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THE STATE CAPITAL.
The Proposed New Capitol Building
Project to Remove the Capital from
Albany-Thc Sanitary QuestiOn-The
Governors Appointments Sc.
OUR ALBANY CORRESPONDENCE.


OUR ALBANY CORRESPONDENCE.
ALBANY, Jan. 81, 1895.
The erection Of Capitol building Tor the State
pending before the Senate The progress Of this bill
will not be smooth this year 1t last II pro-
vdes for the appropriation Of hundred thousand
dollars for the purchase Of the Cong Hall properly
and the erection Of building thereon. The expdency
OF having the capital located at this city II a.eraiiy
changed many respects but more pocilv in reference
u the railroad and living accommodations hero. THIS
question VIII come Shortly upon the report of tho
mi tie upon the bill In the meantime seraior Lainbcer
has offered resolution, which adopted by OF
twenty 10 two, authorz ng select committee OF
three be appointed TO obtain proposals from all tho
municipalities Of the state Volae 10 the location Of tho
capital any Other city. Ito progress ot this mat
ter here prom scs to b. particularly spicy
TWENTY WAND.
The proposed creation Of Twenty third WARD offered
here 10 conindac political interest in t.e Twelfth
ward Of New York In point Of i,oy, there is room
for the DIVISION but in respect Of population tie Twenty
third ward belongs elsewhere In that city.
iRiD0E.
Athorongh overhaul Of that chronic swinde the Har
lem bridge Is In preparation hero The DICTATES Of this
have be freq emily Sod but The real kernel
OF the has not been exposed The Increased OK
pense aud the still morqcoetiy delay Of work. have
all rested upon tue ground Of the salaries paid 10 mis-
chicovus st Of pensioners under the patronage II the
sGperv sors ard few others or the officials or both Now
York city aud Westchester county.
0ovERs ms Arp NryHSrs.
Tho Governor ~ giving his attention TO military mat
tcrs almost exclusively The harbor masters and ether
anxious sole Tor place continue daily
Dut woud seem Hst any CONCLUSION In regard 70 their
aiairs will be- arrived III for week yet There is
alarming afoat her that ttese matters will be
reach d from point Of ve% decidedly opposition to
The w cd interest Tho principle OF rotation WIN un
doubleday sup rscde the present ncus.nts Of the Office
of harbor master almost bulk but tia, the result
viii favor on or the other IA ton of tie party FAR less
probable than that he Will seek Old both ai,cnp,
u divide the oaves and fishes between with
attempt TO satisfy all
The Sanitary QUESTION:
II Is understood that the sanitary question win be
heard Thursday evening by the committees o.
m nahl .kf rt.tl
Of New York and Brooklyn and leading physicians are
invited 10 attend.
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Entire Failure Of the
Negotiations.
e..
The Rebels Preparing for a
Last and Desperate
Campaign.
No Hope Of Peace till Lees
Army is Destroyed,
&C., &c., &c.

WASHINGTON, Jan. q, 1885,
Tho only topic or conversation here to-day has been
the return Of Mr. Blair, sr from Richmond, and tho
result Of his mission. adictory
cua,on as to that result and IL unti this
ing that authentic Information could be obtained In
regard toh
1t is now definitely settled that his mission hos been
cnre failure and that he is not to wear the honors
Of grca: pacinc,tor Mr. Blair went to Richmond
as has be stated In tho HERALp's correspondence
confident that be should be able to iuarsura,S
ton Of host,itics ind tho restoration Of tho Union
He returns satsned that nj present there liz hope Of
peaceful solution OF existing difficulties Ec found avp
Ion and wrangng among the rebel leaders, but they are
SO distrusul Of each other hat dare the
responsibility Of making advances agreeing TO term
enemies who watch his every motion, and are ready,
at the first indication Of disposition TO
acccde TO any possible OF settlement, spring
upon and overwhem him. For this no could
oner tcrms except precedent rcognit on Of commits
soners representing tn, Coned ratio government
he willing to negotiate without actual recognition
provided arstco Of from thirty To ninety days was
granted Neither OF these propos tons could Of corsc
receive moments consideration, and 80 no was in
formed
Finding all efforts 10 accommodate matters unavaiing
Mr. Blair has rcturned TO this city ard his abors peace
maker ended Nothing now remains but n vigorous
prosecution Of the until the army of Lee destroyed,
dsintegration oftne rebel government.
