The New York Herald Newspaper, May 4, 1876, Page 3

THE STATE CAPITAL Final Adjournment of the State Legislature. A HOT FIGHT IN THE. ASSEMBLY. The Minority by Filibustering Defeat the Four Green Bills and the Apportionment Bill. Passage of the School Amendment by an Almost Unanimous Vote. THE WORK OF THE SESSION. The Important Bills Passed and Lost and * What They Amounted to. ‘ . Axaxy, May 3, 1876. «oPPrecizely at noon to-day, according to the concurrent . passed two wecks ago, the Legislature ad- 1 |. sine die, although, through a constitutional (@hendment defect, in tho Speaker's eyes the Assembly ily adjourn till ive minutes efter twelve. of the two houses was, as is usual on the final day of wsession, boisterousand confused. Every- with a rush and hurry that could be b getting tripped up as a party question. While the;Senate, baving® fought its last fight on a party ‘the night previous, could afford to allow Mteelf’ ie along from the hour the session opened {ill the: deatenant Governor's gavel cut off all farther business, it was not so with the Assembiy. It ‘was known down there that the Senate had Inid out a big Job of party work for the republicans to do on the passage of the Green Extension bill, the Park bill, which legislated out of office the democratic Commis- sloners and placed the department under one commis- Sioner, the present president being retained. The Deposit bil, which gave Comptroller Green as fall a ‘Power as that of the Mayor and City Chamberlain com- bined to. designate what banks in the ci:y should be welécted as the depositories of the city moneys, and the New York Salary bill, which cut down the wages of ‘the office-holders right and left. Besides these, which were on the table, ready fora third reading in the House, there was the Apportionment bill, which had deen lost the night previous, and whieh the repabli- tans intended, by a motion to reconsider the vote by ‘which it was lost, to carry through under the whip and apor of the previous question. ‘Tho democrats were therefore on the qué vive trom the moment the session opened. Every one was in his Place, and it was apparent at a glance that they nad determined to ight, There were four bilis engrossed forathird reading which were ahead of the much Greaded Green bill, and the three others which the democrats were anxious to sce killed. - These bills were ‘he Canal Appropriation bill, the bill providing for the | submitting of amendments to the constitution/to th people, the Erie reorganization bill, and aj} bill to amend the code of procedure, They were passed without & struggle, and the democrats at once became anxious, It was | but a few minates after ten, and there were therefore | early two full hours during which, to alleppearances, | the republicans could do pretty much as they pleased, | But a ropublican—Smiuth, of Onandaga—atforded, Much to their surprise, a splendid chance to consume the two hours in Glibustering by offering a resolution | to suspend the rules so that the concurring resolution | * proposing an amendment to the constitution relative to the. public schools, which bad passed the Senate, might be put upon its final passage. He { Meved the previous question, which was ordered by a vote of 65 to 47. But aimost | every democrat, in voting, desired to be | excused, and “briefly stated his reasona” This + Sook sometime. Ruggies, of Steuben, by various de- » “wices—among others that of asking fora reconsidera- tion of the vote by which the House had refused to ex case him, and then calling the yeas and nays onthe motion, and on that being ruled out of order calling for a count, and then challenging the count and calling for triers—matfaged to waste forty minutes of the time 0 precious to the majority. Indeed, from the begin- ming to the end the aemocrats foaght for time with surprising skill It wasa quarter to twelve when the fihbusters, having exbausted all their ingenuity and knowledge of parliamentary dodges, baad w succumb to the calling of the roll on the final passage of the proposed amendment. It soon became evident after about twenty names had been called that the amendment could not be passed before twelve o’clock if the democrats kept up their tactics, Seeing this, and with tho view of not giving the republicans the campaign ammunition they would | have next fall if the amendmont failed through the filibustering of the minority, a member offered a reso- Jution that the eall of the roll be proceeded with, and members should have the privilego of only explaining their votes, and that after that no other business except the usual “complimentary” business should be enter- tained, The republicans, anxious to have the amend- ment passed, agreed to the .resolution and it was Onally passed, all the democrats but two taking good care to vote for it. By doing so they robbed tho fepublicans of the hope they bad entertained that thoy would oppose as a party measure. It is needless to j State that the democrats, especially those from New | York, were wild with delight when the vote was and the Clerk showed | assed, the republicans | Bounced on the am tbat the hour of yerng debarred by me, even if they were inclined | to act in bad faith, from taking up any of the four bills | dn the table, to defeat which all tne struggle of the day bad beep carried on. | The last moments of the Senato’s session were sig- Qaiized by no event out of the ordinary routine. The usuat complimentary spec: were indulged i at the close, Br. Ji offering a complimentary Jation to th fem., Mr Robertson, and Mr. Harris doin Dorshermer, ‘a like favor to Lieutenant Governor Mr. Lamont for Henry A. Gildden, the Resolutions bce ty at to the Speaker; Mr, soe rears Means Commit- tee, and Mr, Johnson, the Clerk, were adopted in tho Héuse, Mr. Sherman, wr. Ballou, Mr. Ruggles and Mr, ee Supporting them im exceedingly neat speec! of rn r) “Lam fain to believe that this Legisiature in great measure fullilted the anticipations of its trends and met the just expectation of the people. 1am sure | that it has endeavored to discharge re. ilities in accordance with the be: dem its individual members. It leaves bebind it the | record of a stawless and honorable name; its faults (if any) have not been of commission. It may port with | pride to the volume of its acts and chalienge, thi Fegard, comparison with any of 118 predecessors.” THE WORK OF THE SkSBION. The sanction of usage, no doubt, justified the ‘ker’s deciaration coneerning the “stainless nam of the Legislature, but it must be said that, so tar the Assembly is concerned, 1 am inclined to believe that it was not any better than it ought to have been. a from its action on several bills of importance {ts reputation for a good character will rest more upon the fact that it was not beset very olten tied Shed | temptation to do wrong thin upon any extraordinary | desire it possessed to do right. Pthere were, audoubl- | , Men mm i Whose votes Were at the commauu of | to pay for them, and their attitade | the bad company they kept were evidence plain jm who had cyes to see that luke many of 18 predecessors, the Legislature of 187 Was Bot without ite black sheep. During the session Jation was done, and the good | almost entirely ot a neg- at character, the highest compliment that be paid 10 as an originally professed | “peform” body, in that if it did wot puss | y jt the people of the | iy 10 Ay @Xtraordinary extent it aid not pass any ry bad ones.’ AS lor the New. York delegation those members who were really more than re ntatives im name. Were very few indeed, At she head of the fst as a hard worker and a ciear-bi taw maker, 1s Grail, who vegan as the butt of everyvedy on the floor pf the House, only to find during the last stages of the gevmon that looked Batons calenlated to ben trusts. King ag a determined toe of the Comptroller, worked lik Trojan against him and succeeded, partly by his own eforis, in seeing the session close ste many of Green's pet schemes laid out cold and if, Muller, ite | county, to hold office tor four years. at | Until such Indebtedness ts reduced to the prescribed jimi | Hen apon or a right todetain ay property the title to | e NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY. MAY 4, 1876,—TRIPLE SHEET. the Labor ba am after passing the Senate, was ved ee republican posi in the ram rg ven the Saiary bill be succeeded tn having amended defure it was sent to the Lower House so that the present eee 8 a the oped justices were ee as they are, spite of strenuous opposition from the” ot] ide. Bixby made an ‘cxeallent record fa Industrions egy while Ger- jd Bos succeed in everything he for ‘the ametioration of mankind, medicated by the stand he took on fs a Pte Shona j a ammany mao, Pp! represen! ‘John Kelly and s building” Booth. on account of | 12) health, was pot as active as he otherwise might been, and as for Baaden he came here to vote in a cer- \d he never forgot to do it, The Senate, it was the ablest and the most upright that we ad for As for the Assembly, I have already indicat its gonera) character and tho esti- laced upon It by those members who were them- selvee above suspicion, and, therefore, all the better able to judge of their fellows. Whilo New York city was represented by some very good men, democrats as well as republicans, she wus also represented by a fe who, it is to be hoped, for the good name of the city, ‘will never be elected aga’ ‘ MASQUERADE BALLS. The first act passed the Legislature, and which was the first to become a law, was the rade act. It »mends the law of 1845 so that the law shall not be construed as prohibiting or rendering unlawful an; peaceable assemblage for any masquerade or dress bail ot any incorporated society or the wearing of masks by persons K ap to or from such balla, ‘The act provides that the assent must be first obtained of the police authorities in New York and Brooklyn before any masquerade ball or entertainment can be held in those citres. The impression, B yiipeyes that it allows tho holaing of masquerade bi or entertain- ments by other tham tneorporated socte' ie an erroneous one, Such balls and entertainments are as unlawful as ever. THE GRAY NUNS, The bill passed by both Houses and signed by the Governor early in January, commonly known us the “Gray Nun Act,’” aled the act of 1871 incorporating | the Sisterhood of Gray Nuns. The bill not only takes | ay from or the right to grant certificates to their in the discretion of the State Superintent of Pablic Instruction, entitled them to teach in the pablie scho- Js, but absolutely repeals their charter. COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS, The Governor by the Commissioner of Deeds bill is authorized to appoint and commission im each of the States as many Commissioners of Deeds he may deem expedient, not exceeding ten in an: ane city or | ey are em- powered to acknowledge deeds, mortgages, rh “lying in this State,” or assignments, letters of attorney, satia- factions of judgment, &c., to be recorded in this State, PALIZATION OF ASSESSMENTS, This bill isa very insportant one. It regulates the | forme of proceedings by State assessors and the man- | ner of bringing appeals trom their decisions. The chief | feature in the act is this:— A writ or certiorari may be allowed by the Supreme Court on the Sar eonon of any person or corporation claiming to bo aggrieved, to reversq ‘any assessment of the property in or ward for the purpose of taxa- tor ind if tt shall be made to appear, upon the returus to such writ, that Injustice tas been done or will be done to any such person or ration sued for real or personal property, or Intended to be 20 assessed upon sald assessment roll, by valuing or assessing any property of such person or | ae ferent or greater rate of valuation than that uppiied to other town, village or ward, Assessment of theproperty.on the assessment roll of city. town, village or ward, or the correction of such as- acaxment.'in whole or in part in such manner ahd roperty tn such Gourt may order upon “auch princinles, ae ““anall be | according "to law and as ourt may direct, and so as to re- di ich inequality. wided that a for within fifteen di iter the writ ally completed and ce! rovided, of certiorari this act shal ings of the us inany village, ward, cit; esos y or town, or the collection of any tax unless tbe Court allowing the wame shall so direct. In any return to a writ of certiorari allowed under this act assensors shull not be required to retarn the orizinal ‘aesensment roll, but it shall be safficient to return a certified copy fon or of such part thereof as may be called for by such writ, SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. The concurrent resolution proposing an amendment to section 8 of article 6 of the constitution, which was agreed to by the Legislature of 1875, is a Tilden reform. It gives the Governor, by and with the consent of the Senate, authority to appoint a superintendentof public | works, who is to be charged with the execution of a!l Jaws relating to the repair and navigation of the canals, and of all laws reiating to their construction and improvement, The Superintendent to have three assistant superintendents under him to hold office for three years. The amendment abolishes the office of canal commission and the Superintendent 1s to perform the duties now devolved | upon the Commissioners and is to buve the appoint | ment of all canal officials except collectors of tolls and those in the department of tho Engineer and “Surveyor. FINES IN GRIMINAL CASxs, Senator Bixby was the author of the bill relating to this subject. It provides that whenever a fine is 1m- posed upon any person convicted of a misdemeanor, the court imposing the fine may limit the term of im- prisonment, jn default of ment, to a term not ex- ceeding one day tor each doliar of the fine imposed. THE TUBULAR TRANSIT COMPANY, The bill relating to igen mo amends its act of incorporation of 1873 by providing that it shall complete its organization before the Ist day of June, 1578; tbat tt shall have all {m not leas than fifty per cont of its capitaleand ia y commenced work by that time. ig is the company which iy oye pro- posed to connect Staten Isiand with Jersey by a tubular Tailroad. (?) POWERS OF RAILROAD DIRECTORS, A bill amending the law of 1850, fathered by Senator Bradley, provides that two-thirds of the directors of a railroad company may at any time alter or change its termini or locate the route or any part of its termint! ima county adjoining any county named in its articles of association. STATE PRISON INVESTIGATION, The bill appointing Sinclair Tousey, George R. Bab- cock, Archibald C. Nevin and Louis J, Pillsbury a com- mission to investigate the State prisons originated in the Senate, The commission is to report to the Gov- ernor and also to the Legislature when it axsembics | next January, The act is very carefuliy