New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-02-02
ALBANY.

Albany, Feb 1.-The bill granting William orion
Charles c. Leigh and Charles HaYMd the exclusive
privilege TO lay Geographic cables lor ulis 0'a'o "
Che Empire of France passed IN the senate by
q unanimous vote, although the bill gave rise 10
so,ne remarks ON the part of several Senator'S MI
Williams was under the impression that the Dill g"'o
AIargo monopoly TO the gentleman named, ana IT,
onested some information from Mr.. Henry & MuPiS'
The latter gentleman said would douot inc
tmnortance of such a line especially in case OF war
with England but it was patent fact that II couIu
only be constructed by private enterprise Wnch
must have some return for the capltal invested III
regard 60 the question TO whether the caole VIII pe
Laid il can only be said that the gentlemen
named in the bill do not expect 10 Oe
able OF themselves to do So because 1t will require
large outlay beyond the means of few individuals;
hut they have assurance that Ii the state OF New
York will offer a proper encouragement the capital
will be forthcoming and they expect to complete the
work within two years The Judiciary Committee
had examined into the question whether the
State Of New-York had power to grant
.thls pIiSilfge, aud they s2pcluded that
had Ia reply To a question from PtLhaIII OK; mI'oS
whether this grant will interfere with - HF4' IT,
Q cable between New,York or NeWionnldiaIu, 81 e.,
limits the grant 10 connection between New-1OIk
and France. and therefore does not prevent any
other cable being laid c0astwise TO the British colo
~ ESf 70 Pant TO William orion Charles G. Leigh and
Charles Hazard. their associates. successors and as
sigus an exclusive right 10 lay Geographic cables
nom this state To the Empire OF France ana TO Work
sFCrIoS J. william orton. Charles C. Leigh and Charles
Hazard their associates, and assigns shall
have the exclusive right and privilege, for the
period of twenty years from the date OF this act TO lay
construct land, maintain and operate elegrarse or mag
pcto nos or cables in and the waters, reefs islands
chores and lands which the state OF NevGork as
10 I!lci Of SeYosk VI Wi iii the Empe Of
lines cables, tne " az Az.f &Gg stc aTEs,-,
@ This Grant Is upon the condition that the State
AZ York snail have the free and exclusive use OF one
of the said cables the space " 80 nnUtf at any c
line 10 lime 10 inc Government of the United States
aud upon The further condition. that within the period
two wears from the passage Of this Qgt the teeSapmc
standardization herein contemplated shall be in SuCfess
~ operation for the transmission Of messages anu aus
hp6n the further condition that the Legislature may at
any tYe HsSS Ssfr OK q re eeet t i%@ediatey
MIR Oakley this morning made an earnest appeal Tor
che Assembly 10 act upon the resolutions now Hlhg
the table, authorizing the committee on 1ol.-
merce and Navigation to 60 To New-fork and 10 M
yeetigatc the management of the Ferries thee. Nj.
Oakley said he had been unjustly attacked because
Friday last Ii was Mr.. HinsOn of Erie, and not MI
Oakley who introduced that resolution. Mr.. Oakey
said lie had been charged with being III collusl0h
With the Ferry Companies This he positively de-
MED and would take the occasion TO say at ne was
ready and willing to 20 on with that InNestlgaOha as
soon az the Assembly would give MN power lie
asked unanimous consent 10 have the resolution con
,idered bn Mr. Nillspaugh objected because the
clinton was offered out of its usual place. Mr. Oakley
satisfied all present that injustice had been done hl
az ~ Vow, Vorl will I've presented to the Assembly
nv Mr. peufield of Westchester IL Is "A bull Tor the
construction of tunnel between the two cities ne
9ncorporators are John I. Hoffman, Horatlo Allen,
Thaddeus Davids, Joseph Knapp Of NeW-1 ork, sam
neI booth of brooklyn John Hunter. Phillip r. I'm
derhill. They are to have the night ana privilege 10
construct tunnel or covered way under ne bed OF
the East River, with approaches 10 me same
at some point in New-YOrk between Wall-st.
