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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-02-21
NEW YORK. I.EGlSLATURN,


ALBANY, Feb 40, 1857.
The Secretary Of state sent In communicated In reply
70 the resolution OF The Senate, stating he number OF
pardops granted by tho Cover for ten past ar
follows
By John Young, $685. Hamilton Fish, leo; Washington
Bunt All Horato Seq ,ar, 4s5, and Nyron H. CLARK,
6s0 In addition TO these th.Te have been 400 restora
tor. 1, citizenship. making 1870 CASES IN which Execu-
tive clemency has boon exercised.
The paYdons were for tue following offences
Against the person. bbl sgAlnst property. With vio
leuce, 3l1 and Without violence, 604 sgslat the c1s
Yepcy, l72 mhc sl,aneous c1sn ces, 236.
Mr.. PnIY gave notice OF bill 70 msps the Law 10
relation 10 the appoint mont o. Commissioners OF records
in New Yorf, which VII compel them TO report their
doiDgs quarterly 10 ;hs supervisors.
MI BRooKs Introduced bill for the sppJin oenS OF
David Dudley Field, VIM curt.ss Noyes End Alexander
w. Bradford commiuione1s I, prepare y civil code
Mr.. RICnARpsoS irtroduo bill 10 prevent socs gam
bling The bill 10 tho ~ that OF last year. pro-
vides thA: all se OK bonds sold sba be delivered
the dsy OF sale the tale iha be void makes all
uscts Tor iutuo ceivsry yod, and in6c rns OF s5oc
or imprisonment. fer violation OF the law.
Adjouy ned I'll Tuesday evening.
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contract was made by he Commissioner OF
Streets and Lamps with man Of the name OF
Burrows, by which the Corporation was to be
furnished with OIL for The city lamps for the sum
of tifty-two thousand seven hundred dollars per
annum At the time of making the contract 1t
was believed that the sum paid was at least
twenty per cent too much. Since that time the
number of street lamps to be supplied with oil
bas diminished two thirds The contract expired
nearly two years since; yet the Comptroller,
without advertising for its renewal, according to
law, continues to pay the same sum. BY this
single operation the city has been swindled out
Of at least one hundred thousand dollars through
the ipsirumentality Of reform Comptroller.
How many more such items there may be on
his books DO one can tell until his Office shall he
thoroughly overhauled
While the Comptroller is paying out this money
unnecessarily we find him refusing to pay the
policemen their small pittances of seven hundred
dollars per annum, pleading the miserable excuse
that the tax bill has not yet passed the Legisla-
ture. For this wretched subterfuge Mr.. Flagg
holds back the salaries Of the men during three
months, puts them to great personal incODve-
nience, and sometimes, those who have families,
to positive distress. There is no business estab-
lisbment in New York. great or small, the finan-
cial affairs of which are conducted in the loose,
sHpshod style which characterizes the Office Of
the Comptroller. There is no cashier or book
keeper who could hold situation an hour were
he as thick-beaded as the head of the most im-
portant department in the city government. He
insists upon distributing the funds of the city for
the advancement of bis private friends, and sets
himself up as a financial monarch over the
Mayor and Common Council Like many other
despets be seems, as far as mis- official acts
give Us an index to his character, to be ignorant,
stupid and bull headed to the last degree. With
more than million dollars of the city's money
lying idly in bank, he refuses to pay the salaries
Of the minor employees of the city, and throws
away four thousand dollars per month for oil
to furnish lamps that are never, or very rarely,
lighted.
This is no new thing Ever since the Comp
troller has been in office the same complaints
have been made in regard to the loose manner in
which his accounts are kept and the business Of
bis Office transacted. The Common Council
should appoint special committee to overhaul
all his books and if half the reports against him
are we'll founded, he should be at once impeach-
cd and removed from office. We cannot have
any such stupid financial despot over us as this
Mr.. Comptroller Flage.
