The New York Herald Newspaper, February 28, 1872, Page 7

ENGLAN ‘Tho American Murder Assault and Commitment fer Trial. Steamships Collision—A Peer Invalided. 40 TELEGRAM TQ THE NEW YORK HERALB. LONDON, Feb, 27, 1872. Minor, the American who murdered a working- ‘Man in this city oa the night of the 17th inst., nas been committed to jail to await trial on the cnarge of wilful murder, COLLISION OF STEAMSHIPS, Tne Vunard line steamstup Parthia, which sailed from Liverpool ths mormug for Boston, came in Collision with two spanish steamers aud sunk one Of them. The Parthia was so badly damaged as to Recessitate her return to Liverpool for repairs. No oss of life is reported. EX-SPEAKER DENISON. Lord Ossingham, late Speaker Penison, will soon ‘proceed to the soath of France, where he hopes to weouperate his health. FRANCE. Papal Advocacy of Chambord’s Crown Claim. TELEGRAWS TO THE NEW YORK HERALG PARIS, Feb, 27, 1872. ‘The Pope hag addressed a letter to the French ‘bishops asking them to support the Count de Cham- bord for ruler of France. it 1 reported that the Count will eave Antwerp to-morrow. Chambord’s Change of Buse. ANTWERP, Feb. 27, 1872. The Count de Chambord has left this city and one to Dordrecht, a town of the Netherlands, ten Miles southeast of Rotterdam. SHERMAN’S TOUR. Preparations to Proceed from Naples. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD Rome, Feb. 27, 1872. General William T. Sherman, of the United States Army, and the party accompanying him, who are ow at Naples, will \eave that city on Friday next. THE GRAND DUKE ALEXIS. Arrival of His Highness at Havana. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. HAVANA, Feb, 27, 1872, ‘The Russian fleet conveying the Grand Duke Alexis and suite arrived at noon to-day from Pensacola, and salutes of welcome are now being fired from the several men-of-war in the harbor. The time for the disembarkation of the Ducal arty has not yet been fixed. CUBA. The Sugar Crop—Smallpox. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. * HAVANA, Feb, 27, 1872. The weather ts ary and all the plantations are grinding sugar. ‘The smalipox 1s raging to an alarming extent in Remedios. ‘The steamer Cleopatra, from New York, arrived this morning. THE GOVERNOR-GENERALSHIP, The partisans of General Concha are again at ‘work trying to oust Captain-General Vaimaseda, Oficial Inquisition Over American Mails. Key West, Fa., Feb, 26, 1872. Serious complaints are made here and in Havana of the sptieful conduct of the Spanish Heath OMicer at Havana toward passengers on jteamers, especially toward those on the New ‘Orleans and Florida lines. Protests are going for- ‘ward to the Secretaries of State and the Navy Against his action. It is understood steamer mails to Havana have been searched several times lately, and complaints are frequent of the non-arrival of Jetters from the United States, known to nave been gent to Havana, VIRGINIA FINANCES. Whe Coupon Feature of the Funding Bill Practically Re; led—The Four Per Cent Bill Likely To Be Put into Operation—The Coupon Holders to Reccive Interest Theres from on the 1st of April. RicuMonD, Va., Feb, 27, 1872. The financial muddle is at last begining to as- me a tangible shape. If the Governor does not terfere with his veto the coupon feature of the Funding bill has been repealed. The Senate to-day, as supplementary thereto, has ordered to engross- Ment a bill providing for the payment of four per cent interest on the ist of April on ‘two-thirds of the unfunded dept and a like amount on the whole of the consolidated debt of the State, The bill provides that parties applying jor the payment of interest will be required to surrender the coupons they now hold, receiving in lieu therefor the four per cent interest and a non-interest bearing certificate for the two per cent unpaid, which, the isiature claims, is due by ‘West Virginia as her share of the interest on the \Puvite debt. The House passed a resolution extending the ses- sion thirty days beyond the constitutional iimit from ithe 4th of March, with a view of determining the ‘Whole question of the debt, and also to perfect a Tevenue hill for the payment of interest and the Qurrent expenses of the government. KRAMER'S MURDERERS ARRESTED. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Feb. 27, 1872, Joseph Brown and Isaac Hummel, both young men, were arrested to-day on suspicion of the mur- der of Damel Kramer and the probable fatal injury ‘of his wife. It was ascertained they had been near the scene of the murder on the night tn question, and Brown was at Pottsville yesterday, where he ope silver for paper money. Both were ought here this evening. Brown made a partial confession and acknow- ledgeo having accompanied Hummel to the door of Kramer’s house, but alleges that Hummel! committed dhe murder, Both are committed for another hear- ing on Friday next. Mrs. Kramer revurned to cone sciousness last night, but is agaiu tnsensible to-day, and there is no hope of her recovery. WORK FOR THE POLIGE, POUGHKEEPSIE, Feb. 27, 1872. Augustus Hamlin, Sergeant of the Night Police, left this city last Thursday for New York, intending to return on Friday, He has not been heard from ce, He had $1,000 with him, and it is feared he has met with foul play. THE WINTER IN DAKOTA, Farao, Dakota, Feb, 27, 1672, Only six inches of snow have fallen in Dakota Qerritory this winter, and the prairies are now bare. \All transportation west of Cheyenne is done on ‘Wheels, The grass 1s green, and some ponies which {eudsisted on buffalo grass all winter are found in polendia condition. BAFETY OF THE STBAMBOAT UNITED STATES, Lovisviu.e, Ky., Feb. 27, 1872 ‘The steamer United States reported blown up near Cincinnati last night, arrived here all right, having Met with no accident whatever. The officers of the Hine here say the report was evidently got up by the Fatlroad oiciais to divert travel from the boats and spounteract the effect of the late shore line accident, here was thus not the slightest foundation for the tory which created considerable indignation Mong sicauboat men here this morning. ki EUROPEAN MARKETS. LIveRPcon Corron Manees,— sy; PO os option’ inarket 1a closed. Tha: waipmeasd oF carton Bombay since last report to the 26th instant were 2,900 LIVERPOOL PRoviston Maneer lay sETooty Feb, 27.