The New York herald., 1865-02-26

States or the Secretary Of State plays 81 this
paltry farce we cannot tell; but IL Is sGid -
each has his position behind the scenes, and n
view of the Presidential succession. II this il
true, this juggling and shufiing between the
Chase faction and the Seward faction Ii .
miserable farce indeed.
The Removal or the state CapitaI-Ncw
York the Real Metropolis. -s
We publish in another column this morning
a very interesting budget from our Albany cor
respondent In regard 70 the contemplated re-
moval Of the State capital. 1t seems that the
members Of the Legislature are thoroughly in
earnest in this effort to get out Of Albany and
get rid Of Albanian influences and corruptions.
The select committee appointed BY the Senate
have already. issued . scircular, - tho mayors Of
the different cities and the heads Of the different
villages in the State, inviting proposals and in
ducements In connection with the selection Of .
new site for the Capitol buildings This circu-
lar simply asks what is the population Of the
city, town or village addressed; how accessible
is it; what Is Its record az regards salubrity,
and what temptations in the wsy Of lands or
money it can offer the State government Seve-
raj informal replies have already been made to
this last question Ithaca offers one hundred
acres Of land and half . million Of dollars.
Rochester offers two hundred thousand dollars
and thirty-ive acres Of city lots. Brooklyn
offers two millions of dollars and site for tho
necessary buildings New York city offers any
public park, from the Battery to Kingsbridge,
for the Capitol, q hundred feet on Fifth avenue
for the Governors residence, and WIN erect all
these edifces free Of expense to the State.
Pending these offers the Legislature took
recess for seven days, that the members might
consult with their home governments and the
proposals be made in due and regular form as
soon as possible. a0 6e 81.
It is singular fact that the capital Of this
great State has never yet been determined by
law. New York city was the first capital, and
around her all the grand, old associations and
traditions Of the State are grouped. Albany
was merely the capital by accident, and its very
name has now become Synonymous with in
famous legislation. Against the spurious
claims Of that good-fornothing little hamlet all
the honest wide-awake Representatives have
combined. The sentiment that the capital
ought TO be taken away from Albany seems to
be unanimous, and the only difficulty is where
to locate it. Railroads have long since destroyed
all ideas of geographical centres, and every
city contends that it is as accessible as any
other. Syracuse, famous for salt which has not
lost itssavor, pretendst to be the political centre
Of the State, on the ground that the political
conventions are being held there; but we believe
that q far stronger argument in favor ofSyracuse
would be that its salt might exercise preserv-
ative influence upon the Legislative morals
Auburn -Aloveliest village"-wants to be the
capital, because its prison would keep the leg
islators virtuous by reminding them Of their
ultimate fate if they proved corrupt; but the
difference between the State Legislature and
the State Prison is not very clear at present,
and there is danger that II the capital were
located at Auburn the candidates for one instita-
tion might be sent to the other Saratoga has
pretsnsions, based upon the purgative and pu-
riying effects Of It's waters and the refinement
Of its fashionable society; but legislators do not
usually drink water, and the good society at
Saratoga is absent during those months when the
Legislature is in session, and only present
lduring the dogdays, when the Legislature has
adjourned. Rochester and Ithaca present no
advantages except those Of pecuniary sort,
and are outbid by Brooklyn; but Brooklyn,
although 1t calls itself "the City Of Churches"
is one Of the most immoral communities on this
side the Atlantic, and furnishes nine-tenths Of
the divorce and seduction cases in this vicinity,
and has already given up its best site to Green
wood Cemetery. Therefore, having no desire
to lead our innocent lawmakers into the temp
tations Of vicious females, or to offer them
graveyard for Capitol site, we must rule out
the proposal Of Brooklyn and recur to that Of
New York.
The idea Of locating the new Capitol down
by the Bowling Green, where the old Province
House once stood, is fine antiquarian notion,
and commcnds itself to the consideration Of all
lovers Of the fusty, musty, dusty records Of the
past Still, this is an age Of progress, and we
do not see why our municipal authorities
should wish to put our Capitol in location
which everybody il leaving for uptown sites.
Manhattan square, directly opposite the grand
entrance to the Park on Eighth avenue, is q
proper place for the splendid ediice which
this city will erect for the reception and accom-
mediation Of the worthy gentlemen who preside
over our destinies. This square is the property
Of the city, and has been so for twenty years
past during which time II was devoted to pig
geries--a fate from which the Central Park
Commissioners proposed to redeem it by devot-
inc n tn uUild oniu,a1a aa a zoOloOica1 Oardon.