The New York Herald Newspaper, January 27, 1875, Page 3

NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, (875.-TRIPLE SHEET. ‘ THE SENATORS.| Election of Ex-President Johnson to the | United States Senate. pai Ma AMER ENTHUSIASM IN TENNESSEE. | The Senator-Elect Declares | His Senatorial Policy. —-—— — | “RATHER BE SENATOR THAN PRESIDENT.” | General Burnside Elected for Rhode Island. Salute of One Hundred Guns Fired at Providence. The Contests in Wisconsin and Minnesota. ‘TENNESSEE. NASHVILLE, Jan. 26, 1875, ‘The interest in the Senatorial election was un- | Precedented. There was, if possible, a greater | throng fo the Capitol than yesterday. The assem- | blage exnibited the most restiessanxiety. Speaker | Paine said that wnat ne did yesterday was prompt- ed by the desire to protect the dignity of the conven- tion, He was prompted by the best motives with- out wishing tu do injustice to any one. The nomt- Mation of Gustavus A. Henry ‘cll tamely on the audience, Speaker Bond withdrew Brown, sayiog that he nominated him yesterday on his own in- @ividual responsivility, Sneed was then with- drawn; Stephens and Key renominated. On the Alty-fifth baliot Johnson went to forty-seven votgs amid great applause. Haifan hour was spent on ‘this ballot in consequence of members explaining thetr votes. The very mention of Johnson’s name brought down the house. As the members changed over to Johnson, and the changes Came tlitck and fast, everybody became so excited that the entire audience arose to its feet, and when Johnson's vote was an- mouncea & periect storm of applause ensued, The cheering was deafening, lasting several min- ates. The ballot, finally announced, was—John® son, 62; Henry, 24; Stephens, 23, Speaker Paine Geclared Johugon to be elected. Then broke out another wild and prolonged outburst. Tue mass Of people rushed pell mell for the Capitol and into the city, cheering as they went. Tho rotunda of whe Naxweil House was crowded to overtlowing. Jobnson was called upon to make a speech; but he merely appeared aud bowed, saying that ne Would speuk to-night, Hundreds of people followea him into his room, congratulating bim, many of | ‘them calling him the next President. | There wasa grand demonstration to@ight. The | election of Jonnson was regarded as insuring Ten- | Dessee tor the democracy for the Presidential cleo | | tion, and a united democracy will be. the result. BIS SENATORIAL PROGRAMME. Immediately after the result was announced nd Mr. Jubnson was acquainted with the fact in bis room at the Maxwell House, your correspond- ent had a private conierence with him. Tue Senator-elect expressed bis grateful sense of the obligation which tho HenaLp had conferred, and expressed his belief that its influence had been felt in the recent contest. He announced that his policy would be to advo- @ate a periect unification of all the patriotic | elemenis of all parties to the aggressions made upon the iuvdamental law, and that he should place bimseli squarely upon the great constitu. tional principles enunciated and interpreted by the national democracy. He should go to the Senate with no feeling of personal bostiiity to any one, but with a larger | affection for, and more intensified devotion to, the great landmarks that had been the guide of his country through every ordeal through which 1t had passed, and tnat he verily believed the same spirit of concord and harmony which Tennessee bad manites‘ed in the recent struzgle would be exhibited in an equal if not a higher degree in all the S.ates of the Union. I have, said he, but 1ew years to live, aud, God being my heiper, the bal- ance of my lite shali be devoted to the weal and | prosperity ol the country which I nave loved from (y infancy more than life, RATHER SENATOR THAN PRESIDENT. In conversation with @ iriend to-day Mr. John- fon said that he would rather be a Senator in Congress from ‘iennessee and have the endorse- ment of its people than be olected President of the United States, “I have stood by the constitu- ton as President and have tried to mete out to all, bot North and South, equal rignts unaer that instrament, That was my chiefaim in my @dmiuistration.” CONGRATULATORY VISITORS, The room in which the Senator-elect was feuted was densely thronged by visitors during =the whoie alternoon, General Bates, accompanied by his iricnd and warm supporter, State Senator Hodges, called on Senator-elect Johnson, and extending his hand tenderea his congratulations and said, “I am frank to say, sir, that 1 am sorry you beat me; butiam equally sincere in expressing the bope tnat tt is best for the country.” Johnson acknowl- edged the compliment and said, “1am, of conrse, | proud of the victory; but I can truthfully say that if I were to have been defeated I know of no man im that State whom I would rather havo seen bear of the laurels than you, sir, I thank you for the bonor of this call.” GENERAL BATES’ PROSPECTS, Genoral Bates’ conduct has been manly through- out, and bis frends are sanguine in their predic- tions that Senaror Cooper's Senatorial toga will | fall on his shoulders two years hence, TUR SPRECH IN THR PUBLIC SQUARE, Mr. Jounson made @ thirty minutes’ speech to- Bight to Upwards of 10,090 peop'e in the public Square, announcing his adherence to democratic Prlucipies, a8 sot iorth in his administration of the government and former specches, Rumors were circulated un the streets and in the hotels thia afternoon that Mr, Johnson nad | Made concessious to tho republican members of the Legisiature for their votes; out be denies Most emphatically having made concessions in Any form, or entering into any understanding With the other candidates or opposition, and says that he was elected upon the broad platiorm of | tho constitution and the administration of the laws as enunciated vy the national democracy. THE NEW3 AT MEMPHTS. MEMPHIS, Jan, 26, 175, The news of Andrew Johnsun’s ciection to the United Statea Senate was received leve to-day With almost universal enthusiaaw, and since noon the cltv nus been im @ condition of wild excite- Ment. The event !s regurded asa triumph of tne peo: ple over the politicians and extremists, Ihe scene bu the Cotton Exchuoge when ihe news was re- Ceived beggars ali description, Suiutes lave been firing ali the a.ternoon and to-night is wiveu up to processions, ilaminations, se,euades aud yeneral rejuiciug. The Avalanche buliding ts iiluminated from bottom to top and scems to be the centre Ol