The New York Herald Newspaper, March 5, 1875, Page 5

“TE LST GSM Noisy Expiration of the Forty- Third Congress. Uncle Sam’s Yearly Allowances Ad- vanced. HURRIED ENACTMENTS. Local Vanities and Individ- ual Greed Displayed. FINAL SCENES. Doubtful Doings with the General Bounty Bill. Wild Grsorder of the Body Legis- lative. THE DEATH RATTLE. Valedietories of Vice President Wilson and Speaker Blaine. Time Reaps a Harvest of Politi- eal Heads. SENATE. WASHINGTON, March 4, 1875. Before the Senate went into executive session at one o'clock this morning Mr. Hows, (rep.) of Wis., from the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported back the bill to promote and encourage telegraphic communication between the United Btates and Asia, which was placed om the calen- far. The doors were reopened at half-past one A. M. Mr. STocxTon, (dem.) of N. J., called up the | flouse bill to incorporate the trustees of the Louise Home. Passed. The consideration of the River and Harbor Ap- Propriation bill was then resumed, and the ques- tion being on concurring in the amendments made in Committee of the Whole other than those already dispored of by separate votes, they were all non-concurred in, with the exception of the following, which were concurred in:— Appropriating $35,000 for dredging the mud bars in the Hudson River tn front of Jersey City. Appropriating $37,000 forthe improvement of the harbor at Crisfiela, Ma. Increasing the appropriation for the improve- ment of Cape fear River, N. C., from $100,000 to $200,000. Appropriating $15,000 for the improvement of the harbor at Port Jefferson, N. Y. Twenty thousand dollars ior Rondout harbor, BY. Sixty thousand dollars for the improvement of bhe breakwater at Block Island, K. I. Five thousand dollars for the improvement of Yam Hill River, Oregon, Ten thousand dollars for the improvement of she Youghlogheny River, Pennsylvania. Twenty thousand dollars for the construction of an additional pier in the ice harbor at New- castle, Del. Fifty thousand dollars for the continuation of the construction of the United Sta! pier at Lewes, Del. increasing the appropriation for the improve- ment of the harvor at Charleston, 8.C., irom $10,000 to $15,000, The bill was then read a tnird time and passed bt ton minutes past three A. M. Mr. EpMUNDS, (rep) ot Vt., rom the Conference Committee cn the Legislative, Judicial and Execu- tive Appropriation bill, submitted a report, which Was agreed to, Mr. SaRGENT, (rep.) Of Cal., called up ‘THE DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATION BILL, Amendments reported by the committee were bgreed to as lollows:— Appropriating $50,500 for @ new school building in Georgetown, D. 0. Authorizing the creation of a new fire alarm telegrapn for the cities of LT pale aud George- sown at a cost not to exceed $75,000, one-nall to be paid out of the treasury of the District of Co- jumbia and the other Out of the national Treasury. Authorizing the transmission of sucn public documents as are provided sor distribution to the Governors of States, free through the mails. Increasing the appropriation Jor the contingent eXpenses of the-San Francisco Mint trom $11,000 to $19,009, and appropriating $20,000 to fit up the ola mint and $47,000 lor the Completion oj the re- finery at tie pew wint, in that city. Appropriating $1,710 lor legislative expenses of Wyoming Territory. Striking out appropriations to pay various con- testants ior seats in tne House of Representatives. Appropriatimg $55,000 ior the expenses of the Divi Service Bureau. Aathoriziug the Secretary of tae Interior to seil bonds veld by nim in trust for the Cnoctaw In- dians to an amount not exceeding $200,000, ana pay vhe proceeds over to the representative of she Choctaw nauon, Appropriating $162,000 for the subsistence of the Sioux Indians, wo bave been collected on the Red Cloud aud Whetstone agencies, Authorizing tne Secretary oO! State to pay $500 to each O1 the fiteen Commissioners of the Vienna Exhibition who reported upon special subjects, served on internativnal juries or were detained at Vienna ou pus busiuess. Providing tat hereatier the commissions of all officers under the control of the Secretary ot the loterior shail be wade out aud recorded at tne Depariment o1 the Interior, Appropriating $40,000 Jor continuing work upon the Custom Huuse aud Post Omice at Portland, Oregon. Allowing any Judiaus born in the United States, and who abandon their tribal relations, the | benefit of the Homestead law 0: Muy 2u, 1862; and | also wilowing such indians to become citizens of | the United states after five years. Mr. BAYARD, (vem.) of Del, submitted an SmMeudment coutunumg the appropriation of $10,000 ior the removal of obstructions in tue har- bor of Newcasiie, Del. Agreed to. Several awenudinents were suomitted, but ruled but on the point! oi order that they had never been reported iavorably by any committee. ‘fue vill Was then reported to the Senate, and the amendments ade in tne Committee of the Whole were agreed to. ‘The vill was then read a third time and passed at ten minutes past five | A. il Mr. CONKLING, (rep.) of N. Y., called up the | flouse bill autuoriziug the consolidation of the | Auouro City Natio Gank ot New York with the | First Natioual Bank o! Auburn. Passed. Mr. bill Making ‘appropriations to pay made by tue Southern Clanns ¢ Bald the whole number ol ¢ Cowmission Was 2,407. O allowed, iy SECOK, (rep.) Ol Pa., called up the House | te awards lon. He The committee struck out Nine cases, 2 $0 $07,720, Alter son ‘lise 1 the CouutlEe W ier Was reported to the Senate, read a third time and passed by yeas 33, nays 12. Mr. scoit moved to take ap the House bill to pay tue awards for quartermaster or coimmissary Stores lurnisved, oY taken, during the war. agreed to—yeas 24, nays 16, J¢ Was discussed by Messrs. is, Lonkling, Scott and Goldthwaiie, (dem) ind a wotion Was then made by alr. (rep.) of Ind., to lay ton the table, which Was agreed to. Mr. Hows, of Wisconsin, called up the bill to aid In the improvement of toe Fox and Wisconsin Tivers, in (ne staic of Wisconsin. Passed. Mr. CRAGIN, (Tep.) Of N, H., called up the iollow- by the Committee on Naval ‘The House bill to restore Captain John ©. Bean- Mont to wis original position on the Naval Kegis- ter. Passed. Also the House bill for the relief of Mary 1, Widow of the late Commodore M. B, , ol the HaVY, VasseC House bul sor Forest, wisow of Licutevant D. A. Forest, Jnited States Navy. Passed. A autuorizing the acceptance is, Uulled states Navy, of the Junor, conferred upon hin by the Presideit o| the Freucn Republic, Vvassed, The House vil, granting peasions to the widows gud cuildren, aependent mothers ana lat orphas brothers and sisters, of Lose soldie were murdered by gueriLas at Centralia, Mo, 1a | 1864, WAS passed, Mr. MOKKILL, (rep.) Of Vt., called up the House nilef of Mrs. Sarah B. late of he NEW YORK HERALD. FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. bill relating to a stte fora public building at Jer- bag, City, in the State of New Je: Passed, r. Hircnoock, (rep.) o: Nebv., called up ti Hovse bili, amendatory of the act (o incorporal the Medical Society of