Tho rebels determined TO make one last effort by
the CONSUMPTION OF negroes and a moro vigorous
enforcement Of the coEscrptoa Of white men,
To chance tho current Of d.tas,cr which has SO
steadily set against them Of Their hopes Of rccog.
milton have al,ogehr failed them and they are en-
couragcd from the action Of Cons in relation
the French patton OF hcxco, believe Tat Franco
II recognize them Offset 70 the hostil ~ dis
played towards the that county by
tho United States All these arg, used TO keep
tho rebel Congress and Tie people from dospairng OF
the present
II is authorativc.y stated 10 night that VT Blair is
preparing letter, addressed Horace Greeley detail
Ing his experience peace ncgotiaor and explaining
tho or biz Iilure and showin that there no
hope Of an immediate peaceful lcmsnl OF the war
General Singleton has not returned yet 10 this cty
although IL i understood hat tic has como within our
ncs from Richmond Ills political friends quite dis
appointed 1t lii uucr failure bring ito rebels 10
| peaceful frame Of mind
! Peace sad 70 ~ plentiful in Richmond BIZ:
rcconsruct!onists DO no, a. yct dare 70 ayos them
selves
resolution viii be introduced In the Senate Scn.
day calling uron the President Tor all the Blair Days
correspondence.
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In arriving mt those figures fur your committee
could learn the quotas assigned appear be based upon
call for eight hundred Thousand 900 COO men, and the
county has boen derived fro It's outrag.ousy
give enrolment
Had your committee, desired by them, been
thoized hy the Wa Department two months earlier 3
they undertake the ton of the enrolment
the work would have been finished before the prosep
quotas asgnei and the quota or this county would
have been reduced by at eut fifteen thousand 10, 00O
Annexed 20 this report and marked Appendix A H.
the order Of the Provost Marshai General assigning
tho quota of tho Southern district OF New York
Appendix -, also annexed, Is copy II letter to
Br.gader q neral William Hays AciIg Assistant Provost
Martial General which II the only official PLANTATION
yet maze Of the cbunges In tho quota Of this district
Your committee hasten 10 lay these facts before your
honor dc body They belicvo that there IL
from the demand ruao upon for iwenty thou
SIND and nineteen ga 0lq The nainDcr ol
cnl-ting at the present ratio OF bounty rs small 10 DO
almost nothing In comparison with the large number
quired OF Either this bounty must be largely in
creased or We must give up In despair Of nndng any
means Of avoiding a draft
Whatever injustice may have been done the county in
the withdrawal Of credits ard jstly awarded us
ana by delaying that withdrawal until IL IS alnos; too
late Ia think or supplying tho denc ency thus
denly thrown upon us Ne have now no time TO iemon.
straie.
