The New York Herald Newspaper, April 9, 1872, Page 3

THE WALL STREET LOCK-UP What the Bulls and the Bears Think of the Matter. ACTION OF THE CLEARING HOUSE Report of Mr. Tappan on the Criminality of the Tenth National Bank. A WHITEWASHING RESOLUTION. Looking Aft Currency. Congress its ‘The latest sensation in Wall street, the lock-up of afew millions by a clique of weaithy bears, anx- ious to depress the stock market and cover their shorts at advantageous figures, though, afier all, it 33 but a feeble copy of a very frequent manceuvre in the past, has provoked as much discussion as tuongh it nad happened for the first ume and were @ triek invented for this special occasion; and, like the discussion of everything eise in Wall street, it is colored very strongly by the individual pocket interests of the man who has tife floor, Take the first knot of brokers you find, and you can tell, after half a dozea words on this particular subject, how they stand in relation to tne market; while, om the other naad, you may predict with unfailing accuracy, af you only know Whether @ man is a bull or a bear, what will be tue matin poinis in bis expression of opinion, Thus you fre injormed by some weil posied authority that Mr. Smith tas taken advantage of the prevailing high prices of Erie or some other buoyant stock to sell it short—ihat is, w sell wnat he has not got, trusting that something in we chapter of accideats will soon occur to break = pub- lic confidence in this particular — security and lower the price, and thus enable bim to buy tn and detiver at a prolitable dgure the shares ne has already disposea of, Such an operator thinks tat Messrs, Gould & Co. have been exercising one of the moss sacred and inallenable righis of tae capualist species of the genux homo, “Why, siz,” he willsay, “haven't they aright to do what they like with their own money? This 1s a free country. Tne bank owed them that money and had to pay. How caa you stop it, I should Ake to know 1” “But take the purpose for which they did it—sup- pose they have couspired to mae money high ?? “Conspired be dashed, Suppose they did con- spire! All the conspiring amounted to 18 just. Luis, ‘They had a certain sun of money which they had employed in the ordinary channels of New York trade, and ata dértain fudeiare ia thé Goursé of human events it has appeared conducive to ther Personal interests to witndraw that sum from tne public and put it into their own pockets and keep itthere, Surely no one can pretend that they have committed a legal wrong or even a moral wrong 1a gong as they liked wiil their ow: Unen, of course, @ Bvidjachetic listener will say, “Bravo, Mr. Bull,” and pass on perfectly convinced that no one has been wronged. But he has not goue forward a couple Of liundred yards before he encounters Mr. Jones, one of those sanguine, for- tunate, good natured creatures, who are overflow- ing with faith in anything in whiea faithis ever faintly presumable—a bu'l by temperament and dis- position. How diferent the wail wuich now greets the ear to the half dehaat, Nall indignant delence of the bear! “Now, sir, 1¢ 1s the most shameful outrage,” Bays Jones, ‘that can be perpetrated im’ a commercial comunity, ‘They have a might lise with heir own, do "8 Where J alffer irom you alto- A man owes @ duty to the society In wach e lives, Here are these harpies who employ their iil-gotten milions at a fair rate o: interest in the = fmancial world of New York, New York accepts thew dollars and uses tuem, and pays ior the use at tne natural valué of the capital. Thus, you sce, there is a sort of tacit partnership bewween the vig capitalist and the sinail operator or traier. All of a sudden the CapKalist puts on the screws and withdraws nus money, ior the simple purpose of forcing weak men to spill their stocks or pay a ruuous toil—from ninety toa hundred and ewity per cent per annum for the use of money. 113 woraliy Weong, and the lawyers ougat to be smart eavugh to devise a legal remedy for 1, 1 think.”? so much for the bear. And wherever you go you would find the arguments employed macti the same, The same ideas spring in every case trom thé same causg—the particuiar way 1a Which a man’s inter ests Happen vo lie, and in his eyes @ certain action Js right or Wrong, just or unjast, legai or illegal, perfectly proper ana undeniably correct or wickedly cruel and utterly indeiensivle, just exactly as it aiiects his own individual pocket, No donadt it 13 very sad that men sioula uot be abie to rise toa higher standard of morality, \at such is the way of the world, aud nowhere does selfishness exhibit prs such ludicrously strong colors as In Wail btreel It seems likely, however, that this lock-up will be our last, The Clearing House—as will bo seen b; the report given velow of the mecting shat tool piace yesterday afiernooa and the resoluiton that ‘was adopted—bas determined to use its influenco with the banks to te very uttermost to prevent Such operations in the future. And then Congress has also set on loot a turther investigation which will, probably, result in further resirictive mea- sures, 80 lar as regarus the Mavional banks. Per- naps the following brief conversauon with Mr. ‘Tappan, of the Gallatin National Bank, and the proposer of the resvintion passed by the Clearing Mouse, may throw @ iurther light upon the mat- ut,” said the reporter, “wouldn’t expulsion from the Clearing House tuvolye the stoppage of the baak altogether?” ‘1 suppose 1t would, if the bank, knowing the penalty ol misconduct, were wilfully to mour it, jut Practically it has omy got to be Clearly ander- stood by the banks thal they must not lead them. selves to these operations to imsure their ube- aueyce.”? “But may it not bappen that a bank may be tnno- cently involved in a scheme ol this caaracier?” “Well, the banks will have to be more careful as to their customers, They will Lave to see to te that they are not used for nmproper purposes by unscra- Pulous men, Ido not ilnk there 1s aby Very great aimeculty apout their keeping out Oi trouble I tiey are reasonavly prudent.’ ‘And if it 18 lunccent I suppose the penalty would be enforced?” he moment a bank gets into a suspicious condition it will in future be suspended by the Clearing Louse, and a commitiee appomted to examine into » should that in- vestigation prove to have been innocently drawn into a scrape—tiongh Ldo not Vhink that 1s @ very probabie coutingeucy—ol course te sus; Cusion would be removed. nly in cases of willul Wrongdoing would the extreme punishmeat be imposed. sivea the suspeasion, however, would be @ pretty severe peaalty—certainiy one’ that o yank would dread greatiy, since 1¢ Would involve serious loss of prestige aad character.’