The New York Herald Newspaper, January 15, 1874, Page 3

9 THE STATE CAPITAL, Yhe Agony of Suspense Over the Committees Ended. The Lucky Ones and the Disap- pointed Aspirants. How the Committers Are Regarded and What Is Said by the Growlers. The Scenes and Incidents During the Session. ALBANY, Jan. 14, 1874, ‘Tho long agony is over, and Speaker Husted Is to-day the most unpopular man in Albany, with a majority of the Assembly men who in their own estimation consider themselves deeply wronged by the way he, this morning, disposed of their as- pirations to the honors of chairmansbips and com- fertable places on “paying” committees, The @elay of last night in the announcement of the sommittecs only served to intensify the expecta- tien of the aspirants to-day, and long before the House met every member was in his seat, Many who had oversiept themselves hurriedly dressed. and left their rooms at the hotels and made their way to the Capitol without taking their breakfasts, just as though their fate as committeemen would be made a disastrous one if they were not present in propria persona when the announcement was made. fhe result of this general eagerness was that not @ few looked rather sleepy and hungry and untidy in dress, the shirt bosoms and collars of even three or four of the leaders by no means wearing their usual immaculate appearance, the bosoms being soiled and ruffled and the collars crampled and rolled up at the ends, as u. in order Bot to be delayed in the morning in reaching the bamber tn time, they had LaID IN THBIR CLOTHES ALL NIGHT. But when the house was called to order imagine the surprise and disappointment of the 128 law makers on secing Mr. Prime in the chair. Where ‘Was the Speaser? Had he been spirtted away in the night by some masked band of rural represen- tatives who had learned by some mysterious means that they had been neglected, then gagged, bound and sent to Peekskill in a dry ds box ? Or haa he himself, disgusted with the labors of the week, and overcome with dread atthe storm he would have to face before sundown of the next day taken wings and flown to that region of many fights, generally termed in the newspaper geogra- panes Of the d yas “parts unknown’ Phere eas expectation and inquiry om every face, and everyone looked at everybody else as though he would have liked to openly ask, “Where is the Speager?” but was fearful lest his neighbor, who felt as expectant as himself, would suspect that he ‘Was really anxious about the absence of the oracle of the day. A half hour went by, and there was ret mot offered either by Mr. Prime or any else could act as 4 BALM TO THE WOUNDED SPIRITS, @f the expectant throng, who listened impatiently to the Olerk’s monotonous reading of the petitio! Sitles and bills presented. Another half hour went by, and the general expectation was becoming painful to a degree that seemed to take effect even ‘pon the galleries, where the shuffling of feet and the moving from seat to seat and the occasional departure of a sleepy sovereign weart- stare. and impatience bias) ork jumdrum inary proceedings, w ¢ upstairs did not come to witness, For, be it there were among them all of aspirants ior the crumbs that would fall from the chairmanship tebles in ngers, just a8 several of the members themselves, gtvin; up abi hi of the arrival of the Speaker at were their way toward the cloak room feng to making a temporary visit to the Tess 1 temperance counter, he was descried making his way through the crowd at the central doorway, and a buzz of excitement at once went = all over the chamber, members who were about to ve at once put their ta back on the racks and resumed coat the! while the expeotants in the on hes befiches strevened out their necks and tried to catch a giimpee over the heads of those in front of them of the cause of the commotion be- weath. Mr. Husted was soon in his seat, and when the proper time came for the presentation of re- he handed a roll of paper to the Clerk, and again there went up from the assembled legis- re A MURMUR OF EXPECTANCY. But when, as ne handed the document over the desk, he announced it as the report of some asylum, the countenances of the 128 fell uf @ sudden stroke of paralysis had sel upon every mother’s son of them. Then came another document ana yet another, and each time it was placed in the hands of the Clerk, and as the announcement that followed it was not what was wanted by the disinterested patriots in the circles of the seats the gloom of ppoint- ment settled more deeply ever over the House. But at last. it came—the long wished ior roll of penne a as the Speaker uttered the Magical words, “Standing committees of the emmaing ‘snd coughing and Giaring” of throne and settling into seats that must have fercibly reminded any member present who had eyet yolun' gone to church in his life of the a1 het and cough salutation with which be beard the minister greeted by his congregation jast before giving out thetextofhissermon. ll ‘this was followed by a silence of the grave, amid which tne Clerk began to read out the fate of the 128, When “Ways and Means” was pronounced and then was added “Batchelor of Saratoga” a buzz went over the House that ended as quickly as it had begun; for ali were anxious to know who the followers o1 the leader 0! the chief committee were. In fact the silence from this time forward centinued unbroken until the name of the jast man on the _ last committee had been announced, except when now and then some disappointed member in his high dudgeon changed his position sudde! and noisily, meanwhile looking as though he felt very mMiveh melined to indulge in ashort speech of 10 Words, replete with strong sentiments of an un- christian character. Batcheller smiled as his name was announced, and looked at the Speaker stiffly, as much as to say, “It had to be done, and the thing doesn’t surprise me in the Jeast.”” Prince continued lus writing, as if he, too, knew ail about the arrangement which made Bim one thing and Batcheller another. When “Cities” was reacued Eastman’s face beamed all over with SELF-UONTENT AND SATISFACTION, Dut not so Spencer's. His iace fused a dee goarlet, which told but too plamly how he heped to the very lasi that a change might have during the night come over the spirit of the dreams of the committee Jramers, and how the mention of Eastman’s name biore his own had dashed his last aspiration. Lincoln and Biglin and Alberger were the three happiest looking men in the House when their names were announced, and Wright and Goss seemed to vie With one another in try- ing to the sweetest as they turned about ly from the