The Sun (New York) Newspaper, March 29, 1872, Page 2

Trooth's Howery Th Bryant's © With Aven va Garden 1 . Oly mple Theatre | Han Frances Minatre * AL. Sarsen Theatre Tony Vostor's Opera I Theateo Comt Thirty-fourth Kteeet tre Untow Square Th Wallack’s Th Wood's Mus hadi ero ‘ #2 00 ‘ : 1 tirements for Tits Se received tates at the ap-town adveritsement Thirty-eccond street, Junction of Broadway and Sivth nue, and BON West Twenty-third eirect, opposite Grand Opera Honse, from & A. M.to 5 P.M What is the Prospect of Defea Ge ant? Tt is evident now that the probability Mefeating the r of Gen, Gras to be measured by the degree of wisdom which shall mark the proceedings of the Cincinnati Convent » true policy of all those who are opposed to the existing order of things is to look at our prospects in their true light, and not to ov imate our own strength, or to under-estimate that of our adversaries, The immense lection patronage of the National Government is 4 power not to be despised, We do not say that it will be exercised with less regard to principh than it has been heretofore; for it is alway too easy for those who are in authority to make themselves believe that their tinuance in office is essential to the pubtic welfare, and on this ground to justify the employment of means which onany ether they themselves would admit to be ques- tionable, But the expenditures of the Government have become officers so numerous that the coml strength of an Administration is in very formidable. We do not for the purpose of spea couragement wake of warning our friends that it will be necessary to put forth all our strength to defeat Gen. Graxt, In order todo this it is necessary that the nomination at Cincinnati be the that will command the lurgest support Who is the We have s] favor of Mr bave net now to all that we have incorruptible dence of the Judge Davi the United eountry a formers, J CHartes con. so large an itself refer to this king words of dis but we do refer to it for the om ken often and TRUS.BULL of Hiinots, aud v said in his prai triot country of the State i wlrendy before th the candidate Davisisa od ApaAms of gett would make good Pres fath andfather before him hot made good Presidents of the United States. The main que is, ( these gentlemen be elected if nomin, more than fitnes requisite ina candidate ir Francis rand g uld any one of a Something qualification: order to succeed, We have given to thls eubject a great deal of serious yettection for our heart is in the work; and we havé come to the conclusion that of all men who have been named as candidates befor: the Cincinnati Convention, Honack Gure- Ley is the strongest—the one most likely, if nominated, to carry the country and b tlected, The only ground on which, at one time we felt inclined to prefer some other « didate to Mr. Greenery, was the apprehen tion that he might ultimately be led to support Gen, Grant. That contingency we suppose to be no longer in the way. In the first place, the people are dissati lied with present-taking, as it has been ex- hibited in the case of Gen, Garant with dishonesty, bribery, and corruption as they have eropped out all over th country, in officers of every grade, and every and } They 4 f re © notions of in 1 having them 4 Everybody knows Hot vy to be an} t man d other men ave 1 t also; but from 1 equi . th the people generally would feel that t leading and allepervading idea wud p ple of Mr. Gaeeiny’s administration we be hone and that is what they most heartily de ind what they would got they und vote for, Of Mr. Gurenny it would be suid, on all hands, with \ emphasis, that at all events 1 hone t Ww r Mr. GREELEY'S V on the sniall t Me i led asoft than tical or in nyin With a pul t of ieh huge proport that which n rests upon our sh the lar reser ' with Congr ! the President 1 head on the sul ‘ \ be convinced that even if trad whic in practice impossit ‘ Djectionable as he has been ned believe, yet no other free t ean We pu Legislation The 1 crowning advantage Which Mr, ¢ Loy would have over any nd ibe named, would eveat aml un 1 personal po ur Once put him tn the field, and him start throush the « yoont of speech mal 1 would med and wel j blages and processions of people as neve attended any other candida His jour neys would be like triumphal mar The populae enthusiasm would take hin up and would bear him victorious through the election and into the White Hou Yotuke it for granted that the delega ork We tion from will bea this g State of New Y unit for Horace Greriey. appeal to the opponents of Gen, Graxt in other States to unite, and make him the candidate woof the only object of nomi any « aut TOW! The OM Story. The United States steamer Wyoming h been despatched to Aspinwall because a report t 1 clreutited that a Spanish ve 1 of war intended to Ar nsteamor Virgin many W been blockaded in that port Kcimiral Poor was cent to Santiago de us expulsion my t