the District of Columbia. | Passed. ! THE RIVER AND HARBOR BILL PASSKD. Mr. WinpdoM, (rep.) of Mton., from ‘he Commit. | tee of Conierence on thé River and Harbor Appro- | priation bill, wade @ report, which was agreed to. Mr. Windom said the Conierence Committee had cut dowo the appropriations so low toat he had declined to sign the reports. The vill, as agreed upon in the conierence, appropriates’ sumetbing over $6,000,000, or about $600,000 more than when itcame from the House. ‘Ihis was exclusive of the Eads bill, which remained in the bili a8 an amendment. M:. FRELINGHUYSEN, (rep.) of N, J., called up the Senate bill to amend the bill reiating to the Hot Springs reservation in Arkansas. Passed. \ Mr. ROBERTSON, (rep.) of S. C., called up the bill to enable Lieutenant Commander Frederick Pear- | son, United States Navy, to accept a decoration from the Queen of Great Britain. Passed, Mr. MORRILL, (rep.) of Me., Irom the Committee | of Conierence, made a report on the Defeiency Appro; riation bill, which was agreed to, ir. GORDON, (dem.) Of Ga., called up the Dill to amend the act for tue erection public ouilotng jor the use of the United States in Atlanta, Passed, Mr. Logan, (rep.) 0! Ill., from the Conference Committee on the bill for the equalization of boun- ties, made @ report. He stated that the House had withdrawn its non-concurrence in the Senate amendments and agreed to the same, but as the Dill had been ip conierence he supposed the report must be agreed to, Mr. SPRAGUE, (Itb.) of R. L, moved to lay the report on the table, r. WEST, (8) of La,—That don’t make any difference. The amendments of the Senate have been Barges to by the House, and the bill ts passe SPRAGUE, of Rhode Island, demanded the yeas and nays on the motion to lay the report on ‘he table, and it was agreed to—yeas 30, nays 24. Mr. WEST, Of Louisiana, said this was @ House Dill. It came to the Senate and was amended, The House refused to concur in the amendments of the Senate and it went to @ conierence com- Mitcee, Subsequently the House aid concur in the Senate amendients and the dill was therefore passed. ‘The Cuatm (Mr. INGALLS) satd the report of the Conterence Committee had been laid on the table. Mr. MORRILL, of Vermont—And has not been ac- cepted by the Senate. THANKS TO THE VICE PRESIDENT. Mr. BAYAR, Of Delaware, submitted a reso! | tlon tendering the thanks of the Senate to the Hon, Henry Wilson for the impartial and courte. ous manner in which he nad presided over the Senate. Azreed to. Mr. GORDON. of Georgia, called up the House biil to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to use his discretion in the selection of matertal for the public butidings at Atlanta, Ga. Passed. Mr. HARVEY, (rep.) Of Kan., called up the Senate bili tor the relie! of settlers on lands withiu ratl- road grants. Passed. Mr. SARGENT, (rep.) of Cal., from the Committee of Conference on the Sundry Ctvil Appropriation Dill, Mage a report, which was agreed to, Mr. Hircncock, of Nebraska, called up the House bill to provide jor the construction of a military wagon road in Ar.zona. Passed, Mr. MircHeLL, (rep.) of Oregon, called up the Senate bill to provide jor an extension of tiwe for completing the survey and location of the Port land, Dallas and Sait Lake iroad, Passed, Mr. ANTHONY, (rep.) of R. 1, supmitted a resolu- tion to print 120,000 copies of the reports of the | Commissioner of Agriculture for the year 1872 and 155,000 Jor the year 1873. Rejected. Mr, CONKLING, of Now York, subraitted a resotu- tion providing lor the »ppointment of a committee of two members of the Senate to act with a similar committee Ou tie part of the House to wait upon the President and inform him that Congress had now finished its business and was ready to close the session by ajournment. Agreed to, and the Vice Presiaent appointea Messrs. COnKLING and SHEARMAN, (dem.) Of Ohio, as such committee. A DELICATE QUESTION. The CHair (Mr, Ingalls) laid before the Senate anumber of bills just signed by the Vice Prei dent, Who occupied @ seat at the Clerk’s table signing bills, When they were read it was found that aiong them was the House bill Jor the equal- ization of bounties. Mr, HAMILTON, (dem.) of Md., said he would like to know about tnat bill. Mr. LoGaN, of lilinois—It has been signed by the Vice President aud Speaker oi the Hou-e, The Cuark (Mr. Ipgalis)—fhe bill has been signed py the Vice President and Speaker. Mr. MORRILL, of Vermont—I raise the question of oraer. The dill having been submittet to a confer- ence committee, and the report of that committee having been laid on the tavle by the Senate, the Vice President couid not legally sigo the bill. ‘The Onaink said he could not entertam @ ques- tion o! order on a bili not beiore the Senate. Mr. Davis. (dem.) of W. Va., said he entered his protest against the signing o1 this bill. Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, presented the cre- dentiais of Hon, Alien W. Caperron, United States Senator-elect irom West Virg for the period of leit years, from March 4, 18 Read aud placed on file. At twelve o'clock Major General Babcock ap- peared with a message trom the President an- bouncing his approval of sundry bills, Mesers, CONKLING @nd THURMAN, the committee appointed to wait upon the President, reported that he had no lurther communication to make to the Senate. Vice President WILsoNn satd the hour of twelve o’clock having arrived, the second session of the Forty-third Congress has ended, and the Cuan deciared the Senate adjourned witnout day. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WASHINGTON, March 4, 1875, Tne House remained in session all last night. At two o’clock this morning, action was taken on the tollowing Senate bilis on the Speaker's ta- bie:— To authorize the settlement of the accounts of passed assistaut paymaster E, Mellack, United States Navy. Passed. To correct @ clerical error in the act of the 8th of June, 1872, granting the right of way to the Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company. Passed, THE SUNDRY CIVIL APPROPRIATION. Mr. GARFIELD, (rep.), of Ohio, at five minutes past two o'clock, reported back the Senate amend- ments to the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill, and the house proceeded to act upon tue following, being the most important of them :— In the provision for printing United States notes and securities the language was thatthe ‘“Secre- tary of the Treasury, in nis discretion, may have executed one or two sucn printings by outside companies,” The senate amends tpis 80 as to make it obligatory, not discretionary, on the Sec- retary. Concurred tn. Making the compensation of counsel before the Alabama Claims Commission $8,000 a year. Mr. GARFIELD moved non-concurrence, on the ground that Mr. Cresweil’s salary had been fixed in another bill at $10,000. Mr. Sreer, (dem.) Of Pa. argued that $8,000 was quite a liberal compensation, saying that Mr. Creswell was also a trustee of the Freedmen’s | Savings Bank, with $3,000 a year, and President of the Citizeus’ National Bank of Washington, After considerable discussion the amendment was concurred in. Prohibiting the exhibition in the