intorost with (ho frienus of the great com- moner. For years there hasbeen no occurrence Biving such general satisfaction, | | | THE FERLING IN WASHINGTON. | Wasuinaron, Jan, 26, 1975, | The announcement of Atidrew Juhuson's elec Hon (0 the Senaie created a “oud deal of iuterest | iu (he Senate and in the city generally, The rer | ult was voMoWlat wnexpectad here, ax the wat Hews ne: Gay, reported by Senator BrownloW's son, averted positively thas Mr | The time which bas elapsed since he leit the Pres- | out of the war of the rebellion, and he participated | or oribed, General Buroside belongs to vo particu. | bim, Persona‘ly the Generul makes a very fine and | @ speaker of any ability, he nevertheless possesses | War he was a democrat, Dut now isin full accord | Nathaniel Wheaton, where tie Genera) with nis Johnson would be defeated. Some Senators, especially those who remembered and rook part in his impeachment, were not very cheerful over nis | election, Mr. Johnson’s personal friends in Washington, of whom there are a good | Many already, talk of giving him a pubic | reception and dinner. Neither republicans nor democrats in the Senate regurd Mr, Johnson as an accession to their party. Itis acknowledged by both parties that he will be a free lance, likely to do as much damage to one side as the other. It | 1s jelt, however, by the vest men that Mr, Johnson may very probaly become a power in the Senate. idency has revised opinions about him, and it is oiten acknowledged here that, thougi his faults oi temper made him an uncomfortavie man in the Executive chair, he has real ability, and has the | Opportunity in the Senate to display all his strength. It is thought, however, that re will not fail to make it uncomfortable in the Senate for gentlemen who leave their constitution of the United States at home. | ° } A NEW JERSEY ESTIMATE. | | Jn the New Jersey Legisitature, at Trenton, yes- terday, Mr. William H, Giil offered a resolotion | congratulating the State of Tennessee on electing Andrew Jobnson to the United States Senate, mr. Gill said that Mr. Johnson was a sterling patriot and an honest man, and the whoie coun- | try should rejoice at his election. Mr. Patterson paid a high compliment to the | worth of Mr, Johnson. The resolution was adopted by a strict party vote—4l to 17. RHODE ISLAND. DIXON WITHDRAWS AND BURNSIDE 18 ELECTED ON THE FIRST BALLOT—ARTILLERY SALUTE AND GREAT ENTHUSIASM. PROVIDENCE, Jan, 26, 1875, The long and vexed struggle over the Senator- ship in this State has at last been concluded, and the result is @ grand triumph for the hero of Fredericksburg, General Ambrose E, Burnside. At the opening of the joint session of the Assem- bly to-day Mr. N. F. Dixon, Burnside’s com- petitor, arose, and, in an address of ten minutes, ailuded to the situation of the repuv- lican party in tie country to-day and the duty incumbent upon the republicans of Rhode Island. He said this strugyle, | having been continued since May last without any prospect of final result, under the present situa- tion he felt it to be a duty he owed to the people, to the republican party and the nation to make the way clear for the election of a republican can- didate. Tne repubiican party, alter its recent Teverses, needed what comfort could be given to it, and under this conviction he would, theretore, withdraw his name, (Great applause.) Lieutenant | Governor Van Zandt also explained his position, | and closed by saying that under the vivid recoliec- tion of the late warhe would, in behalf of the soldiers and in the name of the people and the widows of orphans of our late terrible struggle, cast his vote tn lavor of Rbode Island’s foremost soldier, Ambrose E. Burnside. (Appiause.) The twenty-eightn ballot was then taken, giving Burnside 62, a clear majority, and he was declared elected United States Senator to succeed Senator Sprague. The greatest enthusiasm prevailed, and @ salute of 100 guns was fired immediately by the General's friends. GENERAL BURNSIDE’S RECORD, General Burnside was among the first to tender his services to the government upon the breaking with the Ruode Island troops in the earliest strug- gles of that memorable period of our nation's peril, He soon cistinguished himself and won honorable promotion. Ue gained his laurels | at Newbern, Roamoke and Fredericksburg, | and he was one of the commanders of the Army of the Potomac during its most try- | ing experience. Thus he established him- | self in the esteem and favor of | the, government and soldiers, and when he returned to his home iurtner honors were | given him at the hands o/ his grateful and appre- ciative people, He was selected as the republican standard bearer in the State election and trium- phanuly elected Governor by a handsome majority, He wanpccegiectea, and, during both terms, Billed the office so as te give general satis. | faction, A iew years ago, 1 will be remembered, | Senator William Sprague took occasion on tne floor of the United States Senate to launch tovth | somo abuse of General Burnside and the Rhoue Island scldiers who fougnt under him at Buil Run. These remarkable declarations of Mr. Sprague attracted attention far and wide and aroused the people o! Rhode Island to indignation at the Sen- ator who sought to belittle the General and to asperse his name and the brave troops whom he led into conflict. So strong became this feel- ing against Mr. Sprague that the people imme- | diately took the matter in hand and prepared @ testimonial to the General, in emphatic and indignant denial of the shameless abuse heaped upon him, and bearing testimony to hla honorable record in the war) and his standing in the community. ‘This testimonial received over 1,000 signatures of | sold:ers who served in the war, and also of mer- H chants, bankers, lawyers and citizens generally. This was a suiicient answer to the sprague cbarges. The General was further triumphantly vindicated on the Senate floor by Rhode Isiand’s senior Senator, Hon. H. B. Anthony, and the affair | only served to increase the affection of the people for the General, ‘The Lvening Press, of this city, the former organ of Senator Sprague, which supported the latter in | his attack on Burnside, now speaks of the General ag follows:--“The brightest name on Rhode Island's page in the history of the late civil waris | that of Ambrose E. burnside, and he of | all others in the State is most applauded Wwnen uppearing in @ public assemblage. Tois reputation, and the very lineaments of his counte- nance are well known taroughout the length and breadth of the Jand. Neither ts his fame limited to this side of the Ailantic, for in the late Franco- German war, when a medium of communication | between the hostile nations in the interests o1 | conciliation and peace was desired, this distiu- | guished American soldier was selected. No ono wili ever fear that Burnside will be either builled lar cligue or wing of the republican party, but repre- sents all wings, and, indeed, the whole State.aa the cemocrats seem to be abundantiy satisfica with rather imposing appearance, and though he not | @ great deal of sound and practical common sense, @ thing which is Very much needed in the politi- cal Legialatures of the country. Before the With the repubdlican party.’ THE TEMPERANCE AND DIXON MEN, As incidents of (he Senatorial dght in the Assem- biy, 1 may mention that the temperance men stuck to their candidate (Mr, Barstow) to the last. It ts understood that, in consideration of Dixon's withdrawal, the Burnside men agreed to give tueir support in javor of Senator Anthony's re-election. Dixon, when bis name was called, vored for | Lieutenant Governor” Van Zandt, a compliment tor | him in return for the latter’s zealous gupport of the former. GENERAL BURNSIDE'S ADDRESS. Very soon after the announcement of the result Generai Burnside was escorted to the Hail, and upon being introduced addressed the Assembly, ackuoWiedging iis Indebtedness to the people of Rhode tsland for the high honor conferred upon him, and stating that tls fret duty wonid ve to look out jor the interests oj the Union in loyalty to the Union and the constituiion, tis frat duty Was to is country, Wis second to his constituents. | 4 SERENADE 10 THR SENATOR ELECT. At eight vfc.ock tia evening the iriends of General Burnside, under the command of General Horatio Rogers, accompanied vy the American | bund, mMarcued to Lis residence, Where a serenade | Was Lendered Lo the Seuacor elect, Alter speeches by Geverais Burnside aod Rogers the line was formed, abu, a tog #e-enading several members ol the Gity government, Went to tne house of Hiwnds wore gatervauted during the remainder | Ol Che oven, | | member elect to the House | Governorship, a8 an | immediately on her srrival WEST VIRGINIA. CHaRLEsTON, Jan, 26, 1875. The election of @ United States Senator here occasions more than an ordinary interest. To-day the Legislature met to ballot for | @ choice for that position, but, as announced in these despatcnes yesterday, the result did not begin to indicate the successiul man. There are several schemes on foot, one of the lamest and most iruitiess of which ts to prolong the contest until the 27th February next. Itis then proposed that D. D. Johnson, President of the | Senate, will assume the executive control of West Virginia, and as no Unfted States Senator will then have been elected, tt would become incum- bent upon him to appoint a successor to A. J. Boreman, the present Senator, office expires on the 34 cf! March next, and Jacobs to be that successor. ‘This is regarded as a lallacy by those here who are most thoroughly con- versaut with the political sentiment in this State, Among the prominent men here who are said wo be engineering this scheme is C, J. Faulkner, district, and who was a former Minister to the | court of Napoleon ill, Faulkuer is a representa- tive of the Virginia chivairy in the sublimity of its decadence and a man with the embition and vigor | of a youth, though his ace is nearly seventy. He cau be counted out of the Senatorial race, and his infuence here, tn @ national point of view, | awounts to absolutely notning. Of course Jacovs, who deieated J, N. Camden for tho independent, in 1872, is largely interested in the success of this | movement; but Camden has a support in a | financial way which, {t is believed, will ultimately triumph over other combinations against him. So far Walker, the State Printer | here, leads the van, but as he is nothing more , than an ordinary rising poiitician, an eloquent speaker and a thorough democrat, his chances cannot be counted upon as cer- tain, J. oN. Camden seems to be the | favorite, though Judge Jon Brannon, of Lewis county, and formerly of Winchester, in old Virginia, begins to be counted among the favored few. When the Legislature met to-day a ballot Was taken, but, in the absence of a choice by the democratic caucus, it gave no Indication of the final result, It was merely formal, and intended only to give time to nominate the proper candl- date, The ballot stood tnen.— Walker, 18; Camden, 16; Brannou, 10; Price, 10; Caperton. 5, Necessary to a choice, 35 in a demo- cratic caucus of 68. Later, however, four indl- Pendents jomed the conservatives in caucus, which made 87 votes necessary to a nomination. The last vote in caucus at this time resulted as follows:— Waiker 26, Camden 21, Branaon 12, Price 9, Scattering 6, This was not a fall and the Tee vote, | sule is as far off as ever, With the sixty-eight sixteen | democrats, five independents and Tepu licans, it is impossible now to conjecture the resuit. A aomocrat will be elected, but who? ts the question now agitating the Western Virginia mind. NEW JERSEY. BALLOT IN THE LEGISLATURE FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR— ELECTION TO-DAY—RAN- DOLPH LIKELY TO BE THE SUCCESSFUL MAN. TRENTON, Jan. 26, 1675, On motion of Mr. Sewell the Senate proceeded to-day to the election of a United States Senator to succeed John P. Stockton. Mr. Sewell nomt- mated George M. Robeson, and Mr. Abbett nominated Theodore 1, Randolph. On roll- | Call the following was the vote:—For Robe- son—Messra. Hil!, Hopkins, Jarrard, New- kirk, Potts, Schultze, Sewell, Taylor, Thorn, Willets and Wood—11, For Randolph—Meassrs. Abbett, Blackwell, Cornish, Dayton, Hendrickson, Hopper and Madden—7. Absent, Messrs. Leam- ing and Stone, republicans, and Mr. Smith, demo- crat. In the Hous? the vote was forty for Mr. Randolph and seventeen for Mr. Robeson—a strict party vote—the disaffected democrats fall- ing into line and supporting the regular caucus | nominee. Messrs. Pape, Teed and Woodruff were absent at tne calling of the roll. Both Houses | Must meet to-morrow at noon in joint session, to proceed to elect, when Mr. Randolph, it 1s said, ‘will undoubtedly be the successful man. WISCONSIN. MILWAUKES, Jan, 26, 1875, In the State Senate to-day thg first ballot for United States Senavor