? It may be regarded, therefore. that there are now quite cheering and promising iudications thap this grand Uéle nuvi” Of Modern Luils Will become a thing of the past, Meanwinie, however, the cague who fiarted this latest of sock-ap show no signs of giving in. They cry loudly taat tuey have done no wreng, and that they are not goiug wo be buliled into “leé- ting Up” op their Weaker brethren, @ money market Was in a state 0; more oF less acute distress ail day, aud closed, in fnaccial pariance, ata rate that pracucaily amounts to lilty per ceat per an- num. So, Whatever may be the reeult ol the our cry, 80 far a3 rezards the future, 1b does Not seem likely that iv will fulfil the ovject deatest to the Nearts of those Who Have s'arted 1i—to frighten the bear clique into bringing back their cay itil aud let thug the market sluk ico Wie ease of abuada@ut and cheap money. Action of the Clenrine Tonse. The excitement consequent upgn the locking up of nearly five millions of dollars, currency, laat week hag not yet subsidea, and ts not likely to settle down for some days yet, At boitom it was a purely stock-Joobing trick, but was probably not any worse in itself than other tricks of a like character which have set “the street” in an uproar at former periods, Had this’ job been effected through any other than the Tenth National Bank it would probably have been allowed to pass un noticed. But, trom the aMiiation of this institution with the Tammany aud Erie rings, suspicion was awakened against it, and on Friday afternoon last, when it was known in the Clearing House that the Tenth National had such an Immense credit, financiers everywhere vegan to ask what was the matter Tio ome and eleven members of tue Clearing House Assocla. \Jon at once petitioned the bxecutive Committee of that agsociation to investigate the afuirs of the offending bank, At a meeting of the committee held on Saterday Mr, I, D, Tappan was appointed a sudecommittee to atrend to this matter. Me, in company Wilh Mr, Charles A. Meigs, Government NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, Bank Examiner, visited the Tenth National Bank, When \ir. Palmer, 1s Presitent, offered every faciii- ty and information in bis power, The result of this investiyation was presented by Mr, Tappan yester- day to the Clearing House Association, at a special meeting caliod for that purpose, Out of a member- ship of sixty-one banks hyourenn itatives from fifty- four were preseat. Mr. J. D. Vermiyea was calied to tae cua, aud Mr, A, Mastertou was chosen Sec- retary. ihe report ol Mr, Tappan was then read, as follows: ‘Ata meeting of the Clearing House Committee held this day, a reso-ution was unaniiaoasiy adopted requesting me, on behalr of the committee, by a letter of the ol “ascertain and explaia the causes that have oe excitem 1 charges consequent upon the balances of yesterday of the Tenth National Bans,” and to report aa son as poxsible to said committer, Lbeg leave to re- ‘ort that, in company with Chas. A. Meics, Government Bank pi {ea'led on the President of the bank, ati resented the leiter, requested to be shown the books of the ank and any papers tending to throw light upon the Urans- action, Thia request was granted and the folowing facts elicltet:—On tie morning of April 5 inst, belore ven o'clvek, Mr. Heury N. Smith deposited in the Tenth National Bank {84,100,0C0, “consisting of cheeks on the foliowing ake :— dank of North America... Corn Exchange Bank. Mechanics’ Banking Bank of the Commonwealth, Continental National Bauk, Total,. ‘These checks were added to the ex: 2 that day, whieh, In adcition to between five and six hundred thousand dollars loan called in on the day previous, caused the large credit of $4,770,000 on the Sth inten the same day checks Grawa by H. N. Smith for $3,100,000 were presented by him and paid in legal teader notes over the counter, One million was pald juto the buo-Treasury on account of a purchase ot gold ($150,000) by Osborn & Chapin. ‘This amount was also paid on check of H.N. Smith, An examination ot the bank account of Mr. Smith showed that oo February 4, @ deposit ot £500,000 was 187 ade and drawn for the same day in eal tender notes, and that on February 26, 1872 $200,10), und on February 37 %600,000—in all $70v,000 were deponted and drawn in cash on the day of the last ceposit. ir, Palmer, the President, stated that he had no know- ledge of the disposition made by Mr. Smith of the amoi drawn ‘rom the bank, and that neither he, personally or President of the ban, nor the bank in any way bad become the custodian of any portion of said funds, Mr. Paimer further stated that he had had no intimation that the bank was to be used to withdraw leyal tender notes from use; but ip thle convection It's proper to wotice that on prior to ‘the deposit of $4,100,000 by Br. Smith the Jed tm loans to the extent of 3500 U0), when, by ite statement, there appeared to be no neccasity {or such con- traction "Mr, H. oN. Smith director in this institution, ‘The President and Mr. O, H. cher, who isa director of the bank, were present during the examtuation and expressed reat regret that the bank, through the operation of one of ts dealers, bad furnished cause for any action on the part of ite associates in the Clearing House, and assured me that no transactions of a stmflar nature Would in the future take place through it, Atter the reading of this report s motion was made to expel tne Tenth National Bank irom the Clearing House Association, aad the sentiment of about one-tiird of tae members presens seemed to Javor such action, But, by various amendments and resoluiions offered and debated pro aud con, in consideration of the testimony of Mr, Paliner and the fact that other members of the association, equaily gudty, had been passed by before, and that it would Jook like hasty and partial action to expel the bank for Unis oifence, the following compromise resolution was adopted ;— Resolved, That the Clearing Honse Committes be ana is hereby dirceted, whenever it appeara in lis judgment’ that legal tender notes have been withdrawn from uso. through the agency of any bank memyers of this association, to make an immodiate examination of tho bank in queation, d, should there appear to Le complicity on the part of the nk oficers, to suspend said bank from this Clearing House b: ‘unui action of the ssociation shail be taken thereo ‘This resolution ts intended, of course, to put and to keep the Tentn National on its good behavior. Congress, however, 18 not willing to rest here. By a telegram received at the Clearing House anout four o'clock yesterday afternoon it appeared that the House of Representatives, by resolution, in- | structed 113 Committee on Banking and Currency to lavestigate this ‘iock-up,”” and authorized ic to send jor persons and papers, Meantime Mr. Smith has his mulons locked up in some safe depost or other institution, Where be will keep it unul his purposes are served or he ascertains that they cannot be, THE CASS IN COURT. Atiempt to Exclude the Reporters of the Press from tho Investigation Before the Commissioner, Yesterday morning the Tenth National Bank of this city Was summoned, through its oficers, to ap- year before Commissioner Davenport and answer the charge of withholding national bank funds trom circulation, which is an offence under the first sec- tion of the National Banking law, punishable by fine of $1,000, The aMidavit of A. H. Purdy, Assist+ ant District Attorney, seis fortn that, on or about the 