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

THR STATE CAPITAL. Rapid Transit and the Charter Discussed in the Legislature. A Day of Quibbles, Compromises and Arrangements. : An Immense Throng of Spectators CROWDS OF LADIES PRESENT Ccmmissioner Van Nort and Comptroller Green Retained in Office, The Charter Likely to Pass the Senate as Amended. SENATOR 0’BRIEN TO RESIGN. Vigorous Debate on the Under- ground Humbug Bill. The Job Will Be Successful in the Assembly. Railroad Bills and the Charter To Be Debated Again To-Day. ‘The Miller Investigation Still On—How the Streets New York Are Not Cleaned and How the Citizens Are “Done Brown,” ALBANY, March 28, 1872, The Senate lobbies and galleries were crowded to-day, during the debate on the charter, as they Were never crowded before. It was almost im- Possible after the doors were thrown open to make one’s way from the ante-rooms to the galleries, 80 G@ense was the gathering of politicians, Committee of Seventy members and professional loungers, black and white. For the first time within the Tecoliecuon of the oldest member of the Legisia- ture ladies were provided with seats within the sacred Senatorial circle. This innovation on estab- Mshed custom was occasioned, by the uupre- cedentedly large number of the fair sex who put m gn appearance during the debate, and who, nothing deterred by the crowds they met at the doors, succeedea by dint of a great deal of personal exertion and determined elbowing on the part of the doorkeepers in reaching tne gal- leries. Every seat on the front row in that portion of the Senate especially RESERVED FOR LADIES ‘Was occupied long before the usual routine business had been concluded and the charter taken up in Commitiee of the Whole, and it thus happened that the ladies who arrived a little late found themeelves mong the “standees” of the male persuasion ranged in paper-of-pins order along the walls. ‘The door- keepers, at thesuggestion of one of the youngest and best-looking Senators, placed several chairs within the circie just beside the reporters’ desks and, in- Vited the Tair late comers to make themselves com- fortable, They were not slow in accepting the in- vitation, aud, as they were all young and good- looking, the reporters were thrown invo the direst confusion, and got on with their work a great deal more slowly than is tneir wont. Indeed, the novel Bight afforded by the female invasion within’ the railing was the generai subject of comment and conversation, aud more than one Senator in rising to speak addressed “Mr. Chairman” while staring full at one of the invaders, THB FEMALE SUFFRAGISTS ‘will no doubt be delighted to hear all about tnis matter, for their foremost leaders may reasonably expect that the next great event at Albany will not be simply that ladies are allowed seats on the floor of either house of the Legislature, but that they are made full-fledged Senators, witn full privilege of speaking their minds freely on all subjects, regard- Jess of points of order or anything that Croswell throws in the way of men to make them talk to the purpose. THE SEVENTY SOLONS’ POLICY. ‘The debate was carried on with great spirit once it had been begun, and from beginning to end it ‘Was a give-and-take gamé between the democrats apd republicans, The former made the most Capital they could out of the cumulative system whenever it was sighted in any section; but the republicans, as I said ‘yesterday, had made uv their minds to stand by it as an experiment, although acknowledging that they really had no faith in it, and so they allowed the democrats to amuse themselves over it.witnous hindrance, The generai discussion so far nas @emonstrated beyond a doubt that the charter as it originally came from the Committee of Seventy coula never have obtained a corporal’s guard of supporters in the Senate. It was the knowledge of ‘this fact, doubtless, that led the Senate Cominittee On Cities to make the changes in it they did. In- deed, it has become apparent on all sides that the only way the charter can be saved at all ts by OONCESSIONS AND COMPROMISES. * Mr. Palmer's efforts to have the charter go through as much like the original as possibie have been un- uring so far, and he haslet no opportunity pass ‘Without maxing some endeavor to keep the most uncompromising of the Senators from tearing it to tatters. But he has had Si uphill Joh of 10; ana, judging from the tenor of the femarks of many of the. hak it may be that even more radical rete thai have aireaay been made to the bill ‘will have to be made to satisfy the views of a ma-_ jority in the Senate. Mr, Palmen “Under the clrouni- ‘stances, has rathey a rough road ‘0 travel, and may Gdiié 16 the conclusion before tong that his struggles on benalf of the Committee of Seventy may as well be given up as useless, One of the very Dest evidences of the compromise-concession plaa tat has bad to be followed to insure the success of pd charter in any shape 1s the retention of both Mr. ‘an Nort and Mr, Green in office, and the giving of the appointment of the Commissioners of Public Batety to Judges Sedgwick and Curtis, The Com- mittee of Seventy have up to the present acted very unwisely and with very poor diplomacy, and may thant themselves forthe signiticant vote by ‘Which the Senate determined to-day to retain ‘Van Nort in oftice. ‘They were . DEAF TO EVERY BNTREATY onthe part of the real {rieaas of the charter to Make a lew concessions to the spirit of the major- ity as to this particular matter and that of retain. ing Mr. Green. Their sole answer has all along ‘veen:—“‘if you don’t pass the charter as we want it we wont consider it our work snd we will tell the people so.” It 18 not ioe under the circum- Stances that when the Senate discovered how tue land lay—that they were to make all tue concessions and the Seventy Solons none—It should have put its foot down tirmiy, as it did to-day, and have deciared Shat it was responsible to the people and was not @iraid of leaving them to judge between them and the wise commitiee, who have so far acted so un- ‘Wisely in the dictatorial attitude they have assumed toward the men who do not choose to look at every thing in the same light they do, THAT TICKLISH SECTION. It fell to the lot of Senator Benedict to open the debate, He at once made @ dead get upon te pro- Posed change in the thirty-first secuon. In his opinion New York had of late had a sore experience im the matter of having olicers in power who conid not be removed. If the amendment was adopted the present Commissioner of Public Works couid Not be removed ior iwo years. As one of ihe New York representatives né protested against Its adop- tion, Mr. Tiemann took issue with Mr. Benedict as vo this particular view of the matter. The Courmts- stoner coutd be removed ior cause, He ventured to say that the people of New York would not get as good men under the charter under considerationas were obtained under tue charter of 1870. He was willing tw Vote for this charter i nothing better coud ve devised before the end of the session, but be was ” Ls to the 1ea of putting out of ouice good who ot this present time were absolutely NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1872.