resulted as follows:—Car- penter, 13; Briggs, 16; scattering, 4; and in the Assembly—Carpenter, 46; Briggs, 35; scattering, 18 One Carpenter man was absent. ‘the scatter- ing vote is divided between Cole, Dixon, Rublee, | Orton and Washburn. The two Houses oi the Legislature, in joint con- vention, will ballot for a United States Senator at noon to-morrow. It 1s said that eightcen republicans have signed ‘a paper stating that they will vot vote for Mr. Carpenter, and setting forth their reasons for their action. Mr. Carpenter lacked eight votes of a majority to-day. ’ MINNESOTA. St. PavL, Jav. 26, 1875. The Legislature was not fully attended to-day When the joint ballot jor United States Senator | was taken, many members not having returned from their homes, The ballot was as follows:— Ramsey, 50; Donnelly, 60; Davis, 22; W. D. Wash- burn, 5; Scattering, 10, FLORIDA. BALLOT OF THE LEGISLATURE—NO CHOICE IN- DICATED—TWELVE CANDIDATES VOTED FOR— FAVORABLE PROSPECTS OF GOVERNOR STEARNS. TALLAHASSEE, Jan. 26, 1875, Both houses of the Legislature balloted jor United States Senator to-day. The vote indicates nothing. A dozen or more persons were voted fur; 20 one, however, receiving more than nine, out of @ total of seventy-seven, The scheme of the conservatives to lect Governor Stearns /s gaining strength and he Is likely to succeed Gilbert, MASSACHUSETTS. Boston, Jan. 26, 1876, The Senate to-day reconsidered their action in declaring Senator Britton’s seat vacant, and re- seated him. This definitely settles the question that had been raised as to the legality of the elec tion of Nr, Dawes tothe United States Sena Senator Britton having participated in the elec | ton, MRS. SARTORIS’ RECEPTION. The Republic, of the White Star line, which ts to bring Mr, and Mrs, Sartoris back to these shores | from which they only recently started as bridegroom Gnd bride, was due yesterday, Asit was known, however, that the recent stormy weather would , provably delay her, no preparations were made for the reception of the noted coupie. Tne Custom Honse suthorities said that no government cutter Would be sent out, even if the Republic were to ar- Tive in the afternoon, because of the masyes of ice that stiil block up the bay. Colone: Fred Grant and his wife and) Mr. Honoré, of Chicago, his father-in-law, were at tne Fiith Avenue Hotel all day, having come to New York to greet their rela- tives, Mr, and Mrs, Sartoris will probably arrive to-day, and, alter @ brief stay at the Fitth avenue Hotel, proceed at once to Washing- ton, One of the principal florists in the city Is Wulting to present to the Tresident’s daugnter a huge flower basket forming the words “Welcome iiome.” Who the doncr Of this Iragrant ;reseot 1s has not trans. pired, Mi, and Mrs, Sartoris will probably remain severa! Months in Washington, One of the Custom House oficinis told a good story yesterday, woich, he said, care trom the President’s owa ‘lips. (ihe 01 1) asked the President atthe time of her Marriage Whether bis usugater would come home jrequently. Tne President, Who jor once seemed to have shaken off bia usual taciiurmry, repued that he hoped sue Would come to see hin every SIX Mouths aNd KLAY FLX MOULDS ACh te, fs o | ‘Puis 1s boteworthy as being tio first Prewidea' ia WILtICISM On TeCcord sinee General Grant has euvered tue Wuite House. fie Custom House @ubnoriiies Bay that ‘bere will be Ho special ae. monsvauoo ot the arrival of the couple, as the Prosidont was opposed to any ostauritious pro. ceedings of the Kind, RaW won olor io keep Veit FOCeDHON as Lrivate As HOsKIdiO, Whose term of | from the Second | | republican majority ’ THE STATE CAPITAL | Proposed Legislation Affecting New York City | Government, -—-—_+_—_. DELINQUENT OFFICIALS’ PROPERTY BILL. ee, Investigation of the Accounts of the Canal Department LS | TOMPKINS SQUARE IMPROVEMENTS. . ALBANY, Jan. 26, 1975. Ths prospects of speedy legislation ior New York city, 80 as to please the democratic party, or tn other words, Tammany Hall, do not appear to | be very brilliant just at present. Itis easy enough to introduce this measure and that in order, as the would-be wily statesmen hege intimates, to put members on record, but it 1s another tning to pass such bills as these. Rumors come to us from New York of conclaves, consultations and calls among Tammany leaders; of dire prognostica- | tlons and cecided threats. But wili those gentiémen who amuse themselves around | the departments by circulating nonsensical rumors bear in mud that we have a in the Senate who look keenly alter all legisiation which affects their par. ticular political interest. It is true the democra: have the Assembly and the Governor with tuem, but that is not ali that 13 required. MR. COSTIGAN’S BILL. The only prominent bill in the House which Smacks Of the desires of Mr, Kelly and Mr. Wick- ham thus far is that presented by mr. ‘Thomas Costigan. This bill provides for the centring of al power of appointment and removal in the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, with the abolition of minority representation in the latter body. The bill is now before the Committee on Cittes, of which Mr, James Daly 1s Chairman, and will prova- bly be reported to-morrow with the minority Clause stricken out. The latter move is adopted, it 13 reasouabie to be presumed, as a bone to catch | Yepablican Senators. But will it work? Echo | auswers decisively in the negative. THE SENATE NEW YORK CITY BILL. | This bill, introduced by Senator Gross, covers the same ground as that of Mr. Costigan, with an elimination also of the minority clause. Log-rolling and bargain and sale may do something to bring around & Kappy agreement between the demo- cratic and republican Senators. The echoes of re- form, honest government, local responsibility and | Other Kindred war whoops of the renowned Tam- Inany tribe come heavily freighted to us here. Their effect may succeed in drowning republican opposition, but again I mus: reiterate that the issue 1s exceedingly doubtiul and ‘white men are very uncertain.” The remote contingency of a decision ia favor oi Germans anda vote of Mid- dleton Coe and Licutenant Govefnor Dorsheimer with the democrats on party issues is something too inviting Jor the belief of credalous individuals in Aibany. ATTACHMENTS AGAINST THE PROPERTY OF DISHON- EST OFFICIALS. The House this morning went tnto Committee of the Whole upon the vill to amend the code of pro- cedure so that attachments