New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-03-24

lno very Etbtfh oppression W -
the slow progre" made ia either branch OF our
Legislature the general knowledge that much bu-
siness Of pressing and vital importance dsvoives
epon this Session, and the surprise and regret
widely experienced at the passage OF resolution
tbroagh the Senate proposing recess and an al
iournsd Session 10 the Fall. seem 10 call 'oz lew
words Of explanation.
II has become a too common practice 10 censure
Lsesatures indiscrrnately for the dilstory chsrac
ter Of their proceedings especially during the earl
9, half Of q Session. Unless we adopt the theory
that all laws must necessarily be sslutsry, we
should rather commend the prudence Of legislators
fresh from the plow. the shop, the Office. in taking
time 10 consider and inquire. TO ASCERTAIN facts and
weigh opposing representations before they venture
70 make serious changes In the laws Of the State
Unless change is positive good it is necessarily
an evil, for the change Of laws is nischevous per
~ and only admissible when wrong is thereby
rghted or a benefit secured. Yet thousands who
readily admit this in the abstract will find fault
because four or FIVE score Of lawyers. blacksmths.
farmers, etc. do not proceed forthwith on assemb-
ling a. a Legislature TO redress all grievances and
sweep away all abuses in the first month Of SEES
sion, though hardly any three or four Of those so
urgent could agree among themselves as 10 what
should actually be done.
Our present Legislature 49, 10 an unusual extent
composed Of new Members We think less than
ono third Of the Assembly were ever before Legs
lators This fact should be considered. The first
half of Session ought 70 be mainly devoted to
earnest deiberstion and investigation in Commit
tees of which labor the public nothing and
have little knowledge in any way. We under
stand, for instance. that the Judiciary Committee
Of the Assembly. ON which devolves primarily very
much Of the most important labor Of the Session,
has been engaged for over twenty sittings IN hear
ing evidence and argument on the great Trinity
Church case, involving the control Of nailions
worth Of property well very important Prnci-
pies Of jurisprudence and legislation. We wish
this question oond have come MP al some Session
naturally less crowded with important duties than
the present but the Committee had doubtless
no suspicion when they commenced that the law
yers would make so long job Of it, and they held
On from day IN day in the hope that each would be
the last
The present must almost necessarily be long
Session on account Of the important General Laws
inperstiyely required by the New Constitotioo
and the great amount Of business in regard to State
officers, Courts &C. &c which Is also thrown upon
il by the Constitution We trust large majority
FEEL deeply the responsibilities OF their position,
and realize that very much is TO be done, and that
the time for doing it is rapidly gliding away Short
Speeches, (enforced by rule If need be- long SEES
sons, las soon as the great body Of the Members
l.. lakn IN,
tses) and an earnest resolution that the most i'm
portant measures shall have precsdence. and that
each day shall be marked by some real progress,
viii put an entirely new face on matters in the
course Of single month.
The People, il reasonable, mus, anticipate long
Session-we shall not think 1t excessively SO IL an
adjournment does not take place TIL late in May
But We entreat the Members, and especially the
Wings, b. set their faces as a flint against an Ad
journed or Extra Session. Although moved by
Loco Foco and originated by the Senate, it will. if
carried into effect be charged, like the Forty Mil
lion Debt to the account Of Wings and Wing as
tendency ltcsn hardly fail to be unpopular, and
In our judgement ought TO be. Whatever legisla
ton cannot be accomplished before juno If decent
wisdom in selecting and diligence in acting upon
measures is exhibited the State will be content to
wait for till next January and we implors the
Wings in the Assembly to think twice and very
earnestly before consentng to Extra Session.
SMITHSONIAN IssrIrurE-We learn that Messrs.
JAMES Dixon Of Washington City and GILBERT
CAMERON Of our City have taken the contract for
erecting the edifce Of the Smithsonian Institute
At Washnston. IL 10 to be 500 feet long, about
100 wide the main building two stories high, and the
towers 100 to 40 feat The Museum and Grand Hall In
the second floor win be nearly 800 feet long and "a to W
feet high The whole is to be built OF Potomac Free
sons obtained near WsshiDgton) Is TO be rendered
treproof and finished in the richest and most thorough
The style Is tina, known as the Lomosrdy Nor
man JANIS RxSwrcx Jr. OF our City (son OF Prof
Rsnwick) 10 the Architect The edhoe Is TO bo com
plated the of Ave years the estimated cost
about tel00oo.
Mr. Cameron has been several yesrs connecticut M
building buIness in our City with Horace Butler an'
engaged In the construction of Dr. Phllpss new Churc
frsi Presbyterian in Fifth Avenue, Of Calvary Church
now nearly finished in Fourth-Avenue the City ha
and Court House a, Newark N. j. the splendid gstews
Of the Cemetery OF New Haven, CT sc, &c. We ar
eoofdent that Washington City will have reason to
more than satisfied with his abilities hde,y and tssi'
The WOODWORK VIII pfoosoiy Dc eNecuteo uy JUN
sSurKN Esq Of our City, who was engaged in like ca
pscy In tho construction OF Dr. Phillipss Church Ca
vary Church. the Church of the Annuneiaton, th
French Protestant Church. Rev, Mr. Cohens In Broom,
o. the Church Of the ruritsns &c. sc. beside ere'
pumocr Of our first stores and dwellings We shsn
disappointed IT, under such auspices the edihcs Of ii
Iasrate is not rendered honor American Art an
an ornament to the National Metropolis
THt ARcArTLcT.--This work has been pTolscte
tosupply systematic nestse on Rural Architecture Wi
seienahe End practical developments Of various s'y
adapted TO the United stsses III. want o, such woi
has long been fel and will DC ske useful 10 The pr
fcssopsi architect and pnvsie etren II contains fro
twenty hve TO thirty original dessns Of cottages ar
other rural rerdences varying In sher eosi Of erocrC
from Eve hundred 10 ten thousand dol4Is Esch d
sxn consisn Of ground plot the several noor plan
Two seosnetrich elevations. and framing, and
other necessary working plans, accompanied by Fl
sreciGearor. and estimates Of ell materials labor,
required for the construction and The necessary d
eriprons and directions. TIE ground plots contain
poSrspeicsi view. OF the gardens and other grpuo
connected Immediately with he residence, Ths wo
contains perspective views Of seveTsl OF ihe eadlD