Capitol of | works ol art. Concurred in. Making the salary of tie Supervising Surgeon General of the Marine Hospital Service $4,000, | Compromised on at $3,000, Appropriating $15,000 for # lighthouse at Wind- mili Point, Lake 5 lair, Mich, Concurred to, | the Insane Was not concurred in, | tube | the expenses in coutested election cases was not | Striking out the apyropriation of $100,000 tor a steam tender for the lighthouse service on the Pacitic coast. Concurred in. Appropriating $5,000 lor steam fog signals for Yerva buena, Val. Not concurred in, Suriking out the item about the McGarraban claim, Not coucurred in, Directing telegraph compantes to take from the Capitol grounds and surrounding streets all tele- grap poies, and substitute cables; also for the retooval of Tuilroad tracks irom the Capitol grounds, Concurred tn, ‘The appropriation Of $125,000 for the extension of the building lor the Government Hospital tor The appropriation of $18,000 for a pneumatic between the Capirol and the government | piinting ofice was Dot concurred tn, The anenoiment striking out the item to pay concurred In. ‘The appropriation of $60,000 sailors and mariners, not concurred in. jor bountics to — under existing jaws, Was | | five differences pending between the Senate and ihe amendment striking out the ttem for the Montaua volunteer jorce was not concurred in. | ‘the amendment striking out the ttem of $25,000 for the Brady collection of photographs of tie war was not concurred im. | The amendinent striking out the ciause requir. | ing the removal oi tie railroad tracks from the | Washington Aqueduct Briuge was not concurred in. The amendment striking out the item of $150,000 | for clowning jor the navy Was not concurred tn, Ab appropriation of £100,000 for the continuation of the butising of the New Uricaus Custom House. Concurred in. Striking oue the limitations on thé cost of pub- lic buildings ab Chicago, Cinemnati, Paoiiadelphia and Raleigh. Not coucurred tn, An appropriation of £100,000 Jor a public building at irenion, 90,000 lor a public building urred in. $4,000 Striking out the ie) oy plans for pab- lic ouildings at Auburn, N.Y. Notconcurrea in. Siriking out the chet for the reorganization of the Treasury Department, Not concurred im. The amendme' Is being ali disposed of at half | past four o'ciock were sent to a conterence com: | mittee, | THE CENSURE OF MR. BROWN, | Mr. RANDALL, (dem.) Of Pa,, sent to the Crerk’s | desk and had read a letter trom Mr, Hale, (rep.) | of N. ¥., recognizing the injustice done to Mr. Brown, of Kentucky, by the resolution of censure ad) by tne House on his (Mr. Hale's) motion Tiy part of the session. RANDALL added that, as Congress was about to close, it was betler not to eave vebind | | ay relic of il feeling, and he suggested that there should come from the other side of the House a motion to expunge the resolution of censure. Mr. NEGLEY, (rep.) of Pa.—Ii you make that Motion, do not put it on that trasby letter. Mr. BUTLER, (/¢p.) 01 Mass.—dere ts my response to that (sending up 4 resolution to give the clerks to committees two montis’ pay, from the 14th of March, whico was auopted). Mr. SPEER. of Pennsylvania—That ts unworthy of the gentieman from Massachusett Mr. DAWES, (rep.) 0! Mass., said that the gentle- Map from Kentucky (Mr. Brown) was in the House, and couid at once pu’ the House in such position that the House might gladly wipe out ed that the | anything that reflected on bis houor. Mr. TODD, (rep.) Of Peno., remar prey (Mr. Brown) had been asked whether je had apy explanation to make of bis ianguage, | ana he said that he stond by his word: Mr. RANDALL—l withdraw tue sudject from toe | consideration of the House. ‘Mr. DAWES eald that it would delight nim, as ho ‘was about to leave the House, to contribute to the wiping out of wnatever there was in that resolu. tion painiul to the gentieman frow Kentucky, and that geotieman had now the opportunity to place Himeelf before the country in the light in wich every gentleman would like to stand, Mr, RANDALL reminded the House that yester- day the resolution of censure on Simon Cameron hau been rescinded, and that to-day a resolution nad been passed Nighly complimentary to the Speaker, (Mocking laughter from the republican i) He withdrew tne suoject frm veiore the ouse, At five A. M. the Senate amendments to the River and Harbor Appropriation bill were re- celved, non-concurred in without being read and Sent to G conference commitice. The House again took up the business on the Speaker’s table, and the lollowing Senate billie were disposed of :— For the relief of the Alleghany Valley Kaliroad Company. Passed. ‘toamend section 1,422 of the Revised Statutes piaiien to the better government of the navy. sed. P or gna relief of the Holy Cross Mission, Dakota, assed, For @ Commission on the rights of British sub- Jects to lands 1n the territory which was the sub- $F OP ta award of tue Emperor of Germany. w:jected. For the relief of the Terre Haute and Indianap- olla Railroad Company. Passed. THE LEGISLATIVE BILL, Mr, Marxarp, (rep.) of Tenn., at six A. M., made the coulerence report on the Legislative Appro- priation vill, which was agreed to. Tne House sgain went 'o the business on the Speaker’s tavle, The following Senate bills were disposed of :—- : ‘40 authorize the purchase of a site for a public Dullding at Topeka, Kan. Passer Appropriating $150,000 for public Duildings at Covington, Ky. Passed. To authorize the purchase of a site for puvlic buildings at Harrisburg, Pa, Passea. Amending the charter of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company. This was rejected, alter discussion, in whicu Mr, MERRIAM. (rep.) of N.Y., said that the depositors would receive ninety per cent dividend, ‘to amend -ection 3,342 of the Revised Statutes iy relation to aMxing stamps on brewers? casks. assed. On motion of Mr. WILLABD, (rep,) Of Mich., the bill sor the colnage of twenty cent silver coin was passed, THE DEFICIENCY BILL, At half-past seven o’clock Mr. GARFIELD, of Ohio, from the Committee on Appropriations, re- porred back the Senate amendments to the De- Heiency bill. ‘The iollowing are the more important of them :— Appropriating $48,000 tor the refinery at the new mint in San Francisco. Not concurred in. ‘The various SEnropeia tively Jor Indian deficten- cies, Not concurred in. The various n:W_ sec:ions allowing Indians to take homesteads, Not concurred in, ‘the disagreeing votes were reierred toa con- ference committee. On motion of Mr. DoNNAN, (rep.) of Ia., @ Dill authorizing & pontoon wagon bridge across the Mississippi River at Dubuque, la., was passed. EQUALIZATION OF BOUNTIES. Mr. GUNCKEL, (rep.) of Onio,* then desired to present the Conference report on the Bounty bil}, but, ag AD antagonistic movement, the House, at eight A. M., took a recess till ball-past nine. AL the end of the recess, at hali-past nine o'clock, the House reassembled. Mr. GUNCKEL, 01 Ohio, from the Conference Com- mittee on the Bounty bill, made a report con- curring in toe Senave amendments, which was agreed to—yeas 160, nays 41, as follows:— Yeas—Messrs, Adams, Albright, Banning, Barber, Barry, Bland, Bradley, Buck