might issue against the property of dishonest oficials at the time civil | suits were Commenced tor tie recovery of misup- propriated funds, It is understood that this bill, | When passed, will have a retroactive effect and that prope: iliegally transterred by I'weed, Con- nolly, Flelus, Ingersoli ang others of the Ring can be attached so as to retain possession | thereof until the conclusion of the suits now pend- | ing. The Governor, in his Message, calied special | attention to the spectacle presented of a number Of omicials flaunting their til-gotten gams in the | eyes of the people without a remedy belug pr vided for tie 1ecovery of the stolen moneys. ‘This | bill will cover all such coulingencies, and was re- | ported to-day irom the Committee of the Whoie | without amendment, | CRUELTY TO ANIMALS—BERGH AGAIN HEARD FROM. | | A bil ia the interest of that distinguished ; “autmaltarian,”’ Henry Bergh, was belore the Comuitiee of the Whole to-day. It provides ior the contiscation ot all animals and gpperatus Which may be found concerned in @ breach of the laws unger whica Mr. Bergh and nis officials act. | By this measure tu a doug-fiznt, not alone the | principals can be confiscated aiter examination | Deore w magistrate, but the whole canine tribe inhabiting the domicile where the combatauts Were actually engaged in actual warlare, together with the appurtenances and lurniture of the establisument, Under this enactment, it 1s under- stood, very Sweeping confiscatious might resuit. Mr. Alvord took this view of the bill and argued Aguinst its passage in its present shape, when tue | committee merely reported progress, Its farther | consideration has been postponed, THE TOMPKINS SQUARE (:1ROVEMENT. There was some debate to-day, in Comauttee of the Whole, on Mr. valy’s bill to provide jor tne | laying out of Tompkins square ag a parade grouaJ, Mr, Gedaey, of New Lork, suggesteu tne | insertion of a section directing the Purk Com- Migsioners to desinaie wv proper place in tue Central Park for the use of the militia. This | amenament was voted aown, mr. Daiy ably | pleaded for his bill, remarking that over $109,000 had been fraudulently tuserted i tne tax levy by | the old Ring to be usea in making iompkins | square & parade ground. Two hundred thousand citizens Of that poruon of New York asked for a | Dreeeira place, and they certainly were entiticd to it. 0 ‘Tne bill, alter some slight amendment, was re- | ported favoraoly irom tne Committee of the Whole. DEPOSITING NEW YORK CITY MONEY. ‘The biil giving Mayor Wicknain and Ceamberlain Lane absolute power to make arrangements wita banks as the depositories of city moneys was | passed to-uay and went to the Senate ior concur. rence. There tae measure subinitted tu the | Committee on Cities, us a suillcient number of Senators we e not preseuc to pass it. CONSIDERATION UF THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. Aresolution was passed in the house desiguat- | ing Toureday evening next as the time ior con- sidering Governor Tilden'’s Message. THE SEVENTH REGIM | Last year the seveuth reg succeeded in procuring au enactment oy which they were allotted by tne city wu lease of a piece of property iu Sixty-flith street fur twenty-oue years on which to build an armory, Mr. T. C, campbell as introduced a bilt providing that tie Board of Supervisors of New York, in their discretion, be empowered to tssue bonds to the amount of $350,000 for the erection of this armory. There was some war! of ieeling to-day exhibited be- tween Mr, WaeMner and Mr, Campbell as to the most appropriate committee lor the relerence of | tbis bil, It was first reserred to the Committee on General, Local and Special Laws, but after. | Ward, on motion of Mr. Waehner, it went to the Committee On Cites, There sesws a strong Opiwiok Among sOMe Members of the New York delegation that thisis a decided job. At all events they coatend it must take the nature of a special enactinent, and thus be thrown out under tue constitutional amendments, SUERIFP CONNER’S FEE BILL, There ls hore to-day @ representation from the ; city marsouls ol New York to lobby ugainst tae | bit wnich gives Sherif” Conner cyntrol of the Marine Court process. ‘They contend that the bili SDoul'! Hot pass, as iL increases the tees of tne Shoriff over $5,000 per anuum, and takes away a | Means of livelihood irom toirty-ve marshals, who | have hitherto discharged tne dunes intrusted to | them with far more eticioncy and honesty than | might be expected tion tae Sueriti’s oltice, ‘ihey cigi 9140 that a majority of the legal proiession gre on thelr side 14 the contest, aa returus of pro- cess are Iaade more promptly through their hands Vhan through that of the deputy sherita. VYbis bil 18 now d¢iore the Judiciary Committes for action. DEBPENING TILE CANALS, | ar, Saward’s resolution caliug upon the Canal | Board to deepen tie cunuls to seven feet was .o- | Gay passed in tne Assemo.y. The gentieman made O Vigorgus speech ou tue policy and necessity ior such action, und the great benefits derivea irom tie use Of steam On tue Canals in quick wanspor: tation and much less cost. A RALD ON THs CANAL RING—MORE RESOLUTIONS, Mr, Davis, O; Wastington, means to carry tne War vigorously into tie camp of the Vanal ring. He is wader stood to be backed by Governor Tilden lu these aggressive movements, So proitic a subjectis weil worthy of atiention, a8 the people | 01 the Whole state are Interested in the manage- ment acd Successiu! Operation of our canals, Mr, Davis today introduced the jvliowing resolation, | whicn was adopted :— | | Hesolved, itat the auditor of tho Canal D he: it epartment is requested to send to this Louse Wiracts ur Hew recment or extraor- Je of ims State, under b ted, in torin #9 follaws 1. Cop! Y spuct, showiny ihe amount, iid whe quandy cf Work tobe done with tue kind, quality aa! quantity of maeriuls to be turaished as ex: | | Mibltea UF the enghieer at the tue of leciiag, % the ices opposite each kind of Work ana im by We Board of Canal Commissioners : nw, togciher With the auuregate Lriwo i Wate the coniract Way declared 10 tne lowest bidder, § ‘ine auiount or paymeul by tue Auditor of tue Canal Departne®nt on account ot |abor and waterials, specity: He men, pou and | kind of labor, with ue AMOW, Kid QUAY ana quantity or ma With thevgeregute Sun paid upou enon voutrauh & iho Usaie Of the ongineer wilo ty: Quantity lees tor the letting, WILD the oan i gineer ww oaarge of tue Work, LT on