guarded, so that the commigsion cannot exercise any of that pecu- har tyranaoy (resorted to by Magone during the investi gations into the canal frauds by the Governor’s cow- mission of which he was a member), very ample pro- tection from oppression being given to witnesses, ASSESSMENTS FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS. The act in relation to this subject was the work of Senator Morrissey. It gives the taxpayer in New York the option to pay his assessments for local improve- ments in three equal instalments; the first instalment | to be paid on oF delore the Bist of December, 1876; the | second on or before tho gist December, 1877, aud’ the | third on or before the 3ist of December, 1878, witn in- | terest at the rate of eight per cent. The act refers only ‘to assessments made prior to Jannary, 1876. COURTS OF OYRR AND TERMINER. The presiding ne or judge of any courtof Oyer and Terminer held in this State, according to the bill | passed in relation (o these courts, are given the power | to grant anew trial on motion of the prisoner alter (* conviction, before or alter sentence, on exceptions taken on the trial on the ground of aewly discovered evidence. The bill provides that the motion may be heard on | the minutes or on affidavits, asthe case may require, | in hike manner as possibie to the practice of the Su- preme Court in civil actions, | INDICTED PRRSONS 48 WITNESSES, . Another bill, mtroduced by the ai ceding one mentioned, Mr, Starbuck, hereatter all persons jointly indicted shall, upon the trial of either under soch indictments, be competent | ‘witnesses for each other, the same as though not in- | cluded m indictments, It goes still further by | enac@ng that in ail criminal trials and examinations re trial a busband or wife. may be examined as a, ‘witness in behali of the other. It provid however, | that upon no such trial or examination shail a husband | or wile be compelled to testify against the otber. LOAN OF PUBLIC MONKYS. | ‘To prevent any county, city, town or village of tno | State giving any mouey or property or loaning its money | on credit tu or in aid of any individual, association or | orporation irom becoming the owner of stock in or bonds of any association or corporation, or {rom tn- any indebvedness except fur county, city, town or village purposes, is the object of a concurrent reso- | passed to amend section 11 of article 8 of the | tution, The yendment provides that no | or city shall “become indebied to | an ‘amount, including existing —sadebtedness, | which suall execed tive per cent of the assessed valua- tion of the real estate of the city or county subject to taxation, Any city or county whose present inacbted. | noss exceeds hive mtof the assessed valuation of | tts real estate the amendment pro shall not ve | allowed to become indebted in any further amount Uf course this amendment cannot be submitted to the La oy unt) November, 1878, as it must be re- ferred to the Legisiature o! that year. HOARDING LOUSE KEEPERS, ‘This very uselul class of the community was prop- erly attended to im wn act amendatory of the law for | their protection which was passed in 1860. Tho | amendment made to the existing law ts a simple pro- ‘vision that boarding boase keepers shall not bave a ‘which is not vested in the boarder whose bilis are not paid when payment ts demanued and who takes bis de- parture without paying up. Otherwise the bill gives boarding bouse keepers the same fren apon and right to detamn the naggave and any effects of a delinquent | boarder tc the sxme ex ent aud in the same manner | ow possessed by innkeepers. MILLS OF RXCRPTION, ‘The bill introducea by Mr. Schoonmaker, relating to bills of exception in criminal cases, provides that eny | party entitied in a criminal case to have a bill of excep- | ions May bave it settied, signed and sealed by the pro- | siding Judge Or the presiding justice of the court belore | whow the trial is bad, either betore or alter the ad- Jourpment of the court, The bill declares shat it shail | not be necessary that the court shail bo in session at | the ume of the settling of tne bill of exceptions, but that it may ve done after the final adjournment of tne coor +PROTECTION OF CHILDREN, The “Prince Leo’’ vill, as it is called, is one of the Teaily good pieces of work done by the declares it to be a misdemeanor to empioy any child under sixtcen ag aU acrobat, gymnast, contortionist, &e., of in begging of peddling, or tor any indecent, obscene or iminoral purpose, oF In any vocation where life or limb shall be endangered, The same penaities t imposed upon the emplo; impoved person having tm eherze uch child who shail per- mit it be sv employed. Another act id a Worizes the jormation of societies to prevent crucity to children, and gives their officers power to enfurce its bums objects. THR PORT OF KEW YORK, ‘The vill entitled “An act to establish regalations for the port of New York’' amends the law of in the dredging of slips, basins or shon parties do aiso upon the 6 the port the tne work must remove the sand, mud or other material dredged, by having tt towed to sea to point at least three wiles outside of Sandy Hook, or | by him, one of which he 1s to file in his office and the Yeposited behind a bulkhead for filling. Wilful viola- tors of the act-are to be fined the sum of $6 per cabic yard of material not disposed of as required, “THE SCANDAL Law.” ' The bill passed, whien received the above name | during one of the many debates which ensued upon | it, is one of the outgrowths of the Brooklyn trial lt) provides that in an action for criminal conversation / the wife of the plaintifY may bea witness for the de- fendant and that hail be competent to give evi- the same as any other witness on behalf of ¢ but it enacts that she shall not be permitted any confidential communication had or made by her to or with her busband only. A RICH MINE UXDERMINED. ree bill was the production of Mr, Bixby. It end to the wholesale practice of courts ap- pointing their own clerks referees. It ompretey pre, vides tnat no clerk, deputy clerk or assistant clerk of any court of recordin thecity of New York or of the Surrogate Court in that city shall hereafter be ap- pointed referee, receiver or commissioner under any order or judgment of any such court, FORMATION OF RAILROAD COMPANIES, ‘The Hammond bill, amenaing the law relative to the formation of railroad companies, provides that !f a company on its organization fails to record a certified copy in full of the “order” provided for in the law in the clerk's offiee of the county in which the land tt | proposes to tal is «situated, and to make ; the deposit wit ten days’ after. the date | of the order of the sums to be paid for the land | to be taken, and for costs, expenses ana counsel | fees ‘with interest from the date of the order,” any party to the proceedings may cause a certified copy of | the order to be recorded. Thereupon the mone: directed to be paid with interest from the date of the order, become adebt against the company, and are made by the bill a lien upon real estate and may been- forced and collected by action at law or in equily 1m the Supreme Court, DRAWING GRAND JURORS. The Robertson bill, amending the Revised Statutes relating-to the return and summoning of grand juries, their powers and duties, is of great importance. It provides that if at least sixteen persons qualified to serve as grand jurors do not appear