New-York daily tribune., 1858-03-02

Which appear. that the entire amount ci nm ~
.;Dra Isa! ia only ASIA s6, and that mainly hr
eCpyips testimony In murder ease ior NC oe'
the EIeeutiye %, psrsment Mr.. smIth 10 e''ienuy
on the wrong scent thh time .,..,
Ataa earh hour to-dAy, the Senate ~,tS0us irane
acting any business of.peeal importance ~ ssourpen
to O'Clock on Monday evening; ,,.
The session il half gone, and az YET ses NI..,
twenty bills have been passed into laws; and uiau
quite receptly many had hoped that ne sbonid nave
more dehberston and less legislation than usual 'ns
Winter: but the Assembly 1t hast seems 10 I"e
been suddenly taken with The mania Tor rusnHs
things No less than eighty-sA bills were MIRO
dueed in the lower House yesterday, ana, slraiRe
a. il may SEEM the great mass OF These oiii' "e'c
presented by members of that party whose voer
has been loud and deep and longcontinued IN l's
deuuncations Of hasty AID i-con1dered eglslat on
Speaker Alyord announced tie Special Commit
tee on the Registry Law to-day ~ follows: Messrs.
Adams. c. Boughton, Van Vakenburgh, Chaner
and Wager. Messrs Adams and Boughton were
elected as Americans, Mr. Van Vahenburgh as Ne
publican, and the other two are Democrats-a very
fair Committee and in striking contrast with that
recently appointed by Mr. Speaker orr at wash
ington. If presiding officer is deserving oi Prsse
for doing his duty, then Mr. AVord 10 entitied ID
his share of eommendatloD.
Mr.. Pratt presented report in the Senate to-day
from the Joint Library Committee, IN regard 70 the
various reports and documents remaining undsposed
Of in the several departments OF the Government
from which it appears that the Regents OF the Us'
yersty have 900 volumes Of the DOeameltory
History of the State of New-York; that loo, 257
espies of the work have been published, OF which
Oily 81, Ola were printed in pursuance of law and
that of the copies Todd numbers) now remaining
with the Regents there are only % complete sets of
the work. OF the documents relating 10 the Colo
pial History of the State OF New-York, the Regents
have 1s0-5 copies on hand, including copies OF
volumes to ~ inclusive, except volume z, which
now in press and will be ready for distribution
sCon All that s wanting 10 complete this work is
general index, without which II s of little utility.
The Controllers Report for 1857 states the cost,
| thus far of the Documentary History at $lO7,-
| 5Ol so and the Colonial History at Sl6s,740 -,
making total of S276242 Of, and from contracts
for completing the latter it is estimated that the
entire cost of the two works will be something over
| $500, 200.
| OF the Report of the State Census for 1855 the
Printer 10 the Legislature has 200 copies on hand
which were ordered to be distributed under reso'
luton of the Senate of April, 1e57; but as this
| resolution, in the opinion of the Committee, was
Illegal in consequence OF a violation OF JOINT rule
OF the Senate and Assembly in its passage, these
Reports are regarded subject To the order OF thu
| legislature There are also IN the Ofice of The
| Secretary Of State "a cOpes OF this work. The
Secretary of State has also about 1900 volumes o.
| the SessioN Laws, running back to the year lc21
| OF the Natural History of the State of New-fOrk
there are in the Office of the Secretary of State
| 1911 odd volumes, but no complete sets Of th.
work, which has cost the State some S7OO,OOO anc
| is not yet completed.
The Harlem Railroad Company, in response to
resolution of the Senate make the following state
ment of the assessed valuation of the real and per
sona estate of that Corporation for the years l55t
and lc51.