The New York Herald Newspaper, February 12, 1872, Page 3

WASHINGTON. THE POLITICAL HOROSCOPE. Position of the Parties for the Coming Fight—Tho “Sorehead,” “Possum” and New Departure Policies, FORNEY’S RESIGNATION Rumor of a New Coalition Against Grant’s Renomination. Spanish Slavery and Banks’ Expectations. AMNESTY'S CHANCES THIS SESSION. WASDINGTON, Feb, 11, 1872. The Presidentini Campaign—Recusant Re- Publicans § Returving—Passivism Falling Through—Grant’s Chances—A Fight at Phila- delphia—Democracy to Nominate for Itself. ‘That it 1s impossible tu look very far into the Political situation 1s not @ mere truism, but alact developed by the many anxious conferences of the democratic leaders, They mect by twos and threes, cheat themselves in the hope of cheating the re- caicitrant republicans and talk in riddles to every- body. The only really genera! interchange of de- mMocralic opinion was at a private dinner party last night given to the leading democrats in Congress by a picture manufacturer who wants to make the cartuons for the democracy ip the next canvass. He managed to get togetner such people as Hendricks, Voornees and Niblack, of In- diana; Cox and Brooks, of sew York, and others almost as widely known, and the conversa: ton being informal was less constrained than Usual. The trouble that revealed itself, even amid the hilarity, was the chronic trouble of the democ- TFacy—namely, the Bourvonism of the party. The foes of the “new departure” doctrine of last year and the “passive policy’’ of this showed themselves strong enough to prevent any open expression of Opinion as to the proper course to ve adopted, and ali that was agreed upon was to wait for the action of the recalcitrant republicans. These, it is con- fessed, are growing weaker every day. The slight- est breath of puoiicity disheartens them, and they run back into the repubilcan fold aS soon as they are counted as hos- ule to Grant's renomination. Mr, Voorhees was abie two weeks ago to count on nis Ongers a score of republicans in Congress, the heaus of half as Many State or local factions, who were ready to break. When the story was tuld in the HERALD they scampered back to their party, and almost every man among them declared tnat he was the original Grant man. Bingham, of Oho, had never thought of going astray. Farwell, of Illinois, had been for Grant first, last and all the time, and Blair and Driggs, of Michigan, were only opposed to Chandler and not to Grant. So things have been undergoing & change, though the excitement over the Treaty of Washington has not given any- body an opportunity for effective work, and Grant’s enemies in his own party are hoping they may be able to defeat him at Phila- delpbia. Forney’s resignation of nis office is regarded in the light of a defection, and one of the Drst steps toward the perfecting of the new policy. Colfax will probably be the man on whom these dis- contented politicians will unite, and tt is not be- Meved he would refuse the nomination, if it was Offered to him. It 18 said openly to-night that a bitter-fght isto be made in the Phuadelpnia Con- Yention, and itis certain that ali that 18 lacking is tie courage to make 1. The democrats expect to be able to define their own policy within a week, and as they are growing tured waiting for some proof! of strength among the recalcitrant republicans, it now seems likely they will determiue upon @ Convention and a candidate of ther oWn, It was understood wo wecks ago, among the best informed men in the senate, that Hendricks was ready to sacrifice him- " self in favor of some such republican as Trumbull or Gratz Brown or Judge Davis, and that ne was coming here ostensibly on business, but really to assist in forming the coalition. Since ne arrived here 1bbas been almost impossible to get him to talk politics at all, and it is velieved he does not tink so meanly of his chances or the chances of his party, with limseif as its standard-bearer, as was given out. All the mighty movements of the “‘sore- head” faction are breaking to pleces, and men like Farnsworth, Trumbuil and Schurz will soon be left alone. Schurz will go to the democracy, but where the otners will be found it is impossible to predict, this bemg a piece of ‘information which even they could not impart. It 1s understooa that the President has taken the first step toward healing the republicen feuds in New York by conveying to Mr. Alvord, of the As- sembly, his appreciation of the action of that gen- tleman in assisting the vaunted reforms in New York city, General Sickles, during his stay at the capital, exerted himself strenuously in favor of healing the republican breach and for securing to both the New York Senators equal recognitioa ana confaence, Forney Safe For Grant and Resigning Tv! hh Excess of Virtue. Colonel Forney has written a private letter to the President assuring General Grant of his continued gupport and his purpose to do everything in his power to secure Grant’s renomination. His retire- ment from the Collectorsiup of the port at Pnila- deiphia was variously construed on its first an- Douncement, and the freedom which Colonel Forney seemed 80 anxiously to desire was believed by the foes of the administration to foreshadow opposition. ‘This 1s not the case; Colonel Forney says that the . ings which are endeavoring to control the city and State are shielding themselves under the great name of the President, and that he may war upon them more effectively he desires to hold no federal office. The President has not determined to accept Colonel Forney’s resignation, and will not do so, if at all, till after he has seen the latter and conferrea with him on the suvject. The North Carolina Contested Senatorship Tne Senate Committee on Privileges and Elec- tons discussed gn Saturday morning at some lengtn the case of Mr. Abbot, of North Carolina, ‘who claims a seat in tne Senate in the place of Mr. Vance, disqualified, but no action was taken. The commitiee adjourned to