New-York daily tribune., 1844-03-19
{ VE \ | lNG B D ITIOy,
TUESDAY, q O'CLOCK, p. NJ,
AInany-River Open-St. Patrtck's Day-
Inc state Prison Bili-ConslitutionalR R,.
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Correspond -ucs of The Tribune.

correspondence of The Tribune.
ALBANY. March ls
our eyes nave been greeted to-day with that up.
failing specific for winter Grumbng," the ARRIVAL
oi the FIRST steamboat from your city. So rresn,,,
has been the communication between the TWO cities
during the past winter that the raising oftbe enba,
80 Is almost the cause OF Jubilee No one ,eio;css
more than your humble servant, for he has been oi.
ten debarrd from communicating with your reader.
from the consideration that before his ucubrstor.
would greet the eyes OF the public through van.
columns, the date would be SO old, as 10 smacI 70.
much OF the last century Bat Eurcsa the Hind,
son is open, and no thanks TO the Housa,onic Raj;
road or Uncle Sam.
">t. Patrick's Day in the morning" coming tn,
wear upon Sunday, the appropriate celebration WIS
put of until to-day. believe the Temperance pb,
anx has had the Monopoly 10 dis year. And ),
gazing upon the long drawn out ranks of tbasa
= Sons of Temperance, who have done so mprb
during the past three years 10 wipe OFF the s,q;rS
winch were attaching IL the Emerald Isle, bv ,bs
100 free Indulgence OF her sous III the Liquid Fin !
/ could but contrast the scene with thar which Yss
too common IN years gone by. The arrival Of ,he
18th o. March was the almost inevitable signal nf
riot and rows. The -baSer sort" had their par 0
the Patron Saint, and then would chucke hugely
! over the unreStraned rage ot the sons of Erin Bn,
! that time has gone past And now the pleasing spec
I tacie Is presented OF thousands OF peaceabie well
dressed, temperate lrishmen assembling and com.
! nemoraung the anniversary OF their beloved Patron,
IN religious and appropriate exercises Long may
! tins sublime spectacle be continued.
The passage of the New State Prison bill in the
Assembly, is now a matter OF history lndispos!.
ton prevented my forwarding you comments upon
this important event at the time, and il is now TOO
late for extended remark. The vote as YOU will
! have seen was exceeding close--the aorty being
but tc0-thc absentees 20, who would have voted
had they been present, as near as | can ascertain
ten for the bill. TO ten against tleavng the total
result, the same. This SmaN ma jority is justly
! chargcabc to the most incorporate speech OF NJ.
Penney OF Duchess ostcnsibly IN It's taror care.
tui canvass showed probable majority OF from
twelve to itteen but the advocates OF the bill ex
claimed, during the delivery OF the speech, Save
us from our friends and We can take care -four enc
MES" But the bill has passed. lis fate in the
Senate is extremely problematlca. Some are san!
gum otits triumphant passage-while Others are as
certain OF lis defeat.
Constitutional Reform is still the standing bore Of
both Houses. Daylight is not yet visible and so far
as the Assembly is concerned, they have hardly
reached the depths of midnight darkness. pro-
phesied, when the amendments were first presented
that they were but part of deep game of Humbug
believe that opinion is now shared by nearly everv
member of the Assembly. The celebrated law Of
1912, which is talked about necessarily, undergOeS
u searching operation. Its crudities, obscurites
, and Homanic generallles, would puzzle Pha
delphia LAWYER to unaavel. 1t has been my
good or i'll lot TO be compelled to listen to the
discussion of this law during every session since
its inception, and have become perfectly convinced
that greater piece oljugglery-Ih had almost said I'M
poston-was never practised upon the people OF
this State. My humble opinion is that before this
session Closes the people, or a goodly portion Of
them, will be convinced of that fact. Senator CHAM.
BERIAlN, who is undoubtedly stirred up little by
+ the recent 900 Whig ma jority IN his own County,
! Allegany is not at all mealy moulhed in his denun.
ciations of Admiral HOFFMAN. lilo has received
certificates fromthe IocoF Foco members from Calta.
raugus in 1872 stating the interesting fact that they
had been induced by HOFFMAN to vote tor the tax
and stop law, by his solemn pledge that that b ap-
propriaed one and a half million of dottars t0r @
| prosecution of the public tcorks There IS Loco.
: Focoisn for you! When the msts OF popular as'
lusion on this subject shall have passed away peo.
ple will wonder that they have been so egreglously
5 cheated and duped. Nothing is yet heard Of the
bill to call Convention. The majority are dslsr' M
: mined to dodge that question But8hey VIII De
+ brought to a vote n0LenS rolenS.
5 There has been a proposition introduced lh'o u'T
{ Assembly very harmless, apparently, but the real
= = object of which is to decapiate the present s'ae
Librarian, who unfortunately is the Editor o ln
Atlas. He now holds his appointment from us
} Trustees, majority OF whom are " Barn BURNERS.
Hence the project is TO give The conenhS " ui'
boon upon the Regents OF the University, VINO ais
faithful adherenis of the old Regency IL Is one o.
those petty quarrels about II slice OF the spoho u
which feel little inclination To interfere.
Your very popular and worthy Sheriff IS mere h
tending himself from the Jacobncal efforts OF soHs
OF the New York delegation TO take away the Lion
share OF hs cmouments. How cruel 1t was IN, IN M
: Electors of your city to make choice OF Wmg
{ Sheriff. The IOcO-Foco rule on this point IS Ve'
: simple To Loco F0co no fees can be extraSs
f cant-to a Wing, at are! OF course, UnhaPPs
JEREMIAH" is conspicuous i'll this movement ol
good friend JONES has my warnest wishes iof ''N
oclivemnce from the hands of the Phl!lstnes'
There were some beautiful love passages Oet%esi
Two prominent i.oco-Focos in the Assembly on fir
day last hope you will call The particular atlsa'
ton OF your acghbors Of the Plebelon ana hea, Sa
ING POST 10 this interes ing fact. Perhap, ,He!
can inform YOU whether Me:srs. CARR ana ~ ~.
. truly represent the harmony OF the great Locoi'''
party. ap.n.
The State Printer is III trouble with the Dsla ~.
burners OF the Senate, who have tumbed hii la~
the same bed with the Surrogaes who are al 'is" ,
in rather bad odor Whether his friends can GI T
hfn from under this heavy load is query f.S.
$4,000 will come bard from the empty pockets VI W
p'''' ''o 1Io7 Yo5rs ,'s".N &C. ''''N' wATCHroWER
Mr.. Clay at Columbus da'
From the Columbus Enquirer !3th.
pro-n,,,- ~, NJ, Gov The great StatesnG