely they would join hands with the present Board of E: xXaminers and endeavor to @ the present law effective wherever they think it is now defective, instead of heaping the vilest PERSONAL ABUSE upon the members of the Board, and straggling with indecent haste, to get for themselves the con- trol and pewer the B now exerts, and as the exami 9 of the last year have testitied, 80 benedo! to the public. THE NINTH JUDICIAL COURT HOUSE. The Comptroller's answer to the resolution of the Senate in relation to the moneys that have been Paid by the Comptroller's ofice on account Ol the Ninth Judicial Districts Court House was submitted to the Senate . The total amount expended from September 1870, to August 24 1871, Was $263,680 48 In 1870 $114,816, 06 were expended. The exhibit shows that Ibert 8. Winant got $24,000 for the stx lots on which the Court House is ‘‘to be" erected. On ihe 29th of October Harry Genet was paid $5,000 ror his services a counsel to the Commissioners, Then came the following amounts, paid trom September, 1870, tv December, 1871, in detail, but which I con- dense for convenience sake:— Jonn Scallon, for labor, materials, &c. $102,584 § Ingersoll & Co., furniture......, 6,873 J. M. B. Davison, Iron work, &c, 4,802 Cornelius Corson, clerk....... ». 5,831 The exhibit consists, in great part, of the sums of the sums of money paid as wages to the in- spectors, architect and others, The oniy peculiar feature ' about the exhibit 1s the account of Cornelius Corson, As clerk he drew $1,250 for the months of June, July and August, 1870, and $833 884 month for every month he was at Albany last winter. ‘This, of course, was the scamp’s fixed salary, but what his services as clerk to the committee pos- sibly could have been from January to May last yoar 18 rather @ mystery. lt will be seen that the bill alieged to have been paid over to John McB. Davidson is the identical one upon whicn the Bedford Grand Jury based their indict- ment of Harry Genet. It wag generally expected by the parties who induced Senator Tieman to intro- duce the resolution concerning the Ninth Judicial District Court House that the revelations would be if A VERY STARTLING CHARACTER, but their expectations have not been in any manner realized. It may be that some people will be of the same opinion that it was wrong for the Commis- sioners to pay an inspector over $200 a month, but in these days a man Who gets more than he is enti- tled to by every sense of right and justice and doesn’t run his “surplus” earnings over and above the units of thousands is of no account whatever in the eyes of official investigators; so the Inspector ship and superintendentship ieatures of Mr. Green’s exhivit will disturb no man’s dreams in the future, even though he should be a member of the Uom- mittee of Seventy. x MR. GREEN’S NEW BILL. The Senate Commitiee on Cities to-day reported favorably upon the bilito amend the Audit oill, which was published tn full im the HEkaLD yesterday, he fact of their TepoeHing it without making any amendments should not be taken as proof positive that the bill will have plain sailing when it gets into Commitiee of the Whole, as it whl to-morrow, as { have been informed that two members of the committee in- tend to nave it amendod when it is made a Tatter of discussion 1m the Senate, One of the “niggers” in the bill is in the sec- ond section, which I called atteation to yesterday very pried It is wrapped up in the last five lines of the section, which read thus:—‘Notn- ‘ing 1n this act shall pe construed co require the said Comptroller to pay out of the proceeds of vonds authcrized by said second section any claims or amounts that may lawtlully be paid out of the avails of bonds or stocks heretofore by any law authorized, or out of the avails of taxation or from any special or trust funds.” According to this Mr. Green can refuse to pay wny claim he pleases. Supposing the ‘avails of bonds or stock heretofore by any law authorized” or the ‘avails of taxation or from any special or trust funds’? should some fine day be insufficient to pay claims presented and whicn ‘may lawfuily be paid” out of the said avails, what are the claimants going to do about 1t? The Comptrolier can point to the line in the bill, “Nothing in this act contained shall be construed to require the said Comptrolier to pay,” &c., and he has the law on his side, This portion of tne section, which is really the heart of it, is to be vigorously attacked if the frienas of the bill insist upon leay- ing it intact. MR, TERWILLIGER TO RESIGN, Mr, Terwilliger will resign the Clerkship of the Senate this week. This {learn from very good au- thority. He wili do this, it is said, simply to put an end to the snapplog and snarling which has been going on between the republican factions on his account ior the past week or two, He wants everybody to become reconciled in the camp. THE NEW CAPITOL COMMISSIONERS. The