-TRIPLE SHHET. Recessary vo the welfare of the two greatest de- — ‘of the metropolitan government. Mr. ‘eismano agrees with Mr. Benedict that the amendment should not be adopted. Mr. Palmer calied Mr, Benedict's attention to the twenty-ffth secuion of the charter, which provided tor the re- moval of the heads of departments appointed by the Mayor and the removal the Governor of the by the or Board of Alder- men, Mr, O'Brien reminded Mr, Tiemann that he had stated the day oefore, the debate on the section uncer consideration, that Mr. Van Nort and Mr. Green were 80 unpopular that they COULD NOT BE RLECTED TO ANY OFFICE. In his opinion that fact !urnished the very strong- est argament against keeping them in power. Mr. ‘hemann, without replying to Mr. O’Briep, offered an additioual amendment providing chat the Com- mission could be removed by the Mayor the amendment as amended was then put to @ vole, and @ count veing called for 1t'was found to be carried by the follow- ing vote:—For the amenaments—allen, Adams, Baker, Cock, Chatietd, Foster, my ver, Johnsot Lowery, Madden, Kobert- Palmer, inst the amendments—Bow inslow, McGowan, Weismann (U’Briep not vi ir. after this astonishing result ich showed preity plainly that the republioan re determined not to et go the partial hold they yootained on THE CITY PATRONAGE, endeavored to have the section 30 amended that the Board of Aldermen would have nothing to do witn the appommtiment of the loner of the De- partment ot Public Works, has the effort was un- successiul, He then str to have @ provision adopted that Commissione! should not be removed at the pleasure | the Mayor, but. simply cause.” He alk unsuccessiut in this efor, Mr. Weisman contended that as the Mayor would not have the appointment of one of the Commis- sioners (. Pubuc Works until 1874 the section should De 80,5". ded as to give the Mayor the power to Teme vt only the Commissioner appoiatea a him bus “the present Commissioner appoint under this act.” Some discussion ensued beiween Mr. Palmer and Mr. Benedict on this point, which was finally decided by the adoption of an amend- Ment giving the Mayor the power Mr. Welsmann had suggested he should be given im the matter. When the jortieth section—whicn relates to the Department of Public Parks —was reached, , Maduen suggested tnat it should be changed so tnat the Commissioners could be appointed by we Legislature —that is to say, by putting the names of the Commissioners in the bul, The old system of appointing the COMMISSIONERS WHO DREW NO PAY worked well. in his opinion, under tae cumulative gystem of electing them, the vagabonds and scoun- drels in New York would get control of the Park Department. ‘The Central Park was voo dear to te ple to be put into tne hands ol rogues and po- litical wirepuliers, He then made@ motion in uc- cordance with his suggestion. ft was lost without a division. At this point Mr. Tiemana got up outof order and vo speak on the question that nad already been decided. The Chairman got into con- Versation with a gentleman in his immediate vi- cimity, aud Mr. ‘fiemann, wisning to be heard, ex- claimed rather tartly, “I waut che Chairman to listen w all I’ve got to say.” The Senate and the galleries burst out into a loud laugh at ths rather extraordinary method of instructing the pre- suing officer as tu his duty, and Mr. ‘Tiemann, turn- ing round go a8 to face the other Senators, ex- claimed, as be pusied his short-sight sapectacies over his eyebrows aud put on his long-sight gl “Now, it aint so very tunny.” This only MADE MATTERS WORSR, and It was with grea diMouity that the Chairman could restore order. When Mr. Tiemann took his seat the reading Of the bill was coutinued, Mr, Madden aguin endeavored, when the lorty-second secuon Was reached, to nave the clause stricken out which gives the President of tne Park Commis- sion $6,000 4 year. He knew very well that a great many patriots couid be found who would be willing to serve the cily Jor the sake Of getung big salaries. The Citizens’ Association made a good thing out of this kind of patriotism, and so did Andrew H. Green, the present Comptroller of the city, He remembered very well when Mr. Green came to Albany and lopbied through a bil giving him not simply § pat $10,000 @ year; and, thanks to his “patriousm” in this regard and the kindness of the Legisiature, he was enabled to draw $140,000 out of the treasury. The forty-third section, which is the first sec- tion of articie 7, and which relates to tne ‘“De- partment of Public Safety,” afforded Mr, Lewis an opportunity 10 6 a terse legal argument against the Idea of having the judges appoint the Comuis- sloners. He denounced tue atvempt apparent in the section to MIX UP THE JUDGES with politics, and declared that 1t was a disgracetal thing lor the Legislature even to suggest that they should be made a party to tue arranging of so-calied non-partisan Commussions, ‘They should be kept aivof from politics and not allowed in the remotest manner to have anyching to do with making up de- partments and bureaus with which they mignt have to deal afterwards in their judicial Capacity. Mr. Covk offered an amendment that the M have the appointment of the Commissioners instead o1 the judges. Mr. Murphy contended that when the Senate was about it 1t might as well uo the non- partisan business properly. ‘There was something very suapiclons avout the way tae Coamissioners were to be appomnted. Judge sedgwiog and Judge Willam E, Curtis were Wndondtedty good and honorable men, but he deemed that Judge Curtis was elected by @ majority of the demo- crats. in New York city ‘This was a fact about which there could be no argument; and yet the proposiuon was made to put mto his hands the power to appoint three Commissioners, that 18 if his associate could not decide upon the six to be appointed, Now, what guarantee was there that the Commission would be noo-partisan? Supposing dudge Curtis saw fit to consider himself UNDER NO OBLIGATIONS tothe democratic party, what then? Was it nota possibility—he wouid concede that the possibility was not a very decided thing, if be could so teria 1t, DUt still there Was @ Chance that the non-partisan feature of the Commission might be conspicuous by ita absence, He therefore moved to give the ap- pointment of the Commission to the Mayor and General Sigel, he being one of the elected authori- ties in New York. After a little desuitory discussicn the motion was put, and lost without a division. Article nine was taken up at the evening session, and Mr. Lewis obtained the floor. He made a vigor- ous attack upon an amendment which was offered by Mr. Tiemann to retain Comptroller Green in office till 1874. It was impossibie for him to see how the city could be benefited by keeping either Mr. Van Nort or Mr. Green im office and turning out other officiais. Mr. Palmer remarked that what New York wanted most was honest men in office. Mr. Green had the confidence of the honest people and should be retained. Mr, Mad- den said there was an honorable «understanding that if Mr. Van Nort was retained Mr. Green should also be kept in office, and he trusted the Senare would stand by it. Mr. Bowen was of the opmion that the democrats who voted to retain mr, Van Nort should not act as though they were in league with the majority. He pelleved that the reiorm movement in New York had a broaqer scope than to put aside one or two or more men and keepliy i Nee ne, gE KS, gore | Men, Mr. Johnson deme LECTURE THE DEMOCRATIC SENATORS, and claimed that they intended. to vole in away thatin their judgment would benefit the people, and partisan ‘appeals would have no hold upon them. Mr. Madden explained what he meant by “au honorable understanding.” He had had no conversation with any democrat nator as to the charter. It was well known that the Senators were very much divided as to what kind of a charter should be passed for New York. Some were mm fayor of the charter of 1870, some in favor of the charter of the Committee of Seventy pure and simple, and séme in favorof changing that charter 80 as to meet the views of the majority of the Senators, democrats and republicans alike. He had never asked a democratic Senator’s counsel one Way or the other on the charter, but, if he thought it necessary, be was not afraid