The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-04-28

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would also suggest TO you the expediency ofsppoint-
ing and providing for a Board of Councillors to advise
with me as to the Executive measures proper 10 be taken
IN rms emergency, consisting OF gentlemen from differ
ent parts OF the State.
Other measures with regard to the protection and pre-
seryahon OF the public property, and the organization Of
tueh an armed force as may be necessary for these and
o'her purposes, will naturally suggest Themselves to
attention. 'o"
s 10 conclusion pray God that he may strengthen end
eh,shteh you IN the performance Of our duties, and en-
able YOU to pursue such a course in the present crIsis of
great boon o, % a. preserve for us aud our posterity the
Gspy our fathers, and now threatened to be wrested
SAMUEL W. KING.
TUESDAY, April 26-The Assembly convened mi.
morning, Charles Jackson, Esq, in the chair About
forty members answered TO their names Mr.. John
n CiaIk, OF ms city, chairman of the ommitte
OF ten appointed yesterday afternoon, on the Cover
nors communication presented as a repori The fol-
loving resolutions, for the consideration Of the
LIST. Resolved, By the General Assembly. ube ssro,.
concurring with the House of Representatives therein
that his Excellency the Governor, be and he is author.
i2ed 10 take such measures as he shall deem necessary
TO protect and preserve the public property Of this State
or, in case he shall deem any portion of the same unsafe
III ITS present situation, to remove said property to such
place Of safety as he shall think proper.
81. Resolved. That the Major General under the d.
rectIon OF the Governor, be and he is hereby authorized
to enlist and accept the services of any number OF volup-
teer soldiers, to be employed in the service ofthis STATE.
the laws of this State and that such volunteers a. NAV
be enlisted, be organized into companies and regiments
IL Dy II GOVERNOR, and That the Governor bQ
and he is hereby authorized to draw on the General
Treasury for such sums of money as may be necessary
Tor raising and maintaining. such seldiery.
Second resolution did not pass.
Sd Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor he
and he is hereby authorized to recall any arms or cannon
mat have been loaned by the General Assembly, to sny
Of the independent or chartered companies of this State,
or to any other person or persons.
a,h- Resolved, That his Excenency the Governor be-
and he is hereby authorized TO fill any vacancy which
may exist in ths officers Of the Militia of this State, and
TO commission any officers whom he may appoint to fill
such vacancies.
9Th; Resolv ed, That Richard X Randolph James Fem
ner, Edward Darlington, Lemuel H. Arnold, wilkins
Updike, Peleg Wilbur, and Byron Dinman, be and they
are hereby appointed a Board OF Councillors, 10 advise
sures proper to be taken in this present emergency ofths
state and that his Excellency the Governor be and he
is authorized, at the expense of the State, to employ a
private Secretary to aid him in his duties.
Mr.. Clark stated, in prese nting these resolutions,
that they were all the action which The committee
deemed 1t necessary TO take Tor the prese mt, or at
this Sc ssion, inasmuch as the regular session of the
Assembly convened at Newport in a week or two,
and as that body could recommend any further pro-
%ceedings which might be necessary.
MI. Atwell thought the House were about to
raise a standing army for what purpose, and
against whom, heswas grorant, excepting from a no.
ice ne had Just seen IN a morning paper, abiding
to an enemy of lhirty.four men. He for his part had
been summoned 10 attend this session of The Legs
lature with a moments warning He did not get
in town in time for yesterday afternoons session,
and was entirely ignorant Of any. and every cause
Tor this proceeding on the part Of the Legislature.
He wished to examine into matters. He thought the
resolutions ought to be printed certainly rule Of
the House required such q course Of proceeding.
Mr.. Speaker conceded with Mr.. Atwell that it
would be proper TO have the resolutions printed,
though they were in the share as it were ola joint
resolution. and not of course subject TO the rule al
luded to by Mr.
Mr. Atwell said he did not yet know that the pro-
ceedings recommended by The resolutions were me-
cessary. They were not in the shape ofjoint reso-
lutlons, and IN this Iespect he differed with the
Speaker. They could not escape The Iule Of the
House. They were OF the most important charac-
ter, and contemplated The raising Ct n standing army.
lie wished to examine into the matter: If violence
really was thre a'ened, II there was re ally danger Of a
rebellion, or forclble opposition 10 he laws of the
State, he wished TO know il, and for one, should be
wiling 10 act accordingly.
Mr.. AtwelPs moiitn ives finally carried, which
was an adl ournment to three O'Clock this afternoon,
and the prin'in of two hundred copies Of the reso-
lutIons for the use Of the members
The House adjourned TO three O'Clock.
PosTscRIPr The proce edines of the General As
sembly, giving foil rar,ic ulars II The inn ortant III love.
ments of that body this morning, will be found in
another column. The resolutions offered by the
Committee appointed 10 take into &C inside ration the
Governors Communication OF yesterday, will doubt
less De adopttd this evening. Our community is in
the greatest agitation, and we canno. foretelI what
Will be the event.
Inns AND THAT.-Here are two paragraphs we cut
from our exchange papers Of yesterday. Have they
any connection?
Miss Hamblin, or Miss Goodrich, who murdered
her husbandin the Mobile theatre, has, il is supposed,
committed suicide. IL is said that she was a Wild
lunacy, while her husband locked like a poor victim
lied idiot"
The body Of a young lady was found in the Ohio,
near Warsaw, about the 17th instant, supposed to
have been the victim OF murder.
HORRIBLE MURDER IN Commemorative
Coon went on Sabbath evening last, to the house
of one of his neighbors and informed the family that
ha M t(p NJ either dead mr. hv iuU from q ApoaAf,I
accident, and begged them to accompany him back
to his home, which they did. Upon their arrival
they found the woman still living, but burned in q
most shocking manner. A physician was sent for,
and he pronounced it impossible for her to live more
than q few hours. Previously she had refused TO
give any satisfactory account Of the condition she
was in but now, finding she could not live, she
confessed it wss the work Of her husband-that he
had beaten her till she was insensible, then tied her
to q chair and threw a shovel full Of burning Goals
upon her body. The wrtched woman died in
about two hours after she was first found by The
neighbors. A jury OF inquest was called, which
pronounced a verdict Of death by the hands Of her
acknowledgements he was Immediately arrested.
-Noyrich Courier, Aprl23 Is.
MURDERS IN ARxANsAs.--Ihe Helena, (Ark.,
Shield, Of the OH, contains IN that one paper ac-
counts Of three murders in the State. The frst
arose from a dispute between a O. ptaln Morehead
and a man in his employ named Robert Lyons.
which resulted in the death OF the latter, BY More
head shooting HIM with a shot gun. The second
was at Pine Blutis, where a man named VIM Nc
Daniels, with a Bowie knife, committed an unpro-
voked murder upon the body Of an old and respe eta.
BILE Minister Of the Gospel named Gross. The
murderer made his escape. OF The third, in which
a man named Samuel Gillespie, was killed by the
Seneca Indian Agent. The particulars had not
transpired.
RACES AT HUSriso FARx The following " az the
result of the running on Saturday -
First two mile heat was taken by Duffeys mares.
in ) minutes 81 seconds.
Second 2 mile heat, the New York blacks. in K
minutes IS seconds.
Third 2 mile heat, by Duif-y's mares in 5 minutes
% seconds, which decided the race. They were
the closest races and best time ever made on this
course.
BRoAD-RccK SPRING RACES Fourth Day-Pro-