Bundy, “Burenard, Butler of Massachusetts, Builer ot Tennesse: . Cain, Can- non, Carpenter, Cason, Caulfield, Cessna, Clark of Mis. souri, Clements, Ciymer, Cobb of North Carolina, Oc vb of Kansas, coburn, Comingo, Conger. Cook. Cotton, Cox, Crounse, ‘Cruichtield, Vantord, Varrall, Dobbins, Dor: man, Hunnell, Lames, “Eden, Lldredge, Farwell, Field, Fort, Freeman, Gunckel, Hagan, Harmer, Harris of Massachuseits, Hatcher, Havens, Hawley ‘of Illinois, Hazelton o1 Wisconsin, Hazelton ot New Jersey, Hendee’ Hodges, Holman, towe, Hubvell, Hunter, ‘Hurlbut, Hyde, Hynes, Knapp, Lamar, Lansing, Luwrence of Lousiana, Lawrence’ of Ouio, Loland, Lougbrid Lowe, Lowndes, Lynch, Martin, Maynard, Crary, “MeDill “of ~ Wisconsin, MacDougall, McKee, MeNulta, M. Morrison, Myers, Negley, Orth, Packard, Packer, Page, shire, Peiham, Pendleton, be ry New York, Pratt, Ramey, Randall, Ray, W. K. Roberts, Robinson of Iilinois, Rotinson of Onio, Ross, Rusk, Sawyer, Sayler of Indiana, Sayler of Ohio, Ben ll, Sessi eat 5 ce! ions, ks, Sheldon, shu- loan, Small, Smith of Obio, snyder, Southard, Sprague, Stanard, Starkweather, | ‘stevens of Massachusetts, "Stone, Storm, §' ‘Thompson, Todd, Vai Waldrot nois, Ward of New Jersey, Wiitele: Willams of Messachusetts, Williams of Indiana, Williams tlson of Iowa, Woodworth and Young ot y= 150. Nays—Messrs. Albert, Archer, Arthur, Ashe, Atkins, Beck, Fell, Blount, Bowen, Bromberg, Brown, Buta: ton, Caldwell, Chittenden,’ Crossland, Durham, Hamil- ton, Hancock, Harris of Georgia, Harris of Virginia, Harrison, Hawiey of Connecticut, Hereford, Hunter Lawson,’ Leach, Merriai O'Brien, Phelp Pierce, Poland, Robbin: oberts, Sener, Sn): ‘Thomas of Virginia, Whitehouse, Whitthorne, Wilson of Maryiand and Wolfe—4L RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS. Mr, SAWYER, (rep.) of Wis., trom the Conference Committee on the River and Harbor bill, made a report, which was ugreed to. He stated that the aguregate O! the billy was $6,300,000, . COX, (dem.) Of N. Y., procvested against the passage Of appropriation vilis under a suspension of the rules (as the River and Harbor Bi was originally passed), and said that 1 ever he nada hand 1n legislation bereaiter no appropriation bill should go through in that way. Mr. MAYNARD, Of Tennessee—As the gentlemaa ig a candidate jor the Sp akersmip I suppose tuat is to be taken as his declaration of principles, Mr. Cox—the gentleman Can retire to his moun. tains and we will take care of legisiation, or he may retire to Constantinople, where he 1s going. (Laugater.) SOUTHERN CLAIMS. | On motion of Mr. LAWRENCE, (rep.) Of Onio, the Senate amendments to the Southern Ciaims bill were concurred in. Various matters of minor interest came in under unanimous consent. | Mr. GARFIELD, Of Ohio, from the Conference Committee on the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill, | made a report, THE NEW IDRIA JOB, Mr. RANDALL, of Pennsylvania, one of the con- ferces, said he had not signed the report, because he copsidered the aggregate of the will ($27,000. 00v) as utterly ui justifiable in the present condition ol the finances oi the government and of the business of the country. he proposition | in regard to the New Idria macter he regarded ay @ mere sham. Mr. BUTLER, Of Massachusetts, took a like view Of the latter point, and said (nat the paragrapo Teported Was a mere trifiiug with the question. oir, GARFIELD Said that there Dad been seventy Bo. MeOiil” ot ‘Towa, lonroe, Moore, Morey, Nunn, O'Niell, Urry er of New Hamp: Phillips, Plat of Ransicr, Kapier, i Mills, the House. ‘The Sevate had receded on about forty-one of them, and the House on avout twenty-three. On all the others there had been mntuai concessions and agreements. in most cases the amounts had been cut down. Hedid not think thal the vill largely exceeded, if at all, the amount init when tt leit the House, and he should not be surprised if it wasiound to be less. | On every great subject of importance the will of the House had been amply reaized. He greatiy regretied that in the appropriativn to pay the ex- | peuses of contested elections the old rule nad been set aside, Mr. SPEER—HOW did that get in alter the Senate struck it out? Mr. GakviglD—The Senate yielded under the pressure 0! the House and had conceded the potut. As to the Pauocue Grand Ranch. altnough [ was very declued in my opinion that that matter has no business 10 ab appropriation bill, stu L | feit it my duty to be loyal to the House, and to insist that, tt possible, the Senate should neede vo (ue Will Of Che Hivuse. We were told that there were nol three Senaiors willing to support that item, aud thas the Senate was enurely and irre- conciiabiy opposed to 1 in that view of the case We inquired O1 Our associate consrére whac | was the point to be reacned, and learned | from bim that, a8 far 4s ic had any public bearmg whatever, tt was that some persons had obtained possession of and were operating a larger poruion of that ranch than they Were entitied to under the Mine Ing jaws. That Was & pubic matter, and we thougat we would proceed on the doctrine of bearing first and striking aiterwards, We, theres lore, propose that the Secretary ol the Juterior siull exumine and report whether tiese alieza- uons are true and We give him $5,000 to condi the examination, that done, it is to be laid belore the next Congress, 1 do not belleve that | tunis squabble between private interests siould | ever lave found a place on a public appropriation | bili. . Lhe conference report was agreed to. Mr. PARKER, (Tep-) Of Mo., presented the con- ference report on tue Deficiency bill, which was agreed to. HAPHAZARD LEGISLATION. Scores of resolutions and bills of a private character were rusied through in a style and ata raie Which bamMled ail efforts to get a connected idea of them, ‘The area in iront of tie Speaker's chair was oc. cupied by Members, each having a proposition of some kind to get belore tue Mouse, and the Speaker recognized one aster ihe otner as fairly and rapidly as possibie. For the last hour ot the session there Was little done except tue passage of ® resolution making some special allowances to clerks and employés. In the midst of the turmoll Mr. NiBLACK, (dem.) of Ihd., offered a resolution of thanks’ to tne | Clerk, Sergeantat-Arms, Doorkeeper, Postmaster and other subordinates, for courtesy, eMciency | and faelity. Agreed to. Mr. Cox ested (jocosely) that the Chaplain shouid be included. (Laughver.) Messrs. Dawes, of Massaciusetts; Maynard, of Tennessee, ana Cox, of New York, were appointed a committee to Wait on the President to notlly him that Congress was ready to adjourn. | Mr. Hynzs, (rep,) of Ark., moved to suspend the rules aod pass a bui in relation to the Hot Spring reservation. Negutived. THE LAST GASPS. | At this time (a quarter to twelve A. M.) the pressure o! spectators was so great that, on MoOllon, the doors of the ball Were thrown open toladies, and large numoers availed themselves of the privilege. | The galleries were crowded to suffocation, and the doorways were blocked up witn those wuo | could not ioree their way ip, Even in the diplo- matic gallery there was Lot