Ways and Means Committee met th§s alter- noon to hear further testimony in the case of the charges against the new Capitol Commissioners, dames Connolly, of New York, appeared and made @ statement of an interview he had with Mr. Alvord, chairman of the committee, in relation to putting in more evidence, Mr. Alvord toid him the com- mittee had resolved not to receive anything but new evidence; that tney should not receive any cumulative evidence. Mr. Connolly gave the names of THIRTEEN WITNESSES whom he wished to have examined. Connolly was then eworn; and to the inquiry whether he knew of his own knowledge of any fraud practised ainst the State at the new Capitol, responded that he did not, excepting what was contained in the aifidavits in his possession. A few other questions were asked the witness, but notning material was elicited, Mr. James W. Husted, member of the Assembly from Westchester, addressing the committee, said that he found In the New York Times of to-day that he (Mr. Husted) was 4 BRICK BROKER and was Interested in contracts to furnish brick for the new Capitol, and desired to be sworn as to that charge. He was sworn, and testified that he was not a brick broker and never had been; that ne was not interested in any contract for prick for the new Capitol, and never had been, but that he nad a brother-in-lajw who was a broker, and he, perhaps, might be interested in such contracts, The committee thea adjourned, with the under- standing that they would meet again to-morrow. ‘The case, it had 2 supposed, was closed before aa arrived from New York on Monday The Public Printing Plunder—How the Ree formers Rob the State—The Haul of Thur- low Weed’s Firm Over Four Hundred Thou. sand Dollars a Year for Printing and Book Jobs—The State Engineer’s Report for 1869 a Barefaced Swindle. - ¢ ALBANY, Jan. 7, 1872, The investigation into the alleged plunder of the State Treasury by the Albany printers 1s a mere sham and hnmbug. The people may as well under- stand in advance that the committee intena to whitewash Weed, Parsons & Co., although it has been shown that they have been in the habit ot bribing clerks of the Senate and Assembly and others under the Cloak of a per centage or a remu- neration for proof reading, to crowd printing jobs into their hands for which the State has to pay, and have been guilty of unduly influencing legis. lation to get their haui througm the sup- ply by paying a single lobbyist $10,000 for his ‘“infiuence upon members.’ Now, it 1s notorious that this man Phelps has no standing or position whatsoever to entitle him to claim or enable him to exercise any influence over & single member, and hence the people will have no hesitation in deciding for themselves what use Weed, Parsons & Uo.'s TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR BRIBE was intended to be put to and was put to in order to induce the Legislature to vote them $180,000 in the Sapply bill of one single session—1871. Daw. SoD, One of the partners, who ‘Tuns’ the Legisia- ture for tne firm, testifies that he never knew that this ten thousand dollar bribe was paid by his “pardner,” Parsons, and he virtuously shocked at the discovery. Of course every person outside the committee thinks that this story 1s good enough for the marines, and jaughe at the Idea of $10,000 being quietly paid out as a bribe by one member of a firm, not to speak of the several sums pata to clerks and others without tie know. edge of his associate in business. Gammon! Daw- son sits in the Legislature—or has sat there in former years—to watch the interests of his firm, and yet does not know, that $10,000 of bis profits are short—paid out toa well known lobbyist for his “4nNuence’’ upon the voves of members. THE MXAMINATION BLURRED OVER. The members of the committee know weil enough how this money was expended, and the use to witch it was intended to be put. But they siur over the examination and are to’ courteons to ask any home questions. Do they not velieve that it would be use- ful to Investigate the Bowling Green Bank deposits & little more closely, and see what members may have lodged sums in that institution about the time the $10,000 was paid to Pheipsy y not deem it expedient to inquire into the printing Dilis Of 1869 And 1870, and ask tor information as to the jobs of those years? Have they thoroughly examined the books of Weed, Parsons & Uo, to see if other entries Of money paid out can be found? J will refer them 9 the smounts pee out under the Supply bill ana fala laws of 14 4 order to assist wnem in their WEED, PARSONS & CO.’8 HAUL IN THE SUPPLY BILL OF 1 In the Supply bill of 1869 th: be found appropriated to Weed Pareans rN} being al Understood that the amounts paid un-+ der the convenient clauses of this refuge for ihe Geautute are such as are not regulagly vryvided for by law, and are nine times out of ten of a “fishy’’ character:— be & maeeetins pare to ote contract ment