The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-01-05
Affairs at the state Capital.
OUR ALBANY CORRESPONDENCE.

ALBANY, January 2, 1851
The Csnrt Of dp7eois IN SessiOn- Causes ga the
Calendar, and Counsel attending them 4rivl
of the Lieutenant GoUun0r Senate and Issem,
biy Chambers-D'snbar, The M,pd1,r, s.c. DC.
The Court Of Appeals commenced It's January
term at the capitsl, in this city, this morning, At
ten o'clock. THIS dignif,d body now consists OF
Greene G. Bronson, Chief Judge, and Messrs
Rugeles, Gardner, Jewett, NJ cCoan, Paiae, Gray,
and Mulet, Judges. Three of the members being
absent, an adjournment tooh place until to. morrow
morning. The calendar contains lSO eases noticed
for argument about eighty of which have com. up
from the inferior courts of The First Judicial ID >
trict, New York and Long Island The prIac Jal
attorneys OF the city Of New York who have Causes
on the calendar. are, j. X Whiting, o Bushnell
Benedict " Boerdman, & w. sanford, +. B.
Cutting, David Graham, Horace +. Clarke, K. D.
Dillon, j. w. Gerard, w B. Lawrence, in Murray
Hoffman, II. Z. Dawes, d. ID Lord, II. i. Hast
ines, Is. Galbraith, Sanford IL Porler, Thom son
* De!sven, and some twenty Others The bisi-
ness ot this court OF derner resort IS accumuatinc
with wonderful rapidity, and neither OF The eight
able jlrists who compose the bench, are relieved q
single ntur during the year rom duty. They are
coinps led to adJudcate, aud finally decidc the
rgbiGl ownership CT millions upon millions of
properly Of the people 81 this State, during every
term, involving amounts fiom one huudfei up
wards, 10 as many thousands Whatever other
alterations were perfected ia cur courts of law by
the convention ui 1916, none have gwen mere
universal abstraction Than abclishng thr cuniber.
some and generally iliite rate Court uf Errors and
substituting nee ad the present organization OF The
Court of Appeals.
The Lieutenant Governor, Sanford l.. Church,
arrived in this city this ate 1oon, IN The western
train. lie started from home in season, az he sup
posed, 10 have been at the capitol yesterday, aud
taken the oath Of Office al the same time Il ad.
min,stered TO Governor Hunt; but ihe obstructons
on The roads, occssoned ry the teuyy emblnA-
ments Of snow, through which The ocomouves
found heir way al very slow rate, prevented AIS
arrival az soon as he had anticipated.
TIE officers of the Senate aud ssealbly cham.
bers aIe susily engaged IN preparing tJr tle digui
he'd representatives. Cf The people, who Id-ct "a
legislative capacity on Tuesday next Boh cham.
beIs are being supplied with stationery from the
Compiroller's Office, for the use of the nemp-rs
The rev Board cf Cana, Commissioners held
their hrsi meeting this morning The supervision
OF the eastern section was assigned Ia blr hath~l
the middle. 10 hlr Cook; and .ne western, % Mr..
Folle,t. The latter commissioner had the eastern
section under his charge during the last Nrsr; the
charge being maoe Tor his persuuai nccommosa-
ton, he beng reeident ot Batavia, Grn~see
Cuunry. Mr.. Mather, hying nj Troy, will al 20 10
more convenient TO the eastern secuon here The
two new commissioners chose tteiT oHl respective
clt ikn, privilege wbicn was not awarded TO Mr.
toilelt laa year, a nirlor'ty ~ The 10 ird beng
then politically opposed 10 INN.
Much wrsnRng - anticipated when the Canal
Board assemble 10 make the1r annual appointments.
The majority Of the commissioners being Of the
Gt9,c poddy WI ne I: TP0n RR'2ifps places
wing majority, will strongly Oppose the removal Of
any Of their political friends. The commissioners
clum the power 81 making certaa sele eclons, but
they viii be oyerrultd.
Governor Fish, on the day previoUs to going out
Of office, visited young Dunbar m hrs cell Va the
Albany prisen, who has been sentenced TO b. ex-
ccu'ed on the last Gay Of this month The inter-
view was of an hours duration. ard was OF Inc
must painful, } ct Of an interesting character. The
Goytfnor, whose heart u uyeilowing with char
ity, henevolenee, and the mix OF human klndaess,
stated To the doomed convict, that Nc Hamilton
Fsh he was willing 10 90 a. far as any other man
in allevating the disr sses Dt bis friiow mot'as,
and fell az keeply as humanity could experience,
the awful aud dreadful cOuetuOn m which be
(prEhsYl was placed: hut az Governor, aud Chief
M .pisira'c. he had ASSUMED duties which he n.s st
ltriOim, altogether ines eCate ~ his pcrscnal or
priyr'e wishes He Informed the couytCt, That he
had Jaktn hs unfortunate pJsti0a tuto the most
c. la cCrgidefa tiun, had strictly examined end
care fully weighed al he testimony - 4 tUppeared
on the Judges minutes. and had come a. ne cua.
cluson thar u was noi "a his province 70 interfere
with the sentence of the law which had been p,1-
ntuhcsd agenst him; that lac must consider the
tnatf.r row finally disposed o., as his Successor,
Mr. Hunt, had b, en- cgGeulted and h. 8lso bad
Cfii,cd az the SEINE conclusion W T. wing the
cell, he Goyefnor yely fcehngy urged DInbii 20
M kC ,Ntry possible ItcparttiUn'c. the ftlc which
CcrHialy awaited him.
A co6frssion will he r,de by Danht. ~ tic
tufuh.e double murder, ot which he hfs been
hff OHSsN convicted. AN1 " @ht ~ EoV't'@
uun I Z urt 1T the po8t deliberate. cool, eAlculai-
Irw Jcfs III horror ever Ierpttfa'ed III thU county
4 ~ evidence, M tdductd upon his tdsi, d,ttled
~ CIRCUMSTANCES 20 hruy lng1d together, WIS
- l,.utni fof the jury ~ coBvlct upon; bu' when
ihr confession sh.li ~ wriuea. atd Sppesr before
the pubhc. ~ The hcftble hghl of ,hp ,f8u-bcuoa,
soc,mysniyd with ths dyiug scceuts ~ the gerHt
curintl. the world will wonder bow H. could
htyt wiihstood for un hose ~ Pas iel.s u NiH
gully conscience, ~ couh have mua. a.Mtd Ais
wtn9ttful fUf rude dating dptat' ~ Etstmnly
bUgitst him white On trisl 'er ~ tWrisr 9tYH
A. s currently reported. ard many utnrye Itr
fact 20 tc. thst his CenieN 81 u vdi rriWN
Fuother rcrscn closely CCnH't.r9 ~ " u,s - 4.
laiiunthp Should such 80 awful .etei. in1
made. u will create ssusa tan II ne n0t .bhat
kUtd a here tho Lester chtld.,a Wpfc Wutltr. \.
ala, "a ruth thtouehOst thts who.c cumn1at N.
nsNeT Witnessed w8h tar q l't ~ ctytji2ttr.a
Dunhsfs confession will uldoubt ~ ts ma it
but The public eye viii hs krp room ~e.pap { sHIA
eftsr ~ shall have be n lsun bid taf, rtrIBUv
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