to advise with democrats or vote with them in the Senate or elsewhere. The amendment was then Li to a vote, and was carried by 16 to 6, Mr. johnson then offered an amendment that the four Com missioners of the Treasury be appointed by the Mayor, instead of being elected by the Board of Aldermen. This was voted down without a division. Mr. Tiemann, wien the section relat- ing ©, > TH a ales aya od yp iene GHAMBERLALOS COMPENSATION “igread, offered an amendment that, in liea of $20,000 annually, as provided for in the bill, he should have $30,000, tn lieu of all fees, the amount to cover all the expenses of his office. ir. s Palmer stated that tue office of Chamber- jain had such “advantages” that it was worth $100,000, Mr. Murphy could not concetve the idea that @ man could derive any “‘ad- vantages” out of the city moneys. One of the offi. cers of the Senate had been obliged to give up his place because he had derived ‘advantages,”’ which were certainly uo more wrongiul for him to profit by than were the “advantages” de- rived by the City Chamberlain. He desired Wo put the oflice beyond temptation, and he wouid on that account support fhe amendment fixing tne salary at $30,000. @ Motion was lost by a vote of 7 to 11, Mr Madden then offered an amend- ent that the Chamberlain — suould not & president or director of any bank or trast company m which he ‘deposits the city moneys. ‘nig motion was lost, only five voting for it, Which so surprised the genial Tiemann that he stood ap in bis piace for a moment, looked about rather wildly anu exclaimed aloua, “Is that all?’ Oi course there was a roar of laughter, which Mr. Tiemann Jaued to see the point oi. ‘The eighty: eighth section, providing for / THE MANNER OF KLBCTING TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, also brought Tiemann to nis feet. “What's that!’ he cried, as he neard the Clerk read that “six trus- tees should ve elected from each ward. “What, What? that can’t be!” “What do you mean?’ petu- lantly queried Mr, Benedict, Wao Was seated by his side, “Mean, sir!” ejacuiated Tiemann; “why, that can’t be—six trastees from each ward. It must be from each Senatorial district.” ‘Nota bit of ttl replied Benedict, and down came the gavel of the Chairman with @ rap! rap! rap! that made Tie- mann almost jump out into the side aisie, However, he waa determined to say what he had to say, ana, regardiess of the gavol rappings that followed him at every word, be went on taiking all the while to Mr. Benedics instead of to the Chairman. “Now. look here,” said he, “six trustees lo each ward, Jet me see, six times two are twelve, two anil carry six times two are twelve, and one thirteeu; that makes 182 What! 132 trustees altogether | — Well! that 19a good big. dose.” ‘The Senator sat down at tusamid a roar of \aughter so loud and 4 pro. longed that the admonivions Of tue gavel were uuneeded for several minutes, and finally even the Chaivman forgot the solemnity of the Senatoria: occasion and allowed his serious countenance to relax into a oroad grin, The business of READING THR SECTIONS was resumed when order was restored. The section roviding for the publication of the proceedings of ihe Various city departments in the three morning papers ge | the largest circulation was amended y the wo. “morning” beige stricken out. Mr. \O’Brien op the establishment of the oficial Jour! on the ground that ty the information the people wanted about the city government could not be obtained in the City Journal, for the reason that the poor people might not be able to get the Journa!. The proceedings snould be published tn the five daly hewspapers ha\ the largest circulation, where everybody ex; to find news. The City Journal should be stricken out of the section, Mr. Madden wished the press to-be independent. Many of whe NEW YORK NEWSPAPERS HAD BEEN SUBSIDIZED yy the oficial advertisements last year, He was in favor of the City Journal clause, for he {eit that any news of any importance about the city depart- ments would be obtained by the daily press, For instance, the certainty that the New YoRK HERALD ee news that the people wanted would ang . pur on the other papers to follow ip 118 rising. At half-past ten bill was read, and although several motioas to ad- journ were made they were all voted down, and the It Was Opened in the matter of general amend: ments, Quite a lively fight took place over amenament widing for a new set of Tax Com- mussioners. ‘Lhe Senators were IN A TERRIBLE MUDDLE over it, and so no action was taken uponit. Mr, Madden offered an amendment extending the terms of office of the Boards of Aldermen of May, 1874, No action was taken upon it, the senator stating ‘that he offered tt go that he could bring it up when the bill would be ordered to @ third reading, Mr. Welssmann offered an amendment that the Hoard of Aldermen should elect tour commis- sioners, who shall be associated with Mr, Van Nort on and after the 15th day of May next, No action was taken on the motion. Senator Weissmann stated that he had received @ letter signed by over one hundred and fifty merchants in New York, asking that the Department of Public Parks should be made @ separate department and not included in the De Ment of Public Works. ‘The bill will be considered in the full Senate to- morrow, and will undoubtealy be passed as amended, it will then go to the lower Honse, where 1G 18 expected that there Will be a big fight over the Senate’s amendments. O'BRIEN TO RESIGN. The explanation of that portion of Senator O’Brien’s speech yesterday in which he stated that his seat would be vacant after the charter had been Pp , is that he intends to resign as Senator the week after next, claims that he only ran ior Senator ast election be- cause he felt that he could strengthen the reform movement by doing so. The objecis which he sought to accomplish, the overthrow of the Tammany and che Erie Rings, have been attained, and he says that he cannot atford to remain avy longer @t the capital. It is a positive question of expense, and he nas therefore decided upon a course which, he believes, wilt put an end to all apprehension on that score as far as ne is con- cerned for the balance of the session, RAPID TRANSIT—THE CENTRAL UNDERGROUND SCHEME, The subject of raptd transit for the city of New York was the special order to-dav in the Assembly. There have been @ score or so of schemes before the railroad committees of both houses, and after con- sidering some of them separately the committees Met i jolot session for the purpose, if possible, of agreeing upon a plan or plans that wouid secure to the citizens of Manhattan Island the facilities that are now so urgently demanded. The joint commit- tee was unable to agree upon any one or more of the schemes presented. The Senate committee has reported agatnst all of them except the Beach Pneumatic and Swaiue’s Toree-tier plan, botn ot which were iavorablv reported to and subsequently adopted by the Senate. ‘The Assembly committee Teported adversely on the Beach Pneumatic plan and in favor of the Ceatral Underground. In the lower jjouse the latter Was made the special order for to-day, together with the other blils which came in from the senate for concurrence, Most of the morning session was taken up with the third reading of ordinary bills, which bad prece- dence of the special order, and it was not untit within an hour oF the time usual for the recess tuat the matter caine up for discussion, But the ball was opened and the suvject Was resumed at the evening session, THE BILL, AS AMENDED and reported by the Railroad vommittee of the As- sembly, grants to the Ventral Underground Railway Company powers addiuonal to those conlerred by the acts of 1868 and 1563, ‘Tne route, with not more than