The New York Herald Newspaper, January 22, 1874, Page 3

THE ROYAL LOVERS. The Happy English Tar, Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh. A LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE. His Two Wonnds—A, Ballet in Aus- ‘tralia, Cupid's Dart in St. Petersburgh. THE APPROACHING NUPTIALS, Sketch of the Russian Bride, Princess Maria Alexandrovua, . Lonpor, Jan. 5, 1874. Americans may like to be told something about His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, who is about to mafry the Grand Duchess Marie of Russia, and who is, in consequence, for the time being, the hero of European courts, Alfred Albert Ernest, Duke of Edinburgh and Earl of Kent, is the third child and second son of Queen Victoria, and was born on the 6th of Au- gust, 1844, It being a tradition in the royal family of England that the second son should enter the navy, Prince Alfred’a education was directed towards nautical studies from the day when he was old enough to play with a toy ship, Had he been the son of Fielding’s Commodore Trun- nion, and had Smollett’s Lieutenant Bowling been his gediather, he could not bave been initiated more early to tales of the sea and to the mysteries of knot splicing, sail furling and reefing. His wet nurse was a sallor’s wife, his first servant a satlor and his first tator a naval chaplain, From these three trainers of his childhood he learnea that the first of professions was the navy and the British mavy the first of navies; and had he been inclined to doubt these facts, Marryatt’s novels, which were put into his hands as soon as he had passed out of ne’ NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET. out leave, and remained there for a week, enjoying themselves, Telegraph wires were set in motion, the police went afield, the British Ambassador ran from hotel)to hotel, and atlast the truants were Jound and reshipped under escort. For this freak the Prince was placed in arrest and sentencea by his Captain to lose a year of his service time; but afver twelve months’ good conduct the penalty was remitted, and at the age of seventeen PRINCE ALFRED OBTAINED HIS SUB-LIEUTENANCY. The promotion came. earlier than it would have done in the case of an ordinary midshipman, but it was quite proper that it should do so, for the Prince’s position as @ midshipman was anomalous, In every harbor, where the Euryalus cast anchor the loyalty or courtesy of the natives, according as they were British subjects or foreigners, induced them to get up festivities. in. honor of Queen Vic- ; toria’s son, The port admirals would ask him to dinner, the town councils presented him addresses, and ladies were, of course, everywhere eager to dance with him and beg bim for his photograph. More than once the,Queen expressed her wish that these complimenta should cease, but the desire was more easy to convey than to gratify, for ingeme of the British colonies any snub offered to the enthusiasm of the people would have been taken as.an unkindness, So, as @ matter of fact, Prince Alired’s lieutenant years were enlivened by, banquet after banquet and ball after ball. He played a.capital knife and fork, as do most men braved in sea air, and was an inde- fatigable walter, If was contrived, however, that between one port and another the Prince’s ship should be kept cruising as long as possible on the cruise, and during these months amid water one must do the Lieutenant Prince the justice to say that he worked hard and intelligently. His Captain had had no @itficuity in persuading htm that in these days of scientific gunnery and ship building ‘a meaval officer who wishes to discharge his duty efficiently must spend @ good deal.of his time among books. Prince Alfred’ did mot wish to obtain and hold his captaincy merely by right of birth and to hear it whispered everywhere that he was an amiabie simpleton who could not tell a bowsprit from a marlinespike. He set to work with a will, mastering the difficulties of bis projession, and petween- whiles perfected. himself on the fiddle to the de- light, as above said, of those whom he admitted to his friendship, PRINCE ALPRED A CAPTAIN, It was thus that ina brief time the sub-lieuten- ant qualified himself for his lieutenancy, and was thence, alter eighteen months, promoted to be a the nursery, would have been sufficient to dispel all scepticism. It is singular enough, by the way, that Marryatt, who was thus brougnt into request to fre a royal prince’s marine zeal, and who has also done so much by his writ- ings to convert other English boys into midship- men—Marryatt had been in very bad edor with the last of Britain’s sallor kings, Wiliam IV, A First Lord of the Admiralty, having one day proposed his name for promotion and for knighthood, His Majesty gave a start and exclaimed, “Marryatt! ‘Why, he is the man who wrote against prese-gangs and who has suggested all sorts of reforms in his Rovels, Isnall do nothing for him.” And nothing was ever dono for the author of “Peter Simple” and “Midshipman Easy.” Presé-gangs were abolished, and all the reforms Marryatt:-had advo- cated were adopted, but the reformer shared the fate of muny another man before and since who had moved to ply his pickaxe against abuses. This, however, as above said, did not prevent his books being highly approved of by the present Queen. THE SAILOR STUFF IS INBRED IN ENGLISH BOYS, and what with Marryatt’s novels, Cook’s travels and histories of Colambus, Drake, Vasco di Gama, Raleigh, Prince Alfred had more than was needed to make him long for a ses life. At eight he was taught to swim, ana to swim well, too; at ten he could already handle a pair of sculls and paddle a canoe on the Virginia water, near Windsor; by the time he was twelve he could clint» up a rope lad- der or swarm up @ mast as nimbly as any of the boys at the Greenwich training school. In addi- ton to this he was thoroughly grounded in mathe- Matica, and his father, with a kindly toresight, gaye him an excellent music master, saying that music would be a boon to him in long evenings on crue. This has proved to be true. Prince Alfred is the only one of the royal princes who can play on an instrument of music; but.he and his flddie are household Words in all the British harbors from Portsmouth to the Cape, and between them they have helped to while away the tedium of many an evening which must have been devoted otherwise to grog ana salt yarns. Prince Alfred was thirteen when he was sent up to pass his examination as a midshipman, hav- ing been dispensed from the customary two years on board the Britannia schoolship. He passed very satisfactorily and was posted at once to a first class man-of-war, the Euryalus, the Queen’s com- mands being that he sould be treated exactly like other