In order TO chow clearly the eject Of this withdrawal
append marked O. the letter Of Provost Marshal Gene
ral Fry 10 Bigader General Hays, dated Deccmber n
1894 stating the number Of de from this county
The following shows the number Of demanded OF
each Congressional district OF this county by the orders
OF December 70 and that Of January a. and the increase
In the demand In each district
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Al six per ccnt would be but one hundred and twenty
millions OF dollars IT. In addition TO the export duty on
cotton there be levied export dSty ON tobacco and
naval stores in like proportion 10 the demand and value
We may estimate the amount OF such duties Ia be at least
three hundred and nifty or four hundred millions Of
II this war has demonstrated any fact that the
whole world civilized and uncivized chiefly depend
ent upon the Confederate States for their Supplies Of cot
ton tobacco and naval stores and Congress autho-
rzed TO regulate commerce with foreign nations, be
deemed necessary proper TO monopoze the cotton to-
bacco and naval stores o regulating the trade
with foreign nations then the chief question tor consde
price In the foreign market II the monopoly viii enable
the government TO sell the entire crop foreign nations
A. forty cents per round when the producers 10 eonss
sell for more than twenty cents then export duty Of
twenty cents would be paid by the foreign consumer
and the prod would receive Tho price from the
government II there export duty. IT be
found that the monopoly by the government and the
below that which exported commodities would otherwise
command In the foreign market, then the export duty
should be regulated BY The price In that market,
export duty So far Us he the foreign articles
made from his cotton, admit that he does: but tho
planters will not consume onetwenieh part Of the
ton they export and the effect Of tho g prac cable
export duty will not apprec able effect the
prices Of the foreign goods they may consume. The
question: therefore, then recars win monopoly enable
rs to SO regulate the prices OF cotton tobacco and naval
stores, In the foreign markets. TO enable the
ment TO collect the export daty without pref the
produ ersY Can any doubt t Will no, such monopoly
act the blockade does, with this dinerenccthe
foreign consumer TO mutt the IN
addition the producers price, make his arrange
ments accordingly and by adding the duties 70 the cost
Of his manufactures regulate his prices and thus dsr
butte the fund which viii go into our Treasury among the
many q the goods made Of the material
have furnishedS
You asked how yol would pay for the cotton and
cbacco taken and very properly replied with the public
credit As have srggested, tha duty would be paid by
the purchaser OF the cotton tobacco and naval stores
They should be paid In specie 1t would be tax on the
foreiner and should he regulated by the price the
ton, tobacco and naval stores IN the foreign market II
Vonf hnn Inf
bales the foreign purchasers will pay into Treasury
$3.50 46l 068; II II be ten cents then they pay S276 225
4S4 Il be but i've CENTS they viii pay $l37 42 per
annum INTO Treasury, and that will be In specie II
the Treasury notes be undable III six taxable
convertible bonds and the interest be Specie
after peace and the revival Of for ign trade tho curen
will be funded and very soon be worth CHI gold
In such the taxes may be reduced TO the quiz
site 70 pay the interest on the public debt.
DUFF GREEN.
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REBEL ACCOUNTS.
The ElRir Mission.
MR.. ELAIR CONVEYS LETTER FRon LINCOLN TO

The EIRir Mission.
MR.. rLAIR CONVEYS LETTER PROM LINCOLN TO
DAVIS.
From the Richmond Examiner, Jan. Is
We learn that Nr Bar, contrary 70 general espccta.
but yet tarre In Richmond. In consequence OF which
there We terary, his delay hero
TONS whatever they may b. had mother been rco Yea
answered with decision AL known Ia the facs
INA, 5,ap po s5.Sl T.. e mr y.~ Leoin sds,sd @
Tut the only o'cct d sending Blair hero s dstrnct
public attention tfoin The pubic defence and KEEP tho
arInies are In motion.
NM. BLAIR sxDIrIous TO nnrSo ABOUT PEACE.
From The Richmond Wing. Jan 20
There prusp ct Of unisce AZ present, but Mr.
Blair IL still In Richmond ard ~hic MOI yet pcr-
mel " know officially anything relative to his nission
sesousiy endeayorng 20 bng about termination
war great reputation viii be ia reward OF his efforts,
n he succeeds and he N Ambitious enough strive to
sec ire the rrnoan which win attach 10 his name Il ne
pros suceessful commits icner e peace.
nag Of boat went down tho river to da8s Como
raj s,nslcton OF Illinois, aid niece, amonS Tho pas
seng,rS
Nh. BLAIR AUTHORIZED TO OYER ANT rKHxs THAT
would sJir JgrF. DAVIS.