was inant germs hehe Well" For printing. binding ving for Depart: teat of ite Tastruction (also included in con- Printing and bitding ia “i06 Copies of the School ite. er, 63,000 blanks for teachers’ reports and 8,900" ‘ms Pifiver, Born thoy torkon Bea canals and parts Printing for Clerk of Court, of Appeals trom tober, 1 to ry teen. ee aad Prunting and binding Proceedings, &c., of Constitu- onal Convent Printing and binding Civil List for 4,277 37 12,700 00 jward, and maps of of canals, for Stats Knglaeer, 1,880 00 8,129 82 rt] inting 2,500 maps. 6,539 90 For UA 6,061 80 Musterrolls tor Adjutant General. + 8,500 00 bh? copies Frecondings of Crnmicmons vg Printing f seis , eM int! also thadvertent 330 60 Eefialative Mantua Saas For Civil Liat... 4.248 00 Printing for Committees 9,000 00 Elthographing 6000 mups for Engineers {100 00 funy aud binding sald f 5,500 00 Printing and The lasttwo items are covered up under the head of “State Engineer's OMice,”’ apart from the direct appropriations to Weed, Parsons & Co.; and At will be worth while for the committee to inquire whether they were not paid for in 1867 or 1868, and whether this 1s a duplicate charge and a ciear fraud. OTHER PRINTING APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1869, In addition to the above special jobs of Thurlow Weed’s firm, for 1869, the following appropriations appear to have been made that year:— Printing for Legislature, including mapping, bind. ing, Ratural Winory,’ &c. (chap. Oih Lesws of 89). « «18125,500 00 uals 18,000 00 Report for 1 and other contingencies (not all panting) For printing for Legislature, Natural History, &c. ‘under Supply bill, page 1,041, vol. 2, Laws of For printing for’ a (axe 1,936, vol, 2, Laws For printing and binatn, (une, 1s er appro ‘luded with 100,000 00 v ot ae oe , rm age vol. riations for various’ departments, in other contingencies (about)... Total printing grab for 1869. This does not really incl all the pl printing, some items being 80 covered up as to dely detection. But the whole printing of the year, honestly done at a handsome promt, would not have Teached over $160,000, or at most $200,000, leaving A CLEAR GRAB OF $172,000, The printing accounts of 1870 exhibit stul greater boldness in the jobbers. As usual the items are carefully scattered and covered up, but they are as follows, 80 far as they can be traced:— WEED, PARSONS & ©0.’3 HAUL IN THE SUPPLY For deli for Loginative M ae 1889 ‘or ciency for lative Mant If For deiotency for civil lst, 1809. bari ks, note headings, &c.. under for 800 copies of papers on file i Assombly.....3.- 625 83 Lithographing title “pages” for Aiiie iagineer and for railroad maps of the State of New York for report Of 1809.....+.4.» +. 7,890 00 Prunting and binding 4700 copies Engiser’s Report on Railroads for 1869, and 4,700 lithographic rai railroad maps of the State of New York bay ornare anuals and diagrams of Sei sem ciseseseeeee stasseese Printing and binding 13,000 school registers ai blanks for teachers’ reports. eee 8 Printing and binding documents reiating of water at Utica Asylum, maps, &c ... Setting up and eleotrotyping 1ife insuran ula. tion tables and printing on cards for Insurance 10,997 24 e) IMLONE. wes. s0e eevee Printing and binding 600 ‘ec opie’ ‘of proceedings of University Convocation, 18 795 00 Civil List of 1 i $1,950 00 Civil List, 2,620 copies. 7,860 00 Legislative and Clerks’ 66 00 Legislative and Clerks’ Manuals, 1869. 840 00 For 575 copies of Manual of Regents of University... 900 00 For Constitutional Convention Broceedings tor Met: bera, Clerks, Reportérs, &c., 178 sets each. 7,876 00 Publishing Session Laws in Evening Journal. 43 Total of Weed, Parsons & Co. ply bill of 1870. ‘special haul in Li = In addition to this amount, scattered through the laws of that year, are the foliowing:— oo Bex peiine pena rene] eens session laws 5 , 0) <i wen'te pr H jf R EX N, 880,000 00 &e.. re" 5,000 00 and other contingencies (chap. 21, Laws of 1870 vol. 1, page S24). «+. =. Ses For printing for Legislature, Natural twtory, Con: sututional Convention, &c. (same law)... < For printing and binding State Engineer's Report ding binding, 870, page. 100,000 00 Other appropriations scattered ‘under department heads among other contingencies (about)......... 