The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-04-10

had teen cent up 10 the Senate.
The House then having possession of it. called for
reaciDg CT The Senate's re- oiution.
In mit at Of this confusion Judge Foor moved the extern
si.n Of the session as I'LL y o'clock TO- morrow
1t vas evil tnt that the House had resolved to drive
every in orGer compel extra sessi n.
Me sIs DoRaone, snow and others spoke against time
Mr. BENJAMIN RAY wanted to know how long this had
heer going
He!e malt dozen members and tried to speak at
the san time, snd for ten minute presedrg the ad-
Jou1nment he House was in perfect uproar.
At last the hour of ten arriving the Speakers hammer
po tionment bills.
ia generally supposed that Gov ClarkB proclamation
will be published In the morning
Our Albany Correspopd dencc.
ALBANY, April 9, 1865.
The Legislature Of 1s5s-hs Deeds, A,sdeeds and omis
SionS.
TIE bling Of the Legislature of this State on the
frat of January last Q mater of mue1 speculation,
calculation and observation among the people. was
not absolutely certain that either OF the three po ,a
parties hSd the asceLdAncy in either House. It was not
believed that all the newly elected Senators claimed by
the black Sewardites would their former po
,tical principles merely for In that body; and 1t
claimed certain that Senator elected By the
Know Nothinga, and pledged to their fai.h and prnc
pe would adhere seadasty to the party which
bin his aeat. But upon the first trial of strength
worshppers, and have there remained the most abjsc
ard subs rvient too Of Thurlow Weed In every in.
where their votes required they most read
ly bowed down before the grset Acgu and submitted
like doves to his mperious behests.
The House OF Assembly nearly equally divided In
triangular parts the democrats, Know Nothinys and
rggerites being Of nearly equal strength The frmer
However split in twain rendering their strsng inferior
TO eli her Of tie ether fac ions TIE contest for Speaker
fierce dstermil ed aud relentless Three weeks were
spent In fruitless effort. Neitoer party would yield,
neither would compromise. neither woule cspiulate.
The Know Nohit g. polling tae united largest vote boast
rg of their purslity, demlnded the Syesker rhs de-
ruocrsts asserted that they held plurality IL brought
togetfer 30 after unprecedented eonsest for three
weeks the bigger wOrslippers finally sunk their identity
and went over to the democrats, eectng Mr. Robinson
Speaker
from that er there has scarcely been any discussion
upon political topics Ibis Ia for from the
through any scheme OF . party political character
Members atpeared to devote themselves to business
which had no influence in drawing party lines.
The rusress Of the session has purely Of local
and personal In crest Very few OF public i'm
pcItaIce necessity have ca poyed tiue. An in.
dust rous lobby zee SLY assembled Hund eds of claims
against the State which had been and again
lect.d, revived and largely increased
Being sens and House. and nearly all the mem
bers urp actised exploits of the ooby they very
generally st ned With favor to the mporune, of shs
stuIey and mpsrusSt sssgars Sopseausny more
been known LOT many sessions. Claims, ont with
baye beu galvanized revsmped, and brought
the In several instances where seventy five
per cent has been pedged to the misc the oa.m
brokers' hove ing about the capital.
Very few bills OF public Importance have bssu intro
duced in the LEGISLATURE; indeed, as the general
interest Of the State is concerned ega ion Of
y any kind was indispensable A majority Of bills Of
such character AZ required any consideration
ether neglected defeated Among these the tenn
perarce or license qusstitns public health quxrsn
tires, security Of deposits in Savings Banks, New York
city charter relating district courts In Ne~ York. to
orgsu'ze an Ensneers Department, preventing illegal
votrg in New YORK, and lew Others Publ, acts shch
passed. those for the support Of government
regulating and distributing cAps n2nies ssia oshing
water lines in New York harbor regulation and govern
to bring suits for recovery lands reoe Anzng $50
rate and districts apporonng members Of As
sembly Rev York bill, authorizing the erection Of
bSse at Albany, and very few others OF minor impor
There eight hundred and seventy bills introduced
in both houses about equal number in cash branch
OF the legislature Sever oil them Of pure
y private and local charsc onssng mainly in canal
coilecutg taxss road and sch oil districts amending vii
sge charters insurance companies porons
enihs OF the time has been spent in oonsioer
ing ALTERS demanded by the lobby Of private and cs
nature. Apropo+on Was submitted to institute board
OF ca ms, sin liar to that under the general pment
ard ought to have been adopted.
In compas wi the last this has been harmc niou.
session. Very few questions presented calculated
to srouse political other passions The constitution
OF both houses rendered Of this
doubtful republican maj ri.y in The ssns:e iorSd sny o.
the poicsl lot heaes from 'ur1ng to throw re
brands therein: Very few Bbunoombs speeches were
made, AID no bill proposition ed ary
able length Of time. Had there been strong msjorty
Of either political party, days ard you'd been
spent in discu, sing Kansas, Nicaragua Frank Pie
George Law Mllard Fillmore and al the Diggerisms Of
the day.
Nine teptbs Of The senators we're me, ely vo rg mem
bers None with the exception Of sicklea ana Brools,
very greatly sflcted with coacthus oqudndi
atbsCeh Messrs Madden, Jason Smith, Ramsay, Lee,
Dat IA Ia 40 okn~<I
wadswortf, Of Buffalo, Is ev. emily the
lity; ard row, sirce be has entered political ie
no. use him successfully in the future Take he Senate
att ge her. II be ranked quite rvativs
body as the present degenerate ;,S. n times . si dm
in erior quality In the Assembly there
ss No, ,throp, Snow, Wakeman and HYDE, who may oe
will never place them in the rank Of aoe Odeii
Prescott B. BAly spd Van Ssn.voord among st
sh1ewe and praciised leaders; aod their cautcn
absainpg from long speeches gene, ally in
II cir efforts. Speaker Robinson tho ugh sb
tlemsn and eIsOs pre'idns efcer mas no pr.yensens
any such aspirsiiors. The position he held came in
his hards BY sccidsnt He never could have
eec ed Speaker account of his political strength for
the soft shells comprised very inconsiderAbe number
In the Assembly.
Upon the whole the people have ccnsratu-
lation that this bady Of men committed slomi
ties than they die There were plenty OF men in II
possessed Of elastic nd unscrupuous
principles any OF their predecessors But happily
they restr aimed rom ipc ing paravey little
injury In comp with the acts Of the " little" and
may return thaphs for the successful efoes o. their
senators and members Of the house, in resisting shs
determined smbnstion Of both Niger worshiopers ~
Know Nothipgs from the country who ctAd sevlnA
measures which they In ended to iDdict upon oe city
many measures exclusively spper ainipg 70 the local
ltgislation OF the city Of Nov York
Appel Etments by ,he Governor.
pY Anp WITH The ADvItR AND SENATE
Commissioners If Emigration, G. Hunt, In
place john A. ker neey, whose term has expires, and
Gulisn verplanot f,r the same Office resppontsd.
Port WoYden.- John Butler, Jr., reapp inted
Trustee Of Sedmdn's Fund and Observation-Disclosures
Briggs.
Hortor Moaer.- Amzsh D. Barber.