Iron the Richmond Sentinel Jan. IS
Mr. Blair ~ s,ili In the city We saw him on tho
street late ycstetisy afternoon II ~ believed taat NJ
naf could be accepted BY ~ Coysde at pSopie what
consult ons have taken riwc n'wecb hun anil Presi
s.,ns. IN, r,,s, r,a"sa ,seriy II an a,,o,s,lr
for three months ~ ~ ihe thunder
below the city. There rntInrs o. and OF Bisepsou
OF ht sirs have ether thsa 20 false
hopes In tho nj. Of ne pctpc lie shortest way ftr
peace Is vigorously ~ war fbc eaemy ~i never mae
teruH with Us unt t!isy convinced will D. IA I'll
we achieve or independence
Mn, BLAfg AND JLff. DAVIS KEEP THEM OWN
COUNSEL.
From The Richmond Dispatch, Jel 26
Elalr vas Ia the city last evening He arrived
berc on Saturday evening, dned with the President
SUNDAY ana had eral interviews with him sues..
What iran c during these Interviews Is pos lively mes
known Tic lrcsid ~ no, having even made any com.
mons alton hs cabinet the sublect we must await
lie return o. Mr. Blair 10 tho North.
NO PEACE BIT ~ srBrr0Ar'oN OR INDEPENDENCE
from the liicnin"nd Sentinel, Jan. 25.l
The more talk ab ut peace the arrogant the
enemy becomes The me n WHO cont nualy whining
about peace but rfolong the war, ~ they well know
there can be no peace but in two ways-sn9uAauon "
Independence
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siderable rank who has ust returned from Georgia where
he had oppurun.ie OF observation and aequaint
ance he tells that thu spirit Of the PEG l. there Is
erect and has been very much misre hy
men who want hnd excuse for their croakipg
He have been much disrst and gloota there
q might naturally be exp. ted from military manage
that part OF the onfedeacy, but that idea Of
abandoning tbs struggle has entered the minds OF any
but pack OF sneaks in Savannah; thar submss on IL
held In CeoTg outside u the fallen city Of annah
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The Gold Market.


panic continues Ia lue gold MARKET which IL par
aliy attributed 20 the scarcity of Confederate notes
Confederate money is In great demand which IL daily be-
oning stringent, the ultimate effect or which
establish well defined relation between paper
nd specie, and override the comb nation " brokers to
ut up gold 10 speculative figures Cod sold Monday
thirty -ve and yesterday the market price
strain as TO be nominal
Il Is known that the government has accumulated nj
i.hmond within the past few days large quantity OF
oid and II is surmsed TO the great terror OF the
osSers Of specie, thst tho may throw
TX on the MARKET II has nos already done 90, and
'Dut the price ut It's fgurss Tie Yankee govern
|neut has stained It's finances becsusc II has boon the
great operator in the gold Of New York, aud Is
always really 10 bear' the market when emergency
|Quires There IL do4bt that government might
6onro almost en rely at ts PLEASURE the price Of gold
sorsidcrng the limited amount Of In the hands Of pr
|vaae spcculatorsfar too limited 10 make IL . mat
|esr OF 'bulls' and "Lcara" We may safely
conclude thss whatever may Be the price gov
eSument may pat upon gold, the current market
price would fall Ear below the standard
0f the scarcity Of Treasury Eotes VIII ch 70
severely felt and which would be made strngcnt
d proportion these absorbed rather put
Of existence by the 90, ornment buying up Its
esucy and canceing Il for gold. The practical effect
ws be that many persons who had bought gold Al the
government standard would he compelled 10 cell again
falling Market and thus double profit would ensue
% the government while everybody would BE- benefited
bot . few speculat0rA
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In ordor 70 eluaiize this credit vii be added 70 the
quota the district IN gross ard d's;rl utcd among tho
sub dsiets according the number enrolled In each
This all give the oa Of the bdisrict increased by
the propor on o. the number enrolled but ~
the number OF one two and three respectively
have bcen rnishcd witho regard 10 tho number
rolled the rovost Marshal VIII subtract from gross
quota the actual of Of years Of service
which the sub ds'fic, has furnished
Tho enclosed fo mula Is furnished rule for nssgn
Ing quotas 60 sub-Gistricta
Suppose ihc quota cndcr the present call In giren
district ring eight 49, districts one thousand
ard that tho quota In that district under the call Of
July To- le6i, 600 which oiled ~ foliows:-
q
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Gold and Rebel Currency.