meet again next Saturday, ‘when General Ransom, who has recently been selected Senator from that State, will be heard. @uba and Spavish Slavery In in the Foreigo Committee aod His Expectations. The inaction of General Banks as Chairman of* ene House Commictee on Foreign Affairs was at | Mtibotea to hia alleged expectation of succeeding | Governor Curtin as Minister to Russia, Even re, wOlutions Of inquiry are buried in the archives of Dis committee room, and it 1s feared the demand for the pubiication of the suppressed despatches of General Sickles and the Consul General at Havana in relation to the slave trade and enslavement of the coolies in Cuba will not be made unless the House compeis the committee to report the resolu- ton, Fear of Fish and the anti<ubap lobby 1s a Kreat source of inactivity accordimg tothe Cuban Advocates, butit is likely that in the case of Banks they are not very wide of the mark. General Banks, in view of the reasons attributed {o hin, that he is anxious to succeed Mjnister Cur- tin at 6}. Petersburg, authorizes a positive denial of their truwh, and says he has no wish to leave this country aml the position he now occupies, Why, then, is nof\ms work performed? Discriminadiag Duties Spanish Mer. foom Cuba Porto Rico. The Treasury Department vas issued a circular letter calling the axtention of Collectors of Customs and other omcers concerned in the collection of the wi Fevenue t0 the prochymation by tbe President, | tinguished. NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY goods, wines and merchandise imported into United Staves in Spanish vessels from else- where than the isiands of Cuba and Porto Rico are relieved from the discriminating duty of ten per cent ad valorem, whieh has been collected under the 17¢h section of the act of Sune 30, 1864, ‘The Department in a circular dated May 15 al- rected the discontinuance of discriminating tonnage dues on Spanish vessels entering from ports in the islands of Cuba and Porto Rico. As the matter now rests mo diseriminating tonnage dues should be Jevied on Spanish vessels, whether from the islands mentioned or otherwise, but the disoriminating im- port duty of ten per centum on merchandise brought from Cuba and Porto Rico in Spanish vessels will attach so long as the government of Spain fails to remove the existing restrictions. on the commerce ‘With those islands, Hopes for Amnesty. Some of the Southern Senators, friends of am- nesty, express themselves as confident of the pas- sage of the House Amnesty bill now lying on the Senate table. While they anticipate that Senator Sumner will again offer his Civil Rights amena- ment, there will be found in the Senate a sufficient number either to vote out the amendment as not germane to the bill, or to defeat it by a direct party vote, having made their record on that question, which was carried by the casting vote of the Vice President, They say its further consideration 1s useless, as the Amnesty Dill, which requires a two- thirds vote, cannot be passed, With such an en- cumbrance as Mr. Sumner’s amendment out of the Way the bill, doubtless, can secure the required number of votes to pass it, and therefore the friends of amnesty are in high spirits at the prospect of suc- cess. The Ku Klux Majority and Minority Re- ports. ‘Ihe majority of the Ku Klux Committee having obtained the authority oi Congress to print their re- port, the minority are now vigorously at work get- ting ready thelr exhibit. The democrats who Speak without partisan bias on the subject regard the investigation as a drawn battle, the outrages of the Ku Klux being otfset by the mismagagement and corruption of the ‘‘carpet-bae”’ governments of the Southern States. The reporis will be made on Tuesday. Fraudulent Land Claimants in Kaosas. Information has been received at the General Land Ofice of extensive trauds by land speculacors: in Southwestern Kansas, The lands in question are open only to actual settlers, and in order to evade the law @ well organized: system was. arranged by which the lands were entered upon false represen- tations of settlement, by parties using fictitious names and manufacturing bogus testimony. The government oificials are prosecuting the offenders. Bounties on American-Built Iron Ships. Tne bill recently presented by Secretary Boutwell to the House Committee on Commerce,giving boun- ties to encourage iron shipbullding,as @ means of re- viving American commerce, was fully endorsed by Secretary Robeson. As this measure meets with but litle favor, there is no prospect of its becgming law, Internal Revenue Receipts. Internal Revenue receipts Saturday...... $237,034 Receipts for the MONDEN.......-.+66 4,120,147 Receipts lor the fiscal year to date,. $0,672,680 Weekly Currency Statement. Receipts of fractional currency for the week ending Saturday las! },000 Shipments of currency 332,786 Shipments of notes, 932,682 ‘rhe ‘treasurer bolds as security for na- tonal bank circulation. 871,788,950 And for public depostis. 16,378,000 Bank circulation outstanding at this GULC.. se cesereveevees ++ 820,045,201 ANTLGRANT COALITION, Philadelphian Rumor of Forney, Greeley and McUlure in an Anti-Grant Coalition, PHILADELPHIA, Feb, 12, 1872, Colonel Forney has resigned the Collectorship of this port. Horace Greeley has been here all day in cousuitation with McClure, Judge Avery, of New York, and one Benjamin F, Camp, a New Yorr Politician, It 13 betieved in well-informed circles that @ coalition wetween Greeley, McClure and Forney has been effected, with a view to fighting Grant’s renomination, Forney’s resignation causes: much ex¢itement here, NEW YORK CITY, Henry Allison, alias Henry Thompson, was held for trial yesterday at the Yorkvilie Police Court on complaint of Ed. J. Kearney, of 342 West Forty. fourth street, whom he stabbed on the 27th of last January. The accused admitted the charge, but said it Was In self-defence, On Saturday evening Mrs. Susan Roddy, a woman of intemperate habits, while under the