The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-04-06

originated With earnest necessity in the
was Notorious fact that person coulc get his
ract confirmed up; hs lad been mean
3, ,S x gu allow The city OF New York - have .as
,eI sdl Of tbs lowest bidder
MI Ar:ularsrs said that be perfecuy agreed
sih tie s'ste@ents OF the gentleman from
lIbapy. This bill bad originated Ia . great ne
essiy 10 AVOID gro~.:-s evil in New York;
"a regretted 70 SEQ thia buspsss q vy'ns black mail
Ia" -" y - DAD Ra for the Contracts. "A the GUY
hinged to accept the hes-st aud 20. the oaest ~, -.
his bin ia much needef by the city, and he hop 80
he majority report wouli be disagreed TO. "a I'm
i The isasale o. the bin, yet he vas sed q n.ny
/ corfn cred By the whole How iavos z, having
hoped therefore, that the rep0 u tSe majority vOan
Mr. Hardy then called ios ID. reading Of 1, minority
III prenderg'ss followed in a lengthy augment in
Il Bit TO benefit ne crn,racs.rs and wond remove
all safeguards ror, the otzens, and be thought that
woaa % nao policy TO interfere WITH established ru'es
me memneT' from YORK had been crying, LOT ns
aoLe, ~ he supposed that they did not desire TINS
w Hucbipgs opposed the majority report and hoped
me it would be disagreed to he believed that
vanriiy Of The 6itzeDs New York were 10 favor a H.
Mr. Chapman sas that be would come 70 the re.cne Of
h!s friends from New York. seemed that they nee ed
ss.nrsn,e Ha read from the Albany letter IN the
HERALD giving me history Of the bill and Arguing that
I shopld b. passed by the House
VT then asked for the privilege OF with
drawing bis report and reporting for the consider,-
lin II he Bouso Objection was made az first,
out IL finally Rrante, and the bill so re-
parted This coursc was taken by . neceseity by
PvenderEast for bad the House oome 70
vote upon The question: there would not have been ba
kere dog To sustain the majority report The
change % the by Mr. Prende CAST VS. sort OF
ertualy sw-mped as never 70 be heard OF again The
bp liz referred r. the Committee Of the Whole AMI
the feeling manifested today nsaEes two thirds vote
" il ahead VIII. effort 10 made. Never WAS
thero manifest rPpud,aton by any Legislative
body q the act Of committee than was exhibited oy
the Houae on this queeti n thus morpng
u prevent the sale OF intoxicating liquors was read the
thro tine and passed BY the Assembly this morning.
They have passed both houses, but viii have TO be
endorsed by the Legislature before they ba sub
mited to the people II will therefore form ons Of the
issues in the elections Of members Of the Legislature
this fail
The bills reducing the fare on the city railroads to
three cent? ordered IN third reang In the Senate
and the bal n the freight milk the Harlem
Railroad LOST on ,ts dna passage only svsag ton
iha. motion the table, which carried But
he can hardly drum up enough TO pass the bill
Senator's Kstcbam and Robertson have worked
with their power to secure the passage Of this
bill but sampneii and sand'orn have been t,o much for
them The defeat VI this bill rs great triumph for the
BARREN Ralroad, for it hat paasel Il could have
failed 70 Materially reduoe the receipts OF the road and
Ia prze well worthy for the gers Of road
pend for and Is worth tens OF thousands to the
pany
B Try ipP u work through ant may succeed in doing IT,
but " will stick fast IL ne ;. nate
The Ponse Fonmittee have decided, or at least ma
jor!sy OF hem, 10 report INST the bill TO limit the
tenure o. militia OH ers and they have heir report ali
drawn up The positions that they have taken are wr ing
both in principle ano nature and false in point Of fact
IL IL plainly 10 be So that the report, or at least tho
pon's It, all from General Sndford for doubt
If any thsr p-rtoD but himself be found to praiss
him az that report does
'skep the poeiton that is good aud safe policy
to git I'D Of General S4nciord at this ctca moment.
