New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-26
Brou ous Own Correspondent.


ALBASY, Saturday, March "a, 1860.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
The following ia the bill for the abolition Of the gal
lows. which was introduced by Mr. Van Horn of Nj
a0sr and which was ordered TO third reading 10 the
Assembly Last evening:
AN ACT abolish capital punishment and to provide Tor the
certain % Of me 81 e5@s RsTeSy abolished
Any peIson 9O1yes o. any crime ~ coDneS m
the STATE Prison the period Of his or her natural life
SIC g. On Of for the crime Of mH
bonS Of striHony sa6 to al civil gL and relations q what
nature be deemed T. be dead IN az Ispc = MS nat
SIC Nothing tais set shall be understood 20 MAKE any
cwe bsbe otherwise than It would have been before inc pa
Exc 5 Tsis act shall take effect Immediately.
When this bill wac reported 70 the House from the
Committee of the Whole, motion was made to re-
commit it to the Judiciary Committee, with instruction
10 report bill making two grades or degrees OF muir
Oar only one OF which should be punished by death,
and then without the order OF she Governor. IRIS
motion was lost by the following vo1e--il to 81;
YFAs-Mes.rs. Brirs. Butler CalloOs Carter. J. Coyk
f ccs F fiSeh Fuier 1' GerscS HoasS Jsqps-
C. Ksssv Koyt,gA Macarthur mzstsy'0e as'hgf' ssb
Mlinron OdsH Payne, Rider ssvsge sery d. S y9i.D'
spesksr.- Tabey. TsSEsH' Van A'yDe' "'''S'' whey
essIs 1resioyss Bsrden Beebe BINGHAM Bihby,
Bos.Gs caleTe4 ooe Cco"e SooPsI 6oa's "sc,
cTsSs Hsiso%b HosEius Jsiwsy JeIed. Jeet ons
Norrss Morlton, o. RovrSe Peion, Perry, Pett
Powell Reyes Richardson Robinson, sAls singsrisnd
H. smith Ven Horn, Ter@iiye, I00TAse' WSh" Williams
The question then required ordering the bill to
third reading which carried " TO -, as tolows
YFAs-Messr. Ayeuayus Barden, Beebe, Bingham, Biz
Iolosaa ballsr Cadeea Calico Ssttgt y Cse,s'
GToeKT FishsI sOn G6b Gossy cray oloonS DOS, ms
ssyy5s Mys.S @.cr Ms-ss Miller Morgan siouon,
u RoSSSs Peon Pett' Powell Regah Rishard-an Rooinop
ss''sS toers1s. Heisi. 4 cesteT WlIBsnsss
EsYs-BrgEs ConthrR Darcy, Decker Ellsworth EueTlcS
Euii.v Car
Iorfriglt hoAItbur, Mitsn Mlinson Oee rsyns reIry
Ssvsse Speaker Tsggsrs Van Asyne Wiley b0oS'' ie"'
IBsENT. OR NOT vOTIEe--Me'.ns. B. Ausn 0. Alien
Rsrnstt Bush Ch.eudsn, D. CLARK clsrA Collin. Goa
Su;Ter Dickiason Dor.oh Downs p~igHt saE Eyan FaE
W. H%a se"s nsrr Austin Myers Msge Newell
Fnsr Psk rpSo Pond RE + lem J95q u S" N
Republicans In Roman and Denaoe Is-s IA I''''''' ~
W. bsd ,wo or three animated debates on tho BIZ IN
rommittes OF the Whole, during when the aDoison
ri TIE cslloySs was ably advocated oy meSHrS hVoih
son R,noham. Cooper Croker, Van Horn, and othefr
snd oDpossd by Nj. Whey, VITA perhaps ~ ma.l
Tlsusibity ana ingenuity as could DC Wen OioAEI' "
abe advocacy Of d bad cause. IL. .,.s.h - which
TIE most thorough ard exhaustive speech % H ,
7 listened in favor of the bin VIA by mr. van norh
who raid this was question OF greater moniei4' GU
magnitude tbau sDy Othor which hh0 u WIN /"
likely 70 engage the attention OF TIE LeRi7'a'1io =
this session-s question Of f" and death-a qnoS'pi
into which eater the highest interests OF s0cioy' 4'
highest hopes Of humanity. III.
The bill before the Assembly proposed tne suOr1pu
zion OF iuprisolIDent for for those onenses Gov
punishsble with deEth. Ths question had frequently
feep conridsred by the LeQisletdrt-repeatediy h4e
reports Of Committee been presented IL favor o. repeal
ing the DracOnian Code and On several ocet i0S h-
fhe Iegislaufe come very wiping from the tnt'
book tbs raic of barbarous aye There could DC 10
doubt bul great majority q the people Of tn'
State favored repeal, ne would 20 sno"n !
The question wa not whether capital punishmen
wa proper and right thousands Of 'srs sg', 'SheI
the human race was in a batbaros or sen'baFcAro u
eaate; but whether il s right and wire to-day th
advanced stage of Christian civilization, possessng, ~
we DO TIE treasured wisdom Of ties past aud STANDING
beneath the mer0isu sun-burst Of the nDeesDtn cen
fury, " hang thots who offend agains1 our h"s