New-York daily tribune., 1858-03-06
FROM ALBANY.
From Our O~a Correspondent.

ALBANY, March ., 1900
The Senate Investigating Committee on the
Brooklyn Assessment swinde held its frs meeting
last evening, and examined number of witnesses,
among whom were James B. SWAIN John A. Day
ton, member from Kings County; Z. A. Lawrence,
member from Queens; Samuel A. Law, member
from Delaware: Mr.. Heudrickson of Queens, J.
Becker of Ulster, and Senator Spinois.
The testimony so far amounts to exactly nothing
OF al in the way of iXing the charge Of bribery and
corruption UPON anybody. Each witness had ,s'd
sll sorts Of stores affirming that bribery had ec-
resorted to- but no one knew anything, OF his
personal know ledge, which would fix such bril-
Senator Spinoa testified that be knew Of n
rangement or bargain BY which any person WIS %
pay or TO receive money any other consider tlol
for procuring the passage of the bill reterre to.
I bis onght to be- considered conclusive; yet ear
that the Committee design TO pursue the inyes gs-
ton further BY examining other witnesses. The
Committee appointed by the Speaker of the IL use
to inyestga the same subject have not yet nd a
sitting.
In the Senate TO-DAY Mr. LOyelsnd reported ia
vOrably on the bill authorizing the Controlle' to
contract with the Croton Water Board for supply
ing Sing Sing Prison with water.
Mr.. Darling reported fayoraby the bill to amend
the general Railroad Law.
Mr.. Ames reported bill to establish regulations
for the port OF New-York.
Mr.. j. ID. Willard reported il favor of ALLOW ,ng
aliens hereafter to hold and convey real estate.
On motion of Mr.. NoxOn the Senate agree 10
hold evening sessions Wednesdays aud Fridays 70
consider the general orders.
On Mr.. Sloan's motion the Injunction OF secrecy
was removed from the Executive Session relative
10 the appointment of isrbor Masters.
The Senate took up in Committee of the W ioe
the bill to prohibit free passes to members OF the
LEGISLATURE and State officers, which was debated
AT considerable length by Messrs. STOW, Mandeyue,
W. A. Wheeltr, Ilubbell, Dnen, j. d. Willard and
others.
MIR. Stow moved substitute for the substitute
offered yesterday by Mr.. Scott, embracing all the
provisions of the act offered BY Mr.. Scott, pro-
yiding that "charity" or benevolent persons
shall not be passed free more than twice III each
wear: commutation allowed; persons passlng tree
TO be guilty of misdemeanOr; charity OF
benevolent persons receiving tickets to be pub
shed in the annual report Of the company; ohcerS
and employees of road excepted from the pro'is'
ions of the act 50 far as relates to their own road
In the course of the debate Mr.. j. ID. Willard
| Dem. remarked that he was IN favor OF ireedom
in Kansas and in Cuba. -.
Mr.. w. A. Wheeler congratulated the Repubi-
cans upon the fact that the "Wednesday conference
meetings (the evenings devoted to the consideration
of Senator Owens Kansas resolution) had been at.
tended by one conversion. Mr. Willard insisted
that he would 90 ss far as any man IN wlPiig out
the foul blot of Slavery in the discharge N ms e
gitimate duties.
Dir. Schell rose toa question of order. 1t was not
in order for Senator to speak out of his place IN
the Senate and Mr.. Wizards place was e'idently
ON the opposite (Repubican) side of the chamber.
The Senate laughed at the expense OF MIR. W luaru;
but that gentleman insisted that, although an Ada
msntine he was in favor ct freedom and If shat sent
him To the other side OF the Senate, he must tAe
the conseq equences. The Committee finally Reported
progress on the free-tcket bill, and adjourned TO
| o'clock this evening.
| At the session of the Assembly last evening
| Messrs Emans of Duchess and Hutchinson OF Or
| leans discussed the Governors Message, the forme
| gentleman gorifyng the present National Admins
tration and the Dred Scott decsiOn-st0utly assert
ing the nalienable right of shareholders to backel
all our Territories with their ebony chattels an
| winding up with the remarkable assertion that h
| was personally as much opposed to Slavery as any
| body. Mr. Hutchinson took very different view
| of the subject, and made number OF good points.
The difference between the two gentlemen seemed
10 be not unlike that between couple Oi gentlemen
| whom / once heard discuss the subject of Slavery
ND country, one of whom took the Pro-Slavery sld
of the question but at the same time was eyidentl
ashamed of his position. He therefore insisted tina
he was opposed to Slavery in the abstract, and tina
there was really no esSen1l dlference between al
views and those of his Ant-Slayery opponent. Tn
other quietly replied that the difference seemed t
be only that one was opposed to Slavery III the ab
tract and the other opposed to it in the Unite
| States
The Assembly spent the entire session to-day j
| the third reading Of bills.
The House cOnenrred in the Senates amendmen
| to the Watervet District Election bill.
A communication was received by the Speake
from Controller Flagg, ncloslng draft of an act t
| enable the Supervisors of the City and County o
| New. York TO raise money BY tax (S3,457 ,O95)
which was referred to the Committee on Cities anC
| Villages. -,
The Quarantine Commissioners are here will
their report ready for presentation to the Legsla
| ture. They come to the conclusion that New
jersey is unalteraby opposed to the establishment
| of Quarantine ut Sandy Hook-so decidedly op
posed that further negotiation with that foreigI
power on the subject would be entirely futile The!
therefore recommend the making of about FIVE acre
of land for pest hospital in the Lower Bay, on o
| near Old Orchard Shoal. This it is thought, vii
| make desirable and every way unexceptionabh
| locstiOn and the Commissioners contend that TIL
land cnn be made for less sum ofmoney than ma
be realized from the sale Of the present Quarsnun
grounds The water on this shoals only two feetdee
at low tide and eight feet at high tide. II the Com
missioners are correct in their estimate OF the ex
pense of making the proposed ground By hlhng !
the shoal, the project they propose would seem
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