Year: 1868

Election Of Superintendent Of Public Instruc-


tion-The New York Tax Levies TO he
Reported on Thursday-Decision i'm the


Claussen.van Brunt Contested Election


Case-The Marine Court-Proposed Addi-


tional justices and Increase OF JurisdIction-


The Fifth Avenue Extension and the WI.


dening Of Amity Street.


ALBANY, April Z, 1863


The incident OF the day the Joint session of the
Senate and Assembly to make choice Of Superin-
tendent Of Public Instruction in the place OF Victor
NJ Rice, whose term OF office expires this year. The
matter was settled In caucus last night so that the
election was mere formality Abram B. Weaver
OF Oneida, being chosen on the first ballot by ma
jority Of twenty votes.


Mr.. l.. d. Kiernan, OF New York, will receive the
appointment Of Deputy Superintendent under Mr.
Weaver.


The subject OF the tax evies is evidently troubling
the republicans They afraid the same trap will
be set FOR them this year which they sprung upon
the democrats last year. Hence the inquiry all
around as to why the bills remain in the committee
room. The Governor sent In a message to-day ask
ing action upon them, that they might reach him
at least three days before the adjournment of the
Legislature. This gave Mr.. Jacobs of Kings. an
opportunity Of making speech denunciatory of the
Executive and stgmatizing the act as an insult.
nc ONcu tiie rcturH Oh tne document TO MS Excel
ency. MIR. Pitts, Of Orleans undertook the defence
OF the Governor and recited among other matters
the fact that Governor Seymour had twice sent in
sages asking the Legislature not pass certain bills
Mr.. Jacobs said IL would he Just as proper to send
message to Mr. Fent0n, asking him II he were going
to sign the Broadway Surface Railroad bill. His
conduct In this instance was equally improper. The
motion gave way to substitute to refer the message
to the Committee on Cities, which was adopted. 1t
may be gratifying to those interested to know that
on Thursday next


The House to-day awarded the seat in the case of
Henry Caussen, Jr., against George VIVIAN Brunt, to
Ine FORMER contestant, who appeared and was sworn
In. Mr.. Van Brunt was one Of the most popular
members OF the Legislature and his late conireres
opponent. the testimony being convincing as to his
voted the privileges of the foor.'


Senator Tweed to-day introduced bill to increase
the Jurisdiction OF the Marine Court so as to enable
1t to take coGnzance OF suits for of ST. 900 and
under. Two additional justices are proposed to be
elected ut the next general election and hold Office
for six years.


The bill for the construction of new building for
the college OF the city of New York, the site of
Reservoir square, was defeated in The Assembly to-
day: motion to reconsider the vote was tabled,
so that II has one more chance this session.


The bill OF Mr.. Riley for the extension of Fifth
avenue via Thompson street to West Broadway was
ordered to third reading to-day and will pass the
House. IL is doubtful, however, II it will reach the
Senate in time for final action The plan for the
tension of Fifth avenue through Laurens street seems
TO have been abandoned 1t is claimed that the
Thompson street plan will bisect Washington square
equally, rs Second avenue does Stuyvesant square,
whereas the extension via Lurens street would create
an unsighy bend and divide the PARK into two rreg-
ular figures. The argument is twO-edged one.
While Iaurens street il the natural extension of
West Broadway TO Fifth avenue Thompson street is
the natural line Of extension Of Fifth TO West
Broadway.


The bill OF the same gentleman opening Amity
street TO width OF seyentyve feet.and extending il
VIA Bond and Third streets to the East river ana
through the blocks to the North river thereby giving
broad avenue directly across the city parallel with
and below Fourteenth street, was also ordered to
third reading. s.,~sr