The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-03-26
AFFAIRS Ar ALBANY.

highly Interesting fEOm the State Capital.
THE MAINE Law UNCONsTITUTIONAL-sMALLP
AMONG THE ENBBRs-PAY or RAILROAD CON-
AIssI0RERs STRUCK OUT-THE CENTRAL PARK-
COUNTRY MEMBERS APPOINTING CITY OFFICRRs--
WAS MAYOR WOOD KNOW No7ANG2-ATTEMPT
TO REMOVE TAE ALBANY posi- MASTER, ErO., ETC.
ALBANY, Mar ch 25, 1856.
At ton O'Clock this morning the Court OF Appeals
opened, and full bench of the eight Judges were pre-
sent About the arst business the announcement
Of the decision the two submitted them as to
the OF the Prohibory Liquor law Of the
last session. In the Brooklyn Of the People vs.
Toynbes the Supreme Court decided that hs search ad
clauses unconstitutional This decision the
Court Of Appeals affirmed The otbsr the Boso case OF
the People Wynehamsr the Supreme Court desidei
the principle OF prohibition constitutional this the Cour
OF Appeals reversed So tina in both the court
resort have pronounced the law Unconstitutional
The Judges stood fve to three; those dissenting
are Msssrs. +. A. johnson, Wright and Mitchell.
The news first brought to the Of Gov Clark by
Mr. Weed His Excellency took the decision quite phii
sophcaly, if he expected H. merely turning his head
towards person with whom he had been conversing
upon other matters and said to him. T suppose you are
satisfied now Yesterday the members of the court
store equally divided This shows the correctness of the
statement made in tho HERALD ten days since-that
ty then existed of there being tie VOTE But
since yesterday morning the mind of of the Judges
has undergone change-hence the deslsion made this
morning. rhe spread through the city with eIec.
trc speed and the telegraph spread the to every
section of the country with the quickest capacity. What
is to be done now A license law of Some kind must be
passed by the present Legislature Is the before the
House proper one, and will it be aclui ssced ins
Tho smallpox subject up in the House ths morn
ing The committee had under consideration bill ap-
pIcpratipg twenty thoussnd dollars to the various
hospitals Of the State. Mr. Northrop moved to strike
out the Albany hospital on account Of refusing to
of the House attacked with smallpox. Az the
gers had refused aid In these and the two per-
sons strangers in the CITY, the institution should
assistance from the State. Mr. B. Baily sustained this
motion He thought il was hospital. In tact, estab
shed for the benefit OF the unfortunate stranger He
learned now that this Albany institution exscts pay
from it's inmates and that allowed admission,
under certain bysiaws who were afflicted with infectious
diseases The ques was laid on the table until to-
morrow, when the Committee Of Investigation will
port. In the meanwhile the two members of the Legs
lature remain in the poorhouse
ln passing up the items put the General Appropra-
ten Dill, the House this morning. upon the motion Of
Mr. NoIthrop struck out the SUM of thirteen thousand
dollars Tor the Railroad Commissioners Tne House hav
Ing by almost unanimous vote repealed the law,
perfectly justi6able In striking that item Now let
will be compelled to wait for tneir pay until the rau
road companies shall act. rhe Aouse viii not retrset
from nm Its R position, u. come what M may
bill WAS before the Senate this morning, making pro-
vision for the opening, no. of the Central pack
the bill authorized the Mayor and Common Council Of the
city Of New York to appoint five commission
e,s, who should have tho whole park matter in
charge The committee were getting along har
moniously, when Mr. Upham, Of Gsnesee county,
thinking he knew better than the city delegation the
common Council who woula be the best men for com
missioners proposed the names OF William Kent Peter
Cooper, JAMES FTecborn James Harper and James Il.
Cooley Mr. Sckes resisted this motion with zeal and
abiity but he overburnc-both Know Nothings aud
republicans voting in favor OF those names, they
were adopted. Ali good men, doubt but why
allow New York 10 make her own cboiceS
During this debate, Mr. BROOKS sta cd that Fernando
Wood Know Nothing, and presided the
live committee which nominated James W. Ba rker
Mayer, and then deserted the Know Nothngs, went to
Tammany Hall and was nominated himself oy tae SOFT
who had been deceived have nce been leaving the
dark lantern gentry.
News has gone to Washington that . resolution de-
pouncing Postmaster vosburgh of this CITY, passed
by democratic city convention yesterday P0sna ster
General Campbell viii be thus misutormed. resolution
cenulirg our Pcstmaster, alleging that he employed
listen to it. After the adjournment, set of out
sidels pro npted by disappointed Office seeker hurraed
At the resolution, ard one OF the morning papsrs
nounced that was adopted by the convention Nothing
be further frCm the truth The fact that there
not a single Know Nothing clerk employed in the Post
ofice On the contrary, there many four, il
not more, Roman Catholics engaged in the Post Office.
Injustice done in letter that appeared In your
columns, day or two SINCE TO two New YORK mbers,
Mr. Anthon and Mr.. Rae. II charged that these
gentlemen were purposey absent from the House when
,he motion to take up the Liquor bill before the As
semb and that the want OF their votes defeated the
resolution Mr.. Anthem was absent Q committee at
the time question Mr.. Rae attending the death
bed of his brother The HERALD is extensively read
and its influence is great that the report If uncor
ed, may pjure those gentlemen their districts
They will both vote 10 favor Of the repeal bill at the
proper tme and neither has the slightest desire to sh
sny responsibility in the matter.