The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-01-29

| GRAND TEMPERANCE cELEBRATlos-sTRoNG DEMON.
| sTRATion IN Favor or THs MAINE LIQUOR Law
LEGISLATIVE DeiN0s-rE.soaAL ExPLANAT!oNs
AMONG THR DEMOCRATS, ETC.
speci.. ooaREsroapGS1x rIE HERALD
AtB.rv, Jan 2S 1852.
The friend, OF temper aAcs made the greatest lemon
straon here to day before exhibited in this State
The procession formed at eleven O'Clock consisting
Of the various orders Of the escorted through the
streets by bands Of muic and detachment of military
the whole under command OF Hon Mr. SNOW, Of the As
ssmby. The proceteon con,sed Of sthoussnd 40 Of
men foot dozen sleighs with ladies and gentlemen
and ,esh drawn BY two horses containing tho peti
ions Of thirty horani persons fer the enactment Of the
Maine Liquor law The appearance Of the whois
quite imposing.
On arriving at tho Capitol, many Of tho mul;itoie
cond entored he Assembly chamber where addresses
made BY the Rev J. Marsh, OF New York Dr.
Jewrtt OF Massachusetts,. and Wm IL Dar!eigh OF 3yra
Meetings held in three of the churches thi, eve.
ming a. all OF which places temperance eches are be-
ing made The Hon Neal Dow author Of the Maine III.
Quor law, ia present whick gives great Impulse to the
proceedings
The Legislature will be hard pressed to enact the
Moine Liquor law
In the House, Mr. Hatch (dem } OF Erie ross to pri
vegsd question on account OF what had been reported
in the papers in regard to his action witness subp
ned before tina investigating committee. He stated
that be had vou neeIed to bs examined and in conyer
sation with Mr. Gushing {dem } OF Tompkins--one OF
the members ot the eommittes-it agreed that he
should appear between four and fve O'Clock on Monday
Before that time arrived he waited upon by mar
shall but he did not go lie wished all
to him to be put in writing he deemed i due 10 him
SELF member OF the House. "I wish to say said
Mr. Hatch tba. since Il has been nsinuated that had
refused to testify, wish to say that willis deny the
right of the committee to subpoena mo befors them l
shall voluntarily before them to testify Mr. Cushing
corrohersted the statement Of Mr. Hatch remarked
that the officers sent for him. TO inform him that the
committee we're then ct leisure to hear him He thought
b3 his not appearing thnt il Misrepresentation The
gentleman when he came In excited under the sup
portion that there was some design entertained to
enbaffass him. We supposed, of conTse,' said Mr. c..
"that we had right to subp member OF the House
but whether when ned he would testify was an
Other matter If ne should refuse the committee they
deemed the refusal OF sufficient Importance would report
the fact to the House" The subject then dropped
Mr.. Wright (dem Of Gtseso, also rose to question
Of privilege and stated that days since IN ember
OF the Senate Mr. Babcock) had accused him Of havog
sp6Een improperly the floor OF the House The charge
wss that be (Mr )hat charged that tho Senator had
pecuriary interest in the canal Lettings lie denied
having made use of that word but did the word
peculiar and this he had intended TO soy to that
senate, before he raw his speech Afterwards he did
feel called upon to do Mr w. said the Joint com. |
lntse was peculiar the canal law peculiar in this
whole matter and that tho lsayen Of fraud had leayened
the whole lump.
Mr. Walsh (deu) moved to strike from tho minutes
the resolution olertd yesterday ia relation to quicksAnd
and bardpau in the vaults Of the defunct Commercial
Bank q Buffalo. No action taken
EotDing of interest in the Senate and
both houses adournnd twelve O'Clock when State
Temperance Society took possession Of the Assembly
chamber.
Judge Conkln will give his opinion on Friday morning
on The motion mace to quRsh The indictments against
one OF the Jerry rescuers w.