The New York Herald Newspaper, January 4, 1875, Page 3

’ ———— eee NEW YORK A MESSAGE 10 THE GOVERNOR, ACitizen’s Recommendations to Our New Executive. THE DEMOCRATIC VIEW. Hints for His Coming Communication to the Legislature. GREATER POWER AND RESPONSIBILITY. _ Important Questions Presented for Consideration and Action, Yo Samven J. TiLpeN, Governor of the State of New York :— As a democrat you will observe that I have not addressed you as “His Excellency.” We trust that i your admiration of republican simplicity in government you will establish a precedent abol- ishing any title as @ prefix to the name of the in- cumbent of the responsible office of Governor of the State of New York. You will find a precedent in the case of Chancellor Walworth, who made a Tule that all petitions and bilis in the Court of Chancery should not be addressed “Honorable” Reuben H. Walworth, but simply to the Chancel- lor, He abolished the miserable imitation of the British system of addressing “Your Lordship.” I trust that you will give notice that all official communications must be addressed “To the Gov- erpor of the State of New York.’? We are over- whelmed with “excellencies” and ‘“honorables” and “generals” and “corporals” ad nauseam. Your own good sense will see the propriety, ina democratic sense, of endeavoring to break up the use of high-sounding titles in our country. You are calied to the head of the greatest State in the Union—a nation of millions, with immense resources—agricultural, manuiacturing and com- mercial. This State of New York, a nation united with the other nations of this Union under the constitution of the United States, is the most brilliant star in our great constellation. Under the guidance of able statesmen New York has ad- vanced with gigantic strides until it now holds the foremost rank in the Union. Your ambition should be to still further promote her upward and on- ward career. You should be true to her motto, “Excelsior.” The Executive of this State can, by his recommendations, stamp his name on her his- tory. But few of your predecessors have achieved this distinction. This State bas (as Burke re- marked of the colonies, that they flourished in spite of English legislation) advanced in power and wealth in spite of mere politicians. De Witt Clinton stands out alone as the man who has identified his name with two great movements— the canal and school systems—and which, it 1s claimed, have contributed so largely to the wel- Jere of the State. The political earthquake which has been caused by the corruption and incapacity of the republican party nas thrown the democratic party of this State, with you at their bead, into power. State looks to that party for a change of men and measures in public affairs. The laws and crimes of the republican party are to be corrected, and we are to be held responsible, and justly so, for a better administration of the State government than we pave had. ADDITIONAL EXECUTIVE DISCRETION. You are called to the Executive chair under Breat advantages, but, at the same time, with great responsibilities, The amendments to the con- stitution just adopted have put an end, we trust, to much legislation of an objectionable character, and the Governor now holds great power over legislation by having the veto power over any part of the appropriation bills, The consequence of this must be that the Governor will be held to greater responsibility than ever before, as it will be his duty to watch improper legislation and be | his proud prerogative to prevent it, As the Executive power now stands, the Gov- ernor can control and prevent bad legislation. It thus affords him the power of making his admin- istration a success or failure, For the first time im the history of the State the Governor is a yower. The greatest responsibility will be the recom- Mendations which your Message may suggest to the Legisiature. The constitution requirés the Governor to make recommendations, I assume that in that document you will, of course, refer to the agricultural, commercial and manufacturing Interests of the State—to the fact that we have not been visited with plague or fire or inunaation as our neighbors have been; that you have been called to an exalted station by your fellow citizens of which station you are worthy. I mean by this that you will refer as your predecessors have done to the ordinary topics of a Message. They are the communia of public men, of which they have to speak, You probably will refer to the political revolution through which we have passed and tell the Legislature it teacnes a lesson of accountabil- ity to the people. You then will come to the busi- ness of legislation. The question you will have to ask yourself will be:—What shal) be recommended ‘vy me as a democratic Governor? ‘The reference in your Message to our financia! condition ougut t» be naturally very vrief. We expect to see the usual array of figures covering the various funds of the State. We shall have the canal iund, the school fund and all the other funds paraded, as usual in Executive Messages, but the end ofallofthem will be to show that our finan- cial affairs are in rather a bétter condition than usual, The sinking fund, which bad been robbed, is now restored to its original condition, and, to the credit of the administration of Governor Dix, tt may be said tnat our finances were guarded oy him ‘with scrupulous integrity and with strict economy. Our State debt is 886,000, of which about $2,000,000 are held by foreigners. The entire valne of our property is estimated at 360,757. Our resources show how comparatively small is our debt, AVENUES OF COMMERCE. Your attention should be first turnea to our ca- Nala and railroads, The decision of the people to sell our lateral canals, which are not a source of revenue, but a great expense, leaves to the Gov- ernor and Legisiature the settiement of the ques- tion, What is to be done with our canals, which form the means of communication between the seaboard and the lakes ¥ The city of New York begins to find rivals, Phil- Adelphia and Baltimore are actively com- Rong for the trade of the great West. To-cay aitimore is the great market for the coffee imported into the United states. Baltimore to- Gay ia in close connection with Chicago by a route shorter than any other .o the seaboard, Phila- deiphia on the one side and Boston on tre other are now Offering facilities for trade to the country. New York has the advantage other parts of the Union, by her matchle: ry out into the ocean, making the rest joint for the ferry between the Old ana the New orida. Our railroads all converge to this point. Our matchless Hudson carries on its bosom the treasures of the interior, not only of our own State, but of the Western world beyond us. But, even With these advantages, unless we are active we mi lose our pre-eminence in vusiness, While ton, Philadelphia and Baltimore nce we are standing still. Uniess we advance, with our million of population in this city, we may be lont. hat 18 to be done ? Adopt that policy which will invite to this city the resources of the whole country. This alone can be done by creating avenues of commu- nication to this great natural