hor t the! 1 Jane A ae nd whose i “ proy to he st toa Spanish pe tloment Those proce ndicate the kind of protection diat the Wyoming or any ov f-war will afford to an ed by the Spaniard stators Know About the Navye ed iT few days sitee on the 11 Appropriation bill brings to: mind sume mutters that were puseing from recol lection. Mr. Tlane of Maine, who seemed tu have eh of the bill and to appear as the representative of the Navy De- partiuent, showed very plainly his igno- rance of the subjects of which he spoke He seemed to know nothing of Executive Documents Nos. 279, 280, and 282 of the ond session of the Fortieth Congress, which were ¢ Is of the Navy Department. By referring to them he will leara the name of every vessel built, bought, chartered, captured, or which in npiled from the recor any manner came into the possession of the Navy Department during the Adimin- istration of Secretary Wetes. He will Iso learn the cost of each vessel to tie Jovernment and the price for which each was sold up to the tine these reports were made in 1868; also the casualties by eap- ture, wreck or otherwise during that period. Perhaps, however, Mr. Ronrsos may prefer that vessels should not be traced—she be wholly lost sight of— and henee these records may have entirely disappeared from the Navy Department; but the printed documents referred to wil give fully the iuformation the member from Maine appears to desire Mr. Hane and the Naval Committee seem to be ignorant also of the fact that when the war commenced in 1861 the navy yards were alinost entirely destitute of seasoned timber. Vessels had to be constructed im- mediately, although there was no suitabl material. Congress could appropriate money, hut could not season timber; time wa es for that, Vessels were in immediate demand, and the trees were anding in the forest of which the vessels must be ae was no alt Is the Government must have, and terial bu at construct then a prot 1 before Coa gress to build ten naval vessels, Have v the proper material of wi ‘ t t Te buil f Uunsed i y hasrapidly as those built ut hi pressing necessities of the w Why not begin right and hoy in an ample supply ¢ go ahead and t ? Ts it so im natively nec y that these ships showld built during the year an exciting Presi lentinl election is going on? Would tl nem? mithe navy ya districts be so anxious if they did not see their elee- tions staring thein in the face, tempting to ¢ to sustain themselves, as the au end Administration does, by a lavish expendi- ture of the public money? Mr. I spenks of the Franklin, and the Wal that ey had wever been equaled up te that time, and were never equalled during the wary’ and of * vessels built during the war costing millions upon millions which lic rotting, good for nothing.” Mr. HALY, as 0 member of the Naval Committee and its organ in the debate, should have known that the Franklin, the best vessel in the ser- vice, was not Inunched until 1865, after the war had closed. But was built of easoned timber, and will last for yea unless Grant gives the command of her to his boon companion Stevens to ran her a Until about the time of Firimone’s ad ' tlon there were regular anual ppropriations for ship timber, and from t upply t! y and wisely pro he w Huilt, and also of ad and Richmond ¢ rh of the Navy of those day med much credit for the construction these fine ve from material provided by their pred yrs, and at the sam: time mad how of economy by omit ting estiinates for new supplies of ship tin that at the breaking out o the war the yard ‘ a of the necessary material for the construction of fine sl Mr. Wennes ur 1 Con V annual repor ity for smallannnal appre ons fora sup ply of ship timber, br ittontion: Mr. 8 P, { Washi ny an old friend and ¢ tapu of Hf 1 Wawnis, has with the Carrer. ho have the reputation of managing the 1 te contracts of the Navy 1 nt then (to furnish five hun ed th \ rthof live ou timber the navy, ‘his tml 1 not be fit for use tf fine to cor ie construction of 1 ton new naval toonee, it i ested that a part of them ean he made of iven has the Government a single yard or « tablishment for building ivon vessels? Hh it the skilled workmen nec y? Un wn iron vessel over W built at any of our yard During his whole adminis. tration Mr. Wrinrs ured upon Congr ind the country the importanee of a suit ible naval establishment for the constr tion of iron and at tye Put, a With his proposition that thee shoul be toves of timber provided at each of t yards, his adyive w gauided perficial observe Hat ! thers in the ter to, dwell « " tof the navy and its expense i yet no departinent of the y ernment was more prudently and econ: mically administered, Its expenses were Joss than one-tenth of the expenditures of | | TNE SUN, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1872. a a RR RE the Government at that period, and yet | TTT] 1 SATeT ATID mitted to be more efficient and more ar- inepaaae