influence of liquor, called on a friend living at 339 East Thirty- third street, and, lying down on a sofa, expired soon afterwards. The body of deceased was re- moved to her late residence, 346 Kast Thirty-third street, where Coroner Schirmer will nold an inquest. Coroner Schirmer was yesterday called to the tenement house No. 238 East Fourth street, to hold inquests on the bodies of two children, one six months old, and the other five years of age, who died of smallpox. ‘The oldest was the child of Mr. Gaealer, and the infant's fatner 1s Mr. Rauderhausen, eas, On Monday of last week, Henry Frier, a promis- ing youth of eighteen years and a native of this city, fell heavily on the sharp point of a caair post, which penetraced his body to the depth of several inches, causing terribie mjuries and exciting exces- sive inflammation, from the effects of which death ensued on Saturday. Coroner Schirmer held an inquest over the remains, Warden Brennan gives notice tnat there was brought to the Morgue, foot of Twenty-sixth street, East River, yesterday, from 27 Amity street, the body of an unknown man, about thirty; height, five leet eight inches; sandy bair and mustache; had on a black sack coat and vest, green plaid pants, white muslin shirt, white cotton undershirt and bivue flannel shirt, white cotton drawers, black Kossuth hat, and boots, About three o’clock on Sunday morning two young men named Heory Baldwin and Charies Waring were going up Broadway to their homes, in West Twenty-first street, when, just op- posite Park & Tillord’s, two men jumped out from & dooway in which they were concealed and attempted ‘to garrote,” Not suc- ceeding in this they had recourse to slungshots, but the young men raised an alarm and the police wentto their assistance. The thieves, however, nad escaped, SOUTH OAROLINA DEBT. CoLuMBIA, Feb. 11, 1872, Aseries of financial bills has peen introduced in the Legislature declaring valid all State bonds of South Carolina included in the Treasurer's report of October 81, 1671, and pleaging anew the faith and credit of the State for their redemp- tion; providing for an immeaiate registry of all such bonds in New York or Columbia, and pro- hibiting any further issue of ponds tur aby purpose Whatever unless sanctionea by a direct two-thirds vote of the people of the State: also to adjust and liquidate all. loans heretofore effected _ for the State by the financial agent in New York. It 1s expected that the passage of these measures will complete the work of the session, A most stringent enactment has passed the Senate and is pending in the House, en- forcing the collection within ninety days of overdue taxes Santee ay ehennee aes and a new tax of 000,000 13 to be lev! wo the interest Sie debt. pies esr ten yA JERSEY GIRL SAVED PROM A DREADFUL FATE, Sallie Penn, seventeen years of age, employed in the bottle grinding mul of Whitall, Tatum & Co., in Milbville, Cumberland county, N. J., miraculously escaped an awiul death a few days ago, While grinding some Jars one dropped into a gutter, she leaned over io pores gee mm doing s0 her i @ machiner; Her ing wand whipped her of her feor, Instinctvely she caught some projection, and her heartrending screams soon attrac’ Mr. Geor; fs oe the manager, to the spot. In an instant he saw her peril, cuton the ania, belt and reversed the machinery, The girl's lite was saved, but the injarses sustained are of a dreadful charac- ter. Une qnarter of her hair was torn out by the roots and het sealp raised one-quarter of an incl. But for her ows desperate efforts and the prompt- ness of the maitager she Would have been ground to atoms. 2 GAS WELL FIRE, Ente, Pa., Feb. 11, 1872. Saturday, asa gas \vell was being bored for the County Infirmary, a lar,<é vein of gas was struck, which took fire, burning ‘Wililam Beli serio and perhaps fatally. Tne “ter “10K and engine house ere burned, ald the fames\Pave Got yet been ex- ‘OBITUARY. Visconde do Itaborahy, Prime Minister of Brazil. ; Rro JANEIRO, Brazil, Jan, 12, 1872. ‘That “Death loves a shining mark” has been withim @ few days strikingly exemplified here in this Bra+ aihan metropolis, The Visconde do Itaborahy, Who Not long ago Was driving about these streets in nis carriage, and attending to matters personal and aifuirs of State as well, to which he still held ine formal and non-official relation, has passed aw! from earth. He had been suffering but a short with an tilness which itself did not threaten a but @ variety ef causes, prominent among ‘was undoubtedly a body and mind worn by sive and conunual public service, conspired to snap the thread of life, and on the afternoon of Monday, January 8, he closed his eyes upon the things of lie and passed to ‘that bourne from which no traveller returns.” In later days no name has been more prominent in the political affairs of Brazil than that of Itaborahy, He has been upiversally acknowledged a man of ability and mark; and if his talents nad been directed into an- other of the political channels he certainly would have sect greater popularity, and, in all propa. bility, have accomplished more for the nation, and his deatn been more deeply lamented and his loss een more sincerely mourned, But he became from tne first a conservative, and during his career has been, as it were, the luoi, exponent aud mouth- Piece of the pars’: of which he was so prominent & Member, His late administration as a conservative Prime Minister, which ceased to exist in August, 1870, was marked by its adherence to party limes and by the completeness of its conservative mea-- sures, Is he nad something more of the spirit of tolerance ana conciliation which a man in the eminent position he occupied ought to have been strong enough or generous enougnd to display he woud have peolonase lus term; but his unbending spirit could brook no opposition and grant no con- cession, and he left the high seat he nad occupied and Decame again @ private citizen, not, howover, as I have intimated, without