depot of the Western Continent. What is wanted is to widen and ret our ENe Canal, 80 the vessels which navigate our great lakes can come directly to New York ‘without breaking bulk. Every transshipment or banding of freight involves expense, and the at object of @ merchant 18 not to break bulk if it can be possibly avoided. Tam aware that this suggestion will scarcely de deemed by you expedient or prudent. Your edu- cation ip the political school of Van Buren will rompt you not to make such a recommendation. Bae you should remember that the policy of Van Baren and his against De Witt Clinton ‘and bis canal system has been proved by exnerl- ence to have been anerror. The democratic part; eee ‘ular was opposed to Clinton an is canals, But Clinton, with the sagacity of a statesman, saw the great advantage to the State trom the making of canals; he was by Bis influence with the adopted citizens ae ace larly of irish birth) enabled to carry Of @ large portion of the democracy, and to triumph, with his canal Poiley, st Van Buren and nis regular demo- cratic fi ere, De Witt Clinton's views have made New York the Empire State of the Union. This | ‘Will you aid in keeping her in that position? The enlargement of the canals will be to reduce the ofits of railroads, but it will also be for the Benent of the people. The people wii] watch your reco! ations on shis subject, to learn on which side your sympathies are. TRANSPORTATION TARIFFS, In connection with this sangeet of transportation would it not be proper to aSk the Legislature to ass a law which will compel railros to desist im making parties sending freight from places east of Lake Erie pay the same price for freight a9 from Buffalo? Why not compel them to have the same price for all freight during the whole year? And while on the subject of ratiroads why not rec- ommend to the Legislature to @ law author- izing the Governor to appoint a commission to in- quire whether any of the railroad corporations have used money for the purpose of affecting legislation. The mode in which the $3,500,000 have been placed on the taxpayers of this olty for butiding the Central Ballroad track on the Fourth avenue of this city, and surrendering to that Mammoth monopoly one of the main avenues of this city, which had been patd for by the owners of the adjoining lands, ought to be investigated, If there ve fraud in the prs let the law be repealed. Remember that the democratic party is anxiously waiting for the meeting of the next House of Representatives in Washington to organ- ize a system of investigations into all the depart- mente, Let the determination be exhibited by us to jerret out fraud and drag to light any improper means used to influence our lawmakers. Let our Legislature imitate Ohio, and pass a resolution decla:ing their opinion that Congress onght not to grant any subsidies to steamship lines or ratl- roads, or any schemes which, while pretending to be for the public interest, are nuthing but devices to rob the public treasury for the benefit of ludi- vidual speculators, HARD MONBY COERCION. You have been presented as the candidate of those who believe in hard money and home rule. You have an opportunity to show your devotion to both these principles. ‘To the general government at Washington belongs the great responsibility of action in relation to our currency. I trust that Ing the necessity ofa return to specie payments Qt an early date by the general government. Your duty is at home, Our State can do something in the matter. Years since, when the country was suffering from @ paper currency, your great ex- emplar, President Van Buren, recommended in bis Suo-Treasury scheme that the government should receive noth! payment of our customs and our public lande but gold and silver. Why Not adopt the same system in our State govern- ment? Why not require that all the taxes and tolls on the canals shall be pasa in gold and silver? 1f you are a sincere supporter of the nard money pelloy i shouid recommend such & measure. ‘nere ia no reason why this State government should not follow ihe general government in this respect. The United States nsist on gold and sil- ver at their tol gates, their custom houses. Why not our tolls and taxes be collected in the currency of the constitution? Such a policy will be one step on the return to specie payments, EDUCATION AND PUBLIO SCHOOLS, Your message, followin, predecessors, Will, of course, pass encomiums on our schoo! system. Let me say to you that is ig radically wrong, as has been shown by Gerrit Smith in an exceedingly able letter. Itis part of @ system he followed and which assumes that overnment must take care oi the people. In our judgment the government has no more to do with ‘the care of the people’s education than they have of the care of their souls. In European countries government takes care of both in the shape of established churches and schools, It is notorious that at the present time a large body of our fel- low citizens protest against Our system of educa- tion, which excludes all religious training. They insist, with great force, that religious and literary education are inseparaole, Trained as you have been tn the school that the government ought not to interfere except to prevent one man from do- ing wrong to another, your recommendation should be to the Legislature to take measures to inquire into the workings of our educational sys- tem, its expense and what modifications can be made in relation to the system. You can point with great force to the fact that in Rochester the schools of one denomination without any aid irom tue State educate nearly as many children as the public schools supported by taxation of the people of the whole State. Betore your election it was rumored here that you woula Javor a project for giving to denominauonal schools a share of the public money. It rematus to be seen how fac this rumor is to be justified. | No matter what your recommendations may be on this subject we trust that yon wili ask the Legislature to return to this city about seven mil- lions of dollars which we have paid up to the pres- ent time into the State Treasury lor the eauca- and above our share of taxution for the education | of the children in tbis city. J refer you to the re- port of the Board of Pubitc Instruction for the city of New York for the year ending December, 1872. The following is an extract from that report:— “It will be seen that irom 1854 to 1872 the city of New York contributed as its portion of the State | school tax the sum of $11,829,703 4, and received ag 1tS quota of such money only $5,452,012 90, thus showing thut this city has given during a period of nineteen years $6,377,600 14 to aid iD promot- | ing, treo education in other parts oi this State.” ‘ny shoula the State exact from the taxpayers 1 this cit, for the st this enormous amount of money to pay ols 1n Other parts Of this State. ‘ LICENSE Laws, One of the most dimicult questions with which yon will have to deal is that of excise laws. ‘The vote of 10,000 sincere, inexorable temperance men in this State may at any time settle the political status of ihe hour. Shall that vote be propitiatea or not? A statesman wttl answer in