midshipmen—in fact, that he should rough it. MIDSHIPMAN FRINGE ALFRED. These commands are invariably given in such cases. They excite much enthusiasm in news- papers, and are always loyally disobeyed. Prince Alfred nad a hammock like the other “mites,” but it was slung ina private cabin; he dined at the captain's table, too, instead of messing with his comrades off the regulation pea soup ana junk, and he had an equerry on board to see that le pursued his studies and did not get into scrapes. For all this, being a boy of lively spirits and most sociable Gisposition, he was always glad when he could slip away from the eyes of tutor and cap- tain and put himself on a seeming equality with the middies. I say ‘seeming’ equality, because boys are not less alive to royalrapk and pocket money than their e!d:rs, and certainly the young Prince saw no greater risks of rough treatment in the gun Toom than in the state cabin. The midaies koo-tooed to him, laughed at his Jokes, ate of the good things which his liberal al- Yowance could purchase, and- could never be quite prevailed upon to call him Alfred, as he desired or politely pretended to desire, They compromised tne matter by calling him nothing at alli—neitner Prince, Sir nor Royal Highness—though, among themeelves, the nickname they gave him was “Downy’—an allusion, perhaps, to the well- Seathered condition of the royal reefer’s rest. In court niogtaphies, when a Queen's son is being sketched, he is always described as feeling impa- tient with those who show him too great respect; 4¢ would be ignorance of human nature, however, to take this notion for granted. Transparent fycophancy is, of course, distasteful toa prince ; but when a boy is brought up to see bent backs and smiling lips continually about him, when he is accustomed to the music of well timed compii- ments, he can have no particular taste for the bia truth which ordinary youngsters are used to blurt ont among one another. A Yroyal prince naturally gets to feel that he is somehow made of different clay to the rest of the world, and all one can fairly ask of him is that he shal) not push this beautiful be- Jief in himself too far, Prince Alired did not push ft too far, Being so often told he was clever, hand- some, witty and irresistibie he may not have Lhought it was necessary vo mistrust these sooth- ing assurances; but his own good sense early taught him that it would be well to prove his su- Periority by a tangible fact now and then, and when opportunities for so doing offered themselves he gladly seized them. One night, having amused himself by cutting down the hammock of a brother midshipman (the Hon, E, Yorke) while the latter was asleep in it—an old piece of fun much relished on board—he found himseif confronted by the in- aignant invitation of Mr. Yorke to “peel off his jacket and fight.” The invitation was accepted there and then, and the two hadiit out comfort- avly among the guns until separated by the marine sentry, who only wurried up, however, when eaeh had a black eye and a bloody nose. This little incident made fast irtends of Prince Alfred and Mr. Yorke, wno later became his antagonist’s equerry, and it served to make the Prince highly popular inthe Euryalus. But another escapade which occurred soon after occasioned still greater satisfaction to the iniadies, The Euryalus being in the port of Cronstadt one winter Prince Alired and @.iriend obtained leave to captain and to command his present ship, the Galatea. He was then just of age and had been created Duke of Edinburgh and supplied by Parlia- ment with the usual grant of £15,000 a year, to which was snperadded £10,000 per annum by his mother, and the free use of Gloucester House as his residence. The Duke now began to be seen more often. at Court and his coming there was always welcomed as & fresh, healthy breeze. Owing to his rougher experience of life he was more sharp-witted than his brothers, less con- strained in-his talk and, in short, ‘a better fellow’’ all round. He was bis brother’s favorite, the pet of his'sisters and tn some degree the wonder of the chambcriains, who winced to see him tread laugh- ingly Over etiquette when it pleased him to do so. He was, moreover, @ first rate deliverer of after dinner speeches and earned much honor atthe divers banquets, agricultural, Masonic ° or civic which form the chief encumbrance of British princely social duties. On the other hand, he cut rather an extraordinary figure in the hunting fleld, and more than once narrowly escaped breaking his neck in pounding at a thickset hedge asif he would knock it over, instead of clearing it. Alter a particularly awk- ward fal one dull day with the Queen’s stag- hounds he gave up hunting ae-a regular habit, and betook himself, in prefereuce, to shooting, m which he isa better protictent. In London one of bis great pleasures ts to stroll about alone on foot and to see things for himself. He isa member of White’s and the United Service Club, and fre- quently spends, his evenings at the former place, taking ® hand at Zoarté or. sitting astride @ chair in the smoking room, with a cigar in bis mouth, recounting anecdotes of his travels. Now and then he goes down to the House of Lords, listens attentively to the debate, but does not vote. Durimg the opera season he is @ pretty constant attendant at one or other of the two houses, and may generally be seen fitting about from box to box between the acts, paying visits to the ladies he knows. He prefers German music to French, and Christine Nilason to Adelina Patti As regards dancing, waltzing is his forte Dow as it was when he was a midshipman, and the Galatea Waltz, which he has himself composed, 1s @ tuneful piece of music enough. TOE DUKE AND THE PRIXCESS MARIE. The Duke of Edinburgh made the acquaintance of the Grand Duchess Marie some years ago, wnen he was still a lMeutenant, and she a rather pre- cocious but very sweet faced girl of fourteen. Sailors are famed for romantic and deep rooted at- tachments, and Prince Alfred’s wooing formed no exception to the general rule. Whenever he Could slip away either to Russia or to any water- ing place about Europe, where the Princess hap- pened to be, off he went, and it may be supposed that the Emperor of Russia early decided upon sanctioning the match, for the mutual affection of the young lovers was known In court circles long before it was officially announced. The Grand Duchess speaks English fluently and is said to be fond of English novels, especially Dickens’ and Miss Braddon’s, She will bring her husband a dowry Of 1,000,000 roubles down and £20,000 a year, which willmake of the Duke one of the richest uncrowned princes in Europe. As is well known, the Duke of Edinburgh is heir to his uncle, the Duke of