The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-17
The Work OF the Assembly.
CONVERSATION TO NEW YORK CITY AExIOAN v,
IUNTEHRa.

DiT heIey Dill Tor the reneI OF tno lst heglment
9is New York Mexican Volunteers appoints Ward
.. Burnett, William Peel and Edward Reynolds of
New York, Commissioners, to examine and decide
on claims for the benefit of the act
Of that regiment and actively engaged, from the
landing at Vera Cruz to the capture Of the city Of
Mexico upon proof thereof, to receive certifcats
from the Commissioners, which, on presentation t,
all moneys due him from the State, in accordance
with the act for the relief Of the survivors Of the Isl
Regiment Of New York Mexican Volunteers, passed
July 10, 1861; and the Comptroller shall immedi-
whole due; such certificate not to be assgnable
or liable to seizure for debt provided that no certi
cate shall he issued to deserter, or person dis.
charged at his own request.
Sec. 3 Requires the commissioners to be duly
sworn and to keep record of all certificates issued
and approprates $25 600 out of the yearly revenue
to carry out the provisions of the act.
, srATsN ISLAND n FERRY-Is IT GENUINE?
Mr.. DIXON, of N Y, has received petition, pur-
porting to be signed BY Cornelius Vanderbilt which
he has withheld for the present. on suspicion that
It is not genuine document. The petition asks
small pier on the North river, just south of pier
No. l, New York, and used as dock for the boats
plying between New York and Staten Island and
other points, and that an act may be passed re-
moving limitations put on said pier, 80 far as the
lands for the extension of said pier are concerned
affected thereby.
TIE RAILROAD COMMISSION ACT-rHE PRESIDENT
OF THE BOARD PETITIONS FOR ITS REPEAL.
The State Engineer sent in petition praying for
the repeal ofihe act authorizing the establishment of
Board of Railroad Commissioners, giving reasons
OF which the following is an abstract:-
That without the duties imposed upon him by this
act the duties Of the State Engineer are sufficiently
arduous, and require his undivided time and atten-
ton particularly during the enlargement of the Erie
and Oswego canals, and the completion Of the Black
River and Genessee Valley canals. That the duties
imposed upon the Engineer by this unnecessary act
interfere materially with his other and really impor.
tant duties That the State Engineer, being in
minority in the board, has really no power in its
sions which he cannot approve and for which he
should not be held answerable. That the board is
entirely useless as to any good to the people of the
State, since the commissioner elected by the rail
the interests Of his constituents; while the som.
missioner appointed by the Governor is quite
likely to be some political favorite, who is quite
unlikely to be fitted by his knowledge and expe-
Office. And yet this board is entirely under
control Of these two members, while the Office
OF State Engineer is made to give weight and cha
racter to their proceedings without being able to
neither the interests Of the people of this State of
the travelling public nor of the railroad companies
themselves require or are promoted by the provisions
of the act The people have right, of course, to
honorably conducted and this is amply provided Tor
IN the General Railroad law of 1850. The State Ea-
gneer, President of the board declares that the
board cannot give any better or more reliable infor
nation to the public than that obtained under the
said law, although it entails expenditure of from
$4,000 to SIS, 900 year. besides the incidental ex.
penses to which it necessarily puts the railroad
Panies. The petitioner prays, therefore, that the
law may be repealed or that the State Engineer
may be released from all connection with the
board.
DIsORDERLY PERSONS.
Mr.: Trmmer's bill, relating to the punishment Of
diSOrSprIv aufhnri1no polica Iuct md
Justices Of the Peace to issue warrants and commit
disorderly persons on the oath of informer, and
gives Police Justices increased and exclusive jurs
diction over msdeneanors, petty larceny, assaults
The Proposed Sale OF our State Arsenal-
Legislative Speculation In the Case.
New YORK, Feb. Is, 1866.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
We noticed an article in your paper of this morn
ing relative to the sale of the State arsenal in this
city, Qocatcd between the Fifth and Sixth avenues,
Sixty-second and Sixtyfourth strcets) and the
proposition by Mr.. Crocker, of Washington county,
to the State arsenal from the metropolis to
small place in the interior of the State, called
Rome.
Perhaps we may be able to enlghten your readers
in regard to this affair.
Some eighteen months since we were solicited to
join party of two or three, and purchase the build
ings, grounds, &C., formerly owned by the United
States government, and occupied as an arsenal at
Rome, New York, it having been abandoned as an
arsenal and could be purchased for less than one
fourth Of its real value Indeed, we were informed
that it must have cost $lOOO00 at least, and by
little management could be purchased at about
SIS 900, and would be splendid speculation, as it
would soon be required for some purpose whereby
We could more than double the amount invested.
1t would now seem that the favorable opportunity
spoken Of has just made its sppearance-origina-
ting with o member from remote county of course.
Now does not this look like preconcerted plan to
dispose OF this property to advantage? We strong
" suspect such is the case, and feel 1t our duty
TO make known to the public the foregoing facts.
1t is not strange that much surprise should be mani
tested when members from the rural dstri Its should
attempt to legisate for the city of New York, and
sndeavor to remedy evils never dreamed Of at home.
for the people, instead Of themselves But It would
seem we are in the midst Of different era.
We believe the project for bridge at Albany was
generally brought forward By members residing in
TO the minds Of the people that it did not originate
with the Albanians But such subterfuges are gen.
orally more clearly seen through, than these saga
cious members imagine: They will find there is
course. We wish they would try it; and our word
for it, they will find 1t result greatly to their ad-
vantage eventually. D.B.B.
A Soldiers Plan for Cleaning the Streets.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
Knowing you to be protector of the public in
terest, / have taken the liberty through your
columns of making suggestion to the municipal
regarding the present condition of our
Streets of what they might be made by direct ap-
plication through proper channel. There are
thousands Of able bodied persons receiving support
through our Commissioners Of Emigration, and
have computed that support at not less than thirty
seven cents per person o day, which we tax payers
have to pay, and which we are receiving no benefit
therefrom. Now, If the proper authorities would
but put every able bodied male pauper that are now
receiving such benefit on our public streets, with
shovel in hand, and together with proper oyerseer