The New York Herald Newspaper, February 29, 1872, Page 3

SEWARD ON THE ALABAMA CLAIMS He Prefers the Johnson-Clarendon Treaty * to the Treaty of Washington. RESUME OF THE CLAIMS. Some Hard Facts About the Perfidy of Great Britain and France. A GREAT OMISSION IN THE TREATY. An Apology by England for the Queen’s Procla- mation Ought To Have Been Included, WHAT ARE CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ? Mr. Seward Considers the Demand for a | Sum in Gross as Unbecoming the Dig- nity and Honor of the Nation. MONEY NO REDRESS FOR WOUNDED HONOR. Tho Timo for the Settlement of the Ala- ‘bama Claims Not Yet Arrived. WAR WITH ENGLAND IMPOSSIBLE AusuRN, N. Y., Feb, 28, 1872, in a large though plain and oid-fasmoned man- sion, surrounded by a few melancholy-looking trees, | through which the piercing winds of a Northern winter make dismal music, resides the Hon. William H, Seward, who, after shaping the destinies of a great country, has retired to this unpretentious little town, the home of his youth, there to live the remainder of his days in the recollections of his eventful past. Toward the residence of Mr. Seward the writer yesterday evening wended his steps | through streets wrapped in complete darkness and | covered with snow and ice, which made walking a Periious enterprise indeed, He, howevér, safely | landed at the door, rang the bell, and a few mo- | ments afterwards found himself in the genial pres | ence of the ex-Secretary of State. Almost everybody who is somebody has aired his opinions on the vexed question of the day—the set- | tement of the Alabama claims, Among the select | few whose opinions are worth listening to, but who ave not yet volunteered their “views” on the sub- | ject, 1s the venerable ex-Premier. Mr. Seward bears the same sort of parental rola- tion to the Alabama claims as Washington, the father of the country, to the United States, The | oause for the controversy was created by British perfidy; but it was Mr. Seward who, as it were, \ mfused Ife into the Alabama claims, mar. shalled them into a formidable array of compre- } hensive facts, and at last forced the reluctant | attention of the British government to the subject. | Alltbe world remembers his famous correspondence | with the British goverament, through Mr. Adams. At the power of his logic Lord John Russell, who had lectured and builled nalf Europe, figuratively speaking, SHOOK IN HIS SHOES, and from savage growl toned down to gentle re- monstrance. Mr. Seward’s opinions on the latest stage of the Alabama controversy that the writer paid hima | visit, at nalf-past seven o'clock last evening, about the time when the ex-Secretary regularly holds a sort ol evée, surrounded by the créme de la eréme of the rural aristocracy of the place. Mr. Seward was, as usual, lively and communica- tive and looked buoyant with health and gooa spir- ius, Alter some friendly remark of a private nature the conversation bore upon the subject of the Alabama claims, and the HERALD correspondent began:—If there is any one gentleman who knows more than any Other about the question of the Ala- bama claims, you, sir, are that gentieman, and 1 have come for the soie purpose of obtaining the addl- tuonal benefit of your knowledge of the contro- versy. Mr, SEWARD—1 have not followed the controversy very closely of late, but what I do know about the « Alabama claims 1 will napart to you. Atthe beginning of the civil war the United States, Great Britain and France regarded each ether as great Powers, each considering the other as a Power of the first rank, and each entitied to expect from the other continuance of the relations \o which they were bound by treaty of good faith and friendship. When the rebellion broke out in the United States and the rebels assumed to set up .an independent State within the United States ana so divide the Union, the United States government appealed to both France and Great Britain not to recognize, 0 favor the rebellion, or the disunion of tue State, but to adhere to their friendly relations snd their former posttton of recognizing only the United States ag the government for peace nd for war and for all domestic purpows. The British government and the French goverment, on the one hand, showed that they were nét prepared to adhere to the United States as the apreme gov ernment, but that they hesitated, Whether they should acknowledge the rebels aran independent nauon, oF at least as a belligeren)Power against the United states, ‘The United States protestedagainst this as a dero- gation of their governmem and their rights as @ nation and the treaty reations of friendship be tween them, Tne United States warned and pro- tested against. any such departure from their reta- | tions by these two Powers. The British ana French governments addressed the United States and informed them that wey had the matter in consvitation, avd would agre’ to act together with regard to the war in tie United States, The United States government protested that each of tem was bound to act separately to- ward the United States tn the le of ptst relations, Without waiting for the arrivai in Lopton and Paris of Mr, Adams and Mr. Dayton, wno fere appoluted to express the views of the United States on that great question, the British goverrment, acting in copeert with the French goverarent, PRECIPITATED A DPISION and issued a proclamation # the name of the Queen announcing the civil wT in the United States and the determination of thr Britisn government to regard as eqaal belligerenv the United States gov- ernment and the rebels. The United States goyTnment protested against that decision, aud de#anded its reversal. Tne British government adiering, in concert with tne French government, ¢0 its decision, refused to re- consider it, and theccforth during the whole civil ‘War maintained the attitude of having lifted upa revolutionary facfon in the United States to a Mationai bdelligrent equal to the United States. The Cnited States warned the Brit- wh governn™ that, although in the condition in which the’ Stood, fighting to suppress a fearful insurrectioy 4t home, they coula not safely levy war agai Great Britain and France and thereby Provoke Nem to recognize and join the rebellion as @ pousca) Power backed, as under the circum- stances thy probably would ve, by the maritime Powers @ the world, they nevertheless pro- Nounced the proceedings of the British govern- ment in He Queen's proclamation as an act of hos- Ulity forwhich whenever they should be able they should «pect REDRESS AND ATONEMENT, and tng specially warned the Briuish government that fo all the private acts by the British subjects inorfom the British ports in sid of the rebellion they Mould hold the British government reapousi- It was for the purpose of obtaining | ' NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1872,—TRIPLE SHEET. Die, Decamse those act, Committed by British sub- draw from the arbitration if a majority of tne aru.