New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-04-06

The Amended Charter would seem to have as
many lives as q cat-being killed in one form only
to be renewed more vigorously in another. 1t ia a
pea lurking VI der indefinite Thunderstorm Stand
ing Committee, and next Special Committee,
hayirg charge of the "little joker" So precious
is il held in the eyes Of its aectonate parents that
more than hundred of the most expensive wet
nurses VERY wtt) have been retained at the State
Capital with no other duty than to look after it.
Mr.. A. Oakley Hall, having had good deal OF
experience with other bogus babies, has chief SUI
pervison of the legislative bantling ia question; but
he is ably assisted in his charge by other veteran
nurses of doubtful children, who are performing
their new duties at Congress Hall with champagne
bottles and spoon-feeding the precious innocent
with that "pop" which George Law lately intro
duced to the notice of the Senate on his famous
gridirOn.
The history of the latest startling temperance
made by the Amended Charter may be narrated in
few words 1t is an instructive lesson and might
even be used TO teach some Of our Aldermen that it
is not good policy TO be too greedy. Early in the
session. bill was introduced by Mr.. Webster of this
city TO give the Aldermen an annual salary, and to
pay them for their services during the preceding year.
This was in itself an amendment Of the Charter;
but as it only proposed 10 fleece the public-inier-
ferDg with no private interestof course there was
no obie ction made; and the bill was allowed to ad-
vance 10 second reading, being then referred to
Special Committee to amend and report complete.
This Committee, we believe, consists of Messrs.
Cooper, ArcnlaIius, CoDkliug, and Webster of this
city, together with Mr. Pond.
Tn the mean time, when the Amended Charter
proper was killed by the adverse report presented
BY Andrew Smith, the friends of that bill, on the
suggestion of q somewhat notorious lobbyist, con-
ceved the plan of gaining over to their side ma
joIity of the Special Committee appointed to con-
slider the bill giving salaries to the Aldermen. 10
this maneuyer they were successful at the usual
cost of time, trouble and other mstters and it is
now clear that majority of this Special Commit
tee will strike OUT all of the original bill except its
enacEing clause, and substitute in lieu thereof the
whole body and substance of A. Oakley Halls Orig-
nal Amended Charter, as subsequently reamended
and modified by the Hon. Fernando Wood!
Whether this trick can be Endorsed by the House
and Senate has yet to be determined. All We know
is, that the men running this Charter Machine are
for the most part Inscriptions, and with powerful
motives making them wish to succeed. The Cloths
hungry for Roman pluDder-the Spaniards painting
for access to the treasures in the halls of the Mon
tezumas-John Pethgrew claiming debt from the
city on contract forged or fraudulent-a crew of
Malay pirates boarding rich and helpless mer-
on ntnan in tho Indian saas-anv or all of thaaa
together may be taken as indicative Of the feelings
with which the parties in interest look forward to
that peculiar millennium which could not fail to be
created under such an Amended Charter as we are
thus again threatened with.