4th day of April, 1872, a large number of checks for the payment of money, to wit, for the payment of $4,000,000, Were receivea and deposited in a cer- tain national bank association known as the Tenth National Bank of the city of New York, and that thereafter, on sald day and year last aforesaid, said Rational bank association did with- hold from use @ certain large amount of United States notes and national oank notes, the exact amount to the deponent unknown, In violation of the act of Congress of the Untied States, approved February 19, 1869, Wherefore, by reason of the premises, deponent prays this Court that the books and accounts, and also the officers aud directors of said national banking association, may be ex- amined by this Court, and eaid bank committed to await the action of the Grand Jury of the said United S:ates for the Southern district of New York. Mr. A. H. Purdy appsared for the government, and mr, David Dudiey Field and Mr. W, H. Fields for the bank, This case and the developments naturally ex- pected to come (o light in the course Of the tnvestl- gatioa into the charges against the bank, which to some extent bas had the character of a ring bank, is one of the sensations of the day. From the report of the proceedings in Court yesterday it will be seen Uthat a most unprecedented attempt was made to poister up the long-strained explanations of the bank aflairs by the expuision of the reporters of the press, Commussioner Davenport nas taken time to consider the application of counsel for the bank; bat it would have been better for him to have re- fused it instanter. No Star Chamber business in the United States Courts, THE TESTIMONY. Edward K, Willard was sworn, He was examined by Mr. Purdy and tesutied as follows:—lam one of the firm of Willard, Martin & Co., bank- ers and brokers; Mr. Henry N. Smith and Mr. Jay Gould are special partners in the business: Mr. Smith has an accouut in our bank aad | do not Know that I have been doing anything for him within the past ten days; 1 am not aware that I have borrowed any money tor him in thas pave the books of the firm will show; Lao not now that any money Was borrowed for Mr, Gould; Thave talked with Mr. Smivh frequently auring the past ten days; I don’! think I have had any couver- sutioa With Hin on Uhe subject of burrowing money in the last ten days; ne has not directed me to borrow money in vhat time; I do not see tuat the Twelfth Nattonal Bank has auything to do with Mr, Sinith’s private aifairs, Mr. Purdy, at this stage of the investigation, ob- served that tus object in purting these questions was to show that Gould and Smith were engaged in Withdrawing from circulation large amounts of money irom the Twelltit National Bank, whieh was @n offence agaist the laws of the United States, and the statements of Smith and Gould were pert- lient Lo that Issue, % Mr. Fieid said that there was no complaint here against Mr. Smith or Me. Gould. Lf it was a ques- Uon 0; couspiracy on the partol the hank they were not charged as co-conspirators. If so, the evidence of their acts would be of no value until the c spiracy is proved. ‘The witness, replying to tho question, said:—I have not; 1 think toat Mr. Smith remarked that he thought It was rather nard that 4 inan could not | Witudraw tis money when he chose; { camugt say whether Gould and Smith were directors & the bank,, but I tnink they were; I told him it was rather & good joke; this occurred on Friday or Sat- urday aster this big credit of the bank; [bad no special conversation with Mr. Gould on the subject; bota Goutd and Smith kept accounts m the bank, im T did not borrow money lor tiat account; T am not aware Liat during the last ton days J negouaied for loans of money and paid interest Without taking the monoy, bus leaving tt in the haads ol che wader; Tam not aware that Mr. Osborn or that any mem. ber of our firm dict so, Q. Have you seen any check drawn by your house im favor of Mr, Sunith ? Ovjected to by Mr. Wield, on the ground that the question could be betier answered by Mr. Paime the President, At (ue stiggestion of counsel the examination of the wituess was postponed until after We lestimony oi Mr. Paluier had been given. A recess Was thea taken until three e’clock. Souie timo aiter three o'clock, Wien Wie Case Was again called on, Nr. William H. Fields, counsel for the Tenth National Bank, siated that ‘Nr. Palmer, President of that estabilshment, had been sum moned Ww attend as a witness betore the com- misstuner at three o’clock, but since then he aad his presence at the lock. mr. Paimer stated whe could get througn his business at the Clearing House by three o'clock he would come up here, AS (it Was now after that hour, andas ho counsel)did not wish 1urther delay, he wouid ask the District Attorney to grant an adjouroment until three o'clock lo-morrow, Wien he wouid be reaay to go on. str. Purdy woud not oppose the adjournment, but there were otaer withesses subpwned, whose vwestimony le could not take in point of narrative until Mr, Palmer was examined, He had no desire vo embarrass tie bank In any way. Mr, Fieid—The business hours of the bank are such that it 14 Inconvenient for Its president or ollicers to be away until after three o'clock, Mr. Purdy— Any nour will suit me. The Commisstoner—{ will not adjourn the case Until tree o’civek to-morrow, It must goon to~ morrow (this) moraing. Atter some discussion, It Was finally agreed that the case should @o Ov Luis Inorning at twelve O'Clock. MOTION 10 EXCLUDE THE REPORTERS, Mr. iurdy remarked that be saw guite 4 uamber | thirty-second — per of gentlemen of the press present, It nad been stated to him by counsel for the bank thal some mutters Might come oul in the inquiry with respect tothe bank that would not be proper to publish at this time, He (Mr, Purdy) had stated that if counsel Wished to exclude the members of the press he Would state the matter to the Commissioner, Mr, W. H, Fielda said, that under the large lati- tude allowed to counsel in examinations of this kind, 1t Would not be fair that te secrets of the bank should be published to tue World, and, repre- senting the baik, he did not wis io trast those ecrets to the press at large, He should ask that the press should be excluded from this examina- lion, He was willing to trust those secrets to the District Attoraey’s oitice, out not to the press, Mr. Purdy—the matier Is entirely m the discre- fon of the Commissioner, I do not propose it one Wity or the other, : Commissioner—Lhe matter is one of import- face to the mercantile community, Mr. Wields—I do not tyink tuat we came here to have our secreis heralded to the world. The Dis- trict Attorney said he vad Bo desire to have the press present, ‘he Commissioner said he would rule upon the matter tn the morning. How to Prevent Lockups, New York, Apri & 1874 Yo rue Forron or rue Heraw ‘That the locking up of currency for stock gambl- ing purposes 1s infamous none will deny, Then, again, to deny the right to collect one's debts in money 1s contrary to all law and sound principle. The danger and derange- Ment, however, caused by