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United States supreme Court.

wA.HrNeros, Feb. TO- 1851.
Cares 10 end So Edward Field, pisn,in, vs Pardon
q. stabury OF si-Jusgc Wayne delivered en- opinion,
reversing the decree Of the Circuit Court OF California,
with directions 10 award Nn're facids dc noSo.
No. 81. Pail Mayo olaims.t brig Clement appellant,
w. Matthew Huut "a ~ The decree OF the Crcat
Cour, CT Massachusetts, wss affirmed, with costs.
No. 60 Adolpbus Dsrsnt, appellant VS.. Samuel Law
renee Ct sl.; and No OIL Robert Taylor plaintiff, 70.
Nsifsn C,rryl, who survived william j Ware, cont.
rued 10 The ns,, term for Hsumert
NO. las. John q. Brscys sdnristrs,ors. appellants,
w. The Branch OF the Bank Of the sAis Of Asosma a.
Mobile, srpeless Argued for appelleos.
No. las. Mccullough al 81. va Roo, Q, al, 10 the nrsa
case for argument 10 morrow.
Lewis r. Reed Jr., of Ne~ York, was admitted 70 the
bu
Case No 1so The h'cbiran Central Railroad Conpsuy
the Michigan Southern Railroad Company Amohon
10 tsm,es the civse srsued by Ma walker ~ sup
port and Mr. jay IN opposItiou.
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The New Cabinet-Latc and Important fesn,
Lauooater.

The New Cablnet-Latc and Imp0Ht~st fcwnA
Lancaster.
Our special despatch, received last night from
Lancaster, confirms substantially the Cabinet
rumors Of the last day or two from Washington
and elsewhere, concerning the more prominent IN
dividuals selected for the Cabinet Of iAr. Bu-
cAenan.
airst, it appears that sitter careful reconsidera
tien of the whole ground, Mr.. Buchanan has
thought it safest and sorndest to fall back upon
General Cass for the State Department. This is,
perhaps, sort of compromise as between The two
Southern wings of the party-CObb Union snd con-
sentative, and Walker, tiibuster and secesCisnist.
If, however, the Southern fre-eaters would not
have Mr.. Cobb as Premier, they will have been
rightly served in the appointment of General
Cass. We dare say, too, that if Jefferson Davis
and his peculiar set in The South, and John Van
Buren, and such in the Nersh, can throw up their
hats to General Cass as Premier, the country can
consent to give him fair TRIAL As the father OF
squatter sovereignty, at all events, aud consider
ing his declaratonsi in the Senate against the bogus
laws Of Kansas, we may regard the appointment
Of General Cass as settler &c the border ruflian
policy O. poor Pierce.
Mr. Cobb is eminently qualified for the duties
of the Treasury department. and if the new tariff
bill, which has just passed the House, shall be
Gene IA law, a vigorous and industrious man like
Mr.. Cobb will be the sort Of officer required to
put the working machinery of such an act into
efficient and harmonious practical operation.
The other gentlemen decided upon for Cabinet
nonoIs, according to our Lancaster despf tch, are
*. Governor Aaron Vail Brown of Teoessee, ex-
Governor Floyd, Of Virginia, and Hon. Jacob
Thompson, of Mississippi; but their respective
places remain yet to be assigned to them. j..
Clancy Jones is evidently disposed Of, as doing
very we'll where he is in the House OF Represen-
tatives; we hear nethipg further Of Mr.. Bright,
of Iodiana though be may yet come in at TIE
eleventh hour. General rumor assigns the post
q Attorney General 10 Mr.. Toucey, oS Connect
en-, though We apprebond the inclinations of Mr..