being frequently consulted on the afairs of State, and with much deferenve to hus opinions, Asa citizen and Iriend he stood in 4p enviable position, and probably no man im the em- had a larger or more valuable acquamtance, Joaquin J Rodrigues Torres, Visconde do ita- borahy, Was born on the 13th of December, 1803, in the province of Rio Janeiro. He was the son of Manuel José Bossiqaes ‘torres and Donna Emer- enclanna Mathilde ‘Torres, He was placed in early life under the charge of devoted tutors and thea passed to we Seminary of San Jose, where he was known as a diligent student. From here he entered the University of Coimba, in Portugal, where he took high rank in the studies, and at his graduation received high honors aud the degrees in science and mathematics, He returned to Brazil and was Soon nominated and wppointed to a protessor- ship in the Military School here, where he remained until 1828, an appointment which did not interfere with his duties as magistrate, which latter post he held tor two years, He then went to Paris to per- fect himself in the studies to which he was so de- voted. He returned agaia to bis native land, and. im 1831, was appomted Minister of Marine, ‘an agtin in 1882, in votn instances being appointed by the goverament ot the Regency, consisting o1 Fran- cisco da Lima, Braulin and Costa Carvalho, and With these the young lawyer, Whose increasing fame made his aduerence & valuabie acquisition, co-operated in the reconstruction, necessitated by the revolution of the 7th of April. He was a poinied a Deputy to the new Assemoiea General in 18483, and made first President of the province of Rio Janeiro, and, with his zeal contiuually leading him into felas of activity, he gave himself no time for rest, but was always to be found in the foremost rank and the thickest of the conflict, it muy be stated here that he was undoubtedly trying to ride two political horses at this time, each running in opposite ways—a feat which never yet has oeen successfully performed, cven by the later and more le political equestrians. ol 0 Amérique du Nord, Whe young aspirant, who had an unquenchabie ambition, seeméd seized upon with we fever of conservatism. Becomimg an advocate and disciple of this party he was in 11s iuterest taken into the Cabinet on the 1vth of September, 1837, where he had betore occupied the post of Minister of Marine. He alterwaras, and always in the conservative inter- ests, became & member of several ministries, us in 1840, 1843 and 1848. He was President of the Council tn 1853 an«t again in 1808, As Grand Senator of the Empire, as Counsellor of State, as Prime Minister in 1869-70, the Visconde do Itaborany, more than any other man, held influential and prominent positions in the State. At the helm of the empire he was bold and vigorous, and he became the centre and power of the conservative party, and @ source irom which tney received nourishment, support and strength. If his principies had been more in unison with the ‘wauts of the nation and the growing demands of the people, his infuence aud power imight nave pro- duced ‘results of lasting benefit to Brazil, but ne seemed with ail his perception unabie to see or ace cept the political changes of the time, and hence, lesser than the power he opposed, he was pusted aside by it, Whatever, however, have been his: faults, he was undoubtedly a man destuled by his own tuherent power, acting in combination with the circumsiances surrounding him, to ascend to the highest round of the ladder of political faiae, from which he nas now descended to the grave. Valentioe M. McMaster, M. De The remains of Valentine M. McMaster, M. D., V. C., Surgeon of the Seventy-eighth Highlanders, British intantry, which regiment arrived in Bellast but afew weeks since from Nova Scotia, were in- terred in the Borough Cemetery, Belfast, on the 25th of January. The event attracted much attenuon, and was witnessed by immense crowds, The coffin ‘was borne on a gun carriage, drawn by four black horses, and the headquarters of the Seven! htn Tegiment, the staff of the Antrim Rifles and a boay of the First Royal Dragoons formed the procession, which was followed by a great many carriages be- longing to the iocal gentry. The chief moarner was the Rey. W. H. L. Couswel, of Uxiord, supported by the Rev. Richard Oulton, Episcopal chaplain, aud Rev, Hugh Hanna, Presbyterian chaplain, Waker 8. Emden. The London Orchestra announces the death of Walter Samuel Emden, the actor, who many years agoserved Madamé Vestris as acting manager at Covent Garden, and was for some sears partner with Mr. Robson at the Olympic. He alterwards became acting manager of the st. James. Colonel James F. Bramlette. Colonel James F. Bramlette, son of ex-Governor Bramlette, diea at his father’s residence, in Louts- ville, Ky., on the 10th instant,‘at the age of thirty- four years. He was Lieutenant Colonel of the Twelfth Kentucky cavairy during the eariy part of the wary and @ member of the Kentucky Legislature Rev. Join Seiyes, D. D. The Rev. John Seiyes, D. D., aled at his resi- dence in Springfield, Ohio, last Friday night, at the age of seventy-five years, Mr. Selyes was for many years Resident Minister fromthe United States to the Republic of Liberia, and also a missionary in West Africa, He maue ten voyages between this country and Africa previous to nis final return home in 1870. His funeral takes place on Tuesuay. Ezra Dean. Ezra Dean, of Wayne county, Ohio, has just been buried from the residence of his son, in Lronton, Mr. Dean was elected to Congress from the Wayne and Stark district in 1840, and was re-elected in 1842, He presided seven years as Judge in the Eleventh Common Pleas district of the State under the old constitution, embracing the counties of Wayne, Medina, Lorain, Kichland aud Knox. THE SEVENTEENTH STREET HOMICIDE. Drs. Cushman and Finueil held a post-mortem examination yesterday on the body of Jonn Kiump, who was said to have been killed on Saturday last by Mrs. Holland, one