- Jjecta, were the direct consequence of the mjurious proclamation of the Queen. When the Alabama and other privateer vessels threatened to issne from British ports in the service ‘The British government did not stop them, and said in @case of legal foreign belligerenis, The United Mable for the depredations, whether they exercised ceedings of recognizing the rebels as belligerents, The matter went on; the vessels escaped and com- mitied their depredations. The United States «e- manded, redress and presented claims of the citi- zens of the United States for the damages sustained by these deprevations, These are the Alabama claims proper, CORRB-PONDENT—This 18 @ very interesting nis- torical résume and may prove a useful one, for in bama Claims threatens t become as dim and con- fused as Lord Palmerston’s celebrated Schieswix- wolstein question. Mr. SEwarp—The British government under Lord Palmerston and Earl Russell refuseu to near or receive or file the claims of the United States government in its archives, Tne Unitea States government instructed Mr, Adams to present the claims and leave them on the table of the Ministry, saying that they should expect in due be filea and received with the respect due to a sov- ereign and aggrieved nation. The United States government insisted that this refusal of the british government would leave them no alter- native but to seek redress and satisfaction for those claims whenever they might be abie and as tney could, By their vehement protesi to that effect an alarm was produced in the Britigf Parliament, under the influence of which Earl Russell sharply demanded whether the United States government meant to MENACE ENGLAND WITH WAR. The intimation was not necessary that If the United States shoula threaten war Great Britain and France would at once jolo the rebel confede- racy. The United States thereupon answered, that although they demanded these damages and atonement for tne wrongful proceedings of the Briush government, of which they were the consequences, they nevertheless had raised no question with tho Britisn govern- ment that they were not ready to submit to the arbitration of an impariial and not unfriendly nation, Earl Russell, for tae British government, repelied and scouted the idea of submitung the claims or any questions about them to the arbitration of a foreign Power. There the matter remained, with new depredations aggravating the case, until Earl Russell went out of power. ‘The Derby Cabinet came tn, and Lord Stanley an- Dounced to the United States government that the British government had reconsidered the subject and was now willing to submit the Alabama claims to an impartial arbitrauon, He requested the United States government to prepare the form of submission 10 arvitration, The United States government prepared the form aud insisted therein Vat the question of tue good faith aud legality of the Queen's proclamation shou!d be submitted to the arbitrator, ‘The British Ministry, of whom Lord Staniey then lormed part, withdrew from their offer arbitrate on the ground that the United States in- Hated that the rigntfulness and legality of the Queen’s proclamation were to be subinitted., The aeeninn of arbitration, theroiore, under Lord Stan- ley, fell through wich, hee one rd Stahley'sddministration was succeeded by of Lord Clarendon, Lord Clarendon now ad~ Secretary of State at Washingsou (meaning my- Bei : DREW UP A IREATY between the two nuuons, which® was entrusted to Mr. Reverdy Johnsun jor negotiauon. ‘this treaty provided 1n substance that ali te claims of citizens Oi bhe United states arising out OL the Anglo-Con- federate priracies against Great Britain should be considered, and thata reciprocity convenuon should be 1ustituted jor the avjustuen of ali the claims Which bad arisen mace 185M SetWeen we Citizens of the United Srates aod the government of Great Britain on the one haud, and between Lie sudjects of Great Britam and tne government of the United States on the other, Mr, Reverdy Johnson negotiated this treaty with Lord Clarendon, At provided in auect terms for the adjustmen¢é and hquidation only of claims of the citizens of the United Staves ugaiust the govern- | mout of Great Britain and tae scdjects of Great Britaip agalast the government of the United States, while it expressly invluded the Alabama claims, Which had been the suoject of so much dis- pute, and declared that it should be the right of eacd government, 1m support of the claims of its ciizens and subjects, to preseat every document and maintain every ground whica had been taken in the | diplomatic correspoadence on the subject of tne | Alabama claims, and that it should be tne duty of | the arbitrator to hear and cousider these claims and | arguments. In this ye it Was supposed vy tne administration of the United States which nego. tiated the treaty that tne lawfulness, justice and good faith of the» Queen’s proclamation would be submitted for discussion to tne arbitrator, and that his decision upon it would be negéssary in ascer- taining the justice of the claims of citizens of the United States for the depredauons of tue Alabama and kinured piracies, ‘The Seuate of the United States, at the beginning of General Granv’s adiniuistrauion, rejected the treaty, as 17 Was understood, upon tne ground that it provided no direct atonement to ie government of the United States im damages ‘or vy apology tor the depredations of the Alabaima, Altera time a Joint High Commission was created, which made anew treaty. This new treaty seems to OMIT A STIPULATION on tie part of the United States that the queen’s injarious proclamation should be submitted to and cousidered by the arbitrators, and in jieu of that, a sipulation which Was contained in the old treaty has | at three articies, which provide, in eifect, that it |was the duty of the British government wo use due / diligence to prevent the arming of the Alabama | and such vessels, HERALD CORRESPONDENT—Then you consider, sir, that tue first treaty had one gréat advantage, ai least, over the Treaty of Washington, Mr. SEWARD—The {ast treaty differs from the former in this, that while the first stipulated in | direct terms for damages only to citizens of the | United States who had sudered bv the depredations ol tae Alabama and ovier Kindred vessels, tite new treaty desoribes these Ciaims as being claims of the government of the United: States tor its ciuzens, | and defines the rules by which the aroitration snail proceed in ascertaining and iquidating those damages. HERALD CORRESPONDENT—In negotiating the first treaty was there no thought of claiming compensa- tion for consequential damages, no demand for teir settiement by @ UxXed sum In gross? Mr. SewAkD—The adininistrations of Lincoln and | Jonnson, so far as 1 knew, never expected that } claims for redress of the Alabama depredations would be presented to the arbitration ia the fori of a money sum of damages to ve paid directly to the government of the United States besides and independeatly of the claims to the injyred citizens of the United States: They regarded ‘the illezality and injustice of the Queea’s proclamation as uirs Ing an atonement to the wounded