direction of the Clerk’s desk and gi all blushes, up at the ladies’ fi Teries, But if and a few others appeared by their looks and actions to be at peace with all the world, what cam be said of the scores of others who not only were not made eee eye who Gid not even geton the committees they would have sacrificed ‘ir entire legislative pay to have been made a part and parcel of? Still, it was the old, old story again, of HOPES DASHED AND PROMISES BROKEN TO THE EAR, and an outlook for at least 100 days, presenting no chance to make one’s name go down to pos- terity in the backwoods, with, possibly, @ cer. tainty of going home next May downhearted and out of et, a8 well as in debt to the landlord. Mr. incoln, indeed, di @ magnanimous thing when he made a motion that tne House adjourn, which was carried by a8 sad) sand) «6golemn =6an “Ay” =a ever Tresoludon commemorative of The adjournment gave oppor. tunity to hearts unto one another, to mingle their sympathies and their lamentations and to extend to one another that consolation which only one grieved heart can well give to another, it time, they say, makes all thin; even, and doubtiess in a week or two the wounds of the sore of heart will have healed and the dead ‘past will have buried its dead. NEW YORK LEGISLATURE. —_—_+__—_. SENATE. ALBANY, Jan, 14, 1874 Senator Woodin in the chair. BILLS INTRODUCED. By Mr. Kinc—A bil) to extend the time for the organizing of the Tubular Transit Company of Staten Island until the consent of the State of New Jersey be obtained allowing the said company to enter upon the lands of said State. By Mr. Lowgery—To authorize County Courts and Courts of Session to summon additional jurors the same as Courts of Oyer and ‘Terminen. Also in re- Jaton to the disposition 0! several towns the Stat 6 Seer for “Fua Bonaig. thep wens inp OomImste” pf Whole upon the concurrent resolutions proposing name! the constitution. “Be a TOnNEON (an ~ ahd resolutions a ould ni wir. Lorp (dem.) said that Senators Ganson and Bradley both bad some views to express on the pr they would go over for a few days, Pr 183 Was reported, and in the Senate the resolutions were made a cial order for next Tuesday morning, imme- diately after the reading of the journal. ‘Mr. JOHNSON presented the annual report of the managers of the Willard Insane Asyium for the ear 1. IN presented the twenty-first an- . ROBERTSON PI 38 report of the Children’s Aid Society of New ork. r The report of the Willard Insane Asylum shows that the daily aver: Bumber of inmates durin, the past year was 727; the average cost per wee! for the support of each patient was $3 09. The total receipts last year were $222,189 56, all of whieh has been expended save $3,735 82, gee penn officers ask for an appropriation of $100, Al additional buildings, Adjourned. Confirmations by the State Senate. ALBANY, Jan. 14, 1874, The Senate in executive session to-day con- firmed the following officers:—E, G. Tinker, of New York, ana Joseph L. Proseus, of Westchester, as Harbor Masters of New York; Edwin M. Kellogg, Trustee of the State Homoopathio Asylum for the Insane at Middletown; Lioyd A. Hayward, Trustee of the State Institution tor the Blind; James L, Baxter, of Port Washington, Commissioner for Loaning Money of Queens county, ASSEMBLY. ALBANY, Jan, 14, 1874, BULLS INTRODUCED. By Mr. BramaN—To authorize a bridge over the Erie Canal at Watervliet. By Mr. MELVIN—To repeal section 3 of the act to open President strect, Brooklyn. By Mr. Bennerr—To amend the charter of the Long Island Loan and Trust Company. By Mr. Monky—Fixing the pay of clerks in Sur- rogate Courts in counties in which the population exceeds 15,000, By Mr. Fish—Regulating the pay for contesting seate in the Legislature. By Mr. Perrx—To protect the fisheries in Great South bey. By Mr. Davis—Making an appropriation to c plete the Champlain Canal; also to abolish the oMice of Canal Appraiser and define the mode of payin canal claims. y Mr. BARRETT—To amend the act for the for- mation oi societies to prevent horse stealing. RESOLUTIONS, By Mr. SLoaN—Calling on the Attorney General for an opinion as tv the authority of the general government to require certain fees from owners of canal boats. Mr. ALvoRD Offered the following, which was adopted :— Whereas the new Capitol Commins h - ported thas, in conssaueice of the appropriations having ecm exhausted, ‘the: naye been compelled to ‘suspend the prosecution’ of the work on the new Capitol, and whereas they. represent that they regard it for the Inter- est of the State that the work of stone droxsing should proceed during the winter, and that, to enable them to do so, it would be necessary to provide the necessar: ans in anticipation of the regular appropriations therefore, Resolved, That the Committee on Ways and Means be directed to ascertain and report as to the expediency of forthwith proceeding with the cutting of granite and pro- viding the neé means thereior; also the condition of the wor! ALA meals canr bs, Shedd aps eo} ure ou Architectural fnish or proportions of the edifice. Mr, CouGHLIN called up his resolution for a joint committee to inquire ther means cannot be devised whereby WORK CAN BH RESUMED in New York on the public works. He then called attention to the fact that on the very day he had introduced this resolution a demago 6 in New York had taken @ position unwarran' and mis- represented what the suffering heey Pret Coy sired. Mr. hlin then proceeded to detail the state of affairs in the effort to have the unfinished work resumed, and how it failed for want of means, He then showed that the resolution did not ask for extravagant appropriations, nor for mew work to be. started, but simply to continue work, that starving and suffering work- ingmen may be put at work. He referred to the condition of the streets of New York, and that the Work under the of the Department of Public Works was all stopped for want ot means, He then again declared that those asking for the pas- sage of the regolution had no sympathy with Com- munistic ideas, Mr. called attention to the fact that there was suffering in other cities, and asked if the gentlemen wanted to confine the inquiry to that city? If so, it ought to be done by the Oom- mittee on Cities. Mr. COUGHLIN replied that when he offered the Tesolution no committees were in existence, But as these would now goon be announced he wouid me cores to have the Commntéee on Cities make inquiry. ‘Mr. Woop sustained the resointion, detailing the suffering of the workingmen of New York. . Mr. ALVORD referred to the importance of this Matter, and moved that it be referred to the