two tracks, 10 single or double tunnels, 1s trom the Batiery, under Bowling Green and Broadway, to the Circle, at Fiity-ninth street, touching Union and Madison squares, and thence to ana under the Boule- vard, or pubic drive, to and under Eleventh avenue to its northern extremity; aod also under sach streets and avenues above 122d street as may be sult- able and convenient ty make connections with the Hudson River Raliroad, the Spayien Duyvil and Port Morris Kailroad or any other roads or raliroads in Westchester county now ex- isting, or hereaiter to be constructed, or with any bridge or tunnel across Harlem River connect- ing with wem. in accomplisiing this purpose so much of the line may be in open cut or otherwise as may be necessary LO make the connections on a level with the grades of those roads at or near Har- lew River or Spuyten Duy vil Creek, and may cross those streams by means Of drawbridges or single or double tunnels. ranch roads are authorized to be constructed*irom the main line to connect with the Hariem Railroad ut some suitable point between Forty-second and Forty-sixih streets, and under Fitty-first sweet to tne Norton River. The tunnels under Broadway as far as Seventeeuth street must be not vnly within tne line of the curbs, but not Jess tnan nineteen feet from the tront of the build- ings, the new Post Oflice excepted. Above Seven- teenth street, where the streets and sidewalks are narrower, the ciause requiring tne tuuneis to be within nineieen feet trom the front of the buildings does not apply, that Keeping them wiinin the line of the curvs, or in other words within the width of the roadway being deemed sudMcient.' From the southern end of Broadway, above Bowling Green vo Seventh avenue, the earth from tne excavations shail be removed and the materiais used in the construction supplied through openings to be made at the cross streets or on private property, and not on the line or sur- face ol Broadway, aud no entrance or approach to any buuding on Broadway shall ve obstructed ex- cept under such regulations as shall be prescribed by the municipal autnorities having charge of the streets, the company to indemnify tue owners lor the actual damages. ‘The entrance to and from Broadway shall not be closed or obstructed at an; of the crossing streets souta of Worth street, aus no permanent Opening shall be allowed to the sur- face of Broadway or ite sidewalks. Owing to the lowness of the surface of Broadway at Canal street the company may, if necessary, open the suriace a disiance of 100 yards anove and below Cunal street, but tney must construct over the Space so opened a temporary causeway not exceed- ing three feet above the level of the street una sufll- cient to tully accommodate we ordinary trafic. Authority is given to do the same for a distance of eight rods above Howing Green. In case the low- ness of the surface of the ground shail reader tun- neis undesirabie, an elevated roadbed may be con- structed at or near Manhattanville. THE PRINCIPAL AMENDMENTS inserted in the original bul by the committec are toat the sum of $5,000,000 shall be subscribed to the capital stock and ten per cent of it paid in cash within sixty days alter the passage of this act; tha the work must be. commenced within ninety days, complete the road to Forty-second street on the Madison avenue line and to the Circle at Fifty-ninth street on the Broadway liue wituin two years and to Harlem River within four vears. The bill also provides for the acquisition in the usual way of such private property along tne line as may be necessary to carry out and complete the plan, The friends of this central underground scheme assert that the amount of money required has already been subscribed, and that ils projectors and supporters are prepared to commence the work Without delay and complete it in good laith, On the other hand, there 13 great opposition to interter- ing with Broadway, it being contended that it an undergrouad railroad 1s to be built at all it might Just as well be constructed under contiguous streets rannlpy erate winit, When the first section of the Lil Was read . “a THE QUESTION OF BROAD AND NARROW GAUGE, which arose upon an amendment proposed by Mr. Jacobs, gave rise 19 some discussion, in wach tne langer to the buildimgs during the progress of the excavations was urged 83 one of the objections against (Mes Heap company auth rity to construct as many tracks as they pleased, instead of, as tne bill now proposes, resiricung them to two. The smendment introduced by Mr. Jacobs was to change the phraseology of the first secuion so that it would read ‘two or more’’ tracks, Instead of “not more toan two,” the onject of tne amendment being, as aiterwards explained by Mr. Hustea, yo enable the company to establish the Aeron gauixe it they thonght best, ‘Inis was considered an improvement by Mr, Alvord, whoheid to the opinion that there Ought to be Jour !racks—two for rapid transit and two Jor jocal traMmc, But Mr. Smyth, who is a mem- ber of the Railroad Committee, explained that ine comunittee bad heard the arguments on this point and had come to the conclus‘on that two were more desirable than a larger number, on account of the aiMcuity and danger of crossing tue tracks if there were more. ‘This objection was sagas to haye ny practical force by Mr. West, who called atiention to the success{ui operation of the Metropolitan Ratl- road of London, where ihe crossings are made upon covered causeways. His explanation, how- ever, does not do away with the objection if, as proposed by Mr. Alvord, there should be tour through tracks—two for rapid transit aud two lor local traMc—because the OPERATION OF THE LONDON UNDERGROUND NATL ROAD has nosuch double system of through and local trains, Mr. Whitbeck did not interpose any serious objection to the amendment, for he thought that even if adopted it wonlu come to nothing. Mr, Smyto spoke of the vpjection witch the pro- perty owners along the line of Broadway woula make tothis amendment in view of the danger to safety of the buildings if the tunnels were made wide enough to take 1a Several tracks; but he was reminded that in the second section of the bill the width of the tunnels was restricted to that of the roadway, or within the curbs. Mr. Hawkins de- clared ifs opposition to tis questionable experi. ment; ho was opposed to @ railroad under Broad- way, and especially to extending tne powers of the company further than already pro- vided for in the bill, If the experiment were to be tried at all two tracks were sufficient to commence with. Mr. Niles took @ similar view of the sutyject, When Mr. Husted, his colleague irom Westeheswr county, In order to pata guvetus on this potnt, said If was not @ question of danger to the buidings, Jor the vill fully provided against 4 and only jutended to ope rate ase trickupon the that, but simply whether the company shoulda be per- mitted lo use the narrow instead of the vroad uge, if the engineers should decide that it was %. Seeing What a rumpus bis amendment had kicked up, Mr. Jacobs then withdrew it, but the dis- cussion was immediately resumed, when Mr. Pell moved to strike out the whole ol the first section, and at the same time inquired whether it was not the intention of ce bill to destroy the parks in Union and squares by the depots the company intended to establish at those points, Mr Whitbeck answered him, and said the pal bill provided for such depots, when Mr. West, interposing, eXx- claimed tbat that was just the object—to destroy the parks; but Mr. Whitbeck.added that they would be ornamental structures, ana ceriainily no such ob- ject Was tended as that suggested by Mr. West. Mr. Smyth supported the bil aa it had been amended and reported, and explained and