avacant seat. As tho last miputes were wenring away the Speacer wis engaged in siguiny wnd the Cierk in reading the titles of eurolied bilis, Meanwhile members and others indulged in rather luud conversation, and everything Detokened more than the usual bustle and confusion of an expiring Congress. Que of the last acts of the Speaker was the signing an enrolled bill affecting the Distriet of Columola, when suddeniy tne Delegate from tne District seized the Bregicus document aud rushed Juriously toward the other end of the Capitol to get the President’s siguature to the bili ogiore the fatal hour o/ noon, His rapid transit through | the hail, with ois long bionde beard floating meteor-iike benind bim, created great merriment. Soon ater another Mercary, bound on a ike er- | rand, rushed in the sae direction with auother sheot of parcoment. At @ ninute belore twelve Mr, Dawes, from the committee to watt on the President, reported that the committee had performed that duty, aud had been injormed that the Presideut bau no further commuuzication to make to Congress. THE SPEAKER'S VALEDICTORY. The last act enrolied and signed was one for the benefit o/ William Green, and before the swift. looted messenger bearing it to the President had got out of the hall the Speaker's gavel {eil, and ainid breathless silence he took nis iarewell ol the House, und anuounced the dissolution of Congress iu the following address :— GENTLEMEN—L close with this hour a six year’s service as Speaker of the House of Represepta- tives—a period surpassed tn lenzth by but two of my predecessors and equalled oy only two others, The rapid mutations of personal and political fortune im this country have limited the great majority of those “who have occupied this chatr to shorter terms of office. It would be the gravest inseusibility to the honors and responsibilities of lie not to be deeply tonched by so signala mark of public esteem as that which I have thrice received at the pands of My pvlitical associates. 1 desire im this last mo- ment to renew to them, one and all, my thauks and my gratituae. ‘To those from whom I differ in my party rela- tlons, the minority o1 this House, | tender my ac- knowledgments tor the generous courtesy with which they bave treated me. By one of those sudden and decisive changes Wich disiaguish popular institutions, and which conspicaously mark a iree peuple, that minority 18 transtormed inthe ensning Congress to the gove:ning power of the House, However it misnt possibly have been uuder other circumstances, tnat “event —necessurily renders — these words my farewell to the chair, ‘The Speakership of tue American House ut Repre- sentatives 13 & post Of bouur, o1 dignity, of power, Of responsivility. 1ts duties are at once complex and continuous; they are both onerous and deil- cate; they are performed in the broad light of day, under the eye of tae whole people, subject at all times to the closest observation, and always attended witn the sharpest criticism, I think no other official 1s held to such instant and such rigid accountability, Paritamentary rulings in their very hature are peremptory, almost absolute in authority and instantaneous ‘iu elect. Tney can- not always be enlorced iu such a way as to win applause or secure popularity; but | am sure that no man of any party who 13 worthy to fill this chair will ever se@ @ dividing line between duty and poitey. ‘ ‘Thanking you once more and thanking you most cordiaiy lor the honorable testimouial you have placed On record to my credit 1 periorm my oaly remaining duty in declaring that the Forty-tnird Congress nas reached its constitutional limit and that the House of Representatives stands ad- journea without day. AS the Speaker closed his adaress and walked down from the dais an outburst of band clapping and Cheers broke irom the upsianding members and was joined in by the immense assemblage on the floor and in the galleries, Never was before witnessed such a scene at the close of 4 Congress. THE FIGHTING FREEHOLDERS. A BEMARKABLE MEETING—NO FIGHTING AND NO JOBS, It would not require any stretch of the imagina- tion to perceive that the Board of Fighting Free- holders that has made so many ineditying displays in Jersey City is in the last stage of consumption. The meeting yesterday was very remarkable in one Tespect—it was gloomy. The members, anticipat- ing the fate which is now at their doors, seemed to have lost all their penchant for pugnacious exhibitions, The meeting was likewise remark- able in another respect—there were ne ‘y bs” perpetrated. The Chairman, Mr. Throck- morton, was full of gravity, especially when he handed a document to the Clerk to read. It was a communication from the Chairman to the members of the Board setting up a defence for the transactions of the past year in reply to the charges of extravagance, which are as thick as berries in autumn. He promised to prepare @ financial statement at the close of his | omicial career and suomit it to the Board. In sugport of his assertions with regard to the economical administration of the affairs of the county he stated that the expenditures ot the pre- ceding Board amounted to $.63,703 44 aud of the present Board $279,177 10. From the latter he ae- ducts $26,000 jor ooulevara purposes and $18,000 for bridges contracted ior vy the previons Board, leaving the actual net expenditure fairiy cuargeable to the present Board, $219,429 11, te considers that the Board is too large, and, “tke all large bodies, tt moves with Imction.” Either of tie bis now pending in the Legisiature tur the diminution of the number of members, would ve a change for the vecter. He admits that mistakes have been made, but that mistakes are inevitable in all public vodies, (This remark was not intended to apply to the Board of Public works.) Lhe counsel for the Board reported that he had commenced suits lor the payment of taxation against Jersey City ($200,000), Bayonne, West Ho- boken, Harrison, Kearney aud ith Bergen. As soon as Mr. Run moved for a committee to conler with the legisiative members In relation to the two bilig affecting the ireeuolders-there was a scene, Mr. Gibson protested against members of the Board trying to influence iegisiation for the purpose ol perpetuaung their own tenure of of fice. in spite of his remoustrance a committee consisting of Messrs. Rub, O'Kelly and Joyce were appoluted, the expenses to be limited to one trip, but that trip may extend over a period of three weeks. Gibson wanted the expenses limited to $20, but it was of no avatl. Then arose the Committee on Stationery, who set themselves on the stool ol repentance. | to having distrivuted paper and | priitea forms, not to mention expensive pocket Schroeder, chairman of the committee, confessed blank and books, at the expense of the taxpayers, to coun- try officers, one of whom (raws a salary iu tees amounting to over $25,000, but he promised not to do s0 again unless the Board ordered him, The pocket book business was, pernaps, the greatest extravagance of the wuole year. Run attacked the whole stationery business fiercely, but | the Board took compassion on Schroeder and | accepted ils promises of