and Jackson and in Brooklyn between At antic and
HudsOn-st. The company are allowed to charge for
The massage of persons and vehicles the rate of
tolls and fare allowed by law for the Terry from
New York to jersey City, The capital stock shan
ant measure which will attract tattentlOn, especially
"a ts incorporators are not known TO be IN any way
aa.ec i'm the hill and that is, that 1T does not state
Anv time for commencing the work. ms however
ian I've rcmedicd in the Committee OF the Whole
Mr. Creamer presented q bill to establish " Free
German American Institute" in New-lork it az
thorizes the Board of Education 20 provide suitable
buildings between the limits OF tonrteenth-st' 0i
the north (iraud-st. On the south, and between I'M
BoweTy and the East River. These bmldlngs shal
lie set apart as free library aud school f0r all male
above the age of l6, who shall he taught IN sucl
branches Of education a. will enable them to rea'
and write the English Language correctly Inc Oii'T,
~ TO be supplied with books and papers. Oswald
Ottendorfer, Anthony Echhoff Geo |. Steinbrcnne
mud Michael c. Gross are constituted a Board o
Directon who shall have charge of this school and
library subject TO the rules of the Board of Educa
mon. To establish this institution the Board 81
$1,000 during the wear 1861.
Mr. Jacobs gave notice of a bill to authorize tn,
q construction of elevated Suspension Railroad
starting from the Battery thence through WeSt-St
and Tenth-ave. to the Central Park. The incorpOra-
tors are John Y. Savage VIM. ). Dillon and Others.
- The main support OF SAID railway shall he made of
cast irOn and occupy the position usually occupied
by the lampposts for which purpose they may be
used The supports AT each street to be bTaeed to-
Rether with cable. There shall be five OF these
cables for every 20 feet of this road There shall be
four tracks The two outer tracks shall he used fol
"a and the two for through
Passengers. Stairways To be erected al each OF
the stopping places, and they shall start from the
cross streets not 10 ObStuct the sidewalks The
raTs 10 have doors the side only and are 10 he
E. drawn by dummy engines
Henry Bergh, ESQ., President of the Society for the
Prevention OF Cruelty 10 Animals, addressed large
audience this evening, in the Assembly Chamber
Speaker Pitts presiding. He began by thanking the
audience for hearing him i'll behalf of the lower ami
mails and proceeded TO speak of the etymolOgy of the
word animal vindicating the brute creation against
{ the mistaken notions Of some philosophers. They
evidently have nervous systems and scnsibiIty, and
ancient philosophers generally agreed That brnies
reason, including ADaNagOTas. Celsius, GaiCn, Blu-
taroh and Plato. Lactantius accorded them
everything that uIen possess, except Teli-
D. plOn The netempsechosis theory Of the Pytha-
gOreans proved that they believed this. Dies Cartes
. claimed that brutes were mere breathing machines,
or antomata destitute Of all reason thought and per-
ceptiOn and that their acts only the consequences
Of the exquisite mechanism of their bodies. This
opinion il oOutrOyerted at every step Of inquiry.
The speaker nstanced the elephant, eat dog horse,
aud bird Ia prove thought and ingenuity. POTphyy
relates that Iresins understood the language OF ami
mails The speaker illustrated his subject by numerous
anecdotes illustrative of the character of animals lie
referred to the present cruel method of Strengthening
animals and explained how IL ought 10 be done.
The inhnman practice of vivisecton. still prevalent
at Paris, Lyons and New-YOrk, was dwelt on at
some length, the horrible details being gwen. a
professor IN NewYOrk has come out publicly In JUS
ificaOn OF yiysection and insists that the dissec-
Of animals alive necessary and should be con-
tinued The speaker alluded 10 the methods
of transporting animals atrOss the country, tor
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