The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-04-13

hestive TO kSelways.
Relative to tho Cemetery at Bushwick.
Ts.DAY's FsooEHDNass
Str RfKKR's RKssrxa-GEyxRAL AppsoyuAnoss
The vote on the bin to supply the schools with
committed.
The General Appropriation bill passed.
ONEIDA 1IvER-CAJAL RKyENUx CERTINCApYs ETC.
Mr.. W EST reported bill to imprsve the Oneida river
Also bill to provide for the payn.ent OF interest the
csDal revenue certificates and the 0wego Canal loan
THE MILITIA
Tho Militia Code received from the Senate and re
ter.ed TO the committee to report complete.
DIVISION AVENUE RAIwAY-sT MARY's ClrAI.
TIE Division Avenue Railway bill lost, and a
tion to reconsider laid on the table
ILs ST. Marys Ship Canal bill passed.
TIE CANAL POLICY.
Tho special order the resolutions of Messrs West
committed. We have already published Vests resolu-
TONS
Mr. CApps resolutions are as follows substantially
those Of Mr.. Vanderbilt amended by Mr.. Cooley, in
the Senate
SG' s third Ss s Of s1s tho
SEc After paying the of superintendsnce and
Of
% n sei
in oaOh year for the use Of tho geners fund
be sn required % to %ss tho the
be applied in such direct
the Of q; Erie canal
Of @ O. ss . on as
plain canal whoneyer the same shall be required to be re-
s Sa sy. ns and t. S
canal under chapter four and
:s'i
fully paid and until moneys rocsves tTsasa
z
after paying the Of int :nd
seyernmsns any purpose Lss.assrS sy
s so s s
ed without imposing any direct tax for the or
s s ct sS sfS
ofrepayns received into the The
sss
the s
sltes. sum not exsesdins ten millions ave hundred
s
ed an additional sufficient to repay the sad
s % m S the snS s Of e al
% s
hundred By the
est Of borrowed shall be paid th0r
preclude any necessity for taxation
+. pay the principal interest Of the SO borrowed
sashor1od for the payment the and in
ssa
BY rssd as may he h s1 9an
sSS
part stipulated the means t to SATISFY
cured ON the credit said funds Every
S % S w
@ s ss for s s o.
Of giving such notice of such contracts and the
Mr Wrsr (dem) Of Jefferson said the main difference
between his resolutions and those which from the
borrow what should be necessary to make up that sum
after counting the surplus canal resources Experience
had convinced that the State always the sufferer
when the annual expenditures were unusually large.
millien and half year all that could be econom
csly expended daring the months of winter. Another
that by his plan much essential work could
be dome before money could be raised by the other popo
woud pttdr than by eauns ts
amount, to be expended undetermined The old Erie Ca
nal was on'tructed by the appropriation Of million
year, and cost only millions. He did not believe
two and half millions could be economically expended in
single year Then the contracts under the nine million
bill of 1851 might be considered valid and be adopted by
the State officers unless those contracts sally
annulled provided for in his resolutions The people
any plan to be sustained by them must be in conformity
with their views. Then any measure that meets their
tween those who desire large expenditures and those who
unwilling to amend the constitution aud into debt
Such was his pap and he believed it the only one that
M. FORSYTH (dem Of Albany, eulogzed the financial
article of the constitution the great safeguard of the
public treasury and monument Of Michael Hoffman, its
author moro enduring than brass. 1t barrier
against extravagance and oppressive taxation ought
greatest extremity The canal will increase
their capacity ~ fast as business demands Our canals
are too much regarded by politicians as convenient
Of punder He hoped they would not longer be
permitted to serve any such corrupt purpose.
Mr.. LOOMS, (dem of Herkimer, next took the floor,
its several provisions minutely lie found fault with It,
and declared it was indefinite to he fund hereby
ss sua n dsS
10 be borrowed on the credit Of the fund. He ob
ected that the senates proposition did expressly
pudiate the contracts under the nine million law and
that in the Senate, proposition TO repudiate these
tracts voted down. He urged that this Senate pro-
position il not designed to revive those contracts might
be regarded having that effect, AMI therefore that
there should be an express negaton Of that idea in the
proposition. Mr. l. concluded without. however, advo
eating the amendment of the canal committee, any
amendment, whatever, OF the constitution.
COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE THE 1REAsVRKRs ACCOUNTS.
The bour of IL having arrived the Speaker announced
the official order being the election of members of the
joint committee to examine the accounts of the Treasu
rer. &c.
Mr. BURROUGHS (ind. dem) of Orleans, moved to post
pone the special order until IL NJ tomorrow Lost two
thirds not voting In the affrmative,]
Mr. BURROUGHS then moved 20 postpone until O'Clock
this evening. which was also lost.
Mr. OBRIS moved to lay the special order the ia
Tho election then proceeded-the two members Of the
committee being voted for balot-Messrs. Shaw
and Chat6eld acting as telers-and with this result
Mr.. OKeefe. ........,... 60 Mr.. j. E. Ely..........
Mr.. sprague. 90 Mr.. S s. smith.
Mr. Sessions: 4e Mr.. Soaring.
l<uhspuIy 90
Messrs. O'KEEE, dem Of New York, and SPRAGug,
(dem.) Of otseso, were declared duly elected.
THE CANAL RESOLUTIONS AGAIN
The question pending at IL O'Clock then resumed.
Mr. HoLIKy (whig) Of Niagara, awarded the floor,
but gave way to
Mr.. ClArr, (whg) of Eric, who moved to perfect the
Senaes resolution proposed by the minority OF the
Canal Committee
The SPEAKER ruled the melton out Of order.
Mr. CIAPP appealed from the decision, and quoted the
manual to show that amendments designed to perfect the
original proposition, in Order and took precedence
Of the motion to strike out the whole OF the original
The SrEAKER ruled that the gentlemsns object could
| be attained by moving to amend the amendment
Mr. CIArp then withdrew his appeal and moved to
amend the amendment Of the majority OF the Canal Com
sertIng the proposition Of the minority, being the
Senates resolutions, with certain verbal alterations
Mr. HorxY addressed the House In reply to Mr. Loomis
| until O'Clock, when
! Tho House took recess.