when summoned at any Court of Oyer and Terminer or Court of Sessions, or the number of grand jurors be reduced below six- teen by one of them being discharged or other- wise, the Cierk of the Court shall, in the presence of the court, proceed publicly to draw from the. jury box containing the names of all persons in attend- ance not excused who have been drawn to serve as petit jurora for that term of the court the names of a8 many persons as there shall be additional grand Jurors requirea bythe order. When the drawing is completed the clerk must mako duplicate lists of the persons drawn, each of which shail be certified by him to be a correct list of the names of the persons drawn other he is to deliver to the sheriff of the county. The shernf must thereupon proceed to summon the persons mentioned in the list to appear forthwith in the court tn which the order requiring the attendance ol the jurors chail have been made, and the persons so drawn and summoned, unless excused, shall be the grand jurors of the court for every purpose and in every respect as though they had been drawn and sum- moned as members of the regular panel of grand jurors forthe term. The court, by the. bill, is prohibited from completing the grand jury in any other way than under its provisions, Itprovides, too, that after the discharge of the grand jury by the court the names of the persons drawn as calied for in the act shall be re- turned to the jury box from which they were drawn and the persons shall jdischarge their duties as petit jurors for the remaindef of the court, CAKE AND CUSTODY OF THE INBANR, Tho act passed amendatory of the law of 1874, which consolidated the statutes relating to the care and custody of the insane, the management of the asylums and the duties of the State Commissioner in Lunacy, 19 a most thorough reform so far as criminals are con- cerned, One amendment provides that whenever any person ander sentence of death shall be declared insane and irresponsible by a commissioucr duly appointed for that purpose, the Governor may in _ his! discretion order his removal to the Stato | Lunatic Asylum for insane crimipais. Tho | amendment then reads that the criminal shall “bere remain until restored to his right mind, and it hull be the duty of the medical superintendent of such his opinion, sa‘d convict is cured asylum whenever, of his insanity, to sioner in Lunacy and a Justice of the Supreme Co the district in which said arylum ts situated, who shall thereupon inquire into the truth of such fact, and if the same be proved to thelr satisfaction, they shall so cer- tity it under their official hands and goals to the clerk | of the court iu which such convict was sentenced, and | cause him, the sald convict, to be returned to the cus- tody of the sheriff of the county whenee he came and at Se expense thereof, there to be dealt with according to law. ‘The ill gives the commissioncr power to issue com- pulsory process against any manager of an asylum, public’ or private, whenever thero ig inadequate pro- vision made forthe skilful medical care, proper super- vision and safe keeping of tho patienta. SUPERINTENDENT OF STATE PRISONS, The concurrent resolution which passed the Legisla- tare of 1875 also passed the two houses. - The Superin- tendent is tohave extraordinary powers, be appointed by the Governor ana Senate. The amendment abolishes the office of State Prison Inspector, pecially concerning New York * PAYMENT OF CLAIMS. An act authorizing the Comptroller to issue bonds for the payinent of certain claims for werk done ou school. | houses in New York city between the ycars 1869 and | 1872, the claims im the aggregate not to'exceed $25, and the ment to be made in the discretion of the of Education. CHANGE OF CORTORATION TITLR. An act authorizing the Knickerbocker Plate Glass and Accidental Insurance Company of New York to change its name to the Knickerbocker ity Insur- | ance Company of New York, by a resolution to be in- corporated in its bylaws. . RRLATIVE TO STRERTS IN NEW YORK, The following acts, city, were also ‘An act directing tho Commissioners of the Depart. | ©! ment of Public Parks to designate each street, avenue or road in the city not yet opened as belonging to ono of three classes—the first to be opened by the proper department of the government, the second to be opened on petition of tI ee pod owners of ove-third linear frontage, and the t on petition of owners of three- fourths frontage. . ASSESSMENTS FOR SEWERS AND DRAINS. AN act providing that no assessments for sewers or drains a/ready com! shall be set aside on account of any omission of the Common Council to pass a reso- lution or ordinance therelor, or for any other defect, except where fraud is shown. NEW YO! PANT ASYLUM. An act amending the act incorporating the New York Iniant Asylum and providing for the payment to the managers of the ietitution the sum of $15 a month tor | borg homeless and needy mother with a nursing in- be PROCERDINGS FOR NON-PAYMENT OF RENT, An act providing that no proceeding shali be taken | Defore any justice of any district court of the city of | New York to disposeess any tenant under the statute in relation to summary proceedings to recover the pos- | session of lands, unless the summons is returnable and all the proceedings are before such justice at the Court House or the place designated tor the court to be held. All the costs and fees 11 be paid to the clerk of the | sole court, who shall account for them to the Comp- troller, ARREARS OF TAXES. An act providing that any person within a year after the passage of the act may pay tothe Comptroller of New York city the amount of any tax upon property, real or personal, belonging to such person heretofore Tomaining unpaid, together with interest at seven per cent, to be calculated from the time such tax was im- posed to the time of payment. THR CRNTRAL TRUST COMPANY, An act amendatory of the act Incorporating the Cen- tral Trust Company of New York, and providing that on any sum of money not iess than $100 which shall | be collected or received by said company tn its capacity of guardian or receiver or depomtory of moncys in court, an interest shall be allowed by the raid company of not Jess than three per cent annually, which rate of interest continue until moneys so received | nall be duly expended or distributed. IMPROVEMENT IN THE ANNEXED TERRITORY. An act directing the Comm: ners of Public Parks to lay ont and constract public parks and places, and to lay out and jocate streets, roads and avenues in the towns of West Farms, Morrisunia and Kingsbridge. The Department of Fublic Works shall have the exclu- sive power to open, regulate, grace and pave the streets after the paseuge of the act: all unpaid gas taxes and assessments shall be received by the Bureau of Arroars | and Taxes of the city of New York, ana the Comp- | is authorized to iesue assessments. SALE OF THR GRAND STRERT FERRY LEASH An act authorizing the Commissioners of Docks to sell at public auction the for a term of ten years, of the Grand street terry, together with the docks and slips and other privileges now or heretofore ased. Any person or company other than the first lessees or grantees are required to purchase the oats, buildings, | bridges and other property of the ferry. ‘TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PUBLIC BATHA 1 An act authorizing the Commissioner of Public Works | of the city of New York to erect