pride and honor | of ube United States, either by @ confession or an apology, or by a Submission to an arbitrating Power, All the while, however, holding that 15 was neces sary to the maintaloing of the last-named damages, that is, those due to the citizens of the United States, that the British government ahouid confess, or that the arbitrator should be authorized to pro- nounce that tue proceeding of the Queen’s procla+ mapion and the consequent actions of the govern- met were uniriendly and injurious vo the United States, ‘Tne government of the United States at that date, of which | was @ member, Considered that it was UNBECUMING [HE DIGNITY AND HONOR OF THE NATION to demand or accept a sum of money trom Great Britain as an atonement for poliucal wrong, or a compensawon for wounded honor, while it was de- termined that tae American citizens who had sut- fered by those wrongs should be compensated, and that in the form, either of an apology ur a subinis- on to urbitration, Great Britain should bring her- agit to the level of the United States and respect the integrity of the government which tney main- tained during the war. HERALD CORRESPONDENT—How about the present controversy, Mr. secretary? Whats there likely to come of it? Mr. SEWARD-I entertain no manner of doubt that, considering the position and character of the two nawons, NO WAR will ever be declared by one against the other on account of any question Involved in the debate. On the other hand, 1 am equally ciear that the dim. culties which are agitating the public mind and threaten to disturb the peace of the wie arose pa ha out of that treaty, and are to be decided under it, so faras I can see, absolutely and com- binedly, by @ majority ot the arbitrators appointed under the treaty. HERALD CORRESPONDENT—Do you hold, sir, that the wording of the treaty justifies the claims of the United States for consequential damoges as coming within the province of the Geneva Court of arbi- ration? iy Mr. SewaRD—I think, that the treaty opens the door for the United Staves to present ciaims for direct compensation for the injury and wounded pride of the nation, besides the claims for damages ‘Of the citizens of the United States; but whether this is @ just interpretation of the treaty seems to belong to the arbitrators to decide. I taink the British government CANNOT RECEDE from the arbitration because of the claims we are insisting upon, nor dol think, on the other hand, that we United states could go on insisting or wil mitted a Willingness to arbitrate upon Liberal terms. | of the rebels, the United States government pro- | tested and demanded that they should be stopped. | they were only bound to exercise due diligence, as | States, on the other hand, insisted that they were, : sufficient diligence or not, by virtue of their pro- ' ‘ be fairly distributed among the steamship owners, the mists of legal quibbles, the question of the Ala | tume, upon after consideration, that the claims will trators should reject their application for direct dawages to the government for the wounded honor of the nation, HERALD CORRESPONDENT—Rut as far as I undere stand if, sir, this claim 18 not a direct one, nor de- manded as an atonement for the wounded honor of the nation, but rather a claim for actua!, though 1n- direct, damages which bave been entatied upon !p- dividual citizens of the United States as @ conse. opens Of the acts of the Angio-Confederate priva- 8. Mr. SEWARD—But how are you to ascertain the exact amount, or if paid in a sum in groas, how and Lo whom is the Money to be distributed which is re- ceived under the head of consequential damages? HERALD CORRESPONDENT—This 18 @ dificult ques- tion to answer, sir; but I sup; the money might insurance companies and suen like. Mr. SEWARD—AS to that, I understand that the corporations which have suffered any pecumary damages or loss by the piracies which were a con- sequence of tue Queen’s prociamation are, like indl- vidual citizens, just and fair claimants to in- demnity. My postitvua under ths former treaty was that everybody who had suffered and ts entitied to any dam has a right to present his claims, | whether they be consequential or direct damages. Now, sir, you have the whole of my story. HERALD CORRESPONDENT—I think, Mr, Secretary, there are one or two links wanted to complete the story. You have bat lightly touched upon’the pres- ent controversy, althoagh I infer from your remarks | that you do not quite souore of the Treaty ol Wash- | ington, but have a marked prefereace for the re- jected Jonnson-Ciarendon weaty. Mr. SEWARD—I must hot? aloof from this con- troversy, It is notior me to express an opinion on the course of the two governments, for I houor alt those who have veen engaged in this controversy. HERALD CorREsronpENT—But Lord Russell, who | now occupies, relatively, the same position as you po Mr. Secretary, has mot nesitated to express a de- , cided opinion on the question, i Mr. SEwako—I know Lord Rnssell bas denounced | the treaty. Well, sir, Lao think that the Johnson- Clarendon treaty was the best treaty that could have been negotiated, (here Mr. Seward arose, a ing with sadden energy) and having rejected that, | they ougut to be p from making any more treaties for the setulement of the Alabama claims. My opinion 18 that the treaty which I negotiated falled because of the tne ns and prejudices engendered petween the two countries, ‘Tne settle- ment of the Alabama is reserved for the future. The time has not yet arrived, because those passions and prejudices have not yet suill- ciently subsided. MEETING OF THE BROOKLYN YACHT CLUB, Presentation of Prizes Wen at the Fall Re- | gatta—Lutercating Proceedings—Election of New Members—Supper and Speecher The ornate rooms of the Brookiyn Yacht Club | were filled Jast night with a jarge number of the | most prominent yachtsmen who hail from the City of Churches and New York. They had been sum- moned for the transaction of club business, aud also to witness the PRESENTATION OF PRIZES ‘won at the last fall regatta, President Kidd occu: pied the chair, and among the members present | were Oommodore Voorhis, ex-Commodore Laight, Messrs, Chauncey, Felt, Hall, Wilson, Osborne, Bennett, Oakey, Ostrander, Wood, Nichols, Berry, &o, The Preskient having called the meeting to order, Secretary Lee read the minutes of the previous meeting and the Treasurer’s report, after which V. C. Haight, of the Board of Trustees, made @ report as to the desirability of removing the present club house nearer to the beach or building a new one altogether. After a somewhat lengthy de- bate the report was ordered to le on the table. The following new members were then unani- Taously elected:—Messrs. C, F. Ackermann, L. C. fei p George Dunning, Dr. J, H. Osman, John |. Wilson, H, f, Livingstone and Thomas McUrath, Alter the appomtment of a committee to draw up a code of resolutions in regard to the death of Colonel | ne Walte é member ot the B. ¥.0., ex-Com, | odore Haight nikde a speech, in witch he stated that the prizes to be presented t the