New-York daily tribune., 1844-05-03
Ne,y-Tori. Legislature.


Iy SENATE, the whole morning was absorbed
in a diseussion without action, the resolutions
and bills relative to the preservation Of The Public
Works.
In ASSEMBLY Mr.. Ilotfman's bill, reducing s'-
laries and eyying direct tax, was taken up in
Committee of The Whole, and discussed at length.
To the section reducing the compensuiiono ol all
State Officers ~ per cent. Mr.. Stevens offered
an amendment, excepting the Judicial Officers Of
the State, winch, however, was hogatiYed. In
lieu of the thrd section, lcvying a taN nj l.lOth
of a mill on all real and personal estate, MIR. Ste
ycns offered a substitute, Directing the payment
INTO the Treasury OF the Staie's share o The Pro-
cccCs of the Public Domain, amounting TO scl,-
000 in the Commercial Bank, and $1,000 mo:c
IN the United States Treasury. This, too, WAS
lost; Messrs. Hoffman, Davczac, sc. making
harangucs about the purity of the People, and ot
the Democratic Legislature which had denounced
this infamous bribe, which was intended to bnh
the State like slave to the public crib Of the t.
States.
Nh Stevens replied, but without cifcct-,he
majority prelcrring to levy direct tax, rather
than to avail themselves OF the money which has
for months been lying idle IN the vaults Of the
Commercial Bank.
Nothing else was done before the recess.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
In SENATE, the discussion on the bill and
solutions relative to the preservation Of the Pub
lie Works was resumed and continued I'LL the
hour of adjournment.
In ASSEMBLY, The consideration Of the Re-
trenchmcnt bill Mr.. HoFFM,N'sJ was resumed,
when
Mr. BoswokrH moved substitute for the bill
being the bill introduced by INN or Monday.
I t,a
and provides for the repayment from the net sur
plus canal tolls, after fully complying with the
pledges OF the act OF 10 and paying the 5000.
coo reserved by the act of III for the general
fund.
Mr. HOFFMAN took the nocr in opposition TO
the amendment and IN defence Of his own bill
Mr. BoswoRTH commenced reply, but had
not gone FAR when
The Committee rose and reported progress, and
The House took a recess until
HALF PAST =
When the subject was resumed and Gcsulto-
ry discussion kept up till about II O'Clock, al
which time, without action, they adjourned
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1t is By far the most imposing and elegant mis-
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know!edgcd.
u A difficulty took place, we learn, at Love
lows last night, in the course Of which an indi-
ydual was stabbed. We did not learn either
the names OF the participants or the clrcum-
stances.
DEATH OF HoN. ISAAC LAcgy.-Wc regret to
learn that Hon. Isaac Lacey, Of Chill, died after
an illness OF several weeks, at his residence on
Sunday morning. Mr.. l.. was an old resident OF
this county, and enjoyed in high degree the re,
spect and confidence OF his fellow citizens, and
his death will be mouned by i large circle oil
friends and acquaintanccs. He formerly repre-
scnted this district III State Senate
Rochester Democrat