Com- Mir Sranose spoke of the suffering ir, SPENCER spoke 0! existin; in New York. z= Mr. Covanun accepted Mr. Alvord’s amend- the resojution was referred to the Com- 8 mite tw Means, On motion of Mr. Harpy the Senate bill to ex- tend the time for the collection of taxes in Auburn was read and passed. ‘The Speaker announced THE STANDING OOMMITTRES OF THE HOUSE a8 follows :— ON WAYs AND MEANS—Messrs. Batcheller, C. 8. Spencer, Brewer, Lincoln, Alvord, Prince, Weea, Beebe and Blumenthal. ON THE JUDICIARY—Messrs. Prince, Vedder, C. S. Spencer, Wright, Petty, Farrar, Hammond, Melvin and Callahan. ye ae a oe ooh ape giasate Eastman, , Mcale orth, Braman, Bigiin, Hay: Coughlin and McGroarty. ms ON CaNaLs—Messrs. Alberger, Sloan, Vedder, aaa ll Dickson, Alvord, Beebe, Davis and Hazie- n, ON COMMERCE AND NAvIGATION—Messrs. Biglin, Goss, G. R. Dean, Jr., Nice, Snyder, L. G, Pope, Johnson, Oakley and Ely. On RAILROADS—Messrs. Lincoln, Denniston, Mo- rey, Landfleld, Stover, Chadwick, Weed, Mackin arid Stevens. On INsURANCE—Messrs. Wight, Berri, Miller, jagstaf, Pope and om, H. Smith, Sherwood, Dapp. On CLamms—Mesars. Hardy, Griffin, Foote, Brown, Carpenter, Cauldwell, Blessing and ON ROADS AND BRIDGES—Messrs. Hiller, Bassett, Bordwell, Brown, Law, Gregory, Kirk, Simon and AFFAIRS OF VILLAGES—Messrs. Goss, Bar- row, Hussey, Houghton, Jones, Dickson, Mackin, Stevens and Simon. ON INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF TOWNS AND COUNTIES— Messrs, Lynde, Manley, oe Hardy, Sunderun, Scherman, Johnson, Ryan and J. W. ith. ON CHARITABLE AND RBLIGIOUS SOCIETIES— Messrs. Manley, Peat Milt Bt lat Brewer, Townsend, Sherwood, Daly, Donahue ana Waehner. ON PRINTINGC—Messrs, nnett, Wet Manley, McQueen, Braman, Bostwick, Oakley, Hammon: Holden, Banks, Burritt, Berri, Alien, Barrow, Com- stock, Leake, Cauldwell, Chadwick and Gurnee. ON TRADE AND MANUFACTURES—Mesars, West, Sandfield, Hussey, Lockwood, Cleary, Batcheller, H. Fish, Jr, McAfee, Manley, Quinn; Beebe, Wag: staff and Mackin. ON AGRICULTURE—Messrs. Philpot, Bardwell, Sanford, Chadwick, Abeel and Herrick. ON SfaTE PRIsSONS—Messrs. Badger, de, Parry, Sandfleld, vauldwell; E, Miller and G. W. Spencer. ON PUBLIC EDUCATION—Messrs. Bostwick, Phil- lips, Bulkley, Beecher, Olark, Stacy, Taylor, Waeh- ner and Donahoe, ON GRIEVANCES—Messrs. Morey, Badger, East- man, Farrar, Petty, Wagstaff and Reed. ON PusLio HBALTH—Mossrs. Bulkley, Beecher, beng A Carpenter, Dean, Dickson, Taylor, P. Wood and McAfee, ON THE -ACTURE OF SALT——Messrs. Towns end, Burritt, Comstock, Gregory, 8. G. Pope, P. Woods and field. ON THE STATE CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS—Messrs, Fish, Eastman, Alien, Foote, Dean and Miller. UN THE PETITIONS OF ALIENS—Messrs, Brewer, Houghton, Burritt, Jones, Nice, H and Blessing. Ve hag® Ee tors ae ie Sunder- W, jorpe olden. Ow FRDRRAE Runamons--Mensrs. McQueen, Sand- ford, Scherman, Perso! Snyder, Stover, G. W. Spencer, Quinn and Whit ON TWO-THIRDS AND THREE-FIFTHS BILis— Ltd rt Ma sas emacatll Whalen, cae ‘ood an PR Bern, Whalen Bassett, Pus ears, ¥ an, Schifferdecker, Collahan and Florence. On EXPENDITURES OF THE HOUsE—Mesers. Worth, H. Smith, Schifferdecker, Clark, Law, Mur- and Patten, INDIAN A¥PaIRS—Messrs. Whalen, Carpen- ter, Brown, Foote, Hiller, leary and 0. B. Wood. ON oO ‘Messrs. @ LanDe—_! irimin, Houghto West, Stover, Sundertin, Florence and Winfield. On ENGRrossap ae bo Bennett, ON Jornt LIBRARY Baikl eeooher, and O’Callaghn. he or eS Vedder, Alberger, Ratcheller, Sioas, Leake, Coliahan and + gO, Runs Lincoln, Prince, Alberger, Leake, Ryan, 5 rng }» Kehink: Shat x, steey and Hanfunan, Mr. HOLDEN troduced a bill providing that in PROCEEDINGS IX TES’ sembly provides that tne whole of a contestants’ ex) meee Buall. be ‘Dore himeelf, In case he sul ‘tates his cl seat then his ex- Penses shall be reimbursed. Cage ony pr audit the expenses, and if he deems Just pay them, 8’ bill to abolish the office of Canal Aj raiser provides for bringing actions in the Coun! ourts against the people of the State for canal claims, and in the county where the oc. curred, The District Attorney of the Cg! tg authorizea to answer the complaint, The 2 must be brought within two years from the time that damage was done. ‘The House then adjourned, THE SNOW STORM. Effect of the Storm in the City—The Block im City Travel—Its Welcome and Seasonable Appearance—How eo Poor and Destitate Received It. A snow storm, that commenced at midnight on Tuesday and continued until midday Wednesday, blocked city travel so completely that locomotion of all kinds was rendered extremely dificult yes- terday. In the more frequented streets of the city the snow speedily changed its spotless purity of color to that of “slush” and dirt, It filled up the sidewalss, stoops and basements and was pro jected in heavy deposits on cornices of buildings, Winter had once more come again, and indicated its presence most completely by enwrapping the earth im its mantle of snow—a mantle that seemed to have heavier and more numerous folds than usual, Tne flakes, too, ag they descended in never gwen clouds of flakelets, covered pedes- trians from head to foot, and men and women pur- aued their way to daily labor, heartily enjoying the new and wintry attire in which the storm was 80 busily arraying them. Tne teams of the railroad cars were doubled, and this ne diminished the number of cars one-half, thus throwing an ad- ditional ipereas in the way of down-town travel, early in the morning, when the snow was thickest, and when the snow ploughs had not com- menced their work of clean-sweeping the track. Throughout the entire day the ‘time’ for the or- dinary trips was not mses, and therefore to get up and ‘down town yesterday was a work of Emeat labor and an exceedingly grievous rial of human patience, Nevertheless, the snow was welcomed by everybody with gladness, for it Was seasonable and those Guif-stream breezes a few days ago were not, Lassitude, diminished health and fears of fever were aroused by a warm sun spade that was not desired in January, and there were doleful anticipations that the harvest ‘was past, the summer was ended, and we were have no winter, Yesterday our forevod ings in this regard were swept away » a whirlwind of snow, that only needed a hard frost for several days to give w all lovers of winter weather a carnival of joy. Sleighs were driven in all the principal thor- oughfares, with their tinkling belis, and their oc- cupants wrapped snugly around in buffalo robes, Thus the winter weather was a pleasure to every- body but the poor and the destitute. The men and women who have no shelter and but