the negative, the politician in the affirmative. You probably will say that the Revised Statutes of our State rovide the best rule on this subject of licenses. hese statutes provided “that the Supervisors of every town and tae Justices of the Peace resident therein should be Commissioners of Excise jor these towns. Three of tnem, consisting of one supervisor and apy two justices, were a legul board. The license fee was not less than $5 ana | Dot more than $30.” The statesman will at once say that tne exac- tion of a license fee from any branch of industry is only defensible on the ground of the Pear ot contribution to the support of the State. The Ex- cise law in England (irom which country we have copicd our legislation) was adopted for revenue, In our own country it has been used as a means of enforcing morauty. When legislation tages that step it passes beyond its proper duty. Legislation has nothing to do with en- lorcing moral duties. If you are to regulate moral duties, why not exact a license Of houses of prostitution, from gambling houses, trom the Wall street brokers? The excise laws are perfectly undefinable on moral grounds. They are unequaiand unjust. There i8noreason why one particular branch of industry should be taxed and all others remain exempted. if, however, you should not have the courage to attack the system why not recommend that the excise license tee shouid be the same in every part of the State? Why not restrict it to the tee axacted by the Re- vised Statutes? There is no reason that the license tee for selling hqaor in pibany or Troy shall only be $30, while in New York it 1s $250. The cause of the present struggle of the liquor dealers in this city arises from the arbitrary con- duct of the Excise Commissioners, who exact heavy fees from some persons and very light iees trom others, Under the democratic Commissioners dealers, Who paid $60 for a license, are now com- ; pelled to pay $100. The discretion vested in these Commissioners has been exercised in such & manner a8 to arouse the spirit of resist- | ance, which tg witnessed at the presént time. So lar as New York city 18 concerned let all the lcensing be placed in the Mayor’s hands and let the fee be uniform for all. THE USURY LAWS. The subject of the repeal of the Usury laws should be earnestly recommended. Governor Dix in bis first Message presented with great force the propriety of this measure, It met with no support from the republicin party, and the Gover- nor in his last Message made no allusion to tt. The republican press of the interior of the State ‘Would not sastain the Governor. He back recoiled Bron from the sound himself had made. , It 1s to be hoped that you, who have nad so great experience in monetary affairs, will not shrink from recommending the destruction of a system based on ignorance of the true laws of trade, and which increases instead of diminishing the price of money to the borrower. Why sbould a man with $20,000 invested in bricks and mortar, in the shape of abouse, be authorized to receive $2,000 T annuni, or any other sum, but when he invests Re in notes or bonds and mortgages shall only Foocelve seven per cent? What justice can there be in such legisfatio: PENAL EXPEDIENCIFS. We come next to our State prisons, They are an expense to the people of the State in a degree that it is truly alarming. Thousands of men and women are furnished with lodgings tree of ex- pense and yet their labor is not sufficient to sup- ort them, with the exception of one prison in Ibany, where the surplus was $30,000 during tho pastyegr, Why cannot all our prisons produce The saute results? Why are not the prisons self sustaining? Are the prisoners too well fed and clothed? They ought not to be clothed and ted abd honored better than our regular soidiers, and yet they are not so expensive as our convicts. Is there not sometning Wrong in the system of main- taining prisoners or biring out their lavor? We hear of men who are candidates for Congress Spending countless thousands of dollars out of ther large fortunes Made out of the employment of State Prison lavor. Has any favoritism been shown to these fortunate contractors? Mend therofore the appointment of a commission to examine into the affairs of our State Prisons, $0 that we may ascertain where the evils exiet in the present system and bow they be remedied. RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN PRISONS. There tg a subject connected with our reform. atory system to which especial attention should be called. in Rochester lately an effort was made to exclude Catholic priests irom visiting persons Of their faith confined in the Western New York House of Refuge. The effort was deieated, but the mere attempt suggests some legisiation to prevent bigots depriving even & convict of the consola- tions of religion. Judge Selden gave an opinion that convicts do not reliquish their right to re- ligious freedom under our constitution. Thereis Slaw tn Minnesota on this subject which can be useful to our legiaiators. We give tworot the sections of the Minnesota Dill. It is entitied 4 bill for am act to secure liberty of conscience and nts in matters of religion to the inmates of moe, sto, Szortow L that all committed to any State or ir places of confinement in allowed spiritual advice and spir- P\ from apy recornised man of the 3 im the wake of your | tion of children in other parts of the State over | ‘HERALD, MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1875.-WITH SUPPLEMENT. you will not expend all your energies in prociaim- | Se: so committed or received ectivel be. denomination or church to. wien such arenas ” prion, to their {or and == have belonged beltg 60 comet or received into such te prison or reform school or other place of confine- vi nd ministration to be given within form school or other buildings where the inmates thereof are required by law to be confined or F as will secure to such per- nd Cae re ministering to such inmates, Such clergyman i have the right, at the time fixed hereinafter provided, and in al! cases of serious sickness, without regard to time, to visit either ot said institutions and to see and communi te freely and untrammelied with sach of said it belong to the charch or society of which he is gyman. * . . 