— Bacon 1s quoted on thi pub; Dork, 070,00. tornawe, CCeY St Us. for Cumberland _NRW YORK THE TRAMPLED TREATY. Grave Position of Affairse—The President's Plan— Secretary Fish’s Plan—Everybody’s Plan—The Treaty Must Fall Through—What Then? WASHINGTON, Feb. 27, 1872. There 18 no doubt that Sir Edward Thornton, the British Minister, has been entrusted by his govern- ment to inform the government of the United States that unless the claim for consequential damages 1s withdrawn there can be no settlement at Geneva. The answer to Lord Granville’s note, which has been 80 long delayed, ana the sub- stance of which has already been printed in the HERALD, was again discussed in Cabinet meeting to-day, but it is given out that it will not be sent before Saturday, Mr, Fisn having withdrawy/ it to change its phraseology, 80 as to make Its tone less objectionable. Tne delay 1s underswood to be one of public policy and pclitical necessity, and to have special reference to the diMculties which surround the question. It 1s impossible for us to recede from the position taken in the American case, and this will not be done, The position assumed by the English government and the Eng- lsh Commissioners is perfectly understooa by our government and our Commissioners, They stand directly opposed to each other on Questions of fact, as on questions of policy; bur when 1vcomes to proof the language of the treaty, the meaning of the protocols and the independent evi- dence in the hands of the State Department are all claimed as conclusive for our side, But it is not denied in oMstal circles that there 1s a sertous di- Jemma, and that neither side can recede. Every- body is looking about for some plan to relieve the awkwardness of the situation, and if possible to se- cure the settlement of the case without war. This Was the meaning of the informal suggestion to the British Ministry to settle the whole matter for $60,000,000, ana the plan may or may not have sig- nificance just as the game chances to turn. In view of the treaty, and of every other form of settlement, the President 18 meditating a coup @eétat, which he may make at any time. If his plan is adopted it will consist in a reiteration in a Special message to Congress of his recommenda- tions in his annual Message of 1870, and tne pay- ment of the Alabama claimants by our government, in the form of bonds, the government of the United States loaning to Great Britain for reimbursement. On the other hand, the claimants themselves are moving, and propose to look directly to the British government for payment if the treaty fails, The last mode of settlement is not looked upon with favor by the Secretary of State, though the Prest- dent sees no objection to it, The claimants before the Mixed Claims Commis- sion in this city, whose consternation at the proba- ble failure of the treavy was printed in the HERALD to-day, are equally interested with the claimants for direct damages before the tribunal at Geneva, and it is feared that the one class wil! be an insurmount- able obstacle to the success of the otner should either attempt settlement on their own account, All these plans go upon the theory, which may be ac- cepted asa fact, that arbitration is ended; that all the provisions of the treaty fall to the ground. The possibility of war is not overlooked by our government, though the possibility of settlement, in spite of the fatlure of tne treaty, is ardently hoped for. The answer to Lord Granville contem- plates the representations made to Secretary Fish by Sir Eaward Thornton, and will con- tain an unqualified refusal to withdraw the case presented at Geneva. All other chances of settlement having failed, the President will make his recommendatiou to Congress and throw upon it the responsibility of either accepting or resenting the repudiation of the treaty by Great Britain, Congress being the war-making power, they can do as they please in upholding the national honor. This will be the third treaty with the United States which Great Britain nas repudiated after ratification in the last half century. There is much interest here to know how Congress will deal with this last action of Great Britain, when the Presi- dent lays the whole question before them. Meeting of the Americnn Peace Society— Reverdy Johuson’s Address on the Anglo- American Treaty—How the Difficulties Be- tween Great Britain and the United States Might Be Amicably Settled: BALTIMORE, Feb. 27, 1871. A meeting was held to-night at the Charies Street Methodist church, under the auspices of the American Peace Society, to discuss the Washington Treaty and promote the interest of peace between Great Britain and the United States. The church was well filled. Mr. Reverdy Johnson presided, and addressea the audience in an exhaustive syeech of nearly two hours on the relations between the two countries, articularly with reference to “our case” before the neva Commission and the question of conseauen- tial or indirect damages. Mr. Johnson gave an interesting historic state- ment of the negotiatious which preceded previous treaties, and also those attending the late Treaty of Washington. On the question of consequential damages he ar- gued that it was clear that tie preferment of such a claim by the United States before the Geneva Commission was not contemplated by che ae Commissioners of Great Britain under the terms of the treaty, and that if such was the construction by the High Commissioners on the part of the United States, not one of them ever so asserted, Mr. Johnson’ said there were three modes of settling the matter; first, that hn age should consent to permit the claim to go before the Geneva Commission. This she might safely do, and if that de- cided it had jurisdiction of tne question of consequential damages it would reject the claim; second, @ withdrawal of the claim by the United States, and if the Speaker had the ear of the Prest- dent he would advise such withdrawal; and third, ils postponement as the subject of future negotia- uons. Mr. Johnson argued that the Treaty of Washing- ton was @ groat achievement in the interest of peace between all nations for the settlement of all ted bv arbitration. He was frequently applauded. i Jihu Burritt followed Mr. Lohnson in a brief speech. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. San FRANCISCO, Feb. 26, 1872, A great number of changes in all the depart- ments of the Navy Yard at Mare Isiand, California, have been made. The men removed and those newly appointed are all republicans, but friends of different Congressmen. Edward B. Bingham, Passed Assistant Surgeon in the United States Navy, who served in the Nortn Atlantic squadron and on the James River during the war, died instantly of paralysis of the heart, in Oakland, Fg eet The United States steamer Wyoming has arrived at Fortress Monroe from Norfolk, and will sail in @ few days for the West Indie; Naval Orders. Lieutenant Commander W. M. Folger is ordered to special ordnance duty at Pittsburg; Chief Engi neer W. G. Buchler, to special duty at Philadelphia; Lieutenant Commander R. S. Chew is detacned from the Wyoming and _ piaced on waiting orders; Mid- shipmen John D. Keeler and FE. M, Hughes are de- tached from the Wyoming and ordered to special duty with Commander Crossman in the Nicaragua surveying expedition, A TEST OASE. The Lean Farnishing System and Its Abuses. The following is one of many of such cases which have given considerable trouble to the Police magis- trates of this city of late:— At the Yorkville Police Court yesterday Wilham J. Beard and Mr. Cunningham, of the firm of Dealy & Cunningham, 886 Third avenue, were arraigned on a Warrant charging them with naving committed an assaalt on Mrs. Barbara St er, Of 151 East Thirtieth street, She testified that she had purchased @ table from the defendants, for which she’ was to pay $24 in weekly instalments of $5 unul the whole amount was paid. She was unable to pay the $5 on two or three successive weeks (the defendants claim that she negiected doimg so for over @ month), ana for this reason they caine to her place and atrempted b; force to take the table away with them. She refuse to allow them to do so, telling them that she was willing to pay for it; but tuey still persisted, ana in eae row eae, she claims to have been ruised severely by le The Court decided on holding the defendants to bail in $300 each to answer at the Special Sessions, ‘where they will nave an opportunity of testing the legality of their right to vioiate the anybody’s home, even on the strei ment upon which they seli their understood that the parties Will Make & sacredness of of the + furniture, It is ‘teat case of HERALD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1872.—TRIPLE SHEET. SALT LAKE. Tho Constitutional Convention Adopts the Bill of Rights—Attempt to Abolish the Grand Jury System—Repoert ef Usited States Attorney Batew Resignation. Savy Lage Crry, Feb, 27, 1872. ‘The Constitutional Convention to-day adopted the Preamble and articles relating to the bill of rights and rights of suffrage of the constitution, and adjourned, to enable Colonel Akers to advocate & substitute calculated to insure @ section providing for the batlot. ‘The article authorizing the Legislature to pass a bill, by & two-tnirds vote, abolishing the Grand Jury system was adopted after a sharp struggie. The storm of Sunday interrupted ratiroad and telegraphic communication to a considerable ex- tent, The report that United States Attorney Bates nad resigned at the request of the President gives uni- versal satisfaction among the Gentiles here, Judge Strickland ts holding a short term Court at Provo. He opens Court at Salt Lake City next Week, in the absence of Judge McKean. WEATHER REPORT. WAR DSPaRTMeNT, | OFFION OF THR Catgr SIONAL OFFIOgR, Wasainaton, 2. C., Feb, 28—1 A. aL Synopsis for the Past Twenty-four Hours, Tne lowest barometer has remained nearly stationary since Monday night over Maine and Nova Sootia. Northwest winds and clear weather prevail from - Pennsylvania north and eastward. Clear weather, with rising temperature and falling barometer, is re- ported from the South Atlantic States. An area of low barometer has moved from Missouri to South Carolina, A more severe disturbance is now de- veloping in Loutsiana and northward to the Mis- sourl, Southerly winds, with rain, are reported from the Gulf coast, and snow has fallen from New Mexico to Iowa. The highest barometer continues over the Lakes, and clear weather, with low temperature, prevails from the Upper Missis- sippt Walley eastward tothe Atlantic States, The barometer has falle, with rain, at San Francisco, where clearing weather is now reported, Probabilities, The barometer will probably fali on Wednesday in the Guif and South Atlantic States; the lowest barometer move northeastward over Alabama and ‘Yennessee; southerly winds, with rain, veer to westerly winds on the Gulf coast, and southeast winds, with threatening weatner, Prevail ou the South Atlantic coast; fall ing barometer, with northerly winds and in- creasing cloudiness extend northeastward into Kentucky and Illinois; light winds and pleasant weather prevail in the Middle and Eastern States. Dangerous winds are not anticipated for Wednes- day morning, except on the coasts of Louisiana and Texas. ‘rhe Weather in This City Yesterday. The following record will show the changes tn tho temperature for the past twenty-four hours in com- parison with the corresponding day of last year, as indicatea by the thermometer at Hudnut’s Phar- macy, pie Bullding:— S71, 1872, 1871, 1872, . 38 21 oe 45 34 » 42 20 30 vee 44 21 4 12M 46 21 12P. M.. 4 22 Average temperature 'YOSCTAY ..0eccgeeeee see Average temperature for corresponding dal last year... THE JAPANESE IN OBIOAGO. Cricaco, ll. Feb. 27, 1872, The Japanese were taken in charge to-day by the Common Council and a number of leading citizens and were shown ‘about the city. At half past twelve they visited the Board of .Trade and were warmly received, over four hundred members being present. The Presiden. address then in words of welcome, to which Minister De Long responded, os eee part left this morning for Washington ree SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE, CotumbtA, S. C., Feb, 27, 1872. A bill has passed the Legutature to cancel $4,000,000 Blue Ridge Raiiroad bonds endorsed by tho State. ‘There 1s now but little dondt that the bill declar- ing valid ali the issues of South Carolina bonds will pass by a large majority. THE NINETEENTH WARD ROW. Arraigament of the Prisoners—$1,000 Each to Answer—The Wounded Officers’ Con- dition. Atthe morning sesston of the Yorkville Police Court yesterday an immense concourse of people Were present in anticipation of the arraignment of the party with whom the police of the Nineteenth precinct had a fight on Sunday night. They were mainly composed of friends of the prisoners, the remainder being loungers and persons looking after their own business. After the Cher business of the Court was attended to the prisoners were brought in and answered to their names as . follows:— Mathew, William, Robert and Meee Lavery; John Lestrange ana Dantel Dougherty, chargea with the assault on Officer Lambrecht and the other officers who were with him; Thomas, alias ‘Stitch,’ McCar- thy and Cnarles L. Clemens, charged with the pro- baole murder of Officer Tully. Nearly all of them had marks of violence on some arts of tneir bofies. Lesirauve was discharged cause tie police were satisfied that he had nothing to do with