of his tenants. The medical men found upon examination there were no marks of violence upon the body, and the man died from apoplexy of the right lung and serious effusion on the brain, All the other organs were in a healthy condition. THE BAD OITY, Her Bribe-Loving Alderman. CHICAGO, Feb. 11, 1872, Alderman Busse, who was senteaced to six months’ imprisonment for offering to receive a bribe, Was granted a supersedeas Saturday evening by Judge McAlester, of the Supreme Court, and re- leased under £5,000 bail. HER CHAMPION FIRE DEPARTMENT, The Fire Commissioners Saturday commenced an investigation into the present condition of the Chi cago Fire Department. One day's investigation developed many starting facts, Manv of the offi. cers are chanren with incapacity, ineficiency, drunkenness and dishonesty. A FRIGHTFUL TEMPERANCE LESSON, LOUISVILLE, Feb, 11, 1972. On the arrival of a& passenger train at Jefferson. ville last evening pieces of clothing, Sesh, blood, &c., were found sticking to the pilot of the engine and under the train, Investigation showed that a man named O'Connor, employed in the cement mills 81X miles fromJetfersonviile, had started home arunk last night, and tad fatlen asieep on the rall- road track. Te train passed over him, cutung nis bedy ail in pieces. The fragments of tne remains were collected and buried in Jeffersonviile. THE MISSISSIPPI OPEN, CAIRO, Ml, Feb, 11, 1872. The gorge in the Missweippi River between here and Columbus, Ky., broke this nome and navi- ) mation wg resapiea io ap DUNgte Sout A NEW PHASE .OF CITY FRAUDS. Particulars as to the Church Street and Lafayette Place Extensions. THE AVENUE AND PARK SWINDLES. The undersigned, the committee to which was referred the special duty of collecting the facts and collecting the laws in relation to the opening of Streets, avenues and public parks in tne city of New York, beg leave respectfully to report that they have confined thelr examination, in the first Place, to the facts bearing upon this most import- ant subject—the results of which they have reduced to* tabulated form—showing, first, the legal ex- penses incurred during the earlier periods in the history of the city in opening the streets, avenues and parks; and second, the vast increase in those expenses exhibited in the legal openings during the last three or four years, They submit these tavles without comment or remark, believing that they wilt abundantly suffice to show the necessity of im- mediate action by the Legislature to reform a sys- “vem so lable to abuse :— TAXES, COSTS AND CHARGES IN ACQUIRING LANDS FOR PUBLIO PARKS KEFORE 1860. 5, Mar. 4 89,428) 3,74 ev: id Eighty-first stroe! ana. Eightheand Ninth av! enues—united with Central yt 1864 sem... Madison Square., 21/1847] May” 5 N. B.—With the exception of #500 assessed on the city tor Mount Morris Sanare, the whole of this sum of $i44,1 ‘assessed on and paid by private property holders, OO8TS AND CHARGES IN OPENING GUNDRY GREETS DE- In Lower Part of City. alley, near Gold Bice . William to Broad, jassau to Broadway; Chapel street (West Broadway Wooster atreet (University pis Verley piace to Union pi Centre street, closing cross extending Reade street.. Streets and Avenues Above Street. Irving place, Fourteenth to Twentieth street, Seventh avenue, iy: street, exceeding live ifty-xeventh East River (nearly, two East River (nearly two miles, Eighty-first street, Second to Third av- TAXES, COSTS AND OHARGES IN ACQUIRING LANDS IN PUBLIO PARKS SINCE 1850, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE COSTS IN ACQUIRING CENTRAL PARK NOT YET ELLY AICERTAINED SY 348 COMMITTEE, ity The cost of the land acquired in the City Comptrolier's Rey Of this sum there was collected upor private property holders... stat port tor 1860 as ben sesame so tatension of tbe Park’ ta 1668" trou "i68i" ‘street, | wired, for | wulch o ansess: Sroperty holders. feavicg the sum pald by ‘Total paid for Jands by the Clty. -..0+-.++ere0005 The costs and charges in acquiring ihe whol ave been about B80,t be ascertained and stated hereafter. to the Central Park, public place on out two hundred feet aquare, between Fift ty-ninth atreets, was opened’ on the 29th irda for the lands were. assessed. but more precise particu- Leaving for the costs, &c.. ‘The amount assesred on the urther appendage to the Park in diameter, largely composed of streets intersec avenue at this point, was opened February 28, 1868: — The awards for the lands not occupied b: ‘and the avenue amounted to. On private proj Morningskte Parl Taxed costs and charges. 2 977,695 ir, extending from Sev- proceed! rin ‘are not yet completed, On July 10, 1871, the missioners made their report, awatding for Of which there was assessed upon the city, And on private property holders. Making a total assessment of ommussioners, who have not yet reported. | ond proceeding wil probably add considerably to Dove stat ‘The “Public Drive,” or “Boulevard,” extending from Fifty- ninth to 156th street, which may be regarde4 as an append- t 0 the public parks, was opened June 15, 163, jount awarded for lands ed costs und charges were, jere Was assessed on private property The awarda for the lands taken were. ‘The taxed costs and charges were. 989 7, roome street, about 15U running feet, was contirmed July 18, 1871 i, The amount awar ‘The taxed cosis and charges we The fees of Couector were... ‘ded for the lands taken Tots sree, Of this sum there was assessed on tue city, Awar is for lands taken. Taxed coats and charges. Assessineut on private property holders. Excess (applicable to coliectors fees ?).... Broadway, Thirty-rourth street to Hifty- port of Commissioners, 00 tirmed December 2%, 1 Awarded for lands. Awarded for putiding: Awarded for leases, (FEBRUARY 12, 1872—TRIPLE SHEET. STREET OPENINGS. Report of the Committee of Seventy on the Comparative Cost of Street Openings. July 34—97th 6th av, to East River. Tidy 2e—veoeh i, webewy, vo Last River” EXPENGHS oy i a extending Park