fFroru tho Ri.hrnond Examiner Jan. "a
Tho price OF gold Is falling, aud this time 10 NO uc
tcs lon or delueion.
Those who have thrown away their Confederate money
% hoard little gold and those who have speculaed on
sss disasters VI their country arc about 70 reociss
R.Sc lesson.
The government has great amount Of no,cs In circu
1t!on, aud the assets Of the confcdcracy will redeem
every cent OF Its obligations Why should these
Dc buried where the enemy may day seize them In
lump instead Of being strbuted In circulation when
NO great portion Of them he lost In tho worst
svcan Confederate money and Tie fortune Of lss oonjsas
sucy miH soon rise together.
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The report published In the New York and baltimore
papers, that captain Norris Montgomery was in New
OF that CITY, and thereby bring about tho OF
that city, 10 faschood, manufactured out Of entiro
Northern CLOTH ~ Mr. Montgomery Is, and has becn
OF the frm Of hcssrs Darby, Read, Montgomery
Co., boot and shoe Dealers Belvin's block Az the
tho south, the correction y due NJ. Montgomery.
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gives the actual namber Of men required from the sub
district under the call
suppose the quota. under the present call In q given
district containing eight bdstrcts Is 600 men and
tht the quota In that dstT under the cali Of July lS
1854 Was l,60o which wa allsd a. loAows:--
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:: / !. i ]. |. / ! ]! !
Il 20 PERIOD Of Service. ES ISSS
l............t 2U 1s0l 20 40 S00l 100
2t..........I x4Ol 1901 10 80 S0I ITO
3...........l lCV col IL O. SOSI 1D
4..... .......l SUI l.0l W ITO 6lOj 20
o.. .s...... 1oVI lOOI ~ 20 X3OI 100
6.,.........J IiVi lDl 70 100 1901 10
L..........j l4Vi w 10 10 20l 100
A............ lnOl lJzl ~ % 252i ~
Total ......' 900 932 l36 $50 2sOOl l. 200

Will be that the years service over the
number OF men furnish in the First sub district is 1907
Id the Second, Ito, &c Total In the district l. 200
The quota Of tho dsrit the present cali ia 600:
this multiplied BY three a. gives GOO years Of service
to this add the excess 200 then as the number en-
role in the district GO 00o to this 209 so IL
the number enrolled in the suhdsrict 10 the number Of
service required increased by It's excess; from
which DID CT the Of years or service which the
sGbdtrict Las furnished and divide the remainder by
three tal, 70 find the quota Of the sub district
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Dun. Green, of Alabama, Turns Tn m n
Ffnancier

LFTTEE TO HUMPUHEY MARqHALL, -
ghc Wing OF this morning gives your remarks In tho
po,ls, OF Representative on your motion TO reoommit
~ "a, a -crease the export duty cotton with In.
s ga report bill 70 take all the cotton and
s,bss h, the CON eracy on account Of the eovcnment
y ~ n,,yigs f1r m,t-s just compensation therefor
Permit me- 70 submit few facts IL addition to those 90
sorciLly and elo1ucntiy stated by you shcnry IN his
valuable work the cotton trade, csn aes ,ne export
o. Amer can cotton In the year ending July l. Aooi hat
A. The crop Of lse0) as follows ou
~ Franc, 5Iso63 pacs, Of 446 lbs,
90 noIih RI Tlropc ...,,.. c6 $50 bales ~ 4l0 lh&
Ia ther foreign ports I3s go bales oil &so Ids
Mixing III, SOS bales, or ,37o,'
To- 80 lbe .....
a. wound ro n 10 $3.50 ,o6s, aud export duty
Of twonty cent? per pouI at, lsb, y. so;,s,sd !, ,,o
thousand millions Of doliars te lorost On ~ q funded
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Assembly.
