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WASHINGTON. Defeat of the Cotton Tax Re- / funding Scheme, THE CREDIT MOBILIER COMMITTEES. Lge A Wise and Timely Veto by the President. SHERMAW'S FREE BANKING BILL. Texan Raiders Into Mexico Arrested and Held to Answer by Uncle Sam. SENATOR NYE ON THE-WEBB SUBSIDY, The Peace Policy and Soothing System To Be Tried with the Modocs. REVENUE STEAMERS DOING GOOD SERVICE. The Geneva Award—Sumnor’s Health—Colfax Ready with His Defence—Bills Signed by the President—Contumacious Stewart in Comfortable Quarters—General Howard's Accounts Settled, Wasninaton, Jan. 31, 1873, A Wise and Timely Veto by the Presi- i dent. The President sent the following veto message to the Senate to-day:— Ihave the honor to return herewith Senate bill No. 490, entitled ‘An act for the relief of the East Tennessee University,” without my approval. This claim, for which $18,500 is appropriated out of the moneys of the United States, arises in part for the destruction of property by troops in time of war, and, therefore the same objections attach to it as were expressed in my message of June 1, 1872, returning the Senate bill awarding $25,000 to J. Milton Best, Ir the pre- cedent is once established that the government is Mable for the ravages of war the end of demands upon the pablo treasury cannot be forecast. The loyalty of the people in the section in which the university is located under circumstances of per- sonal danger and trials, thus entitling them to the most favorable construction of the obligation of the government towards then, is admitted; and nothing but regard for my duty to the whole people in oppos- ing a principle which, if allowed, wiil entail greater burdens upon the whole than the relief which will be afforded to a part by allowing this bill to be- come a law, could induce me to return it with ob- ORNS, the claims of these citizens hy and the most favorable consideration jaims by the Javor a donation of tl this bill for their relief, The Latest Phase of the Cotton Refand- ing Scheme, ‘as introduced by Beck, was discussed in the Ways and Means Committee to-day, and virtually de- Jeated. Beck’s scheme provided for refunding the tax to actual exporters only. Beck, Kerr and May- ward advocated the scheme; the remaining five menibers opposed it, and an adverse report upon ‘the subject will be presented to the House. The Jobby here is disheartened by the failure of this huge job. Xesterday’s Session of the Poland Com- mittee—Brooks and Neilson Again— Durant’s Attack on John B. Alley. Poland’s Investigating Committee, when in want of witnesses, invariably falls back upon the unfor- tunate James Brooxs and his son-in-law, Neilson, about the everlasting fifty Crédit Mobiller shares, as if the fate of the country depended on the minute details of that little transaction. Brooks’ perturbed spirit was again present and propounded Q great number of foolish questions to Son-in-law Neilson, all tending to show that father-in-law was Qs innocent as the babe unborn. Neilson’s replics were of course satisfactory to father-in-law. The question arises, when will Poland’s committee make up its mind to conclude the farcical inverrogatory about Brooks’ fifty shares. Why not Investigate more closely Dawes’ Crédit Mobilier transaction, which needs additional daylight; or is Brooks to be made the scapegoat for his Congres- sional fellow sinners ? After Brooks had finished asking foolish ques- tions of his son-in-law, Dr. Durant came forward and read a very long statement, fortified by copies of vouchers and contracts regarding his connection with the Union Pacific Railroad, for the purpose of Controverting several assertions made by Alley in his testimony. He stated as an excuse for comng again before the committee that Alley and Ames had circulated stories about him along time, derogatory to nis honor, but he never took any notice of them until they were a matter Of public record, In his preambie he asserted that Alley’s testimony was false, and spoke ina very unfavorable manner of Alley’s morals in general. Durant then proceeded to give what he called a fair and impartial account of the organization of the Union Pacific Railroad, its connection with the Crédit Mobilier and the quarrels that existcd be- tween the two corporations, He said when the Crédit Mobdilier took the contract in the Union Pa- cific Railroad many of the directors of the former overnment, I would heartily ie amount aap by . S&S. GRANT, were elected to @ similar position in the latter, | and thereby any contract between the two corporations wis equivalent to a man’s making a contract with himself. He said that Alley and his confederates of the Crédit Mobilier were continually ignoring the rignts of the Union Pacific Railroad and seeking always | Profit for the stockholders of the Crédit Mobilier to the detriment of the stockholders of the Union Pacific Ratiroad; and because he opposed them in this dishonest operation he became involved in a quarrel with them. He denied that he ever was turned out of the Crédit Mobilier organization. He said Alley had made a mock purchase of about sixty millions of stock by a tender of fifty-five per cent, when par was demanded, in order to control the eection. There was a reso- lution in the by-hws of the company which provided that no stockholder shall vote unicss he had registered his name on the books ten days Previous to the elestion. Alley in his (Durant’s) absence secured the repeal of that resolution. He and nis friends hed an election then, and the Alley-Ames party hid another. Dr. Durant ex- patiated at great length on the other rascalities of Alley. The latter lisened to Durant’s accusations with his peculiar fox) smile, and afterwards made a. speech, in which hecharged Durant with having borne false witness asto his character. He denied Darant’s story in wo; but his defence made not the slightest impresion upon the committee. Horace F. Clart’s Testimony Before the Wilson Committee—Fitty Thou a Dellars Paid \o Gen 1 Dix to Fioat a Loan for the Union Pacific, The Wilson Invefigating Committee resumed to- day the examinatin of Horace F, Clark, who spoke more like a counsi for the Union Pacific Railroad than a witness on he stand. He gave his opinion as to tire lewal liatlities of the road to the govern- ment. The most iteresting information elicited from him was tha) $50,000 were paid to General Dix while Ministe to France asa bonus to nego- | tiate a loan for th Union Pacific Railroad. General Dix failed in this, nd Clarke says he has not heard of his ever havin returned the money. Congressmen Greatly Excited Prvate Secretary's over Letters There is grea/excitement among Congressmen regarding the dtiosures