this lockup party of stock gamblers is of suflictent moment to call into action every practical means to thwart their movement, These lockup movements have beco.1.e 80 frequent that some plan of defence is called for. Waat can be done? 1, Congress can authorize the Secretary of tho Treasury to prepare and set apait, say $60,009,000 of legal tender notes, to be loaned on government bonds at a high raie of Interest—say eight per cent. Such loans would never be asked for except in times of tampering with tae money market, and tLey would be pald as svon as tue lockup fatied ia 18 purpose. In point of iact, with such de.en- sive power im existence, a lockup would never be attempton, 2, Without any action of Congress the banks can, Without a positive violatiou of law, let their reserve fail to any point below the twenty-ilve per cent Lora period Ol thirty days. Mere isan element of sufil- cient power to break any lockup; but the banks, as a rule, are averse to this kind ol deiensive action, because the public and ther deposiiers may inter- pret li as meaning weakness, If the newspapers, merchants and country bank- ers could bat take a fair fluancial view of the situa- lon, and give counienance to the banks that used this power only in an emergency like the present, very much of the bad effects ol a lockup would be averted, J. THOMPSON, THE RATE OF INTEREST FOR MONEY, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:—~ It seems to me that your journal 1s fally inde- pendent upon all subjects, and being so T have no hesitation tu asking of you this question:—Have the usury laws of the State of New York been repeaicd oraboushed? If not, wnat is the spirit and intent of thatlaw? If the intent of the law isto prevent any person or persons or any corporation from ex- acting, taking, demanding, contracting or asking more than seven per cent per annum for the use of money, then I would ask if seven per cent gold, three-eighitus, one-quarter, one-sixieenth ana one- thirty-second per day and one-eizhth and one- cent ‘commission, which 13 quoted and has been quoted im the money narket on yoad street for the past two or three weeks, 18 not usury, an a it 1) usury, 13 the law upon tha sydject violated? If it ts yig- Tated, is thé fy i My Wy aad it i is ndt éniorced, why not? Cana man who murders be said to vio- jate law and be punished because he has violated the law or because he may ve poor and have no poiitiggl influence to intercede for him? Does the yiolation of any iaw carry its punishment, or t# there @ distinction to be drawn in favor of the indi- vidual Woo violates tae law? If there is a law reg- ulaling the price or the rate for the use of money between man and man, and that law has been and will be violated this very day in the face and eves of thatjaw, will its pnnishment follow? If a poor man i steals a joat of bread for his starving family will he be pun shed tor it? Of course he will— most certain- ly he will Why? Because ne has violated the law, Which says, ‘“Lhou shalt not steal,” and the puntsh- ment of the violation of that law is striciy and prompuy enforced or executed against hin, But now benold, ye wise men, L_ a Wall street man vio- lates the usury laws of this State he 14 not punisned; and why? I leave the answer ior our proper author- ities to give. Yours, most respectfully, NEW YORK, April 7, 1872. LEGAL RATE. THE MEQHODIST PREACHERS, Modern Progress Versus Ola Fogyism—What Shall Constitute the Lest of Cuurch Meme bership. Eight years ago the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Ohurca made some changes in their ritual and added some questions in the disci- pline to waich young converts are requived to give an afmirmative answer before they can be received into full connection with the Church, Many good men inthe Church look upon those questions as savoring too much of Angio-episcopacy, and they are not sirenuous in requiring assent to the subjects contained In them by catechumens. The yousyer | ministers .ire utterly opposed to them in spirit if not in practice, and two Weeks 2g0 a young preacher tn Uns city read an essay before the Preacner’s Meet- ing in which he deprecated placing any other RESTRICTIONS UPON CONVERTS intending to unite with tne visible Church ot Curist other than tose required by Christ and His Aposies. A partial discussion of the su Ject has been had Already, and yesterday it came up againtor debate, The Rev. W. McAlister Opened 10 w spirit of concihation au the defenders of the essay to restate 1) The Roy. Mr. Vickinson took the floor tn denuucia- tion of the :mperinence, as he termed it, of any man or set of men plucing any test whatever be+ tween the converted sou! and Christ or the Church Which He established on the carth, All that he (Dickinson) would require was assent to the car- dinal and woiversaily received doctrines of Chris- tianiiy. How dare any minister exclude any be- liever in Jesus Christ because he did not step into the It @ man’s ie ts é harm a belief e commanion could do, wor Wherein one was beter or worse ian the oth Dr. True was also opposed te THE PRES TEST OF MEMBERSIIT in the Methodist Hpiscopal Church, and declared that many of the ministers are not sound in re} to the canon of Scripture. A great many, for in stance, do not think Solomon's Song ought to be there, and to ask children and adults to assent to all thatthe Scriptures contain and to the twenty- five articies of religion is preposterous, Wesley selected those twenty-five articies out OL the y-nine held by tne Church of Eng- laud, in) which he was a Presbyier, and Dr. True had douvt that ii Wesiey lived now he would si! 2 Out iwenty Of the twenty. five arucies, and perlups all of them, as he (True) Was 1p favor ot doing. Rey. Mr. James was annoyed at the progressive ideas presented by some of the speakers. He Was on “old fogy” aud im iavor oj sending a few old fogy deiegates to the Gen conterence, who would seule and strengthen the faith and disetpiine or the Churcii vatuer than alter and mend them to salt the liberal or broad Chureh ideas which some of his yoruger brethren eutertuin. ‘rhe Rev. J. S. Willis took the Young American side of tne case and was ready io vindicate ib any- where, He combated the idea that they urged that | @ change in this particular would produce laxity of doctrme and work injrry to the Church, and demon- strated that the Unitarian defection trom Congrega- tionalisin Was Owing Hot to a laxity of doctrine In the latter, but to Lue Introduction of political tactics in church elections. The question was consiered of such prime importance and so mauy persons | Wanted to speak on it Uhab it was continued, over | nul the next me ee e METHODIST GRNERAL CONPSRENUE, Nomination of Orange Jafd and 4. He ersiuusen us Delerates. ung. Ock- ‘Tie time for the quadrenntat mecting of the Gene- | ral Conference of the Metuodist Kpiscopal Churen, which isto be held in tae Brooklyn Academy of Music, draws near, It will be the most important and interesting gathering of the leading men of this | nomination, and prooably the most mfluenuial veligious convention, ever heid in the