The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-06-17
NEW YORK LEGIsLATURE.
EXTRA SESSION.
Senate

NEW YORK LEGIsLATURE
EXTRA SESSION.
Senate.
ALBANY, June l6, 1863
SENATOR TABSgs AND THE CANALS
A long and exciting debate was had this mornip0 on
the Canal Revolutions as reaus1sd by him by iettsr
The Chair decided that tho request could not be
granted' put the letter would go on the journal.
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH CASE.
Inc Catholic Church property bill was taken up in Com
mittee Mr. BABCocK moved to amend the bill so that no
ecce'asc could be corporator The motion prevailed
Mr. IIERcE tdem moved to amend the report OF the
mmittee BY striking out Mr.. Babcocks amendment.
taken Even with the present amendment the bill was
highly Objectionable Other amendments were to be
Mr. PmcE-Unless this amendment Is struck out IL I,
not bill desired BY its friends the Senator amend
mept prevails, that ends it.
Mr. CooIEY ldem said it due TO the Senator from
the twelfth (r Taber) that this subject be laid upon
Mr. PIERCE hoped the question would be frat taken on
:. Mr. WRIGHT (whg) opposed Mr. cOOleys motion to lay
Mr. PIArT (whig) thought it very important that the
bill should be printed. Amendments are nnintelhgible
unless the bill is before Men placed in wrong
position.
The bill laid the table CThe motion being to
lay 1t on the bic till Mr. Taber could be well enough to
;AypsaMessrs. Babeock, Bartlett Beekmap. Bennett
Clark Cooley Kirby Morgan, Newcomb, Otis Platt Van
Bristol JoneS Pierce. Rogers Van sohoon
The bill to vest in the United States jurisdiction over
certain l. nds at the BROOKLYN Navy Yard.
The act relative to the Albany Savings Bank. (Aow
ing an investment In city stocks
To amend the General ssvogs Bank law so as to allow
ex officio trustees to hold other drectorships.
THE MowHAwK (coHoEs) BRIDGE BILL.
This bill was debated by Messrs. JONES and PIERCE
Objections were made to an amendment made by Mr..
Jones, and the bill passed.
Recess to Z. M.
AFTERNOON SESSION.. g.
TRINITY CHURCH SUIT SPEEDY WANTED.
trial of suit in which Trinity Church is Interested
hr WRinT-This is only stirring question which
has long since been settled 1t is bill Zee lawyers by
giving State sanction to trumIed up claim.
Mt PIERCE defended it. 1t but to sete the right
as soon as possible.
THos, BoLD's CHILDREN.
Mr. BE5KMAN introduced bill to allow the children of
Thomas II. Newbold to hold real estate.
The bill to divide the Nineenh ward of New York into
two wards passed.
The General Life Assurance act passed. Adjourned
[CoRREe1IoN.-It was Mr. Platt (and not Mr. Clark as
errously published in Wednesdays paper who 'desired
to take the question again the section for the submis
mission of the Maine liquor bill to the people at the next
election" &c. Senator Clark Chairman of the Select
Committee reported the bill complete that morning and
made motion in relation to afterwards but voted on
all occasions to sustain it as reported.
Assembly.
ALBANY, June 16 1858.
THE FOURTH
An invitation from the Young Mems Association of
Albany participate in the Fourth Of July celebration
was accepted.
BILLS REPORTED COMPLETE.
For the election of commissioners of emigration,
To incorporate the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad.
The bill TO consolidate the towns of Brooklyn, Will
lamsbuyg and Bushwick, was laid on the table.
TIE IMPEACHMENT CASE
The hour having arrived, the special order
nounced.