little food looked out on yesterday’s snow as the annihilation of one of the few holds they had left on the frail tenure of a nard existence. Many hundreds found their way to the oftices of the public and private charities, and all Li perecns that Wore able to sub- stantiate the genuineness of their story of sorrow were relieved. BEAUTIFUL SNOW IN BOSTON. The Weather—Snow and Railroad Travel—Street Cars and Snow Obstruc- tion—Fall of a Roof—Prospect of Sleigh- ing. * Boston, Jan. 14, 1874, The beautiful snow has come at last, and Boston is submerged, The snow storm extends from Cape May to Eastport along the Atlantic coast, while the most westerly point from which snow is re- ported is Buffalo, where the storm ie light, only one inch having fallen. New Hampshire reports a heavy fall of snow in the north. In Boston over geven inches fell before eight o'clock, while the greatest quantity reported elsewhere is at Cape May, where there is six inches, There are indications ofa long storm, extended over a much greater area than at present. At Alpena, Mich., the thermometer stands at 10 de- grees above zero, witha cloudy sky and a brisk wind. The barometer is falling rapidly every- where, the depression here in the 24 hours up to eight o’clock being 44, while the fall since that time is nearly 25. At some pointsin the Western States, however, the barometer has risen slightly, although Chicago is the only point that reports clear weather. In New London, Conn., the barometer indicates a more rapid depression than in Boston, but leas than two inches of snow had fallen at eight o'clock, The extremes from which threatening weather are reported are Dulnth, at the head of Lake Supe- rior; in Minnesota, at the West, and Charleston at the South. The temperature has risen slightly at nearly all points in the country, the exceptions being Chicago, Toledo and Norfolk. At Mount Washington there has been a barometrical depression of 20, while the temperature has risen eight degrees, a light snow falling and a very high wind prevaihng. CONDITION OF THE RAILROAD. | The railroads have not yet experienced any serious trouble from the storm, few, if any, snow ploughs being called into requisition. Had there keen snow upon the ground previously there would have been more trouble, but thus far the small plougte attached to the cowcatcher of each locomotive have proved sufficient to clear the tracks, Should the storm continue, as Laide now indicates will be the case, the roads may fin it more difficult to keep their trains on time. On most of the roads some of the freight trains are omitted, but the Paps travel is left intact. On the Boston and Albany road most of the pas- senger trains, especially the through ones, have two locomotives attached, and by that means the trains are not more than five or ten minutes Jate. The New York train this morning was about haif an hour late, the fact that,the storm came from tne south naturally muking travel from that direction more uncertain. The Providence road has substantially the same story to tell, though they have not yet found it necessary to run two engines. On the Fitchbury Railroad five minutes is the limit of detention of local trains, The express train from Burlington this forenoon was hal! an hour late at Fitchburg, and lost 10 minutes more between that city and Boston. The storm 1s reported as being less severe upon the line of this road than it is here. At seven this morning the snow was about four inches deep at Fitchburg, while at Leominster it was an inch less. At both places, as well as at other points on the road im that vicinity, the snow was Lot as heavy as here, and it had considerable tendency to thaw. The Kastern and Lowell roads experi- ence no particular trouble, their trains being only five or ten minutes late. Snow is reported to be higher in the vicinity of Lowell, and enarige one it drifts considerably more than it does in this section. The New York and New ‘land trains have run on time to-day, except the inward mail train, which was 40 minutes late, The Boston and Providence trains have not been materially de- layed, with the exception of the inward New York freight, which was 50 minutes behind time. PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FIRES. Orders were issued at an early hour this morn- ing to each company of the Fire Department to double up teams, in order that as little delay as possible should occur in reaching a fire. QONDITION OF STREET RAILROADS, With a heavy fall of snow, which is sure to come some time during nearly every winter, there is the annual recurrence of the strife between the street abutters and the horse railroad companies. The latter find 1t necessary to run thetr ploughs through, inorder toclear the tracks ior strect cars, and when the fall of snow is heavy and the streets nar- row, a snow bank ia, of necessity, piled up in front of every store or dwelling on the line of the road. Generally abutters suiler the inconvenience with pationce and good grace, but sometimes, as appened this forenoon, on Green street, they persist in naving what appear to them to be their rights. Last winter this war was waged on Hanover street, and was the source of no little amusement to pedestrians who hap- med to be passi that way. This morning the ttle was renewed, the spree belng opposite the Southwick House, The Green street attacking parties appeared to be occupants of the buildin; and their efforts to level the snow were heartily seconded by a crowd of men and boys who are always ready to congregate where there is a noise. The ploughs would split up the snow and shovels wor level it again almost as soon as the plough passed; and such hootings! Every horse car that Rttemptod to. pass was yelled at and shooted all the way and if, perchance, one of them got get, as @ plo drawn four horses did, there Ruch plossure for the. workmen and driver, at mucl ure for tose omerous exasperating taunts were ‘Whose heads pi exi thrown. The latter, however, their rs snow the roof caused tt to give way, end at leven it fell in with tremendous crash. of the débris fell inwo Fleet street. A number of persons were passing at the time and had 8 nerrow ere Among them was the vener- able undertaker of the north end, Mr. Jom Feeny, who was im front of the stable. The roof over his head, with a slight injury to his clothes, On the Hanover street side was a small frame building, erected at the side of the stable a months since, and occupied by Mr. Phillip! a clothing store. A ion of the débria fell upon arent injury. crowd to the prem- ses. it station, assisted by come of the North End brethren, soon