gentlemen whose yachts been victorious in °~ THE FALL KEGATTA of last year were the glit gf Commodore Jacob Voorhis, Jr. They were handsome ou paintings of the Jour winning yachts, The first was preseuted to President cone ece and represented uis beau- tiful schooner Ait rounding the Southwest Spit on her way to victory. ‘he second was tne. sloup Adite, standing in to Graveseud Bay, and became the property of Mr. Wm. uu. Langley, tne fortunate | owner of that pretty craft, The tira was an ex- celient pamting of the sioop-yacht Kaiser Willem, owned by Mr, J. A, beling, and the fourth on the lst tell to the share Of Major A. C, Bush, propristor of the wave-skimmer Meteor. Each of the recipients made their acknowledgments in neat and appropri- | ate speeches; aiter which the members and guests present adjourned to the supper room, where A SPLENDID COLLATION had been prepared. When tie choice viands had been done ample justice to the following toasts were drunk:—‘‘The Ccmmodore’s Heaitn,” “The Brook- lyn Yacht Club,” responded to by V. C. Haight; “the Ofiicers of the Brooklyn Yacht Club,’’ re- sponded to vy Mr. Dillon; “Our Avsentriends,’? responded to by Commodore Kidd; ‘rhe Yachung lpterests of America,” responded to by Captain Beling; “Cube Root as Applied to Time Allowance— the more we hear of it the less we know,” re- sponded to by V. 0. Dickenson; ‘ine Rising Gen- eration,” responded to by D. Hall; “Land-Lubvvers,”? Tesponded to by Colonel Oakey; ‘ihe i'ress—the greatest engine Of progress; when the Whistle blows look out to clear the track;” “Doiiars—notuing sentimental abcut them, but tneir lfuence is al- ‘ways feit;” responded to by ‘Treasurer Felt. NEW YORK CITY, Mr. Goegg, a German well conversant with European potitics, lectures this evening in the Turn Halle, 66 and 68 East Fourtn street, on “Pout cal aud Social Affairs i Europe.” Coroner Young yesterday held an inquest tn Believue Hospital on the body oi Richard Gates, a seaman, attached 10 the bark C, 0, Wetmore, who | died from the effects of injuries received about three ionths ago by falling Irom the masuead to the deck of the vessel wile at sea. Julius Beems, a lad fourteen years of age, was yesterday arraigned at the Yorkville Police Court, | charged with the larceny of $253, The complainant, | Mr. John H. Honeck, testified that on the 22d instant the prisoner stole the avove sum irom nim and secreted it in a tree-box, with the exception of a lew dollars which ne spent, On beiug arrested the pris- | oner admitted the charge, and gave back me sum he | had concealed, He was heki in $1,000 ball lo answer, | At a meeting of brewers yesterday, at the board- room of the Brewers’ and Malsters’ Insurance Com- pany, Broadway, the committee which recently in+ terviewed the Commissioner of Internal Revenue at Washtagton conceroing the coliection of iteraal revenue on malt liquors reported. It was stated | that the Commissioner expressed his willingness to | simplity matiers for the brewers as much as possi- ble provided the stamps Dow 1n use could be defaced and suggested lo them the use of 4 “bung arrange- ment” by which thig could be effected. ‘The com- muttee thougit that some chemucal process could be obtained by waich the stamps could be defaced, re to consult Proiessor Voremus on jhe sub- Jec The Theta Delta Chi Fraternity, under the auspices of the Phi Charge, of Lalayette College, Pennayl- vania, met yesterday morning in parlor No, 114 Astor House, in annual reunion and to appropri- ate celebrate their quarter centennial, Delegates from all the principal colleges Were in attendance, and more are expected to arrive. Mr. H. A. Siuitn presided and Mr. F. . Bilimeyer discharged the duties of secretary. The session will continue to- day and to-morrow, bat the proceedings are strictly private, though it transpired that yesterday was occupied almost entirely in receiving the reports of the various charges, To-night the annual supper will be given at upper Velmonico’s, when Proiessor T. C. McCandush, of Willlam and Mary College, will appear as the orator, aod Lewis Hoisey, of Free- mansborg, N. Y., the poet The graduates of New York, without lurtier notice, are requested to attend the meetings of the iraternity, FATAL FAMILY FEUD, In Attempting to Settle Family Difference by Church Friends Murder Is Commiued Within the Holy jetnary. St. Louis, Feb, 28, 1872, George Webb was sh@ and killed, and James Aid and David Hamutree wounded, on Saturday last, in an affray at Salem church, five miles trom Inde- pendence, Mo. It appears tnat a bitter family feua existed between the Webb and Aid families, and as both parties belonged to the Salem Baptist church an eflort was made to settle the dificulty through the influence of the church, With this view a meeting of the respective friends of the famiites was held on Saturday, and while efforts were being | made to neai the ditferences between Aid and Webo afew angry words were spoken, whereupon Webo shot and wounded one of Aid’s brotners. In at- tempung to stop the fignt David Hamiltree was woundea and Webb killed, the jatter receiving seven bullets in his body. . IRON SHIP BUILDING AT ST. LOUI8, St. Louis, Mo., Feb, 28, 1872, | genio ‘MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. “Il Trovatere.”” The short season of German opera inaugurated at this house by the Fabbri troupe came wo @ close last evening before a pretty iarge audience. The well worn opera of Verdi, which is as familiar to the earé of the New York puoilc as & nur- sery rhyme, “Yankee Doodle” or “Shoo, Fly,” was the work selected te give a finish to the season. Mme, Fabbri and Mme, Clara Perl WOM enthusiastic applause im the rdles of Leonora and Azucena, and were honored with numerous encores. Mr. Muller repeated his former successes as the vindictive .Count, and gave a fine rendering to the ‘‘Il Balen,” He 1s evidently the pop- ular favorite in the company. The Manrico of Mr. Bernard was very bad, partly owing to an evident jadisposition and hoarseness, and partiy to an undve tendency to shout, This 18 a serious draw- back in German opera, that nearly every singer thimks that it is mis or her duty to de entirely on the power of lungs without reference to expression or color, They believe im carrying the ears of the audience by storm, an@ not their hearts, During the season that has it passed Mme. Fabbri, Mme. Perl, Mile. Elzer and Mr. Muiler were the only artists that proved selves worthy of praise. An opera | company not be organized at amoment’s notice, and no tot Kettle drums, trombones or shout- Ing can cover up defects, ‘The Grand Opera House. A card from Mr, Cole, the lessee of this establish- ment, appears in to-day’s HERALD, announcing the cessation of the pertormances there by tne German Opera Company vy reason of the report of the stage manager that he will require the immediate free use of the stage for the proper production of the spectacular piece, “Lalla Rookh,” by the litn of March. bis, of course, will not interfere with the Sunday - ¥ Jestivals, which will be continued as usual. over eight mvntns