New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-03-03
Eastern Mail.
Baton Rouge Correspondence.

This has been busy day with the Legislature Both
Houses have been engaged in the discussion of important
subjects and although nothing definite has been accom-
pshed still the ground work has been laid for something
in future.
1t seems that the Board of Public Works established
by the new Constitution meets with favor either
of the Internal Improvement Committees and this morn
ing in the Senate resolution offered to do away with
It, in its present form at all What will be substi-
tuted in its place has not yet been officially announced
though the better opinion be that the present
system should be amended by having State Engineer
at present with deputy in each Of the four Districts
or if this fail to have the bureau 1t now stands
The debate which this proposed alteration gave rise
between Messrs Kenner, Lacey, King and Mckay,
highly interesting-a Of them speaking at length
and with degree Of feeling amounting almost to person
atty. Mr.. Kenner, particularly, made an able speech
vindcsng the policy of the articles Of the Constitution
sought to be amended by strong arguments ard conelu
sye statistics and in replying to Mr. King and Mr. La
cey satirical to degree which did not think him
ca ble Of aud which told strongly against them Mr.
Kenner thinks suppose, in with great many
others, that it is curious to placed the head
of an Internal Improvement Committee who, as Mr. X
said has been all his life studying law and who from any
practical experience observation could know nothing Of
internal improvements except from what he had been
able to gather from seeing gas and water pipes laid and
the cutters in New Orleans cleaned he travel
borne out by the facts for believe that bill yet orgi
mated in that committee has passed the Senate
Upon Mr.. Lacy he was also very severe. He, (Mr. L.
ike great many popular orators makes the mistake Of
using numberless fancy neutrality-suspicious. pretty
in themselves but which, looked at in utitarian point
of view entirely meaningless and all events smack
ing too much of the stump for deliberatiye body So
to-day when he said in impressive voice and Inspired
that he would be the last to stop the of
ths people by diusng its blessings etc and Mr. Kenner
10 reply asked if any had heard the whistle of that
and showed that it consisted of ouy three steamboats,
all of which were out Of order and two of them
rotten from stem to stern the effect against him
very bad.
The resolution referred to the Internal Improve
ment Committee with instructions to report bill which
will cover the grounds taken against the present const
tutiona provisions and they will be repealed for it is
being made strict party question and the democrats
being in favor Of the repeal it will be carried The good
which this change will operate cannot be easily pointed
out and as for plausible objections being made to the
prescribed system it cannot be done from the simple fact
that the plan laid down by the Constitution has never
been tried But tinkering at the Constitution is with
some SYNONYMOUS with progress and progress the word
nova -days-and every wants to get ahead of his
neighbor try at all events To stand still is to them
horrible and than incur the risk they prefer
running the chance Of falling their backs in attempt
ing to get on.
In the House the debates equally interesting and
some of the proceedings quite uproaious The Consttu-
on that neyerfaug of speech making and legis-
laon up there too and the Seat Government that
most fruitful of all constitutional schemes was brought
out for discussion and handled that they got them
selves into scrape from which hardly Mr. Noise could
extrcate them 1t heppened thus bill was introduced
providing for the taking the of the people upon the
removal of the Seat OF Government to Neworleans On
Its second reading, motion made to reject This
was simple question but that from some cause
or other they COMPOUNDED the rejection with the adoption
and nearly every voted in the affirmative Just be-
fore the votes counted happened to see the
mistake and asked to change his Then one then
another got up and asked for the same privilege until the
whole House was in uproar of laughter and order en-
tireiy at an end On suggestion of Mr. Morse the roll
was recalled and the House refused reject On motion
of Mr. King Of St. Landry the bill was referred to Com
mttee of the Whole, and the business of the morning
through with the Judiciary bills referring to the country
were taken up These are among the most important
considerations which the Legislature will have before 1t at
this session. and demands the strictes and most rigid
scrutiny Several plans have been proposed both in the
Senate and House The judiciary Committee of the
House have reported two bills-one from the majority
and one from the minority The majority bill divides the
Stateno nine districts making nine District res with
salaries OF three thousand FIVE hundred dollars and estab
fishes Probate Court in each parish with salary Of
one thousand dollars giving the Judges thereof the prf
ege of practising law in other courts than their own and
nine District Attorneys with salaries of one thousand dol
lars The minority bill provides for the establishment OF
as many Districts as there parishes giving the Judges
salary of two thousand dollars with the same number
OF district attorneys at two hundred dollars Thus ma
king the salaries of the judicial officers amount in the
majority bill to nnetysix thousand nine hundred dol
lars and in the minority hundred and three thou
sand four hundred dollars
Both these bills have their particular champions, who
impressed with the idea of the superior excellence of their
plans urged upon the House the adoption Of their
respective plans with warmth, and, in many instances
eloquence. Mr.. Hiesten chairman of the Judiciary
Committee advocated the majority bill in an impressive
and earnest manner lie has given the question consd-
cradle attention and this united with the experience he
has had in legal matters made him listened to with re-
spect by the House lie is decidedly in favor of reu,u
neraye salaries being paid to officers of the law and did
himself credit by his arguments in support it, Mr.
sandidge was with the minority. He didn't see why
Judges should be well pad-the salary VS. not the
great questionit was honor people sought when they
went upon the bench-as it not the miserable few
dollars day which induced honorable members to come
to the Iegslaturethe people taxed TO death etc
These, together with profusien OF srs" but
sirs,' for my part sirs p the Arguments he
used doubtless to his satisfaction but am sorry to
they not listened to much by those around him
Mr. King of st Landry replied to him in one Of the most
elegant and eloquent speeches have heard in the
Hall Of Represenatyes-and this is saying great deal
lie showed conelusyey the evils which cheap Judges
would entail upon the community. end urged upon mem
bors to do justice 80 themselves and justice to the people
by securing judges to administer the who wore know.
ing IN the law and by giving such salaries would keep
them from want and place them beyond the reach Of
temptation enable lawyers Of omiucnce worth to &C.
oupy the bench without the fear of causing thereby sui
ferng to themselves and their families From the CON
mencemen Of his address 10 the end OF It he was listened
to with the most profound attention by every member
present and effective 1t that Mr Igardesty the
father of the minority bill moved adourdment as soon
as be throughfearing that his plan would be de-
feated The House adjourned to meet this morning
ten O'Clock
So you that notwithstanding said before moth.
ing really done good disposition has been shown to
get to work and may be hoped that business will be
tended to in future with alacry than has hereto
lore been exhibited. CEpRic.
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