The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-10-10
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ALBANY, Oct 9, lsA7.
The Blu for the Abolition Of the Penalty Of DsatA-Ts
Proceedings Of the As,embIy-The Ms,t;r, a, IA. C..
pitoi this Evening.
The Assembly received the following communication
from the Managers Of the American Iustitut. tb,.
ing -
The MANAGERS respectfully invite your honorable bo
dy to visit the Fair open at Castle Garden nm ~.
display Of the genius skill and industry Of their S,lo
crizsns engaged in the useful arts the sgrcutur srd
nectsd latter to take place on w.dnss
day and Thursday the 18th and 4th instant The pre-
highly acceptable to the exhibitors and the public While
1t will bs of much qualification to the msnagsrs
mssns the d.. on which tho Assembly may pss.. to
attend"
Mn BAscoM, OF Seneca, Immediately offered the fol.
Resolved That the thanks Of this house Do presented
the American Institute for the kind Invitation TO At
tend Its exhibition nhSh tn stat. Of the public eS
an Invitation be respectfully rendered TO the msmben
o. the Institute to attend the deliberations Of this
nouse at any time that may suit their oonvenisucs
Inc presencs OF the members Of the Institute cannot
fall to be highly acceptable the Assembly, ssd may
tndoos and that to 2, IL. nat
the interests OF the constituency dsman0D.
This RESOLUTION having been read y ~ slsk, Mr.
smith, OF schoharie rose and said tha1 vo knputs-
tion upon the majority Of the House - lh0Suss It.
self 1t was well known why quorua ee0sgbsn had
ventions had been held at Syracuse sd 80 Of the
members OF the Legislature Of both psvsA Ha1 sstsad
dience to the instructions Of their oonstat1ou1 The
honorable member from scoharis audsd . bis COL
league who introduced the resolutiou In oyvses tsrs
as man who had been guilty Of ungentsmsuly conduct
expressly In order to acquire reputation ssissve
attend this f. and he felt grateful TO the managers
for their kind invitation; but inssmuoh a the Leeiss-
turs had adjourned to attend the at sar.oea
he was not prepared to that It would be proper TO
accept the invitation attend the fair the
The gentleman then moved to strike out all aftsr the
word accept" In the resolution offered by Nj Bssosm
Smith
Mr. HADLEY, of Rensselaer,, hoped that the motion 10
amend would not b. entertained because the resolution
insult to the House, and beneath its dignity; Il
not at Co be entered upon the journal House;
he appealed to the Speaker to decide whether suoh
The SPEAKER said it was In order. Mr. Devslin gsvs
the House an exposition Of parliamentary law spposbe
Mr.. SMITH withdrew his motion to amend; he hoped
that the resolution would be voted down. he ooaoursd
In the view taken by Mr. Nadley that such resolution
was unit to be amended or to be acted upon In any
manner.
Mr. BAscoM proposed to withdraw the resolution but
his proposition was not In order.
Mr. HApLEy offered the following resolution -
Resolved That the resolution Of the gentleman from
Seneca disresp~ou to the House. returned to the
mover and not entered upon the journal
This resolution was not acted upon and Mr.. Daseem
at the suggestion OF Mr. sicklss having spologissd 10
the House. was allowed to withdraw his Offensive
luton.
Mr. UrHAM then offered the following resolution, which
WAS adopted
Resolved That the Clerk be directed to to
the American Institute the thanks Of this House. for
their polite invitation to visit their twentieth annual
nn sHS to state to them that the ns0;sy sts.no.
the useful and laudsbe enterprise Of the Institute
Then the House went INTO COMMITTEES Of the Whole
upon the following bill which reported by Mr. Gold
from the Select Committee which referred the nu
petitions for the abolition Of the punishment Of
death, that have been received.
SIC The punishment Of death by virtue Of the laws
Of this State Is hereby abolished.
SrC In haro da.tI tai
prescribed by the laws Of this State the penalty sha
Aenceforh be imprisonment for f In Of the STATE
st nard labor or In solitary oonnnemsnt -
SEC On conviction Of any person of any crime now
respect to all contracts to the bonds Of matrmouy 70
al rights OF property, and to all civil rights and rsle
actual natural deossss had taken place Ct the time Of
such conviction.
SEC. NO person sentenced to imprisonment for LILO
IN any OF the state prisons Of this State shall apply e
pardon until he shall have published NOTICE OF his n
TO 40 so for SIX successive weeks in Newspaper
pubished In the county where the crime for which he
wss convicted was committed " there 10 NO news
published in said county then the nswspspsr
publsned nearest to said county which notice shall
state the ground which this application for pardon y
based he shall furnish the district attorney Of
the country where he was convicted full and perfect
statement in writing Of all the and croumstansss
ON which his application for pardon 10 prsdioatsd, ct
least x weeks before his application for pardon V pre-
SIC 8. This act shall take effect immediately.
such Ia the bill which Ia bsng seriously oonsid g.
ed In the Legislature; its passage Ia being ureed WITH
eloquence and zeal and inhexibls energy; IL being
urged by the appeals and by svsrT
powerful argument which can be dsvissd ssrpsstiy
believe that II vote had been taken upon the bill To-
day Il would have passed the House The most
ton the third section the convict shs be
deemed to be dead In all respects his setus natural
dscesse had taken place and the section to which
objection Is made authorizes him apply for pardon
to do other acts utterly With th: sssss
OF being Ia which he 10 placed by the third section
understand that the gentleman who introduced the biz
will offer some amendments providing that application
friends relatives This will obviste the objections 70
the fourth section. The suspense Of . man who u In
terdcted from all communication with that world In
which he has been accustomed live with that into
which We will all soon enter, Is more horrible than
dreadful punishment than this pom . fellow creature
who not the creator Of himself his propsnstlss
The Oil which published above sustained BY Mr.
Hadley in the House to-day with ovsrwhslmins sio-
quence and with an carnsstness which IL seldom dis
he is an sd1oos Of th: 5 SUoS S.ssa not
ways found upon the side Of humanity. lie 10 one q
the very best and most highly members Of this
Legislature.
The committee Of the whole rose and reported peo-
gress upon the bill 1t win, however, be pertinseiouay
urged until some disposition 10 made Of It.
The Senate were not in session to-day there being no
quorum OF senators In the city The Hon Samr
Young has not been In his this session he can
didste for reelection Messrs sedgwick and Johnsen
are too Ill TO be present the remaining %
deeply in the result Of the spprosehins sso
THIS has been and continues to be shared the
members Of the house, quorum Of whom cannot b
procured with great readin
very extraordinary meeting will be held Ut the oap-
ito this evening 1t has been called by tho radical de-
mocrss to hear the report Of their delegate the state
convention from the fourth district In this county that
delegate was Mr. John Van Buren, he will be present
at the meeting, and he will give curious account Of
bis reception In the and Of the rejection Of
| his claims to a seat In that body.
MlsCoi 1ane0us.
Isaac Vsnlsy Of North Berwick, Me-, was robbed Of
his pocket book the Maine Railroad Depot yestsrdsv
| Contents $500 $500 In bills and valuable psp~rS
Within the last fortnight pick pockets have obtained in
this city $4,000 In cash one cent Of which ~
been, probably will be reoovsred-Bosen Tysvetisy