New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-05-15
Adjournment of tn. Legislature.


sion 1913 days and passed 337 Acts, though two
thirds Of them are OF local and personal Interest;
oniy. The measure. of principal nleres, mstured
were the M,isttG Refo7m, whereby every citizen
subject 10 Military duty is authorized to conmo'e
therefor daring peace by paying seventy-hve cen"
per annurn 10 advance TO the proper authorty' ana
he money raised By such Communication IS to De oseo
in paying the Uniformed Volunteer Companies io'
their time, &c. We have no doubt thai The Mhiiia
will be rendered more effective at the same time
that Inc Militia Nuisance is rendered lar less annoy
.,g and burtbenson,e by this Reform.
The anti Rent grievances have been very plen-
teousIy admitted and regarded in words and pro-
fessions bat sparingy enough in acts Of the bills
bearing on this subject two only have passed-the,
which subjects the Reserved Interests or Rents Of
Manorial Landlords 10 Taxation the Mort
cages and o,her property rights, and that whereby
Distress for Rent is abolished We believe the
latter was somehow diluted in the Senate, bat can
no, say JUS, how until the act is published. The
far more important bill concerning Devises and
Descents was los, 10 the Senate, while neither
branch would authorize the most important and In
our view beneicent and ;ranquillizing measure OF
all, to wit: A formal and thorough investigation Of
the disputed titles under which large estates in land
are claimed and held within the bounds of our State
So this perpexing and perilous source OF agitation
and discord in several Counties remains unhealed.
We trust, however, that the foiility, mischief and
madness Of all infractions Of Law have been 50
fully demonstrated tba, farther resistance to legal
process need be apprehended.
The .State Printing has been most satisfactorily
arranged 70. the future so as 10 al least 100000
per ennum TO the State Treasury and as much more
to individual citizens The peconiary saving con-
s,itutes but small portion OF the value OF this Re-
FORM We regret 10 perceive however, that the
corresponding bill To Rcduce the Expense Of the
Superintendence and Repairs Of our Canals. by
applying to them the principle Of the State Printing
Reform, was lost in the Senate by vote OF 10 to IS
several Old Hunkers having turned 'Barnburn
ers' for the occasion. This is check only. not de-
feat. The measure is morally certain TO triumph al
an early future day.
The General anutdcturing Lar matured in the
Assembly was defeated In the Senate at the last mo-
ment, by 10 Nays THE whole genuine Barnburner
strength 20 l6 Yeas-a two-third vote being absurd
ly held necessary its passage Here is the pracl
cal answer to The Ncrs's inquiry, Why don't the
friends of Corporations ask for general instead OF
special acts 20 answer their purposes here Is an
act framed by no less orthodox barnburner than
Samuel J. Tildcn passed in the Assembyby ITO 10
3. and vet defeated in the Senate by the whole
BaruburniDg strength. in order that they may con-
tinuo their cnmor against Monopoes and Special
privileges The lobbying gentry may well rejoice
al the success of this trick.
The bill enacting penalties for Adultery and Sc
duction was strangled in the Senate, without az
fording chance distinguish its enemies Never
mind. 1t will not always be so.
On Capital Punishment nothing was done-not
even to submit the question TO the People. MIR. Ii
tus, the Chairman of tho Assembys Select Commit
tee on the subject, was shanefully remss and dato.
ny throughout, and the result corresponds With
any reasonable and proper effort, at least the sub
mission 10 the People would have been carried
The friends OF humane legislation must now renew
and redoublc their efforts.
We are moved here TO say that New. York has
had one Representative in the Assembly who has
generally acted as though he understood ard appre-
cia,ed the position Of Legislator. That man is
JONATHAN d. STEVENSON. He has been worth
more TO our City at Albany than any ten other Lo-
CO Focos she ever sent there. The New and
Erie Railroad. Ocean Steam Navigation and many
other measures of the highest importance and bene.
ficence owe very much to his exertions. We do
not know the personally. and are very far from
entertaining any partially for him, bat his course
as a Legislator has agreeably disappointed our ex
pecta,ions.
At the last moment. Mr. Albertson of this City
proposed 10 authorize the Governor in case of need
to raise volunteers for the defence of the country.
and 10 appropriate 500 600 for that purpose. After
remarks by Messrs. Wells. Worden, J. Young,
Stevenson and Clark, this proposition passed the
Assembly by nearly unanimous vote, but was not
acted on in the Senate.
So ended the 69lh Session OF the Legislature OF
New-Yo rk-thc last under our present malformed
and rcke.y Cons ti,ution.
PRlvArEERlSG--It has been supposed that, in
case of a war with Mexico, swarms of privateers
would issue from Havana, under Mexican license,
To prey upon our commerce. This, however is
specially guarded against by our Treaty with Spain
of the Goth Oct 1895, appears by extracts from
that Treaty furnished by the Secretary of State
f. X COLLINS, Esq. The Treaty declares that any
person taking such commission shall be punished
as pirate.
w THE PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION was
communicated by Magnetic Telegraph yesterday
afternoon TO the TRIBUNE, and was in type and
Extras were in the streets FOR sale in 90 minutes
from the time i, reached our office We sent it ex-
clusively by the Albany boa, which Went at seven
o'clock
@- New Brunswick held her Charter Election
"Wednesday, and the Wing ticket for Mayor. Rec
order, Aldermen &c. was elected Msjority for
Van Dyke, Mayor, 90.
e JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL whose name is
famsr in literary circles is be associated here
after with EDMUND QUINCY and MARIA w. CHAPMAN
contributor to the columns Of the National Sa
rtry tesdard the organ Of the American Anti Slavery