additional iree floating | baths for a sum not exceeding $60,00Q to be appropri. | ated by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, TO PREVENT INJURY TO ANIMALS IN NEW YORK. \ An act making ita misdemeanor for any person to throw pata, pieces of metal, glaas or other substance in the streets or public places of New York city which ‘might injure apy animal; and also making it a misde- crossings or switches. TO PROVIDE FOR 4 SUPPLY OF WATER. AD act authorizing the Commissioners of Public | Works of the city ol New York to jay pipes for the dis- tribation of Croton water in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth wards, The Comptroller is directed to issue bonds for the work in a sum not to exceed $300,000, the work vo be done by contract and let out to the lowest bidder, TO REGULATE PLACRS OF PURLIC AMUSEMENT. Ap act amendatory of the act to regulate places of public emusement, and providing that the usual license fee for theatrical or other entertain: not | meanor to salt raiiroad tracks, except upon curves, | | the revenues of said temp pited to the use of the Mason or other charitable purposes, An act granting permmmon to the Trust Company of New York to organi: ence its operations at any time within two years after the passage of the act. LYING WATER TO NRW YORK, An act to amend aD act in relatiun to r supply of water to New York, and provid in it bees! to raise or remove a high- ‘ay in Putnam coauty which jaterferes witl sup: | piy of water to New York city, said highway sball jocated subject to the approval. of the Board of Super- visors of the county. OFviICRS FOR PUBLIC Pr ‘AN act authorize the Compt NK tO Felect wuit- Jnuge of the Court of General Sesaio for the Court of General Sos- able accommodnl ; ‘in : ve years, ata exceeding price sions fol term 96,000, und the Com of Public Works is to ge that, POSES, t, Recorder and | constitution be amended by the addition of the following | bill,” the bill preventing the uso of the Battery and | Special sessions, fitupand turnish the same for $5,000. The same Board is authorized to hire or lease rooms for the use of the Law Department for five years at $6,002 The Commo Couneil is probibited trom taking or making @ lease of any real estate or franchise. RELATI TO JUDGMENTS. An act providing that any justice of the Court of Common Pleas muy vacate and set aside any judgment entered on the forieiture of a recognizance by a prin- cipal or surety, by the failure of a surety to produce a j | nd Principal in compliance with the recognizance, where, 1 the opinion of the District Attorney, the peo- pie are in as good a porition to prosecute the principal as when the failure occurred, LIENS OF CONTRACTORS. An act amending the act detining the liens of contrac- tors und others upon real estate in New York, and provid- img that when ninety days have elapsed since the fling the claim and no entry bas been made by the County rty interested, japse of time,’ such Hen. AMENDING THY CHARTER OF T1 Ab act amending the charter o: MERICAN INSTITUTE. @ American Instt- tute, avd providing for a new method of electing tho | GENERAL SCHENCK'S LAST EXPLANATION, | trustecs and officers of the organization, and aimed to concentrate more effectually the management of the in- stitute mn the of a board of trustees. The Commis- stoners shali make re: ble allowance to parties imjuri- | ously affected by the alteration, THR SCHOOL aMExDMEST. The school amendment passed by concurrent reso- Iution, which will be submitted to the people in the fall of 1877 for adoption, is as fo.lows:— Resolved (if the Senate concur), That article 9 of the sections :— Suction 2.—| throughout thi for the instruction in the b in such schools of all perso: of xe ang twenty.oue ht Il be maintained re shali provide entary education between the ages period of at lenst | 6 common schools tate torever. The Le twenty-eight weeks in each ye a Sue. either the money, property or'credit of the State, nor y county, city, town, villuge or school a of trict, “shall be 4 givon, loaned or ‘or be otherwi applied, to the upport or in aid of any school or instruction | under the control or in chargy of any sect, denomination or Feligions society; nor to or in ald of aly school in which Spstruction is given peculiar to any church, creed, sect or denomination. or to or in aid of any such instruction; nor to oF In wid of any school or Instruction not wholly under the control and supervision and in charge of the public school - rk of the commencement of an action to entorce the | Probable Eseape of Belknap Under Decision | WASHINGTON. Financial Agency of the Navy in London Under Investigation, | INTERESTING — DEVELOPENTS PROMISED, of the Court of Impeachment, FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. Wasuixatoy, May 3, 1876, THE WINSLOW EXTRADITION CASE—THE PRIS- ONER REMANDED FOR TEN DAYS. It Is reported here to-night that Winslow, the forger, who was to be released to-day, extradition being re- fused, was remanded for ten days at the request of tho Crown Solicitor, om the ground, as stated, that new evidence had been discovered against him or bearing upon the question of his surrender to the United States, THE CONNECTICUT SENATORSHJP—MR. BARNUM NOT POPULAB WITH DEMOCRATS IN WASHING- | TON. Some remark is occasioned here among democrats by authorities. MISCELLANEOUS BILLS PASSED, Other bills of more or importance were passed Reorganizing the police force of Troy and designating the number of police magistrates the city should have, Authorizing the villages of the State (o furnish pure and wholesome water to their inhabitants, and pro- | viding that the payment of all valid judgments which | may be obtained in actions or proceedings against the | ‘Water Commissioners shall be provided for by the trustees of the villages in the annual appropriations made ior village purposes, Consolidating and amending the various ucts in rela- tion to the Rochester charter. Consolidating the general acts relating to public in- struction, Raising moncy by tax for the care and improvement of Washington's headqaarters, Newburgh, Changing the name of the Uuca and Black River Rallroad Company tothe Utica, Black River and st. | Lawrence Railroad Company, the company under the latter name to enjoy the. rights, powers, privileges and immunities which the other road possessed prior to the passage of the bill Incorporating the Now York Stato Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, ‘ Protecting butter and cheese manufacturers by pro- viding that the law ot 1864shall be so construed that persons only who, ‘with intent to defraud,’’ supply milk diluted with water or cheese tainted from want of care in keeping the milk patie shall be deemed guilty of a violation of the act, | Repealing the act of 1874 for the suppression of 1n- | temperance in the coanty of Westchester, because of | ite obnoxtous features asa special act. Giving the Governor the same power to remove county treasurers and county superintendents of the | poor that he now bas as to aberitfs, | Giving the Court of General Sessions of New York | authority to appoint two additional deputy clerks, a | stenograpber and an interpreter, the of Esti- mate to ycurly provide for their payment. Prot forthe maintenance of the support and government of the poor in Queen’s county, the bill doiug away with tho election of the Superintendent of the Pooria the county and making the office an ap- pointive one by