Untted States. For the first ime in the tiistory of this Charen lay- men wil be aliowed to participate in legwiating | Upon all matters connected with the body, There is an active canvass going on in New York and vicinity for deiogates to represent the New York conferences in the lighest ecclesiastical convocation of the Church. Yesterday aiternoon a large numoer of the lay dele- gates appointed by their respective quarteriy cou- ferences unanimously nominaed Mr. Orange Jndd and J, H, Ockershausen for delegates to the Gene- rai Conference from the New York Past Conference pboundary. The election will Lake piace at the ses- sion of cho annual conference, which meets in Bridgeport, Conn, this week. A MYSTERIOUS PROUEEDING. POUGHKEErSIE, Y.. April 8, 1872. The body of a young girl named Mary Long was exhumed by Coroner Andrews yesterday at the solicitation of her friends, When she died her body was left alone and one eye and thé nose were torn away by rats, She was puried next day aiter ner death in @ secret manner, no funeral service bein; performed, Tne evwence the inquest showed that for several years past Jather, Kdward Long, treated her In a brutal Manner. One witaess teati- fled to seeing ner bareheaded, bareshouidered and parefooted, driving @ tam Of horses for ner father bofore # harrow in # field. The father walked be- hind ber, sowing seed and swinging @ stont black Whip, with which, he at times would lash tne girl, was also stated that he tied her bands behind ber Aud Urew fer into @ creck. MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS. ~eeS BOARD OF ALDERME! A Cowpiroeller’s Keport for 1870 Requirca— Street Clenuing aud the Rapid Transit Questions. ‘The weekly meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held yesterday,- President Cochrane in the chair, CROTON WATER. Alderman WiLDER moved that the Commissioner or Pablo Works be requested to communicate to the Board the particulars ef the contract for sup- plying Croton water to the steamships in the har- bor and the amount of revenue derived therefroni, Adopted, TAR FOURTH AVENUES AND RAPID TRANSIT, Alderman Coxover, a3 chairman of the jotnt Com pies on Ratiroads, submitted the following reso- LOD — Resolved, That the bill reported favorably by a majo the Committee on Railroads of the Assembly (and now be. ore At for its action: to reguiate the railroads aud the runaing ‘of cara over the Fourth’ avenue in this elty does not meet’ the requirements necessary for the proper protection of tie lives of the citizens or iho demenis of the vroperty owners on or in the iinmediate vicluity of the tue of waid avenue, nd 1 objectionabie to the wishes of the citizens at larpe; erefore we provent against the passage of the suid bill, Kesolved, That in the opinion o/ the commiites no better means can be devised for furnishing “rapid transit? thaa by the utilization of the Fourth avenue, north of Forty- second street, for that purpose; and that tn the opinion of this commitice ail plans Int-nied to secure the advantages of “rapia transit from the lower part of city to the upper should be 40 arranged be run in connection with the road #0 to be con- structed on the Fourth avenue, and that the whoie of said Fourth avenue should ve aopropriated and taken for that purpose; ana further, that tho eoat of the construc. tion of the roadways or tunnels north of Forty-second street be determined and equitavly imposed upon the New York ani Harlem Railroad Compauy, the cfty at large und tho owners of property directly tencfited by the {inprovement, by a commission of three persons, tobe appoiuted by tue Legislature or Governor. d, That after due consideration of the varions braitted to the joint Committees oa Raliroads of thy the as to the Common Couneil of ‘the elty of New York, for the purpose of faciitating the more rapid transit from one part the elt tho other, we do recommend to the fayorabi* consideration of tue Legislature the p an as submitted to us by J..N. Henry Nott, as a proper basta by which tue problem of “rapid transit” may be sate factorily solved. On motion of Alderman Coan the resolution was laid over unul the nexi mceung, SIREEL CLEANING, A communication was received trom the Board of Health tm reterence to street cleaming, which was relerred to ihe Committce on Strecis, with instruc. ons to report thereon. COM) TROLLER’S REPORTS OF 1870 AND 1872. The Comptroiler presented bis quarcerly report ending March 41, Lo72, watca was ordered to ve printed in document form. Gn motion of Alderman JONOVER the Comptroller was requested to furur areport of the iucome and expenditure of the ¢! aud county Lor the year 187% PROPOSED CHARTER CONVENTION, Alderman VAN SO1AiCK moved the Lollowin; Resolved, {f the Board of Aastatant Aldermen concur, That A jowtcommittes of three be appoipted by this Board to memoriaiize the Lezialature to antuorize the people of this city to elect delogates to a conven fou to be hed ata fature day for the purpose of proposing amendm the charter of this city or a new charter, which char.er or amendments shall, if approved by the quaiied voters of the city of New York, at tne next general clection, be suomitted to the Leg iaature, Alderman MCLAREN objecting to the constdera- tion of the resuluttoa, 1. being out of the general order of business, the resolution was returned to tie mover thereof, Alderman CoNovER afterwards, by consent, brought up the resolution, aud it was adopted by & unanimous vote, except that of Alderman McLaren, ‘The Board then adjourngd until Thursday next, THE ASSISTANT ALDERMEN, The Board of Assistant Aldermen met yesterday afternoon at three o’cluck, Ous T, Mali, President, in uhe char, HEBREW BENEVOLENT ORPHAN ASYLUY Cards of invitattoa to an entertainment to be given for the bepeiit of the Hebrew Benevolent Orphan Asylum, accompanied by a commuatication, were received and accepted. PROHISION OF THE CARRIAGE OF BUTCHERS’ OFFAL THROUGH THE SYRBETS. Assistant Alderman Guis presented an ordinance prohibiting the carriage of butchers’ ofal, reiuse bones, decayed meat and other such disagreeablo ws arucles through the streets of the city, except be- tween the hours of five o’ciock 1n the alternoon and seven o’clock in the morning, under @ penalty of $59 for each and every offence. 