The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-06-02
NEWS BY LEGRAPH
HIGHLY INTERESTING Information.
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BUSINESS IN THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE.
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The Canal Question In tho Assembly ...Adop-
tiOn Of the West Plan.
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Debate on the New York School Bill.
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Controversy in the Senate Relative to Another
Lunatic Asylum.
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Excitement or Petitioners Concerning tho
Jones' Wood Park scheme.
AFFAIRS IN WASHINGTON CITY.
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The W0men'S State Temperance Society.
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INTERESTING PROCEEDINGS AND SPEECHES,
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The Women's State Temperance Society
INTERESTING PROCEEDINGS AND SPEECHES.,
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Events In Albany.

INTERESTING PROCEEDlNGS AND SPEECHES.,
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Events In Albany.
LEGISLATIVE BUsINEss-THE JONES' WOOD PARK
sCHEME-LUNATIC ASYLUM BILL DEFEATED IN rHB
sKNATE-THE WEST CANAL ENLARGEMENT PLAN
PASSED BY THE AsSEMBLY--THE LAST ANTI-RENT
oUTRAGE-THE NEW YORK SCHOOL BILL, ETC.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE NEW roKK HERALD
ALBANY June l, 1858.
The copy Of the memorial for central park, and
against jones' Woods signed by Mayor Westervel which
presented to the legislature and published in the
HKRAID Of Sunday, has awakened PARTIES on all sides.
This morning sixty petitioners, mostly down town
merchants asked for jones' Woods and about many
for the central park Among the latter is Mr. Collector
Bronson, who gives his thus against woods
have been on the ground and Of opinon that there
question Should bo tho centre of the island
not on any side q sjrnes, it.; GREENE q pnoxsoy
Az the Judge has spent most Of hs days in the rural
districts of the State, and is engaged in parceng
out crumbs to the harmonious" crowd about the Gus
tom house his opinion relation to the location Of
city park should have great weight
The spirit rappers are raising bedlam among the
people. The State lunatc asylum cannot accommodate
the numerous applicants The Senate eng aged nearly
the entire morAing session. in discussing bill for build
ing another similar State institution, forthwith. With
every thing else in these progressive times unacy
the lead in the During the forenoon, Ill Tho Sena
agreed upon the necessity Of having another asylum
but in the afternoon they struck the enactng clause
Of bill for that purpose. Three nj mes among them
Judge johnson of Brook lyn in the bill as
commissioners to locate the establishment. Mr. Cooley
objected to having inserted and proposed
the selection Of should be given to the Gov
Mr. seems TO have very suddenly fallen into
appreciation of his Exceencys sound judgment 1t may
be on account c non prospect OF any more executive
sessions The Senator's residing in the southern of
counties demanded that the site sboud be in that To-
would then be very near tho legislature No decision
made However, the defeat of the measure will compel
those outside Of the Utica institution to depend upon
private charity for another year.
The bill to amend the charter Of the Villa amsburg
WaterwoIks Company, ard the one to supply Brooklyn
with water were both parsed by the Senate this after
This looks like amalgamatirg the two cities un-
der one charter
In the House Judge Burnett of Essex offered rcsolu
tion, which adopted making inquiry Of the Govern
relation to the late anti rent outrages in the town
of Berne in Albany county, and whether any and what
further legislation may be useful in suppressng those
outrages The Judgeis whg AMI evidently intends to
draw out the Governor upon the antrent question 1t
Mr. j. N Ely ntr roduced resolution asking for com.
mittee Of three to examine the Emgrant
can be given xhy they have not transmitted the funds be-
longing to the respective counties. was laid but
will be adopted to morrow So the commissioners must
Doctor Miller, honored representative of the city,
wants to close the canals on Sundays and introduced
York Represented in Senate and Assembly not pre-
psred to adopt any such measure.
Mr.. Case has become disgusted at the enormous
penscs Of repairing the canals and to remedy it, has in
troduced bill making provision to repair them by con-
tract. No party viii ever adopt it, even if it was
AT ten O'Clock the Assembly entered upon the discus
sion of the stitutional amendment propositions The
motion pending was 70 strike out the work may and
that future legislators should bs compelled to go
with the work the canals. Mr. Loomis and Mr.
atr;l;, I'D
Mr.. Clapp read q political essay upon matters
and things in general. He concluded within two
hs Vo wen Mr. Wos took the door, He
scarcely got steam up when the Speaker elooSed Mr. p
W. Rose out OF the chair, raped his nalet upon the
d. SIX and said that the time for the speci order had
rived which to proceed to vote upon the resolutions
for amending the consultation Mr. Burroughs moved
to suspend the time for hour in order that members
might be permitted to vote upon the various proposi
,ons submit ed in mittee but which had not ached
a vote Lost. Mr B. then moved to suspend for only
iiteen minutes. Lost again. Mr. Littejohn NOV
ed to postpone for half hour. Loot Ayes So nays
fS. Mr. Kearney moved the previous question Shame,
Mr.. Loomis enqufed why the previous question
strung pledges bad been given tnt it should not oe
6one?o Mr.. replied, there was no necessity for the
previous question The SPECIAL order specified the time
when the final vote should be taken that hour has
arrived the time bad not been extended and the House
must proceed to vote upon the propositions he de-
mapded it, The Speaker SO ruled, and the House
proceeded TO vote upon the minority report which
was the Vanderbilt plan, amended by Mr. Hadley THIS
was lost by 81 to TO- members absent Toe question
was then taken upon the House West po,ition,
which was carried by ~ to 40 The abseniees the
first vote Messrs Peters Holley Malburu, c. Smith,
Howard, Pettepgi and L. Reade-four democrats and
three whgs-who are ab.ent from the city, The same
Lumber absent tho last vote, with the addition
OF A. b. Rose, whig and r. r. Smith democrat who both
"shot the pit"
After the recess the House took up the New York City
School bill and spent the whole afternoon upon it, with
out arriving at vote.
Considerable enter anment is expected in the Senate
to morrow when the West propositions Of the House to
amend the constitution announced substitutes for
those adopted at the regular session by the Senate.
Senator Ward appeared for the first time in his seat
to-day in a delicate state Of health. W.