the Board of Supervisors. Giviig the Common Council of Brooklyn authority to build a public building for municipal purposes and to acquirg land therefor, the building tocost not more than the total amount for land and building to be raised by tax in three anngal instalments during 1876, 1877 and 1578, and authorizing the use of steam on Atlantic avenuo.as a motive power for tho cars run- ning om that avenue, Redueing the expenses ofthe Marine Court by cutting down, mbulk.the amount to beexpended for clerk, interpretet and stenographer hire. : Repealing the act of 1869 in relation to the opening, Widening and extending of strects, avenues and public places iu the city of New York, the vill baving a pro- Vision that no existing right or interest lawfully created and established by and under the provision of the act shall be affecied or in any manner prejudiced or tnvail- | dated by the repeal. | Amending the law of 1875 relative to the jurisdiction | of the Marino Court by a provision that no person who de a residopt of the Stato and who has a placo of bust Rembip ti city of New York shail be deemod to be ‘non-resident under the provisions of the law. Allowing two or more religious societies to consoll- date and vesting all the rights of the original indi- vidual societies in the new corporation formed by the consolidation. ‘The krie Railroad bill, which gives bondbolders tho right to vote, The provisions of the act have been so freely ventilated in the Hekaxp during the session that it is scarcely necessary to do more than mention tho iN, ~ The Civil Justices bill, which reduces the number of employés and requires the employment of only five stenographers for the ten courts instead of ten. The Wvodin charter amendments, which passed both houses yesterday, and the full scope of which are too well known to ail New Yorkers to need repetition. ‘The bill prohibiting the salo of tickets for. staterooms: on steamboats and passage tickets on ocean steamers by speculators, The act requiring hotels at the sea- side to provide suri boats for the safety of their guests in the summer timo while bathing, The bill making it afinatle offence for any one to throw ashes, cinders, or to dump mud from scows or boats in the Hadson River. The Patten Pavement bill, which requires that tho taxes to be levied lor the laying of new pavement must be levied upon the property benefited, and not, as the act intended in its origmal shape, upon the city at large, or, as afterward suggested, one-half on the city. | ‘The Morrissey Innkeeper bill, which declares that no | hotel proprietor enall be legally responsible for the loss °| of diamonds and precious articles of his guests unle: the latter should have, previous to their loss, handed them over to him foresafe custody. Tho act ‘requires | that hotel proprietors shall post in conspicuous places | in his botel notice, in large type, to this effect. The Morrisey bill, which provides that in auction sales under sberifi"s orders the defendant may, by con- | sent of the plaintiff, select his own auctioneer. The Starbuck bill, relative to the forfeiture of life insurance policies, and providing that the companies must give the insured at least thirty days’ notice of the time when payment heir policies 1s due, The bill creating a State Board of Au*iit, whien shall decide all private claims against the State, Le ‘of the Canal Board, so tigations, lating over $2,000,000 purposes, nual Appropriation bill, the Supply bill and | noual Tax bill, 0 act making ita fineable offence fora person to town or county election with a view joter. | MILLS Lost. | following are am the rhost important bills | ere lost, either by being killed outrigot, or which seeing one House, faiied to pas: the other: Apportionment bill, stension bill, the New York Park bill, the ork Deposit bill, the Husted Rapid Transit bill, the Parade Ground Dill, tive bill creating a Commission of estimate and as- | sessinents, Who were to have charge of all sircet o; any the act to repeal the Pretty Waiter Girl act of | 1862, the No Seat No Fare bill, th ’# bill, requar- | ing city horse cars to partition off their # with iron | rods, aa seats in the ferryboais are partitioned off; the bill giving the Common Council the right to Ox the rate of wages of laborere in the city employ; the Albauy charter bill, creating a Lew wa city; the Excise bill, which reduced the licens: $50, $25 aud $10 from their present scale; the bill to create a Board of Audit for canal claws; the County Treasurer's bill; the Bank Tax bill; the act consolidating the Court of Common Pieas, Superior and Supreme Courts; the bill transferring the Croton Aqueduct De- | atmo trom the Department of Pablic Works to t Finance Department in New Youk; the act providing for a uniformity of school bovks mon ‘schools; the bill providing tor the appointment of a Commissioner of Jurors jor New York and legislating out of office the present incumbent; the bill reducing the salaries of New York otticials, commonly known #8. ihe “New York Salary ft in the com- other city parks for railroad purposes, the Campbell — Civil District Court bill, which consolidated the ten | courts into seven; the Ogden (Brooklyn) charter, the two Bleecker Street Railroad bills—one aimed against the referee, and the other legislating in bis favor; bill giving the civil justices authority to suspend As | remove city marsbals tor cause; the act legisiating out of office tho Clerk and Deputy Cierk of the Court of Whntson’s bill providing for the election of State and county candidates on separate baliois; the act taking jers Zand 3, Kast River, out of the Canal district; the | iil giving Commissioners @f Charities and Correction | aut 'y to hire out convicts as laborers by contract (vetoed), and the act pensiuning teachers, AN EXTRA @KBSION PROMABLE. Governor Tilden and a number of prominent demo- crats Lad # conterence jay, after the roment, Tue object was, it is said, to discuss the propriety of calling ap extra seesion of the Legisiature in order that definite action might be taken onthe question of organ- ng Senate ano apportioning the Agseinbly dis- tricts, The conference was a protracted one, but noth- sug came of it. LIVE TRXURE OF COMPTROLLER GREEN. ‘The absurd story was started to-day vy some of Comptroiier Green's too ardent trends that the faila of the Legislature to pass tno extension bill will not render any lees secure bis-hold on his office, inasmuch by t ite of the charter ngthing igpation or prive him of th Comptrolership; the claim i, in point of fact, that t charter gives bim a lite Jo i stuf was talked very free); and it will be remerpi pretation to be placed upon that portion of the sectio! of the charter some of the Comptrollor's iriends put vou that the 80 Much strens wu ve it as their ciaim was sheer Douvane, oe "FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT. | kept very secret, and he, himself, was sworn to secrecy | THE BELKNAP IMPRACRMENT—A GENERAL IM- | during each fiscal ye: | $12,000,000 of United States notes during each fiscal | i ‘provided that the notes so purchased shall be cancelled | ter of Mr. Clarence King on the sabject of the Emma | evidence; but the “tragic mirth’? of the brief but | of the District of Columbia, Mr. Proctor Knott, chuir- 4 report from Conngeticut that Mr. Barnum is likely to be elected to the United States Senate in Connecticut, two weeks from now, in place of Senator English. The | news does