the affair. All the others were held in $1,000 each to answer. Dougherty was the only one’ who gave bati, and he was released, Clemens, who is heir to $50,000 real estaie, nad no one to go his bail, and he was sent down stairs with the others, His mother eviaently intends to allow him time to reflect upon his past career by leaving him in prison for some time. He seems to feel his present position acutely, but still denies that he had psa g to do wita Officer Tully. OMcer Lambrecht will, it is expected, be out again in a few days; but Officer Tully’s condition 1s sull considered doubtfat, AN AFFLIOTED FAMILY. Sorrow and Sadness in the House of New Jersey's Episcepnl Bishop. The home of Right Rev. William Henry Oden- hemmer, Bishop of New Jersey, at Burlington, is just now a house of deep sadness and a veritable Instance of the proverb that misfortunes never come singly. A few days ago the melancholy intelligence reached the prelate’s residence that his son-(n-law, Mr, E. N. Ball, had died in Charleston, 8. C., Just at a ume, too, when Mrs. Hall, the Bishop’s beloved daughter, was dangerously ill under her fatner’s roof, So serious was her case, indeed, that the family dared not communicate to her the dreadful news from the South, She has since somewhat im- proved; but now the Bishop himself 1s prostrate With filness, and compelled to give up nis list of en- gagements for the coming week. As thg reverend prelate 18 extremely popular throughout his dio- cese there is nodoubt that if sympathy avatieth aught it will gush out from thousands of heart. fountains in commiseration with the amlicted head of tne New Jersey Episcopacy. THE THETA DELTA OHI FRATERNITY, The twenty-fifth or quarter centennial Convention of the Theta Delta Chi Fraternity 1s now in session at the Astor House, The society 1s, with few ex- ceptions, the oldest college fraternity in the land. ‘The Conveution 1s held under the auspices of the Phi Caarge of Lafayette College, Pennysivania, the chief members of which are Frank W. Stewart and L. P. Appleton. Among the distinguished members present and taking active part in the proceedings are William 1. Stone, the litterateur and author; ex-Minister John Hay, author of “Little Breeches;" George Upton, editor of the Chicago 7ribune; Judge orris, of Brooklyn; and General Wiillam 5. rT, Of the military staf of General Grant, The deliberations wil conciude with a supper at Del monico’s, served in that caterer’s best style. Mr. Charles A. Stetson, Jr., one of the chief members of the fraternity, will sures the fraternity, lag on nis hotei during the session of the Convention. THE ALLEGED MALPRACTICE CASE, Dr. Kemp Admitted to Bail. Dr. William M. Kemp, of 207 West Twenty-third street, who was arrested on the charge of attempt- ing to commit an abortion on the girl Anna Living- ston, living at 67 Suffolk street, was yesterd brought before Coroner Keenan, at the City Hall and admitted to bail in the sum of $2,000 to a the future action of the authorities. Mr. Wilita Kemp, father of tue accused, gave bail in the requl- site amount, after which the Doctor left with his friends, Dr. Kemp dentes his guilt, and says he ee “ead and satisfactory deience to the com- plain APPOINTMENTS BY GOVERNOR PARKER, The following appointments were confirmed by the New Jersey Senate yesterday :— Prosecutor of the Pleas for Somerset, J. B. Vote hees ; Visitors to state Agricultural Society, William P William M, Force ; Commissioners of Pilot- ope, Heary H. Miller, Thomas §. Negus; snarbor Secs” hela Waser Sa i jam \Or 5 TOseQUlOL Ovoad. Thomas W. tom THE STATE CAPITAL Passage of the Committee of Sev- enty’s Charter. A Sharp Debate and Sudden Conversions. THE VOTE 89 FOR TO 28 AGAINST A Successor to Dr. Carnochan Nomi- nated by the Governor. Dr. Vanderpoel, of Albany, the New Health Officer of the Port. AMENDING THE GENERAL RAILROAD ACT. The Erie Classification Repeal Bill Before the Judiciary Committee of the Senate. TELLING BLOWS AT THE TOTTERING RING. Proposed Repeal of the Hell Gate Pilot Laws— The Drug Clerks’ Billi—Pickings and Steal- ings of the Senate Clerks—The Expenses of the Ring Prosecutors To Be Paid—Special Legislation— Veto by the Governor. ALBANY, Feb, 27, 1872. All sorts or rings and smal! crowds of interested individuals are flocking hither tn the 1ond hope that the legislators may have been so strengthened during the recess that they would be ready for any amount of work and could syffer any number of pathetic appeals. From Dunkirk and other points along the line of Erie crowds of hangers-on have come to fill the committee rooms, and, if needed, make demonstration during the sessions of the com- Mittees. The Erie folks are ina sad strait and are willmg, as has frequently been cemonstrated, to resort to any means to prolong their power and defeat the wishes of the people and the stockhold- era, as so ireely and frequently expressed. From New York city and Brooklyn are crowds of various kinds, The Seventy people are represented by large numbers of those who were here the week during which their charter was under considera- tion, Ex-Speaker Hitchman is here to obtain some relaxation and amusement from the manner tn which the reform Legislature does its work, William H. Wickham, chairman of the Reform Democratic Committee, is here to survey the situa- tion. Aldermen Conover and Wilder are on hand to secure, if possibile, their continuance in office, Mark Lanigan, a former companion of Horace Greeley, 18 present, feeling much aggrieved at the vacillation of the Chappaqua philosopher in re- gard to THE SEVENTY’S CHARTER. He does not understand why Greeley should so suddenly and strongly favor it, and he is more than ever disgusted after this afternoon's proceedings, When in due course of events the charter was reached, in the order of “third reading» of bilis,’’ Fields moved to recommit the bill to the Committee on Cities and then proceeded to debate tne bill, quoting from the constitution of the State as passed in 1777 and 1821, defining the term ‘ballot’? ana then quoting from the charter itself on the cumulative voting provisions, and declared that this was the first mstance in which “repeating” was provided for by law. In relation to the length- ening or shortening terms of office of officers electe’ by the peopie Mr. Fields quoted from tne decision of Judge Folger and the full bench of the Court of Appeals in the case of Fowler va, Bull, and closed with a strong appeal im behalf of State or local aid to denominational charitable institue tions, ang turned alaugh ou Alvord by referring, in complimentary terms, to Aivorid’s speech