Saxe- Coburg Gotha, and wili one day rule over that small but snug principality should it not pe swallowed up by Prince Bismarck. He is sure to make a good prince anda popular one if his after life corresponds to the first part of his career. He has never made an enemy with the exception of the Fenian O'Donnel, who shot at him in Sydney five years ago, pretexting some slight he had recefved trom one ofthe Duke's equerries, It may be supposed, however, though they hanged him for this offence O’Donnel whs a lunatic, else he would have known that a princes courtiers are not people to whose whims men of sense should pay any attention, . A Oharming Trooper—The Beauty and Graces of the Fair Princess=The Cere- mony—How the Betrothal Happened— Its Reception by the British Pre: The greatest social event during the year 1874 is the marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, K. G., K. P., the second son of Queen Victoria, with the beautiful and accom- plished Princess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia. For months the European press has teemed with genial articles touching the importance and desir- ability of this union—a union whicn is a true love match 1n every sense of the term, THE GRAND DUCHESS MARIA is nineteen yeara of age, and has recently been travelling in the south of Europe with her mother the Empress, who is the daughter of the Grand Duke Louis 11. of Hesse Darmstadt. Ttie Czar has had seven children—six sons and-one daughter - of whom the eldest son died suddenly in Nice in 1865, While the Empress and Grand Duchess were residing in Naples they were visited by the Duke of Edinburgh, who accompanied them in their visits to Pompeli, Vesuvius, and other places of intetest in the neighborhood. Even then it was understood that the relations sub- sisting between the illustrious couple had Teached ® point where only the necessary formalities were wanting to the completion of the engagement. As already stated, the be- trothal was sanetioned on Friday at Jugen- heim. The Grand Duchess who is about to become a member of the English Royal family is extremely popular with all with whom she comes in contact, and is described by those who have had opportunities of seeing her during her stay on the shores of the Mediterra- nean as most gracious and amiable in her de- Meanor. She does not resemble ber mother, who has fall biue eyes, whereas those of the Grand go ashore foraday. Instead of returning at night, however, Mey BLATLOG OM JOS Aa APKOLARWTS Wikily L Duchess are small and half closed, Without pre- ABDSIOD LODTansneRs, WE arg told thar. Ake Je Aime by @ witnegs from that State, STAAL A TQgM oD to be Datica, which implies expreasion snd sweetness of disposition. ‘The announcement of THE ROYAL BETROTHAL © ‘was most sympathetically received at St. Peters burg, botn on account of the sincere interest felt in the amiable Princess and algo ag an earnest of good relations between the two countries to whom the aManced belong. Princess Maria Alex- a@ndrovna ia Honorary Colonel of the Yamburg regiment of Ublans, and her photograph in the uniform of this gallant troop, czapka on head with the white sultana gracefully hanging down, certainly makes her the most charming officer in the service of all the Russins, Her Majesty’s arrival in the Russian capital would be ap- preciated as one of the most gratifying events in the history of the Court, and perhaps, even of the country. It is believed im Russia that Count Choavalof, when he visited England a few months ago im order to arrange the Asiatic difficulty, was at the same time commissoned to settle certain preliminary questions incidental ‘to the matrimonial! project recently announced. Unfortunately Count Chouvalof was pre- vented from attending the betrothal at Heiligen- berg Castle, his father having died suddenly at Carlsbad, and the duty devolving upon the son of conveying the remains to the family estate of Arti- maya, on the Finaoish fronuer. The union, it may be fatrly said, offers EVERY REASONABLE PROSPECT OP HAPPINESS, The Princess, we are given to understand, will re- tain the faith—tnat of the orthodox Greek Church— in which she has been born and bred; but the children of the royal pair, if their union should be blessed with offspring, will, it is stated, be brought up in the Protestant creed of this country, In point Of rank and station the Prince and Princess ‘Will stand upon an equal footing, and both Russia and England will have just cause to be proud of ‘vhe alliance contracted by these two distinguished members of their reigning dynasties, To speak first of the bride, she is the daughter of the Ozar of all the Ruastas, the sister of the Czarowitz, des- tined one day, according to the ordinary probabill- thes of life, to ascend the throne. of Russia as Alexander III, As to the royal bridegroom, apart irom his rank as prince ot the blood royal of Eng- land, he is the heir to the dukedom of Coburg, the brother-in-law of the Crown Prince of Ger- many and of Prince Louis of Hease, and both bride and bridegroom are connected by a kindred family tie of almost blooa relationship with the Crown Prince of Denmark and the King of Greece. In the whole ‘“‘Almanach de Gotha” there will not be found the names of any royal couple entitled to claim Kinship. with, so many and so power- ful sovereigns, In these democratic days the @ignity of royal dynasties depends rather on the Magnitade of their possessions and on the great- ness of their power than on the antiquity of their Imeage. The Guelphs, it is true, were sovereign princes centuries before THE ROMANOFFS were heard of in the ranks of royalty, and the Prince, as the son of Queen Victoria, stands in the succession to a throne which was great and powerfal for hundreds of years before Russia emerged from barbarism. On the other hand, the Emperor of Russia may fairly claim to be the equal of any European sovereign in rank and dignity; and the children of this Anglo-Rus- sian union may justly boast hereafter with equal pride that their father was ason of England and ttieir mother 9 daughter of Russia. We have no doubt that the royal marriage will give rise upon the Continent to any number of -ingénious “rumors of inter- Rational aillances and secret compacts. | Bus we are convinced that the union between the houses of Romanoff and Guelph “possesses,” to use the stereotyped phrase, ‘‘no political significance.'” Irthe real or supposed interests of the two em- pires of England and.Buésia should ever come into collision the natural policy of the governments of London and St. Petersburg is not likely to be affected by the fact that an English Prince is the son-in-law of the Czar or a Muscovite Princess the danghter-m-law of the Queen, The tie uniting she Hohengollerns and the Romanoffs is far closer than that which will henceforth bind the English royal family to that of Russia; and yet this con- nection has never hindered either Prussia or Russia from pursuing its own objects, without regard to the wishes or interests of the State with which it had these close bonds of family kinanip. Yet, in a sense apart from and higher than all diplomatic action, this marriage does, we think, symbolize the growing connection between Great Britain and Bussia. After all, with the possible and doubtiul exception of China, the empires ruled over by Queen Victoria and the Emperor Alexander are the greatest States tn the world, . 