had the which impeded travel removed. CLEARING OFF. To the relief of the railroad officials, horse car folks, stable keepers, pedestrians and, in fact, everybody, the sun struggled through the clouds between twelve and one o'clock, but for some time it was @ question which would prove the tor, and some {folks still Rearances are favorable e snow has ceased fallin; the tints of blue cheafieep visibie, ‘The snow is not far ep on the average, though some jon contain over a ioot. It will be several days before the streets get settled, and an immense amount of work will needed carting of the snow thrown out of the orse car tracks, When the snow becomes well trod- den “life on the Brighton road” will be scen In its most exhilarating PI 4 and sleighing in ali this vicinity will be lively, of the streets MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES. ede The health of M. Vieuxtemps is rapidly im- proving. Treasurer Zimmerman’s benefit at Niblo’s this afternoon. Signor Gulio Perkins, the operatic basso, has come down to concert singing as plain Mr. P. Mr. Dion Boucicault and Miss Katharine Rogers open at the California Theatre on Monday night. A new descriptive symphony, entitled “Phae- ton,” the work of M. Saint-Saens, has just been successfully performed in Paris. At the Italiens, Paris, “Le Educande di Ser- rente,” a comic opera, by a new master, Signor Emilio Usiglio, will shortiy be produced. Miss Carlotta Leclerq has had mercy upon her agent, Stahel, by advancing enougn money to ena- ble him to leave prison and St. Louis together. A military spectacular piece at the Porte St. Martin, Paris, entitled “Libre,” is poorly written, A critic says:—“The great advantage of so much explosion of cannons and muskets is that less of the dialogue 1s audible.” M. Faure, the great French barytone, with the exception of @ two months’ engagement at Covent Garden, London, will devote the greater part of next summer to repose for health’s sake. The production in Paris of Handel’s ‘‘Messiah” In a circus butiding excites the qualified indignation of British critics as something akin to profanation. Peace, John, the music sanctifies the sawdust. “La Liqueur a’Or,”” a very indecent piece, at the Menus Plaisirs, Paris, has been stopped by the Censure. Under the Second Empire plays were stopped for political and not for prurient dialogue. Lecocq’s “Fille de Madame Angot” reached its three hundredth consecutive representation in Paris a short time since, on which occasion M. Oantin, the director, presented all his company with a fortnight’s additional salary. The Charity Amateur Dramatic Association at a regular meeting authorized the distribution of the fands, amounting to several hundred dollars, ac- cruing trom the performance at the Academy of Music, December 20 ult., among the widows and children of Captain Fry and Messrs. Cespedes, Del Sol and Santa Rosa, Miss Charlotte Cushman will not appear on the New York stage this season, but will give a series of four readings in New York, at Steinway Hall, commencing on the 28th inst. She will read selec- tions from the following plays of Shakespeare :— “Hamlet,” “As You Like It,” “Merchant of Venice” and “Much Ado About Nothing.” The second part of each programme will consist of selections from favorite authors. Some remarkable scores by old masters have re- cently been discovered among heaps of manu- scripts without value in the libraries of the Do- minican and Augustan monasteries, in Rome. They are supposed to belong to the Flemish school of the Sixteenth century, and the names are men- tioned of Dafsy, yosquin Després, Wiliaert and Orlande Lasso. Pieces of Palestrina, also, pieces hitherto unknown and not included in the so- called complete edition of his works, have been found. Thanks to the intervention of the Prussian Ambassador at the Wourt of Rome, a German canon succeeded in collecting and carrying off a certain number of these marvels, Since then the monks have refused to let any one see them. It is to be hoped, however, that a competent person will soon examine them all, and enable the public to form a just notidn of their value. McVicker, the Chicago actor and manager, Iet his theatre to Manager Grau for # short Salvini season. The balance coming to Grau at the end of the engagement was $4,500, if it would only be al- lowed to come. But of that anon. Grau, it appears, is the “Co.” of the Aimée Opéra Bouffe troupe, which is managed by Chizzola & Co. The latter had en- gaged McVicker’s Theatre for a fortnight; but Ohizzola wrote lately from Havana that he was going to Mexico and that the engagement was “om.” This was, of course, a dead loss to Mr. MeVicker, and as the Maretzek Opera tronpe had declared another engagement “off,” the irate Mr. McVicker resolved on @ cowp. When Mr. Grau asked for his $4,500 he was informed that tt was held to cover the broken contract, and that if Mr. Grau wanted it he must sue. Mr. Grau finally got $1,500 to save his baggage. Hard times for managers! Mr. William Telbin, the well-known London scene painter, died on Christmas Day in his sixty-first year. The London Orchestra says:—‘‘His life, un- eventiul in incident, though rich in laborious re- sults, Was passed modestly and unobtrusively, and in the latter period was marred by ill health From the opening of the Princess’ Theatre in 1842, when Telbin painted the drop curtain to represent white satin, down to his latest triumphs of archi- tecture and landscape imitation, the works of Tel- bin have been before the publiceye and reaped public admiration. A contemporary at the outset of Clarkson Stanfield, David Roberts and the Grieves, he has of late competed in the gentle ri- vairy of art with Beverly, Callcott and O’Connor, and lived to contribute to the progressive splendors of acenic and mechanical appliances. The deceased artist was likewise an able painter in water- colors.”