repentence. {wo of the | members Ol the committee were 80 affected by this unexpected act of clemency that they in- Jormed the HERALD reporter that they would retire for ever Irom public life when their present terins of oflice expire. A BROKER IN TROUBLE. ALLEGED FRAUDULENT LAND TRANSFER. Henry H. Holcombe was arrested in Brooklyn last evening by Detectives Corwin and Foik ona warraut issued by Judge Walsh, Tne affidavit | upon which the warrant was issued was made by | Ed. A. Clark, of Rahway, N.J., who charges that | Holcombe sold him: a piece of property at Red Bank, N. J, and gave him ao deed, which has since been discovered | to have been forged, Holcombe represented at the time o! the sale that the property was bis a made out the deed in his own and his wie name. tn reality the property, it 1s chargea, was owned by Mrs. King, Holeompe’s mother-in-law, She, receiving & good offer jor the property some Weeks ago, sold It, and by that means the fraud alleged to have been perpetrated by Holcombe was discovered. Holcombe, Whois a reai estate broker, resides at No. 35 Park place, Brooklyn, He was locked up last nigut in the First prectact sta- tion house, FUNERAL OF MR. GAVIT, The funeral of Daniel F. Gavit, the late Journal- ist and biliard authority, took piace yesterday from the residence of his brother-in-law, Frank H. Norton, No, 146 East Seventeenth street. The house was thronged with the numerous iriends of Mr. Gavit, among Woom were several Well known billiard players and members of the journalistic piovssion, The Kev. Dr, Wiaexind read We Lue | toeran burial servic aud delivered biel remarks on the late Mr, Avit, Atoug those presence were Aibert Garnier, Mr, Colieuder and a deputation from the scripblers’ Cluo. ‘The remains, at ine conclusion of the services, were taken to Woods | lawn Cemetery tor burial, RAPID TRANSIT. The Aldermanic Committee’s | Two Reports. He A MOOTED QUESTION) | Shall a Boad Be Built by Private Enter- prise or by the City THE MAJORITY FAVOR THE FORMER The Special Committee on Rapid Transit made their reports to the Board of Aldermen yesterday. The majority report was made by Mr. Billings and the minority report by Mr. Purroy, the chairman olthe committee. The following is THE MAJORITY BEPORT, Your committee report that the subject re- ceived, as its importance merits, the most earnest and careful consideration. Your committee as- me that the necessity lor more ready communt- cation between the several quarters of the city, | particularly between the northerly and sourneriy | extremes of the island, wil be generally conceded, | and the people are so nearly of one mind on that | sudject that any argument adduced in tavor of the proposition would be situply supererogatory, and they have regarded the necessity of the ‘work and the desire to 8 it 1m operation as a foregone conclusion. ‘They have, tneretore, carried on their investiga- tons exclusively With @ view of recommending what they have come to regard as the most practi cal Means O1 securing the desired end. It 18 to be Tegre'ted that on this, the most vital of the many considerations entering {nto the subject, such & diversity of opinion should exist a3 well in the public mind as in the minds of practical men who have given (ne subj much though:, and scientific men, whose business it is 'o lead and control the opinions of the masses, who are less capavle of jggaing, of the merits or demerits or any particular method of accomplishing tne pu poze all have 1n mind and are so destrous of see. ing consummated, A carelul survey of the whole subject has resuited in bringing your commitiee to the following CONCLUSIONS. First—That, althougn many of our citizens may be opposed to the project, the great mass of tne people and an enlightened public policy demand Tapia transit. cond—That under the constituttonal amend- ments adopted by the people of this State at the late election, and whic went into effect ov the Ast day of January, 1875, the General Ratlroad law may be so amended or a new jaw may be enacted | that will enable such a method of transit to be built in this city by private capital; or Third—That such legisiation may be had as will enable the city authorities to complete and own such @ work, Fourth—lt isa question if the city authoriti do not already possess the power to bulld such a work without further legislation other than that to authorize tne issue of tne b nds or stock ne sary to realize tie money; but, to prevent any legal question arising hereatter, full legisiative sanction 18 destrable. Fith—That there is @ great diversity of opinion as to whether the railroad should be built by tne city or by private capital. Those who advocite the construction of the work and tts control and management by the city claim that PRIVATE CAPITAL will never succeed in completing ana cn Bane 1t, While others, Opoosed to tnis plan, claim that, if butle oy the city, the enterprise will be attended with extravagance, if not iraud; that it will in- crease the taxes of our already over-taxed tax- payers and will add greatly to the dept of the city without affording auy equivalent for the money expended. Your committee, in view of all the 1acts submitted to them and from personal observation, are inclined to coincide with the opinions of the former ciass, private capitalists evinciog too great timidity, being willing to in- vest only upon a certainty of good and rapid re- turn upon their investments. Nevertheless we believe that they should be afforded the oppor- tunity of subscribing sufMicient to inaugurate and complete the undertaking. Private enterprise should most assurevly be given the preference in all works of this character, ani an opportunity should be given to private capitalists to secure the advantage of investing in an undertaking that 1s in such popular demand as to be morally certain of proving highly profitable and remunerative. If, however, the proverbial timidity of private cap: talists deters them in this instance from investing 1m an enterprise that promises so well, tnen the city in its corporate capacity, should undertake the work and prosecute it to completion with- out @ moment’s unnecessary delay. With a view, thereiore, of providing at the earliest practicavle time the desired means Ol more rapid communication with the different Sections Of the city, particularly between its ex- treme northern and southern limits, your commit- tes have prepared the accompanying act, em- bracing in its provisions the views contained in the report. Tne act 18 so worded as t» provide for giving Private captcalints the first opportunity to secure the right to oonstruct and operate the proposed road, with certaio restrictions which your committee believé to be wise and judicious, and intended as safeguards in the interest of the puolic; and in the event or a failure to secure the ecessary means by private enterprise within a period oO! SIX Months alser the appointment of the commissioners or the removal of any legal re- straint that may be imposed upon them or tne grantees of the privilege, then provision 1s made to have the road constricted, owned and operated by the city. Your committee thereiore offer