20,000 00 Total of other appropriation Weed, Parsons & Co.'s speci ‘Total printing grab for 1870.. A StJKCT FOR INVESTIGATION, Among the items in the Supply bill will be found one for printing and binding 4,700 copies of the State Eng.neer’s Report tor 1869, and for lithograph- ing 4,700 maps, $10,431 36, and another for litho- graphing 4,500 maps for the same report for the same year, $1,300—together nearly twelve thousand dollars. This Report was printed and bound the same year by the contract printers—the Argus Compauy—but the extra copies were ordered to be supplied under the direction of the Speaker, Mr. Younglove, who took the Job to Weed, Parsons & Co, and haa it done over again. ‘The committee, if honestly disposed to detect fraud, would investigate this little Job and ascertain whe- ther a percentage was paid to any person by the persevering Parsons without his partners’ knowl- edge out of the $12,000, It is NOTORIOUS IN ALBANY that the Printing Committees have been singularly favorable to these plundering jobs, and yet no ai- tempt nas been made or wili be made to get at tne secret of their peculiar friendship for the Albany printers, It is rumored that the plunder this year, notwithstanding the bogus pretence at reform, will in the end be almost as large as ever. NEW YORK LEGISLATURE. Senate. ALBANY, Feb. 7, 1872. BILLS REPORTED, Confirming the transfer of real estate from Zethe congrega- tionto the congregation Shaarry Title; amending the act incorporating the Grand Lodge of Good Templars; amend- ing the charter of the Midnight Mission; amendin; ter of the American Bible Society; enabling Shepherd's Fold ‘to take and boid real estate oon ‘the act providing for payment of salaries and deficiencies In the Audit bill ity 1 city of New York, which simply defines the act rere repealing the ninth section of the act of 1870 to make prot Paes ie a iceman of the city of New Zork, which es from ptrolier the ‘appoi Courts, ‘The bill was recommitted,” "| “PPolmt oflcers of IMPROVEMENTS IN NEW YORK cITy, tise beeper | Pmyennay he a amending the act for idening streets, ani local ments in the city of New York, gas er PERSONAL MORTGAGES, ‘The bill requiring persona) mortgages to be fled was Passed, Pay wa agp eo ick repeal bh eed of the Tam- + agains interference wit! and for increase of the Literature Fund. trad raha ames Mage 18,000 00 BILLS ORDERED TO A THIRD READING. To provide for the election of a Police Justice in th of Flushing; also, to provide Flushing with pure wi amend the charter of tue village of Port Richmond. ‘Adjourned, Asnei y- ALBANY, Feb. 7, 1872. The CHAIR announced that the funeral of the late W. W. Ely would take place on Friday, at two P. M., and appointed the following as a committee on the part of the House to at- tend the funeral:—Messrs, Husted, Bemis, Loughran, Wiley ang D. B, Hill, THE COLUMBIA COLLEGE BILL Was announced, with ira D. Brown's motion to recommit, ‘The pending question was put on motion and carried. BILLS PASBED, Requiring superintenden: - seg eat aes ith i ct the poor who have not quali mending tne cultural Societ; gpa number of Sticersand their duuess, sed ae nv _ Amending the act fixing the fees of Sheriffs, except in New Robes x4 aboee St ne counties, It makes the law 1 tor servi fovevtry mle traveled : as ihe & paper and siz cents Provision for the settlement of the estate devised by the will of the late Leffert Leterin; In Brookiyes tan i rs toe mantint act amending the charter of New cipal adv Transcript Association, n " erwsn6 Bnd printing to the Incorporating the New Rochelle Maenuerchor. Extending the time for organizing the Niagara Water Works Company. BILL LOBT. The Senate bill authorizing a re-examination of the assess ment on the property of Cornelia Townsend, in New York, was lott, 591020, ana on motion of Mr. Husted a motion to reconsider was laid on the table, THE NEW YORK CITY STREET ©) aN Or. ‘The Department of Street Cleaning in New York city, in zawer 19 resowution of the House,» pumber and Dature of Sts contracts, and with wi ‘4 contract was made with John L. Brown at the rate of 930, month, which has been paid under the law of 1871+ Hie extra work bad amounted 10 $105,000 30, 1871. From up to June di July to September the sum of was Laid on bad not been paid for want of funds. ‘THE COMMIGSIONERS eee he ae saeceies Bate Ser, for eit & detailed statement. They had paid out 903,96 41 for ex- fing obligations, $11,908 27 for foFnisbing and ftilag up tbe fuukkace of tke Heaun Oficer wad his depuies. The other expenditures valle 4c., for the buidings were drawa per Ofiicials, but the season was 80 construction was postponed. The un- 652 70, they say will Jong wi buildings, There are no outstanding jm: #8101 yd th i the coumaqoen es) Gad Chey 68 TIO) number of petitions were presented for reduced A lar; rates of ferringe. Mr. BENNETT also presented @ resolution of the Brooklyn Pre Council, asking for ferry reform for the Eastern i Mr. Layo at presented petitions from the stockholders of the Erie tion act, others ot forty citizens for Insurance companies, nn BILLS REPOR’ Le ‘TED. By Mr. Font—Amending the act to introduce tne European of steam towage Of the canals: also adversely on the M1 to amend the law offering $100,000 for the best system of bi he als, Oris, Lunwecis prada for We wade AGA tmagner oC road Company for repeal of the Ciassifica- JUDD presented the tions of ©, M. Johnson of Flaten Tel r for simone tof some laws; alse or ad enabiiny euremeat of the capital stock of certain enlarging its boundaries. By ie Witcre tacorpceai the Exempt Firemen's As- fation of the Wester! District of ‘Brooklya, By Mr, JaGOne—To ‘amend the act appointing commission- for pubiic Tork cloctive e a — for sale of suetance te juors under 9 be lan eM. YEOMANS—TO suppress the sale of prize packages. RFSOLUTIONS. By Mr, Hawxtns—Calling on the of New York to report within ten days namber of clerks in his office, their ; and the fees paid on the estates of deceased per- sons. | Adopted. By Mr. De 8. Hr1.1.