duous and ite blockades mere extensive | 78 SEFENTY'S CHARTER CANGED than were ever known before, BEYOND RECOGNITION, iianneis Te The Senate Voting to Commissioner Sinee the great suceess of the Germans Van Nort Comptroticr Green to be also In the war with France, the English have car Retained-A Rapid Transit Lobby in the fully. studied the Prussian fullitary system, and Aasembly-Debating the ral Under- are endeavoring to in orate nos nape nad Bill, plan for the reorvanization of the British army | Mendment to the Seventy’s charter, providing exhibits many evidences of such study, and is | for the retention In oflee of Commisst Van ntonded, among other re to ralue the com. | Nort antil May, was taken up in the Senate mon solder fn ar catimationy an well as this morning, ator Benedict opposed it, He cheparast AT ary noise among the ¥ claimed that if the amendment. pr led, the men of the Briti 1 Phe country isto | Commissioner would be declared an autocrat for fie Ulvidud Ito: siatyall jete—fortysh two years, M ismann thought that the best i nd, nine in See and eight in ire. | thing that ¢ Ibe done for New York was to land each of which Ie eatimated to contain a | Tetaln tn office some of its best men, and that male population of YOUU, Sach of the d there are some men in position better than those inlets is expected to furnisl a brigade consisting | that can be got under this new charter, One of of adepot battalion, which canat any time be | Welsmann’s constituents at this juncture told expanded Into proportions ft for active services | the old nian that tt was time to say something, two Cth co, detailed alternately | Then the venerable Senator raleed his voice, and Cor tc is of militia, | TePeated Senator Benedict's argument almost ad aq ing men will | Word for werd, Senator Palmer calted attention he ot or volunteers | to the fact that the Comnisstoner might be re tor at # expected that the | Moved by the Mayor, Mr. Winslow sald the awe heath pH piss AME Awe TOO MUCH POWER ¥ ae tolonios, Hild et gen to Commilest Van Ne He didn't eee how @ Reform Levistaiure contd afford to bestow iu al i, Use lt ay ieahi tly these powers, Senator O'Brien hoped that the tose thot ive privileges, and will be ree amendment wld not prevail, for the reason Glove: with: the Rent af the. abeigy [tree cecne enedict Rea elyers Chae. tees of forces proposed In this plan fa | NEW York Commissloners coukl not be elected sa Pollbern xd Taree 130,018 muilitiag 611g | C2 thElt Present position. ‘The people, he sald “ . > | did not want the Commie mera, Al ve wae had army reserve; 1} then Giken on the amendment ret Van {MT men, the 1] Nort ae Commisssoner until May 3, 1874, which lishment as thus organ. resulted as follow ized bets tinted ut £14,624,00, which Is loss | pkeiegn tre Allen Adame, Daler och i hav hy over than the estimates | ery, Madden, Hobertson, Paliner, Perry, and Wagner t AyeoMesrs, Howetl, Lewis, Wit MeGUwan of recent pre ye and Welsinann—5, The action of Senator SPraove in ene | Murphy Fofused to vata. remarking Mat Nevould deayoring to secure to the people of Rhode | nottake part in the diferen factions Ixand the power to express their opinions at | madden moved to strike, o vclatise ylvinng the State Convention Independently of offictal | Aldermen the power of electing Comuntestoners influence has excited the wrath of the Adming | Welsmany, Valmer, and Benedict opposed the istration organs, While the delegates from pri- | the section we aldgeiion cosriue, maries controlled by the offlcehoklers were or- | but the amendment evertneless. dered to vote for delagates to Philadelphia | Senator Madden then moved to insert a tlaue COLFAX, those from Senator Srrague's own | Without cause; but the Reform Senate voted tt town were Instructed “to youe for whom they nicht please.” This expression of indepen- dence has alarmed the oMlceholders, and the man the history of whose martial achievements | q thrilled the nation inthe fall of 1860 has sin been the object of the most malicious misrepre sentation, i was reach rk wn, L2 too Succeed without argument, until THY DEPARTMENT ¢ 1, Senator Johns tition signed by New ¥ ing that the I as a department by itself nimissioners was neat re sections were adopted PARKS then banded in merchants pray~ partment of Docks be retained The section creating dd. This gave Madden an opportunity to make a motion that ss rr Pag ages oe the salary of the Comtuissioners be stricken out A Federal Grand Jury has made a pre- | He wanted to see a return to tho old kysten: by sentment showing the state of affaira on the which t pa k “onus wuers patriotically served without pa is ainendment wa Texas border to be even worse than hasbeen | staughtered, Senator Tiemann rose to explain alleged by us, From the testimony of wit- | his vote. He thought the Commissioners Y es, Whose names a concealed on the SHOULD HAVE A FEW DOLLAIS, ground that they are Hable