New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-04-13
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and others TO amend the assessment laws OF ms
CITY. Mr.. BARrLrr presented written report
accompanied 5g bill to Preriae tor tie employ
r7ent of Conricts IN Mining, cutting Stones, d.
It was referred to Select Committee to report
complete. Nr. ScorT's bill TO provide for the
payment OF the State Debt was reported by Mr-
Potter but motion to order 1t to third read
ing was lost. A resolution brought IN by Mr.
DIXON for repairing and frightening the Lock at
Black Rock was adopted The bill TO amend
the Militia Laws then came up and sir Porter
section abolishing imprisonment for military tines
was discussed It was supported by MI Porter
on the ground that such fine was IN the nature OF
debt: and all imprisonment for DEBT Had been
abolished. Mr.. Ely ;lSo supported IT on account
of the uneqrai operation of the law. Mr.. RooT
opposed it, and charged lis friends with an unPat-
ro,c preference OF Standing Armies to the MI
litia He said they often INDUCED IN derision OF
tins constitutional force He denounced this Sc
verelY. and Mr.. PORTER made a sharp reply. The
amendment prevailed. End the Senate adjourned
In the ASSEMBLY, & bill reported by Mr.
WHEELER to establish uniform fees Tor clerks In
cases of naturalization was ;;iasssd. Mr.. HuB-
BARD reported in favor of reducing the tolls on
! Salt, Coal and Lead, to increase the revenues OF
the State, and The bill was referred TO Committee
of the Whole. Mr.. LEE reported ti,- Eli relative
TO the Flour Inspection III tins City, with amend
mens rejoicing the fees Tor inspection on all eS-
cept barrels, and restoring to the bill the sections
authorizing the appointment of three additional
Inspectors, without the power to appcln. cepu-
tics The bill was debated at length, and under
the previous question was ordered to third read
,ng-I0 TO 2G. During the debate on this bill
very violent personal quarrel arose between Mr..
LEE and ALr. McAIURhiY. Mr. LEE accusedihc
latter of having pledged 10 NIr. Swackhamcr his
support for Flour Inspector, and then forfciting
his pledge. Mr.. McHIuRRAT pronounced the
charge tclse. ard was proceeding il, a strain of
very vioIcn. abuse, when he was peremptorily or
dcred by The Speaker to sit down. He SAID, how
ever, that Mr. 5 had repeatedly besought HIM to
give him his support, bat that he had uniformly
refused.
Mr.. McMrnr,y reported bll on the petition
10 repeal the Militia Law and substitute an Enrol
ment. Mr.. ERwI< moved TO rccommit, with in.
strlctlons to report provision prohibiting any
person between the arc Of Il and 45 from carr
ing arms CT military equipments in the City of
New Y rk for military puradcs under penalty
of ID years Imprisonment in the State Prison
This, with the report. was laid on the table. Mr.
WHEELER reported complete the bill to protidc for
the payment of contractors. by ISSUING $1,000
OF the 100000 authorized TO be raised BY nc act
ofls42) Mr.. STRONG moved to appropriate the
$4,000 from the Pubic Land Fund to this pur-
I pose: Lost. The bill wasstlien laid aside to be
reported The bill repeating Ike MN York
Criminal Court biz, was referred to a Select Com
mittee to report complete. The bill to amend the
act concerning Costs and Fees in Courts of Law,
on its final passage, was rejected 4 to 81 TIE
House then adjourned.
TurspAy April II.
In the SENATE, Mr.. DeyylsroS reported against
the petitions from Root, Montgomery County, Tor
law to authorize the canal commissioners to
bring into use the enlarged canal in said coun.
ty. Mr.. RnoAnsa made minority report Mr.
SCoff made a written report against the bill to
incorporate the Hudson Rieer Raiiroad C0mpa-
ny. The repcr. vas referred to the Committee
CT the Whole, The bill to pay Contractors then
came up and was debated till the adjournment.
In the ASSEMBLY, the bill appropriating $1,000
for the continuation Of Mr.. Brodhcads researches
in Holland was taken up. Letters from George
! Folsom and George Bancroft, speaking III terms
Of high praise of the labors of Mr. Rrodhcad
were read and the bill passed without dissent
The salt biz was then discussed until the House
adjourned.
Tns NlENpl MlssIoN.-Rev. William Raymond
and wife, who wen, to Sierra Leone with the AZ
rcans OF the .Amislad have returned VIC per
ccivc, IN the schooner Ida, which arrived at this
port few days since. They have come here,
we understand on visit for the purpose of re-
crultng their health and explaining to the friends
OF the mission It's situation and encouraging pros
poets, with view 10 return to their field Of labor
after the rainy season Is over. lIr. Raymond,
accompanied By Rev. Thomas Rl.ston, an Eng
llsh missionary, visited King Thomas Tucker at
Raw Mcndi, who resides about hundred miles
south of Sierra Leone some twenty-five or thirty
miles inland on the banks Of the river Jong, to
make 2 negotiation for land, SC, preparatory to
the removal of Mr.. RAYMOND from York, Sierra
Leone, with The Nendans, and the permanent
establishment Of the mission. They were kindly
received, and the King with his son readily con-
scntcd to leasing land near the village where he
resides for the purpose mentioned. He waves
requiring that the present, as has been usual,
should be in rum, powder, &c, and will receive
it In other articles or in CON. The present,
amounting 10 about one hundred ard fifty dollars,
he should he said, distribute among the five