for your adoption the following resolution :. Resolved, That the Common Council do hereby ap- rove of the accompanying act to provide tor quick ransit in the city ot New York; and Honor tne Mayor is hereby requesied to transmit the same, with this resolution’ duly authenticated, and a memorial in behalf of the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonatty of the city of New York. to the Legislature of the » pray- for the passage. dada ateniec 0. P. C, BILLINGS. HENRY E. HOWLAND. WILLIAM L. COLE. THE ACT. ‘The act referred to in the above report provides that the Mayor shall appoint, with the consent of the Board of Aldermen, three Commissioners, to be appointed for one, two and three years respect- ively—the Mayor to act as a member of the Boara of Commissioners—who shall have the power to designate the route of the road. They are to acquire the right of way under the General Raliroad act; grant the francnise which 1s to be awarded to the highest bidder; fix the rate of tolis, and build bridges for the road over the Har- lem River. When the Commissioners have fixed the route they shall offer the iranchise tor sale within thirty days afterward. The act forbids the building of the road over, along or under Broad- way or Fifth avenue below Filty-ninth street. In | case that private parties, after a due test, fail to butid a road then the Commissioners are to issue | bonds of the city for the building of it, the Board | of Aldermen to provide for the raising of tne tax | necessary to meet the expenditures, the amount | not to exceed $12,000,000. The other features of | the bill are precisely similar to the provisions in | the Moore bill. THE’ MINORITY REPORT. The minority report, after speaking at great length of the charters given by the State Legisia- ture to various private contractors, and the fail- ure of one and all to accomplish anytuing, goes on as foliows:— It bas been argued that for the city to build the Toad it will be necessary to permanently increase our present heavy debt and thus impose addi- tional barden upon an asiready oppressed people. To say nothing of the immeusurable benefits | which would be sure to follow the outlay, we think thut this argument must surely fail to the ground if itcan be shown that the city, by engaging in this undertaking will, instead of iosing, be able in a comparatively short period not only to pay oit all the cost of the road, vut also to secure a large | yearly revenue for the city treasury. 1t nas been, | heretolore, @ mooted question, whetver a | rapid transit railroad would par an ade- quate return upon the capital invested in its construction. A carelui and exhaustive examination of this question has recently been made by the American Society of Civi. Engineers, | who in their report of February 3, 1875, append a | tabulated statement of the profits to be derivea | | trom rapid transit, calcuiated upon the basis of the business done by the present hui ae cur companies of this city. Weteg ieave to refer to that state. ment, oeginning at page 65 of said report. We consider (nat it 1s there clearly demonstrated that. rapid transit io this city would, alter covering tue original cost ol the road, pay a handsome re- tura upon tue capital invested tnerein, The undersigued believe that one of the cnie! reasons which has deterred private capital irom | this undertaking 18 the well founded be: | le! that when a road 18 butit the same | will be found so remunerative that competition Will sping up on every side, and consequently a corresponding decrease will take place in the re- | meeting only, turns of the road first built, This danger would be avoided oy the city building toe road, thatevent the monopoly of the business, as in the Case Of the Crown water, would Le In its own hands. We have Jatied to learn why tf private cuptial can undertake this work and repay itseif Lhe City is not much beter situated jor toe accom: piisiment of the same result. On the contrary, we beieve that the city enjoys very great . ADVANTAGES OVER PRIVATE CAPITAL, The statement has been also made (and this seems to be tue great oojection to the city under. Taking the Work) that tt wou d be unsafe tointrust the eXpenditure of the necessary imnds to the hands of any political oody. Wile no douvt the pubs lhe mind has not as yet recovered from tne shock for in | ny de seen that these easure, the result of circum- yet upon sober reflection it wil) ‘were, 10 @ great 8 Interest taken by the public in the management of the city’s aifaira, Since then stringent laws e been enacted under which every tacility is adorded for the investiga- tion of public affairs and public omicials and severe penalties prescribed for irauds upon the public treasury. But tt should be vorne in mind that the management of the whole matter would in aul lukelihood be piaced im the hands of these com missioners to be appointed by the Mayor, with the consent of the Board of Aldermen, and to ve re- Their terms of ed moved by \he Mayor for cause. omise might be made short, the security for the Jaithful performance of their ties ample, and tney might properly be held to the Very strictest accountability. The manner o! running the road and of coliecting its revenues would rest entirely with tuem, We think it sale to presuine that none but tue most trustworthy citizens would be selected by the Mayor oy cou- firmed by the Board of Aldermen for tne p foi mance of these onerous duties. In connection with the objection last mentioned tt will not be, perhaps, out of place to here refer to some cf the importint works heretofore constructed by city, State anc national governments, (Here mention is made oO! the brie Canal, tae Croton Water and Central Park.) The report then goes oni—-The point was raised before the committee that there eXISt CONS! utlonal impediments in the way of the consiruction of a rapid transit road by the city as public work, and althouga no specific ovjection was pointed out it was however deemed prudent to obtain the opimion of eminent legal authority upon the question aa to the rigut of the city, udder the amended c stitution, to bulid public work. he Chairman oietne committ in. and operate a railroad Letters were thereupon addressod to Mr. Charles tt, requesting their opinions on the question above set lorti Mr, O'Conor 10 his auswer states that he has not had opportunity to examine the conatitutiona ameudments as to this question, Judge Emott gives it as his decided opinion that the city does possess the right, Under the ; resent constitution, to construct aba operate a rapid transit road public work. The letter of Judge Emott 18 tached to tnis report, and the undersigned beg leave to reier to the clear, concise and adie opinion embodied therein. We also beg leave 1o reler to the opinions ty the like effect of Hon. Erastus Brooks and (he other Commissioners, published in answer to a simular question on the part of the editor of the HERALD, which opinions @ppeared in the Issue Ol tnat paper of February 14, 1875. The uadersigned have cavetully gcruti- nized the different bills introduced in the Legisia- ture ab its present sesston, bearing upon toe sud- ject of rapid