incidental reler- ences have been made to the new piece irom the pen of the author of “The Twelve “od pare ‘which latter spectacle had so protracted arun at the same theatre a year or two ago, auc it is there- fore safe to. predict that if public anticipation con- cerning the merits of ‘Lalla Rookh’’ be realized a siinilar, Mf not ter, success 13 in store for it, Itis Dut just to aay that, at least so far as can be judged by the material now ready and that portion in an incomplete @tate, the dresses, banners, properties and general accessories are of the most costly, in- us, appropriate and elegant descripuon, and come fully to every expectation. ‘Ihe scenery, painted by Marston, Schell, Dayton, De Rit. ter, Razonma Griever and assistants, a synopsis of which is nded, and of which there fuil sets, pon to convey, When having the wdvantage of proper stage setling and tha brillianterects of hghts with their well-bierded variegated colors, a just estimate of the iuxurious grandeur of the Oriental chme, de- scriptions of wnich are so prolific in Moore’s im- mortal poe! Act frat will reveal the Temple of the Sun, with its horse of fire and mystic caverns ; the city of hi by sunlight, and the palace of the Emperor of Aurungzeve. Act second will present @ gorgeo palace in India; the grove of palms on raers of the ‘eut desert, by meonlight; @nd the Lake of Pearls, by sunhgnt. Act three the illuminated palm and cedar groves, AcWfour will open with a view of the Val- ley ol the Nightingales, by moonlight; tien, in suce cession, the Royal Tent of Lalla Kook, the Lake of Terror, near the Cataract of the Ganges, and a view of Bucharias City, with a burning mosque. Act fifth aud last will give a grand panorama and a view of a sinking ci ending with a gorgeous transformauon scene, called “Lhe Rose Pearl; or, Bucharias’ Gem.'? faithful to that of the tamuliar story of the delicious poem, and therefore an additional toterest beyond Scenic and mechanical effects 1s alforded, which, it is to be hoped, will not be marred by indifferent in- terpretauion, Besides the intensity of inverest of the piece proper, With its elegant mountings and bs ui scenery, & very full grand operatic cnorus pas been engaged, Tissington’s orchestra aug: mented, and a corps de bauel organized that pro- mulses to excel its predecessors, A Colored Prima Douns “Yes,” said the Rev. Mr. Butler, the pastor of St. Mark’s colored Meihodiss Episcopal church in tnis city, (0a HERALD reporter on Tuesday evening at Steimway Hall, “you will find in this hall the eréme de (a créme of negrodom, and no mistake; all in full dress, too.” Tnere were 2,150 colored people of various shades in Steinway Hall on Tuesday night to listen Wo the sweet carolings of Miss Nelly Brown and Miss Murlanne Wililams, the two Alrican- Americau prvve donne who have lately magnetized lasaioname colored =society in this City by their musigal talents. Miss Nelly) Brown 1s an ocioroon, with very handsome features and @ really sweet voice, of rather small compass at present, but capable of tine cultivation. Miss Brown has enjoyed the attention of the highest colored Jamilies O1 New York for some time past, and she 18 NOW about Lo proceed to Italy to study music ane improve her voice under <he great masters of song. She has ail the material to become a fine singer, and ‘Will no doubt succeed in her laudable edfort wo as- cend the ladder of fame, - Miss Williams sang Badia’s ‘L’Estasi d’Amore,” and in several con pieces, and displayed re- Markabie talents as a vocalist. ‘The other artists”? were Miss B, Washington, Misa Kato, Messrs. J. Luca and A. C, Taylor und Professor 0. Fox. A nore enthusiasuc or appreciative audience It would be diificult to aud, Metropolitan Gossiy. A thief was lately caught breaking into a song, He had already got through the first two bi when @ policeman came up and bit him wiu stave. Mrs, Jobn Wood and her dramatic company sailed from Liverpool on the i7¢h inst, for ths city. ‘The company will open ab Nibio’s Garden on March 4, in Brougham’s burlesque of “Pocanontas.’? Harry Paimer, of Niolo’s Garden, salis tor Europe ou Maroh 2 He takes witn Lim ben Sherwood, the Machinist Of the theatre, to get some new mechani- cal ideas for the production ol a new piece shortly. The forthcomjng drama of ‘chicago, Before, During and Atter vhe Fire,” whien Josh Hart will shortly produce at the Comique, is said to be one of the most exciting plays ever placed on the metro- politaa boards. ‘The Vokes family, who were engaged in England by volonel Brown for Kovert Buticr, oi the Union Square Theatre, close their Loudon engagement at | Drary Lane Tieatre on March 24, aud sail trom Liv- erpooi for America on Marca 30, vy the China, ac- compauied by Wardle Corbyn as business manager, ‘Tbey will make their American aébut at tne Union Square Theatre ou April 15. ‘the New York correspondent of the St. Louis Re- Publican says that “Mile, Sassi, Of the ‘crook,’ is duing (ne uastiest thing On the stage yet heard of ‘Yo a slimy, creeping tune she sildes up to an urn of flowers, and drags therefrom a hideous, cussed suake. She shakes tne torpid wretch unul he slowly unfolds himsel!, runs his forky tongue out, and Wags iis scaly tail in long-metre iasnion, Then passidances and winds the clammy worm aboat her neck, and if there’s a man In ihe audience wants to make her acquaiitance alter exhibition 103 some man that owns an anaconda and wants to have It educated, I’m happy to add that Saturday tne snake bit her hand, and it was red and inflamed at night. Though tne serpen’s fangs have veen un- fortunately drawa, it 18 not hkey vo prove dan- gerous.” ALT MATLERS, Sale of Mr. Stewarvs Coilection of Pictures. The collection of paintings which attracted so Much notice during the past week at the Leavitt Art Rooms were last night sold at auction. Al+ though the attendance at the sale was large the prices realized were not 80 high as on late occa- sions, Many really valuable paintings were sold far below their value, and most of the minor pictures went at very reasonable prices, Those who desire to add to thelr collections Wili no doubt find the opportunity offered by we continuance of the sale to-nigat an excelient ocoa- sion to obtain good examples on easy terms and ought not to lose the Chance, The tollowing are the prices realized by some of the prominent pictures:— Bierstadt’s | ‘Jungirau,” $280; Frazer’s “Bouques,”? 