Bu banan are still in favor of Mr.. Clifford OF
aai9e
Ii is enough for one day that General Cas- il
TO be the new Premier and Mr.. Cobb the Secre-
any Of the Treasury. Squatter sovereignty thus
ar is 'o'dly In the ascendancy. Another day or
two will probably furnish us the checks and
balances CT the remaining members Of Mr.. Blu
chanan's ministry, and may perhaps materially
modify any existing conclusions in the way Of a
general average Of the calibre, character and
policy Of the new administration. We cannot as
yet assume that war with Eogland is inevita-
ble' from the reported appointment of General
Co.'S.
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CSCoNsTITtTroN or THE PRoPosED
CHANGES IL IRE CHARTER.-The Attorney
General Of tie State has been asked his opinion
Of the eoLsti,utonaliy Of the changes which the
Tbuilow Weed party at Albany propose TO bring
about in The city charter: and he has replied
that under The constitution neither the Governor
ald Senate nor the Legislature have any right
to appoint officers OF cities or villages whose
duties arc Of judicial character, or any city or
county officers in existence and known 10 the
constitution at the time Of its adoption BY tho
constitution all county officers in existence or 10
lie created must he elected by the people Of the
county. city officers by the people of the city,
ard State officers by the people Of the State.
This settles the case, and at single blow
demolishes the absurd scheme Of proconsular
goyenrtrt devised by the republicans Of
Albany. City officers must be elected by the
city. Readers of the HERALD will bear In mind
that when the project was first mooted we took
pitcifoly The objection which the Attorney
General has now taken. We said that TO dis
franchise the people Of the city and set over them
rulers appointed by foreign authority was in
violation Of the theory Of republicauism and the
genius CT all our institutions That view is now
confirmed BY the highest legal authority the
bnoh-in this State. We conclude that the
Altary wirepullers will have to try again.
They will do well 10 direct their efforts rather
toward oopoiliating ard haimonizing with the
people of the city than toward subjsgating them.
New Yoik docs many foolish things, and is in
many respects bad model to follow but the
people Of New York have not yet arrived at that
stage of degradation when they can willingly
part with their independence. 1t may be their
misfortune TO offer with the Albany politi-
clans on questions of public policy but they
will not wilflly avert even 30 great misfortune
NJ this ~ surI ring The high privilege Of elect
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POW quote niddirg uriahds =, 1881, New Orleans
rnidolins ct IS7c flour Ia fair dsms from tue
locu trade and for shipn snt eastward whe Toe.
unchanged. Wheat hrn bet quiet sra II sale OF
Southern red was made st scc. Corn nrm nd 10
Eooa demard, with sales or Western mixed de-
ltvsred, at "a cents, and from stora Al TAX cents.
Pork was nrm; new closed ai cal rs and old al
ssl 10. Lard advanced 70 i4Ao 1880 With some
ssles Of prime n 1870, including quantity ~ arrive.
sueoss In moderate request at unchanged prices
about 100 boxes and 200 hhds. molsdo wire sold on
terms stated IN smother column. The coes sale male
by auo,n 10 day went of very well, and established
advance Of 20. "a, en- tho weeks average sails FOR
particulars another column. Freight engagements
were hight without change OF moment In rates
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House Of Representatives.
WASHINGTON, Feb 40, 1857.

THE IMPLICATED MEMBERS.
Mr. CINGMAS, (dem cfN c., suegt sted thAt any mem-
Der named in the resolutions Of the investigating Com
mitee have leave TO nle TO the statements
concerning him, 10 be printed with the ether papers,
This, he thought, seemed right and proper.
Mr.. DAVIS, TX. ny OF Nd, thought the proceedings
VIZ uld be Irregular They hsd nothing 70 do with the
,epsrs but could reply the vesouio6s which they
have the privileges I, heard In person by counsel
Mr.. CIINGMAN's molten was agreed 70.
The Speaker laid before the House the agricultural part
oil the Report OF the Commissioner Of Patents.