1t was reierred to the Committee on Public iteaith. WISSER'S PETITION FOR THS SEAY OCCUPIED BY ROMINSON DIBMISSEDs Assistant Aldcriman Simonson, Chairman of the Committee on Contesied Seats, to whom was re- ferred the petition of Henry Wisser to be awarded the seat in the Board for the Filth Assembly district, at preseat occupied by Isaac Robinsot JF yy ce that, in the opinion of the committee, i clatms miade for alteration of the vote ot the said district have not been established by competent authority, aud therefore recommended the adoption of the Jollowing resolativon:— Resolved, That the claim of Henry Wisaer to aseat in this Board, as inember of the Filth Assembly district, not hay- ing Leen established, Ia IXreoy disinisset aud denie!, aud that Isaac Kobingon ‘is hereby adjudged and dectared duly {iegted aud qualitied aa anemver tor and from the aald uis- rict. The report was receiveu, the committee discharged ompanying Ue sport was 1€ Ol 14 to 6 The vote was as fol- AFFIRMAT Mersre. Foley, Stacom, O'Brien, Galvin, Heley, Hart, Costello, Connor. Littetield, Simonson, Cumi: ky, MeDonald, Schwartz and the President—14, Kraus, Coddington, Strack, Pinckney, EGATLV E—Mes Wade and Geis 6. PROTEST AGAINST ACTION OF THE ASSEMBLY ON THE FOURTH AVENUE QUESTION. By unanimons consent Assistaut Alderman CONNOR introduced a resolution protestlug against the passage by the Assembly of the vill now before it tn relation to the relief of Fourth avenue, and aiso waainst the passage of any bill in relation tereto Lot recommended by the Cominon Council. ‘the resolution was laid on the table, ‘Tne Board then adjourned, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, Aspeclal meeting of the above Board was held yesterday, at which a communication was received trom the Comptroiler which stated that @ balance of $15,874 99 remained unused. A large amount of routine business was transacted, incluaing a bill for $690 expenses OL a jury at the Astor House in ine Roscuzwelg case. SINKING F' ND COMMISSION. sing of Markets, Cellars and Ferrics=Re- penling Limitation of Power to sell City Property. Pursuant to adjournment on Saturday, a quorum not being thea present, the Sinking Fund Commis- sioners met in the Comptroiicr’s ofice yester- day. There were present the Mayor (in the chatr), the Comptroller, I. A. Palmer, Clty Chamberlain; Solomon Mebroach, chairman of the Finance Com. miitee of the Board of Aldermen; ©. 0, Pinckney, chairman of the Finance Committee of the Board of Assistant Aldermen, aud Recorder Hackett, ‘rhe committee to whom the question of leasing the inarkets belonging to the corporation and jerries was referred—the Comptvolier, the City Chamberlain ana Mr. Plnckney—reported recommending the adoption of the following resolution:— That tho Comptroller 13 autho; to lease, at pub- lic ucttou, for the term of five years, from the ist of May, 1872, the maréets, cellars, ferries and otter property oF the corporation, the leases of which have expired or will expire on tie Ist of May next, and to make the necessary arraugements for the said sale, notice Of tue same to be given lor ten days. On the list of property coming within the force of the resolution, their leaves expiring on the 1st of May next, which list was iurmished ty Mr. Dunlap, CGullector of City Revenue, are the follow, FULTON MARKET. Cellars Nos. 1to 21; house over market frontiag on Beekman street; house fronting oa Front street and Louse fronting on Fulton street, WASHINGTON MARKS (s Cellars Nos. 1, 2, Band part of 4, froating on Vesey street; part of No. 4 to 14 inclusive, frouting on Waslungtoa sireet, aud part of cupola, CENTRE MARKET. Cellar 1, corner of Grand street and Centre Market place; 2, corner of Grand and Centre; 3 to Ll, ine cingive, fronting on Centre street; rooms on second floor, except that poruon occupied by we kighth regiment, Trouting on Grand sticet. ESSEX MARKET. Cellar 2, corner of Ludlow and Grand strects lars 3 Wo 7, inoiusive, frontiag ou Graad street; cel. jara 8 and 9, corner of Fssex and Grand screets; 10, fronting on Essex street; three small cellars front iow strect. baa ci FRANKLIN MARKET, Cellar 1, fronting on South street; cellars 2 and 3, fronting on Front street; cellars 4, 6 and 6, fronting on Cocnties stip; part of frat and second floors, fronting on south street; part of second Noor, tront- ing on Front street CLINTON MARKET, Rooms over the markes. GOUVERNEUR MARKET, Lotts and cellars, JEFFERSON MARKET, Second oor. UNION MARKET. Third floor, OLD OATHARINA FISH MARKED Housatonic Transportation Company. TOMPKINS MARKET, Hay scales, HOUSES AND LOTS, 453 Vast Houston sireet, 106 East fiftieth street, 70 Harrow street, 160 Wooster street, 123 West Bruad+ APRIL 9, 1872.—TRIPLE SHEET. ity of | | Way 57, $1, 83, 89 91 and 93 Chatham street, 200 West Liuirty-frat street, 18 Renwick sircet, oue lot on West Thirty-third street, between Ninth and ‘Tentn avenues; two lois o Bast F.ity-first street, nour Tiurd avenue; houses and lots 1,141 Broad- Way and 877 and 37¥ Fourty avenue. VERRY LEASES, Lease of ferry, now estabiished (south side), foot | of Grand street, Kast Kiver, to Brooklyn; ferry toot of Houston street, Hast Kiver, to loot of Graud street, Brooklyn; lease of Iranchise of ferry foot of Barclay street, to Hopoken, N. J., and lease of iran- | Ollse of terry toot of Desbrosses street, North River, | to Jersey City, ‘The veport of the committee was accepted and the resolutton adopted, the Recorder belug Une only dis+ seutient. spa BLEECKER’S BILL FOR APPRAISEMENT. The Conptroiler ortel @ resolu(ion rescinding & former resoluiioa of tie Commussion ordering the Payment Of $15,000 to Anthony J. Bleecker for ap- ¥ ‘aising the value of certain real estate of New ork. Kecorder Hackett said the charge was most ex- cessive, ‘The resolution reseiading was adopted, REPEALING THE LIMITATION OF POWER TO SELL CITY PROPERTY The Recorder thea offered @ resolution that the Commissioners. of the Sinking Fund address a | Tequest to tae Legisiature of tne State of New York | Asking the repeal ol the limitatton of power to sell | certain property belonging to the Corporation of the chy of New York, provided by section 9, chapter 574, laws of 1871, by the terms of which tt Is provided, “But if said property be market property, 1b shail not he gold or ieased, uniess under a condition Unt the purchaser or lessee thereof shail mamtain said market property a8, aud ior the purpose of, & pubtic market for at least ten years, from and aiter sale or lease, and under due ordinance of the Coumon Council or of the Board of Health, or under stipulations inthe deed of sale or lease.” By request Of the Comptroller tie Recorder as- sented (o laying the resolution over to next meet ing. ‘The Comittee then adjourned, CITY AND COUNTY FINANCES, Appende | is a statement of the amount for which warrants have been drawn and for what purposes against the City aud County Treasury during the qvarter ending Sist Maren, 1872, amouuting in the aggregate to $15,564,449 14, Aiso @ comparative statement of the city and county debt as of the Ist January and 31st Mareh, 1872, with @ statement of, aud for what purposes stocks have deen issued during the same period:— BYAVEMENT OF WARRANTS DRAWN DURING QUARTER RSvING MARCH BL, 1872, On City Account— Angeasment Fund 168,550 1 fougtd € A Lard Donations (apeelal), per Tax Levy, 17 5,100) Department of Punic Parks 700,000 Department of Docks 0/000) Department of Pubite Works...) 664,646 Departwent of Puytic lustraction. 600,000 Department of Poite 25,500 Department of Moan Saiarics—Bourd of Assessors Saiarice—Department of bul Total city acconnt On County Accoun' Asylums aud refort State taxes. . Revenue bods of 14/1 New County Court House. .. BTL ee ani witneases... Flection expenses .. IUEY 1069... eeeeeeeess ‘arr and maintenance oI bride... Repairing and ‘Clerk's oibee,. Salaries —Execust Salaries —Juulciary Salaries—Leyisiative.. preserving records County Total. CITY AND COU March BL, 1872, 23,078,056 88,245,692, 14,344,000 "800,207 94719.) 