New-York tribune., 1880-01-02
INCIDLNIS AT TIE CAPITAL.

GOy"KNOR COKNI -. kNIKkTAi>ED TIE CONTEST
FOR GHE sP.AKIK>iilp - GE>EEAL wADs-
wOKTHs FItIDGLAss.
Bl ILLtt,gArH TO TIE TRIBUNEl
ALBANY Jan. l.-tiovernUr tornrll aud his staff
were entertained with supper tO-night 10y Gen
cral Frederick Townsend. the Acknowledgement, at
his house 0a Ein-~l. Tho contest for speaker Of
the Assembly is yet in It's first stages.
All of the caYddatcs are here except
TIE Hon. Thomas G.. Alvorl, but there is a
scarcity ot isscmby ymcn to lavish persuasive clo-
qucacc upon. Not onc-thrd OF the Republican
Assclnhyinen having arrived. A series of visits
were exchanged between Generals Sharpe and
Hustled AMI Mc,srS. Skinner; Baker aud
Terry. rcpuird candidate, Archibald
Kennedy of Livingston County, denies
that ho has such ambition. 1t Is suspected
that most OF the absent Asscmhlymcn arc delaying
Their coming Intentionally for the purpose of en-
hlncing the vnlue of their votes. Coming at Il crii-
cal moment ia the last hours of the canvass. they
assume, II ia believed. that they will be able to
make cxcclrn, terms with prospective Speakers for
cIalrinanshipS # committees. The members who are
herr nre very rrcrnt, and with few exceptions will
not pledge their votes 70 the candidates. Probably
they waiting for their absent brethren in order
that all hnIg gains may b" madc at the timc
and at the sane rates. Well informed politicians
state that there ~ Il larger number of unpledged
members this wear than for many years before
Tn, result of this course Of the members cannct
hut lead to an Imuense amount of trading
and 10 very cN' tilS and Interesting contest for
Sprakrr The lradinE candidates are universally
rrcognzrl to hr trrral George II. Sharp" and Gen
crIl J,mrs W. unstcd. Rumors of II combinat ION
of the supporters of the minor candidates upon one
the other Ot tnr-c men nrc already current Ii Is
thought tn he ,rry doubtful If they will all remain
III the hcld TIL the caucus on Monday night.
H. y.,ll inn ia I'm yn pd
gan, of Allcgany Andrews of Broome; Bullock
aud Congdop. OF taltarIlign>; Ferris and iuthil oi
Cayugn; lng-r~ull. of Chautauqua Pitcher, of
Dutchcss pp. ui Erie; Gor,hinc, Of Jrtlcrso: all
nndyr. of Kings; thIckri ng, of l. WIS Kennedy, of
Livingston Baker. ol M"nIor; llr l. |. Hayes and
james M.Varuum,of Nrw-iOrk; Nnn Nalkcnbursh,o ,ot
Niagara Cookinghau, Douglas and Gray. of
Onrdn; PhiIEps OF Orleans; Caliiuau, of O,wcgo;
McCahr OF inrnam; ilusted, of liochmnd; Peck:
1iuga; IIius, of Iompkius: sharpe, OF lister;
ferry, of Waenngt"n; snd l"z"r. of Wyoming,
Controller Wudsv orth was appriNcd to-day that
h, would receive as Ncw-lcar present the field
glass worn by his father Mujor-Gr""ral Wadsworth.
when hc was killed. a, the battle OF the Wilderness.
The hody of GcrcIal Wad,worth lay for several
hours within the Rebel lines and during that
time his sword and f"d.gaSs were taken
hy the Confederate soldiers The iield-glass
srlsruurmtlycamr INTO th, pos-r.So of TIM COLONEL
of an Alabama regiment, who took II at the close OF
the war lo Ia home in Alabama. ahcrc was un in-
scrptlon the glass stating that lt had been
presented tn Genrrrl WadSworth by the Ladies'
of New-York C!ty at the Astor House in 1852.
Guided by this name the Alabama Colonel several
times wrote to Wadsworths in this State in regard
to the glass but never received any reply TO hi, let
trrs. Last Sumrcra young NcwIork broker hap
prncl To bc III Alabama and discovered the glass on
the ccnlrc-tablc of the CoIoucPs house. lie i'll:
formed tie Colonel of the existence of he family of
tie man who had once owned the glass, and the
a Al lx "a,
pl,s has been forwarded from Alabama to this city,
llf hlSn Al.fr rralhi :. h,rP.