400; Vorlat’s ‘Kiches and Poverty,” $205; Noel's Souvenir de Wieppe,’’ $125; Dillen’s “okat- ing Scene, $980; Vervoeckhoven’s “Landscape and Animals,’ $1,176; CU. Becker's urico Fruit,’ $975; Bellaugé’s ‘soiferino,”” $340; Casilear’s “Lake George,” $280; /ieim's “Grand Canal, Venice,” $900; Willems’ “‘Lauy aud Attendant,” $1,200; Bril- louin’s “Landlord’s Portrait,’ $625; Frére’s “Going Herumann’s ‘Philosophy of the fruit,” $600; Webb's Kecruit- geny’s “Farm Horses at “Curiosity,” $360; Kotter’s “Unfortu »"? $475; Fitcnel’s teward,” $310; Hubner’s “First Cloud of Matrimony,” $330: Koek- Koek’s “Amsterdam,” $320; Scliesinger’s “Master 1s Out,” $626; Guillemin’s “Interior of @ Cottage in Brittany,’ $475: Jacoracct’s “After the Bail,”” $360; Richards’ “spring Follage,’’ $200; Shattucn’s “Landscape in New England,” $460. The Willams collection brought something like $30,000—a sum consideravly less than it had been expected to real- ize. The Knoedier collection will be sold to-night, It contains the principal part of the important pic tures, Most of Which wehave already noticed. ing Sergeant, $625 ‘sch. ¥ $300; Amberg’ BENEVOLENCE (F THE JAPANESE, CiftcaGgo, Ill, Feb, 28, 1872, Just before leaving for the East, last evening, the Japanese Embassy presented Mayor Medill with the handsome gum of $5,000 for the relief of the poor of Articles of association Lave been filed m the oMce ‘Of the Secretary of State of the Western Iron Ship and Boatman’s Building Company, ine business to be carried on in the city of St. Louis, the objects being to bud wharves and docks, ships, steam- boats, barges and other water crait. The capital stock is placed at $3,000,000, and may be increased by @ vote of the stockholders to any amount not ex- ceeding $1 000, Am the directo: Goveruor’ Stange fang i sory Gaptaun EW. Gould, Captain John N. Botager, . Fox ana th {| Other promingnt citizens Chicago. REAL ESTATE MATTERS, Capers, Davis & Clark report having sold one lot 22x90 on the north side of Third street, Brooklyn, between Stxth and Seventn avenues, for $5,000, Also a plot of twenty-four jots, corner of Fifth ave. nue and Presiden; etreet, 100x87.3 on Fifth avenue, by 380x100 on President street, for $60,000, Aiso farm in Columpia county, New York, one mile from Budson Haver, 239 acres, for $40,000, is eighteen | it art stically huishe:! and will serve | THE STATE CAPITAL. A Substitute for the Seventy’s Charter in Prospect. The Judiciary Committee to Re- commend the Impeachment of Judges Barnard and Cardozo. A Corner in Rapid Transit Stock. Proposed Bill to Repeal the Usury Laws and Fix the Rate of Interest. Confirmation of Dr. Vanderpoel as Health Officer. Imprisonment for Debt To Be Abolished—The Judges to Appoint Clerks of Courts and Steno- graphers—A Bill Limiting Expenditures in Brooklyn and Creating a Bureau of Public Charities —Aseemblyman Husted and the Herald—The Drug Clerks’ Bill Passed. Amendments to the Erie Classification Repeal Bill—Alexander Frear Ousted, ALBANY, Feb. 28, 1872. The scene in the House last night and the passage of the Charter of the Committee of Seventy still continue to be the subject for conversation andfor whatever excitement exista,jj Tne excitement at most is very Jittle, and, uke the calm alter the storm, have been the proceedings of the House to- day. The Seventyites who nave remained are, of course, in high glee, but so high that they seem to disagree among themselves. John Wheeler, who has really done most of the working and talking for the chafter, 1% justly proud of his success, and predicts une speedy and = gafe | passage of the bill through the Senate, To-day {i learn, however, that there ts a probability or | Some bad stumbling blocks being placed in 1ts Way. The plot of the piece is quite) | The Committee on Cities have decided to give a | hearing to parties opposed to the bill on Tuesuay afternoon. Spencer was put on the qué vive on learning this, and immediately telegraphed to his friend, ex-Mayor Opdyke, to come up here aud speak against it. i have also heard that Tiemann, on being asked what was to be done with the charter, laconically and sharply answered, ‘Kill tt, damn it!’ 1tis rumored, also, that there wiil be, in the meantime, a charter presented in the Senate to suit the ideas of many Who are uot satisied with that of the Seventy. THE RAPID TRANSIT FOLKS are here in full force, and, it seems, have formed a sort of joint corporation, something on the plan proposed by Jonn Foley. The Arcade, Central, Un- derground and others, except the Beach Broadway Bore, nave combined and are willing that the Legis- lature should pass a law allowing them to deciae among themeelves the plan they desire!, This from the manner th the committeemen and others talk the Beach Pueumatio plan seems to bo the fa- vorite, and, having no viaduct to contend witn this year, the pushers of tuts project are quite elated at the prospect ol their success. Tnere are committee, and expected that all will ve fluaily settied to-morrow. ‘Ine friends of the Committee of Seventy’s Charter assembled in full force in the upper clamber thls mornthy expecting that the matter would come up for consideration, but they were disappointed, WEISMANN’S DRUG BILL, to reguiate the practice ol pharmacy ‘Ana the sale of poisons in the city of New York, was taken we aad passed, Chatiield being the only Senator pt who voted against It, THR HUDSON KIVER AND CENTRAL RAILROAD Company reported, iM reply to the resolution of in- quiry, tat chey run fourteen passenger ana tour freigit rains each way dally, that the average rate of speed 13 fifteen miles per hour, and that within the Jast two years the number of accidents was n’neteen and the number of deatas three, THE NEW HEALTU OFFICER. At twelve o’ciock nuon the Senate went into executive session to consider the appointment of Dr. Vanderpoel to be Health Onicer of the port of New York in plage of Dr. Carnochan. ‘The appotnt- mentot Dr. Vanderpoel was confirmed, anu be will enter upon his duties without delay. IMPROVEMENTS IN BROOKLYN. A bill presented by Senator Murphy provides that the authorities of the city of Brooklyn shall not issue any bonds or otner obligations, or in any man- her loan its credit beyond the sum of $2,800,000 out- standing atanj one Ume for local improvements, or under the act giving powers to the Water Board veyond tne sum of $2,200,000, Any officer violating this act will be guilty of misuemeauor, and liabie to Imprisonment for not less than one year and to pay a fine of not less than $1,000 for each offence. The bill was reierred. CITY RAILROADS. When the bill proposing to allow John T, Milla to run a@ line of horse railroad cars over the oid Bul’s Head stage line came up, Mr. sowen offered an amendment pro- viding for the sale of the franchise at auction to the highest bidder, in the usual manner, It was suggested thatin the absence of Mr. Benedict, who had charge of the measure, the subject be post- med, and accordingly it was passed over. Mr. 1epiann remarked that when thg proper time came he would tell all about the matter, and would suow that the Legislature had nothing whatever to do with ll, Jt Was simply a question between Mr, Milis, the former proprietor of the stage line, and the Harem Hulroad Company, aud i ne had sul fered any ijustice at the hauds of the company ne should seek redress from them. Cady’s Crosstown Rauroad bill was recommittea to the committee for clerical corrections. in the Assembly to-day a large amount of business Was doue, although no bilis oi auy general mterest were presenteu except one by aivord in regard to the USURY LAWS. The bill repeals all exisung usury laws and makes it legal tocharge more than seven per ceut except where a written coniract bas