defended the action of the committee in presenting it as THR MOST DESIRABLE SCHEME for rapla transit which they cquid recommend for adoption vy the House. A score of schemes had been pro; and a good deal of bad feeling had been engendered by rival interests, Some people seemed determined to prevent the success of any plan because they could not get their own adopted. hat influence chis ungenerous hostility would have in the House he did not know, but he would say for the committee that they had taken pains both to select the most desirable plan and to give the franchise to the most reliable company, in order that the work might be properly carried out. he woud not be surprised to see efforts made in the House to defeat the whole matter; but, if tney should succeed, the result would be that rapia transit would be Killed for this session, if not for years, There would be no difficulty about the depots interiering with public squares. DONE BRUWN—NEW YORK SLfREET CLEANING. The Assembly Committee on Public Health have had avother meeting on the subject of cleaning the streets of New York, and examined Brown, the contractor. He testified that he had cleaned the sireets thoroughly according to his contract; had never made false vouchers; had never made dividend with other parties, but had political assessments 10 a considerable amount, which were voluntary on his part, He was subjected to a Jengthy cross-examination by Ira D. Brown, of the committee, In Which the witness admitted that he did not see much of the streets of New York nim- self, but assumed they were cleave if his employés 80 reported. He spent most of his time at the office, He admitted that he FILLED VACANT LOTS WITH FILTH, of which lots be himself owned @ large number; that such filling was witnout the consent, in some cases, of the Health Board, and in violation of the contract. Frequent com- plaints had been made by the people or nuisances created by the deposits of filtn, and the Board of Health had also many times complained. All he had done in response was to put some disin- fectants on the lots, In 1870 and 1871 he RECOVERED, IN EXTRA ALLOWANCE above the contract price, $30 and $35 per mile for street cleaning. He charged extra for removing ashes where persons had more than the orainaey amount; also for removing filth about the docks, thought this no violation of ms contract, He did not keep the gutters and crosswalks free of ice and snow in the winter, but admitted that the con- tract required him to do so, Brown’s superintendent ‘was also examined, but without eliciting any essen- tial new facts, INSURANCE INVESTIGATION, The Insurance Committee held another sesston this alternoon and examined four witnesses, Hiram Calkins, Clerk of the last Senate, testi- fled— When the resolution to print Superintendent Miller's condensed tnsurance report was before the senate Parsons told him if he wonld secure the adoption of the resolution he wonld be patd a@ handsome percentage. Instead of ac- ceptung this proposition he exerted hlnself tu have the resolution veaten. T. R. B Eldridge, clerk in the Insurance Depart- ment, testified that he had made several examina- tions of insurance companies, but never made a charge in excess of his ex; Mr. Freeman, Secretary of the Widows and Orphans’ Insurance Company, reiterated his test- mony given in New York relative to @ conversation with ex-Senator Pleree, as tothe cost of an ex- amination, B. 8, Wemple, teller of the New York State Na- tional Bank of Albany, testified that Miller kept his account in that bank, and had only a small sum of money in the bank about the time he went to Europe; ne had no large transactions at the time, The committee then adjourned, it being understood that the case would be closed 02 meeling again and taking testimony of ex-Senator Pierce concerning the conversation, in which it 1s alleged that he said it would cost 1,000 to secure a eXamination by the Insurance partment. Mr. Hawkins made an appeal in favor of pre- serving THE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS OF NRW YORK. Broadway Was as old as the city itself. It was the great thoroughfare of commerce and travel and the principal promenade, It was the street of all others in the metropolis of the Western World, which should not be experimented on unless there wus the highest scientific assurance that the experiment would be successful, and thas it would supply the necessities of the public without interfering with the rights of the property owners along tue line of the celebrated sureet. He desired to know whether the committee had taken measuyes to ascertain whether other streets running varaliel with Broadway would not answer quile as Well as a railroad as it, THE CENTRAL SEWER, THE GAS PIPES AND THE PRINCIPAL WATER MAINS run along Broadway. These would have to be dis- turbed in the Coastruction of an underground rail- road, and he would have to be assured of how these practical dimicuities were to be overcome beiore he could support the present bill. He was*not a be lever in the professions of those disinteresved gen- tlemen who came here to claim valuable iranchises for nothing. Instead of being disinterested they were ail bent on making mouey. 11 would be better to have the road run under the Bowery or Green- wich street and Church street than under Broad- way. The people of New York had RIGHTS WHICH THE LEGISLATCRE WAS BOUND TO RESPROT. Mr. Alvord spoke of Broadway as being the back- bone of Manhattan Isiand—the water shed of the whole city. New York was cosmopolitan, and its principal artery belonged, not to the people of the city simply, but to the people oi the whoie State. No street in the city 1s sacred, and such considera- tion should not interiere with free communication and rapid transit from one end of the island to the other, in the accomplishment of which all the citi- gens of the State, many of whom frequenuy visited New York on urgent business, were equally interested. Mr. Moseley ro’e to support the motion to strike out the section and to oppose the whole measure; but as the usual hour for the recess had arrived he yielded to @ motion to suspend tae further consid- eration of the subject until evening, when the con- sideration of the subject was resumed, Mr. Moseley, who had the floor, proceeded to sow that, wale the original franchise was granted in 1868, the com- pany had never evinced any disposition to construct the railroad. The company is now composed of discordant elements, some of the advocates of hitherto unsuccessiul schemes having been incorporated in it. The contract given to Mr. Byrne was exorbitant, and in this connection he quoted authorities to support his assumption that the company, judging from past experiences, DID NOT INTEND TO BUILD THE ROAD. Mr. Husted was of a very different opinion. He ‘Went Into some particulars about the history of the scheme, and said that nearly four million doilars had already been subscribed for the bunding of the road. Mr. Niles took up the subject where air. Husted left it, and gave in detail the sunrs subscribed. He cited the names of the principal subscribers amount of money each had pledzed himselt to y, the whole amounting to $3,600,000, ali of which Bad ‘been subscribed since the 20th of February. All this meant business. And, furthermore, those gentlemen had this very day pledged themselves to pay $2,500,000 to any gentleman who would under- take to build the road. Mr. Vedder spoke against this central under- ‘ound system altogether, and in favor of the ach Pneumatic, which had already been adopted by the Senate. Mr. Whitveck, who has given a good deal of attention to the sudject of rapid transit, and who 1s @ member of the allroad Com- mittee, which has recommended the adoption of