plage, from confirmed Fotruary 1871: ene rs | for lands. My Awarded for leases. . ‘Taxed costs and charges. Other expenses (not explained). TORAL....esseseseeee arene: Of this sum there was acseased on the ci The widening of Laurens street, from to Canal street, was ‘THM CITY IN OPENING OTHER Sve im there tension of Lexington avenue, trom Sixty-alx Seventy-seventh street was confirmed April 26, 1870: Awarded for lands... ‘Taxed costs and charges Other expenses (not expiaineu) Total. Lafayette place extension (100 teet wi Jones strect to Hond atrest., ‘The report was recently pre= sented by the Commissione: d notice of motion for con- firmation advertised for th ins charges, ni Amount assenssd on eft, : ‘The residue on private property holders, It is belleved that tne preceding statement em- braces nearly all of the most important openings of streets, avenues and public parks within the last three or four years. It may suffice to conviuce the Committee of Seventy and our fellow citizens and taxpayers in general of the necessity for prompt legisiative reform in reducing the heavy burden now experienced in the legal expenses of those pro- ceedings, more especially as many streets and ave- nues, including the ‘‘Kastern Boulevard” and ac- companying parks, in the upper part of the city yet remain to be laid out and open We should also bear in mind that all Legislative contro: over the laving out and opening of new streets is surren- derea by the existing charter to our local municipal authorities—the Board of Public Parks—laying out in their sole discretion any new streets, avenues or public parks in that part of the city north of Fifty. Minth street, while the Whole lower portion of the city south of that line ts entrusted to the unlimited power of the existing Board of Street Openiuy consisting of the Mayor, Comp- troller, Comm: ner of Public Works, President of the Department of Parks, the four Commissioners of Taxes and the Corporation Counsel, a majority of whom can lay out and entablish, at any time, any new streets, If not in secrecy, at least without suiticient notice to the land owners aifected or Caer opporvunity for remonstrance or explana on. The committee would state, in conclusion, that they have caused to be complied from the public accounts Ip the City Comptroller's office, now acces- sible to all our citizens and taxpayers, a statement in detail of the principal items of costs and charges taken in some of the most important cases relerred to in the present communication. Believing that this detailed statement may be necessary to the Committee on Legisiation and to op Comimittee of Seventy in proposing the neces sity remedies for the evils in qugstion, it is here. with supmitted. SAMUEL B. RUGGLES, HENRY NICOLL, Committee. JAMES M. BROWN, New York, Feb, 8, 1872. Acopy of the appended note has been addressed tothe members of the Commitee of Seventy who were not at the meeting of Friday night. It tells its Own story, aud doubtless there will be a power- ful delegation of members in Albany on Tuesday :— EXECUTIVE COMMITTER OF C1TIZRNB AND TAXPAYERS FOR THE FINANCIAL REFORM OF THE Orry AND COUNTY OF NEw York, Roos, No, 62 UNION SQUARE, FOURTH AVENUE, NEW LoRK, Feb, 10, 1872, DRAR Sin—Our charter will be constered in ‘the Assem- bly on Tuesaday next, It 1s of the first importance tbat every member ot the Committee of Seventy be present, Please take as early a train as. parable for All any on Monday. Re- spectiuly, WILLIAM F. HAVEMEY Jhairman, Per Barclay Gallagher, Assistant Secretary. THE WEATHER, nna War DePartwenr, \ OFFICE OF THE CHIEV SIGNAG OFF(Oss, WASHINGTON, D, C., Feb, 12—1 A. M. Synopsis for the Past Twenty-four Hours. The low barometer which was Saturday night in Texas has moved east and northeastward to Cen- tral Georgia, preceded by southeast winds and rain in Tennessee and South Carolina. Brisk south- east winds have prevailed for a short time in Fio- rida and northeast winds on the Texas coast, but are now diminished. Clear weather is reported from Loutsiana west ward. Light winds have prevailed In the Middle and East- ern States, with cloudy and clearing weather and warmer temperature during the day, which has now. very generally fallen, except in Virginia. Light ~—-windi,. witht “Cloudy weather and occasional rain, have been reported from the lower lakes. Rising barom- eter and partially clear weather are now reported trom Lake Erle to Illinois and northward. Falling barometer and southerly winds in the {Missouri Valley. Cloudy weather has prevailed on the Pacific coast and falling barometer at the Rocky Mountain stations. Frobabitities, The low baromecer in Georgia will probably move northeastward into North Carolina, preceded by cloud and rain; northwesterly winds, with clear- ing weather, prevail from Alabama westward; an area of low barometer develop in the Missour! Valley; partially cloudy and plea- sant weather, with light winds, in the Middle and Eastern States, followed by in- creased cloudiness and possibly rain on Monday af- ternoon. Dangerous winds are not anticipated tor Monday morning over @ considerable extent of coast line. Supplementary Weather Report. Rain fell last night In New York city and Shreve- port, La. Weather threatening at Cape May, Galveston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Vicks- burg; clearing up at Duluth, Minn. Rain fell this morning at Memphis, Tenn, and Vicksburg. Weather was threatening at Corinne, Utah; Louisville, Milwaukee, Mobiie, | New London, New Orleans, New York city, San‘ Francisco, Virginia City, and clearing up at Duluth and Philadelphia. Nortn and easterly winds and pleasant weather, with quite a high temperature for this season, have prevailed during the last twenty- four hours upon the summit of Mount Wash. ington. Snow was reported this evening from Corinne, Utah; and rain from Cincinnatl, Cleveland, Lake City, Memphis, Vicksburg, Miss., and Port Staniecy, Canada. ‘rhe Weather in This City Yesterday. ‘The following