New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-27
FROM ALBANY.
Of The N. Y. Tribune.

Ceuespono..ce Of The N. Y Tribune.
ALBANY Thursday, March &c, 1857.
Albany s full Of strangers, or at least Of nou-
residents, and the cry is, still they come. Oat
hotels are crowded to such excess tina! guests are
frequently obliged to sleep on paror floors, in bar
rooms, barber shops and wasb.room'. person
familiar with the faces about your City Hall woul
perhaps be surprised at the large proportion among
the recent arrivals of New York patriots, who are
now serving that city as heads and employees OF
Departments, Aldermen, contractors, &c. Indeed,
from the very large swarm If these gentry nov
at ,be capital, one might be pardOned for
presumiDg that the contributors to the rec snt
fund raised to stop City Reform, distrust each
other to such degree that they have all come up
here TO see to it that the aforesaid funds prop
erly appropriated. But the result of the vote in
the Assembly to-day, on the passage of the bill for
new Charter, does not augur well for the final sue
cess of these self sacrificing NewYOTkers. All
sorts Of lodges were resOred to by members of the
Ntw-York delegation to delay defeat the passage
of the bill, but they were unsyailng and it finally
went through by vote of ~ TO 81, four Repubil-
cans, Messrs. Cameron, Hyde, Purdy and Barhydt,
yOtI in the negative. Several others asked to be
excused from voting but the HJuse in each case
except one refused the request. The other City
Reform bils, it is believed, will pass the Assem-
bly, by an equally decided majority.
TIE Committee having in charge the subject of
the schools in the City of New. York after consul.
taion with several intelligent gentlemen connected
18th ire public education of that city, concluded to
report substitute for the original bill, which au
thOTzes the appointment of a Commission by he
Governor to examine the whole subject and make
report which may form the basis Of legislative
action at the next se.sion.
Tie Trinity Church lobby is quite strong here
but the general impression seems to be that High
Church has become Low, or, to speak more elias
s;callv. has " gone under" Whether well FUNDED
or not Cannot say, but the Legislature feel tina
Trinity Church Corporation has been both super
cous and uncandid in its statements and action in
This controversy and that it has exhibited dispo-
sition TO whittwash things which nigh; do posi-
by among certa II school Of poll iciins but were
hardly TO be expected from churchmen having the
control of such a wealthy Corporation Speaking
d withdrawing churches repinds me Of story
which a friend Of mine tells with great effect
(Nhstin | may be deficent), in regard
to church matters in England soon al
ter the passage Of al &c, Of Parlia-
uent by which il was declared that all persons
who were parochialy taxed for the support Of the
Church should have voice as 10 the manner OF ex-
pending tie money, meeting was called Ia Man.
chester to consider the subject OF repairing and
tinbelsLipg certain church edIfce In that rather
democratic cry. The attendance OF the ne"y
eDlraDchlsed was large. A motion was made 10
expend considerable sum in besutiting the
church in the way of fesco painting and o'her or
naneI'aton, when llaio-spoken SPINNER
who was leader of the democracy. made
n brief speech against the measure, con-
clndiug with an amendment to the proposi-
zion 10 the effect that Instead Of the pro
posed painting the church be whilewashed, and