to put to death as Re or Wood, who was in the chair, elosed informers, It appears that the Mexican General his eyes. “See hi said Tlemann, Ud lke t g C Mice " 4 have the chi ay attention to what T say ‘ONTINA, an officer appointed by President | ‘Phe ehairm ed higeyes and Tiemann cone Juawez, has levied war against the United | cluded his at Senator SERA GED LOOK OG. Sativa, hii nike waved? ‘ontier with an or- | casion to say that it was easy enough to get ee ¥ oe 1 the frontier with an or- | oitrioty for pay. Andrew Green was patriotic ganized band of armed men, killing United | enought to cor to Albany and lobby through States citizens Arete | a de to the ber ot cat- | F American th $10,000. nd driving off cattle from the Rio Gra Nueces. Itis estimated that the nu tle stolen since the conclusion of the civil war has averaged five thousand a me the money value of which is about of terror exists Wie wal The sec pertor Cou “ommisaione ituthoral Mayor power to appoint tho Commissioners or Murphy support sald he did not think it fair to take Among the names of American citizens mur- | S¢ dered by the bandits appear those of Revenue | TSI jy Inspectors Duront, HAMMOND, Precrs, and | jority MeLavent ‘The Grand Jury earnestly y for the a thi I. Se; eMoer intended to be ike to 8 e them two Judges of the Su- ew York power to appoint Mic Safety was taken up. ainst it, his main argue ection might Cock moved nator d the amendment, and Jud if th magnanimous, he w n confer the app: ‘atic representatiy ‘ ! aera Preset n who Was not a bolt he commend t force of United States cavalry Te Nee cecnice che Tin barte be sent to protect the people of the frontier, | Pinsnce (he charter was progressed, and fur What crimes have the Inhabitants of the bor jon deferred until evening der committed t RANT and his Secretary of O'UNIEN ON VAN NORT. War should have so long looked with apatl The attack of Senator O'Brien on Commission. aaruets ev Van Nort was the pre IL tople of con phaphis icin inthe | + of th Is Tact night and —— thistaorning, Much indignation anifested The project of tunneliiag Boston harbor | by the Republicans, who say that Senator's ad to Gatinaet: Bast: Hnatan seiah th himus is due te the fact that ti dy in th proper Is under consideration, A bill to ine] he would be able to secure this postition to ht i pact i at ) ‘0 against Vann od i ature; bat ft Is not in ned tliat it much for th tended to begin work on it at once, as it t turns ice fr to bring to public notice the best method of } the dictum of a man who for years n. The harbor being un- | Tecesniz or and power in the Tau der the J tion of the United States, the Aen rg Tea hoa eadin, work could not be undertaken without the eon- | city and of the Justness of which there i vent of Cou te¢ b fs variety of opinions, It is ¢ lent that : Ls aniong the Kepublicans the f Senw cost less than $5,000.00. or Nas strengthened rather than weakened a Mr Nort's chances, and tt is certain that ne A recent article in Black woad's Magazine, | charter will be agreed to which does not retain 1 Has «| him. ‘The vote In the Senate this morning culogizing Gen, Rourwr EB, LER, appears ¢ fair indivation of what the feeling la (he Assen ford peculiar gratification to certa zens of | bly is. learn that Virginia, ‘The late Confederate General-in-Chicf THE RESIGNATION OF SENATOR O'DRIEN is not only pronounced “the greatest nin the hands ofa prominent Reform Manenoxovarn an ELLINGTON exce in Now York for some time, and the Sen- LAREROR OSI ADU LAURIN ee yeon prevented from, presenting it by thot any English-speaking nation has produc Candied of his friends, | He now but his English admirer goes so faras to t having become sativfled that his Lexis. m* noblest son to whom the Not meri m body, and does not m him “ther ton to whom the North Amert eat of the penpie in that Fe can continent has given birth.” ‘The Virginian That having acconiplished the objects accepts this latter statement as orthodox, and | which he came here for- ihe crerthrow of the SHINGION, JEFFERSON, | and the | Tammany and Erie Rings a longer stay here ASIANS SDE MAE Ee Hexay, and the | would only further aecuniary loss to m the Old Dominton has ¢ conipelled to take a back o| x We | fi other worthies wh delighted to honor, seat, Such, however, Is not our optnton, believe a man to be great in proportion to the emp w. If the Senator walts {¢ nate chamber will be faye admiration he arouses among his fellow coun- | Van Nort trymen during bis lifetime. In this regard the | Li greatness of Dr. GREELEY Is far above that of | preser Gen. Lex, While the latter ts fast passing out of remembrance, the former is within a few 1s destincd to witness the dedication of a him, and a waste of tine, y in ald of the fe rk, and attending t r these reasons It Is said the Senator will se in his resignati¢ d efor some time yet, that the quarrel « ure to arise between the two Houses will | ted for two weeks y THE SEVENTY ARE ch he can better rm movement in New his own private business, i mas soon aga charter retaining Green in office shall become a this, however, th A with bis smiling as no one believes nts which te or the amend t, at least MUCH DEIECH Tonge statio to himself, erected from funds | cop the action of the Senate this m contributed ina large degree by life-long politl- | are loud in thelr denunciations the cal opponents, Lf history con afford any more | say that itis no longer any charter of thelr atriking Instance uf moral greatness than trot borstained: ‘Before leaving Albany fil forded by this touching tribute, we have yet to | ly,itis sald the committee will serve a formal learn notice of surrender of the charter on the ailing - liture, and thengo to New York, call ¢ Son en Cont = crafty ns he is | the retorin element which spoke them into BOTH CO afty aah onee, denounee the Legislature as opposed to retli mmon decency forbtds his | fefarm: and rath gg gy a wn behalf, after having | as maybe d by the elulzens, Probi erage 1 Mf, after having | phy no man takes the prospective defeat of t : ention to decline ®) iitter more to heart than the Hon ‘ ' v Pre ney, be yet | Wheeler, From the day the charter was first in recently delivered an address before the Young eeu it camo from Hie hans Men 1) Assuclation iweced ing an unjust Her ae edie, Spten Ving of suceess,. But he as well por Ldlids F tor discovered that even inthis r tween him and Gitayt, H Fe oven when the talking | hy sted that of we ad When he attempts to talk up suc on n Lincoln Hall, Washit Mass of practicable dew haart and delivered an carnest of the Seventy. Tt ls naw { Toren total abetinonen, ution this covaslon ho tailed | Ache pionian * : to say anything about GRA THE ASSEMOLY LOMDY. 1 ay ‘The Assembly was thronged this morning y The outlaw HILDEBRAND has for years | rapid. tea Miyorates, to listen to the at furnished tho nowapapers material for paras | pated discussion on the Central Underr war \ them, witir hisssmite. so ebildike. and bland whacker Finee Mts elose his exploits have | was Hnikhead Gardeners while at his elbow eon} anguinary, ti Sreade Stith, Paeumatte Dixon and ba Pe Also On hand. and looked ners we 1 now story of his crime Se ory re etall: gullet walt escapes, ¢ sonment has been ¢ v the arrival of the day which wast he Iiieveern aiid haa tleser fle of the wreat Hreadway bor ; Palmer stalked about the chamber, Vinall ! f \ a overybody through his At from Vit ville, H,, dated Y ne pebbles swith the dr of a mar the Int nthat t f pad iis charter Ins his pock iiaeiverkanan oe an weet ' hetween ry 1 killed by a pistol ‘ f MG fi nee, di which he had | \ poke and not ones ; ; \ \ Vinge at lewst fifty. able to hope that this. would b tof hin business. tha eine Up WHe A&C fen Vader these cireumstances tt ’ fron \ Mermen of New York road inthe Cineinnath Commer { | Y f i that ve Nw ie atitl pt wliol er act, over whi ty Jall in that city, having been taken out of the Whahue and cry raised last winter. Mr ath Rye aie Alvord reported aie THE ANNUAL SUPPLY BIL The we f Tammany is she vite | and asked that Its consideration be made a spe Clad order for next Tuesday evening, waleh Wa 1 1) Inent of the Reform | onthe order of uilrdtea . orn nope amide Rd Joint rulwayer Tother busin ike ‘ butt before the | Wau moving along iy , cd , hooks, with: the Jed ‘ruloss for the uxe ol Sninice . rer | the Sonate and My. Whe Speaker. had 1 ony Our I Herotofure manifested his antagonism to. the on \ It represents | the chair to-day while the matter waa In consid (ea Grant aurrounded by his mintous,and appatied at | gration was, to say the least. alittle peculia ihe prophetic words of Grats Tirowa, predicting ns fan | f0G, Raliane Col, Utne C. Hawkins was tho Brat frow power, Mr. Morgan tukew much more appro: | that thin Wax an unnecessary expense. He hid brvate eubjecte (or hiv carieaturee (hab Mr, Nast, WED Up all hones Of weomblishigw ADV FSM in this Legislature ona large acale, and thought it was beat now to bevin looking after the armall things. He knew that some gentlemen would say he was MAKING A GREAT PUSS over # gnat, while at the end of the gession they Would he prepared to ewallow several large-sized camels. A I that these constant resolutions creating little expenditures for were coming In at the rate of al would, if not Puts stop to, create ind useless debt. Mr. Smiley, the the Committee on Pubile Printin rinting, which t two a day n enormous Chairman of sald that th expense for printing this year would be many thousand dollars lows than it was last year, which the gallant Colonel was very glad to hear, an hoped they would continue to fieht on that lin for the balance of th n Little Judd also opposed the resolution, as there was but a few left of the xe use for the and the members ¢ “ARTFUL DODERR” FOOT opposed the resolution because it did him one for