the Central Underground, gave A SHORT AND SUCCINCT RECITAL of the deliberations of the joint committees of the Assembly and Senate as well as ot hls own iInvesti- gations into the solvency of the companies, the feasibility of the scheme and the assurances each had offerea that the road would be commenced as soon Cm aa td and completed within @ reasonable period. ‘the Beach Pnumatic Company was found to be insolvent, having preaay. swaliowed up seo ee in baildiag 300 feet of ro: while they had, in addition to all this, $200,000 of debts and liabilities. In support of tais assertion ad | delay instead of aiding rapid transit in the clty. It te df cult to deal seriously with a statement which assumes thas thirty gentlemen of THE FIRST FINANCIAL AND SOCIAL STANDING in New York, who are nearly all owners oc property in the upper part Of Manhattan Island and Westchester count and who are thus deeply interested financially in having rap Aranaity have, auainat thelr interest, al agreed to 8 dishon- est Conspiracy, without — mo! 0 perpetrate of whien a tew months would certainly Tt appears n ‘y, however, to ask you to deny the statement, as if its own foolishness ‘did not suile ciently refute it, Being ourselves most earnestly desirous of obtaining — rapid over the island, in the shortest possible time, we, in concert with & number of other gentlemen whose interests would also be greatly Lenefited by such tranait, determined about the be- ning of the legislative session to make an effort to otal rom the lature a charer which, any yet grant should be bet FINANCIALLY AND ENGINRFRINGLY PRACTICABLE. Upon looking into the whole subject carefully, and a8 bus- eas men, these gentlemen became convinced that {f the priviles could obtained for the Central Under- ground | Railroad’ Company | to "go under | Broadway hat company would possess advantages not to be obtained — for ere ithout great ex- pense of money and We found that Tellable and full sur and other prmeninate wees bs ready don for use, and the a 01 ny com was favorably known in Europe, where the capi- {alto bulld any road mist be sought, So tat an we know Dot one person. on ihe subscription lst, except Mr, W. B. Oden und Mr. A. W. Barnes;had any lnterest or connection whatever with the Central Underground Com| that iy time, and these gentlemen bave signed since tw, deter- mined to adopt the charter of the Central Underground Rail- road Company, and the determination in this respect was based solely on sound iness = reasons, which now and ¢ver must exist in tavor of this company. Being aware that we must give evidence not only to the com- pany but to the Legislature of our own good faith and abilty, we determined to raise a subscription by parties of perfect responsibility to the amount of two or three Millions of the stock ot the company — condi- tional upon {ta obtaimng the right to der Broadway. That subscription was started, and & very few duys reached $3,650,000, at which figure we with- heid offering it any further, although this sum may be eastl raised to 85,0 if the requisite amendments be obtaine ‘The signers of this paper are all known to us. ‘They are MEN OW RESPONSIBILITY AND STANDING who do not engage, in shallow tricks, such aa they are charged with. The form of the subscription {# a promise to us to subserive to the stock if the amendments are obtained, ‘This torm was advised by counsel as makin) & valid legal engagement on the part of each signer, an yet belpg a proper precaution to the acrivers, Wno at the time did not have control of the company. _ In short, it is an honest subscription, in good faith, by men who have'a larger interest, as we believe, than any other equal number of men in New York in having # road speedily built, We understand alao that 1 fs stated that the subscription 1s made up of Broadway property owners, and it is impued that auch subscription cannot be in good faith, As tar as know but a very small proportion or num- any interest in roadway, BrOp- envy, 1 those gentlemen have been for a long time earnest advocates, for their own interests, of Broadway road. We take the liberty, although personally Unacqualniea with you, to ask you to make known to the Legislature the contenta of this letter, and on our behalf to deny most emphaticall those thirty gentiemen, including Messrs. James Badeau. Edward Matthews, H. 4. Claflin and others of like standin, are either so simple or 0 Knavish as the yentor of this story must imply in. order to hunaelf, ‘The original subscription of $8,650,000 is no our hands and a certitied copy has been sent to Albany, Ja, we believe, in the hands of the Ratiroad Committee. ‘Very respectfully, J. & W. SELIGMAN & CO, With reference to those names of subscribers and the amounts guaranteed by them, however, Mr. Hawkins said they looked very weil on paper; but it should be borne in mind that great names were often only WHIPPERS-IN FOR LESSER CAPITALISTS, from whoin in the end money was really obtained. A general discussion then ensued as to the merits of the respective schemes—that is to say, the Beach Pneumatic and the Central Underground—during which it became clearly evident thai the Central Un- dergrouna had by far the larger number of adherents in the House, Mr. Vedder undertook to champion the cause of the Beach Pneumatic people, and he sald the fact that they had bored 8v0 feet through solid rock to test ihe pneumatic principle was suflicient evidence to show that if they only had the franciise they would complete the road. It was contended, both by him and Mr. Moseley, that the Ventral Underground Company had incurred @ debt of $290,000 already without havimg done as much as dig @ single shovel fuil of earth. The question was asked, if the Beach Pneumatic Company had expended $6,000,000 in building 300 yards of road, how much would they require to complete the line to the end of the cated route? he reply to this was put in the shape of another question—viz., if the Central Underground has spent $290,000 without dog any work at ail, how much would thev want to commence and complete the work? Bota these == propositions =~ were — conundrums watch the iriends of the respect- ive schemes had to give up. During the course of the running debate which followed Mr. Moseley gave as One reason why he was in favor of the Beach Pneumatic instead of the Central Un- derground, that it had alreaay passed the Senate, and if 1t were now adopted by the lower house it | could go to the Governor and the quesuon would | soon te settled finally one way or the other; while, U the Asseinbiy adopted the Central Underground bill, 1t would have to go to wnat, from ali the indica. tons was, AN UNFRIENDLY SENATE. ‘The question was then taken upon the motion to strike out the whole of the first section, and it was | lost by a large majority. A motion of Mr. Flammer, | to strike out the clause providing for a branch road. along and under Fifcy-first street to the North River, was also lost; but an amend. ment which had been suggested by Mr, Jacobs, to make the branch run under Fifty-second instead of Filty-first street, was carried, section having been adopted, Mr. Jacobs offered an addition to the section, to the effect that the work of vonstruction snould pe under tie supervision = of Allred done W. Craven and George S, Green, in connection with a ment in New York, and spould see that aud the work was properly performed. Without damage to the buildings, Water pipes or sewers; their compensation for the same not to exceed $10 per day. ‘This amendment was adopted without debate, and 80 also was the second secuon as then amended, Ing that $5,000,000 should percent of that sum paid in within sLXtv days; and also for the time atlotted to commence aud com- plete the road, Mr. Moreley