2 GT Bxc, 3—All sectarian practices, except by said clergy- men as aforesaid. are hereby prohibited, and no officer of any State institution, or other person, shall interiere ‘with or attempt to Influence, control or ‘change the re- ligious belief or opinions of said inmates; nor shall any of said inmates be required to attend any, religious services or devotions in any 0 said institutions against their own tree will if they have attained their , and, i) minors, shall not be so required conirary to thé expressed direc: tions of the parent or xuardian or clergymen having spiritual charge of said Lumates, respectively, in a matters appertaining to relixion the rights of conscience and =) free exercise thereof shall be scrupulously re- epected. We trust that you will recommend similar legis- lation for our State. The matter oi licensing not only liquor places for selling, but also licensing theatres, sailors’ boarding houses, pilots, &0,, ought to be inv gated by the Legislature. The courts have al- ready granted an injunction against the inter- fering With some of the theatres io this city, on the ground that the Legislature has no power to take money ont of the pockets of individuals to give it \0 & private corporation like the House of Reluge, The sallor’s boarding houses are taxed to support & private board of commissioners, created not by any public authority, but by the Chamber of Com- meree, the American Seamen’s Friend 80- fety, the Board of Underwriters, and the Society for Promoting the Gospel among amen in the Port of New York. The Jaw peiines them to file & report once & year in the ‘Clerk’s ofice, and such report was made 1n 1867 or 1868, which showed asurplus of above $2,000, over and above expenses. ‘ne law requires that the surplus sball be applied for the rellet of shipwrecked and destitute sailors. Would it not be proper to inquire, whether or not, the law has been complied with; also to inquire what amount of money has been received by the Pilot Commissioners, and why, if there is a pliot boat fit for service on the ocean, owned by com- petent men, and they desire to be iiccnsed, they are rejused an opportunity of earning their living? ‘This appears to have happened lately, a8 a mandamus Was applied ior to compel the Commissioners to grant & nse, The pres- ent system of licensing 1s Liab! great abuse and Oppresaion, placed asit is inthe hands of men Who represent not the public, but private in- terests, If licenses are to be granted, let the jhe be in some public authority in this city— in the Mayor for instance. If the license system is to be continued, why should certaiu kinds of business and not all be taxed ? HOME RULE. Under this slogan, a)so, you were elected. It was understood to mean the right of local government. It meant that the general government should not interfere with the States in the management of thelr loca} affairs, It meant aiso that, so far ag this city was concerned, it should be authorized to manage its own business, This city 18 not a mere village, but is a great cosmopolitan city. AS Guizot said of London :—“t is not a mere city, It | is & great province.” The inhabitants of this province demand “home rale” tor over 1,000,000 people within its borders. Will you stand by, then, in eniorcing this demand? Recommend, then, to the Legislature, tue abolition of all State commissions now interiering with the city govern- Ment. It is monstrous that this great entrepot of the Western World shouid be governed not by men who live here, have their interests here and know our wants, but by persons in the interior of the State who are wholly ignorant of What is necessary to promote ‘our interests, We must have a newcharter. Give to the Mayor of the city authority to select a number of leading men ot all parties, ant let them prepare a charter which can be submitted to the peopie for ratitica- tion or rejection. The plan adopted with regard | to the amendments of the State constitution, al- lords a he Model for us in making a city charter. The above suggestions are made in the mere de- sive to uid a dewocratic Governor in inaugurating & policy which will be in the spirit o1 the age in which we live, in accordance witn the wishes of the mass of the people of this Stace. Our ambi- tion is to witness the success of democratic prin- ciples, Itis time to refuse to 1ollow the dictates of mere politicians anxious only for personal ad- vantages. It ts the hour for the real statesman who knows the wants of the State. and has the courage to uphold a flag on which great principl:s are inscribed. ‘Trusting that you will carry tt in triumph, we subscribe ourself, A DEMOCRAT. THE ANTI-TAMMANY MOVEMENT. {From the Buffalo Courier (dem.) Jan, 2.) However the problems confronting the demo- cratic Legislature may find solution, there is no doubt the Tammany leaders have needlessly endangered their programme bythe action in caucus of the New York Assemblymen elect, as announced 8 few days ago. In saying this we are not calling in question the right of the metropoli- tan members to agree among themselves as to a course of action. It is simply the policy and ex- pediency of doing as they did which now seems to bein doubt. That the announcement of the Tam- maby legislative “slave” nas elicited a good deal Ol indignation throuzhout the State it is useless to deny. Whether the leeling aroused will crvstallize into any lormidable opposition to the New_York programme remains to be seen. * * * Evei true democrat, in the State and out ofit, wiil regret the precipitation at this time o! a difference 80 unnecessary and mischievous. At a juncture when the success of the democratic party in the Rext Presidential election depends on the intei- ligence and elevated patriotism of its action and on its bringing forwara, without regard to lesser considerations, its men of tiighest character and most commanding influence—at such a juncture, we repeat, anything looking like a selfish conflict of factions is in the last degree untimely. We trust that the meeting to-cay will take this view of the situation, and determine that, whatever local or individual interest may suffer, the .weitare and Gignity of the democracy, now on trial bejore the people, shail not be imperilied, ‘ THE UNITED STATES SENATE. The terms of twenty-six of the members of the United States Senate will expire onthe 4th of March next, 1875. Most ot the seats will be filled by the State Legislatures during the current month, a8 a large number commenced their an- nual sessions with the beginning of the year. Among the Senators whose terms will expire as above, three are democrats—viz., Bayard, of Del- aware; Hamilton, of Maryland, augi Stockton, of New Jersey. Three are liberal republicans—Fen- ton, of New York; Schurz, of Missouri, and Tipton, of Nebraska; and the rest are republicans, as fol- iows:—Boreman, of West Virginia; Brownlow, of Tennessee; Buckingham, of Connecticut; Carpen- ter, of Wisconsin; Chandler, of Michigan; Ed- munds, of Vermont; Flanagan, of Texas; Gilbert, of Florida ; Hager, of California; Hamlin, of Maine; Lewis, of Virginia; Pease, of Mississippi; Pratt, of Indiana; Ramsey, of Minnesota; Scott, of Pennsylvania; Sprague, of Rhode Island; Stew- art, of Nevada, and Washburn, of Massachusetts, Delaware and New Jersey will continue democrats in the Senate, and there will also be democrats chosen from New York, Missouri, West Virginia, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Indiana and Pennsyl- vania, Mr. Eaton, democrat, has already been chosen in Connecticut to take the place of Mr, Buckingham, republican. There will be one col- ored Senator in the body, Bruce, from Mississippt. The contest for these Senatorial seats has been quite bitter in some of the States, and, amid the multitude of aspirants, it is diMcult to designate who willbe the successful candidates. It is cer- tain, however, that the democratic gain will be considerable, and enable that party once more to make a very respectable appearance in the high- est legislative branch of the government, POLITWAL NOTES. , Tbe Paducah Commercial understands Jnudgo Lindsay