rot appear to be welcome here among dem. ocrats, some of whom say that Mr. Barnum does not represent the principles of the Connecticut democracy and that his election may lose the State to the party in November, bs —— Wasutotow, May 3, 1876. THE APPOINTMENT OF COOKE, M'CULLOCH & CO. AS FINANCIAL AGENTS IN LONDON UNDER INVESTIGATION—MR, BENJAMIN ¥, CHEEVER BEFORE THE COMMITTEE—A REMINISCENCE OF THE CLEWS FAILURE. Cheever, tho agent of Clews & Co., who testified in New York last fall that he had been employed to pro- cure the government agency in London for that firm for a share of the profits, was examined before the Naval Committee to-day, The testimony he gave was until he shall complete his evidence, Ho gave, it ts re- ported here, testimony—only hearsay, however—in Tegard tothe manner in which Jay Cooke, McCulloch & Co, were made agents for the Navy Department, and gave the committee the names of witnesses who have | been subpanacd, and by whom itis asserted, ho says, it can be proved that $50,000 wore paid for the influence which secured the place to Cooke, McCulloch & Co. It is remembered here aside from this testimony that when it was proposed to give to Clews & Co. the agency | for some of the departments in London they expectod to get all, and at that timo Sccretary Robeson mado strong and continued opposition to their being made agents for the navy. It was known at that | time that the President had a strong porsonal dislike of Mr. McCulloch, and refused for some time to allow his firm to be named as agents for the navy, but Sec- retary Robeson insisted and carried his point, and when Clews & Co. failed it was supposed that the Sec- retary had been shrewd enough to seo that the house | was not sound and had beon wise in keeping the pavy’s | funds out of thvir banda, It is understood that the testimony of Cheever, so far as yet given, is entirely hearsay and at second hand, | but that he narred persons who he said were witnesses: to the transaction, and these have been summoned by | the committee, PRESSION THE COURT WILL prcrpg rr “HAs XO JURISDICTION, 3 During to-day the remark was frequently heard about the Senate when the Belknap impeachment was re- ferred to:— “Oh, to-morrow will wind ft up; the Senate will do- cide that it has not jurmdiction, and that will be tho | end of it,” Even Judge Cartter, of the Supreme Court of the District, said to-day that he did not see how the Senate could decide otherwise than that they did not have any Jurisdiction, and this, he opined, would be the deci- sion, 4 NEW SCHEME FOR THE RESUMPTION OF } and was examined. | cose of Platt against Goode. When he addressed the Committee on Privileges and Elections his powerful voice and well known elocution seemed like a realistic scene from ancient history. Congress seemed to have gone back twenty years. Mr. Banks, who bad come te the committee room purposely to hear him, remarked, after one of his most effective passages, that “ truly still the old man eloquent.” He wii! resume bia argument to-morrow. f GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCH. Wasuixatox, May 3, 1876. THE EMMA MINE INVESTIGATION—GENERAh SCHENCK IN EXPLANATION OF FISHER'S TELE GRAMS TO HIS BROKER—THB RESIGNATION QUESTION AGAIN, In the Committee on Foreign Affairs to-day, Mr. Chit tenden, for General Schenck, said if the committes should be of opinion that certain correspondence of Park, Schenck and Fisher was proper to be considered | he would waive all objection and leave the committee perfectly tree to act, It was decided by the committee that the papers which have already found their way into printshould not be received as evidence, but if General Schenck desired to make a statement he was at liberty to do so, General Schenck then {reviewed the letters, saying, among other things, that asto the letter from Fishes to Duncan, dated December 16, 1872, he did not know who Duncan was, but it seemed that he was a stock: broker with whom Fisher was dealing. While 1t was true that he gave Fisher such information as he pos sessed, it was utterly untrue that he had any stock operations with him. Fisher had many good points Dut was not always careful, and acted from inference and made an improper use of General Schenck’s nama Alluding to another letter of Fisher to Duncan, ia which it was said that General Schenck telegraphed Chesebrough to sell 2,000 shares, General Schenck eaid he was perfectly satisfied that he never telegraphed ‘Chesebrough to sell 2,000 shares, and such sbares were never soki, These were communications passing through Fisher and his broker, and in no way possibly affected him (General Schenck), and the use of hit name by Fisher was without authority, The infer ences were solely those of Mr, Fisher, for which Gea eral Schenck said he was not inthe remotest dogre responsible, Tho question.as to the interlineation of two words in General Schenk’s letter of resignation baving been again iwtroduced, Mr, Hewitt said he had been repre- sented in the Associated Press report as saying yester- day that the !terlincations were in Mr. Park’s hand writing, whereas he said they were in General Scnenk’s hanawriting. General Schenck now coneluded all the explanations he desired to make, Mr. Lyon made a statement in support of parts of bit former testimony, and took occasion to say that on all occasions of his interviews with Mr. Park the latter never used an unkind word, but on the contrary ex- hibited the most friendly feelings toward him. He said he saw the original letter of resignation of General Schenck asa director of the Emma Mine Company—ad least It 80 purported to be. There was no reference in ittothe mine or the shares, but it stated he resigned only because he did not want to give his politica, enomies an opportunity to criticize his conduct, Mr. Park said to the witness “[ don’t Iike the letter, and Iam going to have ® better one from Schenck.’’ The impression of the witness was that Park wrote the final letter of resignation, and that Schenck copied it from Park's manuscript. He had told Hiram A, Jobnson of these facts within twenty-four hours after ho learned them. There was nothing about which bo was more positive than those two letters of resignation, Hi. A. Johnson also gave some testimony, and cor- roborated what Lyons said concerning the two letters of resignation. The witness saw a letter of the Secre- tary of tho Emma Mining Company, written subsequent to Genero! Sebenck’s resignation, in which it was sald that Park had remarked to Lyon that the letter of resignation, expressing the fullest confidence in the mine and in bis associate directors, was s better in- dorsement of the mine than ‘f Schenck had remained a director of the mine. Tho committee adjourned till to-morrow morning. INDICTMENT OF EX-SECRETABY BELKNAP BY THE DISTRICT GRAND JURXY—THE WITNESSES 68UM- MONED, The Grand Jury of tho District of Columbia have agreed upon a presentment against William W. Bel knap, late Secretary of War, for alleged acceptance o! bribes in his official station, The case was fret brought to the attention of the Grand Jury by District Attorney ‘Wells on the 10th of March, and thereupon the mem- bers of the Investigating Committee, and the principal witness in the case, C. P. Marsh, were summoned. The members of the committeo appeared, and subsequently Mr. Marsh made his appearance A summons was sent out yesterday for Mrs, Caleb P. Marsh, but the Marshal ‘was unable to find