—That the committee Jnvestigating the charges inst the judges in New York be instructed to in- Vostigate charges aguinsl, judges throughout the State, The Tesolution giving rise to debate, was laid over. OVERHAULING THE NEW YORK DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFIOR. Mr. PLaw™er offered the following :— Whereas grave charges and reflections have pppennee in the public prints, and in and about the city of New York, against and upon the work of the District Attorney, of the city of New Mor ‘said charges qoing that the said District Ati "a office shields oriminals aud falls to bring parties indicted for crime to trial; and whereas the election of a City Judge, with concurrent power with the Recorder, was in- tended to fncliitate the trials of all indictmenta azainst par. ties charged with crime, that the innocent might be liberated and the guilty punlabed: therefore, Resolved, That the Judiciary Committee of this House is hereby directed to investigate said allezed abuses; and, in addition thereto, that said committee is particularly directed to Investigate the said office as to the number of indictments on file there and every other particular connected with the ce. ‘Laid on the table under the rale. LOOBK LEGISLATION. Mr, Smrru called up his resolution that as the Governor's reply on the subject of loose legislation was not full and sat- {afustory the Commities on Engrossed Bills make an investi- gation of the matter, Mr, JA0OBS moved to strike out the preamble, which he uught contained reflections on the Governor. Mr, SMITH disavowed any such intention, The reply ot the Governor was vht full and specific enough for the House to act, It was evident that there had been enormities perpe- trated, and it was priper that they should be corrected: it. JACODS insisted that the preamble did cast a reflection mn the Governor. If the gentleman only wanted an inves- tigation why word the preamble in the way it was? ir. ALVORD also thought the language of the preamble could be #0 construed, and he hoped it would be omitted, It was atated by the gentleman offering the resolution that no Tetlection was intended, therefore there could be no harm 1n omitting it, and he hoped it would be stricken out, Mr. I, D, Brown sustained the resolution, stating that it was notorious that legislation was carried on bere after the Legislature bad adjourned, fr. ALYORD moved to modify the language of the pream- ble 80 aa to atate “owing to inauMlciency of formation in the Executive Department,” which was agreed to and the resolution was adopted. CONGRESSIONAL APPORTIONMENT. Mr. Fort called up a resolution that a select committee be appainias, to make a Congressional apportionment under the late census. Mr. ALVORD moved to refer the matter to the Committee on Federal Relations. ‘Messrs, Bennett, Judd, Smyth and Fort thought that the Committee on this subject should be distributed more widely over the State than the Committee on Federal Rela- ns were. Without disposing of the question the House adjourned. NEW YORK CITY. Coroner Herrman was yesterday called to No. 356 East Nineteenth street to hold an inquest on tife body of Timothy Horan, a child, nearly eighteen months ola, who died from tne effects of burns re- ceived by his clothing accidentally taking fre while Playing with matches. Henry Fragier, the quartermaster of the steamer Missouri, fell down the hold of the vessel at tnree o'clock yesterday morning and was severely injured. He was taken out by some of the deck hands and sent to the Park Hospital, where Dr. Amabile at- tended to his injuries, ae At eight o'clock yesterday morning Charles Neil, @ machinist, fell from a ladder while at work on the elevated ratiroad in Greenwich street and was severely injured. He was attended to by the police surgeon of the Twenty-seventh precinct, aud was taken to his home, at 153 West Twenty-ninth street, by some friends. ‘The inquiry into the alleged charges against Har- bor Master Hart was resumed yesterday morning at the office of the,Captain of the Port, A few wit- nesses were examined, but their evidence elicited Nothing on the sudject, At the conciusion of the testimony the inquiry was adjourned until ten o’ciock this morning. Itis expected the case will close to-day. The body of a man—from a name found in his hat is thought to be that of Patrick McEnroe, of 266 First avenue—was yesterday morning found floating im the dock at pier 49 North River. Deceased was