moved to sirike | it oat, Mr. Alvord supported this motion on tne ground that ten per cent on $5,000,000 which would give only hatf a million, was nova suilicient guarantec that tue work would be | commenced and prosecuted in good faith. He sub: | sequently put Mis views on tins point tn the form of an amendment, provid:ng that the suim should be $20,000,000 instead of $25,000,000: but ne afterwaras , altered this and made the amount $10,000,000, with twenty per cent to be paid in within six months | and before the company commenced the work, and five millions more to be subscribed each year for two years, making in all twenty miilions as the capital stock, Mr. Alberger thought this was only AN ATTEME’T TO STRANGLE THE SCHEME in the House, but Mr. Alvord instanuly disclatmed | any such intention on his part. He only wanted to insure the building of the road, and ne was miormed, as the judgment of competent engineers, that it could nos be constructed for less than two millions and a half per mile, Jf this larger sum were not required to ve pald in | as an evidence of good faith the company might keep the iranchise dangiing between | heaven and earth, and no rapid transit would be secured to the pevpie of the | city and the State. Mr. Husted, however, con- tended Mat $15,000,000 would be amply sufficient, ana nopon his motion the sum of $5,000,000 was leit as it isin the bill, and then the remainder of Mr. Alvord’s amendment, merely requiring | twenty per cent to be paid in within six months | ‘and $10,000,000 more to ve subscribed within two years, Was adopted. The question of the ume to be allowed in which to complete the road now came up, and a motion to make it six years instead of four was lost by a vote o1 41 to 48 Tne third section as amended | was adopted, ‘The fourth section provides that in | case the lowness of the suriace of the ground at or | near Mannatianville shal: render the construction of tunnels undesirabie, the Company May consiruct, the railroad upon AN ELEVATED ROAD BED ‘at that place. Mr. Moseley wanted to know what | sort of aa underground railroad this was to be- whether it was really an underground railroad atall or a combination of some of the several underground and elevated schemes that nad been proposed. Mr. Husted explained that the ground was one hundred feet lower at that point, and to run through tunnels would require part of the roaa to be built one hundred feet below the surlace, which could not be done, oie ‘Tne hour was now so late that the further dis- cussion was suspended, and the commitiee rose and reported progress and asked jeave to sit again. Mr. Husted immediately moved that this request be denied and the bill be ordered to a third reading at once. Both Mr. Alvord and Mr, Hawkins pitched into Husted for attempting to rush tt through the House at such railroad speed, He withdrew his motion. ‘The sublect,was le the special oraer again for to-morrow morning, and the House ad- journed tli then, It 1s evident that this central that these engineers he rea @ certificate signed by Mr. Alfred B. Beach to the effect that the amount of the captial actually paid in 13 $5,900,000, to wit:—That amount of capital originally issued jor the property and franchises of said com. pany, ‘and that the whole amount of the debts and abilities of the company {3 $205,000." On the other hand the amount of money required, for the Central Underground—namely, — $5,000,000—had already been guaranteed. Mr. Niles had men- toned the names of some of the suoscrib- ers; but Mr, Whttbeck submitted the compiete list, With amounts, as follows:— Naw Yon, Feb. 20, 1872. Messrs. J. & W, S#L1GMAN AND CO.. Bankers GENTLEMEN—Should amendments to the New York Cit Central Underground Railway Company's charter, giving it the right to construct tunneis and ratiways under Broaaway, be passed by the Le«isiatu: the State of New York and become law, we agree with you, for value received, to sub- scribe severally tothe amount of stoek of the sald company set opposite our respective names Immediately upon said amendments becoming law ns aforesaid. Names Amount, Name Amount, 4 $100,000 AA. Selover Kdward Matthews. b Ghristop! Samuel N, Pik B. ¥. Beekman Demas Barn Davis Roberts Frederick Billin, Total.. In reply to some suggestions to the effect that these subscriptions were uot offered in good faitn, Mr, Wiitbeck called the attention of the House to the following letter from the bankers:— Sin—We aro informed that tt {# stated tn Alban: that the subscriptions now in our bands to the sock of the Central Uncerground Railroad Company are mere- ly & device in bad faith, ana not intended 10 be carried out, wo ‘Legislature, underground scheme is Intended to be adopted by the ilouse, THE BEACH PNEUMAT‘C JOB—AN INCENSED CORPORATOR. DELAVAN Hovs#, ALBANY, March 26, 1872 To THE EDITOR OF THe HERALD:— Sir—Allow me to communicate to the readers of indi. | ‘The tirst | engineer to be appointed by the proper depart. | Wnen the third section was read, provid- | be subscribed and ten | the HERALD an incident In the history of the Beach Pneumatic job which has been kept quiet, but Is well known to the residents of this hotel. Messrs. ‘White and Wnhitbeck, of the Assembly Railroad Com. mittee, went to New York to inquire into tne affairs of the company. That was some two weeks ago. They came back, and Whitveck made such an un- favorable report to the committee that-they reversed their decision to report tue bill favorably to the House and reported against it by a vote of 6 to% Ex-Senator Barney Kelly, who is largely interested in the Job, got wind of what Whitiock was going to do the day before the committee were to meet. At three A, M. he went to sir, Whitbeck’s apartment Inthe Delavan, knocked at ft, aud on Whitheck's | @sking Who was there he changed the tone of nis voice and gave another man’s name, Mr. Whitbeck refused to open the door and finally Keliy endeavored to kick the door in, ex: claiming that when he got in be would cut his (Whitbeck’s) heart out, Mr, Wintbecs rang bis vell; Rervants were summoned, guests on the sume oor aroused and the would-be assavant taken away, Whitveck was going to prosecute the case, but then declined, because “the thing Would take too muct fuss." Mr. Leland seat word to Barney Kelly that he must never agata darken the door ot tie hotel. He has not been seen at Alvany since—at least vish- blye A DELAVAN LODGSR y ; rs 4 YACHTING. Meeting of the New York Yacht Club. Important Change in Measurement and Time Allowance. The Annual Regatta on Thurse day, June 20. The New York Yacnt Club held their second get» eral meeting last evening at the Club House on the corner of Madison avenue®and Twenty-seventh street, Asit was generally understood that some important business would be brought up in con- nection with a new law to govern the measurement of yachts and the time allowance in regattas and matches, there was a large attendance, and over twenty yacht owners were present. The meeting was called to order at eight o'clock P, M., and after the transaction of some business of minor ‘importance the report of the COMMITTEE ON MEASUREMENT ‘Was read and adopted. The committee comprised Captain A. 8, Hatch, of the Resolute; Captain Jacob Voorhis, Jr., of the Madeleine; Captain Robert Cen- ter, of the Vindex, and Captain William Krebs, of the Gracie; and their report was a3 follows:—That they have considered various measurements, includ- ing those-which have at @ifferent times been tried by the club, ‘as well as others which have been recently presented, with the desire of finding one which will be correct in principle, easy of applica- tion and invariable, which will encourage as little as possibie the building of boats faulty in construc- tion to