? THE ASHANTEE WAR. Precipitate Retreat of the Enemy—Ter~ rible Scene at the Prah. {From the London Daily Lp pe Jan 2 Carg Coast CastLe, Dec. 15, 18 After the skirmish which took place on the 27th ult, the Ashantees, who were utterly demoralized, began to retreat precipitately in the direction of the Prah. They made no attempt to take their dead or wounded with them, but, leaving behind those who were not abie to move rapidly and most of their camp furniture and utensils, they crossed the river on the night of the 29th ult. by torohlight. THREE HUNDRED DROWNED. ‘The scene here was a terrible one, ior the Prah at this point ts as broad as the Thames at Datehet, and the Ashantees, being panic stricken, threw eee Lid the ood en a, a pad cw rate efforts to regain the opposite shore. Pomputed that upwards o 800 of them were drowned in this attempt. The rest immediately pressed onward into Ashantee territory, making no endeavor to prevent a detachment of our men, who were following, from crossing the river. The result that Captain Butler moved forward and sent a small force of about 60 men across the Prah, who found that the Ashantees had retreated iniand with rapidity, and had not lett a ‘This movement on the part of tne leaves oe an to the Pral = ue immediate quences being thet sohe! ie laying line of railway to the river has been jon ‘ bb ENGLISH be gated accoun| sickness at present prevailin; along the coast Sir Garnet Wolseley does net pro- move from Cape Coast Castle with the which have been sent out from id ‘unt it the 25th inst., and meanw! the THE LABOR QUESTION. The New York Assemblymen Making a Fight in the Legislature ‘or the Real Workingmen as Distinguished from the Demagogues— Speeches of Messrs. Wood, Cough- lin and Spencer, and the Passage of the Resolution of Assistance. ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 14, 1874. The labor question was made quite a prominent topic of discussion in the lower House to-day, ana was brought about by Mr. Coughlin, of New York, calling up the resolution he offered a few days ago looking to speedy legislation by which the thou- sands of unemployed men in the metropolis might find employment on the public improvements. Mr. Alvord, it will be remembered, rose to debate the resolution the day it was offered, and it had therefore to lay over under the rules. To-day Mr. Alvoad himeelf offered a resolution, to be referred, according to hi» motion, to the Committee on Ways and Means, if adopted, which had for its object the prosecution of the work on the new Capitol, and that an ap. Propriation should be suggested by the committee for the occasion. The galleries were crowded with workingmen, who manifested the utmost interest in the proceedings when the resolution was called up, Mr. Coughlin, in a few remarks, ex- plained that ne was no advocate of the dema- gogues who had created so much disturbance in the city, and earnestly called for the passage of the resolution. Alvord then made a sort of ex- planation for his course in the matter of opposing the resolution if it was confined strictly to New York county alone, by saying that ne was in favor of 1¢ of it was made to cover the whole State. Mr. Spencer said the resolution ought to pass speedily, The galleries at this time began to Ml up with workingmen, who had evidently got wind of what the discussion was about, and who, after they did get in, several times, despite the Speaker's attempt to preserve order, manifested their approbation or disapprobation of the re- marks that were made. Mr. Woods, of New York, was the principal speaker in ad- vocacy of the resolution, and the facts and fig- ures he brought to bear to show the necessity of the State coming to the ald of the real working- men (not the demagogues) attracted considera- ble attention. He said that in rising to advocate the resolutions offered by his colleague, Mr. Coughlin, he did so with little hesitation for the reason that the subject had been maturely consid- ered by the whole delegation from New York, irre- spective of party. He then added :— Gentlemen from the rural districts may term these resoiutions a bid for political notoriety, but they have not seen a8 uc. of the sufferings of the poor as we have. ‘They have not been besieged by ap) ment on the public works, nor appealed to to put work- ingmen who are idje through no fault of their own, but in consequence of the financial convulsion which re- cently swept over the country, into positions which would enable them to earn a living. This is no political strike. I speak not only tor myself, but for my colleagues on both sides of the “House, when I say that these resolutions originated in a sincere desire to relieve distr among men who are but seldom cants for public work, Wedo not aim to assist communists and ae mere handful of schemers, who seek to bring about disaffection and riot among the laboring classes, The men whose cause we plead are men who never before have been reduced to such abject peverty. They are mechanics and labor- Pemep, who have lost their places through the panic. the district which I have the honor to represent, a district which contains a Jarge number of workingmen of this cl at past ee, Sone en As Gece ing- x principally by wor: en, I speak from m; tyra knowledge. With an experience of about 35 years 1h New York, I am enabled to spe: osttredy, on all points regarding labor, and I say, Mr. Bpe: , that the men now seeking employment on the public works be- long to a class which never before sought such work. When the distress among our clasres began a meeting of the members elect to this body was called, and, after several sessions, we appointed committees to Wait upon the heads of departments to ascertain what could be done to releve the sufferings which surrounded us on all sides. Our committees found that sufficient appropriations had been made to carry on public works to enable the departments to employ the number ot men we deemed necessary. The heads ot the varioug departments promised to put on additional men, but there was 4 legal hitch somewhere; the city bonds could not be sold at the Lead fixed by law, and the appropriations were ically uscles:. Everything was so bound down by statutory provisions that sothing could pe done to get provisions for the poor. Ip one department there, was an, appropriation ot $700,000, and in another of $1,000,000; but these were only on parte and that paper not greenbacked. When the Comptroller was.visited hy the committee he showed the records of his office, and said that he had been cashing the pay -rolls of the department promptly, and assured them that notwithstanding the stringency in the money Market he would also pay future pay rolls promptly in order to meet as pred emerge Under th our comstances ly was Ne q We ask that some measures be taken to give public em- ployment to the men tor whom we ap! There lenty.of work to be done and the expenditure of less an 00 at this season would be of more benefit to the Jaboring classes of New York than the expenditure of double that sum three months hence. Ten thousand men could be employed six weeks fer $1, allowing The bridging oxer. Cx such a eants for employ- Pty upon the — other. con: nection is this—and if js one which deserves par. ticular attention from this honorable body—I allude to the practice which seems to Rave become common