transit. Tney cannot Dut perceive many excellent jeatures in several of these bilis; but, in their opinion, the one whicd approaches nearest to the solution of this dificult problem, and which gives most promise of securing to our citizens, at an early day, the construction ata moderate cost of A CHEZAP AND RAPID ROAD 1g that introduced in the State Senate by Hon, Hugh H. Moore, of this city, ‘This bill has, since its Teference to this committee, been so amended as to apply alike to the several cities of this State, as well a3 in other important respects. The undersigned therejore take pieasure in recom- menuing to your honorabie body, as in their opinion the very best avaliable means of obtain- ing rapid transit flor New York city. In conclu. sion, We believe that there is One point upon wich all the members of this committee wid agree. Lt is that the question of rapid transit in the several cities of this Stace is one, the determination of which of right belongs to the Common Council or local law-making body in and for said cities; and wherever the power ta determine this question is not now possessed by these local bodies, we respectfuily submit thas it should be coulerred upon them a3 a mere act of justice with the least possivle delay. HENRY D, PURROY. E. J. SHANDLEY. JUDGE EMOTT’S OPINION. The following isan extract from the letter of Judge Emott which the minority report refers toz— Rapid and convenient modes of transit are as much public purposes and city necessities as gas or Water supply. If @ city may underzake one af these, 1 do not see why it may not sne otners, And railroads pave been held especially to be in a cer- tain sense highways and pudlic works. Upon this tbe application of the law of eminent domain to their construction ts founded. When such Works are not vne property of a private con- tractor, nor Operated jor private emolument, [ do not see wiy they are not wholly works for public purposes. I think there 1s no constitu. tional dithculty to prevent lezislation jor the con- struction oi a rapid transit railroad in the city of New York by the municipal authorities, or taxa- tion or the creation of indebtedness tor that pur- pose. Of course, it dees not come within my province in your present inquiry to express avy opinion upon the propriety or necessity of such a method of providing tis great need of our city, The two reports, 1t may be said, were ordered to be printed in the City Record and in the min- utes of the Board, ‘DEFERRED CAPITAL FUND MEETING. At arapid transit meeting, held yesterday at the office of C, H. Roosevelt, secretary of the last meeting, it was resolved to appoint a committee, consisting of fifty persons from the subscribers t¢ the deferred capital fund, and in accordance therewith the following persons were appointed :— James M. Drake, F, B. Thurber, John H. Kemp, L. J. Poillips, John Haven, Lawson N, Fuller, Louis B. Raeder, Samuel Schiffer, Joseph Stiner, J. A. clarke, W. H. Monell, Jono Henry Heull, Jono Wilson, Jecobd Conen, A. A. Brown, J. A. Wilcox, A. J. Dorvale, Jobn Stepuenson, David M. Clarkson, Jobo Bussing, K. Carman Holmes, Jonn #, “Cheever, Horatio Reade, George ¥. Gantz, F. L. Jotnsoo, £. Alonzo Carr, A. Mills, David H. Knapp, J. W. Clowes, Thom: Pearson, C. E, Simonson, M. Robert McU ferty, Ferdinand Kurzuan, Meyer Stern, David Dereney, N. Cowen, vornelius O’Rielly, H. Israel, Francis McCabe, Thomas Duffy, James Jerome J. Collins, A. A. Drake, P. W. Ste: Frank G. Brown, R. C. Root, arp George A. Halsey, Commodore J. P. uel C. Sloan. lt Was also resolved to call @ meeting of the above Executive Committee to be held at the Chamber of Commerce on Monday next at two o’ciock. ‘The object of the meeting of tne committee ts to conler and arrange lor the organization 01 @ cen- tral association and to complete arrangements tor the organization of rapid transit associations in every ward. THE GREENWICH STREET ROAD SHOULD BB CARRIED TO THE GRAND CENTRAL DEPOT. NEw York, March 4, 1876. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERAL! In your paper of March 2, under the heaaing of “Common Sense or Rapid Transit,’ you solve the problem of immediate relief by rapid transit. A grain of wheat among the bushels of chaff in every form seen in all the papers and communica- tions on the subject, this simple plan stands pre. eminent, Let our sapient Common Council grant a privilece of extension tothe Greenwich Street Elevated Railroad through Forty-second street to the Har. lem Railroad depot, and tn sixty days you have tt accomplished, My reason for saying and propos- ing Forty-second street is, that tt 1s 100 Jeet wide and mit are situated tue main entrances to the New Haven, New York Centra! and Harlem Ratl- road companies’ lines; besides, 1 would propose that the extension through Forty-second street should be built in the middle of the street, on supports, similar to those already in use, or bet- ter, if possibie, and by this plan two trucks can be laid—one bracing aud’ supporting the other, while the street would be wide enough on either side to accommodate the traffic, and, above all, the noise and nuisance of the cars wouid be lat less objectionable to the imbabitants by being so far removed irom them, Below Eighth avenue the street has no first Di DS, Lespinasse, Leroy, Sam- | class boases—tne only realiy good property being irom Broad way to Madison avenue, and Reservat square occupies one of those dlocks on one sile of the street. ‘Inese are crude ideas of mine, drawn Jortn by your article, and can be much improved on. Yours, ‘ NEW YORK YACHT CLUB. AMENDMENTS TO THE BYLAWS AND CONSTITU- TION—NO MORE VOTING BY PROXY. A special meeting of the New York Yacht Club Was held at the clad rooms, Madison avenue and Twenty-seventh sireet, last evening, Commodore Kingsland presiding, to cunsider the following pro- positions :— First—Amendment to chapter 4 of bylaws. ae tree to article 10 of constitu. ‘The former treats of “representatives,” and for- meriy provided that “at all meetings a yacnt must be represented by its owner, or by any one of its owners (if there be more than one), all of whom mast be members of the club, or by any member who has a written authority from the owner or owners to represent the same, such | autuority to ve given for a pecified Meeting and io be valid for that and no member shail be per- Mitted to vove upon more than one proxy.” amendment was designed todo away With thas portion authorizing representation by proxy and coufiuing it to the owner or owners ol yaonts, ‘There was but littie opposition manifested to the proposed change, and the question, upon being suomitied, passed by a large majority. the tenth article of the coustitution has refer | ence to ne election of candidates, and instead of | the names being posted at least ten days belore they could be Dulioted jor ib ia proposed to reier all suc to & committee, Who shail amy report thereon, 01s amendment received the Indors® meotol those present, but to make it valid i mustbe approved at the next generat meeting of the club, Which wili be beid on the fourth Thuree | received from the disclosure of tue King frauds, | day of this month, Adjourned,