Tho HouEe went into Com rnittee of the Whole on
TIE TARIFF
During the ProceecpR' Mr.. Oar said that Cons ress
should the bill ofthe majority Com nittee
Of Ways and Means rather than none At all and his
motion tho Committee rose, thus relieving iseh Of the
many pending amendments
same, with several sit ut alterations, nv last
ported from the majority Of the Committee Of Ways acd
Means, and expreetea his views on the subjei.
Mr. IITCHIR's substitute. proposing general reduction
Of twenty cent on nc present tariff rjeciet by
Q vote Of ~ as Anst li2.
NJ. CAMPBRILs ~ parsed by vote Of ITO ngains! "a.
Tho Post Office A prep 'aton ell then up.
Mr. STANTON Baid that the tariff bill passed by trSk
cry srd fraud, and outside influence aud combination,
and BY those fAvosIs the protection Of hemp, 5rgr er
and Nassachusetts woo goods Tbs dooe aga'ust
his protest The azure was striking blow al WOOL
growers
Mr.. CAMPBELL, Of Ohio. regretted the remavks OF his
col sgue and marked ha renuators bas ely calunui
ou toh 10 himself and his colleagues tho Committee
OF Wsys and Meanr The bill just psssed preticated
on the principle rect nended by The Secretary OF the
Treasury.
NJ CARLISLE msde speech in favor or equaizug the
grants Of land spons he several States OF tho Union
Without taking the q,estion, the House adjourned.
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ing their own rufTs. The wireoorkers Of TIE
State cayital must Try again.
The Corruption Committee ana the New
York Press.
We gave in the HERALD of yesterday a com
plete report Of the testimony before the Congress
sonsl committee charged with the investigation
of certain charges of bribery against some of the
members of Congress. This report, which will
fosm one of the most important Of American
state papers, was garbled aud the important
points suppressed in the black republican jour
pals of this city, the New York Tribune and New
York Daily Times, for the reason that the editors,
proprietors and correspondents Of these journals
are implicated in the msdemeanors revealed
by the report of the committee. Decidedly the
most important point in the evidence is that
which shows the position of Simonton and other
Journalists at Washington, that they were used
as mediums by parties who had schemes upon the
treasury and hungry -nembers, and asce rersa.
This is the position:-We find the black repab-
lican party controlling the lower House of Con-
gress. The New York organs Of this party ex-
pect to make q good thing of the power in their
hands, and they get up all sorts Of pretty little
schemes, some Of which are successful. But in
one case only one of the propretors is personally
benefited, and there is an organization of the
members which interferes with the regular lobby
business One of the organs announces this fact
=" We know" says the Times, chat such an or
ganjzaton exists" Mr.. Raymond, the ostensble
editor-who has one partner specializing in coun-
Try bank notes in Wall street, and another doing
little bribery brokerage at Washington-is called
before the Committee, and when asked what
he knows, says he does not know anything
in particular, and what he does know he
will not tell, because it has been given
to him oenfdentially. Now, Mr.. Raymond
has accused the innocent and the guilty together
In his paper he says, We know that an orga-
nizaion Of members of Congress exists for the pur
pose of levying contributions upon all persons who
have bills before Congress" In this general accu-
sation every member of the House is included, yet
when Mr.. Ray mond is called to say who are the
guilty parties, or where he obtained his iafOrma
ton, he pleads confidence, and the innocent MEM
bers suffer as well as the guilty. This is stretch
ing confidential information beyond any possible
limit.
In the case Of Mr.. SimontOn we find him three
times before the Committee His position is ex
planned by the following extracts from his tes'
fip1onv
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Markets.

PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD.
PHfADuPmA, Feb. 20, 1857.
socks arm. Penns vivania Sc, IS; Reading Railroad
90; Long Island Railroad, 1917; Morris Canal, 1sx,
NEW onrnAss. Feb. ls, 1887.
The receipts OF cotton In the last three days were
% 500 bales sses In time, a. 900 bales receips
70 DAY. 1850 bales. Produce mavte dull Eastern hay
SIS. Treshh unchanged and dull.