evade it, and which they may hope will be acceptable to the club and become a standard Measurement for all time. With these objects in view they have decided to recommend to the club the adoption of the method given in the accompanying resolution, which takes for the measurement the cubical contents of the whole boat, except the shear, and which is based upon the principle that the entire size of the boat representa her capabilities for power, and that of two boats of the same size the one in which that size ts so applied as to enable her to develop and use the greatest amount of power with the best resuits as to speed, 1s the best model, They think also that this method, while it comes nearer (han any other to meeting the re- quirements in view, will in no way discourage models which combine the important elements of comfort, seawortniness and safety. As a basis for a scale of time allowances they ree commend the adoption of such tables (taken from those now In use) as will resuit in an allowance by the largest schooners, the Dauntless and the Sappho, to the smallest, the Foam and the Eva, of about twenty minutes in a five hours’ race, This will be nearly double the allowance of 1871, and about two-thirds that of 1370, Having no measurement to go upon they can present no state:nents oi the effect ol the rule upon the different vesseis. ‘They think, however, it will place them generally in about the same relative position which they occupied in last year’s lists, ‘They also recommend the abolition of the sitdin, scale as now applied to the difference In tne ume o} the races, for the reason that the time in which a Tuce 1s made does not generally represent the speed of the yachts, it often happening thay a leading breeze each way makes a short race at alow rate of speed, and a head wind ejtaer way inakes a long race at a high rate of speed, and the sliding scale as applied to tnese differences 1s manilestly unjust, They present a resolution to accomplish this ovject and others providing for the application of the tables of time allowances to the meusurements pro- posed if they should be adopted, and for fixing the details of the manner in which the yacuts shall be measured in accordance with thé rules recom- mended. Resolved, That the system of measurements and time allowances now in use by the club be avolinhed. Resolved, That the clu) adopts the following rules for measurement and time allowances :—First, that each yacht shall be Measured on the outside of the plankiag from the rabbit ine of the keel to a line drawn irom the lowest point of the top of the planksheer forward and a(t, parallel with he water line until it reaches the stem stern, iveluding much of the overhang at each end. as shall come wituin ‘these limits, and that the contents of the boa: within these Umits be got in.cubie feet. Second, that tne number of euble ‘eet so o¥tained be applied to such tables of time allowances taken from those now in use as will ‘t in, an_ntlowance by the largest schooners, the Dauntiess ant the Sappho, to the amullest, the Foam and the iva, of about tweniy minutes in w race of five hours and 10 the sane proportion tor sloopa, and graduated according to the scales now in use for races s Suitable materials were used | MAde tn longer or shorter time. Resolved, That the committee fs hereby authorized to regu- Jute the application of the tavies or time allowances to the measurement adopted, Resolved, That the commf*tee and the Measurer of the Club are hereby authorized to fix the detaus of the manner in which the yachts shall be measured, la accordance with the foregoing resolution. A communication was then read from Mr. Alfred W. Craven, resigning the position of Measurer of the cluo, on the ground of pressing business en ,age- ments that would prevent his giving proper atven- tion Lo the duties ol :he oflice, ‘the cormuncaion was laid on the tabic, and Mr. A. Vary Sinitn ap- pointed actg Measuter pro tem. A motion was then brought up to revive the oid grade of Fleet Surgeon, which was unaumnously adopted, and Dr. Dawson elected to tue office, Mr. W. H. Major then offered a motion to have @ bistory of tue aunual regatas compiled and printed, dating from the first regatta alter the Jormation ot the club up to the present day. The motion was adopted. A file ol charts was pre- sented tothe club by Mr, W. Butler, and on motion the gift was accepted. A communication was then read from Mr. Tiffany, intumating @ desire to photo- graph ai the cups and prizes won by yachts be- longing to the cub. ‘ine offer of Mr. Tilflany was accemed. A motion was then made to change the day of the anuual regatta from the second Taursday in June to the Thursday fol- lowing, on ihe ground that the tide would ve more favorable on thatday. Tue motion was adopted, The ocean race for the challenge cups, irom Sandy Hook Lightship to the lightsnip off Brenton’s reef and return, was fixed for the turd ‘Thursday in July. About twenty-five new members were eiected, making a sum total of over six nundred members now belonging to che clav. The meeting adjourned shortly alter ten P. Al. NAVIGATION ON THE HUDSON, POUGHKEEPSIE, March 28, 1872, vigation on the Hudson River is now oven fot 4 distance of 115 miles trom New York, aud a steam- boat could go straight through to Aipany without much difficulty. ‘Tne steamer Sunnyside wil leave Catskill tor New York to-uight, The urgent de- mand tor coal trom towns and clues on the Hudson River will start the Ronaout steamers to-morrow, Fears Of a disastrous freshet in the upper Hudson are dispelled by ‘ie coutinued mid weather witie out raw. Cheering Prospeem in Kondout. Konpout, N, Y., March 28, 1872, The weather has been very mild the past twe days. The ice 1s all out of the creek, and in frag- ments 18 floating up and down the river, The steamers Cornell and Baldwin wil commence run- ning regularly on Monday next. Extensive prepa- rations are being made for the Opening of naviga- oD, and a lively business is anticipated, A Steamboat T Through the Lee. Hupson, N. Y., March 28, 1872, The steamboat Nuhpa, Captain Tremain, of the New York and Hudsen line, arrived at her dock at this city at haif-past eleven o'clock this morning, being the first boat to make the trip through above Poughkeepsie this season. The Nuipa left New York at six O'clock last evening. Tne first ice en- countered was ai ihe Highlanas, From Plum Elbow to Esopus Light the ice is still solid aud firm aud from taree to seven iuches thick, tigouxh wiicd the boat oniy made her rack. rom Esopus to Kaine beck the river 1s entireiy clear. ‘The heaviest ice en- countered was between Klineveck and Bristol, Wiiere it 13 from cighteen to iweuty inches thick. From Germantown to this point tue ice is very thin ud @ @ rowboat can easily pass through it. NEW JERSEY, Governor Parker Vetoes the Elizabeth Chan ter Amendment Bill. TRENTON, March 28, 1872. The Governor has vetoed the bill to revise and amend the charter of Elizaveth. The main objec- tions are that the bill required @ Uhree-fourtas vote to pass an ordinance appropriating money, that the powers of the Comptrolicr and Commis. sioners ‘of the Sinking Fund over the expenditure of the people's money are loo great. The supplement to the Camden City bili, providing for the election of one councilman at larze, 80 as break a deadiock in the Common Councti of thaw city, Was passed alter a fillbusteriug struygie, ‘dhe supplement to tn rsey City bul, providing for the filing of te o toatmay be mave vacant and fixing their sai aud tor otn was, after the rejection of several « @ hura struggie, ordered to a tnitd PRESHETS IN GEORGIA. VANNAM, Maycti 25, 1972. Heavy treshets have occurred in tue interior oF the State, and much damage has been cone to ras roads.