will not be & candidate for Governor of Kentucky. A. G. Talbott 1s announced as a candidate for Goverhor of Kentucky. So is W. B. Kinkead, of Lexington, , fhe Hartford Courant regards the appointment by the President of ex-Governor Lewis E. Parsons as United States District Judge as a judicious ana | worthy selection, Fred Douglass has been interviewed, and saya tho Political whirligig in Massachusetts was caused by the treatment of Charies Sumner by the repub licans in the State, and that the Presidency is in the hands of the democrats if they act wisely. A telegraphic despatch states that the “New {ndependent Party” Convention is to be held in Cleveland on the 14th of March next. As that day happens to fall on Sunday will the Secretary of the Executive Committee please either correct the date or confirm it? The Oshkosh Northwestern suggests General Halbert E. Paine, formerly member of Congrews fronr the Milwaukee district, as aft person to fill the vacancy on the bench of the United States Distriot\Court for the Eastern district of Wis- consin, cegsed by the resignation of Judge James H, Howe. ‘ JERSEY’S NEXT U.S. SENATOR. Who Will Succeed John P. Stockton P ALively Scrimmage Between a Corporal's Guard of New Jersey's “Noblest Sons’—The Or- ganization of the Legislature. TRENTON, Jan. 3, 1875. The smoke Of the battle of last 34 of November bad not cleared fully away in this “true biue’’ State before there was fairly inaugurated another campaign, the campaigners this time being allot vhe same household of political faith, though pit- terly divided and opposed to each other on per- sonal grounds, The party victory won, the next thing to fight for and win was the prize within the prize, the apple of the eye in the last State election, THE UNITED STATES SENATORSHIP, Next March Senator John P. Stockton, demo- crat, ends his aix years’ service. On the Legisla- ture which meets here on January 12, 1875, wiil de- volve the duty of choosing his successor. As it willbave a democratic majority of seventeen on Joint ballot, the election of a democrat is, of course, assured. The election takes place on Tues- day, January 26, two weeks from the day of the opening of the Leg.slacure, On the opening the first thing done will be the effecting of an organi- zation in both houses. It is conceded that the Senate will re-elect as its President Senator John W. Taylor, of Essex, who for two years filled that onerous post satisfactorily. Tne Speakersnip of the House, however, ig an open question, and the decision of which will have some bearing on the event of the 26th. As the time of organization and election approaches it is easy to understand; then, that the interest increases among the peo- ple regarding the same. For THE SPRAKERSUIP half dozen names have been thrust forwara, but the discussion bas now simmered down to two— Captain W. H. Gill, of Union, and Julian ©, Fitz- gerald, of Essex. A lew weeks ago the Iriends of Mr, Fitzgerald were talking up his name loudly, but latterly they seem to have founa the 93 unproductive of desired results, It 1s conceded tnat he 1s @ man of ability, @ quick thinker and ready speaker, and that during the last session on frequent occa- sions he bore himself most creditably in the chair; but the thing which seems to strangle his chances 1s his unfortnnate course on the Reform School bill last winter. The bill was an innocent bill, and merely threw open the doors of the reform school to clergymen of all denominations. It happened to be jathered by a Catholic and to lobbied for ina Most indiscreet manner vy an organization of the same faith, so that @ false cry was raised on the Part of some Janatical Protestants, When, finally, it came to @ vote it was defeated, and the charge ig made and generally believea that Mr. Fitageraid not only dodged tue vote, but surreptitiously used his influence against the measure. Even Mr. Fitz gerala’s iriends condemn him for dodging, though they would not have found fault witn fh he couscientiously voted openly against the bul, Captain Gill is a very popular and able gentleman. He served twelve years in the United States Army, was all through the war, and bas had considerable legislative experience in Ohio ana in New Jersey, It 18 claimed by impartial democrats that he will have four of the six demo- crats from Essex county ana that he will be chosen Speaker on the first ballot. And now comes ‘THE SENATORSHIP, For this rich prize there are now in the field Theodore F. Kandolph, ex-Governor of the State; Attorney General Robert Gilcnrist, Abraham M. Browning. Jacob Vannatta and John P. Stockton, the present senator. Immediately alter the elec- tion, und until within a week or so, 1t seemed as though the ex-Governor would have a walk-over, That his ambition veered that way was a piece of current gossip Peron ane the State long before the late election, 18 @ man of large means, fine appearance, fine-address, abilities far above the average Jersey politician, aud, as a politician— # smooti, quiet, ready-Witted, managing poli- ticlan—has scarcely a superior in the State. As | Governor he made on the whole a record satisfac- | tory to the great majority of the people, ‘ihe main opposition to him rises from his over- zealousness in the famous July Orange troubie of | 1871. While the HEALD was calling upon Gover- | Dor Hoffman to do his duty in New York, when | there were just apprehensions of danger, Gover- nor Randolph sprang tu the iore, issued a famin; prociamation from this city and lorced poor Hoil- man to follow suit, The pretext of Randolph’s (rte was a rumored invasion o! Jersey ity by New York Orangemen. There was no trouble whatever in Jersey City, nor was le ap: prehended oy the cooler headed citizens of that place. There had always been a suspicion that the Governor was at one tine TARRED WITH THE KNOW NOTHING STICK, ; 9nd his course in 71 was seized, and hag ever since been cited, as proof positive of his mative American proclivities. But jor all this the fact 18 that, as the case now stands, the ex-Governor 13 himsel! a head and shoulaers in the fight above any one of the othor aspirants, and there is no doubt but he will give them alla lively racket, Al- | ter Mr. Randolph tne most formidable candidate is Attorney General Gilchrist, who Of late has de- veloped considerable ag among the rank and file of the democracy. He isa ripe lawyer, a most eloquent speaker, a quick thinker and ready debater, and has a reputatron jor personal integrity ag clear of spot as the snow ere it touches the ground, ‘hese qualities, and his poweriul efforts to rid Jersey City of the cursed commission system, out of which naturally grew & gang of nefarious ring thieves, together with his masterly riddling of the Poland-Frelinghuysen press gag law are his recommendations, and they are by DO means uninfluential. Mr. Browning's Dame hus just come upon the surface. He is very popular in South and West Jersey, being a lawyer of Lg nite ability, but those prolessing to know the inner workings of the Jersey democratic body politic aver that his candidature is not seri- oas, that he 18 only sprung on the canvass for the purpose of sompietsly, disposing of John P. Stock- ton. AS