last year in behalf of the “ragged schools,’ Hields Spoke for over half an hour, and created an un- joubted impression, On the conclusion of Fields’ speech Alvord rose and declared that he would vote for the charter, although he felt firmly convinced that when the charter came to be tried, shouid it become a law, it would prove to be AN ENTIRE AND ABSOLUTE FAILURE; but he would let tue responsibility rest with those who drew up the bill, and its jfailure should rest upon their shoulders and not on his. This sudden conversion created quite a sur. Alvord’s speech against time, when the bill was in Committee of the Whole, could not be forgotten; and while his re- marks to-day, delivered as they were with his pecullar grin, gave evident satisfac- tior to tne Committee. of Seventy folks, they created some consternation among o.d members and politicians present. This deliberate disregard for the oath of office shown by so old a legislator in thus shirking a responsibility aud acknowledging luis readiness to aid the passage of @ measure whicn he declares that he believes to be lmperiect may be re- rded as truly astonishing. Alberger was aston- jhed beyond a doubt, and, as he has had some ambt- tious yearnings for the gubernatorial nomination and relied on the Committee of Seventy to ald him in New York city, he found himself knocked out of time by the wily Old Sait of Onondaga, who will come out a5 candidate himself, thus deposing Alber- ger and shatter all his hopes. Tilden was about to speak on the bill when, on motion of Mr. Jacobs, the House took a recess until this evening. During the morning Tilden was ac- tively canvassing around the Assembly Chamber against the Seventy’s charter, and it will no doubt cause some amusement to sce Fields and Tiiden ‘hung shoulder to shoulder against the measure, revious to the opening oi the Chamber docu- Ments were distributed throughout the Assembly 1n opposition to the charter. The principal of these ‘was a printed opinion by J. W. Edmunds, as to the constitutionality of the Seventy’s banting. The opinion was decided in its language, and declared that the charter, If passed, would be unconstitu- tional and void, on account of tne provisions for cumulative veting and tne removal from office of members of the Common Council and the execu- tive department of the city government, SPECIAL LEGISLATION—ANOTHER VETO. The Governor transmitted by his private secre- tary, Colonel Van Buren, his message returain, without his approval the bill to change the name o! the Congregational Churen Society of Poughkeep- sie, The Governor says the object can be attained under the provisions of a general law passed in 870, A STRINGENT REGISTRY LAW, to be operative throughout the State, was intro- duced this morning by Mr, Alvord. It provides for the election of three inspectors of election, who shall also make a registry of voters. They shall meet four weeks preceding an election, for the pur- pose of jeer dete} ‘The inspectors shall speak inglish language and be qualified voters in the district in which they act. Ever¥ elec- tor at the time of offering his vote shall he Fequired and shall truly state the street or placein wnich he resides, and if numbered the number of the house occupied by him, and if residing in a tenement house the room, and if he refuse, his vote shall not be received. ihe inspectors shall meet on Monday and Tuesday of the week preceding the election for a Baal regiecty, and again on Thursday in the same week for REVISION OF THR REGISTRY and to point out to challengers who shall be chal- lenged. The bill is very long and contains stringent rovisions for, securing a full and perfect registry, & ‘uthiul count of the votés cast and correct returns, In the Senate to-day Mr. Weismann introduced Ww several bills at the suggestion of Commissioner Van Nort, of the Department of Public Works, for va- rious improvements in the city. One of these re- lates to the Fogulating and grading of streets north of Central Park, and between Sixth and Seventh avenues, and places those under the direction of the Department of Public Works. Another pro~ vides for laying Croton mains so as to supply the institutions on the isiands inj the East River, and also to secure @ higher supply of water for the upper end of the New York Island, and au- thorizes the issuing of bonds to provide means for carrying on the work; the amount of bonds to be so regulated that the interest shall not exceed $50,000 per annum. A third 1s in relation to the openin: Adder ae street, from Tenth aveaue to the Drive. An amendment to THE GENERAL RAILROAD ACT ‘was Introduced by Senator Jobnson, which provides that, after an election of thirteen directors and the paying in of ten per cont of the stock sub- scribed, the directors be held responsible for the entire amount of the stock. It also makes a provi- sion for having the general law effective, even if the pames and residences of the stockholders be not filed with the articles of incorporation. Tne bill ts rather bungiingly drawn and ‘wilt admit of some oR af . ARNOCHAN’S ‘SUCCESSOR has been nominated to-day by the Governor, and it, Is expected thst the nomination will be condsmed, tbr SO, ‘ rpoel, of this ci 13 Dr. , Vande! ty, Dr. Vanderpoel is an older brother of Aaron J. Vander of the law frm of Brown. Hall & Van- derpoel, of New York city. State and studied icine under his father at Kinderhook, N. Y. After taking his diploma tn the * metropolis he spent several years in Paria complet- ing nis studies. He sett in Albany in 1850 and has since remained nere i the practice of his pro- fexsion. In 1870 he was honored with the prest- "dency of the State Medical Soctety. Dr. Vanderpoel 48 @ republican in politics. His position in his pro- fesston is of the highest standing, and his reputa- tion git him credit for being a gentleman of un- impeachabie character. WBISMANN'S DRUG BILL, which provides for the repeal of the Drug Clerk Examining Comnaission, was ordered to @ third reading r one of the Senator's characterisuc addresses, THE RING PROSECUTIONS. Mr. Alvord introduced a bill to provide for the audtc and payment of certain claims received by the Governor and Attorney General for expenses incur- red by the Attorney General's bureau in the prose- cution of the Ring thieves, to be paid by the city. THE HELL GATE PILOTS, In the Senate to-day Senator Tiemann introduced a bill providing for the repeal of all laws concerning pilots of the channel of the East River commonly called Hell Gate. AN ELEVATED ARCHED RAILROAD. Mr. Madden, in the Senate to-day, introduced a bill providing that Richard