rus eat oe ey i Horry 00; ‘wo pee adh eeeteatietat | th | degree of periection | tne Way, Bay side | Wwotted up to Bay Side and was ualfa length a: | Dear the teviock Joinw An 3 alain the facts necessary to get the information called for before this House. . THLE CONSTITCTIONAL AMENDMENTS. radtord Prince to-day tutroduced five ch, Le explained, Were intended as @ por- tion Of the legisiauen necessary 10 carry out the constitutional amendments, lish ® Board of Audit, consisting of the Comp- troller, Secretary Oo! State and Auditor of the Canal Department, as @ State Board of Audit, whose duty it becomes to hear private ciaims and ccounts against the State and cecide upon what Ail its Gecisions shail de final ature shall order a reaudit The Board is to make a report at the opening of each session of the Legisiature and | must meet once a mouth. ‘The next provides for the exclusion of all per- sons convicted of infamous crimes or bribery trom the right Of sudrage and the punishment attached to such offences, — Avother gives boards of super- | visors power to authorize cemetery assoctations owning grounds to purchase or receive additional grounds and vo sell and convey their lands. Also to authorize the removai of interred bodies to proper grounds aiter due notice has been given to interested parties, The other bills provide lor the erection and maimtenance of roads, bridges and toll gates, aud other geueral State matters laid down in the constitutional amendments. All these blils were referred to the Committee | on General, Local and Special Laws, TROTTING AT THE HIPPODROME. EXCITING SPORT—TWO CONTESTS—ACCIDENT TO CLARA G, The Hippodrome was again tiled to overflowing last might to witness the trotting coniests an- nounced to come off. here is no denying the Lact that this truly American sport is held in high favor by all classes, and that when properly con- ducted will always be largely patronized, whether by gaslight in a comfortable bulldog | or tu the open air on our regular race tracks. The great advantage, however, in having trotting in the winter evenings under shelter is that 1t do not encroach on business hours and that paterfamiltas can take his whole family to see the sport ata trifling expense. liippodrome has been thus far fully as interesting as any that can be seen on any of the regular race tracks Of the country, Saddle races have always been popular with | turimen, and, as there can be none other at the Hippodrome, as the sport goes on jockeys will im- | prove in horsemansuip, aud we may expect ere | 0 bave a3 many riders and equally as good as Were in’ the goud vid times when trotting under the saddle were tue rule und not tue on, fhe first trot last night, in which six out of eight came to the post, brought to mind one that took Dlaice on the Hunting Park course, at Philadelphia, in the summer of 1831, Wien elght horses came (0 the post. ‘hese were Dread, the wanner, driven by George Spicer; Topgaliaut (twenty-tour years oid), ridaen by Mat Cuntock in the’ turee’ rss heats and vy George Woodrail in the tourth; Col- lector, ridden by veter Whelan; Cayancelior, rid- den by Frank Duty; Whaleoone, ridden by Frank Tolbert ta the first two heais, but in the third by George Woodrut; Lady Jackson, ridden by Joan Vanderbilt; Moonshine, by James Hamid, und Columbus, by Ceorze Woodrult, uotil he broke down in the second heat. The race was turec mile heats, It was a beautiful sight to see ‘hese horses struggling on through the race, and 80 Was the one last nigat, with the exception that the riders tn the Mrst had che richest and most varied cvlors and beautiful costumes, whereas this great essential was the present occasion. Still there was excitement about tbe race that was reiresh- ing. By a continuation of saaale races | atthe Hippodrome they will become so popular that the proprietors of regular tracks throughout tae couatry will see the necessity in making out their programmes jor the summer with the addl- | tion of aieW unaer the saddle; and is Would be advisable that some of the purses shou.d be given | 10r stailions exclusively, at turee mile heats, as tas would prove the stamina of the horse and would be a guice jor breeders, When troiung ficst took place in this country, as we said belore, the majoricy of the races were Unger the sadd.e and at long distances; but then Uuere Were such haray riders us Mat Cuntock, dames Hamil. George Woodrug, George Spicer, Peier and Wiliam Wheian, James B. McMunn, George Young, Frank Duffy, Gu Crane, Jonna Case, Hivam, Isaac and Willa \Wooorud; Albert Conk- hu, Harry Joucs, Dave Bryant, Warren Peaboay, Ots Dimick, James Wheipley and- others, who were ever ready to throw their legs over the pigskin tor avy journey tuat up at & moment's notive, And these were the men Who taught the horse how to trot 1ast, and It Was by their schooling that he has reached tne Waich he shows to-day. Sixty years ago it will be sale to cay there was not @ horse in the world that coud trot a mule in three minutes; Wf there was tne horse had not been heard of, and # 2:40 norse was considered 2 Wortd beater until 1830, When Ned forrest beat iy Miller of the Centreviile track in 1834, in lg under the suudl2, riddew by George Spicer, the lituie black gelaing Was con- | sidered the champion trotter of the universe, as noting lke that time had ever been maue belore, and many were old- | Jashioned enougn to propnesy that it pever would be beaten. But the trotting horse was then just “a coming” ander the tuition of the horseinen above naulea, aud the trotting action 10 tne horse taught by these traimers has been trausmitted trom sire to sou, until 2:20 nas been reacnea by several and 2:14 by Goldsmith Mald the past season, ‘fhe horses that came to the post for the first race were Alonzo Nodine’s bay geiding Lymsn, ben Mace’s bay gelding Humminguird, Dan Mace’s sorrel mare Mary M., Jouw Rogers’ vay mare Helen, F. A. Svelden’s bay geldiug Jim Joun Murphy's bay geluing Pilot, Jim and Hummivgoird were the tavorites, the others being sold as a fieid, Humeungpird wou the tiist heat, but Lyman the second aud tnird aud the f% speed in the ruce, but was badly ridden, Ham- iniugoird won second money, Mary Al. the third, and Helen the fourco., Lois race Was very excit- lug {com start to nish, Tne judges were Messrs. punmons, Shaw und Coe. ‘The following is w SUMMARY :— BARNUM’s HIPPODROME, Jan, 26—Trorrine.