made in Wilson's com- | mittee about Geral Butler's private secretary Cowlam, who flegraphed to the Union Pacific Railroad that avill damaging to its interest was threatened, ai that it would be well to retain gome g000 Maso 100k after the interest of the NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, PEBRUARY 1, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. road. Butler was entirely ignorant of Cowlam’s course until made acquainted with it by others after it was allover, He is said to have severely censured his secrétary, and cautioned him never again to indulge in such operations. Stewart, the Contumack Witness, in Comfortable Quarters. Sergeant-at-Arms Ordway having prepared quarters in the basement of the Capitol, B. Stewart, the wituess who refused to answer cer- tain questions propounded by the Wilson commit tee, was conveyed thither last night. It is the same room which was formerly occupied as the studio of Miss Vinme Ream, and where she re- modetied the statue of Lincoln. This room was afterwards prepared for the confinement of Woolley, who retused to testify im the Johnson impeachment case, and subsequently eccu- pied by Patrick Woods when under sentence by the House of Representatives for an assault in Rich- mond on Representative Porter. Stewart 18 com- fortably provided for and is supplied with meals from Downing’s restaurant, Vice President Colfax Ready with his Defence. Colfax has found his alibi, and to-morrow he is to appear before the Polanders to clear up his Teputation, Should he succeed, poor Patterson te ready to follow suit,and Harlan has a fresh quire of paperim readiness tor an editorial record of their virtues. Texan Raiders on Mexico Captured. ‘The Attorney General has received a despatch from Fort Clark, Texas, stating that McWeber and two other raiders on Villa Nueva, Mexico, have been arrested and are now being conveyed to Austin, Texas. The Attorney General telegraphs tohold the prisoners against habeas corpus and other processes of the State Courts, and to apply to the United States District Attorney for advice and assistance. The Modoc Indians to Be Pacified with Soft Sawder—Commissioners to Captain Jack. The Indian peace policy suggested by General E. L, Appleton and @ number of other prominent Oregonians now present in this city relative to the settlement of the diMiculties with the Modoc In- dians in Oregon has been adopted by the adminis- tration and will be immediately enforced. A peace commission, consisting of Hon. A. B, Meacham, Jate Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Oregon; Rev. J. H. Wilbur, Indian Agent at Simcoe, W. T., ané@ Hon. T. B. Odeneal, present Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Oregon, will proceed to the scene of the difficulty, charged with ample powers to hear and adjust all troubles, Senator Nye in Advocacy of the Webb Subsidy. The outgoing Nye, “with a smile that was child- like and bland,” was permitted to occupy the time of the Senate this afternoon in advocating the Webb steamship subsidy, solely because Senators sympathized with him over his defeat. They Jet him orate, and the Pacific Coast Ring absolutely had hopes of carrying their bill, so rich in “divvies” and contingents. Chandler gave them a broadside, however, and produced the Burnside bill as an amendment, which so demoralized the Webb forces that they consented to an adjournment over until Monday. It remains to be seen whether the Pacific Coast Ring can cobble up this rich subsidy, as, if they can, they will assuredly install the railroad depot on Goat Island. Senator Wilson in Training for the Presidency of the Senate. ‘Wilson has been such a diligent student of Barclay’s Parliamentary Manual that he has de- lighted the octogenarian Macdonald, of the Senate's clerical force, who has had several private sittings. ‘His call to order is imposing; his demand for the ayes and nays is imperial; and his adjournment of the body is patriarchal. Meanwhile some fifty or sixty white men want to be his private secretary, but he is urged to show his consistency to principle by appointing a smart woman or a colored man, The Health of Senator Sumner. Senator Sumner is decidedly better to-day and visited the Capitol,out did not go near the Senate Chamber, where repose the resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts and of the House of Representatives condemning his battle-flag resolu- tions, Sooner or later be will have to face this music, Important Service Rendered by Our Revenue Steamers—A Leaking Ship and Starving Lightkeepers Saved. Captain Abbey, of the revenue steamer Stevens, at Newbern, N. C., reports having on the 28th inst., during rough and stormy weather, rendered assistance to the Brant Island lighthouse, which is built on screw piles in the centre of Pamlico Sound. The principal keeper had been absent about twenty-four days with the only boat belonging to the lighthouse, The assistant keeper and a small boy were alone there, and ina 8 arving condition. They had been five days with- | out anything toeat. A schooner had given them | something, but that had been exhausted. Reports have also been received here that tne revenue steamer Northerner, which is stationed at Key West, and is cruising along the east and west coasts of Florida, on December 15 gave assist- ance to the American brig Florence J. Henderson, four days out frem New Orleans for New York, with @ curgo of molasses and cetton seed oil, valued at $50,000. The brig was seen out in the Gulf while the Northerner was cruising, with flag at half-mast. | She was found leaking badly, with the crew much exhausted, A crew of six men and an officer was | put on board, A hawser was then run te her and | She was tewed to Key West, the men from the | Northerner relieving at the pumps, | Edmunds’ Bill en the Geneva Award. Edmunds, of Vermont, has a billon the award of the Geneva damages which he hepes to pass in the | Senate next week, but which can hardly be enacted during the present session. Meanwhile insurance | officers and others interested can pay retaining fees to lawyers, and watt, Patience is a virtue. | Free Banking and Resumption of Spe- cie Payments. | John Sherman is trying hard to get up his bill for the establishment of free national banking and | for the resumption of specie payments, but if he can squeeze it through the Senate the House won't touch it with a ten-foot pole. General Howard’s Accounts Settled. General Howard's accounts in the Freedman'‘s Bureau have passed the Second Auditor of the | Treasury, and General Howard was found, by a | clerical error, to be indebted to the government in | the sum of $52 54. He gave his check for this amount, and his accounts are square. | Another