Mr.. CIAMPE1s (dem.) of Anegany resumed the floor,
and said he deiied to make correction the report
made of his remarks yesterday. In regard to the Nc
Coughin he made to say that f Mr. Mather
found guilty in this case tho Church. Wright and
Cook) were Also This the committee did not assert So
far he conce ned he not particular but iaas
much as the reputation OF public officers was a. stake he
desired report Of the debate and hence had
voted that the House employ reporter to take the de-
bate in full.
tenton to the zuage of the Committees report that
they by intended to Others (0f the
Canal Board or Canal Commissioners il the House shall
in this agree with the committee and asked if this
was not nearly equivalent.
Mr. CHAMPLIN aid, the committee, while they did not
exculpats the rest, brought no charge against them
No other taken up, nor had the committee
sumed to declare any of the others guilty. He then
sumed his exaI alton the specicati against Com
missioner Naher Reference made to the canal let
tings submit ing whether there was in them due ad-
mDistaon OF law These contracts had been repudated
by the Senate and by this House. The crime had been
denounced in thunder opes and he desired to know
after it the criminal to be shielded. New YORK has
pure, the Union would be pure. This State to
lead the republic and to confer upon IT honor aud glory
to sink it in degradation He did not de nand the
cordenuaon OF John c. Mather. He had not the enmty
that charged upon him, and he had ne could not
demand than bis rial, and guilty luis conviction
Ausion made Ia eloquent passages to tho existence
of other republics and the lesson this ration to
learn by their downfall The people to look to the
tribunal of this House for maintenance of law aud he
believed here would be found reliance upoa Justice
Dir. ID b. TAYLOR, (6em.) OF New York, had not ex
pected to follow the gentlemen in this question: but az
9TH had tain ha iune al
to give few reasons that would uro his vote upon
the resolution of impeachment. He would make no &C.
ference to Ancient Greece but should seek to consider
the subject as candid American citizen He had sought
in vain for The proof in the documents adduced of
:" high crime or msdeneanor'' nor could ne haa htn
nis-quotation Of document III hao been made oy the
gentleman from Allegheny (Mr Champlin) "a wifu per
version. Alluson made to the gift OF watch to
Goodss He claimed that occasion for the gift
found in services rendered at various times eng
neer There ives no gre atr reason for Mr. Mathers
peachment than that of the rest of the commissioners
In every case OF inquiry into, or OF censure upon the
conduct of those guilty OF extravagant expenditure dr.
Matters recorded In the affirmative. He no
tced the several charges in detail involving all Of the
commissioners equally. That of excessive mileage, he
contendtd. Toned by the auditor That OF
gect to visit the canals often IS required by law was
only susaire by the testimony that tue Superintendent
Mr skinner cid not see him He illustrated the nature
OF this snd Of evidence by the story of the Dutch Judges
who acquitted the prisoner, charged with horse
stealing, because three men ssore they saw him do
it, nine they did not see him do
it. He spoke of the Troy DOCK work iu favor
of which the people of that place could not
speak too strongly, and claimed that could R,ebers go
and the work, they would rather thar drive Mr. Al.
into retirement branded with the highest crime known
to laws monument to be erected TO perpetu
ate his and fame. lie dwet at length upon the
fairness he consdered it of the committee ia ing
to impeach but Of the Commissioners. II he was
claimed guilty of causing tie several acts of the Board
claimed TO be wrong then should the rest Of the Board be
mpesched for mbechty for If altogether led BY Mr. NJ
they not fit for the place they held He dd not
understand .he positions of the from Aeghauy
thr. Champln) upon this point He again alluded 70 the
watch given by Dir. Somebody 70 Mr. Somebody with
neither Of whom Mr bad thing do. He thought it
required great stretch Of the msg nation TO make 1t
apply TO the at ALL Mr. T. said he did not appear
apoogst defender for the Canal Commits oners he
only sought that justice might be done and before he
could give his vote in favor o. the resolution he must be
charges alleged against him. Mr.. NJ. should, with him,
have the benefit of doubt and he could view with
degree Of allowance the plea that would weigh doubts
against him because forscotb he yet to receive his
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