— Purse, $225; first horse, $100; the second, $0; third, $40; fourth $25; one mule and repeat, ander the saddie. ‘ ENTRIES. Alonzo Nodine’s b. g. Lyman 311 Ben Mace's b. g. Hummingyi ; i me Dan Mace’s 8. uw. Mury M..... 246 F. H. Sheldon’s b. g. Jim. 464 Jotn Rogers’ b. m. Helen. 535 John Murphy’s b. g. Pilot....... + 663 Hugh 'Teany’s b. g. Taunderbo!t. ar. D. B. Go's b. m. Sea View Mat ar. SMe, 2253 }4—2:53—2 250, THE SECUND TROT—CLARA G. BREAKS DOWN ON THB SECUND HKat. The second trot was a match fow$5c0, one mile aud repeat, between Dan Castell ay Side and an Mace’s bay mare Ciara Q@, Tuis race had caused considerable interest among turf- med irom the time of its belng made until the ac- cident to Clara G, iouk piace, which put an end to tue match and the bets were declared of, Belore the start Ciara G. had the call in the betting at about ten toeight. Aiter scoring a few times the horses were started very evenly, Bay Side having the pole, the understanding being that ho was to have 1 1m each heat. Tue race was very close all jading pas: toe judges’ siand, tie rst three laps by hall a oy to only; out on the fourth Jap Ciara G. was \nere firat by about hali a length. Lhea bota | Bay Side rau to the iront aud stand on the ditn jap ove he mure. Aiter that Clara G. bo broke up, aud passed the judges’ leugth in iront of Qt the enu of the #ixtniap, Thon there was more breaking and eset A the pars of Bay Side, and he came in @ winuer by half a Jength, making the heat 1D 2:d8—nu time, indeed, for suca reputed Tost hors ‘The judges, ater some cungsuitation, ave the heat to Gay side, but beiore starting for od heat they called Mace and toe rider of l@ to the stand aod cautioned them to rido more iairly; tuat in the previous beat they had nut ruden atrictiy according to rule, aad the Judges tod taem they would punish any unlair riding during the remainder of tue race, ‘the horsea were starved very eveniy for the second heat, but before getting round the second ura Clara G, broke up and Bay Side led past the | Judges’ stand on tne first lap avout three ieagtns, Un tne second jap Clara G. out-trotted Bay Side, car- ryibg bin to breaks, but in these he ran 80 as 10 keep tho pole, and a8 they passed the stand Ciara G. led by a head, On the third lap Clara G, still had ber headin front a @ passed tae judges’ box, On tue jourth lap led two lengths, As’ Sne trotted around the lower turn of the fith lap Bay side iouled her, and tore the boot off her hiud ankle, but she came to the judges? stand leadiug a length, I'en spe opened a httie eip as sie went to the upper tura, but ; when hall way round it she suddenly stopped and Bay side ran into her, scriking her buttocks with his breast. Van Mace instantly dismounted, and it Was evident tuat some accident had occurred. ‘The mare stood quietiy, boiding her uit forel: T 4 as if iu yreat pain, 11 opie im the enclosure— among the number Dr. Cattanack, she Veterinary surgeou—ran to see what was (be nutureo: tie | Mure’s injury, Woen it was discovered wb e had brokeo some of the bones in ner right pastern, aiunbulance Was quickly sent Jor, and Ciara G. was taken out of the arena to nave dor injuries taken Care or Clara G, 18 owned by Mr. Kicnmond, of Batavia, N. Y., and wag valued very uigiiy by him, he hav- Aug paid & High price Jor her. sonie say as much as $.0.000. She was jormerly owned, and. we under- staud, was raised by Mr. Gage, o! Chicago, who owued the Sherman Huse iu that city at tue ime | Of the great fre at teat place, Joseph U, Simpson witer the congamrati orought Clara G. and a Lumber oi other horses belonging to Air, Gage to tits chy 10r Baie. Air. Simpson agreed to show Very iaat time with Clara G,, but asked @ Med Oi (his City WhO Wanted to ber for Claim iils Mgure wan too much fal Tne frst is to estab- | The trotting at the | sadly neglected on | an | mignt tarn | Jim siuowed a@ great deal of | sorrel gelding | d | ceived another from {| Richmond, who has had the worst of luck with | her ever since the day of purchase, as the mare | got amiss soon after he bought ner, and it was | Only in the latter part of last suminer that she | began to show auy form ayain. Tue thjury of last night will be likely to retire ber trom the trotting track or ever. Ste will, however, be | Valuable asa brood mare, as she 13 very large | god finely proportioned. Bat for the above acetdeut the trotting at the Hippodrome would have been greatly udmired, yet Whenever a breakdown occurs, and they are Jrequent on the turt, sorrow Takes the pace of joy for the momenc; but uccidents are soon for- gotten, and they hot decrease the desire to witness racing agat ‘There will be two | moon. n. trots at the matinge this alter THE ST: OF THE ODDS. | The following 13 the of the odds and ate changes in the betting books at the rooms of the American Jockey Club since our last report:— WITHERS STAKES. | Ta. Taken, | Vassal.. 6 tol Sangara. | Chesapeake. 6 tO 1 Invoice Aristides. 6 tol 8 tol 8 tol | D’Artagnan 10 to 1 | Lord Zetland, 10 tol | Meco,.... Helen Ward. STAKES, | Taken g Hyder All 6to lL Tom Ochitree.. 10 tol Arisndes........ 6 t0 1 Milner. 12 tok | Chesapeake + 6W1 Orpian Bo: tol | Baymunster...... 7 10 1 Warwi - tol Wulte Bark 8 tol Ozark, 2 tol St. Martin. 10 to1 Gyro » 80 to Leader. lo tol Do! Si eeeeeeee 30 FO Lord Clive ...... 10 to 1 Gascouade . 30 tol | ‘The following bers nave been made on the Withers’ Stakes :— | $5,000 to $200 against Aiton. $5,160 to $510 against Aristides. +850 to $600 against Vassal. $4,000 to $200 against Examiner, $5,000 Lo $100 against Helen Ward. $5,000 to $100 against Probability. 