Story on the New York Post Office. The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds will recommend the erection of another story to the Post Office building im New York. The Secre- tary of the Treasury has written to the committee making that suggestien. The Louis! a Case. The Senate Committee en Privileges and Elec- tions had a private consultation to-day, lasting three honrs, over their constitutional powers in | the Louisiana case. No conclusion was reached. Louisiana Mail Facilities. The Postmaster General to-day centracted with Dr. B. H. Peterson, of New Orleans, for a daily mail service from New Orleans to Alexandria, La. and a tri-weekly service from New Orleans to Shreve- port, La, | | | i} | The Goat Island Job. The Senate Military Affairs Committee to-night heard additional argument on the Goat Isiand question, Mr. D, C. McRuer, of San Francisco, oppesing and Representative Sargent favoring the bill, The discussion lasted till eleven o'clock. Bills Signed by the President. ‘The act to abolish the Franking Privilege was re- ceived at the Executive Mansion to-day, and was immediately approved by the President. The Presi- dent also signed the act to aid in maintaining the Fire Department in the District of Columbia. The Debt Stateme: The debt statement to-morrow will, it is thought at the Treasury, show a reduction, but that it wil be very light, It isas yet, owever, impossible to say positively what the showing will be. Sta Mrs. Fish this evening was attended by @ large number of guests, including the heads of the several depart- ments of the government, Judges of the Supreme Court, members of Conaress, foreign Ministers and The Card Reception of the Secretary of | | Private bills were reported and other persons of distinction, aceompanied by their ladies, It was one of the most briliiant assem- blages af the season. The Boston Lancers have sent their officers here to engage quarters and to hire horses, on which the corps will join the in- auguration procession, which has been done, FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. ee Second Sessicn. SENATE. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 1873, The Vick PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a message from the President, vetoing the bill for the relief of the University of East Tennessee. Messrs. Windom, Harlan and Stevenson were appointed a committee of conference on the In- dian Appropriation bill. Mr. PRELINGHUYBEN, (rep.) of N. J., presented @ petition from the sisters of George Catlin, asking Congress to purchase THE CATLIN INDIAN COLLECTION. Mr. HAMILTON, phon) Of Md., introduced a bili to amend the act establishing national cemeteries. Mr. LewIs, (rep.) of Virginia, from the Committee on the District of Cotumbis, reported, without amendment, a bill authorizing the Orange and Alexandria and Manassas Railroad CORB AAY. to lay down and operate a railway track through the streets of Washington, connecting the depots of the Baltimore and Potomac and Baitimore and Ohio Railroads; flat rails to be used and the transit across Pennsylvania avenue to be made by horse power, BILLS INTRODUCED. By Mr. Howr, (rep.) of Wis.—Anthorizing the Northern Pacific RatIroad Company to construct a bridge across the St. Louis River. By Mr. SPENORR, (rep.) of Ala.—Authorizing the Columbus, Fayette and Decatur Railroad Company to enter public lands, Mr. EDMUNDS, (rep.) of Vt., gave notice that to- morrow he would ask the Senate to take up the bill to dispose of the Alabama claims award. THE ELECTION OF UNITED STATES SENATORS, Mr. HARLAN, (rep,) of Iowa, introduced pipint re- solution proposing to amend the constitution so as to have Senators of the United States electea by a popular vote. Mr. WRIGHT, {rep.) of Towa, moved to take up the bill to repeal the Bankrupt law, taking it for granted that Senators had made up their minds on the subject, and that the vote on his motion would indicate the views of the majority in regard to the object of the bill, Mr. Epmunps, of Vt., said there were very important questions to be considered in de- termining the disposition to be made of tnis bill, and protested against the Senate being called to Ge upon them on an undebatable motion like t Mr. WriauHr then withdrew his motion and gave notice that on Wednesday next he would move to proceed to the consideration of this bill. On motion of Mr. NYk&, (rep.) of Nevada, THE WEBB AUSTRALIAN STEAMSHIP SUBSIDY bill was taken up, and Mr. aye addressed the Senate at length in support of it. He spoke of the wisdom of Touorng: commerce as one of the main elements of national greatness, and referred to the trade of last year between Australia and the United States as rejuting the theory that there could be no profit- able commerce between those countries. He also charged that strenuous efforts were being made by British agents to defeat this American measnre— agents who were even now under the roof of the Capitol watching the action of Congress on the bill. Mr. BUCKINGHAM, (rep.) of Conn., argued against the bill. He was not creet to subsidies, he said, where they could be wisely granted; but investigation had satisfied him that this was pot such a case. It wasanaxiom of commerce that there could be. no profitable commerce between two nations in any article produced by both in superabundance, and, therefore, there could not be such commerce between Australia and Call- fornia, because the staple productions of both were the same—gold, grain and wool. There had, indeed, been a temporary trafic in wool, owing to the general scarcity of wool in Europe, resulting from the war between France and Prussia; but he (Mr. Buckingham) predicted that the returns for the current year would show that that trade had Jalen away to almost nothing. Mr, SHERMAN, (rep.) of Ohio, moved to lay the subsidy bill on the table for the purpose of taking up the substitute for the Buckingham Banking bill, reported from the Committee on Finance on the 16th instant. ‘The motion to lay on the table was lost—yeas 24, nays 30. ir. CHANDLER, (rep.) of Michigan, then offered THE BURNSIDE SUBSIDY BILL as a snbstitute for the pending bill, announcing, however, that on the final vote he would oppose both. He also argued that there was no commerte to justitily the subsidy asked for, and that this line of steamers had had no influence in creating the temporary trade in wool, which had arisen from other causes. Mr. MORRILL, (rep.) of Me., favored the bill. The Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Buckingham) had argued that it would be unwise to subsidize this line, for the reason, among others, that it ter- muinates at a half-way RS leaving the transpor- tation between San ‘ancisco and the Atlantic