4 GORGEOUS PRESENT. A large silver gilt plateau was made at Wolver- hampton in preparation for the marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh. It presents the appearance of &@ model of the Coliseum, and is surmounted by or- naments after the manner of pinnacies. It is aur- rounded atthe base by bouquet holders and parian figures of the seasons, bearing fruit stands. It stands sixteen inches, is over two feet in diameter at the apex and weighs eighty-four pounds. The height to the top of the cake when on the plateau will be nine feet. THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY IN ABP, There is likely to be some permanent visible record of the splendid ceremoniais, as Mr. Cheva- ler, the artist who accompanied the Duke of Edin- burgh round the world and the Prince of Wales to Vienna, has been commissioned to paint three pictures of the wedding—one for the Queen, one for the Prince of Wales and one for the bride- groom himself. These commissions are the result of the satisfaction which the artist nas given by his pictures of the National Thanksgiving Day, painted for the Queen, THE VILLE DU HAVRE. Memorial Services tor Miss Bulkley and Miss Wa: tam, Lost at Sea in the Great Disaster—Touching Eulogies. Ryg, N. Y., Jan. 21, 1874, Memorial services for Miss Balkley and Miss Waggstasy, lost on the Ville du Havre, were held in Christ church this afternoon, An immense con- course was present, including a large number of friends of the family from the city. The floral tributes were numerous and costly, and in every conceivable form. The Rev. 0. B. Brewster, present rector of Christ church, spoke of the beautifui Christian lives of the departed, and said that there was probably not a house in Rye in which sorrow had not been felt for the sad event. Miss Bulkley was active in all church work, faithful in her Sabbath school duties and in her visits to the poor. She moved from house to house as ao 1 of light and mercy. She died bravely in the sea, she who was loved, and leaves ner iiie to earth as legacy, The Rev. R, F. Alsop, rmer pastor, now of Pittsburg, followed Mr. Brewster in a tend impressive eulogy. He could not tell why the disaster was itted by God; but when there was not a row that falleth without His notice we tem be sure that mighty vessel, which bore within 1 bosom many of God's dear children, did not go down unnoticed by Him. The spirit of God moves upon the waters now as in the days of the crea- tuon, It is one of the darkest mysteries of Huw providence, yet we must feel that it was all right There is already @ light in the durkness from the precious lives that were lost. Miss Buikle: was ready for death. She was not afraid of death. Sne had given her whole heart to Unrist, and death had no terrors forher. She carried sunshine wherever she went, and wasa@ benediction and bleasiug to all around her. Her’s was indeed an extraor- dinary Christian character, and such @ lile was a fitting preparation for such a death. With un- blancned cheek, unbroken voice, calm as in her own house, she stood amid the wild dismay on board that ship, and, forgetting for a moment her own sell, she cri “Let us pray that those whom we have le! behind may have streugth to bear the news of our death! Let us pray that may be vhristians and meet us in peaven!” Then, being torn irom those she loved, Shey departed forever out of sight, but as they sunk beneath the waves their souls rested in the arms of God. Both Miss Bulkley and Waggstafl were beantilul in their lives, and in death they were not divided, Louk up, then, he said, in conclusion, from your mourning to that brighter home where the happy spirite of our dear ones now dwell. ABREST OF A MIOHIGAN MURDERER, ALBANY, Jan, 21, 1874. Kornealy, arrested here yesterday on a charge Ol murder in Michigan in 1872, was to-day identifica The prisoner is held 2 THE STATE CAPITAL. PROSPECTS OF A SHORT SESSION. The Disposition and Cure of Lunatics. The Third Avenue Quick Transit Bill— Work on the New Capitol. ALBANY, Jan. 21, 1874. It is pretty definitely settled now that we are to have @ short session; that, undeed, it will not ex- tend, if at all, a week beyond the 100 days; snd this fact has already had the effect of putting the lobby on their mettle. Up to yesterday but few of she regular old stagers, whose business it is to buy and gell the commercial members of both houses, had put im an appearance, but to-day they have been dropping in one by one from the cara, a3 though they had beiorenand promised one another to be on hand at the Capitol at a given time. The attraction for these birds of prey ia not yet visible to ordinary eyes; but it is surmised that this winter they are to make hay while the sun shines in the way of pushing ahead ratlroad jobs which, during @ long sessiou, might stand but little show of success, It has been determined by the leaders that the supply and regular appropriation bills, which have always heretofore proved stum- bling blocks in tie way ofan early adjournment, shall, instead of being left over to the closing days of the session, be reported and acted upon before next March. The lobbyists know well that if these bills can be passed upon early they must begin their operations at once if they wish to doa successful business, and hence the present rush of the scamps to the capital. New York city, 80 fur as can be judged from pres- ent indications, ts to receive more than usual attention at their hands, and all sorts of railroad schemes may be expected between now and the February recess. ‘That old customer, Dan Cono- ver’s Wall Street bill, has already put in anap- pearance, and so has the bill to extend the tracks ofthe Secon¢ Avenue Ratlroad, while the Third Avenue has aiready @ little job of tts own maturing to secure a branch road to the Grand Ubion depot, and a few other schemers have @ plan beiore the Assembly looking to the building of a road in Forty-second street. The next thing will, doubtless, be a surface railway on Broadway, and when that comes the lobby will have begun its campaign in downright earnest. The Committee