regards ¢ BENATON STOCKTON, it was not unt very recently that anybody men- tioned his name even & possible successor to himself, During b’* six years in Wasnington be has made a iair record, but in an evil hour took and kept the back pay grab, but for this he would stand a good show of velng re-elected, but as it Is the best normed democrats declare he has not the shadow of achance. At the democratic convention which nominated Governor-elect Bedle Stockton was present, but was thrust in the background because of his back pay action, So all through the campaign the voice of Stockton as hushed until Just on the eve of election, when here in Tren- ton he spoke. in Newark, during the latter part of Uctober, the democracy were arranging for a rally. Stockton’s name was proposed as & speaker. “No, no! cricd out several managers, “we oan’t aflord to have @ salary-grabber advo- cate our cause.” Stockton was not invited. By democrats and the democratic press of the State Jobn bas been guietly Carag “more in sorrow than in anger.” It is said the Pennsylvania Ratl- road favors him, but railroads are not the power they were in this old city along aiter every new year. This was proven fully in November py the deteat o: Mr. Phelps for Congress, the Dela- ware, Lackawanna and Western road having openly espoused his cause, even going so far as to instruct their men to vote tor him and against Cutler. There isone more gentleman whose name is mentioned, and barely so, in connection with the pentrorenb. lt is that of Jacob Vannatta, of Morris. Jacob is reputed a shrewd lawyer. He is counsel for the Delaware, Lackawanna and West- ern road and has an affectionate regard for the Toot of all evil, so that about election time he is Not squeezable. But the deathbiow to his aspira- tions was dealt by himself by a tedious barangue at the Bedle Convention, which, through his il- management, nearly broke up in coniusion, That day he disgnsted the democracy so that only him- sel! and his railroad iriends seriously speak of him. THE OUTLOOK amounts to this:—Randolpa is now dectdealy ahead, but there isachance that the friends of all the other candidates may join forces and suc- ceed in laying him out. What the chances are of doing this or otherwise can be better determined @ couple or three weeks hence, NEW YORK CITY. The police made 1,700 arrests during the last week. There were 584 deaths, 516 births, 15¢ marriages and 42 still births im this city during the past week. The Seamen’s Friend Society will petition Con- rene Joran appropriation for erecting @ Marine jospital during the coming year, Mr. William F. Gill, of Boston, will deliver his new lecture, “Readers and Reading,” on the 14th inst, at Steinway Hall, Mr. Gill comes warmiy endorsed, and his new effort will doubtless re- ceive the success merited, Atthe “Hub” he isa great favorite. Daily meetings will be held during the week of Prayer, in the South Reformed church, in Fifth avenue, at Twenty-first street, from the 4th to the 9th of January, The following clargymer will pre- side :—Monday, R. R. Booth; Tuesd BR. Wednesday, William M. Taylor; Tharaday, S.H. ‘Tyng, Sr.; Friday and Saturday, Mesars. Chapman and Anderson, respectively. The public are: Invited to visit to-car tha pall ofthe jim had | new St. Bernard’s church, No, 452 West Fourteenth street, where the beautiful tableau representing the shepherds and the Magi at the crip at Bethle- bem is now on exhibition, e figures, which are of wax, are life size, and the scenery Is very ap; priate. There is no charge for admission. tabieau way be seen every evening, {rom o’clock to nine, untu Wednesday evening. On Thursday evening next Mra. Laura 8. Webb will give, in the large hall of the Spingler House, Union square, an original poetic reading, entitied “176, the poem being an extract from a volume of poems now in press, of which the lady lg the author. The proprietors of the Spi House have placed the well-appotntea hall at Webb’s disposal, and it is announced v Who toox tickets for the postponed reading at tue Union League Club Rooms, November 11, will be allowed admission to this reading free of charge, Mrs, Webo wag one of the “Southland Writers.” | The great inconvenience and detriment to trade experienced by the wholesale grocers and produce Merchants on the west side of Broadway baving to go across town for quotation has led to the organization of a W: Side >uger and Molasses Exchange in connection in” Butter and Uheese Exchange on Greenwich ste where samples of all weil Known brands of suger and molasses will be exposed, and the prices quoted from Wall street by special telegraph. it ig also contemplated to unite the leading artiel ros he six “MURDER WILL OUT?” Strange Story of a Massachusetts Tragedy and Its Discovery. Trinl and Conviction of Joseph Costley for Killing Julia Hawkes. DEDHAM, Mass., Jan, 3, 1875, On a pleasant Sabbath in May last, while two or three young men were leisurely strolling over the Washington avenue oridge, in the town of Wey- mouth, one of them looked into the water and aw what be thought to be a human foot, The bret was drawn ap and with it came the body of «© Woman, around the head of which was wrapped _ horse blanket, tied on with a rope around the eek, and attached to the rope was a very large talior’s goose. The remains were conveyed toa boring fsb house, aba an examination of produce by means of a special telegraph co — Munication with the Prodece Exchange Ia Browd | showed that the head had been pierced street, by a vuliet. The body bad apparently been in the! BROOKLYN. There were 418 persons arrested during the past week. There are 647 prisoners in the Kings County Pen- | itentiary, There were 11,000 deaths in Brooklyn during the year 1874, against 10,968 recorded in 1873, Hack Inspector Jones reports his receipts for | lieenses issued during the year 1874 as being $23,309 02, The increase of this bureau in Decem- ber was $1,078. The panel of 500 jurors, drawn in the case of Til- ton vs, Beecher, will be called to-day in Part 2, of the City Court, before Jadge Neilson, The trial will not open until Tuesday, however. A series of exhibitions of the game of billiards will commence thisevening in the large hall on the corner of Fulton avenue and.Smith streets. Messrs. Vignaux, Rudolphe, Garnier, Ubaesy, Maurice Daly and Joe Dion will play. Ladies are to be admitted fiee, The receipts for taxes during the month of De- cember amounted to $4,255,985 83 as against $3,818,501 15 for the corresponding month of 1873, The increase noted 18 $442,499 68. The water taxes | received in December amounted to $33,299, For the | year the revenue derived was $910,884 07. LONG ISLAND. County Judge Armstrong, on Saturday, com, mitted the negro Joe Lawrence to the County Jail at North Hempstead, to await his trial on the charge of bigamy. He is considered to be one of the most dangerous of the gang to which Jarvis and Jackson belonged. The new County Clerk’s office for Suffolk county, at Riverhead, is expected to be ready for occu- Dancy on or about the Ist of March next, Pre- vious to that time there will be a meeting of the Board of Supervisors to determine upon the dis- position to be made