The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-02-06
ALBANY, Feb. 3, 1876.
Legislafipe Prnceedfngs.

Legislative Proceedings.
The Senate, being particularly DESTROYS Of making
the American people acquainted with its sentiments
upon the question of the annexation Of Texas, and
upon the expediency of giving the notice OF the ter
mnation Of the joint occupation Of Oregon again re-
solved itself into Committee upon the Oregon and Texas
resolutions at precisely IS minutes before IL NJ and
mediately after the transaction Of unimportan bu
sness There is covert and sinister design in the
Of these resolutions connection with
the succession to the Presidency, in this discussion
the candidates for the succession(amo them Silas
Wright Mr.. Van Buren,, George NJ Dallas, &c, &c,)-
are denounced and mathematical; this is an
ostsnsible discussion nero pretence card
played to hide the purposes Of Senators in the de-
bate of entirely distinct and separate issue Dallas
is denounced AZ the father Of the national banking sys
TEN Wright 10 cursed for his vote against annexation
and for his subsequent remarkable Van Buren, s
to be defunct worn ont veteran not ayaila
BILE. The splits and eq<s in the old democratic party of
ls44 are becoming wider; has become impossible to
heal them Senator johnson said the object Of these
resolutions to bring these Slas Wright and Mr.
Van BUREN, into "disrespectability." The gentlemen
his remarks and
gible, and almost any construction might be put upon
them. Mr. J. occupied the floor until IL NJ and then
without taking the question, the committee rose. The
Senate resolved itself into Court Of Errors. Mr.
Johnson resumed his remarks vi the adjournment Of
Senator wiights democracy on the Texas question
Senator Wright however sxs%Plsd his aem9cratie
these resolutions had been made pretext for an attack
on him solely and entirely The gallant and veteran
Col has been the point Of bursting for week past
twins, CLARK and Wright lie said Wright had de.
tack him Youns) and ruin his political character Mr.
Clark denied the imputation Youngs whole address
he 70
times of Clark and Wright will not attempt to report
his speech Col Sam read verse of doggerel poetry,
the soft impeachment" The doggerel which the Col.
read, run a. follows:-
. That Herkmer's veterans never before
Were forced to beg at q federal door.
Oh Fortune what tickle thing
What strange results on men you bring %
Of that mans lCark) age, in this State, wrote
such poetry before.
These beautiful line: read by Young in reply to
assertion Of Clark that without the vote Of old
Herkimer, Young would not have been elected.
Colonel Samuel Young continued to address the Sc
nate in reply to the speech of Mr. Clark which he stg
matsed as the vanous and outrageous that ever
happened ON the floor Of the Senate until the hour Of ad
journment.
Mr. Folsom, of New York. was in the chair, and did
all in his TO preserve ORDER but his efforts
bootsss, and without the shadow Of q chance of
Senator Wright submitted bill to-day, to amend the
act aboshnF Imprisonment for debt and for the punish
resolution instructing the committee railroads TO
ascertain what railroad companies refuse to carry the
mai undor the pr0vls0us OF the acts OF Congress rea
tive to this subject offered together with amend
ment nstrucng the committee to ASCERTAIN the
of the companies for refusing to carry the mail The
resolution and amendment were adopted after short
debate.
This embraces all the Senate transactions to-day.
The House met q usual. The committee railroads
reported bill against the petitions for railroad
from Schenectady to Utica The committee recommend
that the present road be relaid with rail- and they
sary batween these cities They recommend in this
port the construction Of the contemplated road between
Titus q New York, recognized in monopsiies an evil
Mr. Titus decidedly to comforting exclusive
Privilege: and freedoms upon monoposs and corpora
road between Utica and Schenectady Col Stevenson
moved that the report be tabled and printed in order that
may be expedient to state the purposes of the petit
TONERS and THAR motives asking for the new road
Of the cities Of Troy and Albany this is the solution of
the matter taking passage upon the proposed
now landed at Albany; this proposed route Is
extension Of the present Troy and Schenectady road
Of ;nS S:s Of s
Gauss ~ s.y ' not I'll Mr. W.
Nassrs i one Il the spsnda men in the House, h.
talented mana dignifed and courteous man-and an
ways S love to look At such men a: he t. hi: bill on
notion recommtted to the committee, with nsruc.
tons to bring In bill conformity with the prayer of
fore the recommitta that the vote do not commit the
House upon the bill, which was adopted
resolution, soliciting the opinion Of the Supreme
Court tho validity Of tho general banking law
adopted.
The House agreed to dispose of the antirent ques-
tons tomorrow.
Then the House adjourned
Mr.. Robert T.. Temple has been appointed Adjutsn
General in place Of Thomas Harrington, elected State
Treasurer
The sleghing in the city proper is decidedly bad.
Now have shivering storm, and q sunny calm.
The streets are almost impossible.