The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-01-08
NEW YORK CITY.

New York, January 1.-THE commit
tee to prepare amendments to the State
Constitution meets tomorrow at Albany
Among the eimportant subjects which will
engroSs its attention will be one providing
that majority of all the members
elected to either House Of the
Legislature shall be required TO pass
any bill instead Of bare ma
jority, as Is now the law. Tho successful
working Of this provision in illinois,
where It has been enacted, has led promi.
nent gentlemen Of the committee TO so.
licit the views Of Hon. Jos. Medill, Mayor
Of Chicago, who was the leading mem
Der of the Central Committee adopting II
in that State, on the subject, and lengthy
letter from Mr. Medill appears here,
which attracts considerable attention in
the Convention. ....
In tho Oyer and Termiher this morn.
ing, Notwithstanding the.urgent endeEv,
ors Of the counsel for further postpone:
ment, Judge Davis refused to entertain
such motions, and ordered that the GRIM
inal trial of Tweed, in whichehe is i'm.
plicated with Connolly for frauds, be
proceeded with. His counsel, however,
contrived TO make dilatory arguments at
some length.
In tho Tweed case after recess 1t was
decided that Jury should be empanelled
tomorrow. A panel of 100 jurors have
been summoned.
John Faley has qualified in $500 900 as
Deputy City Chamberlain, but Chamber.
lain Palmer notifies the heads OF bureaus
not to recognize him.
The Chamber of Commerce today
adopted resolution disapproVing the
bills before Congress relative to immigra.
ton as intended to paralize the action Of
the Commissioners Of Emigration in this
State and be o gross wrong to immigrN-
tion to the city, State and country.
The Committee Of the Board OF Steam
Navigation reported, to-day, that the
Steamer Missouri was sea worthy and
we'll fitted, but there was an utter lack
OF discipline on board; also that tho yes.
sci might have been saved had the hose
been attached when the fire broke out.
The now iron steamship Colon for the
Pacific Mail line, arrived here and is soon
TO take her place on the line.
Several Quartermasters Of the steamship
Denmark were arrested for smuggling.
Elizabeth Taylor Church, residing on
Ninth avenue, died from the effects Of
abortion. After death 90 inches oiiron was
found in the body penetrating the dia.
phragm and right lung. The investiga.
ton Is proceeding, Two arrests.
A suit has been commenced by Mrs. P.
r. Benson against Commodore Vanderbilt
to recover the YAluO OF q large tract Of
land said to have been held by the Com.
modore in trust for the plaintiff, and
which be is alleged TO have given 10 his
son for 1900, who subsequently, trans.
rerred it to one Twitchtleld for a large
sum.
Deaths in Brooklyn for the past year,
12GS4.
The Tammany Society last evening IN.
stalled Abraham Il. Lawrence and John
Durham as sachems, in tho places oil
James O'Conor and Oswold Ottendorier,
who declined the positions.
Arrived-The steamships Baltic and
Wyoming from Liverpool.
The majority and minority reports of
the East !kiver Bridge Investigating Com.
mittee are published to-day. The minor
ity report states that the Finance Com |
mittee has no records and never held o |
meeting or made a report, and that the |
business Of the company was transacted |
by an Executive Committee. No part |
OF the material used had been advertised |
for down to July, 1870. VIM. G. Kings.
ley was paid $l75, 1000 as q fee on an ex.
penditure oi $l,170,521, which ho pro.
vided, making $4,000 more than five
per centum, which he was allowed. The |
majority report states that Kingsley re.
turned the $4,000, and no advances
were made him, except for services rem.
dered.
The Executive Committee, to whom
the reports were made, object TO the mi. |
nority report, and say that it omits facts.
They say the company has suffered no
wrong.
James N. Brown was reelected chair.
man oil the Committee Of Seventy, at q
meeting tonight, and Benz. B. Sherman,
vice chairman. A new committee on
legislation was appointed, and includes
PROT. Dwight, Geo. W. Line, ex.Judge
Pierrepont and Hon. Jno. Wheeler.