been made ta which aby amount of interest may be agreed upon, ‘This 18 @ very ingenious looking “reform” measure, but it will be seen that it does not make any improve- ment on existing laws. The Judiciary Committee reported the testimony = ‘THE JUDICIARY INVESTIGATION to-day and nad 1) sent to the printer, with the most severe injunctions as Lo Its sacred Character and the + necessity of inviolable secrecy In the matter. The testimony 18 quite voluminous, and covers seem: Ingly some two hundred pages of legal cap. Although the examination has not been concluded llearn [rom private sources that the committee wiil recommend the impeachment of both Judges Bar- nard and Cardozo. They lave iound nothing but what they could most highly commend in conuec- tion with the management ol the Uounty Clerk's Onice and the careful and ready manner in which the business there has been conducted as far as they have yet learned, THE FREAR-KILIAN CASE came before the House to-day on the report of the committee, Which 18, of course, in favor of award- ing the seat now heid by Frear to the contestant, Kilian. Messrs. D. B. Hill and Moseley, the minority of the committee, dissented from the report, but, of course, their dissent amounts to nothing, and it is | preuy sale to assert that these hails of legislation | will Know “Charter Aleck’? no more, at least this season, THE MANHATTAN CAB COMBINATION Was knocked in the head,vo-lay, aithough Husted succeeded finally in having it laid on the table, As Unis 1s tor a company Whica, It 18 claimed, Will Ina. terially injure tue business of the hackmen in New York City, it Will be severely fought, and the appeal of tue “poor cabbies” maya fect its death. HOUGHTON’S CIVIL COURT BILL was under consideration in the Assembly Judiciary Committee to-day, and will, no doubt, be reported some time during the coming week. ‘The will, It will be remembered, gives to the juages the right to appoint tae clerks of the courts aud takes tue power away irom the supervisors. COOK'S BOGUS JEWELRY BILL has been considered in the Committee on Trades and Manulactures, but final action by the com- mittee has been deferred unl those opposed to ine revisions of the bill could bave an opportunity of being heard. it will probably be acted upon during leaves but two underground measures Date ae | which several “elevated” projects still hanging, and it Is | | sent | | the app j law. them for with i— Wena sniar Gave from the passage of thls aet the shall appoint three ‘comntset Ratlway Com) and ple the amount pala oy ox of Company into ita treasury, and acti and in good faith expended. by said ‘com- pany, either in the construction or equipment of ita said commissioners report to sald Chief Justice within sixty days from the time they accept their appointment prea commissioners: the actually paid and expended, and ‘amount so f thereafter the aggr: amount of the capital stock Of said company shall be limited to the par value of the amount paid by said stockholders and expended by said company on its property FOR THE PUBLIC WELFARE; and hereafter no inierest or dividends shall be ES Ob any of tue outstanding common s‘ock of the rie Ratlway Company until it bas been excel or converted into new stock of the company repre- senting its proportional value determined | bi said commissioners, alier said commissioners iL have made their report, and the amount’ol the re- duced capital stock of the Erie Railway Company has been determined; the rates on the passenger travel and the to!ls on freight transportatiod over its road shall be so regulated and restricted as NOT, TO BURDEN THE PUBLIC, requiring the te ot that road to pay, interest or dividends on moneys now expended for their benefit, ‘The commissioners hereby provided to ve Sppomied shall have power to send tor persons and pa adininister oaths or aMimations, compel attendance of witnesses and to do all things whatsoever needed or required for the purposes of this act, It 28 estimated that under these amend ments the cap tal stock of we Lrie Railway Compaay would be reduced about one-third of the amount now out- standing, and the annual saving to the people along 1ty Line Would be nearly $5,000,000, when dividends are pald on the stock oi that company. CONFIRMATION OF DR. VANDERPOEL. The Senate in executive session nas confirmed the nomination of Dr. Vanderpoei as Healta OMcer Of the Port of New York. ‘The Clerk of the Senate has appointed Captain W. W. Pierson, Journal Clerk, and Captam Wiliam K. Woodiu, Eogrossing Cierk. Mr, Husted and His Anti-Zrie Bill. FRBRUARY 28, 187% To THE Epiror oF THE HEXALD:— Your editorial of to-day does me a great injustice, T was perfeotly well aware of the effect of my bil. My object in introducing it in ita present form was to obviate any discussion before the commitcee and to secure its immediate report, in oraer that I might pertect it in committee of the whole, L voved against the Classification act ot 1 have aiways favored iis repeal, favor of any half way measure, but I have learned enough of the ways of legislation to Know that a bill 18 never under the contro! of the member who Introduces 1t until it comes before the Committee of the Whole. When I shat! have periected my bill then it will be a proper subject of newspayer criti- cism, and wiil then, [ feel convinced, meet the ap- probation, tstead of the opposition, of the HERALD. JAMES W. HUSTED. NEW YORK LEGISLATURE, Senate. ALBANY, N. ¥., Feb. 28, 1872, PRIITIONS. A large number of petitions were presented against the repeal of the Erie Classilication act, and four in favor of the repeal; also in favor of exempting mortgages from taxation; in favor of the private bill tor a State Home tor disabled solaters, 8 INTRODUCED. 0. town officers in Newtown; for inst f | protection of tuxpayers a; Also relating to Courts uf Reoord and other Courts in New Courts vo appoint officers and stenog ustices of the fo regulate th wrongful acts of pulic o vetoed by the Governor and vot his objections, | York. It authorizes Judges of Marine Courts and Sessions | Courts to appoint and remove the Judgen of all P| In relation to transcripts of judgments o Peace und the dictating of the same in County Clerks’ oflices, | It requires notices to everybody in the transcript of the name | of the attorney. HILLS REPORTED, To restrict the power of the city of Bro! or loan its credit foi | improvement amount for local improvements to #2 500,000 at any thne, and for water and sewerage to $2,200,000. ‘Also to lay out, open and grade say Ridge avenue, in Kings county, Also to regulate LERES, For ‘searebing and year, and ten cents for each TH except in Kings certifying, five cents tor etc incumbrance; docketing judgmenis’ (two, defendants), not less than aixty cents, tach aduitional de‘en tant ten cehte; faxing costs, fifty cents; docketing aud transcribing, twenty- five cents. BILLS PASSED. Reappropriating a certain portion of the income of the United States Deposit Pund for the benelit of academies, It appropriates 1,600 to purchase books and apnaratas, / 9 egulate the practice of