20,289, 29,079 500 ‘nly 1,612,700 ‘Bini 605,246 20,4054707 i Appropriations of und for is Total...ssscseeeeee, THE COMPAROLLE APPOINTMENT. Tn conversation with @ Hrratp reporter yester- day His Honor said that the rumor on Saturday, that ne had had any cominunication with the Goy- ernor a4 to the legality of the Comptroller's appoint. ment, had no fuundauon except im the imagination of the origiuator, In relation to the law ot the case, the Mayor stated that tie following clause was the clause under waich tae Comptroiler was appoiated, and had no connection wita the law that was said to imvalidave the organization of the Special ses- siOns-— SECTI@® %5—As amended by section 85, chapter 574, Laws of I871:—the chief oicer of the Fiuance Department shail be called the Comytrolier of the city of New York, and he Shall be appointed for w term of five years by. thé Mayor. ihe appointment of a Comptrolier of the city ot New York, made during the ycar 187l by the Mayor, 14 hereby | confirmed. ‘the Mayor shall fill any ’ vae caney in the odica of the Comptroller by appotat- ment for a fui term of five years. ‘the Comptroller sna! port to the Mayor ance in niiety days the name of every p fon fu Whose favor an account has been audited, with the decision of the Anditor noon the satne, to,ether with the final action of the Comptroiier thereon ; and also such further in- formation m relation to the ligatces of tue eity us in his judgment the public interests inay require, EXC.TEMENT IN THE WOODHULL MANSION, Sudden Denth of Or. Woodhull—Suspicion of Foul! Play—The Matter Snrtistactorily Cleared Up by Coroner Herrman. The deadly teud which has long existed between the femaie members of the Clafia- Woodhull family yesterday raged to a fearful extent at the residence of Victoria GC. Woodhull and her sisters, Tennie U, Clafiin and Mrs. Miles, 118 West twenty-third street, where they recently moved from Thirty-eighth street. The occasion was the death of no less a per- sonage than Dr. Channing H. Woodhull, the former husband of Victoria C. Woodhall, which took place on Sunday evening. Mr. Woodhull, who, it was Stated in the house, bad scarcely drawn a sober breath for the last fifteen years, has long been in the daily habit of taking neavy doses of morphine to quiet his nerves. For tue past flve days Mr. Woodiuil had been worse than usual, in consequence of which Drs. Julius Von Meyer and Gowins were called and induced the doctor to siop the use of morpiune for lae present, At last, as he Was tnen delirous and in @ crivical confiuon, Mire. Mies, her mother aud other members of the family objected to the doctor's order, saying it would prove fatal to the patient; bat he was past med aid, ard deat ensued as stated, Dra. Meyer and Comias, being per- fecuy satisfied as co the cause of death, certified Liat Dr. Wooauuil fad died of congesuonu of the brain and imtemperance. On Sunday aliesnoon, wien Mrs. Brooker, sister of Mrs. Woodhuil, leit the bea- side of Mr, Woodiull, she was very mucn excited about the manner 1a which ie had been treated, and sald to Dr. Meyer, “Ido pot viame the doctors, but i inteud to lake revenge on the family.” On Monday morning Coroner Herrman received information of Dr. Woodhuli’s deata, coupled with tie statement that he died under suspi- cions circumstances, which needed investiga. tion, It was also tmtumated that Mrs. Sparr, another sister of Mra Woodhull, liviag ¢ 38 University place, couid lmpart important information, On reaching we house in Twenty. third steeet Coroner ‘Herrmann aud his Deputy, Dr. Join Beach, found Mra Maggie A, Mules and her aged motuer in the greatest state of excite. ment and raving almost like lunatics, Mra. Miles denounced her two sisters, Mis, Brooker and hirs, Sparr, and insisted that one end of the family was trying to eat up the otier, Mrs. Miles said that herseii and all her sisters were doctors, but stated that she would not have her mother die in the house for $50,000; that if she did get sick there she intended tosend her to either the house of Mrs. Brooker or Mrs, Sparr, as in that event tiey could not charge ner with poisoning the old ey Mrs. Woodhull and her sister, Tennie ©, Clafin, Were absent at tie time the Coroner called; conse- quentiy Mrs, Miles bad nearly all the talxing to do, and the reader can rest assured that sue was not backward in freely expressing her options, Mrs. Miles was not at all surprised tiat members of tne ‘amily living in that house inad been indivectiy charged with hastening tie death of Dr. Woodhull by Mrs. Brooker and Mrs. Spari, but she could in- jorm we Coroner that iastead of being polsoned her Jamenied prother-ia-law had died a natural death. To stop the mouths of her absent sisters aud save idle talk about @ violent deatn, Mrs, MI es rather re- luctanuly consented that @ post-mortem examinu- tion be made on the body, Which was accordiagly done by beputy Coroner Joun Be: |. D., as~ sisted by Drs. meyer and Comins. The examimation showed tnat deatn resulted trom pnengionta, which Was accelerated by inteimperaace and the ex ceosive use Of morphiae. A fresh certificate of death was iven by tie Coroner, and thus ends the career of v. Woodhull, ‘ Le was about forty-six years of age, and was born | near Kocwesier (his Stave | like it as it was. mareen. THE STATE CAPITAL Playing Shuttlecock with the Charter. The Seventy’s Bantling Referred to a Commitice of Conference. Proposition to Amend the Existing Charter. Fixing the Salaries of Judicia} Officers. Referees To Be Appointed by the Governor. Consolidation of the City aud County of New York—Abolitio. of the Board of Supervisors, : ALBANY, April 8, 1872, It ts evident that this reform Legislature now More than ever realizes the fancy or the fact that Whatever they may or may not do they must pass & new charter for the city of New York. The ques tion 18 now tn as great a muddle as it has been at any time since elther house undertook the work. THE COMMITTRE OF SEVENSY’S CHARTER passed the Assembly on the 27th of February witfe out very much consideration, many of the republican majority who passed it being opposed to some of Ita provisions. But tt was rushed through for the pur pose of getting it out of the way for the time, as it was well understood that it would undergo @ more thqrough overhauling in the Senate, and the mem-, bers of the Lower House wanted to wait to see in what shape 1t would appear when returned to them, It was returned, but so ameaded as to be, not only in semblance, but m substance, a very different bill, Nobody, save the Committee of Seventy, seemed to Nobody tikes 1¢ as 1 ts, and itis & question whether it will be very satisfactory to the people generally in the shape it may assume at last. ‘The bill as it came from the Senate bas been lying on the table in the Assembly since the 30th of March, On motion of Mr. Hawkins it was taken up this evening, and the question being on a motion made the other day by Mr. Alvord to non-concur in the Senate amenaments and to refer the subject to a conference