000 to $100 against Warwick. $500 Co $50 against Lord Zetland. | The following beis have been made on the Beb | Mont Stakes:— $6,209 to $420 against Milner. $5,100 to $810 ayainst Chesapeake. | $6,020 to 9877 a, 2,500 to $200 $5,000 to $200 azainst Ozark, $8,000 10 $100 against Gas | $8,800 Lo $500 against Wilke Burke, HORSE NOTES. The spring races of t Maryland Jockey Club will occupy four days—viz., May 25, 26, 27 und 23, the second day being the one on which the English Derby, aud the last, the day on which the Oaks | wil be run, Three stakes for this meeting will close on the ist day of February, viz.:— | The Baltimore Cup, for all ages; two and a quare | ter miles; $50 subscription, play or pay; cluv to | add $1,000, of which $200 to the second horse, the | A handicap stakes, third horse to save his stake. | tor four-year-olds, of $50 each, nalf Jorfeit; only | $10 if declared out; club to add $500 ior the first | horse and $100 for the second; mile heats; weights | to be anuounced Feoruary 27, and aeciarations to | be made on or before Aprill. A sweepstakes, for three-year-olus that bave not Won In their two- year-old lorm, of $25 each, play or pay; colts to carry 100 ivs.; fillies and geidings, 97 Ibs.; cluD | to add $500, of which $100 10 the second horse; | one mile. | On the same date the entries will close tor the | Breckevridge Stakes of 1875 (fall meeting), lor | three-year-olds; $300 subscription, $i00 lorfeits | winuer of tie Dixie Stakes 6 lbs, egtra; clay to add $1,000, of Which $3500 to the second horse, the ‘ third horse to save his stake; two Iniles; and | the Dixie Stakes of 1876, Jor cuits aud filltes then | three years old; two milles; $300 subscription, | $100 forieit; Measis. A, LB. Lewis & Uo, to add $2,000; the Maryland Jockey Ciub to add $2,010, of which $1,200 to the second horse ana $800 to the third, | “The race meetings at Saratoga wiil begin on the | 2ith Juiy and close on August 21, occupyimy a period of one month, during which eleven days! racing Will be held. The programme wiil differ | but siigntly from that of last year. Seveo | stakes will close on March 1, nam —A SWwoep- | Blakes for ail ages of $50 each, Dlay or pay, With $940 added; one mie and a quariers the Flash Stakes, for two-year-olds, Of $100 egcn, half sortetr, witht | $500 added: halfa miie; the Saratoga Cup, weigot | Jor age, @ sweepstakes of $50 cach, piay or pay, | With $1,209 added) two mi.e3 and @ quarier;, tie | Sequel Stakes, lor three-year-olds, of $59 each, | play or pay, with $700 added; two mies; the Sui- | mer Handicap, tor ail ages, $10) eaca, naif lorteit, and ovly $20 1f deciared out, with $1,000 added; | two miles; a sweepstuke for two-year-olds, of $1U0 each, halt forieit, With $700 added ; wianer of $1,00 and upward to carry extra weight; tnree-quare ters ofa mile, and @ sweepstare for threc-yeare | Olds, of $100 each, Lalf Joriett, with $700 adaedy Wiunners of $1,500 and upward to carry extra weight; one mnie ala a@hbelf All of these stakes close on March 1. FLOGGING A SLANDERER. | 4 CONNECTICUT YOUTH WHIPPED BY A COLORED WOMAN AND HIS LANDLADY. BRIDGEroRT, Jan. 25, 1875, | The people of the village of Long Hill, distant about six miles trom this city, nad a sensation during the past few days, in woich the colored female cook of a boarding house and a young | White man were the prominent flgures, The young | man was a cigarmaker by occupation and occur pied apartments in the house referred to. A | number of young women, employed in the shirt | factories of Long Hill, were also boarders there. The young man, who was sup. | posed to be a very good young man, | lor some unknown reason circulated reports re- | Mecting on the good names of not only vue female boarders but also of the landlady, a worthy woman, ‘hese endured in silence the abusé heaped upon them, aad Were inciined to excuse the delamer on account of tis years, ihe matter | wourd have been all right had tae young man not embraced the cook iu his scandalous etories. She | too kept quict tor atime, but ic became evident | to her that silence could not much longer | be @ virtue. ne cook vowea vengeauce ; Upon the slanderer and «declared that ; tue day of retribution drew near. The | landiady entreated her not to carry her thieate | nto execution: out pleadmye was of no avail, and | uccordingiy lust Friday the cook secreted her 190 pounds of nealthy adipose femla:pity under a cere | tain horsesned which the unsuspecting relator of Joul Stories must pass to reach iis piace of cally Jabor, armed with a@ stout hickory pudding sfick. The young man quietly came aloug, eviaenily re- voiving tu Ms mind thé success wuich vad attended his efforts to turment the poor cook. Watchug @ favorabie Opportunity, Out plunged the dery and indignant maid of all work, armed with the jell mixer of puddings, and the confiies began. Sue pounded aud beat him, berated nim Wita weapou aud with tongue, the splinters fying | keeping perfece time with her hurriea comments on the case, and showed no signs of weakening. At last the young man fed, and the victorious de Jender of her own iair jame went puffing aud | smiling down the street towara home. ‘he un-+ kindest cut of ail was the cook chose to admipise ter toe Magellation in front of one of the tactorics, tuus enabling the yong ladics to witness the operation. This ould seem to have been punishment evough; dut it was not a io addition to the pudding-stick poundin; the landlady he: i, | entered the stop Where he was at Work, ana wito @ piece of knotty hemlock board administered to | him another reminder that he shouid keep hie | tongue in thegervice of truth. To complete we thus auspictousiy begun, the landlady gay } b alk 5 db it | Giected trom padtler village boarding. tous ‘9 aint “BLACK TOM” EXPLOSION. cook 18 ROW enjoying the reputation of jgberoine. | THE CONCLUSION OF THE OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION— VERDICT OF THE JURY. Coroner Reinhard continued the inquest ip Speers’ Morgue, Bergen, last night, in the cases of Allred Hopkins, George Brown, Patrick Laverty ana Alonzo Low, tue four victims of the powder explosion on “Black Tom," asmali island adjoining | the New Jersey Central Raiiroad, on Saturday, | January 16, Patrick Dilion, Walter Stuber and | Robert W. Warren, the proprietor of the work, | testified, but no new evidence was elicited. In fact the cause o! the explosion remains as be- lore, &@ mystery. At cleven o'clock tie jury re- turned the following verdict:—‘We find that the deceased came to their deaths by an oxplosion on ‘Black ‘Lom’ Islana, on Saturday, January 16, said eXpiosion resulting irom causes unknown. We | recommend that the proprietor be compelled to wu a heating power bot air tor drying pur- poses, mM order to protect the lives of em- Gereal We algo recommend that additional! laws ye passed in order to protect tho lives of persona in manufactaring combustible mua- engaged terials,” ANOTHER FATAL RAILROAD ACCL DENT. Aman named Christopher Helmer Was, driving ® team and wagon acrogs the track of the Pen» sylvanis Railroad, near Woodoridge, N. J., at four o‘clock yesterday afternoon, when a irain dashed by. ‘ibe locomutive strack the {ore part ui the Wugou and harled ihe drivor neariy twenty feet in be fell upon the irozen ground ue loy 10 &0 insensibie condition, He Was con: Hautac a toe Naha aa ass Juries OF the spine, 1 ne horese euoapou, sca 7