that lady, and returned the sum- .8PECIEZ PAYMENT. Mr. Randall Gibson, of Louisiana, has sabmitted to the Banking and Curroncy Committee, of which be isa | momber, a plan for the resumption of specie payments which, it is said, meets with the approval of Mr, Bris- | tow. Tho bili directs the Secretary of the Treasury to set apart, out of the receipts for duties on imports | , coin sufficient to purchase | year, and to purchase said notes, as nearly as may be | practicable, of the lowest denominations first in order | and in equal monthly instalments, under such rules and regulations as may be appropriate and necessary, and destroyed and that the total amount thereof shail be held within each fiscal year as part of the sinking fund, as provided by the act of April 17, 1876, AN EPISODR IN THE EMMA MINE INVESTIGA- TION—A LETTER WHICH AFFORDED GENERAL SCHENCK’S COUNSEL NO AMUSEMENT. During the course of the procedings to-day tn the Committee on Foreign Affairs Mr, Chittenden, the counsel of General Schenck, was taken to task by the chairman, Mr. Hewitt, for what, im the judgment of the chairman, was a disposition to badger the witness, Lyon. The counsel repelied somewhat angrily any ¢ctiticism of his method of defending his client's iuter- ests, and lost bis tempor so far as to charge that a let- mine had been suppressed. It so happenea that the | letter in question had been withbeld by Mr. Hewitt, | who, In explanation, said that he had not submitted it to the committees because he regarded it as not altogether relevant to the caso of General Schenck, whose interests were in the keeping of him- seif as faithiully as they had been in those of Mr. Chittenden; but if Mr. Chittendon wished he would read the letter, Mr, Caittenden readily assented, and wus greatly astonished, if not mortified, to hear the followtog :— Naw Yorn, March 20. My Dear Mn. Hrwirt—I enclose copy of my Emma Foport under the impression that it will afford but littio amusewent. I was only asked to make a sort of coro- Der’s inquest on the corpse of Emma, rendering a | purely geological verdict. In consequence, thero is nothing in my very technical pages to make far fly or | excite the sort of tragic mirth which your other wit- Resses aro able to bring out, if, in the course of your investigation, the nature of the deposit is to be discussed, or if it should be desi) je to got a wtate- | ment of the outlook of the mino ana whole. After the | sale took place my testiinony would go clearly to shew | that the signs of giving out ought to have been per- fectly clear to any one atany time. If T am to come pal plaka auppons, He a! ry hag 8 | is the date of my first of th 2 ny yours, . BM LARENCE KING. It in neediess to say that Mr. Chittenden gladly ac- cepted Mr, Hewitt's proposition not to put the lo! in hot little dispute between the two gentlemen was hugely enjoyed by the audience in the committee room. JUDGE CARTTER ON THE KILBOURN CASE—NO APPEAL ORDERED BY THE HOUSE COMMIT- TEE. Jadgo Cartter, in commenting on the Kilbourn case, eaid the case cannot, according to law, be appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States, but may be carried to the court im bane of the Supreme Court man of tho House Committee on Judiciary, said to-day that the committee bad not given instructions to employ counsel or to appeal the case up to the Supreme Court of the United States. BX-GOVERNOR HENRY A. WISE AT THE CAPI- TOL—EFYECT OF HIS REAPPRARANCE—THE OLD MAN ELOQUENT. Quite aw iateresting episode took place to-day in the appearanes of ex-Governor Henry A. Wise as counse: for Mr. Piatt, of Virginia, in the contested election mons indorsed ‘‘Non est.” A. 8, H. White, Lonsdale Twitchel, late of the Indian Office; Duncan Thompscn, of the Interior Department, and J. 8, Rea and W. McEwing, of the Pension Agency here, were examined by the Grand Jury yesterday. The presentment agains! | General Belknap ts now in the hands of the District Attorney, who will prepare a formal indictment in tae case, THE GENERAL CONFERENCE. PROCEEDINGS OF THE METHODIST CONCLAVE YESTERDAY—FRATERNITY WITH THE AFRICAN MINISTERS. Bautmore, Md., May 3, 1876. The Methodist Genera! Conierence reassembied at the regular hour this morning, Bishop Simpson presiding. ‘The usual religious services were conducted by Rev. L. C. Matlock, of the Wilmington Conference. Upon the call of the roll of absentees an additional number ot del- egates responded, after which the minutes of yester- day’s proceedings were read and approved. The report of the Committee on Rules was taken up and each Pale acted upon seriatim, which proceeding consumed the satire, morning session up to noon, without being con- cluded, After the adoption of the rules the Chair announced Rev. J. Lanahan, of Baltimore; H. Price, of Upper lowa; L. R. Dam, of Newark; J. W. Price and N, J. Tarsona, of the Phtladelphja Conterence; J. W. Freand, of the East German Conierence, as the committee to whom the resolutions offered yestefday in relation ta the observance of the Sabbath in connection with the Centennial Exhibitio: all be referred. Bishop Janes introduced to the Conference Rey, W. B. Fope, fraternal delegate from the British Prot mors It was not eee oa - ns 18 for tion at me, but he $ formal communication 0, ree. fact that sented that he might become acquainted brethren and not icel among strangers, The he came from the mother conference of Methodism en- titled him toa o. Ly ya Mr. Pope then ye dressed the Conference a few minutes, expressing appreciation of the kindness and cordiality attending his reception. The Committee on Receiving Fraternal Delegates re- | ported that Saturday next, at eleven o'clock, had been: lixed as the time for receiving the formal communtea- tion trom the British Wesleyan Conference, through its delegate, Mr. ys ‘The reception of the address of the bishops was made the order for ten o'clock to-morrow, A messago of fraternal Christian greeting te the African Methodist Episcopal Church in session at Atlanta, Ga., was offered, pending which the nomina- tions for members of the standing Committee on Judi- cial Proceedings were made and confirmed, The com- Mitteo consists of one member from each of twelve angeres ererenee eee andy, 6. Gi ajusin loseph Commuings, New England; G. G. New Y: fast; A. 0. Haven, Central New York; A. ; L. CG Matlock, Wiimington; J. M. ‘A. C. MoDonal, iississippi; George B oseelyn, Michigan; Cyras Brooks, Minnesota; M. Davies, Ilinow; Heary C. Ben: and Jacob Rothweler, Central German Conference. ‘A committee on lay delegates and lay representation was ordered, The consideration of the message to the African Con- ference at Atlanta was resumed, and the matter, aller discussion, telerred to the Committee on Cortespond- ence, ‘The action of the bishops in appointing fraternal oan to the Conference at Atlanta, as authorized by the last Genoral Conference, was con! Adjourned until to-morrow. THE SIOUX AVENG! INVADERS OF THE BLACK HILLS xmzzp i¥ INDIANS. Omwana, Neb,, May 8, 1876, Dr. J. B. Pendery, of this city, bas returned from the Black Hills, where he has been for the last three montba, Ho reports that the road from Custer City to Fort Laramie is strewn with wagons, whose owners have fled, been killed or captured by Indians Daring his trip from Custer to Cheyeune be dressed the wounds of i ho wounded by eer oe It iw angerous ‘for small pares to ‘anderiake poy Roce pea oh jy tb Artin i secrete themecives up ‘a the dowa ry