throughont the State of having work contracted for outside of the State, performed outside of the State by men of other States, and then sent here. The stone in the new docks ip New York ts quarried in another State, cut in another State, and thus gives employment to hun- dreds of men who bave no interest in the State. To bring the thing nearer home, look at the New Capitol, which is slowly growing into gigantic proportions | The marble of which it 1s to be built is cut by contract in another State, and thus the work which should be done by our own citizons is given to strangers. I have heard that an honorable gentleman from Kings purposes to pre- sent a petition from 60) stonocutters protesting against this outrage upon their rights, Should that petition be complied with a resolution directing that all State work be done in the State and by citizens of the State, I for one will gladly vote for it. 1 need not multiply in- stances of this kind, for every member on this floor can Fecall one or more.’ It is not my intention nor desire to advocate the rights of the mechanics and workingmen to the exclusion or detriment of the rights of the capi- tallst and taxpayer. | 1 view their interests as identical. There is a mutual dependence between them. Labor Produces what capital sells and buys what capital pro- juces. 1 have consulted with many taxpayersot my dis- trict, and in every instance have been assured by them that'the course proposed by the New York delegation meets their approval. At the time of these constitutions there were over $11,000,000 of unpaid taxes in New York, @ thing unheard of for years before. What was the Feasony Why, simply that ® large proportion 0! the labor- Ing men had ‘no inoney to pay thelr rent, and thus the roperty owners could not pay thelr taxes. Had the heads of departments hired 10,000 men at the time we ‘wore agitating this subject I hold that they would have Felieved distress, not only among the poor, but among fhow who are far, above te reach ‘of poverty. Men who are ochind with their rent, or in their household bills, would have been enabled by this course to pay up. Over $500,000 would have been placed in cireulation in a short time. and thus the capitalist would have participated in the benefit originally in- tended for the working man alone. As it is, proper owners find their property udproductive, because their tenants, with every aesire to be true to the instincts of honor snd of honesty, have no means with which to meet their debts. It 'is impossible to overestimate the spread of the distress brought about by the idleness of a large proportion of @ great community. So many tradesmen and others depend upon them for their business, that the distress rapidly spreads from door to door and affects all classes. I have but few words to add. Tregrot to say that, when this movement was stated, a proposition was made to aid the laboring men through obarity, soup houses even were spoken of, as though a Working man, thrown out of emplayment through no fault of his own, was a pauper! I tell you, Mr. Speaker, that there are thousands of men in New York to-day— 80 and I ¢ ot New York alone, know but little of other cities—who are al- most on the brink of starvation. Do you supnose that these men, who have always earned their living by honest industry, could be brought to accept ot charity? No, sir. They would sooner starve! Such a proposition ié an insult to the workii n. What they want is work, and as long as work Rot attainable through private corporations o1 Individuals I hold that ublic, which has plenty of work which could be and ought to be done and done at once, should employ these men. While I consider these resolutions as simply pre- liminary to the action which will be taken by this bonor- able body hereafter, I would advise the appointment of a committee which will thoroughly investigate all the cir- cumstances connected with the pubiect, and make such ommendations in th ape of a bill or bills as will ultimately settle thie matter. Already there are mur- murs of diseontent among the workingmen—not the workingmen (so called) who are coi tly sowing the seeds of disaffection am their fellows, but the ex ‘workingmen _who are seldom heard of ce} in thnes of it WW these, and T 4 that the )poin' of a mittee who fot prompiy, nly this matter would have # salut I submit that it is better to spend a few million dollars than te risk of riot, which would destroy many million property and cause bloodshed which nish the fair fame of the nk ty say that such a riot is imminen: gugensy, #80 much to be dreaded must be a1 for bread is ® hard fight, and there are ¢: men among the starving poor to incite riot. I hope, Mr. Speaker, t adopted. e mnAsses to these resolutions will be Mr. Alvord alladed to Mr. Woods’ saffe! the: id that ierabers had ae mech right to a fay in it wt for Spon ie ibe ja0' % troller of New York, however, convinced him inate hem, York, moms aad hast ie $ had’ ‘caused by defective fering in New York? resolution was then passed, being amended —————————————_—__—__ go that It goes to the Vommittee on Wi Means, naiened THE LABOR CRISIS IN PATERSON, Another Tarmout of Workingmen Yess terday. The work of the Paterson Relief Committee of Citizens has reached enormous dimenajons. I¢ started on December 6, on which day 721 persons were fed, Since that time the work has steadily, increased, until the committee now feedm over 4,000 persons a day. The whole numy ber fed from the 6th day of December till this date is 114,842 persons, or about 3: days’ food for every person in the city of Pate: son. About $5,000 has beem spent thus far, sat that the cost of feeding the people unemployed and destitute of means has been about four and @ half cents per day for eacs-pstson. The amount of food allowed to each adult is 16 ounces per day,, and children under five years are reckoned half ani aduit. Distribution is made on Mondays, Wednes~ days and Fridays of each week of bread, mealj beans or rice and molasses; fresh beef on Wednes~. days, beef or fish on Fridays and sait pork on Mon- days. Vegetables, tea ana sugar, smoked beef a' crackers, &c., when donated, and a piece of soap: weekly to each family are distributed, not counted) in the 16 ounces daily. . All this has been kept up by voluntary contefbtid tion, but now the subscriptions appear to be fale ing of. The committee has enough on hand last a couple of weeks longer, and a pi ‘amount from charitable entertainments to last @f few days beyond that. But efforts will have to ba successfally made to keep up the fund or the work, cannot be kept up beyond that time. It also looks as if there were trouble ahead another source. About 600 men who were thro’ out of work were given employment at breakin; stones (for macadamizing parycees) by the “ poration,” a+ $1 Bs day. he weekly payroll averages $2,000, The money in the ig treasury’ has become exhausted, and it is impossible for the: Aldermen to borrow any, even upon the Mayor’si note, so that the men could not be as usnal, on Tuesday ior their previo day’s work. Yesterday afternoon about men assembled wt the City Hall, am demanded to know why they were not paid. They were told that there was no money. Th crowd then repaired to the Mayor’s ofice and de- manded him to see that they were id. Th Mayor addressed the men from the Vit} ste be them thatthe difficulty lay in the inability! 