NEW OptnlSs, Fob. 10, 1857.
Gales OF cotton to-day 1000 bsles a shn prices 70.
ceipta 70 Day 5000 bales. Lard nxc. al2xc Sterling
exchange AK premium.
CHARLESTON, Feb. 10, 1857.
Sales OF cotton 10 6ay 700 bales; sales OF the week,
H. 900 baies-the markM closing u an advance Of 10
caAsrrsros, Feb. %, 1857.
Cossos unchanged. sslp ,o-day Loo bssss -
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IHIpp IxAMMAIIoS.

By the Ohairmsh-Have
you been solicited by any
member Of the present Don
gIess, directly or indirectly,
10 make any arrangement
By which the member was
W receive any valuable CON
alteration for his support OF
any meASuYe2
Witnees-I cannot sag,
under oath, that ] have,
and have never been % IN
terStood 40 10 mean.
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Illinois Leaislnture.

CHICAGO, Feb. 20, 1857
The bill providing for the new spportonment Of repre-
sentasop In the Legislature passed on Tuesday An
exciting scene occurred In consequence Of an attempt on
the part Of the democrats sxpunse protest By he re-
publican members asaInt he manner OF the passage OF
the so, Governor Hsse has vetoed the bill. The To-
sslsture adjourned 70 day.
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The p,.nnion Convension at Albany.

The DikuniOn Convenu"" nv D"~S'
ALBANY, Feb 20, 1887
A ANAL number Of aboIs'ouisn were In ccnvsnsoa
here 70 day VIM r. ropp. Of Albany, Was chosen Pre-
s,d.ss. and susan 3. Anthony, Secretary. speeches
were made BY Parker P,lAbury. W. Lloyd esryses and
sNeru, and were n - innpppssesy ehasness,
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ia e l. ATE ST NE w 3.
~ PRINTING kEo MAGNETIC TEtEckAPfs.
IMPORTANT FROM LANCASTER.

The Cabinet Arr anged In Part-rhe Premier
and Secretary OF the Treasury Selected.
LAncAsns, Penn, Feb. 20, 1857.
Iiesrn nom coed authority in ouch matters thu, Mr.
buchanan bas determined inform Gen. Cass
that be selected for the Stale Department also learn
that NJ Cobb viii Ai the same time be advised RAT he
to oil the once Of Secretary ,6e Treasury. The other
departments are not yet arranged, bat exGcveracr
Aaron " Brown, OF Tennessee, Jacob rbom psou Of Nil
sissipp, and Gov Fl'yd, OF virsirs viii 30 n,o tue
Cahiuet
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WRLTCHHD GOVERNMENT IN New YoRK-
I'M MAYORS MEssAGE.-On Wednesday the
Mayor sent q message TO the Board Of Aldermen,
IN which document several matters of great public
importance we're touched upon. The Mayor re-
commends a very sensible plan for the relief Of
Broadway. by removing the sidewalk obstruc-
tions and adding the space thus gained to the
earriage-way. lie also urges upon the Common
Council the necessity Of making some arrange
mepte with regard to the Crystal Palace; also, to
revise the whole regulation of city travel, rail-
ways, hacks, omnibuses and ALL to improve the
lower part Of the city; to erect plain, spacious
and substantial City Hall In Madison avenue.
and 10 re district the city, so that not over five
hundred electors shall vote at any one polling
place. The Councilmen appointed special COM
mittces to take all these matters in hand, and we
presume that the Aldermen will follow the same
course.