on Ways and Means late to-day re- ported @ bill, In answer, as it were, to Mr. Al- yord’s resolutions of a lew days ago, which appro- priates $200,000 in advance the regular yearly appropriation for the prosecution of work on the new Capitol, The idea ts not 60 much to keep the work going on as to give Soke to deserving workingmen who are now idle. There Was again to-day in the Senate a lively debate over the constitutional amendments, and the section of the fourth article which really prevents any re- ee of the Senate districts and which would work such Injury to New York and Kings counties Proved an apple of discord for both republicans and democrats. i the section ig allowed to re- main tn the amendment it Is more than likely that the entire amendment, which hag some very good features about it, would be defeated by over 100,000 majority in New York and Kings counties, THE LUNATICS TO BE ATTENDED TO. ‘The Innatics always get a good deal of attention at the hands ot the Legislature; but, somehow or other, of late years every bill introduced ior their benedit has met with disapproval. Mr. Prince has championed their cause ever since 1871, and he bids Jair this year, by his very persistence, to gain the ends le has had in view since he has been a legislavor. To-day, faithful to his old policy, he be na came to the iront and introduced a bill looking to the satety, 80 to speak, of sane r Well as insane people who may be deemed at some time or other worthy of a Straight jacket. The bill this time provides that tha Governor shall appoint for the city and Sounty of New York not less than ten nor more than filty, and in every other county not less than five nor more than twenty reputable physictans, to be known a8 Examtiers of Lunacy, anc to fill vacan- cles among the examiners as they occur. When- ever a case arises in any county requiring, as now Broviged by law, the certificates of two physicians authorize oh alent for — al or any person on the ground of lunacy, the certificate must be. signed by twa of the omnraineers 60 ap- pointed, resident in the county in which such case of lunacy is found; and it is further provided that no person shall be received as a lunatic in any asylum, public or private, without such cer- tificate. The appointment of Satna is to be made on the recommendation of the Board of Su- Pervisors or & majority of the members in every county. QUICK TRANSIT AT LAST. Senator Booth in the Senate and Mr, Spencer in the House to-day introduced the much talked of Third Avenue ick Transit bill. Mr. Forbes, the nt of the Third Avenue Railroad, says that this bill means business, and if the charter is granted the road will be @ “rail actuality,” as an say, in two years, NEW YORK LEGISLATURE, SENATE, ALBANY, Jan. 21, 1874. After the reading of the journal the question oc- curred on agreeing with the report of the Commit- tee of the Whole on the proposed amendments to the constitution. My. SELEREG sald there was an important ques- tion in connection with the resolutions to which he desired to call attention. He quoted from the State constitution relative to the publication of the proposed amendments, and claimed that its spirit had ‘not been complied with requiring pubii- cation of the amendments for three months, Trae, they were published every day in tho Stute paper, the Albany Evening Journat, but this paper Teached but Sew voters comparatively outside of the city. The resolutions were not properly published, and the people of the State have not had an opportunity Of examining the proposed amendments. He had grave fears that the constitution had not been ocmplied with. Mr. GRoss moved to strike out section 4 of article 3, which provides for an enumeration of the resi- dents of the State in the year 1875, and every tenth year thereafter, Mr: BRADLEY (dem.) favored the motion, argu- ing that the retention of this clause would cer- tainly operate to defeat the amendments, as by their passage Lhd lnyustice would be done to res- idents of New York and Brookiyn. Mr, Woop (rep.) said he was really surprised to find this fourth section in the resolutions. It was an oversight. He had grave doubts, however, about the power of the Senate to change the pro- posed amendments. He proposed to efostpone Load consideration of the reso!utions Friday mo Mr. ‘Wood's motion was carried. Mr. Woop presented 4 petition exempting the of Decie Rent ian Se iat iti . m the Judici minit tee, reported favorably the bill relative to the Sheri fees in New York; also for a stenographer in the Superior Court of Buffalo, BILLS INTRODUCED. Mr. GaNson—To allow the Grand Trunk Rail- of Cangda to hold real estate in Buffalo; also relative to dower; also to confirm the official acts of John Meredith Read, Jr., a commissioner of deeds for the State of New York at Paris. Lonp—To amend the charter of Rochester. P Cok—To amend the charter of the Na- tional Travellera’ Insurance Company. Adjourned, ASSEMBLY, ALBANY, Jan. 21, 1874 BILLS REPORTED, By Mr. PRINCE—To amend the revised statutes relative to drawing Jurors; also to provide ad- ditional compensation for town assessors, By Mr. MILLER—To authorize the Commissioners of Highways in the town of Russia, Oneida county, to build @ bridge, which, on motion of Mr. Miller, was read and passed, By Mr. BATCHRLLER—To facilitate the construc- tion of the New York and Canada Railroad; also to reimburse purchasers of lands from the State the titles to which have fatled, WORK ON THE N&W CAPITOL. Mr, BaTCHELLER, from the Vommittee on Ways and Means, introduced the following bill, intended to jurnish means wherewith to resume work on the new Capitob:—The sum of $200,000, in anticipa- ton of the regakar appropriation jor the new Capl- tol, is hereby appropriated for the purpose of con- tinuing the work ofdressing granite, and if there are no money in the Treasury applicable to the ayment of the appropriation the Comptroller 1s ereby authorized and required to borrow, from time to time, such sums as the New Capitol Com- misstoners nay require, not exceeding in the ag- frewate said aum of $200,000, and the money so rrowed shall be reiunded from the moneys re- ceived from taxes levied to meet appropriations for the Aapitol. This act, to take esfect unmedi- ately. BILLS INTRODUCED, By Mr. EASTMAN—To repeal the act for a new prison in the city of New York; also, amending and consolidating the acts relative to the city of Rochester; also, amending the act relative to the Paka duties of the Commissioners of Public ‘arks in the city of New York. By Mr. PRINCR—Removing the disqualification of Aliens Jx9m FORA OMMAIAS BRO. WO. incarceration of persons in insane asylums who “Gy Mr. MELvIN—To open ‘Thirty-ninth street, Brooklyn. Marr Woops introfuced @ bill exte! the