phurnacy und tue sale of msonsin the city of New York. It abolishes the present, joard of Examiners and confers on the College of Pharm ointment of examiners; the penalties for viviating to go to the Collexe. THE MUDSON RIVER RAILROAD y sent in, in answer to inquiries of the Senate, a the act Dwing the tracks need; algo an account of the num- f trains run, the rate of speed, uumber of aceidents, | act The company does not own ahy of the property used, but teases trom the Harlem Raliroad Companys ‘The Cary Crosstown Raliroad bill was recommitted to the Committee on Raj roads, ‘The bill tn relation to petit jurors for the County Court and Court of Sessions in Westchester county was ordered to a third reading, Assembly. ALDANY, Feb. 28, 1872, Mr. JUDD presented a memorial trom the shipowners, | agents and shipmasters of New York asking an investiga- tion, a# soon as may be, into the abuses and extortions to which they are subjected by the Board of Pilot Commussion- ers. The memorial is signed by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, Spofford Brothers, F. Alexander & Sons, Atlantic Mail Stenmahip Company, Livingston, fox & Co, Henry R Morgan & Co, J. H, sparks, boyd, Hincken & Co.,, Wil- Name & Guion"and maoy others. — Mr. Judd also presented petitions from residents on Staten Ialand for a metropolitan. police, oa nh . Bilis, Reroute. ‘To incorporate the Mutual Trust Company of New York. ‘To amend the charter of the city of Kingston; also of New- bung; also of Klmira; also of Cohogs, "0 create a Department of City Works for Brooklyn to abolish the Department of Sewerage. Axainst the bill Tegulate packages of butter, which was to, ‘agreed to and the bill passed, ‘The bill incorporating the Mankattan Accommodation Come pany was lost by Ju to M4. Amouun to recousider was laid on the table, BL By Mr. MAcKAY—' 8 INTRODUCED, neorporate the Young Men's Untvere sallat Assoclation, of New York, which namn@ as incorpora- tors Ri H. Chapin, Kev, &. C, Sweetzer, William A, Miles, Scott, Munrve Crane, E. Streeter Brooks, Wil- liam Horace Greeley and several others. . King, By Mr. EAsTMAN—lIacorporauing the Pougukeepsie Fe- male Guardian Society. By Mr. ALUERGER—To Legalize the Acts of the Buffalo Common Council, Mr. TOKEY—To facilitate the construction of a railroad In Essex count By Mr. MokTON—To create n Kines county a Department of Public Charities, in Brooklyn; also to reorganize we Fire Department of Brooklyn. yar. Watre--To enable iife insurance companies to trausfer their business Mr. JAcous—Granting farther powers to the Wess Snore Line Land and Improvement Company in Kings count Y. By Mr, BENNeTr--Vroviding for the erection of an armory in Brooklyn. By Mr. Roctre.-To corporate the South Brooklyn Loan. my iy Mr. cribing the powers and duties of the Monroe County Board of Supervisor ‘ALY. -To prevent the sale of adulterated milk in nd Brooklyn, and Improvement ( ‘abolish imprisonment for debt. y. bing the powers and duties uf Coro- hers in the city and county of New ork. By Mr. Fokr—Authorizing the coustruction of # street railway in Oswego, THR USURY LAW. By Mr. ALVORD—Kelative to the rate of interest. It ia a copy of the Massachuseits law, except it fixes the rate of inte: rent at seven instead of six percent und abolishes the usury In the absence of an agreement the interest will be Seven per cent, An agreement to pay a greater raie of in- terest will not be good ualess in writing, und when it is in Wilting it ean be collected, By Mr. Jupb—To extend the time for the collection of taxes in Richmond county, On his motion the bill was read @ third time and passed, MEDALS FOR THE SOLDIERS OF THE WAR, Mr, Juv also !utroduced a@ bill to provide @ aultable teatt- monial for each officer and soldier who served during the war Of the revellion similar to the memorials provided for in Massachusetts, ‘To establis h & bulkbead ine for the harbor te the formation of new corpo- where property 13 sold under the (oreclusure of BY UsTED—To charter the Elevated Arched Railroad Com pauy in New Yore, the saume bill wo lavsocused ty ne japate yesterday. * ates By Mr. CHAMBERS —To exten juris P Comuiltaloners of Buifalo. ee iy Orkie: 4 te mitts phere OASE, Ir. AN, (rom the Cowumittee on Elections, submit- ted the report on the contested weat case of Kili rear, concluding with the followin Fesolution jibe esvived, 1 rederick Kilian having received greatest uimber of votes cast for member of the Assembly 4 the Fifteenth A county ot New embly district of the rk, at the geveral election held on the 7th N. a the duly’ elected member from said distrieh, gout entitied to Seat now occupied by Mr. Alex- as suc! ander Frear. Mr. D. BL Un the motion of Mr. D. B. H1it the report wi: the table and made the special order for Friday at ‘tte ofelock. Nr. Hi, liso abnounced thal ‘Mr. Moneley and hi self, the minority of the committee, dissented 11 port aud would subuiit @ minority roport. bn dyadli Meet dean's date ioe, bit vides oO, 1. Hataut offered the following, which was laid over:— Resolved, That the Judicl Comat e ben “ x investigate the Deparument ol lon, particularly the ouceau of ment and names of commission of the same and the payment thereof; aw: names and duties of ali persone the whole term ot office of the pi Jorpora- pooint~ penses made and tne connected therewith during CAPITOL. SPEROMES ON MONDAY NDA On motion of Mr. Jacons the report of 1 Ways and Means on the charges agalnst the Commissioners. and Superintendent of the new Capitol was made \ue special order for Monday evening next, Mr. JUDD offered the Tollow!a which was adopted: nts have been mave against Whereas charges and com, the action of the m OR MASTERS AND PILOT COMMISSIONERS of the port of New York sn their olicial capacuy, Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce and Lip ho mmittee on the present or the coming week, and as it interieres Very much with the business of cheap jewelry aud ps aiers and manulacturers, it will no doubt stroligly opposed. THE SENATE EXCISE COMMITTEE gave a hearing to several citizens irom various parts of the state, among them ex-Senator O’Don- neil, on the bills before the Legislature on the liquor question. Most of the speakers favored the propusi+ tion for local prohibition—that 18, to submit the question Of license or no license to the peopie of the towns and vill: throughout the State. The loliowing amendments to the Erie Classifica. tion act were submitted to the Judiciary Commit. tee Of the Senate at thelr = “OM "bis allernoOOD, and s tion be and hereby are authorized Wo investigate auc charges and compiaiits, with power to sead for persons apd Tne djourned, THE COMPTROLLER’S PAYMENTS, a Comptroiier Green made the following payments Yesterday :— Department of Police—lay of force for ¥eb., 1872, Fire Department—Iay of inen Jor February,, “ fan Department of Public Inetruction—For pay of profes: 20,000 sors and teachers in College of City of New York... 7X All pay the salaries of the regular tn ‘epartvent of Public Works and of the Mater Poulce for October, November anu Decein- y Asal,