The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-01-07
TRIPLE SHEET.
New York, Saturday, January q, 1860.
The News.


o speedy organization of the House. Several
view to coalition Of the democrats and Southern
opposition; but it is improbable that they will
prove successful In the House yesterday, Mr..
Miles, Of South Carolina, proposed to select q
temporary Speaker, pass the appropriations ne
cessary to carry on the government, and dissolve
the House, each member resgning his post,
In order that an Immediate and direct ap.
peal may be made to the sovereign people
for settlement of the political questions which
cause 80 much disturbance. he proceeded to dis
cuss the differences between the North and the
South, and depicted the horrors of o fratricidal
war between the two sections. Another ballot for
Speaker was had, which resulted as those pre-
viously taken. Mr. Briggs of this city, defined his
position, and his course has excited considerable
comment, we refer our readers to his remarks in
our report Of the proceedings.
The Legislature, so far, has made but slow pro-
gress. The resolution for q Select Commit
tee ON the Pro Rata Freight bill was debated by
Mesus. Fiero, Goss and Prosser in favor of the
Committee, and Mr. Spinola against IT., and
finally adopted. Among the bills noticed
was one to restore railroad tolls, also one
to provide means to complete the ca.
nals one to raise the duty on salt one to authorize
the Judges of Appeals to appoint Suprem Court
reporter. The Senate then adjourned to Monday
evening at seven o'clock. In the Assembly, among
the petitions were several for Pro Rata Freight
bill The reports Of the Police Commissioners and
Harbor Commissioners were resolved. Among the
bills noticed was one to repeal the Equalization
law, one to repeal the Registry law, far as it
iates to the city Of New York, and one to repeal
the act abolishing railroad tolls. resolution
offered by Mr.. Moulton, requesting the State Asses
sors to report whether the existing law needs
amendment, was agreedto. Leave Of absence was
granted to several members, after which the House
adjourned to p NJ. on Monday.
The first annual report of the State Assessors is
regarded as among the most important which will
come before the Legislature this session. 1t Is in
two parts, the first giving the proceedings of the
Assessors in regard to equazing the taxes the past
year, and embracing large amount Of interesting
statistics; the second recommends an entire and
radical change in the present assessment laws, so
as to equalize the taxes upon all the property of
the State, by adopting the gross income, rather
than property, as the basis for taxing. Assuming
that there are but three sources for revenue land
capital and labor, it proceeds to develope system
reach all property or incomes in such manner as
to compel the payment of taxes only in proportion
to the ability of the taxpayer, and not by the pre-
sent arbitrary method.
Governor Morgan has appointed B. W. Bonney, of
this city Judge of the Supreme Court vice Judge
Davies elected to the Court of Appeals.
Senator Seward passed through this city yester.
day, on his way to Washington, and stopped for o
H. - Il hi - 49,
stay he made himself as prominent as possible by
receiving calls from every one who saw fit to make
them and afterwards took his departure in the six
r. N. train for Washington to take his seat in the
Senate.
The Ohio Democratic State Convention met at
Columbus on Tuesday last and appointed deleg ates
to the Charleston Convention. Resolutions in favor
Of Judge Douglas for the Presidency were adopted
by o large majority.
Our European files to the 2lst ult brought by
the Bohemian, at Portland reached this city last
night. They do not contain anything of impor.
tance that was not embraced in our telegraphic
summary published yesterday morning.
We have from time to time devoted consider.
able space to descriptions of works of high art In
the Dusseldorf gallery, Bryans gallery, the Acade-
my Of Design, &C., and this morning, in another
part Of the HERALD, we give q series Of graph,
sketches Of the works Of art in what Is appro.
priatey termed the Rogues Gallery, an institution
connected with the Police Department Of this city
The sketches referred to are portraits of such
burglars, pickpockets and swindlers as have &C
quired sufficient notoriety in their various walks
of rascality and crime to entite them to the par
dcular regard and lasting remembrance of the DO
lice detectives. Quiet citizens may perhaps find it
to their advantage to study the features OF the
cheraliers d'indussrie who are described
We publish elsewhere mass OF matter bearing
npon the great question Of the dsy-the irrepressi-
BILE conflict between the North and the South
Among the articles are letter from Senator Wilson
10 Henry G. Wright, letter from Rev. Theodore
Parker on the John Brown foray, and letter from
Gen. Henningsen in reply to the views Of the
French red republican, Victor Hugo, on the Har-
per's Ferry affair.
The Police Commissioners met yesterday, and,
contrary to general expectation, conducted their
business with closed doors The proceeding, how.