tracks oi the Second avenue railroad. pty THE NeW ROUT a8 follows :—Commen: in Firet avenue, at Har- lem River, and running thence along avenue with a double track to Twenty-third street, from Second to Firstavenue and nce thror and along First avenue to Houston street, and thence through and along Houston street to Chrystie Street, and also @ single track shrough and along Allen ‘street, from Grand to Division street and | thence throngh and along Division street, and thence through and ng Division street, and connect with the st; tracks hereto- fore authorized in said streets; also an additional track in Grand street, from Allen to Forsyth street; also a double track in Ninety-second street, from Laren! avenue we the —_ eon - pecans track 10 126th stree! mm First to Secor By Mr. 0. SsrexceR—to charter the Third Ave- noe nick Transit Company of New York. ir, VBDDekR—Amending the act for the better Preservation of norse reco! By Mr. Lincotn—To license scaven; and regu- late the removal of night soil ip New York. By Mr. BULKLEY—Fixing time for town mectings. Mr. BARRow introduced # bill to the Joint stock fire insurance eompantes to a special surplus, It authorizes any existing joint stock fire ingurance comely create @ surplus of not leas than $200, to be known a8 @ sh Sug aC agate Za cums such company, as by an dot m 1863, This surplus is to be invested ia such securities as such com- panies are now by law authorized to invest in, which wen be fer gery wito ar tetera De- rsment of sil Phcctal capfal eurpite of auch compeng ‘bo Tang a8 thts surplus shall be kept intact it svall inno case be liybie for Fcc enp tenliy eben or lor any of the uabllities of the company, and if by reason of any conflagration or accumulation o! conflagrations, the ordinary capi! pigs of such company shall become ex! of id the company elect to apply such capitdi and surplus to make g ahy such impairment enable it to continue business; or, in thereol, to surrender its then existing assets and appropriate the special capital surplus as an 01 capital. In case of such surrender and appropriation, the existing policies of such company, excepting upon which @ special liability shall have accrued, shal! continue in force and the special capital sur- plus shall become a security for the ent of any logs or losses thereafter occurring. It is also rovided that so much of the reinsurance fund, longing to such company at the time of any such Surrender, as shall be necessary to reinsure the outstanding risks shall not be regarded as any Part of the assets to be surrendered and may be retained as such reinsurance fang, The act takes effect immediately on its 5 By Mr. Sitons.—Repealing the Local Option bill. By Mr. WriaHt,—Requiring legal notices to be published im the town where the parties affected reside. THE THIRD AVENUB QUICK TRANSIT COMPANY. The following is the text of the act to incorpo- rate the Third Avenoe Quick Transit Med eed and to seoure the speedy construction through the eity of New York oi a rapid transit railroad :— Sxction l.—Robert Squires, William Remsen, Benry R. Remsen, Henr Bare Math genta aye lopy, Uiuiam J. Valentine, Silvanus 8. Biker, syivester B. tock, Henry smith, Jonathan Thor mes Boor- 8, SUCCEN- ‘hurlow Weed, their associ or @ majority of the same, are hereby corporate and Rolitic by the name and titie Avenue Quick sit ombany.” ‘and by that name and title shall have lop. The capital stoc corporation shall be 000, divided into 60,000 shares of $100 each, and the said capital may be in- creased from ume to time by a vote of two-t! is of the stockholders to an amount not exceeding $15,000,000, But the capital and the corporate property of said cor- poration shall be exempt from taxation, real 1d sonal, as also from assessments or lien or taxes or assessments, until such time as the net carniny of said corporation shall equal a dividend of eight oentum per annum on the whole par value of the cap! stock, but not longer, Suc. 2—The prineipal office *. the company shall be in York, and. jts ths city of New usiness be mai bya board ‘of not less than seven directors, to be elected within thi of of this act by tne Above named corporators, of whom, a majority shall, by a& written Sepraration. subscribed by them, determin the day when and where the election shall be shall give notice thereof % herem before named, whicl at or to thelr. laces at of of the said cor- ¢ said election, or there be Represented by proxy, shall appoint two tellers to con- duct the election and ‘declare the result, and the seven persons receiving the highest number of votes, cach cor- porator being entitled to one vote, shall be declared di- Fectors of sald company, and shail have power to fill all vacancies occurring im the Board. After the saia first glection the directors shall be elected aunually by the stockholders of the company either in person or by Fach stockholder stint! be entided to one vote share of held by him, and dus notice of said election shall be given in at least two daily papers published in the city of New York. Suc. &—The corporation hereby areated titled, ‘An Act to authorize d corporations and to realate the passed April 2, 1650, and the several acts amenda- thereof, except so tar as the provisions of tne said ified by or are imcousisient with the provi- ac ft orporatioe hereby created same,” tory Bec 4.— is hereby authorized and empowered to construct. maintain and operate an eleva’ railroad, with double track raul- ways and adequate structure theretor, above the sirect road along the following route :—Commencing at or near the corner of Ann street Brosaway, running along Park row Chatham street to the Bowery; thence along the Bowery and the Third avenue to ti Harlem River, with the right to construct a branen road Saaians over Bast Forty-second street, to connect with the Central Depot on the Fourth avenue; also a branch from the terminus benn betore author: in Park row Ww to ry with Broadway, along and gurouee Vesey street’ to its tion with Church: street, then turning imto said Church streetdownwards, and thence along and through Charch street to Morris street, Bee ence tarni Morris street from said Chi stre $ around al street, then turning the corner of street mto Greenwich street along, down and through, Greenwich street to Battery place. and through Battery place to Bi i along Battery place aforesaid to Btate siréet, and thence along State street to Whitehall street at oF near the the Bouih ferry, and thence along Whiteball street around Bowling’ Green in Bronaway, and thence along Bowling Green to Batter: lace resaid, with the right to enter upon said ry place, betweeu Green- wich street and the Bulkhead, for the use of all needtul switches, side tracks and depot privilcges, either