1e of ti C4 to borrow money, there bein: not enough left in the wb the bonds past due. He rmed however, that the Alaermen were to have a con. sultation last evening relative to the matter, see what could be done, and they uld be in: eR estat Sard wheat Sy a Oh iy out an} of Surbance, although there was @ litela loud talk the part of a few. The Aldermen accordingly held 5 info meeting for conference last night, and discussi the subject in all its aspects; but no decision w: reached up to the time this re closed. It likely that some arrangement will be effect borrow enough to pay what is already aue; beyond that the only available plan seems to either to stop the work alt ther or else some sort of scrip. Some of the men in the cro’ which tirned out yesterday alternoon were di posed to be noisy and diso: , and ‘t na’ got themselves into trouble not the counsel of cooler heads prevailed. There was a hy mass meeting of silk wea’ in Sonkneape “eg paper pe _ evening, cuss the propriety of petition! gress reduction of the tariff on fore! throws t ‘suk in th um. The weavers seem to think that sucha jaction would benefit their trade. One Thousand Men Out of Work Wilkesbarre—Prospect of a Gene! Strike. WILEESBARRE, Pa,, Jan. 14, 1874. Nearly all the works of the Wilkeabarre Coal an@ Iron Company in and around this city and at Ash< ley and Plymouth are now idle for the alleged purw. pose of repairs, A fire has been raging in the Kidder Slope of the} above company for two weeks past, and has yet been brought under control. A vast amount; of coal has becn destroyed and a number of work. men engaged in fighting the fire have narrow! escaped with their lives. Nearly 1,000 miners are now idle in this place: alone, and this aiternoon they held a large meet~ ing. The impending strike was discussed, an they voted to demand an advance of 10 per cen! for the ensuing year over last year’s basis whilt coal brought the present price in the market; bu@ should @ price ‘ow less they would con< sent to come down as it fell to advance of 4 per cent, but no lower. A committee bearing this proposition waited u| Charles Parrish, President of the Wilkesbarre and Iron Company. He le ‘re that he could not agree to any advance until had consult with the directors, but in the meantime oy ch’ go to work at the last year’s basis as fast as re] in the machinery of the mines would per< mit, The mei ‘fhe Chairman before adjournment requested a e an before nt requ full attendance of delegates at a general meetung to wd held on the 17th inst. e feeling among the miners generally strongly in favor of @ strike if their wages be n advanced. They that they are fully prepared,, and think the present a better time to enforcei their demands than they will ever have again. . The Riverside Coal Company has not yet paid! its miners for November, and they threaten strike if not paid this week. This oun three collieries within two or three mules place. , THE BRIOKLAYERS’ NATIONAL UNION. A Censure for Supervising Architect Mallett. BaLTmorg, Jan. 14, 1874 The Bricklayers’ National Union assembled at; Raine’s Hall this morning. A discussion was had on the adoption or rejection of the new ritual. Mr. James Hopkins, of Indiana, spoke in favor off the new ritual He thought secrecy necessary to acertain extent and the new order highly beneficial, Several delegates followed in opposition to the new ritual. The question whether the ritual of the, United Order of American Bricklayers shall be- come the ritual of the National Union was them put to the Assembly and lost. The following; oMcers toserve au the ensuing year _wer@ then elected :—Preaident, 8, A. Carr, of New York; Vice President, James Hopkins, of Indiana; Secre< tary, J. I. B. Slater, of Maryland; Treasurer, Mr. Hail, of Missouri. The Assembly then adjourned, til two o'clock this afternoon. At the afternoon session the newly*elected offi- cers were duly installed and sworn into office. The reports of the special committees were re% ceived and accepted. The report of Local Unio: No. 1, of Brook Y., was read, 5! union to be ina prosperous condition. Miltord Spain, of No. 1, District of Com lumbia, submitted a preamble and series of reso- lutions severely censuring A. B. Mullett, United States Supervising Architect, for recommending ti his last report to Congress the al of the act June 25, 1868, which constituted eight nours a, day's work for mechanics and workingmen em- ployed by the government, charging the language of the Lv a as insulting to the intelligence and manhood of workingmen and as evidence of his’ ignorance of the dignity of labor, and demandin; his removal. The resolution was unanimous! adopted and a committee of tive appointed to lay them before the President and Congress, The Union adjourned until to-morrow. LABOR TROUBLES IN LOUISIANA, New ORLEANS, Jan. 14, 1874. Captains Snow and Joseph have been sent te Houma to report upon the condition of affairs ini Terrebonne parish regarding the riotous conduct of striking nigra laborers. No bloodshed has beem reported, MEETING OF LABOR REFOBMERS. Boston, Jan. 14, 1874, Last evening there was a meeting of a few of tha: prominent labor reformers at the Sherman rin at which the remarks of Mayor Cobb tothe criticised as being in favor of one ation ape were taken for xe ‘Sormation of labor council, to exert an influence for the causal of labor against capital. YELLOW FEVER AT HALIFAX, Hauirax, N. 8., Jan. 14, 1874 Her majesty’s steamer Sphynx, which arrived here from Jamaica on Sunday, brought 101 officera: and men of the frigate Aboukir, who are more Oo cont them white on leave from ship. bd of the Abo’ eer crow dioa from, tin wie Somamoaore’s, 18 ry and a era wife of a Spl Jost two of her crew from fever snother died since the vessel bere. remainder of het fever stricken crew were re< moved to the hospital, and are now convalescent.