each of his constituent r ar shat t who did not receiv h Ihe angry and refuse to vote for hit wh became a candidate for Congress, The Rev Houghton suggested that. the. thne wasted in tits 8 talking would cost the State a good deal more than the books, and closed with the sa remark that “it was very pleasant to have raing but if it rained all the Lime, things would get protty wet.” This rebuke Drought the House to ita senses, a vote Ww taken, and the report of the Conference ¢ mitted defeated. So the WH will hay ntinue to Work without rules for the remainder of the session, as they have thus far RAPID THA At half past L the Speaker announced the pecial orders of the day, the Central Under r Vand Beach Prewmatie rapid tr rail road schemes, and the House resulved t«el Into Committee of the Whole for their consid eration, The Central Underzround was thrat taken up. Mr. Jacobs moved an amendment to the first section so ax to allow the company lay more than (wo tracks if found 1 ry This was opposed by Hawkins, who said that it would give them a right to dig under all the bi Hroadway, and bring them tumbling about the ears of thelr owners. A long discus tion ensued, Which was participated In. by rs, Alvord, Husted, Smythe, Wella, White beck, and others. Jacobs, Audit at the mendment mot, with inuch opposition, with drew it. Mr, Bell then moved to strike out the first section In order to get some explanation Mr. Smythe sald that there had been about twenty schemes for rapid transit before the Railroad Committee, and that that committee had given them all a’eareful and patient hearing with a view to. selecting those which were | and most likely to be built, and give to New York what every one admitted she needed rapid Heit. ney had decided upon THE CENTRAL UNDERGROUND as the one which possessed these r ments He knew that the disappointed ones were using every etfort to defeat this bill, evidently deter- 1 that If they could not get what th . then no other parties should. ‘The ¢ round he believed to be the most Dost, and he hoped members d by outside clamor, but give it their s Then Col. Hawkins made another vigorous onslaught on all schemes that proposed to take Rroadway for # route, He ted to know what war to become of those ifcent arteries, the Croton and gas pipes. rried health and comfort to the hones he peor pat city if thix great thorough- fare was to be torn up for the purpose of build g this roud, He hoped that no experiment would be tried on this MOST MAGNIFICENT PROMENADE of the world, but that the side streets be first ex perimented on, Old Salt did not know whieh of for, and onin order to Hut he was “0 two schemes he should v I tho result of this discuss him which was the best idedly In favor of some road being b way, the backh of the elty n he’ became whieh ny could raise the money, and w forward and build the road, that, was the one which should recelye his vote. He did not believe that any street in New York should be so sacred as to be beyond th ch of the t sities of the p Mr. Mosele: but as it w k he gave way to ani to take a 6s until this evening, whe discussion will be continued. It fs now said that a combination has been effected between the horse railroad interests and the disappointed rapid transit mento defeat the Central Under ground the former to aveld competith nd the lattor in order to try again neat year, If they ‘eed this. GOING TO POUGIKERI rrow a delegation of Stat Liyembers of Assensbly wil cannot suc 1. Mrers, Sona. nitive tie tation of Mayor Eastman, pay. a visit to Pouzh k Choy go for the purpose of visiting the State Hospital at that place. ‘The party will leave here in palace care furnished with funeh nd wine ad ibition, They will take dinner at the Morgan House, where they will be received by the citizens and Poughkeepsie’s best br band. Inthe evening they will attend the an- nial commencement of Eastman’s Busi College In the Opera Houre aker Sinith, Goy. Alvord, Mr, Fort Jolin C. Jacobs with acl! tuder er this there will be rday for the consideration of the Ob Jor Law oF Ob THE EMIGKAN'T COMMISSION ¢ Cominitte on ¢ ¢ and Navigation t y. WIthou ies. They will al soon report a bill te Commiesion and regulate the the Health Oftver STREET CLEANING IN NEW YORK rranize the Quar feos and dutles Phe Assembly Committee on Public Health exanined J. L. Brown, the contractor for clea ithe streets of New ¥ He testifted that We had cleaned the streets thoroughly according to his contract, Had never made false vouch tis. Had never made dividend with other pare ties, but had political assesstnents to a consider. able amount, which were volt He was subjected to a | by Ira D. Brown of which the witness admitted that" } did) not see much of the streets himself, but presumed they were cleaned if his employes no reported, He spent most of tbe time at the ofive, He adinitted that he filed vacant lots with filth, of which lots he himself owned