New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-04-12
Correspondence OF The Tribune.
ALBANY, Friday. z. ~ April I

ALBANY Friday, J T. NJ Apru ?, lc41.
An important bill for the regulation of the Gen
eral Elections OF this State entitled An ac to
amend tie act entitled An Gct respecting Elections
other than for Militia and Torn Officers, passed
Aprz s. 1912, has been sent down by the SENATE,
and has been tho subject OF lively debate in the
House this forenoon. One Of the sections is as fol
lows
81 If the person so offering being h,,e shall per
sist in his claim vote and the challenge shall not be
Withdrawn, one otthe Inspectors shall then administer
the following oath
You 10 sr,or or affirm. the may bel that you
hare been Caen Of he Ulted Stairs for Ten days. and
Of the age Of freafy ysdrs-d, yoH hare been
an Inhdbanf Of this STATE fr one CdT preceding this
Election aud for ne last for months resident Of this
CouHiy-thdt you hare beet for hrfy days Hsu pre-
cedin this Election resdef Of fs assembly Dtsyiet
Tor Senate, or Congressional District Ward, Town Va
age OF City the mey be, naming any or all OF
the foregoing District Ward, Town, ViIsge or City
from which the officer Is % be chosen, for wlom said
person offers fs yen are ror resident Of his
Tors Tor Ward as the case may bel and Of ne Election
Dis in rAioh yop noe cgT 70 roe and that you hare
not r0ed al his Election"
To the Senate's OATH lamended in the House so
as to read as above the House Committee on Priv
ieges and Elections proposed to add what follows:
and tia, you hare not made any BET or WAGER and
are not directly indirectly it1esed IL any be- r0s0,
depending upon the rssEii Of tiis Election"
This addition the House adopted after silas
Wright's homily had been read by the Clerk
The colored mans oath follows the white mans,
and is about as long St. Ausustine's Creed and
the Pater Noster taken together II we were all
black and all sworn an Election in populous dis.
trct might solve the problem Of the perpetual motion,
for IL would endure forever.
Mr.. Bsscom proposed to strike out OF the eiI the
provisions that dsqualy persons convicted OF crimes,
after they shall have been psrdoned or suffered the pen
atty Of fine and imprisonment from the enjoyment OF the
elective franchise Lost
The bill was passed 90 10 p
BTlto AnfLor1se Banks 10 Deposit L. s. Stocks SC.
The bill reported by Mr.. Tsc0t 10 the Senate, passed
by that body and before the Assembly to authorize
the Controller to issue Bank Bills as registered Tor
general crculston on deposit OF Unted States Stocks,
is referred 10 Messs Hadley, Sckles and Carpenter to
report complete This Is. in effect bill 10 depress
State and elevate L. :. Stockst0 obge the people OF
this State TO receive Federal security for circulating
medium which no Federal officers will receive in pay
nent from them at Post Office, Custom House or and
Office.
Tr0 Sessions DAY for Thirty Days
Commencing next Monday and until tue adjournment
on the l2th of next month there are 10 be forenoon s
tlngs at nine and afternoon sittings at four.
Progyess Of Crime IN the Sfaie-FelOHieS, Sc.
The senate have called for returns showing the mum
Der of indictments found in each County IN 1870 how
many tried and discontinued how many were
for fsonies and how many assaults and batteries The
number of persons bound over on criminal complaints
preferred az anst them before magistrates how many
Tor felonies and for misdemeanoTs and how many of
those thus bound over were indicted thereafter.
The Document No. 60, inclosed. IS pages eyo. con-
tans the interesting particulars thus required AID Mr..
VanSeryoOrt Clerk Of the Criminal Courts OF your
City returns the indictments for 1916 as 800 Tor felony
lis assault and battery and l9J other nstemenors-
total, 767.
OF thee indictments there TRIED 90 for elonies
70 assault and baitery-7 other misdemeanors There
were DISCONTINUED "a felony, % assault, IA msde-
meanor There were Of forfeited recoguizsDces "A ieo'
MES assault Is mlsdemeanor; and there were on tne
sd u February 1871 undisposed oi IN any way 80 OF
last years indictments viz ~ teonies 80 sssaus and
81 ether misdcmeanors. OF these 30. twenty seven
persons indicted are not yet caught
In 1876 there were bound over on charges oil ieony
90 and on misdeneanOr l43 OF whom 10 were amer
ward indicted for felony and SIS for other offences
tabular statement for tie State would be useful Tor
reference. 1,
When add no Mr. Flssgs s. i56 bill page print
"a Socnment % Il was but s3g75-3 men, et 80 days
Zach IsisOl have been since interhned
Mr. Flag had added up page as so-o- ID ny ieHsf
~ M,rcb The II said il was so3lli now 80 printed
VINO pets Inc extra a for which ar fiagg thus taxes
credit a., -, IL. -
ss osn Stans % days 10 each man was extended SIS
n though oplv $50 50--overcharge Via Ihis mas
been since patched by adding AisT e'eiy MAI NAM
- IN "a FoR RArroSs" which were not N the manu-
.r,int rrtrn made 10 the House. On what scale mill
49,, are "a fr r.tiou, now sisted TO have been allowed
>, he.s men ard NONE az Iisi TIVE 10 any other corps
and h suy such charge had really been 10 me Dill as
~ NV wait uossble for stupidity Itself to have seen
in escb Of s. lles and swsys avoided to copy ~
In nsse * which stated 10 DC false addition nc
words Turnpike Co. per Toll - " nc 10" M.
Robert BROWN self and horse, Al IDS, " -, are
converted INTO Robert Brown, IL Days service sell