about five and a half feet in height, with black side whiskers and hair and light complexion. He was dressed in black sack coat, biack pants, no vest, and the ordinary uaderclothing, Coroner Young was notified. Mr. C. G. Rosenberg last evening delivered a lec- ture at Stemway Hall on the subject of “The Good in games Fisk, Jr.” The audience was composed of ople who were seemingly strangers to Mr. Fisk, is 'riends apparently taking little interest in the Mester. The lecture was interspersed with numer- ous anecdotes illustrative of the large-heartedness of the deceased, and waa ilstened to with deep in- verest by those present. No word has as yet been received as to the time of the arrival of the remains of the late General Anderson. General Thompson, at Washington, had born Becton to General McDowell about the matter, but General Shaler stated that he thought that Gen- eral Thompson,had been misinformed. General Shaier also states that no application had been made to him by the family for an escort, nor by any of the volunteer a He thought that when the remains arrived an escort of the Cnited States troops would probably accompany them. 8T. BERNARD'S LITERARY ASSOOIATION. Second Annual Entertainment Last Evening, io St. Bernard’s Hall. ‘St. Bernard’s Literary Association, a society com- posed of young men attending St. Bernard’s Roman Cathone church in Thirteenth street, near Tenth avenue, gave a very interesting entertainment to their friends and admirers last evening. audience was large and select and very enthusiastic. Mr. Edmund J. Healy delivered the opening adaress, which was replete with witty points and brimming over with fun. “The Meeting of the Waters,’’ one of Moore’s Irisa melo- dies, was sung by Mr. U. F. Gartlan, and elicited naturally any quantity of applause. ‘The feature of the evening wae an essay by Mr. James J. McKenna, @ young man hardly twenty-one years of age, who iscoursed eloquently on the “‘innuence of the Press’ Thougn somewhat sophomoric and slightly tioged with wltramontanism, it evinced a great ai of scholarly ability and rare powers of discrimination for one of hi years, Atter the reading of the essay the young men treated their hearers to the romantic drama of ‘Robert Mr. James McGarvey as Ropert Emmett and Dennis Hagerty as \’Leary particularly be themselves, and also should be men- tioned a Miss Mary Sullivan, who essayed tne part of M Emmetts wite. ‘the performance con- cluded with the farce of ‘Hunting the Turtle.” Mr, Turtle by Mr. J. Murphy and Mrs. Turtle by Miss Thomasine F. Keller. WILLIAMSBURG FERRY REFORM, In response to a call several citizens of Williams- burg assembied last night in ‘rurn Hall, Merserole street, to give expression to their feelings in rela- tion to what they designate the outrageous Wul- amsburg terry monopoly. ir. John R. Jurgens called the meeting to order id Alderman John Raber was unanimously elected The Hon. Seigismuna Kaufman then addressea the meeting at great iength, and on behalf of ne people arraigned the Ferry Company for its selfish- ness. He aisocomplamed of the apathy of the people when they were cailed upon to give expres- sion to their feelings on the subject o1 ferry reform. Alderman Raber nigniy complimented the repre- sentatives of the Basi District for their honest endeavors to bring about ferry reform in the Jature, and he ge! the belief that the money. bags of George Law and Joseph J. O’Donohoe would have but little influence on the minds of the jegise Jators. Resolutions expressing the feeling of the meeting were adopted unanimously after vigorous speeches by Colonel Ruger, Captain Faircnild and other prominent citizens. WILLIAMSBURG HIGHWAYMEN, Ferdinand Welke, John ©. Rondgens and Harman Bohen were fully committed for trial yesterday by Justice Voorhies, Williamsburg, to answer a charge Of felonious assault and highway robbery com- mitted on tne 2ist ult. The complaining Khan Mr. John Ernest, of No, 3 Broaaway, testified thi the priaoners attacked him on the night of the 21st, while on bis way to his home, and alter sasauiting him in a most brutal manner with blunt weapons, robbed him of a sum of money. He has been con- fined to his house ever since on acovunt of his in- juries. THE BUCKHOUT MASSACRE. ‘The effort made before Justice Giibert, at Brook- lyn, last Friday, by counsel, to bagel dra Se rece ceedii in bel of Buckhout, the murderer, who ls sentenced tobe executed & A ae 16tn instant, has signally falied to obtain the de sired result. since then Justice Giibert, who on the occasion referred vo reserved the decision on some points presented by oats IT atin, hotatng thavthe Court uyer and ‘Terminer, as constitut for the trial of Buckhout, was legally organized, and that there wae 00 ercor whatever in worse than the ai CONGRESS. Amnesty in the Senate and the Eduea- tional Bill in the House. Senator Carpenter's Substitute for Sumuer’s Civid Rights Bill Rejected—The