record will show the changes in (he temperature for the past twenty-four hours in com- parison with the corresponding day of last year, ‘a8 indicated by the thermometer at Hudout’s Phar- ‘RALD Building:— eda faa 1 7, 1812 tg 31 43 + 3 4 12P Average temperature yesterday Average temperature for corre: last year. GENERAL ROBERT ANDERSON. Arrival of the Late General’s Remains in BalhtimoreDepartare for New York. BaLtiworg, Feb, 11, 1872. The remains of General Robert Anderson, of Fort Sumicr fame, arrived here this morning on the steamer Adelaide from Fortress Monroe, in charge of Major Burbank, of the Fifth artillery, and Lieutenant Hubbell, of the Firat artillery, a regiment which General Anderson at one time commanded. A de- tachment of twelve men from the above-named regiments guarded the body to-night. The remains were taken in the twenty minutes to eleven train to New York, whence they will be taken to West voint, Taxed costs and charges Expenses (not explained), Assessed on privi Assessed on rever: 86,108,547 set aside afver confirmation. for reasons not necessary here to state, and new Commissioners were it is said, have reduced the amount of ueation of contirming this rt is now pending before Justice Cardozo, whose decision, it is said, may be delayed to await the judgment of the Court of Appeals on the question of the i ort. ‘The costs and coarges witi prob- increased by the expenses of this sec- COBTS AXD OBARGES OF BTRERT OPENINGS IN 1870, North of 8 ventyasevond Street, — Costs « Shay ‘at, ad to Fam River ¥ ued Ne 4i set aside the first rej Harles Sih av. to Sthay,, to East Rit 9 to Harlem 8th av. to Harle: June 27-734 at, Be th to awalt their final interment, Honors to tie Dead Hero—The Old Guard ot Fort Sumrer=—The Survivors and the Departed. WAsnrnaton, Feb. 11, 1872. General Jeff C. Davis and General 8, W. Uraw- ford, two of the surviving officers of the Fort Sumter command, have left Washington for Balti- More to join the escort of the remains of General Anderson, and will proceed witn them to ;West Point, Of that oid command five are dead, namely:— General Anderson, who died at Nice, and tenants Talbot, Schneider, Meade and Hail; the five living are General J. C, Davis, now Colonel of the Twenty-third infantry; General Crawiord, Colonel ot the Second iniantry; General Double. day, Colonel of the Twenty-fith infantry; Colonel J. G, Foster, Lieutenant Colonel of Engineers, and Genéral Truman, Major of artillery. ‘There will be no further oficial ceremonies. The interment at West Point will be private. SMALLPOX IN PHILADELPHIA. PHILADELPHIA, Feb, 11, 1872. ‘The deaths here from smalipox during the past week have been 183, an Increase over that of the ik. The whole number of deaths from Hipteres on iast week shows an increase of seventy. turee over tual of the previous week. 3 a] UTAH AFFAIRS. ore District Attorney Bates and Ex-District Attore ney Baskin in Washington, The One in Favor of Brigham Young; the Other Against Him—Will Chief Justice McKean Be Removed or District Attorney Bates 1— Brigham Proffers the Three Electoral Votes of the State of Daseret to the Republican Party—The Conse- quences of the Admission Into the Union. WastINaToN, Feb. 9, 1872. The government is at the present moment somes what embarrassed to comprenend the complicae tions in. Utah—the statements of the opposing parties are so contradictory, and the biockade of the Unton Pacuic Railroad renders full injormation impossible, The party opposing Brigham Young {3 now repre- sented here by R. N, Baskin, a gentleman who hag been recognized as the leading attorney in Utah during the last seven years, and, singularly enough, the ablest defender of Brigham Young 1s George M. Bates, the United States District Attorney of Utan, the very man upon whom the government counted for the prosecution of the chiet Mormons and those whom they had employed in the accomplish+ ment of the crimes said to have been committed b¥ their instructions, Mr. Baskin was acting United States District At+ torney up to the 4th of November last, and «It was through nis energy and that of General George M. Maxwell, ols assistant, that Brigham Young, for the first Ume in his life, permitted himself to be! arrested and placed in the custody of an officer off the United States, Mr. Baskin is the same counsels who represented wr. Rodinson in the contest with) the chief Mormons some years ago, a contest which Tesulced in the assassination of the Doctor and the subsequent triumph of the Mormuns. Mr. Baskin has veen here all week, and has seen, industrious with the Attorney General and with both Senators and Representatives, making them understand the Utah questioa, and. has seemingly, made a favorable impression on those with whouy he has talked. Mr. Bates’ representation is received with condt- tion, and fis statements touching the course of Chief Justice McKean are not so weighty as they would have been had he.not been so intimate with the Utah Delegate and his friends. Ithas been the misfortune of Utah, or rather that ofthe government, in tinding the federal oficiais always discordant among themselves... When Gen- eral J. Wilson Shaetfer was sent there, less. thaw two years 4go, he was instracted to see that there: Was no division among the federal officers, and that when there was any dupltcity or operating for personal favor, 1t should be reported to the proper department, Shaefer .was a soldier, and ha soon brought the Utah federal oficials to a perlect understanding on the wishes of the government. One of the Judges, who enjoyed close communion with the Uhureh, was removed, and @ perfect un~ derstanding of the duties ana action of the feacral oflicers was reached, HAS MONEY BEEN USED? The telegram of your Salt Lake correspondent, wheu received here, made quite a buzé in the quare, ters waere 1: wasexpected to touch; but there is no reason beyond appearances for accepting the statement that the Mormous are buying up every+ body who can wield &@ pen or