The most important portion of the Mayors
message, however, IL the erpose of the financial
affairs of the city. For some years past we have
been blessed with ComprAller who has been
found altogether unfit for - position. Upon the
preteuce Of saving money TO the city he has re-
fused TO pay the small salaries Of the Corporation
employ ee, while he has been faithfully serving
small Wall street etiquette dcJJis Of the old
Albany regency the originators Of the spoils sys-
tenn which has been lately brought to such won
derful perfection at Washington. Under the
operation Of the splendid system inaugurated by
this Cerberus of the treasury az his official organ
calls Comptroller Flagg, the taxes of the city
have increased from three to nearly eight mil
lions per apnum; while the population Of the city
has only increased fifteen or twenty per cent,
the tax levy has been augmented at
the rate of ole hundred and twenty-five
per cent Numberless abuses have crept
into the management of the ComptroDer's De
partment, and one instance Of positive stupidity,
If not corruption, lie given In the message under
souidnassa. On The sta-0f AgsA, 1883 q
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The Freshess IN Southern Missouri.
81 LOUIS Feb. 10 1851.
Accounts from Southeastern Missouri stsse INA, great
destruction Of property has occurred In consequences OF the
recent unprecedented IN the rivers ntha part OF tina
The loss 10 the Iron Mountain Railroad estimated
Al a1co.
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Wisconsin Legislature.
Curcsoo, Feb. 30. 1851
The Personal Liberty bill has passed the Wisconsin
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The Alabama Mt Savannah.
SAVANNAH, Feb. 10, 1851.
The steamship Alabama has arrived here, she wac
detAined on the passage By foG.
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FAN RIVER, Feb. 20, 1857
The steamer Rsy Strr, the orly boat which ien Nev
York the East yes erosy, arrived here st o'clock
this morning. havhs sxperiouoed little or no difhcuv
from icc fog.
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B,tYrnopp. Feb. 20, 1857
New Orleans papers Of Thursday q last week, to
hand, but hey contain news OF importance.
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sure rsted they should re-
eeive rtcuriary c0mPerss-
Mr.. Simonton says first, that he was ap-
preached and secondly that he was not. He has
certainly been guilty of moral If not legal
perjury and the resolution to expel him from
The floor OF the House is o mild punishment
He may take either horn of the dilemma and he
cannot escape.
That inconuptible philosopher Greeley, of the
Tribune, is placed in rather bad position by
these Developments which his defence, ad-
dressed to Western journal and published else
where, does not materially improve The Tribune
Of yesterday has an editorial article Of the same
tenor as the letter, but little more muddy, if
possible. The statements OF the defence do not
deny the statement that Greeley received the
money, but plead in extenuation that he paid it
away 10 some one. lie received it, and what he
did with IL is a matter of 70 consequence to the
public. He may have paid it to his butcher
baker, laupdIoss, tailor or bootmaker. We have
the fact sworn to that he received one thousand
dollars to help bill through Conpess-pay-
ment TO be made on condition Of the passage Of
tie bill These are the plain facts in the case 30
ftr os they appear Ivy the report of the commit
tee. They show moot corrupt system of bargain
ard sale between the black republican press and
some Of tn members of the same party in power
a. wasiil e on, aud they cannot fail to fix the
stain of lasting disgrace upon all parties con-
cuucd The position Of the Times and Tribune is
by ~ means enviable, and il viii be long before
.h,to iou,nals can command The confidence or
usptct Of sDy portion Of the public.
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rHIRTY.E0URTH COSGKEss
sRyOsp SgssIOMs
Senate

Senate
WASHINGTON, Feb 20, 1887.
UNITED sTArrs sEsAloRIAL BIICLoSs.
Mr. PuGB, (dem Of Ohio introduced bill prescribing
the tine and manner for eecng Senator'S Congress and
the form of their credentials.
THE iaDIAsA SENATORS
Mr. TRuMBuIL presented additional papers relative 70
the called Joint convention of the Indiana Legislature
which Bessrs Bright and Fitch were elected Senator'S
The private calendar then taken M
SenNe passed forty Eve bills including ono for Day
Ing the officers and tesmen OF the expedition under Leu
tenant De Haven.
re elected senator rem New Jersey.
Mr.. GwIN introduced the Pacific Railroad bin
Adjourned,