committee, Mr. Jacobs moved, as an amendment, that 1¢ be sent back to the Committeo on Citles. This suggestion was opposed by Mr. Alvord, Who Was backed by bis republican associates, and @ little cross-fire occurred between Alvord, who ta the leader of the radicals, and Jacobs, who is the leader of the democrats. In supporting his motion to recommit to the Comunittee on Cities Mr. Jacobs contended that the bill was now practically @ new one, very different, Indeed, from the one which waa passed in the Assembly, and it was emineaty im- proper to send it to @ conference committee, which woud fix up still anotner new measure to suit themselves; one that would be put through toward the end ot the session, and without suilicient examination, Alvord responded that Ube motion to send it back to the Committes on Cities was only made for the purpose of causing deiay, and that if such relerence were made the charter would be Kee? GOING BACK AND FORTH between the two houses, and would hive to be re ferred to a conference committee at last. In this view Old Salt was sapperted by the gauant Colonel Hawkins, Who uiso gave a siot or two at Jacobs, especially on the point that the intention of his motion was to delay action on the subject, Haw- kias ischairman Of the Commitee on Cities, ana has provadly heird enough of the argu- ments of rival deegations, Jacobs in- dignantly denied that be made the motion for tne purpose of delay, and nere he aroused tue ire of Mr. Alvord Wien he said there “were two months of the session before us yet,” owing to the way im which the republican leader of the nouse had wanazed legisiauion, and Laat veing the case there was time to CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE SUBJECT, 1m order to give the people of New York the kind of carter wol:h they Wanted and ousnt to pave. Mr. Alvord repeated nis arguments in favor of @ con- ference committee, and in the opinion of the House, as well as of outside parties, he is right. 1 tus Legislature intends to pass a charter at all 1t 1s bet- ter that thé niaifer be referred to a couference com- mittee without farther delay tian to Mave both houses playing foot-ball wita It until nearly the Uwe .or adjournmeat sine dic. Before Mr. Alvord sat down he poluted to the early pad. sae of the Appropriation bill and of the Sapyly vill as evidence that the work wad been hurrted up by nun, aad be charged back on Mr. Jacobs that ine session had veen protracted by the factious 0; the democrats and the latitur position of that had been allowed them, Ar, Ale berger made the very sensible remark that 1t Was useless to dtacuss the subject of the charter now, and i order to test the sense of the House he moved the previous question and the House sustaiued the mouon, REFERRED TO A COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE. Mr. Jacoos’ motion to recommit tie charter to the Committee of Cities wus Losi by a vote Of 30 to 66, and Mr. Ajvord’s to refer It toa counnittee of conferenee was carried bv a vole of 66t0 23, The Speaker appointed Messrs, Alvord, Hawkins, Fort, Morton and Paige as lie committee oi conference on the part of the House. ‘The subject was also up in the Senate, but ina different suape. Mr. Tiemann offered a preamble and resoiation instructing tue Senate Committee on Cites to take the existing charter of 18.0, as Amended in 1571, and report scud other amendments as the exigencies of the times und the public seat ment of tue city of New York seem to demand, was latd on the rable ior te p It eat. ‘The following are the preamble and resolution:— Whereas the 100 days for which members of the Legistar a ion itauion to receive compen: on Wedaesisy, April 10, and iviature will adjoura at an early eas no net mating provision for wy ol New York bas yet been passed ; donots are entertained whether the dife existing between the two houses of the Logisiature on the vil now pending ean be reconciled; and whereas it ts fearec that t @ bil will be lost by the disagreement between the two howses, or Kf they #hould agree and pass the bill, ft will not 'be approved and signed by the Goveraor, and that the Legigiavure inay adjourn without maki charter for the city of New York; and whereas it is of the Uiimost importance that some, legislation should be had at this session of the Legislature for the purpose of improving the existing government of the city of ww York; therefore we Kesoived, That the Coumitice on Cities be, and ia neredy, ucted to examine the charver passed April 26, 1870, an int the amendments thereto passed April I8, 1871, and propose euch amendments thereto will relieve it of the obnoxious features and pre ions it iw cont provide for an early lection of Mayor and othe r oficera to be elected by the people, and such other amendments aethe exigencios of the mes end the public sentiment of the elty of New York seem to demand, aud re- port such amendaents vy bill, ou or before April 18 In the Senate Mr. Benedict introduced two bills of considerabic interest; one ixipg the SALARIES OF JUDICIAL OFFICERS, and the ower providing for the appointment of referees in the ctty of New York. It 18 proposed to give the Justices of the supreme Court of the First Judictal district $6,500 per annum, in additioa to the annual compensation aud per alem al- lowance provitted by the act of 137% This 1g intended to supersede tie aciton of whe board of supervis rs, and wilt make the salaries Of those Justices $12,500 instead of $17,000, as at present. The Justices of the Superior Court, Judges of the Court of Common Pieas, Ke- cord City Judge, Surcogate and Justices of the Marlue Court are to lave im annual salary of $7,500, and the Police Justices wuyl Justices of the District Courts, $8,500, The act e€preasly proninits any of them recelving any Over compensation oF perquisites. The bill RELATING TO REPERBES provides that the Governor stall appomt, subject to coniirmation by the seaate, twenty persons, to ree side in the city of New York, wig shall act as legal referees, and to one or not more than three of whous cases sual be referred by the Courts, GOODBY, SUPERVISORS. Bills were also introduced tu tie Senate to com soltdate the ctty and county of New Yors, by apol- ishing the Board of Supervisors, and to appropriate 1,000 for each battery of artillery in the National juard. TERRIBLE ACUIDENT IN TRENTON. A Man Falls Thirty Feet Through a Matche way and Is Killed. Shortly before nine o'clock yesterday morning Joseph Prince, aged avout forty years, met with @ sudden and terrible death while at work m the wholesale grocery store of Forst & Uo., Greene eet, Trenton. Tho Unfortunate man had been ay Se to fainting fits, aad he happened to be near the hatchway rolling some yellow sta when =e = =was aeized with a oft aud fell headiong through the hatehway to the cellar, a& distance of thirty feet, Death was Instantaneous, Lue whole lett side of the head Was crushed in, Prince nad beep so ect that he let tae cinploy of * vio, Who eebs a siau citer hou >, uae it was that the malady Was fostered vy Ue steamy fot aillieted by the matady to wilen ne was sub ippowed