A large number; that such filling was without th sent, in some cases, of the Health Board, and was in’ violation of ‘the contract Frequent complaints had been made by the people of nulsancos created by the deposits atary on bis part hg -eross-examination the mittee, in of filth, and the Board” of Health had also ny thnes complained. All he had done ii response was to put some disinfectants on the lots, [n 1870 and IsiL he above the contract ° ih extra allowat nrlve, $30 and £35 por mile t cleaning fe charged extra rremovir a whe die had more than the ordinary amount for removing Mth about the docks, He this no violation ef bis contract, be did not keep the gutters and crosswalks fre five and how inthe winter, but admitted that the con: tract required him to do so, THLE RETENTION OF COMPTROLLER GREEN. tr 1M: 1 a T Howen tried to, fectur Domocr Senator Murphy, in speaking forthe anendaent 4300 ror soMpM ) Mr. Mosely ‘ ‘ heme of vant New York Mr. Husted Mana gave a history of the lature gave I wchart Mr. Niles then | in fa 8.500.000 te the stock of the comy Mr. Vidder then spoke In op) nto t Vill, and. Was followed by oMr MN Kround a 1 hoo f that com tee nged its mind ha York showed that the Pheumatiy Company had LOADED DOWN WITH A DEBT OF $5,000,000, For thia reason the committee resolved te report the ball adyerecly, Ae eubeeuveutly went to New York and met several of the wealthiest and most prominent men who were interested jn the Central Underground road and they assured him that they were arnest, and if a charter was given the road would be hullt A long discussion over various amendments fol lowed, which, was participated. in by. Messrs Berri, Smith, Barns, Campbell, Powis, Ray, and others, and ¢ inued Hatil ls ele b Pneumatic bill was then taken up. and on motion. Of Mr, Mosely, tho Committee rc io the How Mr. Husted moved to order the Central “Underground to a. third. rend|y but Alvord and Hawkins eald that if thie motion vrevailed they should vote against the bill Mr sted withdrew t motion, and subsequently Dill Was tnade a npecial order for o-mortow CHANCE INVESTIGATION, nt, testified that ho hac mad ral auninat af Insurance con Hat never mate acharge in Thisexper B.S. Wample, toler of the New York State National Bank of Albany, t itled th 1 key account in that bank, and had onl mail sum of money Inthe bank about the tH he went to Kur He had ne large transi tions at the tive meoting after takiiue the. teeth f 1x8 to secure an examination by the In Departunent ORBAT CIVIL SERVICE REVORM ' ding Scopecouts for the Cu nn Tonse ‘Thieves How the United Stites Grand dury cheen yployed ‘The Kev. Ware wick Martio Again’ An Official Dodec. It has leaked out on otficial authority thatthe Grand Jury of the United States D triet urt, recentl impanelled by Judge Biatehford to investigate charges of corruption an t Custom House officers accused du the Senate investigation, have not complied with the instructions of the Court. They have taken up the old whiskey suits, which resulted, over two years ago, in the flight of Collector Joshua F. Baik All the sessions of the Grand Jury were devoted to this object, Their sud- den selection of a differe class of cases than the y were organize snl hibit the chronic yenality of the Ad ministration gang, has a remarkable history NOW IY WAS DONE In order to prevent the exposures which would follow the indictment of Custom House officers for bribery, a plan appears to have been pet on foot to monopolize the time of the Grand Ju till the expiration of their term. The man se lected to accomplish this ob sioner John f, Davenport, aided, it by Gen, Benj. F. Butler, Davenport sueceeded in inducing one of District Attorney Davis's as istants to withhold all evidence hearing upon Custom House corruption from the Grand Jury, witness ify In the to examine, which et was Conuni id whiskey cases. Cases are five or six years old, witnesse rous of securing Moleties. were ‘abu They Included men openty charged with levying blackmail on dis- tillers, some of whom had served aterm of im. prisonment for steal or rescuing whiskey which had be solzed the government. ‘They testified to various frauds, of which they said they were eye-witne all of which’ were when the raids were i published tor Halley. It fs known that the: have frequented the Fee many months, bu trict Attorney Davis to revive cases foiled, until a Congressman 3 authority from Washington succeeded in drag ging Judge Davis into the dght. THE WHY, WARWICK MAIUTIN, the ex-Methodist exhorter, ts sald to be at the bottom of the raid, [twill be remembered that Father Martin was at the head of alike move ment a few years azo, but Judge Plerrepont refused to entertain the cases he offered Lo pre- ‘The evidence elicited at that t dicated that, four or Give years ivr, Father Martin en: tered Into partnership with’ Joseph, Parrish of Cineianatt and John MeCauley of Mabama, the busine the fem