New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-04-14
FROM ALBANY.

names which ne udu NltuuIaWh az Pic'iVu' Ia
ecutiye Session, for Police Commissioners, viz;
Messrs. Bowen and Stranahan, and after lively
debate. Intellectual motions to refer postpone, &C.
4hese nominations were confirmed as folOws:
Stranahsn l6 TO II, viz:
yEAs-mes.rs Ames Bosrdman Darling Owen Foote, Hal
s,ed Hubbe. JOHNSON. Latin Loyel.nd Noxon Paterson
EAysEMe.srs Byandreth Bwhan,, Fly. MnHderMe Prot.
Shcu Scott Sloan Smith, Spin0o Wdd~o'm aud j. ~ !"
f0, .1Rsysr or NOT votns-Dohety Mahey, B. WHEELER
Ard " A Wheeler Republicans In Roman: Lecomptonite.
o. to,c.i Americans in CAPS. w A Wheeler paired
Of with Mr. Msther
The vote on the confirmation Of Mr.. Bowen
stood IS to 12, and was the same as that on Mr..
Stranshan, except that Mr. Stow, who voted for
Stranahan, voted agaigst Bowen; Mr.. Truman, who
voted for Sranahan did not vote at all on the con-
frmation of Bowen; Mr.. o. B. Wheeler, who re-
Trained from voting on the confirmation of Strana-
han voted for BOwen and Mr.. Smith, who voted
against Sranahan, did not vote onthe case OF Bowen
There would seem to be no difficulty now III filling
the seat lately occupied by Mr. PERT soon as Mr..
ChOlwes term expires, and Mr.. Stlllman takes his
seat. hear it stated, but know not how much OF
truth there ia in the story that it is in contemplation
to appoint the Hon. George Briggs OF the MINI n
Ward to the vacancy caused by the resignation OF
Dir. PERT
In the Senate previous to the Executive Session,
a large number of bills were ordered to a third
reading among which were the bill relative 70 tue
New-Yo Institution for the Blind, and the bill 10
authorize the City of New-YOrk to convey certain
lots of ground to the Woman's Hospital. This bill
was subsequently read a third time and passed
The bill for the relief of Broadway by building
railroad in certain parallel streets, was reported
from the Committee on Cities and Villages Tor the
consideration of the Senate and was made the special
order for Tomorrow, immediately after the reading
Of the journal
Mr. SPINOLA's bill to prevent masquerades was
passed by unanimous consent.
Mr.. STow's bill for calling Convention to re-
yise the Constitution was ordered to third read
inc and the bill to amend the act altering the map
of New.York was read a third time aud passed,
and also the bill to extend the charter OF the Fire
men of the City of New. York.
In the Assembly, to-day, the bill to authorize a
loan of SO 800 600 TO finish the Erie Canal Enlarge
ment to be submitted to the people, being the
specal order, was called up on its final reading,
when Mr.. WAGER, DEM, moved to refer 1t back to
strike out the enacting clause. He said that he did
not do this to kill the BILL but to ascertain Gin what
nay he did not say whether the money If raised, Will
be judicOusly expended-meaning, l suppose, to
ascertain whether the funds shall be placed under
the control of the Contracting Board where his
party IL in a minority, or the Calal Dodru "heIo
they are IN majority. ,
Mr.. PARSONS wished the bill put its final
passage at once, as it was measure of great i'm
portance.
Mr.. McNETT wished to explain his position, but
didn't very clearly. He in favor of the Canals,
and his constituents were willing 70 pay taxes, but
he was fearful that the money would be stolen il
there were not some new legislation throwing addl-
tiOnal guards round it,
Mr. VAN VALKENBURGH thought he saw some
thing in this new Democratic dodge which mad
decided squirting toward something like the stop
and-tax policy of 1912.
The SPEAKER boped no Democratic member
oh IN har tr0p
meant hostility TO the Canals on the part of the
Railroad champions The bill should be passed a.
once While he took this view of the Loan bill, he
Was not in favor of the other bills which go to make
ND the budget of the Chairman OF the ways ana
Means Committee. He should oppose them. Ihey
we're not Democratic measures, but the measures
of Mr.. Laning
Mr. LANING said be was willing to father them.
II was evident that he not unless he could carry
the who batch as he voted against his own bant-
ling but finally changed his vote in favor after the
bill had been carried without him. The vote was
as follows:
BALDWIN, w. BALDWIN Barnes. Besch Bell Blocker, Bliss, G.
s9cEhSn BSS E BoP f Fsy Fa Ffsq
tashSn Gs Green Hasstry Haley a,Hmond hiG,S
MclSic sS ncKown %sNot '' MS 1 Mooe Parsons. Peck
suthersnj Taper Van Aernam Van Horn an Nakenosn
NAYs-Mesms Abbott Adams, Austin Bacheller, Becker
Chanier Chsucey, Collins Copperno Grain, Day Delaney
son Hotge Horton Howell j. Ii. Jones, T. Jones Kse:
knight, Lamb, Law, Lawrence, Lewis Mclean d. mler
ssI NIL o.s0ea r. fa%I D. I mSine $780, Srona
Voorhees,, Wager Watson, Wsian Wheeock "inne' Woico
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number of members asked to be excused from
voting in order to have another "say on the bill
under the rule which gives members right to state
their reasons for asking to be excused. Mr.. VAN
VALKENBURGH, when his name was called, gave
LannC a brief but most unmerciful excOriating for
stultify ing himself and his party by voting against
bill which he had spent hours and hours IN advocat-
ing with leatherunged eOquence on the floor
of the Assembly.
The bill to transfer the unexpended appropriation
of last year from the Erie Canal to the lateral canals
was passed without debate, MS follows:
YEAS-Messrs. Abbott Adams Armstrong;, Austin avery
Rabbit; Bsktr D. B. Baldwin, W. Baldwin, B,Ioes Beach
Becker Bel, Bleeeker Bits N b9ntSn punugoo' NY
Chst6sd, Church Collins COPpeHOI C"lp DaIysa Dycs
man. Edgert0D, Eng, Estes, ); E'ty fhAsersd fI1es
Fullerton G,g Green Hasse hsey hsm9opd
j. H. Jones. T. Jones. w. B. Jones, W. Jones hment La
bar Lsair. Lsuing, Law Lord Lynch Mcintosh Nc kown
Mclean. McN, MstLer ~; Mir, Moore, ossoSd Parsons
Peck P Rsw'ou r. snods Robertson Sage salisbury sem
tell SPEAKER, Staples Sutherland TaPpen Van AeTuan Van
Woiesd Woodwoth-ss
EAYS-Messrs Bscheler CHAMBER Chsuncey. Dayton Del.
ney Gsrsor, GODDARD, Hall, HendIick.on Horton. Howell
KIc. Lsmb Lawrence, Lewis, b. Miller Mills r. Palmer J.
: Palmer Ray ulon6 Russell SheIaId Strons Voorhees, Wa
ger, Ns:sop, Weisnt-<'.
Next came the bill q" to increase the powers of
the State Engineer which requires that all en-
pineers on the canals shall be nominated by the
Chief Engineer and confirmed by the Canal Board.
This bill was discussed TIL the hour oil recess 80
o,cIock and ON the reassembGng of the House this
afternoon was beaten by the following unmerciful
vote: -. o,,- c,.A c, L,