Education Bill On Its Passage—A Number of Amend. ments Agreed to by the House. SENATE. WASULNGTON, Feb: 7, 1872. Mr. Soorr, (rep.) of Pa. presented petition of many Irish citizens against free trade, Mr, CONKLING, (rep.) of N. ¥., rose to make a personal statement, and had read fromthe Clerk's desk an editorial paragraph from the Chicago Tribun- charging that in the de- bi ate on the resolution to Sx the day for taal saloons ne Question ye and a ards excluded: erwi from the Globe He said he would not notice the statement if it concerned met himeelf, but as it ras also an attack upon the ofictal rec of the Senate pre- ‘the bad against the mis- : 5 uy i to obtain the test: part he did had read a note from Mr. D. F. denymg that Mr. With the report amd stating t been intentionally omitted by the, reporters, ‘Mr. HAMLIN, (rep.) of Me., who was algo wing suppressed his suggestion that: Tribune with ba should sing - “OLD HUNDREDTH” 1 before voting on an amendment offered by Mr. Sumner, ex- plained how the omission came to be made, and said he had made the 81 ion a8 @ rebuke to Mr. Sumner for having made a motion which be thought a bit of legislative bun- combe. . ge ian tn vila Mass., said that this remark was ae wi ceedings ( protection Feprosentations ol certain journals) he what ret ina! suggestion. SHERMAN, (rep.) of Ohio, from the Finance Commit- tee, reported without amendment the House bill extending the privileges of the act of July 14, 1870, to the port of Toledo, Ohio; alsothe House bill authorizing the transf car or vessel to another of goods in ‘under the regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. SHESMAN, from the same committee, versely on the bilis raisit live departments, and authorizing ti obligations of the Real Eatate Bank of Mr CRAGIN, (rep.) of N. B., from mi Naval Affairs, reported without amendment a bill | the rank ot professors of mathematics in the United avy. Mz. Sort, from the Committee on Claims, reported a bill for the reitef of the United States Express Company, replac- ing the United States bonas destroyed by fire. BILL8 WERE INTRODUCED By Mr. Witton, (rep.) of Mass.—To establiah the pay of enifsted men of the army. By Mr. PommRoy, (rep.) of Kansas—To provide for the appointment of a co! ission on the subject of a probibi- tory legislation for the supression of intemperance. THE PENSION BILL. Mr. EpMUNDS, (rep.) of Vt., from the Committee on m4 propriations, reported. the Pension Appropriation bill, wi an amenament providing that nuvy pensions and other ex- Pig ey ‘under that head shall be paid from the income of the Navy Pension fund, so far asthe same may be suflicteas ge onl to and the bill passed. je amendment was agreed to an: Mr. C1 DLEB offered the following resolution, which WORK FOR THE INVESTIGATING OOMMITTER. Resolved, That the Committee on Investigation and Re- trenchment be directed to inquire whether any United States * Senator has received money under cover of counsel fees or otherwise from the Treasury of the United States in viola- tion of law, and to report the result of their inquiry as early as practicable. At the expiration of the morning hour THE AMNESTY BILL was taken up. The pending question was on Mr. Carpenter's substitute tee Mr. Sumner's suppiementary Civil Rignts bill, ‘Mr, SUMNER called attention to the difference between the bstitute and the original, and urged the Senate to support latter a8 more comprehensive and complete tnan the eute. ‘Mr, FEERY, (rep.) of Conn., said that for three years he had’been trfing to get a vote of the Senate for the removal Of political disabilities, and now, when the time had come when a bill for that purpose might be attempt was made to assassinate it by proposing amend were not only not germaine to the bill, but, in fact, deadliest enemies, The bi, if bampered by elther of these urely fal KLANG asked why be (Mr, Ferry) thougnt the bill rae ded vivuyiied that the constitution of the House be- rt. FERRY re D > po ol pty the bill comd not pass if encumbered wil amendment MF, CONKLING sald the House had 'y passed this bill, d it would not require a two-third yote to concur in t 4 made by the Senate; “and,” he, ‘i the Senator from Conn h cunociane fo tay or ared to ieve that wi a wo! Party to wich he and I belong in the House, a proper bill uring civil rights WIL! FAIL OF & MAsORITY VOTRI"* ee Gamat eee re jE law. ‘ork (Mr. Conkling) as e@ pari I. dellove that this. amenament If adopted here oan become = law without a two-third vole of the House; but, if 1 am ia error in this respect, I say, further, I do believe that as the House of Representatives {s constituted a minority yote cannot be obtained for the amendment proposed by the Sea ator from Massachusetts, The Senator (Mr. Conkling) asks whether @ proper bill securing civil rights cannot pass the louse; that is @ very different question. The amendment ot the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Sumner) is