ALsASr, Jan ~, 1895.
rsILs REPORTED.

ALsASr, Jan. ~. 1895.
nils IMPORTED.
Relative 70 prtc market In New York.
To amend the chatter OF the New York Indemnity Com
pany.
To amend the charter Of the Manhattan Fire Insurance
Company of Now York
Incorporating the New York Tom Moore Association.
Incorporating the New YORK Conservatory Of Music
The 10 ,nty BILL authorizing locatc s " pay bosntics
OF $500 1900 AMI $500 for one two aud thrc0 year
men. The vote stood los tot
To Incorporate the Atlantic Base Ball Club Of BROOKLYN
To In orporste the New York Yacht Club
To incorporate the Union Yacht Club Of New York
To incorporate the Twenty third Regiment Armory
RMS INTRODUCED
To incorporate the Green Point Savings Bank, Brook.
To incorporate the National Dcposi, and Security Com
To amend the charters Of several savings banks In New
To proyde Tor the rclof Of broadway. by tho trims
potaon Of freight and baggage between the South
ferry and Union 1usre and beyond through other streets
For n more perfect assessment cf taxe1
To regulate the wharves and sps leascd 10 tho New
To provide against damages by explosive materials In
For the relief Of the Tenth Avenue and Fulton Ferry
Mr. RsSp then oasrod the foIlowrg.-
whereas Information Is asrcad Ma, me oacis quota o.
Hundred thousand men a. published on or sSeu, The T,S
day Of January been Increased froa forty
Isresy wi,sonl s,plsnsi s9d whereas hs psop. :!
soy former period YET ,hsy are sarpsed and sspsib,
by mi. change which them Is ines cable aud
Risoivcd TIT 4 not Incompatible with the public in.
t"rsss 81. E,,eiency Nc o9yernor be Repeatedly r.
my have respecting the ICSrea..a qaoa y ,hs s.c and
The resolution was laid over under tho rule
o'clock
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will no seen that the cxccss Of years service over
the number Of furnished In the First sub district IL
lao
The quota Of the district under The present call ,s
LOO 70 this add the excess 2oo making ZOO then
nufnber enrolled in the sub district to ts quota which
will be reduced b. subracting from its share the ex
cezs.
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In this estimate the Provost Marshal General has
taken into act cunt all credits 70 which the several A.
cts are entitled on Of men raised or 10 Deocm
Der 81 1864, including excess under former Gala
In order 70 equaze this credit you will multiply the
quota OF the strict by thrcc, thus reducing IL ire m
three years TO one year basis To the product add
the excess Of years service, and then dsfbutc this
q tho several subd stricn In proportion 10 the number
enrolled In each.
from each ubdis.'ct Increased by the excess PROM
actually furnished and he reIsder 10 tho actual mum.
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High Price OF Light Reading ne Rich
UA0mA.

from tho Richmond Dispatch, Jan 2A1
Tho carriers Of the Dspdtch will he required N pay
THIRTY copies for their papers
after this week, and consequence will DO compslIed
TO charge their patrons two dollars and Hfy cents per
week for the paper.
Single copies Of tho paper IN the onlcs NM cExn
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About midday all the vcsecls Of the feet raised their
flags and fired There had boon susl activity
displayed among the foot to-day and Morris Island
The number OF Monitors had increased. There
eight or Morris Island. Nothing Of sherman's move
mcntx