on elevated or street su: ny And the said Corporation is hereby authorized to make ¢ and arrangements and complete all necewary for extendins track, and to extend said track across foot of ry place and into and along Wate for the benelit- of com- henevor corporation. shall deem it expedient so to do, it may extend a branch or track or tracks, with necessary curves and switches, 60 as to con- Dect any other portion of its ratiway track with the New York and Brooklyn bridge at sach points of inter- tection as said feorpor determined is hereby tracks 80 fyspter spe! PARC A cork e Corpofation may take and occupy a space not more than fifty feetin width upon and e street surtace or clevated surfaces of the line or lines heretofore described, and alo make the necessary connections, stations, platforms, turn outs, switches and conveniences tor the proper working abd accommodation of the structure railway herein authorized to be con- structed and operated. The said ecupsrasion may, how. ever, purchase, take and occupy: such spaces of ground it the several termini of the said railroads as may ve jeemed ne for their accommodation, ‘The structure for maintaining and operating tke tracks and appurtenances and branches of said corporation shall be sustained by two or more tiers of iron columns, placed generally paralle! with the streets and avenues, Bnd occupying « space along the centre of the sain about eightcen fect in width, and so arranged that there shall be spaces on the surface of the avenue and strects 8 of columns for (Wo tracks of the horse ing the avenues, and which ma: be approp em for that purpose. The elevate: rail Way tracks shall be placed on the structure above, and at such an elevation as will secure the free and un- interrupted passage beneath of the ordinary street tray and traffic. The whole structure shall he built in am artistic and substantial manner, the columns to be of wrought iron, to be sunk below the influence of trost, anchored in stone, and their base by masonry, sufficiently elevated above the street and of such form as to guard against collisions with ordinary street vehicles; the posts to be of sufficient size and placed in sufficient proximity to insure ample strength ; the longitud! irders to be of the requisite strength, and the ¢: thereof, as tar as praciicabie, iL not on the same cross » but alternate in ‘h @ manner as shall best bind the structure. The said corporation is hereby authorizei to enter by their agents, engineers, workmen and rs udon the streets and avenues for the purpose ‘building and erecting the structures afo for the purposes afore- and shall be entitled <2 ‘all the necessary facilitics for turn outs, switches and connections, with the neces- sary depots and stations, and shall have the right to ac- uire the title toand hold such real estate or interest in as may be necessary to e: it to construct and operate said railways and érect the necessary buildinzs; and in caso it cannot agree with the owner or owners of such real estate for the purchase or use thereof, it may itle of the same in determine, and when 1m orised, to extend nd noqutre the cit the manner specified in the acts hereinbefore referred to, except that in any of the pro- ceedings tor the 80 aut ‘ized in this section it ‘author! shall not be necensafy that the petition make allegation ot or reference to any incorporations, capital stocks, surveys, maps, or the ‘ling of any” cerna: cate ot loeation. sxe. 6.—In the constraction of. the structare and ratl- ways bereby authorized the Nee rauon shali regard the proper care aud preservation of the public works of city and the greatest convenience to the public com The engines, nd equipments shall be of the most approved models, such as shall to the gre degree secure safety and diminish annoyauce from escape of staan apd sages. Sxc. 6.—The said elevated railways and the structures upon wiiteh they are to be erected shail be exclusive for the uses and purposes of saia carporation, and it shall not be lawful ior any person of persons other than to the Court shall im the execution of his duty assuch, with said corporation pro- it the ‘consent of the. kaki jclpal authorities. of the city. Corporatio cars propelled by meam ry vi wi ‘compensation, and to twelve cents for ting one ri lngiyr any danay wits ath or distance. ‘the said Sorporation ts nection with eee tka respective li mission of stall posregen, 503 charge @ fair compensa- tion for the use ot 5 ‘ec, &—The suid corporation shall commence opera tions as soon 48 practicable after the passage of this act, whieh to com same, delays trom the pening ot ‘gat proctedings agmase tion excepted ; an iasion to any shall work forieiture of this franchise aay seetten, of said Tallwaysand Iersinaner specially provided. "in any tech See Poxte : 5 Ceetling the fame siall have ta overs: parnoniseea, Pee cedence of hearing and trial betor. court cee of fe ANY court over cy Buc. +The corporation hereby created te rized to ns ~ g lease from and with Por Lad of the owners the tranchise and properties elther of the surface railroad ‘ations now vocupy- ing oF in anywise crossing or 8, gyemoes or streets along which the proscesa elevated railway ip to Stage oar. dla 'tm STun Ni Sar or lessors, ai 5, a Of the necessary contract and mode and time Cio ri and tion or payment for franchises, Privileges wo acquired. Sxc. TU.—The corporation bereby created may, tn ad- nding stock, ‘ortgage or in- which shall be dition to issuing oF gome bonds, tee interest a principal A ‘a made dengan: ie See caeeestines to ceeding the capital stock of ‘poral subscribed and paid in in you faite de fo lamned shall nes peas lien or encumbrance upon all Drop- erty, privileges and tranchises of said corpora- Suc. 1.