coast to be done in a costly manner by railroads, If this argument was sound, Mr. Morrill said, it was an equally good argument against sustaining the China line or any other line terminating on the Pacific coast. This Australian line deserved en- couragement as an American line, and also asa pioneer line which would open up a new field tor the shipping of the Atlantic coast, now struggling in ruinous competition with the subsidized ship- ping of Europe, Mr, BucKINGHAM, in reply, said that our trade with China was diferent in character from any trade we could hope to have with Australia. Be- sides, the China trade was with 350,000,000 of people, while the other would be with a much smaller number. Mr. CorBETT, (rep.) of Oregon, said the proposi- tion that there can be no commerce between countries of similar productions did not hold fear in the case of the trade with Great Britain and the United States. He dented that the productions of the Pacific coast and of Australia were so similar as to preclude profitable commerce, and argued that there must already considerable commerce there or this line of steamers would not be run- ning at all. Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN opposed the bill because he believed that subsidies, by creating monopolies with which private enterprise cannut compete, are in the end injurious to commerce. Commerce ought to be encouraged, but the only proper way for Congress to encourage it would be by legisiat- ing so that ships could be built and maintained as cheaply in the United States asin England, avoid- ing THE CREATION OF MONOPOLIES. Mr. Nye said the bill was supported by the re- commendations of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, the Postmaster General and the Presi- dent of the United States. On motion of Mr. ANTHONY & resolution was adopted extending the time for the presentation and selection of models for THE FARRAGUT STATUE to the 1st of March, 1873, to allow time for the arrival of the model sent from abroad by Mr. Randolph Rogers, with @ proviso that the models already before the committee may be considered before that day without prejudice to any that may be received hereafter before March 1, 1873, Mr. THURMAN, (dem.) of Ohio, moved to lay the pending bill on the table for the purpose of moving that when the Senate adjourn to-day it adjourn to Monday. Agreed to. On motion of Mr. THURMAN the Senate voted to adjourn to Monday. The subsidy bili was taken up, when Mr. Thur- man, for the purpose of killing it, moved to lay it | on the table, pending which motion the Senate, on motion of Mr. Anthony, adjourned until Monday. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 1873. This being private bill day, a large number of passed. The House, aiter spendiag the whole day on pri- vate gy adjourned at twenty minutes past four o'cloc! THE ALABAMA MUDDLE, The Lieutenant Governor in the Role ‘—“No Compulsion, But MonToomeEny, Ala., Jan. 31, 1878, The House passed a resoiution notifying the Senate of its organization. The Lieutenant Governor to-day, in the Senate, refused to put a motion to reconsider the vote of yesterday, by which Mr. Miller (radical) was seated, and Mr. Martin (defffocrat) displaced. Mr. Pakks (dem.) renewed Mr. Cobb's motion to reconsider, and the Lieutenant Governor again refused to put it toavote. He also refused the Senator the am of appeai from his decisions and ordered Mr. Miller to be sworn, in which he de- cided to have been authorized by the vote substi. tuting the minority for the majority report. The democratic Senators all submitted, under protest. During the proceedings the lobbies were crowded with negroes, to whom cartridges were curried from an ante-room. Magy white men of both Parties were also present, and for a time it was thought that violence weuld result. The session, however, passed quietly off, and, after notifying the House thut it was ready for business, tue Senate adjourned. TT BOYD SENTENCED, The Sweetwater Pension Swindler Sen- tenced to Five Years’ id to Pay a« Fine ef $5,000. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 31, 187, In the federal Court to-day Thomas G. Boyd, con- victed of pension frauda, was sentenced to the Nashville Penitentiary for five years and to paya fine of $5,000, There are twenty-six indictments against Bord, lity im one case and submit pailty in five ethers. It is under. Imprisenment | | THE STATE CAPITAL. Abolition of the Wholesalo “Mandamus” Business. Ventilating the Assembly on the “Gouge” Plan. The Charter Question To Be Defi nitely Decided Next Week, Seventh Regiment Memoria} for a Site for an Armory. SPLENDID RECORD OF THE “SEVENTH.” What it Costs for Legislators’ Letters and How the Thing Is Done, The Senate Committee’s Report on the Harlem Court House Job, ALBANY, Jan. 31, 1873, ‘The bilk which gives the Constitutional Commis- sion now in session here the power to suggest AMENDMENTS TO THR JUDICIARY ARTICLE of the constitution has passed the Assembly. It was adopted by the Senate last week, and now only needs the Governor's signature to become a law. It may be stated further, as @ matter pertinent to the subject, that the Commission intend to make an amendment to the article by which Judges of equal jurisdiction in different parts of the State will no longer be able to “mandamus” each other to distraction or throw obstacles in the way of each other's jurisdiction, A CONTESTED SEAT. ‘The case of Mr, Oakley, the democratic member from Queens county, whose seat in the Assembly Mr. Coggeshall (republican) believes is his by right, came up before the Committee on Privileges and Elections yesterday. Mr. Oakley was represented by ex-Speaker Smith, and Mr. Coggeshall repre- sented himself in the absence of his counsel, Judge Van Cott. Mr. Smith rather took the aspiring Cog- geshall aback at the very start by asking that HE SHOULD MAKE SPECIFIO CHARGES OF FRAUD at tue election, instead o: a general statement that frauds were committed. “If frauds were commit- tedand you know the fact, and have proois to show how they were committed, specify them, and then we'll make our answer,” said Mr. Smith, sub- stantially. Mr. Coggeshall was quite willing, of course, to specify, and suggested that he and Mr. Smith could sitdown together and do the whole thing in five minutes, Mr, Smith’s polite refusal to join Mr. Coggeshall in making up the specifications was rather cutting. He simply remarked that he DID NOT HAPPEN TO BE HIS CLIENT'S OPPONENT'S COUNSEL. It is likely that Mr. Coggeshall will leave matters alone until Judge Van Colt takes hold. Then the Oakley fur has got to fly, he thinks. This may be the case, but Oakley says he doesn’t care a con. tinental. GOUGING TO BE PRACTISED IN THE