Kelly, Eaward Quintard, Thomas D, James, Robert Sewell, Jonn D. Lawrence, ‘Thomas G, Waiker, Wm. F. Smith, Wm. H. ‘ill hast, David H. Haight, Fonept. A. Kernan, H. P. De Graffe, Johnson Leake, Wm. B. Leeds, Henry Ledger, Cornelius F, Simpson, Ebenezer G._ Burling, Jonn ie, Edward 8: Sandford, Henry McGown, Christian Schwarzwalder and Jam ‘T. Sanford be created a corporation, with a cap- tal atock of $6,000,000, divided into shares of $100 each, the company to construct and operate a rail- road by steam, along the Third avenue, [rom the Bowery to the Harlem River, The rate of fare to the proposed road to be eignt cents per passenger for the entire length of the road, or five cents between either end and Fifty- ninth street. The proposed elevated road to be of iron, the arches not more than forty feet apart: the arches to extend from curd to curb of the streets and ave- nues through which it may be erected; the foun- dations of the arches to be solid biocks of granite; the whole structure to be on the plans invented by Edwin J. Hulbert and Napoleon Aubin THE ERIB CLASSIFICATION REPEAL BILL. The Judiciary Committee of the Senate haa under consideration tnis afternoon the bill introduced by Senator O'Brien providing for the repeal of the Classification act, and also providing for a new elec- tion of directors in June next. Ex-Senator Hale opened the discussion and spoke matnly as ne did at the jast meeting of the committee. In regard to the friends of the bill being desirous of piacing the road under the control of a foreign monopoly, he stated that they would not object to have an amendment inserted providing that directors must be citizens of the State ot New York. Mr. Shearman answered for Erie, and commenced his argument by presenting the following statoment: THE ERIE RAILWAY COMPANY'S STATEMENT Of proceeds of the company’s bonds, &c., and ex- pennitare thereof, from October 1, 1867, to Decem- er 81, 1870:—Proceeds of all bonds and stock of the company, $21,764,703, Expenditure for construc- tion, as per oficial reports, to October 1, 1870, $8,218. 641; do. from October 1 to December 31, $405, 75 construction of branch lines, $1,831,425; construction of docks, $13,800; real estate, $629,613; Lake Erle steamers, $635,083; other assets, $4,64 641,036; advance to Atlantic aud Great Western Railroad Company and other corporations, $1,397,770; @oating debt, October 1, 1867, a8 per ofMicial report, 524,813, Total, $21,208,942. Balance, $485,761. This balance was more than exhausted by the Vanderbiit-Schell litigatioa. Mr. Shearman then went on with one ot his Old style specious arguments about the grandeur of the road and how much good Ww had done for commuters. He praised the Classifica- tion idea, and showed where it had becn In operation bevore in various parts of the State. In answer to a question by Mr. Hale to show what had been done with the thirty-nine Millions charged to the New York and Erie Ratl- road Company he satd that was an item whic! should never have existed. It was not anything in particular; it was A SORT OF COMPOSITE AFFAIR, @ waste basket, into which the auditor threw such accounts as he could not otherwise dispose of, ‘Truly, this must be a valuable waste basket, But the acknowledgment that such a basket exists will not help the tottering Erie structure, When asked what the item ‘other assets of the company’? meant he declined to answer, unless specially ordered to do so by the Legislature; but he would show to any member of the committees privately what they meant, He then berated the representatives of the English stockhoiders, and deciared that Heath and Raphael feared to trust any judge even tn England. He had come to the conclusion, irom what he had read, that no public oficials could be trusted any more. The Committee of Seventy and newspaper editors were the only virtuous people now. He was proceeding at some length, when the commit- tee decided to take @ recess uutil to-morrow morning. THE PRINTING COMMITTEE of the House examined Mr. Gooawin, who furnished the diagrams of the Chamber, He stated that he paid to Mr. Richardson while he was Cierk of the Assembly thirty-three per cent, and gave the money to Richardson himself at Richardson’s house, He also testified that he had patd a similar commission to Cushman and Terwilliger, but did not give any- thing to Calkins or Armstrong, as they were his personal and political frienas. The Senate committee to inquire Into the postage business of the Legislature heid a session this even- ing and examined a Mr, Davis, who was foPmerly Postmaster tu the Senate, He testified that Mr. Ter- Wiliger was in the habit of ordering $50 worth of revenue stamps in denominations varying from two cents to $1, and have the amvunt charged to the post age account, Keep, the recent Postmaster, testified that at the opening of the present session Terwilli- ger lett @ verbal order for $50 worth of revenue stamps, but as he did not exactly understand it ne reiused to ull the order, PAsSAGE OF THE CHARTER. The charter agony is over and the Seventys are delighted. As will be seen by reterence to the speeches made this evening the bill was made a party measure and passed by an almost strict party vote, Two democrats voted for it—Vaige, of New York, and Osgood, of ‘aloga; and two repubil- cans against 1t—Mr. Whitveck, of New York, and Loughran, of Ulster, During the debate tne chamber, lobbies and galleries were crowded by lnterested or curious spectators, members of the Senate, State officers and others. Fields’ speech was quite amusin and kept the louse in humor for some half an hour. Tilden spoke one hour and a@ quarter, and two of the re publicans who were considered as agatust the Seventyiles spoke their mind, declaring that they had no doubt as to the unconstitutionality of some of the provisions of the bil, but they would vote for it. The party line was drawn this morning by Alvord, and tightened on the other end to-nigat by Fields, so that the ultimate saccess of the biil as a Fepabhesn measure may be regarded as almost certain. Debate in the Assembly on the Seventy’s City Charter. ALDANY, Feb. 27, 1872, The question pending was on the motion of Mr. Fields to recommit the bill of the New York Charter to the Commitee on Cities. Mr, TILDEN took the floor in opposition to the motion, and proceeded to argue that {t was pertectly competent for the Legislature to abridge terms of office on putting in force a new charter, It had been dono in numberless cases. It was indeed a very proper power, and {n_ his opinion \¢ had the concurrence of that distinguished lawyer, Charles Alter detailing