—The corporatto may. mote the public Ihterseu of Coniere ators Weary the road may Pro- pian of the structure whe: 4 over Darrow streets, or whenever other considerations M087 nder such changes desirabie tor fa of wuch ‘alteration the fal’riresoth’ gout of safety of the structure shall See a aaa sts wit! thor 3 The Mayor, Aliermen and Comm: of New York are hereby tthoriued and die Be ge et es Bak Et" ath whoa etiae ry ners of the Sin! mm ant guthorize, The 4 city te d’ to issue, in the name of the Mayor, - Heksoid Guawirale tty ter ae work. welch shatlbe Known os Turd aie “The i tock.” The certificat Tepresenting said stock are hereb; Girected to be ania Compara te ed by the Mayor o elty of New York, and be se: with the common seal of of New York, attested by the Clerk of the bear interest at a rate not exceedi Ba er ie aint ashes act seven osnt Sew tev harps p terest thereon. sutborized econ e sald bo athor: ¢ in anticipation eo stock, times. aa he ul! le~ termine, and from roceeds ot said ree and ee, much fevenue Ley a y nbhoy Yd ribo iim ty onde ele ete SS ea ae Row York th ceek and every yoar, the amount required to pay the anuaal interest on the loans authorized aay ssl cto ty Say Sy nad ste Phe Com fauioerised. for saoh troller is bereby nd directed to pay company the amount herein ‘the to be subscribed by the said Mayor, Al ry and Commonaity from sie to imo, ae Bia ‘be for by said company, and receive the certificates of stook of said company the amount so paid, The interest of the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty in said stock all | ES presented by the Gomunistoner af Public orl ‘Sta. 18—This act shall take effect ima ‘ ‘The Senate pill to allow John George Milburn, sn, alien, to practice in our State courts co: Q] for a reading, Mr. C. 8. SPRNCHR moved. it be recommit: with instructions to strike out the enacting clause. This opened @ debate, in which Mr. Weed opposed: the motion and Messrs. Batcheller and spencer gustained it. Mr. PRINCE moved to recommit the bill; bat the, hour for relinquishing the use of the chamber the State Agricultural Society arriving, the subjecs: ‘Was latd on the table, s And the House adjourned. THE OANAL BOARD. ALBANY, Jan, 21, 1874, The Canal Board to-day adopted the toll sheet of, 1873, It was resolved to make a reduction of ning! superintendents and their clerks in the can: AN. pase and abolish the collector’s ofMice at Lyon's Is, “LET US HAVE PEACR” Governor Kemper, of Virginia, Late a Confederate General, to Visit Presi. dent Grant. RICHMOND, Jan. 21, 1874 As indicated in my despatches several days ago, Governor Kemper, the newly installed Executive ofthe State, and one oi the most famous of the ex- Confederate generals, has received irom Preaident Grant, through a mutual friend, a cordig invita- tion to visit him at the White House. Indeed, President Grant, having read Governor Kemper's- inaugural message ana un told of seme of m= er’s CaMpaign speeches on national topics, is very estrous ol making his juaintance, Governor Kemper is advised by the most eminent’ amen m the conservative party that he ht to Svail himeelf of the President’s kind -invt and as this agrees with his own judgment it is understood that as svon asthe pressure of public business will admit he will go to the national cap- ital and present himseif at tne Presidential man- sion, overture to The Virginians regard this friend their Governor with much satisiaction; especially as Kemper is regarded as a representative of the fighting men of the Confederacy, who laid down their arms in. good faith and who, while abating, not one jot of belief in the justice of the “ost cause,"’ yet confess that it is lost and heartily and honestly yield obedience and devotion to the na- tional flag, and who believe in the future great- ness Of this nation and are proud to be of ite cithk zens. HENRY A WISE, His Serious and Threatening Hness. RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 21, 1874, Ex-Governor Henry A. Wise, the best known of the surviving Virginia statesmen, is seriously il at his residence in this city, irom the effects of two carbuncles, one on the back of his neck and the other on the right rt Ordinarily, these ht not greatly endanger bis. life, but he is quite feeble irom his illness of a year go, and the saifering he has been called upon to endure for a week past his been so intense as to arouse serious ba clic apn as to the result of his case. A sur- gical operation has just been performed which has somewhat relieved him of pain, but it is impossible to say that it has also removed bim from danger. His house is daily visited by prominent citizens of both parties and the most distinguished mem- bers of the Legislature; and, while tew agree witn him in his erratic political course of recent years, the whole body of the people anxiously hope for his recovery. THE VIBGINIA DUELLO, A dary Empanciied in the Virginia Hustings Court to Try W. Page Mc- Carty for Killing John B, Mordecai in a Ducl. RICHMOND, Jan. 71, 1874 ‘The trial of W. Page McCarty, charged with kill- ing John B, Mordecat in @ duel near this city last May, is about to commence in the Hustings Court. McUarty was himself severely wounded, and until mm the 2 Pp and. seconds. and. oh acount of ‘the matic incidents connected with the bloody meeting, the trial of McCarty and the four seconds {8 destined to excite more of lio attention than is usually accorded to minal trials in Virginia. Twelve out of sixteen of the required Vvenire men, from which the jury will be drawn, were readily obtained in this city to- day out of a tales of less than 100 men. The others necessary will doubtless be gotten to-mor- row, The ating attorney is confident of bis ability to prove the occurrence of the duel and all important facts connected therewith, even with- out calling upon the avcused to testify against a other, as he hag the right to do under the we JAY OOOKE’S CREDITORS, Judge Cadwalader Opposed to a Com~- mittee—His Decision Reserved. PHILADBLPHIA, Jan. 21, 1876. Indge Cadwalader heard a number of the creditors of Messrs, Jay Cooke & Oo. upon the propriety of granting further time for voting upon the appointment of a committee. The Judge said he wished the creditors to understand that a trustee under the forty-third section of the Bank- ruptcy act would have no greater power that an assig’ Such funds as were payable to the bearer could be distributed in specie as readily by an assignee as by a trustee. He would nike to be informed definitely whether the creditors preferred the administration of this estate by a trustee or an assignee free (rom restraint, or by a trustee compelled by AN OVERRIDING COMMITTEE. Ifthe appolutment of a committee was reall, desired by the creditors, and could be confirme: by him, he would certainly give an ample ir tunity for bringing im an entire vote, and the have discretion to continue ad- journed sittings from day to day for a reasonable time to complete the vote. The trust xcept as controled by a committee, would have the game power as an and there would be no aim. culty about his to distribute funds in specie. The committee was not an advisory a . ae ie tory body, whose must be mad bee commands were true, that the srrangements at the gat | such that they could not vote at all, or vote to the facta, It was apparent that tey had not as was apparen’ been enabled to vote "Tivisediy. of ‘oparee ithe confirmed @ resolution looking to the Mey nal of @ committee the election would continue open. Should he confirm the resolution he would act against his own judgment as to its policy, but he probably wouid deier to the Ke a! of others. If ne Were @ creditor he woyld, without hesitation, vote against the committee, He would anuguacg, (@MKLOW MOKAME,