The New York herald., 1872-02-07

son VINO IL intoxicated. party who sells liquor
roriess his risnss a. snans ana may be soid %
walk into the street and stay there. matter what
the terms o. nis lease Of rem. may De- Tne Oh!
for INJURIES ne receives from an ntoxicaIed
not inserted In the oih making 1t clear now
damages should be apportioned IN case the injurers
hanl some Of your New York .'boys" would make OF
It 4, bv getting Jolly drunk. they should go to work
and half KIN one another and then proceed against
the liquor dealer for damages. have no doubt tnat
great many New Workers. win get drunk IN COUPLES
and be very ugly 10 one another oftener than they
do II the bill becomes law and this point was made
clear.
QUESTION OF STAMPS.
appointment OF special committee OF three-and
which was appointed finally, L0wery, Palmer and
believed. At former CLERK Of the Senate who some.
how or other has fOndness Tor paying his grocery
bills in three cent postage stamps Of the old red
order. The idea Is that this ex-State clerk NOW
clerk in the House Of Representatives, at Washing
toni p0cketed these stamps when he was here at
stamps. Wen hear all about It soon, no doubt; for
II is subject the committee can "stck 10, with In
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
Senator James Woods bill to authorize the ap-
pointment Of Commissioners 10 prepare amend
to appoint ihlrty-twO Commissioners, whose duty "
snail be TO prepare and submit 10 the Legislature
amendment or alteration Of the sixth article Of the
present constitution shall be proposed by them The
pay OF the Commissioners is fixed by the Dil at SO
day, and they must report the result OF their de-
liDerations to the Legislature OF 1873.
The state Printing lnvestisation.
ALBANY, Feb. g. 1872.
At the investigation OF the House Printing Com
miItee this afternoon, the frst witness examined
was Daniel Manning. OF the Argus Company. lie
testified that his firm had never solicited the pas
ooU 0f q roaO rtOuh NV a ord
ing; never paid dollar to bring about order to
print; never paid dollar TO bring about the pay
ment Of any bill Of ours against the State;
he made o present to Cornelius Armstrong, Clerk
o. the last House, OF $780, because he had sent to
U.S. during the three years ne was Clerk, instead Of
elsewhere, as he had privilege Of doing, large
amount Of work; never made any agreement as 10
paying him. but after the close OF the session
handed him that amount for his services IN this
respect; he had also made
PRESENT TO HIRAM CALKNs,
Clerk OF the last session Of $500 for similar iavor
receive any pay, out we urged 1t upon him and In.
duced him to take It,
Co.. was the next Witness Ills testimony was mainly
concerning the threat alleged to have been made
by Mr.. Tweed, that their claim would be opposed !;
ne produced an editorial published In the EUentn1
Journal to ourselves, which defed any threat Of
the kind. He also testified that he had slight INK
ling that his nrm or Parsons paying percentage
favor OF It,
Cornelius W. Armstrong, Clerk Of the last House,
was the next Witness He testifined that there
never was any arrangement or understanding with
the Argus Company Tor any percentage or pay he
was TO receive for work which he should give TO
them, nor had that firm ever asked for the passage
OF any resolution ordering any work, nor had they
In fact asked for the work which he armstrong;
had given to them; that he sent 1t to their office
VOLUNTARILY, AND AS A MATTER OF COURSE.
When it was closed they made him presents
amounting In the aggregate to from two thousand
to twenty-five hundred dollars, to give to whOms0-
ever he chose.
ned that he first met John d. Parsons, Jr., In the
his firms claim in the Supply bill; Mr..
Parsons replied that his father was sick
and he did not know who would at.
tend to It; this led to an introduction and an inter-
view with j. ID. Parsons, ST.; he informed Mr.. Par
sons that he could secure the passage Of his claim
In the Supply bill, because he knew most OF the
members or the Ways and Means Committee In the
House and OF the Finance Committee In the Senate
Mr.. Parsons then engaged him TO look after the
the adjournment Mr.. Parsons gave HIM $5,000 and
again In May Mr. Parsons handed HIM S., 900 more |;
he had fixed price TO be charged for his services
and no price was agreed upon.
VIM. N. Richardson was the next witness eX-
amined. He denied in toto that Weed, Parsons
20. had ever paid him for any work which he gave
them. He also submitted comparative statement
OF the contingent expenses Of the House, showing
their increase from last year. The Committee then
adjourned
the Railroad Committee of the House had ses
sion this afternoon and heard lengthy argument
IN favor OF the repeal OF the Erie Directors bill BY
Mr. SOuthmayd, OF New York.