ASSEMBLY. The Assembly spent a great deal of its apparently not very valuable time yesterday in a windy discus- sion ef ventilation, the object to be ventilated this time being nothing more nor less than the As- sembly chgmber itself. This unfortunate chamber has afforded a fitting subject every year for the past ten years for the pure and wholesome air orators to spread themselves for hours atatime. The dis- cussion to-day was carried on in terrible earnest, but whether it will result in anything practical in Open-air question that will remain so, I think, for a good while tocome. Heretotore the ventila- tion apparatus in the Capitol has consisted simply im the burning of gas by the thousands of feet a day through lenise sheet iron tubes reaching to the roof, and in large wood fires in the spacious chim- neys, built on gratings two to three feet above the level of the hearthstones. Now A NEW SYSTEM is to be given a trial. It 1s called “the Gouge sys- tem,” a inan by that terrible cognomen being the inventor of it. As to what it consists of, no one seems to be at all posted hereabouts as yet. The ventilation orators, it is true, attempted to explain it to their benighted brethren, but they still seem to 4s much in the dark as ever. It may be that, if the bill passes giving Mr. Gouge $12,000 to introduce the system into the House, he will be able to make everybody feel it, even if he cannot see it, Heclaims, I understand, that the system is net in anywise related to the gouge system so popular in the Fourth and Sixth wards in New York, and which many of our rising peli- ticlaus turned to such good purpose in their younger days, when the battle was always to the strong, right or wrong, in political conventions, A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION. There was quite @ spicy discussion on Thursday over the bill appropriating $30,000 for a new boat tor the Health Orticer, to take the place of that re- cently lost by fire at Quarantine. Mr. Wiiliam Voorhis, of Rockland, made a vigorous onslaught upon the bill, anu ciaimed that he could get a good boat, suitable im every respect fer the service for which a Quarantine boat was needed for one-halfthe money. He therefore made an amendment to that effect, to make $15,000 instead of $30,000 the amount of appropriation. Mr. Ray, of Columbia, and Burns, of New York, took the same view of the matter, and were opposed by Husted and Alberger. ‘The amendment was finally lost, and the bill was reoommitted to the Committee of the Whole to save it from being killed by a technicality of the rules. Dr. Vanderpocl, the health oficer, has full supervision of the work on the bi As Mr, Weed, @ democrat, said in voting againet Mr. Voorhis’ amendment, ‘Everybody has faith in his honesty.” The bill was again taken up yesterday and passed, REPORT OF THE COMMITTERS ON CITIES. The Committees on Cities will not report the New York charter until next week. It is likely that all the heads of the departments will be removed, Among the important local matters before THE SENATE | that company, when its stock is subscribed, may | issue first mortgage bonds, | reporter. | responsible men as Henry W. Ivor, William Butler — | and the daring of A Disgusting Proceeding in the Senate— | are the bills relative to public works in New York and incorporating the liway Advertising Com- pany. The Public Works bill is merely a tender to the extensive Metropolitan Railway bill, introduced in both houses some time ago, and provides that THE RAILWAY ADVERTISING COMPANY isa new scheme, at the head of which are such Duncan and others, to secure the privilege of doing ali the advertising in ratiway stations, depots, ier- Ties and otner public places, Another debate ensued on the TROY DISTRICT COURT BILI, and Senator Juhnson, having meantime brushed up his constitutional information, went inte the ‘Troy subject with the eloquence of @ Homer's “Iliad” Achilles. His arguments were directed against windmills, however, and, without regarding him, they ground the bill out on the spot. Tne discussion upon indirect CHARGES OF CORRUPTION made by the Constitutional Commission on Thurs- aay took rather @ serious tone. Mr. Bowen rose toa question of privilege, and read from @ loval paper the extract of the proceedings of the Con- stitutional Commission, which contained the allega- tions of fraud, Mr. ‘en, being Chairman of the Committee on Claims, said that omly one claim nad pagsea his committee last Winter, and that Mr. Leavenworth had possibly beem misied. If not, he had made chi % and so also had Messrs, Robinson and \yke, that the Senate should at once investigate, @Mr. Johnson, democrat, from the Twenty-sixth, replied that Mr. Leavenworth would not make 80 categorical a statement without he had some di- rect injormation to bear him out. He might refer to the claims tor salt lands, which were paid by the Committee on Fimance last Winter—amounting to some five handred thousand dollars. He heped they would appoint an investigating committee to inquire into the charges made, and oifered a reso- urpose. — [A r. 180) ber of the Claims Com- mittee, said that he had seen Mr. Robinson last evening, and that gentleman had dented the truth of the report. It was probably @ mistake of the r. Johnson insisted on his resolution and it w: eed to, Mr. Benedict aione voting against it. ag Now, What the investigation will amount to faa matter of mere speculation; but, as it has been as- certuinea since the discussion in the Senate that the charges of corruption made in the Constita- tional Convention were directed at Canal Ap- raisers of the past and not at the last Legislature, the thing will probably come to naught, Still, it the Senators Who were so indignant lay about the charges, when reeks under the ‘ession that they were direc against the slat are really anxious to find out when, how and where canal claims of @ .raudulent character were Legisiature and who know a thing or two how claims durmg the past few years have been lobbied through, might throw some light on the business and themselves as well. CONFIRMED, John Adriance and Edward G. Thompson were confirmed Loan Commissioners for the county of New York by the Senate to-day, Present Status of the Charter Ques. tion—Seveath Regiment SuppHeation for an Armory Site—Postal “Retorm” Reformation—What the Semate Com- ef the Harlem Court ALBANY, Jan. 31—Evening. ‘The magnates of the dominant party are still hard at work on the charter, and to-day accom- plished a good deal in the matter of changing the general phraseology of the various sections of the bili to suit the amendments already adopted in committee, THE IMPORTANT CHANGES decided upon, bowever, such as dropping Green, Van Nort and Delafield