Whisper a word 1 their favor for money. A gentleman recentiy from Sait Lake City says that though Mr. Bates was visited by the apostles Cannon and Taylor on te evening before he leit for Washington it was only’ to give assurances, tarough bum, to the govern- ment that the Mormons were disposed to and that they were willing to abide te decision of the Supreme Vourt of the United States on tne con- atitutionality or unconstitutionality of te Auti+ Polygaiic bill of 1962, THE REAL POINTS IN THE CASE. Never since Utan was @ Territory of the United: States did Brigham Young realize that wlere was w government at Washington till now. His sermond informer years abounded with the coarsest lan- guage of deliance, and he held at bay every offices that had anything to do with nim by the threats of the consequences that would lollow if any oue at- tempted toarrest him. ‘The people had almost begun to believe him invul. neravble, when ali at ouce they saw lin arrested au brought before Court the same as any other Man, and probably no one in the Lerritory of Utah Was mora surprised by the suuden change than Brigham hunself, Me now bedeves that the dark catalogue Oi crime committed in that Territory will come to ligut in the courts, and he would give the brightest crown that he ever dreamed ol to stop the acon of Judge McKean. District Atworney Bates had onty been in Utah few weeks when he suddenly gave symptoms ot! sympathy and Was in frequent intercourse with the Mormon chiets, His telegram to the Aliorney Gen~ eral on the coudition of the Court was unexpect- ediy given to the public, aud on its returuing to Sait Lake among the Associatea Press despatches Judge McKean uemanded @ retraciiou, wiich the District Attorncy made, Itis now clear to wie government that Chief Jus- tice McKean and District Attorney Butes canny both retain Oltice in Uta togeiner wud be of proper and efficient service to the nation. Which will be removed’? Bates thinks that McKean’s head musG go; Baskin 1s as certain that Bates is the proper per- son to ve decapitated, Bates 18 supported oy Judge Trumbull and few of his Irieads, and, What ls very singular for a geo- tleman of the Senator's ability, he Wunks, tat the past crimes of Utah should be forgiven and that Utab should be admitted iuto the Union with the black score cancelled. ‘Lhe vpposition Lt 3 Judge McKean hoot at the idea of wiping out of history two or three hune dred murders, and challenge the right ol Congress to interiere with the Couris of Utah—were even such # disposition at ail probable. Mr. Haskin as- serts that it would oe imposstole for the Gentile cil- zens vo remain in Utah were tat Yerritury to be adiitted into the Union before the courts had deal& with the murderers. It 18 now @ question Of Justice that disturbs the Mormon chiefs, and not polygamy. POLITICAL WIBEWORKING, Itis not surprising Wat, with sugh an apprehen- _ sion of being brougut to Justice aud Brigham Young a prisouer tn his own house, the Lege jor admission should be exceedingly liveral and easy in their proposed negotiations. from first to last the Mormons have been democratic; but tuey are now satisfied that a8 the unterrified have no show of success in the next Presidential election was policy suggests becommg republican, A gentleman who was iu Utah two years ago pass- ing thruugh to California telis @ goou story about the political prociivities of the Mormons. He had a letter of introduction to the Mormon deie- gate from @ distinguished democrauc Con- gressman, an acquaintauce of Hooper's. As they were returning trom the ‘Tabvernacie arm aud arm, and speaking of Uta asking ad mis- sion into the Union, the Delegate was urging his int With vehemence. “What would be tne poli- Hes of the new State?’ mauired the visitor. “Democratic to @ man,” hastily answered the Deie- gate, ‘That, said with @ pinch of the arm accom. panying it, aud a hearty smile, satisfied -the visitor that the proposed Mormon state would, indeed, be democratic. Unfortunately for Hooper the gentie- man was @ warm republican, though furnished with a letter trom a democratic Congressman. My informant tells me tuat be has listened to Brignam in the Tabernacle scores of tumes during the rebellion belching out lis anathemas against the “aumned blick repubticans, the biack-hearted black republicans,” &c. With such a record Brig- ham 1s now suiny by his agents alteruately at the feet of President Grant and Judge Trumbull for their influence in securing Uta’s admission, aud promising in return that the three eleciorial votes of the new State will be given to the republican party for that admission, ‘The best joke of this Utah affair 1s that two New York democratic Congressinen are Hooper's most inumate friends, and are supporting Dim in this aie for the republican favor. e During the past week another agent came here from Utah to assist the delegate, and be reports thac two gentlemen were elected vy the Legisiavure be~ fore he left, to attend the Kepublican Convention in June, and to carry with them wwe assurante which [ ve stated, mayan Brigham it is pow or never. With the ad- mission of Utah the murder cases would be heard! in a Mormon court, before a Mormon jury, and mation of the guilty would be impossible. Can Pie republican party lace the nation with we pro-. position to admit Utan’ 1 believe not LADIES ATTACKED BY HIGHWAY ROBBERS, ‘About ten o’clock iast night Mrs, Hannah Rudge and Mra, M. Mussett were knocked down in Cunton avenue, near Park ayenue, Brooklyn, by, who attempted to rob them. Theit A oe ought +7 inen to thelr assistance and, uodrels away. They gave a descrip trove te. mon to Sergeant Brennan, of Myrue avenue station, who recognized them and succeed in arresting one, Who gave his name as Jol Downing. He was idenufled by the ladies and locked up. NAVAL INTELLIGENOE, WASHINGTON, Feb. 11, 1972, ‘The Untred States steamer Iroquois, now fitting out at Philadelphia, mounts six ) atid will bably be asmigaed to the Bast india pcundrybe mn