being to employ informers and detectives, and recover moieties in whiske © but MeCauley failed to subserthe, The Tey. Mr. Martin came on to this city, where t opened three oftives for hearing aid collating testis dina few months the capital of the frm wa Parish was an Intimate friend of old Jesse Grant. He and Jesse were mem an same church for over forty years. desse i vt ates vod a y to their investivations, and received assur that their witr Should be p te Was delluhted, He told the good new to hisageociates, Martin was the frst to profit by fc. He rished to the office of dudge Plerre- pont, then District Attorney, and Having throuh the recom mendation of Parrish and the infha nee of Grant secured an endorsement from Sec retary Routwell, he obtained authority llge Pierrepont te examine tie variow rs books with a view t er frat tillerson the revenue, ‘The dudge, on learning that Father Martin was merely ona hunting ex pedition for moteties forthe benefitot himself and bi tes, revoked the authority he had given him, and Father Martin found ty thon gone tH Judge Hlatehford’s gt Was impanelied All the indichivents ¢ casesion the evidene i And others, will be preseuted in the United States District Court to-merrow, when the term he jury will expire —— The Confession of George O. There is in’ Mr. Evans's testim mal that carries, with It the conv Seact truth: but there iealse that tn itwhieh hotexplain in any inanner. Mr, Evans's | tht ant extraordinary efforts to avetd an isuiry {ite is oMclal conduct ax the Commonwealth Went forthe collection of the war claims If he has told the whole truth, keepin none ind In the Bailey whisk of Martin, Col. f it back, having ho mental reservations, then his conduct. In-avold tow statement is nexplicable, For month past he has permit ted his own and other reputations to, be black ened for no cause whatever, Why? [fhe hit told the he has had nothing frem the t Wining te conceal, no MHALACARHES BR nd in hiding. He might ha Vall INA Ct | cominon F H 1 t est, a Nearly , sand dollars absort \ i fowitin ity he shares \ Wid ORT 1 the sand im A Prospective Suvike in the Piasbargh tren Mills. Corres cof The Prersnvnan, March 20—There Is a st ' y ex the pud aro Vt ‘ tt Novinn © Hadsan I ' ' f { The Daily Irshman, a new penny paper, teade ite appearan " ea ward J@itetde te the editor, As iten ate le devoted exclusively to the Int of the Arla beowle Wb hie GOUDIY, Jb iv Bbiy cuits CINCINNATI _— THE PLOVLE RESPONDI NATIONAL COnt A © Liberal Repats tral ¢ Hitter Proper Vins Meeting in Cooper tusiite The Liberal Repu 1 ted ast ev 1 FB, Adams in th \ f the Special t r vt that among ot fi ’ tof tom House thew ‘i " ‘ vib in this ¢ hy i id Mr C.J t eral ¢ ( will and Federal offiect Mosars. Valor t tand Brock were ap 1a on consider the propriety of holdin a ing at the Cooper | ite to li by Sen CONVENTION, ro rnit Robert od , bly at Y ayy ‘ ’ a fl hi poned M, Widnes nbelm tee to ta im t roposed new shall go int tthe Liberal Republie fe That mon were not imposed On Liberal Republican candidates for vot Liberal Republicans - nity for Good Me nil Partiog to Unite in a € 1 Canise Cixcisxati, March 28.—The Committer of Arrangements for the May Convention ta meetin this city have tsaued a efreular inviting voters, without distinction of party, to join in sustaining the Constitution as itis, in securing civil service reform, a tariff for reve condemns treatnient nominated bin £ addressed to 1 man the p Hueh of ¢ a 35,00) Jud of the Davis f Labor the Pre Day «ays that the Jud that the I ' his toot! ‘ wa defend his bon Mr, Day says t t coples of th " 1 Davis and Parker, I thet by so earaest a purty td the fetter, Mr r his disce mers Ideney f the varituld 1 out to Grant ¥ inthe ei we only, om, and rther, that fotigral anmesty for vast politteal veal welf-a ment. Tt says. ful while the. eots of the Libor Heans and Revenue Reform are in the main the same, the latter kantzation has a apecial ‘object of ering together all parties who are in favor Tt alse states tha ments n made with most of the rail companies to return potsons hom have paid full fare in ¢ The Convention will maie use Halland Exposition Hall. The makin every elfort to Insure. provi convenience and comfort of all who ore wath at arrange free whe oming to the Conventions of both Mozar itee ard ion for tha may Comes Labor Reform tenting x read Ina let Union ng to an and to Ia We have h nt Houde MIR, ELIAS'S WEALTH, ds in Lands and Govern Worth of Diamouds Sutin ing a dudanen' Seven years ago Moore ra, of #O Liberty str Mias, numbered the che and Sandy River Prize Schen work ar Ito gn 1 Mr, El it aida payment. Bi 1 and the L r Warren afterward obt fl I Mr. 1 , ‘ \ staal cally what he 1 note After 7 nt 1 te other people ¢ 1 1 N ! I ext 1 Attempting ta Atwtuce on Kansas Grey, M A Sone t \ y Raval K fot we xW of the ne. ‘The and hin f presented hie 5. cr nts Mry Yor bill for the: ws marked fon