The mrtee staes who is 40 popular an has tho
dercs the people Of the city OF New York II
gptemrp Of that mmtes will 20 amongst the differ
ent ~ eDs OF the First Division they will nd that ali
tho hest oficMs, and, in fact, arge proportion Of
the best prtvstes in that division, Il they
or6ered out to enter into an engagement
betwen The ctiZsns Of portion Of this har
and happy government with any other country, and
70 be under The command OF neral sanford, they
will reefn iheI position before they will %, not that
they do respect Mr. Sanford, and like him as a man.
but tey have no coDhd' nee in hs military abity ana
would not rk their lives TO the bunders that he w,uld
urey make when In engagement in heat OF battle
The committee sem to have taken /. for their
special duty to praso and laud Sanford, aud
their report full, ccnvcts the committee Of tot,
~ the wants OF the militia Of the state, and
IL not to be wondered that they reported bill ol,ciog
the luo riny District Attorneys ami all legal officers OF
the State under the control of the military officers
Wpen the State Military soscty in
zion here several OF the members aud officers
decided to mach TO the Deiavan House and
cbli upon p-rton thereof course
expected 10 form IN liue AMI march In military order
Two Brgadier Generals ard Major General, hold
ing IN POSITIONS in the nitia Of thu state took the
con name in their respective ranks, and undertook to
SOD present a military officer OF some rank yet h 80
t4o Byga ier Generals assisted by the MAJOR could MT
fo' IN, that lne. h.csnaa sach these hold
ing Positions ths. bills Of this kind passed n
Obliged % have war, certainly wait good Off
caIs TO take Command or the batc is los; before be-
GIN
There fair prospect of the report Of the comm t
tee being dsssr.ed TO when is presented, AMI that
The Commit co Cities and Villages havc cut down
the city tax levy four hundred thousand dollars,
and have inserted following imp,r,ant clause:-
% uOlti Ion b.
and shall be expended upon c,ptract for
pairing the reads ana avenues un said contract sh
have auho lied by three ourths vote Of the CON-
Council he proposals for sait contract shall be
advertised In such ne~epaprs as may be desguated by
the lowest bidder with adequate security such
contract when awarded shll become valid and Of
fectual In aad 10 suh lowest bidder without tho conrma
tlon OF the Mayor and Common Council.
II now looks AZ though H. A. Rsley the Clerk Of tho
ofce Of superintendent Of Public Instruction He would
certainly make an excellent officer.
ALBANY, April e-6:2opA.
FL Canal Commissioner Sheriff., and not Collector
ney sent for the Lieutenant Governor and tic Semi,
10 20 TO New York the appointments. They held
meeting yesterday at Mr. Barney office No. Ill Bread
way. II attended by tho Lieutenant Governor,
Senators Sessions Truman Dana Thomas Carol and
Mr. Sheriff. but appears that those gentlemen did not
have full sway, and several OF them have retur ned
reported that Mr. Barney viii consult the republican
ward associations in New York and aftcr thor portion
dealt out, be win eAsr divide the balance between the
rural dsv.ss, e<aer from each Assembly district
two Sem inch oo-nty
The bN ~ r.xe the saary Of the Assistant District At
o,ey RI AsaAn9 came up tonight and received its
ouetur By the Mousse striking out the cuacting clause by
a 1Vy fifths vote.
The bill 10 appoint Com mission TO draft charter
for the city OF New York ~ss moved ahead me Assem-
bly, entertained by nice little nsht between the
Tammany ard Mozat parties ovcr striking out and the
insertion Of William fuckers nsme
was added on motion d Mr.. shaw Mr.. Hrgy
moved he rsme Of Purdy, and Cozsns N amend by ad
dirg that Il chrane and over that question hal
quite breeze Mr.. Hardy Leading Of Ia opposition TO
Cocbrape ana cling tho OF the old war Horse"
Purdy name finally inserted. Mr. Camp 70
s Ike oct the OF Kennedy and insert that OF ,eu
tine the Clerk ~ the Common Counsel shch Va
made TO add other nanes--,hit Of Coch
ranc, Oakley Hall and ono tao othars -