the part be had taken in ibe work ¢ I led to ai in favor of iace in the spring, and not le reviewed the ng baek to tbe ac: erning the Court of hb O'Conor. of reform in New Yor! having municipal electio in the fall or at a time n ‘gen roposition for minority repres Row of the constitutional eonvention coi Appeals. He confessed toa yearning weakness for this sort OP representation. He was disposed to take & moderate dose of It when he found ascheme which was at all safe. Bat the Committee of Seventy had gone away beyond his dea con- cerning it in this bill, He hoped the bil ed, fathis tespect. He believed there were better scheme: Minority “representation—schemes “that will work more fafely ahd better. He thought the schemes should atop with the‘clection of one branch of the elty government. He feit at reluctance “in differing from’ the yentiemen “who fia" framed this bill. Gentlemen here bad they ‘owed. thelr” election ta | these gentlemen, however, dil not owe, his election | to 16 of rict, carpet-bagger thoush 728 ae calod, bad elected him by 8600 majoritysand of them he claimed that 4,500 were those strong heurted, STERN REFORM DEMOORATS who arose in thelr power against the corruptions of the me- Mopolls. SUll he accorded honor to the Commitee of Sev- enty for the work they bad performed, but hoped tuey would hot forget the gallant allies who contributed #0 tnuch to their success, Mr. Tilden spoke au hour and ten minutes, ‘The Governor here returned by his private secretary, Colo- nel Van Buren, the bill providing for extending the Utica, Chenango and Cortland Railroaa without is approval, us it does not enforce the provisions of the General italiroad act, Inasmuch as ft allows increased length of road without corresponding increase of capital stock. ‘On the motion of Mr. SQUERES the message was laid aside. ‘The consideration of the charter was resumed. Mr. NILRS spoke in favor of the bill. Mr. MOSELRY spoke at length against it especially the section against sectarian appropriations. Mr. HUSTED repudiated the idea that this charter w: rtinan measure, and said if he believed it was, fcan he would vote xgalnst it, but believing thal partisan he intended to vote for it. ‘Mr, HAWKING followed in advocacy of the bill, 4 SWALLOWS THR PILI. Mr. STRAMAN announced his intention to vote for the bill, but be nevertheless had objection to it, He would bave pre: the old charter and amend i. He was fewr- following this bill than would mondments to the existing chartei Mr. Jacons followed, calling attention to the fact that several _members—naming Messrs. Alvord, Husted and Straban—while condemning this measure, say they will vows for it, throwing responsiblity on the Coram: of Seventy. He rem that he, with ali other members, ‘taken a solemn oath to discharge his UTY AB A MEMBED OF ASSEMBLY lity, wad in this case, as we fol. D to the best of his knowiedge and al in all others, he intended to do so. He then, poluted to tho principle of cumulative voting, and said he believed i to be unconstitutional, He also objected to the appomting powers, conferred by the bill, As to elections, all that was ef Was that honest votes should be cast and them that th sy should be honestly counted, Nothing was 1 to ae and ha honest reme yta- Will be honestly adiminist gred, gure honest representati the vOR Aves the aff: aire ot DORSEN’? LIKRIT, BUT VOTES Mr. VeDDER criticized the claim that this bill sho aid fo through the Legislature untouched, He believed ampere Tete sent here to think aud judge for theme he Co of the believed @ 0 ew charter he would vote f one. oe reicop ont is Tener, jon O74 this cha rmonious: bf] the Senate, The gentleman osmed He is a native of this party to feel” proud of the speatact Sented Ho procee:ted at length (nn atfein nt sarekeee, peviewing the ion had coacerning this measure. He de- Giecerncy would promot, on wndivided fant ences ae offloes provided for'in it. Tt was’ eee ee THR REPUGLICAN PUNERAL, And not that of ‘the democracy, which ine was attended Hight.”"Mr, Fields concluded by witadrawing tus motion te recomm! Mr. FOLEY renewed tt for the purpose of announcing thas he did not oelleve this was the charter the city of New Yors wanted, and would vote against ‘The bill was then read and got and Paige (democrats) voting in the aiirmative and th Loughran and Whitbeck (republicans) in the nega- ve. YRAG—Mesars, Alberger, Alvord, D. L. Babcock, I. H. Babcock, Badeau, Beckwith, Bemus, Bennett, E, E. Brown, J. D. Brown, Burng, Burritt, Crandall, David- son, Eastman, Enos, Flammer, Fort, Fowler, Gon, Green, Grecahalgh, Grevory, Ha Herrick, Holdridge, Holllater, for ‘Hust 1 ‘Judd, _ Kennedy, Knapp, Kettles, "Lewns, ' Lancoin, P, Lord, Lynde, Mackay, Murdock, Niles, _Ongood, Plerce, Preston, Prince, Rice, Rose, Sage, Shepardson, Suniiey, Smith, Smyth, Sniper, Snyder, the Speaker, : . Tobey, D. Tompkinay . W. J. Van Dusen, Ve oodward, Woolsey, Yeo mw NaYs—Messre. Aitken, Blair, Buckley, Campbell, Carrolie Chamberlain, Chambers, Cook; Couchman, Dunphy, Fields» Foley, Haughton, J. Hayes Heat til, ba ih Jae . Lora, nm. er, Oakley Roche, Tilden: Whitbeok, Wiley-—28. vd Adjourned, Decisions by the Court of Appeals. ALBany, N. Y., Feb, 27, 187% The following decisions were made in the Cours Of Appeals to-day: — Judgments affirmed, with costs—argault va, The Pacitic Bank, Craven vs. Wilson, Foote vs. Sryant, Baum vs. Muller, Atassy va, Maier. Judgment reversed and new trial granted, coats to abide the event.—Gray vs. Gray. Orders affirmed, with costs—Hail vs. Emmons, In re New York Protestant Eptscopai Publuie School,—'to vacate assessment; order granting new trial affirmed and judgment absolute for plaintad, with costs, is Falmer vs. De Witt,—Appeal dismissed, with Ost, Samuels va. Bryant,—Motion for reargument dé nied, with $10 costs. - ‘The Court will take @ recess from from Friday, March 1 next, until March 26, F Morton, "Moulton, Pell, Si OBITUARY. The Vicar General of Baltimore. Bavrimors, Feb. 27, 187% The Very Rev. Henry Benedict Coskery, Vicat General and Administrator of the Archidocese ef Baltimore, died this evening at the Archicpiscopas residence, of pneumonia, after an Ulvess of several weeks, in the sixty-fourth year of nis age. Deceased was a native of Frederick county, Maryland, and has been Vicar General of this archdiocese since 1849. In 1854 he decline@ the appointment by the Pope of Bishop of Port- land, Me, ‘Tne funeral will take place on Friday Morning, at nine o'clock. The very reverend father became much worse on Monday evening, and it was thought by his phystcians, Doctors O'Donovan and Buckler, that he would not