The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-06-22
CONGRESS.

In tho Senate yesterday resolution instructng the
Committee on the Public Grounds to inquire into the
expediency Of purchasing the land between Maryland
and Pennsylvania avenue east Of the CAPITOL to
Nineteenth street. for 3 national park, on which
10 erect Q Presidential mansion was agreed
TO- Tho reading Of the Tax bill then resumed
from tho point reached at the time OF adjourn.
ment on Wednesday. An amendment In relation to
gas companies was agreed to, allowing them to add
theax their contract prices All paper not otherwise
provided for bs taxed three per cent I'D volrsx
On smoking tobacco Of fourteen cents pound,
oil cheroots cigars Of certain value tax OF ten dol
lars thousand and for all under certain value four
dollars thousand Of the amendments agreed
TO- Railroad and steamboat companies allowed to
add the tax TO their fares and freight
In tho House the Committee on Elections made re-
port the contested election Of Fuller against
Dawson which coses with resolution that Mr. Dawson
Il entitled to retain his seat The discussion on the
Army bill was continued and with some fcw but unin.
portant amendments, the bill passed by . vote Of
SOY enty.tw TO forty-one.
THE CITY.
Tho number Of unlicensed liquor dealers arrested up
six o'clock Thursday afternoon four hundred
and thrty-nve. Some OF them held to bail In
hundred, two hundred and throo hundred dollars TO
answer and others discharged on their own pa
thirty dollars zach. In tho Court Of Common
Pleas Judge Cardozo rendered important dc
csion in the case OF Holt the Com
missiouers OF Excise The Judge decided that tho
Excise Liquor law, which prohibits tho sale oil
drink sundays, il unconstitutional and void II
understood that under this decision the pubicans VIII
open their places Of business next Sunday and on
every succeeding Sunday unless tho Court OF Appeah
shall tho conclusion arrived at by Judge Carozo.
Tho Board OF Aldermen met yesterday. The question
Of allowing steam TO escape into sewers was under dis
cussion.
Tho Board OF Common councilmen yesterday con-
Cured with Aldermen In advertising for plans for
bridge at tho corner Of Broadway and Fulton street
Tho question Of removing the stoops from Fifth
avonuc has boon disposed Of before the Joint CON-
mlttee OF the Common Council The property owners
on the avenue egrec 10 pay any amount agreed upon
Into tho city treasury and retain tho stoops and
The committee WIN make a report TO tho Council soon
when their action In the matter will be made public.
The Board Of Health held meeting yesterday OF .
somewhat private nature. Two cases OF cholora wore
reported Of which proved fatal The case OF onicer
Peck, who reported a. sex on wednesday last,
proves to have been only diarrhTa trial was made
yesterday afternoon Of the disnfccting recently
constructed Seguines Point TO see what degree Of
heat could be obtained. and under what circum-
s,ances IL would prove cfcient Eggs oysters and ash
cooked I'VE minutes, and in ten, eggs wrapped
in eight folds OF soldiers blanket were made ~ hard
a. heat make them Tho highest Temperature
marked by the scl.rcgistering thermometer was two
hundred and sixty degrees the highest by tho Their
mometcr on the outside two hundred and twenty
Ave degrees Preparations going on for trial Of
steam al early day in infected houses In the city.
James stephens, the G o l r. has left town for th'
purpose Of preparing his manifesto TO DO read st the
mas meeting in Jones Wood on Sunday nGt Az the
seuac headquarters frcsh Developments will be made
until a,,er tho return OF General swecny and Colonel
Roberts.
The Annual Commencement Of the University Of Tbs
City Of New York was celebrated yesterday. Among The
usual degrees conferred on the different classes was one
Of Doctor OF Physical scenccs conferred on Eras'us W.
Smith and IL the nrs one Of the kind bestowed BY any
university, perhaps in this country.
DR.. Edward Montague Scott graduate Of the Corpu
Christi College England committed TO Jail yeser
day by Justice Bowling In default OF g. 600 ball charges
with numerous robberies Of boarding houses
Tho Forman vii continued yesterday al The
sarrosstes Court before Surrogate Tucker The cross
examination Of Eliza A. Denhanl was anis he'd after &C
cupyiug the whole day, The viii DO resumed th.
morning
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