not a oper bill to secure civil rights; it strikes down the very Burwark of civil rights throughout the country ; {t takes away the LE epee) ofp on) upon which our federal syatem reste by striking at the principle of local self-government the most fatal biow that it has ever received. ‘Mr, Carpenter's substitute was then rejected by yeas IT oa Tou SURRMAN moved to strike out the seventh seo- tion of Mr. Sumner’s bill, which would repeal all laws, whether State or national, which’ discriminate against race or color, by the use of the word “white.” After some discussion, Mr. Sumner, bey eget LS race of the bill, consented that the section ruck out ‘Mr. HARLAN objected to striking out the section without # vote. ‘The amendment was discussed without reaching a vote ‘until a quarter past four o’clock P. M., when the Senate went into executive session and soon afterward adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WasmineTon, Feb. 7, 1872. Mr. Cox, (dem.) of N. Y., presented a petition of the Na tional Bureau of Immigration for the incorporation of the boreau by an act of Congress in connection with « national emigrant savings bank, loan and trust company. Mr. TALSRY. (re] myot N.J., presented a joint resolution of the New Jersey lature in favor of purchasing Inde- pendence Hall, LT raed The House proceeded to vote on ‘THE EDUCATIONAL BILL and amendments. ‘The first amendment was one offered by Mr. Griflth, viding that nothing tame bill shall be to limi fr M tween the two political parties was such that sailors of the late war, The amendment was agreed to. ext \dment was one offered ir. Holman dingthat after the oP fe ‘viding th: of this act no public lands of United States shall be sold except min and town sites, and all the Pore lands of the United States adi te culture sl ‘be reserved for settlers un the warrants amd fomestead laws, suvject, however, to land I issued by authority of Congress, and the grants conte Congress shall’ hereafter make in the Territories and in. — 107. f ‘The amendment was rejected—yeas 108, _ or tb dment was offered by Mr. of enn requiring the dietnbution to be madeon the f the schi jation, and it was Olghe next amendment was' one offered oy Mr, GOODEION, Tequrg We agent be re esas ‘basis of ilitt- eracy, and it was agreed to—yeas The next amendment was one offered by Mr. HEREFORD, pny Mn “mixed schools,” and it was agreed to— nays vere next emendment ‘was one offered by Mr. TAFE, Bl} of Neb. providing that the bill shall not affect the laws and regulations in regard to the adjustment and pay- ment to States, Me their admission mto the Union. of ive per cent gf the'n ceeds of the sales of the public lands within thelr Teapective limite, and it was without division. ‘The next amendment was one offered by Mr. PoLanD, (rep,) Of Vie, that the act shail not repeal, impair or sus- nd any Lane ption or homestead Jaw ; and it was agreed jon, The House then proceeded to vote on various substitutes fered jclntyre, Burchard, King, Bright, Camp- bell and a, ‘and Coburn, ‘Ali of the substitutes on which votes were taken were re- jected, but a motion was made by Mr. PEROR, rep.) of Misa., rr vote 4 which Mr, Burchard’s substitute ‘Pending that question the House, at » qi 114 to M4, the democrats generally voti adjournment, so as to defeat the reconsideration r. Burebard’s substitute, preferring the original bill ae amended on the subject of the mized schools. NO COLORED HANGMEN, The Executioner of Sam White in a State of Terror—White a Man Brudder, and Johneon No Right to Hang Him. CHARLESTON, &. C., Feb. 7, 1872. Soon after the execution of Sam White, tae negro, for the murder of W. B, W. Fidea, white, Joseph E. Johnson, the negro who acted as execu- tioner, was expelled from a colored fire company to which he belon; Since then the indignation of the colored veenren has increased, and several frequen’ ‘until his life 1s no longer q son ormerly @ detective officer under a rentent adavinistration in this city. meee THE DEADLY ORIME. Arrest of a Doctor and Another Man for Death of a Woman by Mal. RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 7, 1872. Dr. N. A. H. Goddin, of this city, and & man named Brock were to-day arrested and imprisonea on the charge of producing an abortion, on the 19m SeaemaeTzanty: from the effects of which suo “ited a few day later. The body is now being exhpmed for examination. is supposed to Vv the father of the child. MARLOW, THE MAYSVILLE MURDERER, TO BE HANGED. MAYSVILLE, N. Y., Feb, 7, 1872, Charles Marlow, the Jamestown brewer, convicted of the murder of William Bachman, was brought into Court this morning and sentenced to ve hanged on the 2th of Marcn next, On being asked by the Court if he had anything to why sentence should not be noed hu, ». remained silent, exhioiting stond \adiaer: ” ee wees fom pe? Fire ea Samal 2 Por- Apply for a writ error. order OUHALM @ DEW trial OL the cade