live until morning. A private tele- gram was received in tnis city last evening, tm which it was stated that, owing to the wonderful vi- tality of the sick priest, he was still lingering, bus was gradually sinking, the physiclans having gives: up all hopes of his recovery. Yesterday morning he recetved the sacrament of holy communion and was anointed according te the rites of the Roman Catholic Church. Only Father Coskery’s relatives and most intimate frienda were admitted tothe room of the dying prelate. ‘The death of the Rev. Fatner has revived a(resty the sorrows which were so freely expressed by the whole community at the loss it sustained in the jate illustrious Archbishop, and it 1s a melancholy coincidence that the death of the dearly beloved Vicar General of the archdiocese should 80 speed- ily follow. ‘Telegrams were yesterday sent to Rome by the secretary of the late Archbishop, praying His Holiness the Pope to appoint an administrator for the Archiepiscopal See pending the translation @f an archbishop. WAB AGAINST THE GAS COMPANIES. Indignation Meeting in the Twentieth Ward—Leglisiative Action Called For. A meeting of the gas consumers of the Twentiot® ward was neld last evening at Menzinger’s Hall, im Thirty-second street, between Sixth and Sevents avenues, About fifty gentlemen were present, sev- eral of whom expressed decided aud impressive views on the gas monopolies. Mr. George W, Da Cuuha was elected President and Mr. L. Demarest Secretary. Mr, Baer stated that a petition, signe@ by 15,000 people, had been sent to the Legislature, asking them to invest the manufacture of gas in thé muaicipal authorities, so that the citizens should have gas as free as Croton, He said that, from the Most reliable authority, he was avle to prove that gas could be manufactured at the rate of titty cents per thousand feet, and that the gas companies: Were Dow Charging three dollars anda half. Mr. J. L. Thompson presentea a number of facts and sta- ‘ustics, showing that the people were paying an ex- orbitant price for an article supplied to them with capital furnished by themselves. He said that the amount of deposits for gas meters in the different companies rolis up to $2,225,000, and the amount of money received from the consumers during the year foots up over $5,000,000, Atter some more discus sion, In which the question was agitated to estab. lish associations In every ward in tne city, and hol@ a large mass meeting at Cooper Institute, the meee ing adjourned subject to the call of tne chair. HOBOKEN CITY GOVERNMENT. At the Common Council meeting last evening Mr Andrew Krolimann, the Collector of Revenue, sent tm ig annual report of the taxes’ collected by bim during the year, amounting nearly to $272,000, This sum was apportioned as follows:—Salaries and contingent fund, $17,150; police, $35,000; schoots,, $40,000; lamps and gas, $12,000; fire, $3,500; Door, $3,000; street cleaning and repairing, $2,300; inter- est on bounty tax, $18,775 50; interest on water $4,480; water rents, $1,500; militia, $1,2505 serip, city poll tax, $1,561; county tax, $77,677 64; State tax, $51,797 85. To the Editor of the New York Herald r= There appeared {n your columns this moraing a lengthy! card from William Hehth, of 15 Broad street, New York, ex- plaining the ciroumstances attending bis arrest on a charge of porjur; ‘As this Is a matter in which the public take no interest and in which they had no other krowledge than aucb as they had} of any other police item, this advertisement could only be m= tended to induence the magistrates Lefore whom this trial tm pending. ‘The substance of hia card is that he did not swear Calectys: because the referee before whom the case was tried 10. This isas if aman charged with obtaining goods an false pretences should claim that his pretences were false, inasmuch as he obtained goods under them, So tar as I am advised, the effect which perjury may have had 1s not an element {n determining whether or not the crime has been committed, ‘But Mr, Heath is not on his trial through the public presses He is charged with a crime and arraigned before a compe- font trionnal. He ix presumed to be innocent uotll proven to be guilty, At the pr time proof will be offered before such tribunal on the question of his ult. In the meantime let Mr. Heath possess nfs soul in patiencsy foviing assured shat the public are not unduly excited, NRW YouK, Feb, 27, 1872. Vv. W A.—Herring’s Patent CHAMPION SAFES, 261 Broadway, corner Murraystrset A Specialty.—Lace Curtnins In Stock and manufactured to order from original designs. GL, KELTY & CO., 722 and 724 Broadway. Angels Turkish Baths, Lexington Aven corner ‘Twenty-lifth street.—Gentlemen every day am ali might; ladies day and evening; host ventilation; highest, temperature; best shampooing; no gratuities; advamtages: unequaled; Zurope outdone. All New York Match have green tabi Wholesale, No, 4 ¥ ‘ompany’s Matches ite, full count and superior quailty. place. A.—Royal rw. Lottery.—J. RB. Martinea 40O., Bankers, 10 Wal st.; box 4,685 New York Post oflies: A.—Furolture.—Drawings, Sketches and filustravions sent on ay ation by mati or otherwise for all Kinds of Furniture, Curvaing, Lambroquins and othe® rations. G. L. KELTY & CO., 723 and 734 Broadway. antainteeanenegpactinemee Bargains in Jowelry aud Watches.—Selling off, leas than wholesare prices. GEO. C, ALLEN, {41 Broadway, near Fourteenth street. Batchelor ir Dye=The Beat in the world; the only yerfect dye; harmless, reliable, instaptage ous, Atall drag’gists, Happy elief for Young Men.—Nerv debility cored “6; thods, Hemarkable, reports, sent ftom, “adurens, HOWARD SANITARY AID ASSOCIATION» Philadelphia, Pa, ———__—___—__—— you’ fection. Ponies ee oni BOOTHING SYRUP for childres ily harmless. ——— soval. onoer & BAKER SEWING BACHING COMPANY have removed to 786 and 188 Broadway, corner of Tenth treet. Havana Lottery. sot A od and Information furnished ; the highest rates Praid tor Doubloons, all Kinds, of Govd, nd, sliver, overte Taent Securities. £¢., dc. YLOK & CO) Pankern cela The Failure of the Great Genova Watcle Company, which has furnished time pteces to the world for yoart, bas furnished the text for more than one homily in the daily press, since this company was estab- itebed ty wo Sixers, then poor; but it is less than two months si lure of the company obliged ite ince the fai holders to force it into bankruptcy and to require it to eon~ hand Imo cash. The result. haa Tort the oo gents in this 60 here, amounting ta 763 Broadway. ail of which ase. cia Which is now being done ‘bargains there offered, severe Leal p iG be HUE