Smith, are to be made in the House for the show of the thing more than for anything else, although two or three of the lead- ers believe that these particular changes would be looked upon with more favor if recommended by @ unanimous vote of the republican members of the two committees, If between now and Monday next no new policy should be decided upon by the rulers the charter will be reported and passed, with precisely those s0-cdlled improvements, modifications and amendments which I gave in detail in my despatch of last evening. The majority, so far as can be learned from the general talk that is being indulged in regarding the proposed changes, are quite IN ACCORD WITH THE Chal IN THEIR LATEST even the growlers seeming willing to acquiesce in all that has been done with the charter, and that it has been decided to give Green to the dogs and let Van Nort and Smith take their chances for re- appointment with everybody else. By Wednesday next both the committees and the other parties who are taking a hand in the general “perfecting” Of the bill will have, it is said, completed their la- bors, and then the real test wiil be made as toits.ac. ceptance by the two Houses. A little delay has been occasioned in the efforts made to bring the labors of the committees to an end at an earlier period by THE REQUEST OF MANY OF THE MEMBERS to have the charter of 1870 printed in full, with the amendments now proposed printed alongside of every section. This desire was expressed by those who feared that amendments might be made to sections of the 1870 bill, and others repealed with- out their knowing exactly what the effect of the changes would in reality be if they had not the original charter under their eyes to see just what is what. Nex week, then, the fate of the new charter will be decided, at least as far aa the As- sembly is concerned, and from now until then the PRESENT OFFICE-HOLDERS CAN SAFELY HOLD THEIR SOULS IN PATIENCE, But two weeks from now they may depend upon tt that weeping and gnasbing of teeth will be in order, ‘The memorial presented by the Speaker from THE SEVETH REGIMENT, asking for a site for an armory above Thirtieth Street, is rather an interesting document. It states that a very large majority of the members reside above Thirtieth street, and as a consequence the present armory, being #0 far down town, causes considerable delay in assembling the regiment when it is calied upon to aid the civil authorities in preserving the peace and good order of the city, and for the protection of public and private pro erty. A new site the regiment consider absolutely necessary, and Reservoir square is asked for as the. most suitable place. The memorial states that the past services of the regiment entitle it to the favor= able consideration of the Legislature. During the pant half century it has been, say the memorialists, iy. rei id willing to aid in B PRESERVATION OF MUNICIPAL ORDER, and has often been called upon for that purpose by the proper authorities, as at the execution of James Reynolds in 1825, the “Election” and “Aboli- riots in 1834, the “Stevedore”’ riot in 1830, the “Flour” riot im 1837, the “Croton Water” riot in 1840, the ‘Astor Place” riot in 1849, the “Police’? and “Dead Rabbit” riots in 1857, the “Draft” riot in 1863, and the “Twelfth of July” rot in 1871. 1 has, they goon to say. often been called upon t guard and protect public and private property. as during the great fire in 1835, the suspension of specie payments in 1837, the great fire in 1845 and the “Quarantine War” in 1857. Then again it has olten AIDED THE AUTHORITIES IN CELEBRATING IMPOR- TANT EVENTS. such as the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825, the French Revolution in 1530, the completion of the Bunker Hill Monument in 1843, the victories of our armies in Mexico in 1847, the completion of the Atlantic Telegraph, the inauguration of the Washington Statue by Congress in 1860, and the termination of the Great Rebellion in 1865, It has often received and entertained distinguished guests of the city and State—as the reception of General Lafayette in 1825, General Jackson in 1833, President Tyler in 1843, President Polk in 1847, General Scott in 1848, President Fillmore in 1851, Kossuth in 1851, President Pierce in 185i, the Japanese Embassy in 1860, the Prince of Wales in 1860, the Russian Naval Officers in 1863, President Johngon in 1866, the Chi- nese Embassy in 1868, and the Grand Duke Alexis in 1871. It has assisted the proper authorities in paying THE LAST TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO THE HONORED DEAD, as at the funerals of ex-President Monroe in 1831, General Lafayette in 1834, President Harrison in 1841, General Jackson in 1845, ex-President J. Q. Adams in 1848, General Worth in 1849, President Taylor in 1850, Clay and Wenster in 1862, the re- moval of the remains of ex-President Monroe to Richmond im 1858, the funeral of President Lincoln in 1465, the funeral of Admiral Farragut in 1870, and the funeral of General Anderson in 1872. In 1861 it was the first regiment from the State of New York and the first fully armed and equipped regiment in the United States to volunteer and march to the defence of the national capital, and the first regiment to reach Washington, then in immi- nent danger. It was publicly honored by President Lincoln, General Scott and other distinguished officers for its services in securing the safety of the capital and its archives, and, having faithfully served the country for a longer period than was re- quired by the terms of its enlistment, it was DISCHARGED WITH THE HIGHEST HONORS in special orders. In the year 1862 it again volnn- Pye) ve the cove Mig Me peril. In 1863 ft again yolungeered and geryed the country until it was Sracred ts eS to New York to aid in the sup- pression of the great riots. paring the rebellion jt } furnished from its ranks six hundréd onlecrs tg fhe | regular and volunteer army and navy of the United States, many of whom won high military rank on the fleld of battle, and sixty of whom sealed their DEVOTION TO THE COUNTRY with their lives, In relation to Reservoir square the memorialists say they desire to obtain it for the following reasons :—It is centrally located and will be accessible to a majority of the members of the regiment. It is not large enough to be of any service a8 a public park on account of its | proximity to the Central Park. The memorial concludes as follows:—The vaiue of adjacent prop- perty would not be injured by the erection in the | centre of Reservoir square of such an ornamental building as is proposed. And this square, having been purchased many years ago by the ‘city for Croten Aqueduct purposes, owners of adjacent | property cannot justly claim that the city sould | maintain a park in this locality for their The fact that this plot of ground was leased by the | city for occupation by the Crystal Palace, and was so occupied, is conclusive as tothe views of the city authorities last odd and present. The me- morial promise if the site is granted them to eer handsome building, ornamental as well as | use‘ul, | A NEW WAY TO “REFORM” REFORMATION. i Mr. Lincoln, of Ontario, made a determined at- tempt in the lower house to-day to put an end to | the “reform’’ custom into which the majority seem to have fallen this year—even worse than its im- | mediate “reform” predecessor—of appointing “extra” officials to look on while other people do | the work about the Assembly which the extras are pa t ty eal ih ventas Wee tne appoint help | for the Pos er of the House that dragged Lin- coln to the front, He seat full of VACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT THE POST OFFICE AR- | RANGEMENTS OF THE TWO HOUSES, and made some startling charges. For instance, | Wore chan Lge bla he 1 te 1871 ee | xX een paid for postage stamps for the membe.s of the two houses, and that i had been the custom in the past for the Gerd | ua got up from his seat, cram | month for his services, which the Le esi had paid regularly. Mr. Lincein believed that this by Fort, the leader of the House. le stood the ‘government will not prosecute the other indictments in case of good behavior during Mau HOMmEgs upon they ought vertamly to turn their attention to the Canal Appraisers’ Omice, it May be that one or two gentlemen, Who are DoW meimbers of the revalent ther the teri that is now #0 orn extremity owing to its souta- for #0 Wany rel- Barone engaged in mechanical pursuits, in. vs be appointed to rea) tion distticw. bald overs” roads, If this is the object of tne bm doubt~ less meet with little if any ‘opposition, Mr. Ryan, from New York, has introduced a pill amendi ACT IN RELATION TO APPRENTICES, ' which makes it penal offence for employers tac engage mimorsa not regutarly indentured for five ears, and gives them the power to capture them y due par of law. The bill is a very harsh ponsd in many respects, and there is little if any likeh-. hood of ite ever becoming a law. Mr, Blumenthal’s bill relating to THE PROPER CONSTRUCTION OF BUIEDINGS 1s the legitimate result of his resolution concern.’ ing fires.and fire escapes, introduced a few da; It is an important measure—one that needed very much, and which will be of great benefit to New York if perly carried out when it is made a law, as it will be, THE HARLEM COURT MOUSE. Mr. Tiemann, from a special committee consist. ing of himself and Messrs. Weismann and Benedict, presented a Ma ide this morning in the Senate in relation to the frauds in the Harlem Court House, extension, The facts as summed up there have been published in the Herarp tn its reports of the: numerous trials and publications growing out o! that trand, but never in so succinct and startling a. form as at present. The committee close their re-. port with the following:. THE COMMITTEE’ S JUDGMENT, “In the judgment of your committee Mr. Genet does not account for the money received by hiny upon the city warrants and as having been used in the construction of the Court House, Your com~ mittee further report that, in their jadgment, thix matter was conceived in fraud and carried out in iniquity; that in the boldness of its design and the effrontery shown in its execcatien it is not sur~+ passes by any of the frauds perpetrated on thei easury of New York; that if the Commissioners/ did not share in the proceeds of the transaction i! was through their gross negligence and entire dit regard of duty that thése frauds were perpetrated.; The committee in conclusion recommend that the report and evidence in the case be sent to the At-, torney General and Mayor and Comptroller of they city, that justice may be done, CAUSES IN THE SUPREME COURT. Senator Perry's bill in relation to causes in they Supreme Court. provides, so far as possible, that, no Judge sitting in General Term shall be alloweds, to rewiew his own decisions as a district judge. QUESTIONS OF PRIVILEGE being somewhat fashionable, Senator Lord, th eloquent champion of high tolls, entered upon one} to-day relative to some strictures in a Buffalo’ paper. He had expected, he satd, to rouse the ‘ir ot Buffalo,” but he objected to the statement tha‘ he had favored low tolls in 1870, when he was “th advocate of the canals.” The privilege of com laining Was about all that was allowed him, and} with that he made himself comiortable, The Constitutional Commission, ALBANY, Jan. 31, 1873, At the session of the Constitutional Commission, to-day Mr. Dudley presented an amendment, con¢ ferring additional power upon boards of super visors over county and town affairs, and providin: that every 2,000 inhabitants should be entitled to representation in those boards in counties wher the boundaries of cities and countfes are not thei same. The consideration of an article on special legise, lation occupied nearly all the morning session< Several amendments were made baht et number of subjects enumerated in the article on! which special acts are prohibited. Joseph B. Hall, appointed to fill the vacancy | the Constitutional Commission cansed by the deat! of William Oassidy, took his seat in the Commis-i sion to-day. The Commission has adjourned until the 10th off February. NEW YORK LEGISLATURE. age ict i Senate. Atsany, Jan. 31, 1873, MILLS REPORTED, To abolish days of grace on commercial paper. Defining the jurisdiction of Mayors’ and Recorders” Courts in civil actions. Amending the statutes limiting the time for the coma mencement of actions, ‘To punish bribery. To enlarge the powers of Boards of Supervisors. Senator TieMAN presented a voluminons report from/ the Senate Special Committee with reterenee to the Ninthg district Court House in the city of New York, which was ordered to be printed, Mr. Tieman gave notice of a bill authorizing the Bleecker Street Railroad Company to extend its track. BILLS INTRODUCED, By Mr. Bexepicr—To amend the charter of the Aged and Indigent Female Home in New York. y Mr. Rowuxtson—Providing tor the erectten of an ad- dition to the Court House at White Plains. By Mr, Joanson—To amend the laws relative to the forat mation of corporations, # By Mr. Woon—Providing regulations tor proceedings i cases of husband and wife dying intestate; also to estab: lish @ civil code. The latter bill, Introduced in the Senate by Senators James Wood, provides that the commissioners appoints to revise the ‘statutes of the State may incorporate ire! their repogt the political and penal codes, or so much: thereof as they shall deem advisable, and such codes! shall be regarded as statutes of the State of New Yorks and have the same force aud e(tect as if specifically en acted by the Legislature thereot. 