New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-26

pErhss hIG shhn a. proper TIME, "LcL required y
The Controller, render him account Of i5eI tis
turfereits
So 10. The Treasurer shall pay, or the warau. Of
tie Controller t. the pAt9s entitled thereto, sach
sums Of money the Commissioner for TIE re noyi
of the Qusrru're or majority Of them shsl certify
to ht doe 10 such psry iCr the purchase OF land q
bnifrg materials Of FOR labor performed; ,he cer,d
cate at said Coulii, signers shall accompany the bul
Of The rsrty 10 WON The money shall be paid.
SIC. If. The anchorage sTOand FOR vessels elbiec;
10 quarantine account by 81 yslor fever
sha. hereafter be IL the Bay % New York bel5E the
Nsrovs and ahsl e! all points b. q, least three nles
from sry lsId Of toe STATE OF NeH-York aud shall
from time 10 time b. de.igrsed 10y buOys 20 be
81 Oreo tine direction OF The Health Officer at the
expersc e the authorities having The Quarantine 6
tsbl breDt IL charge; and weasel while subject to
quarantine On account OF by reason Of yellow fever
sbal, by try officer for any cause whatever, b. per
mited to 90 reareT 10 the Marcos tp7u toe liue Of
The Quarantine snoh rage grounds 80 oe-isrsted.
Sac. y. AiisI tie Con uiss!urers appointed under
THE ac shal notify, writing, 10 the Governor, tina:
they have provided another suitable place for parsons
SICK with yellow fever, no person known to be SICK
viii eucL cisea-e, and 10 person t0thsr than the
officers ana employees Of the Quarantine establish
en'i DO, within seven days preceding, hes zen
p0sed IN vessel or hospital 20 the Same, shall DO
taken received 10, permitted q enter remain
il or upon tie gIounos OF ihe present Qasrantne
establishment IN tie town Of CastetOn, County OF
Rcbu ord
SIC 10 The Commissioners appointed under THE
act if they have not early az toe safety OF t1e pub
uecesssly sccommodstob for persons arriving in the
port Of New. York sex liable TO be sick Win yellow
lever are hereby Authorized aad required to provide
sud Iutirtsu within the lGits Of tbs Quarantine sr-
cborage bereinbefors designated, temporary accommo
d8tiois fT such persODr, and also to provide sod
ui8utsin sucb inca % n ercouTse anc comnu0iCdt)n
fer the officers duty IL 10 execute aud enforce
the QgGrsD inc laws OF the port IA may be required
for the ion Of the Quarantine lava a. az expense
rot 20 exceed SUI
SIC. II S. ctio,s 3 Q, 10, II, r. 49, H. Is, l6, 10
and q of said act. are hereby repealed.
SEC. - Al lava II consstvI. with the PrOvsiCrs o.
this act are hereby Iept alec
SIC l6. This act shal take effect Immediately.
The Assembly has, By a vote Of 60 10 81, re
lerred bach the bill to cody the laws relating to
State Prisons, with Instructions to so anrbd a.
10 restore or authorize the use OF the "cat aud
that other murdrrous instrument OF torture, the
shower bath, MS among the means OF discipline IN
our State Prisons his was done under the eX
citrmeut caused BY the recent tragedy at Auburn
Prison, the mover being SIR. Hubbel Of West
chester DOW or recently contractor IN the sing
Sing Prison. / have doubt Dir. Hubbe is II
very excellent man aud quite familiar with prison
affairs but respect uy submit that be Is, from the
very nature of bis business, exactly the man whose
connsels should be regarded with distrIst 10 the
matter Of prison discipline. Contractors naturally
become hardened Il hope Mr.. Hubbell Is al
excepton) by their contact with prison-
ers. uud like the pT0orietUrs OF cotton or
sugar plantations, seek only 70 get tue
greatest amount Of work out of their prisoners or
rlayes OF course il is less troublesome aud takes
les time to fog man than 70 cOufne him for seve-
raj Tours day IN solitary cell under discipline"
Hence all who look merely at the pecnnaTy inter
ests of the prisons prefer the Of the ''cat o
nine tails or shower bath to any other less severe
| or d.gradiDp punishment. 1he use OF the "cat as
| means Of discipline IN our State Prisons, vas
ab, lished by law several years ago. and the Legs
atuIr after much discussion and careiulc onriiera-
ton Ind deliberately decided that the lash should
not be restored and that the shower bath should be
abolished and in that form had ordered the bill to
q third reading. Now the advocates OF these bru-
tai pllnis hmeUts take advantage Of temporary eX-
citemeut caused by the JeplUrable affair at Au-
burn 10 carry their favcrite measure, s9d
the same Assembly which had put its veto
upon such proceeding, lorgt' tueiI ha-
manly, forget their pity, and by vote
Of two to one, resolve TO do today what IN their
sober, delib, rate judgments they refused to dJye,
teTday With profound Difference for the ''assrIn-
"bled wisdom" Of the State, it seems 10 me that
an excitement caused by an outbreak OF this Kind
il not q good basis for permanent legislation. II
all the facts of that prison house we're known, II Is
quite possible that all the blame for the lnsurrection
Teerrt d 10 may not be attributable to the c1nycu
Ii If no reflection upon the officers of the Auburn
Prison TO say that even keepers aud Oversecrs are
after all but human. Society has deeper interest
that its criminals whom It sends to the pn.On
should return from that prison better men aud
women than TINT they should be degraded by The
lash or murdered by the shOwerba bath, and WhO
that has studied human nature does not kno@ that
the kibdesL treatment consistent with that dl'ci-
uline which of course must be maintained is best
calculated TO reform the WayWard and the wicked
The bill 10 provide means for tee enlargement
and completion of the calais has finally passed b'th
Houses and in snch n way as to prevent the tur-
Their enlargement OF our unconstitutional debt.
Tie representatives of the MlcaWber school OF
finance in the LcgslhtuTe-thOse gentlemen who
desired to meet the public expenditures with " ac-
ceptaDces in the form Of canal drafts, aud conf
IDENTITY wait for something to - turn up by when
the State could get out u, all It's financial dLhcul-
lies died hard. "They fought like brave men,
long and well, but to no purpose. When they
came 10 see that the question was whether the
kite.nying business should be stopped or nothing at
ail should be done this year toward the completion
of the canals they wisely "cayed," and let the bill
90 tlrUugh.
The Assembly has passed two bills-One imposing
q tax of FIVE eighths of u mill 10 the dollar, aud
another appropTIating the money thus 10 be real
lied TO the completion OF the various canals. The
Senate embodied the two bills 10 one changed the
appropriations slightly, and put IN clause 10 pre-
vent the further issue of drafts against an empty
Treasury, and sent It 10 the Assembly, when con-
CURED after making q very few wry iacrs-so the
bill now requires only the Governors signature 10
become law.
sEc1Ios / of the bill lsvys The eight mill tax.
SEcTIuN AppTopiia IS the noJsy rs tolows: TO
the Enlargement OF the Ere Canal si2 10; enlarge
merit of tie OssegO Canal, l3S 90; eIl>rgensnt 90
the Cayugs sod Seneca Ca al $50 6j completion OF
the Baok River Canal, sl9,7S'; tue G'nesee Valley
Canal suo extension sl7 40; the ChAmplsin Canal,
$60Il ChenaIeo Ca 81 s. 000.
Tie luther Of Sl23,U00, 20 much thereo! as