of the old ofice. The annual corporation meeting of the village of Greenport wil) be neld to-day, commencing at nine o’clock A. M. A trustee is to be elected in the place of Henry S, Ackley, a clerk in the place of George H. Corwin, a collector in the place of Jonathan A. Youngs and a street commissioner in the place of A. K. Reeve. A number of ques- tions of public interest are to be discussed and decided, Some Farmingdale boys went into the woods on Sunday morning to catcn gray squirrels. A son of Mr, Charles P, Schener climbed a tree to drive them out of their hole, and when he had got about twenty feet from the ground stepped upon a rot- ten limb, which broke, and he fell, striking upona stump and injuring himself so severely, both ex- ternally and internally, that it 1s feared he cannot | survive, WESTCHESTER. The latest novelty in the village of West Farms ig @ converted stage driver, expounding the way | of salvation to interested audiences 1n one of the | churches of that place. The Ladies’ Local Visiting Committee for the County Poorhouse are endeavoring to imduce the | Board of Supervisors to adopt measures for the removal of the few young children now remaining in that institution, During the past year 660 actual residents of the | county have been compelled to seek aid at the County Poorhouse. The number of transient pau - pers applying for assistance in the county was 1,690, against 810 applicants for charity during the previous year. To account for this startling in- crease in the number of “tramps” puzzles even the oldest inhabitant. From the reports of the Supervisors it appears that the total debt of the twenty-two towns now composing the county 1s $3,114,029 11, against last year's asessment roll of $63,554,474, thus making he rate per cent of debt to the asseased valuation of 645, The total indebtedness of the county has been reduced nearly $100,000 since April 1, 1874, and at the same period of the present year it is confidently estimated that an additional reduc- tion of fifty per cent over that sum will have been effected. As there are over sixty paupers now in the | County Poorhouse from the towns lately annexed | to New York, the committee of the Board of Supervisors, on the report of the superintendents of the poor, have recommended to that boay that some measures be taken to relieve the county of the cost of turther supporting them. To this end iv is probable that an effort will be made to | either remove the paupers indicated to the New | York Almshouse or otherwise to have that city pay for their continued maintenance in their present quarters. STATEN ISLAND. The Richmond County Democratic General Com- mittee will meet to-day, at three o’ciock P. M., at | Adams’ Hotel, Tompkinsville. The Board of Trustees of the village of New Brighton have levied an assessment to meet the expense of constructing a sewer in Central ave- nue and Arietta street, First ward. County Treasurer Hugh McRoberts gives notice that the sale of property for unpaia taxes will take place at the Court House, at Richmond, on Saturday next, commencing at eleven o’ciock in the forenoon, A list of tax delinquents of Port Richmond ts published by the village clerk, who gives notice that the accounts must be settled on or before the 20th inst. or legal proceedings will be commenced, Pod Sgaregate amount of delinquencies is only Michael McCarthy, @ well known milkman of Clifton, was serving his customers yesterday morning when his horse took fright on Sarah Ann street, Tompkinsville, and, running awa: thrown out of his wagon, striking was us head violently on the sidewalk and cutting tt in a frightful manner. His recovery is considered doubtiul. At the last meeting of the Richmond County Board of Supervisors the following named amounts of the town abstracts were ordered to be levied upon the several towns for town charges :—North- fleld—Tfown charges, $2,486; road and bridges, $250, Westfeld—Town charges, $1,693. South- field—Town charges, $2,007; road and bridges, $250. Middletown—Town charges, $3,000; damages, $975; road bonds, failing due Novemoer, 1875, $600; mmterest on same, $210. NEW JERSEY. A bill will be introduced tn the next Legislature, which wilt meet on Tuesday*Week, for the annex: ation of Chambersburg to Trenton, 1 (The trustees of the Church of the Scandal, Jersey City, have consented to leave the pulpit vacant, in view of Mr. Glendenning’s letter, till the Pres- bytery’s judgment be revised by the Synod. The appeal will not be heard till the close of this year, The following are the largest items of expense paid by the City Treasurer of Oamaen for the past ear:—Police, $7,307; Fire Department, $7,084; ‘ater Department, $16,829; culverts, $16,041; streets, $23,826; City Hall, $36,750, and miacella- neous, $7,023, . Klenen, the defaulting cashier of the Hoboken Savings Bank, arrived here on the 28th of Apri last from England in charge of Detective Mc- Dononwh, of Hoboken. Aiter repeaved postpone- ments of the trial it was at last set down for to- day. The amount of the dejaication was over $10,000, The injanction granted by Chancellor Runyon against the Hudson River Tunnel Company does not affect the construction of the viaduct, but water some days and was very much decomposed, but not beyond recognition, and it was subse- quently identified as that of Julia A. Hawkes, It was found that she had on but one shoe, which was of the Newport style, size No. 3, An Investi- gation disclosed the fact that the woman was @ former housekeeper tor a man named Joseph Cost- Jey, at Hanover Four Corners, where he had been running a small hotel; that upon the 31 of April she had drawn $208 trom the Union Savings Bank, im Boston, at which time she was living with a Mrs. Bowditch, at Jamaica Piain, and that Costes ‘Was in the habit of taking her to ride. DETECTIVES ON THE TRAIL, This, with other circumstances which will presenuy appear, warranted the ofcers in arrest- ing Costley, and he was taken down to Plymouth tor examination. In one of Costley’s pockets was Jound a bullet which corresponded with the one taken from the wound of the murdered woman. ‘The officers then began ® thorough search of the hotel at Hanover, where It was found that there ‘was 8 tatlor’s goose which corresponded exactly with the one feund attached to the body, and marks upon @ shelf whence one had been taken from beside the remaining one. It was also found that Costiey had kept a woman at the house of a Mra. Day, at No, 63 Camaen street, Boston. Upon the 18th of May she was visited by Costiey, and upon that day haa paid her board to the 18th inst., but after going out that Gay she never returned, At a later day Costley called and took her clothes away. While ing the things of the Hawkes woman Mrs. Da; id something about a bottle of hair oll being packed, to whica Costiey exclaimed, “Oh, never mind that. She ‘won't want that; put it up.’ Matters wenton, the officers working with unusual energy, and after some time they discovered an importa link in the chain which they were gradually weave ing around the accused, In the discovery of tho place in Van Rensselaer piace, Boston, at a stable ept by Mr. Riddell, where a man giving the name of J. H. Costley had bired a teal to go to Weymouth, and upon the 18th—tne day of the murder—had ired another to go to the same place. A picture of Costle: was shown to the stable employés and identifie: as that of the person who had hired the team. It was iurther stated to the oilicers that in the bot- tom of the carriage was found a shoe, which, upon comparing, proved to be the mate to the one jound on the murdered woman. A new car- penter’s hammer was also found in the carriage. THE EVIDENCE ACCUMULATING. -At a subsequent search of the house at Hanover, in the brick work which had been used io close up the kitchen fireplace four cartridges were found, the balls in which corresponded with the other found upon Coatley and the one extracted from the wound. The blanket found wrapped around the head of the woman Was identified by & jormer hostler of Costley as belonging to Costley. The officers also found marks of blood ia difer- ent parts of the house, and tt was thought that the murder had been committed there. With these circumstances before the oflicers, they took Costley from the jail, where he had been kept since his arrest, and be was arraigned before a trial justice at Plymouth, in Plymouth county, and charged with committing the murder at Hanover, but as evidence enough could not be produced to show this he was discharged. This was expected by the officers, and they had fortified themselves with another warrant. He was immediately re- arrested and taken beiore Judge Bumpus, at Quincy, and charged with having committed the actin braintree, Noriolk county. In this Court he was iully committed to wait the action of the Grand Jury of Norfolk county in September. Hav- ing been fully indicted for murder, Costiey wag committed to jail to await the trial which bas jast been concluded. A PREVIOUS MURDER SUSPECTED. Some two months previous to the murder of the Hawkes woman a former housekeeper of Costley died very suddenly trom poisou, and it was sup- posed that she had committed sutcide; but the murder of Miss Hawkes, following 80 soon in the train of the other death, led many to suspect that Costiey May bave been the murderer of both. If 80, what could have been the motive ior the murder of the housekeeper? The answer is that Costiey had probably got tired of her—with whom, it 18 supposed, he had been on terms of criminal intimacy—and had taken this method of ridding himseli of her company. At the time of the Hawkes murder it was known that Costiey was engaged and about to be mar- ried to @ lady by the’ name o! Cushing, of Han- over, Who is o/ good Jamitly and possessed of cone iderable property, and this iact may have been the cause of the trouble between Costley and Miss Hawkes. And why? Because Costley bad no doubt been very intimate with Miss Hawkes, who no doubt knew too much about the death of the housekeeper, and, becoming enraged at the hon ect of te marriage of Costiey to Miss Cushing, ad threatened to make an exposure of the first death; that tearful of such @ contingency, Costiey resolved to get rid of the evidence by removing the’ witness, Of course this is but guesswork, but still it seems probable. PROGRESS OF THE TRIAL. The trial at which all the foregoing facts were elicited was commenced & week ago and has only just been concluded, The evidence again: ne prisoner was wholly circumstantial. but stil so singularly complete as to leave scarcely a doubt of his guilt. Four days were consumed by the gov- ernment in making out their side of the case and the defence was equally SEO ACO. Some of the principal .points sought established in favor of the accused were that he was not the owner of the bianket, as al- leged; that the woman was, if murdered at all, murdered in Plymouth county, and that she died from drowning, instead of by a@ pistol ball, a8 charged in the indictment, The fact that the evidence against the prisoner was only cir~ cumstantial was prominently relied upon, and numerous technical objections were also put in, GUILTY OF MUKDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE. The case was given to the jury at about nine o’clock last night, and after about three hours that body ‘came in with a veruict of guilty of murder in the first degree, The prisoner was unmoved when the dread ver- dict was pronounced. He will be sentenced to death some time next week. THE WEST STREET SUICIDE. BRAUN'S LIFE DESPAIRED OF, Charles W. Braun, the soldier who attempted to commit suicide on Saturday by taking lauda- Dum, was removed irom the Park Hospital yester- day morning to the military hospital on Governor's Island, where he is still in @ dangerous condition, Mis two comrades at the recruiting station in West street, Ruhi and Keiser, went to the Park Hospital, about three o’clock on Sunday morning, to relieve the hospital attendants, and remaimed with him till morning. He was not given a mo- ment’s rest, but was kept walking around con- stantly and shaken and buffeted in such @ way that he bad not @ chance of a moments sleep, He was also made to drink copious draughts of water, and this, dose of mustard, eventually succeeded in making him purge two or three times, though not to much extent, and on being taken away to Governor's Isiand he appeared quite worn out and exhausted. During the whole night he kept craving jor @ cigar, aud threatened to throw him- se out of the window if they continued to wo! nim. On He joing away he said to bis comrades that it a8 weil let him be, a¢ he was bound if anyhow." Before leaving the Park was recognized a8 & man who had taken laudanum about four years ago and nad been eared there, The cause then wae now—unhapp} 1 relations. Being in busi- lelphia he got into trouble through selling contraband cigars, and, to escape impriso! ment, enlisted in the regular army about five years ago, and has been ever since stationed on Gov- e 's Island and attached to the recruiting staf, Getting & few days’ furlough in about a year after he enlisted, he went to Philadelphia to a his family, where his feelings received joh 868 rude shock ‘hat on his return to New York he made an unsuc- cessful attempt on his life. Since then his fam- ily relations hi been of most unsatisfactor character and he has more than once threatenes to faa} did aoa On fatygo Lou he tolaneat @ furlough for three Intending New Year's Day in Patladelphin; but instead ot going there he went on a spree, the result of Which was @ complaint against him that would have brought about his reduction to the ranks. ‘This, couplea with his family troubles, threw lim into such a state that he said he would never re~ turn to Governor's Island alive. On his arrival di much worse, gh entertained of his re- simply stays proceedil till commissioners be appointed to appraise lands condemned for the purpose. An application for the ointment of commissioners will be made to-di Jud; Depue, at Newark. In the meantime all the bands beretouore engazed are out af amuloymeant. alight opes ar e bottle was found yesterday con. eale the recruiting office. It was @ two ounce vial, and was marked ‘Leudanom, pote son,” bat bore no druggist’s name. About hait an ounce remaiued in it, so that he must bave Swallowed an Qupce and a ball,