5 By Mr. Vunny—To amend the charter of the New Yorks and Long Island Berry Comp y Mr. y tending the time tor constructing th Buffalo je Railroad. ae B: uthorizing the extension of the tracks, itroad. BILLS PASSED, Amending the laws concerning the proof of wills. The tollowing bills were ro emtan ncftostsert 0 A nuTRD ma ‘ine ‘0 establish a Recorder's Cour! tica; establishin a Board of Health in the city iy al RELATING TO THE SUPLAMY COURT AND Mr. Pray asked and teceived. i introduce a bill amending the several ac relating to th Supreme Court, and for the election of a Judge of th Court of Common Pleas in and for the city and county READING. MMON PLEAS, us consent tow 4 speake: is, nothing ord until be open = New York, SENATOR LORD RISES TO EXPLAIN, Senator Lorn rose to a question of privilege, and ready rom an editorial in the Butlalo Coumercial’ Advertleer eriticism on his (Lord's) remarks on the question of lows tolls on the canals, made in the Senate a few da; He said that paper sought to place im in a false p nit ying that he was in favor of low tolls in 1870, fh he had entered his protest in th ca against the resolution. Th speaker was aProud of the term of autocrat oi ie canals in 1870, and asked Senators to look at the re cords from 1560 . They will find that, during that time the canals paid annually into the State Treasur: over three million dollars over and above all expense. he past two years the canals have ran behin ally, making $2,000,000 sine: lett the proud position of autocrat of the c: Senator Lewis rose in reply, saying he knew e article referred to by Senator the paper spoken of this morning. He knew Senato Lord as a positive man, and as nothing had been said. b: him in the Senate in_ 1870, when the question was befor that body, the editors surmised that Senator Lord vote with his colleagues in favor of low tolls. The bills authorizing Boards of Supervisors to ratse THREE AND A HALF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BY TAX FOR THR CANALS i and for general deficiencies, also for legalizing the ae of a special town meeting of Khingbeck, were ordered a third reading. The bill iding for THE PAYMENT OF WARREN T. WORDEN FOR SERVICES A@f COUNSEL for the trial of Adam Fralick for the crime of arson, at special term of the Court of Oyer and Terminer, held tm, Auburn in June, 1872, called out a prolonged’ debates, which had not concluded when that body adjourned. Assembly. Atnayy, Jan. 31, 1873, SEVERAL PETITIONS ‘were presented for the reduction of the rates of fare o the New York and New Haven Railroad. The following bills were REPORTED. To legalize the acts of notaries public performed im. counties where they do not reside ; providing regulations for the care of estates of persons of unsound mind; amending the charter of the Commercial Warehouse; Company, to. which Mr. Prince dissented: to provide; a supply wet Water tor the city ot Yonkers; to, iz aut ‘ommon Council of Buffaio to borrow money to purehase 4 fire apparatus; adversely on the bill to provide for steam towage on canals by means of rail- road tracks on the towing path, which was agreed to and. the bill rejected ; to confer addilionai powers on the New: York and Canada Railroad Comp: y to charter the Long. Istand City and Maspeth Railroad Company. BILLS PAssKD, Authorizing writs of mandamus and prohibition toils sue trom the Supreme Courts; authorizing the transfer uf causes from the calendar of the Court ot Appeals to that, PRIVATE AND PERSONAL BENRFIT. | of fhe Commission of Appeals, Amending the act for the Constitutional Commission ai the Commissioners may act on the jwdiclary article. To provide for the parotiase of a steamboat for Quarane tine, at a cost of $33,000. Mr. Roce moved to recommit this bill, and proceeded, to state that he found the cost of maintaining this and another boat had amounted to over $31,00), and he thought ft time to put a check on such expenditures. Mr. Ataexcen, in reply, read irom the investigatin, committee's report of last year to show that this boa ‘was of great service. Mr. Ray said all this information was an argument in, favor of the motion to redttce the cost to There peed Ls a een hs sixty passengers ¢ d,and a smaller boat would answer. The motion to recemmit was megatived and the bik pas sed—68 to 22, BILLS INTRODUCED, By Mr. Lewts—To authorize the Midiand Railroad Come, its tracks. PaDY i Scene to incorporate the Long Island Loan | and Trust Company. By Hr. Woutn fo charter the Equity Gas Company of the county of Kin Mr. Authorizing the Third Avenue Railroad; conpany to extend @ track through Chambers street, Ney he" li.owenrmar—For the better Brotection of ie c fe sald the, iit had been presented to him by working men recently? jon. of the two hor to buy stam; Coon— yme and $75 worth at a time, sell’ them, | wares Lai ehion a ydarnad capmeanaasbnoe pocket the eds and then leaving the | By Mr. Wricut—For the better Prgtection of persons omy Comptroller to pay the bilis, Besides this, a clerk thg stracte from gee of 5° rations. inthe Post Office, who took account of letters, | | BY Mine utero Ro oe, attorneys to performy &c., he stamped, was in the habit of charging $75 | sme ot te Stes pmend the charter of the New Yorks, lating the employment of appren«. kind of thing had to stop, and that the four men | tices. now employed in the Post ‘Office ought to do their a Mr, Hiiver—Amending the charter for the village, own work. Yet his opposition did mo good, and | of fort ‘ichmond. the resolution was passed by avery large Vote. | o, ir. CRawroRD moved ast 8 carl Yo sande oe, the Canay “Retorm at Albany’? is to be, or ougnt to be, itt is | Gnetgs ani, and why rhe soptcetory hen Mifod Dot, the subject for a lecture soon to be delivered | to te . oa he ed, contracts. moved that a call be made on the Canal Ape ida TRE THIRD AVENUE RAILROAD BILL, | pralsers for & list of cl ts for damages by the same troduce the Assembly, simply allows | iinprovement 3 ‘con a bey ‘a double ieeon in Chambers Wy Nr Bern at the Railroad Committee inquire street, irom Chatham to the Bowery. Due provi. | fid.teport what | oa, a teeremeary, £0 compel th sion is made in the bill to compensate the Fegular transit on their road between New York aut the priviiege asked for. It is claimed by the com- | Yonkers, and whether a more suitat Place for unload< pany that a of their road will go a yy ML, ian Manhattanville caanot be procured. ee Fae sate bhw dhou vain (Gi dy cans | irc Var Drwane moved that a commtttes of seven we State into Conurer Adjourmed,