The sun., 1870-04-26
THlRTY-SEvENTH YEAR
THE DYING LEGISLATURE.
TIE ELIMINATION or THE FRAUDS
OF THE SESSION

AIyord', Radiant Purity-The killing
orthc Pneumatic Tunnel-Deiight Of tho
Arcadcrs-Another Midnight session.
ALBsSY April 25.-But one more day Of the
p..,lon remains. The Legislature OF 1870 will cease
10 exist to o.morrow. As is customary, the members
are rushing through a multiplicity Of monster Jobs
Nat have been reserved for the tail end OF the ses-
zion. The Assembly has passed over hundred
bills to-day, among them the Charity bill, which is
reple,e with liberal donations to orphan asylums,
hospitas dispensaries, and other elecmosynary In
iatutious. As a general thing, the Committee on
WAYS and Means, whose helmsman is
JOHN c. JACOBS OF KINGS,
allowed State aid TO those Institutions only which
were satisfactorily proved entitled to 1t.
Certain members belonging TO the Black Horse
Cavalry were fearfuly furious at the publication OF
me Assemby's debate in this mornings Sun, and
besides uttering the most dreful threats against
your correspondent again considered the propriety
Of eIpelling him, but they did dare do anything
except sw,llow The sUs's bitter pill Old
hlvord was very wrathy. Armstrong was
neonsolable. To illustrate the character OF the
men who worshpI Armstrong; honesty, II may
not be out Of place here 10 mention two little cpl
.odes In the life Of Thos q. Alvord, his most ar
Sent slmirer and champion. During the session OF
1864, VIII n Henry j. Raymond was Speaker of the
House and Alvord was a member, q communal alton
was received from the District Attorney OF Albany
tounty, Ira schafer. transmitting the testimony
taken before the Grand jury the year before in re-
ference to charges Of
BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION
hgainst certain members Of the Legislature. The
testimony OF Frederick 8. Littlejohn, q LOBBY ist,
shows that this same Thomas @. Aivord, sftsrward
Lisutenaht Governor. ana now Assemblymsn. was
paid BY him o. 900 on the New York Post Once
bill-a measure for which the Now York Chamber
OF Commerce and the Collegiate Dutch Church
contributed largo sums Of money. What Alvord
was paid this money for has not been
made known. For proof Of this, see As
sembly document No. ~ OF 1854 During
s .s%s m.s IN eanuneon
Assemblymsn ands Western Senator. perpetrated the
forsery by which the clause dropped ont OF the
Board Of Aldermen Of ali eSeep. New York and
BROOKLYN cities to the appointment Of Excise Com.
This '' '''' 'A ~
OUTRAGEOUS swisDLu
as owing to the fact that the Mayor OF Syracuse is
Republican, and the Board OF Aldermen Demo
cratic that II the bill passed without this
the Democratic Aldermen would insist upon Demo
cratic Excise Commissioners.
The most important measure relative to
TIE sHiPPiN0 INTERESTS
ofNew York city and Brooklyn that the LeEislsture
has acted ON Ia many years was passed by the Senate
to-day; lac 5ill has already passed the Assembly
ahw. IL proyiie les that from every vessel that
or makes fast to any pier wharf, or bulkhead with.
In said cities, or makes fast to any vessel yinI at
such pier, wharf or bulkhead 10 any other vessel
lying outside OF such vessel, tor every day or part Of
o day a. follows:
From every vessel OF two hundred tons burden ana
nnder two cents per ton and irom every vessel over
ios ssSS sf Inc. sSs SaaSia% tons.
additional ton. except that canal boats navigating ths
canals OF ,ae state OF New YORK. ana the elias. OF
qT Rs assvs s0r SSt SS sS Ss.Es' os aRG
sE in s to .ad yfs c HS r At 70 any s ws
OUTSIDE oi sreh vessel or at .nchor wihIn any slip
SSf.o or 6%aI oucSS SS' Il: dP s5aSe 'Se's ste
toraday or p.r! OF day. And from every vessel
tlou Of ryi-.,t or passengers doub ths nrst aD,ye
rates LnG rom every vessel under hyr hundred tons
teeeyni ol discnarsng cargo or ballast, one dollar
Aud eycrg ve.,el that .hsii ie,y. pe,, wharf buk
neat slo or BASIN with 1gt IA pa . ty wharfage
aoekase Iuc thereon. after oe,il d5naniel of her
s.I wgIe he ] n 6 or PeF,2a m h. Gte o. ne ye;s
The second section enscts ~ /, shall be lawn f,t
within the CITIES ol New YosS ani nrooKly TO charg.
merchandise, and materials rsnaiai.g on the pier
Hs HHGA H., or NJ, eaShsad Owned or ga.ed y him i9r eiey
fne ,uch goofs, melchandlse. and materials shan
bu!kheaa. and the same stall be nen thereon.
VINO BEHIND THIS TRAUpf
II will thus DO seen that the present rates oil
wharfage are almost doubled Tue persons inter
ested in the passare Of measure so detrimental to
the commercial interests OF ,o metropolis have not
dared snow themselves, and nobody knows whO
they are, They are presumed TO be the owners or
lessees OF piers aud vharyo-.
The champion Of this Dll was Senator Henry c.
Murphy, who has already htLeftd 40 many similar
schemes. senalor Ihayer, Of Troy VAS the onl,
man in the senate who .lned his voice against ii.
II the merchants Of New iork do not de Ire To see
all vessels driven away from the metropolis to der.
sey they had better appeal to Gov. Holman for a
nSkERISG rus EXCISE LAW.
Senator Murphy asked general consent to intro.
duce bill supplementary ~ tie Excise law, SO that
twenty 'reeno.dsrs snail not be reqGired to sign
his minds eye the forgery alleged have been
perTetrated by Alyord ~ Co., remarked that while
another one The Excise law, II appeared, leit the
appointment OF Excise Commissioners in cities to
l4e sena'os would consent to correct tais nstike
Also. he would be Obliged to ooJect Objection
having been made, the bill could not be init reduced
Exit PNEUMATIC TUBE.
Greatly to the delight Of MIR. Melville c. Smith and
The Arcaders the pneumatic tube tunnel und eTyround
railway was killed by the folio wing vote:
xYd.e- xYEasTMes';g' e & Ga0,dTs Frps, Genet Hubbard
SAYS. Mss.T; b,oPd: Bowen: Grana, Chapman. n.
ys Scott Scott koSa ESSS Ma''
Senator Hardenburgh's bill for the erection OF
grin elevators az Bunaio anu oswogo by The state
fthls bin Is TO prevent tho monoposts, including
tue Central Railroad, which owns these elevators,
The canals.
On motion Of Grand sachem Tweed the Eight.
Hour law was taken out OF It's order and passed Ii
low goes Gov. Hoffman
The Senate was engaged from four o'clock until
pine In tugginR At tho supply bill. Senator Lord
Chairman Of the Finance Committee, and senato ors
Hardenburgn. Tweed, and Frost were untring In
their efforts 10 keep down tue largest tLens Al
pine O'Clock, the Senate pas sed the Supply bii by
lwolhirds vote. Al ten o'clock, Adam Blake, OF
Congress Hall, furnished
A GRAND SUPPER
IN the waiting rooms OF both Houses into ySlIch
An a nj I,
now midnight and both Houses continue in session.
SOL.
Routine Proceedings OF the LegisIature,
Mr.. Murphy announced 1t as the Attorney.tiene