New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-03

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MFR. Wsssoc. whose name WA sent II 10 the
Senate .cme time aSo fer rcspPcutnent So
Canal Appraiser, was Confirmed IN Executive oe''
zion day. -
Before the Executive session. Dir. o. IL.
WHEELER rosc 10 a question Of privilege, ana IA
reference 10 the resolutions introduced by Dr.
BrsnGretb yesterday. calling upon Wheeler's In
yestigstipg Comm itiee 10 report. a. their eSimhh
ton seems likely 10 amount 20 nothog, while u VII
probably cost TIE State ten fiji en- thousand dol
lars. Mr.. Wheeler did not wish TO report rs ne
bsd many important Witnesses Ia examine, aad ne
would be personally responsible for all the expense
10 the State beyond the sum of $3.50.
Mr. OWEN also rose 20 question Of privilege on
behalf Of the Sergeant st-Arms, Mr.. Dwight, who
compla ned Of uncivil treatment at the hands oil
Mr. q. Il. Wheeler, who told him lDwight) that
Republican Senators considered him rotten and cor
rUIt and would not believe him uuder oath. FL
naly the sane subject was c'ntiuucd IN secret ses
sion. where it traDsprcd that Dir. w. a. Wheeler
was the man who, as O. Il. Wheeler nverred had
said thes, urfstterng things OF Mr.. Dwight. Mr..
w. 4. Wheeler denied positively that h. had made
any such assertion. He had simply expressed him.
self rs not pleased with the fact that Nc. Dwight
had st The request of one OF the counsel before tae
Vaudeville Committee sent for and furnished
bottle of brandy for such counsel. The debate Is
said to have been Lively.
Mr.. DWIGHT was permitted TO sppesr on the
floor Of the Ser ate ard defend hirisrIf. which he
did TO the satisfaction Of the Senate, which body
passed resolution that his conduct, officially and
urOfiicialy, was proper. In the course OF tue al
lair, Mr.. q. b. WHEELER called Dwight to account
for having gone, by way of Mes" York. to subpoena
a witness in Sullivan County, near the residence
of Senator Wheeler thus unnecessarily increasing
his mileage remarkug that he should have crossed
81. .is,r. In vaYit Mr
said that he had presumed il that matter 10 follow
the example Of 40 less eminent authority than that
Of the Senator himself who, as shown 10y the IT.
cord had charged mileage VIA New-lork. The
Senate smiled almost audlbly and Mr.. Wheeler
bushed and ackno lodged the corn by saying that
be had gone via the great City, as It was not very
safe crossing the river at N.wburCh at that hne,
snd that be hsd charged mileage by the way hc
Travelled; but added that Il could be fixed all right
Yet as he bad not drawn his per diem.
Mr.. hMrs, from the Committee on Commerce
and Navigation, to-day reported bul to regulate
the rates Of wharfage in the Cities Of Newborn
and Brooklyn accompanied by an able and elhbo-
rate report on the merits of the bill, IN Witch he
states that
"Ite law for the collection Of Wharfage on YES
sels in the port Of New-Iok passed 10 1871, and
refnacted with the revised laws in 1913 The rates
then Fixed have not beeo changed sihce-a period Of
- years AT that period reo! cota,e was worth les.
kinds useo 10 the construction OF wharves piers and
bukhears with labor, living, So, were much lower
in price than now qdeUty tao cost OF construct
ing and keeping wbsrves and piers IN repair was one
hsf lcss than 1t present.
The report further states that the miserable state
of The wlaryes and piers IS owing to the fact that
the remuneration So fixed by la@ is Insufficient 10
pay for constructing aud dredging and necessary
repairs and depreciation. report made 10y the
Controller of the City OF New-iork in 1851 IS re-
ierred 10 in favor Oftht increase Oirates O Wharfage
" bile revenue from every other description OF
property has increased ten fold wharf property
has been bound by an iron rule which Old not allow
of any possible Increase. Mr. Ames's report
makes out a strong case, and unless good reason
can be shown against it, the bill will probably be-
come law.
The Assembly took final vote on the bill for the
protection Of the Hegate pilots to-day, which
bill was lost by want of hall a-dozen votes.
Mr.. TUTHIIL moved II reconsideration, and that
that motion do lie on the table So 1t can be called
up again. The bill ought to pass, aud probably
would in full House.