New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-04-05
From Our Own Correspondent. ,o>
ALBANY, Wednesday, April 4, lSt

ALBANY, Wednesday, April y looO'
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
In the Assembly to-day Mr.. Van Horn moved to re-
commit the bill for the Abolition Of Capital Punish
ment, which had been previously ordered to tnlrd
reading with instructions to report the folio wing SUD-
stitute forthwith:
sycros No crime hereafter committed except treason aud
murder degree shall be punished with death In the
State of New York - 1900, - ...n.os
SEC murder which shall be perpetrated by means o.
poison by lying in watt or by an, other hnd Oh wo
deliberate and killing which 'G, Dc 1Ds
robbery burglary or in any attempts to escape rom III S
kinds murder shall be deemed murder IN the second dsge
and the Jury I . wS s5 'Iy they nd s1 person guilty
thereof find in the verdict whether be under the INST OF
SEC Upon any indictment against any person for murder IN
the degree shall and may be lawful ior te Jury 70 una
SEC a When any person shall be convicted Of any crime
punishable with death and sentenced to such ne
the State Prison until such punishment OF death shaH oe m
sEc No person sentenced imprisoned shall be exc
ed on saes 1l eSe Of death sSa be
the whole record Of the PToeeedns o ps ad the
seal thereof of the State nor until warrant
hs Be Issued by the S NJ b STe5 Hs wc the e
Prison be situated commanding the said sentence Oh death
sHc Every person convicted of murder in the second de-
shall be sentenced to undergo a "a ORE m nc
State Prisons be kept In confinement az had e0o o MS
SIC = section of title l. chapter part Revised Statutes
Eytry pr.on who shall hereafter be convicted hr Of trea-
h az t1e Sa u se as hose crimes are respectively
declared in this title hs be punished a. nere pi'v,ae a
sEo g. Sec IS OF said title is hereby amended SO as 70 So
The mguatiOu Q, the Jury shall be signed BY them and ss
Sheriff. II be foH1d by nGuistn that suoh censict
insane the Sheriff shall convey such convict 70 tue Lans ~
stss U %n ais sue s a. S certify
to the Governor that said unac sane and tne 2
Sf murder Il the first degree may dsc, that h' be
imprisoned IN Of the State Prisons secoLdhg 70 n r
Thant gcfth
der in the first degree shall sppy the crime otreason ana the
punishment Of murder in the second a. gee S sb acer AZ
SEC TO- Al persons Ofdeath in this State
or convicted omqrde awaiting sentence 'ns Dc
In sccordnce win the OF ., "a "a % 9 and 20
of saidttlel are hereby repealed. .
Mr.. Van Horn sad ne had made this motion for Fea-
sons which were entirely satisfactory to himself, and
must commend Themselves TO every friend OF the org
nal b which he had had the honor TO introduce ana
advocate former occasion. lie had not altered nus
convictions as 10 the proprety and justice OF the aoso
Lutte abolition of the gslows, but had become more
and more convinced of the lusice and proprety Det
feeling satisfied that the original bln coeu no. ~ .nls
time pass the ether branch OF the Legsasure ana 'has
there was strong desire pass liberal substitute IN
both Houses the friends Of that BID, constituting ma
joIity of the Assembly deemed 1t to be thelr uuty,
under the circumstances 10 ask recouinnsment WIN
instructions to report the substitute Unoer the opera
ton of The principle of this substitute executions IN
other States had been unknown, save cases OIL tne
| most atrOeous character; and II was oeieved tnat
under It's operation in this State II should become
law, the result would be most satisfactory, sAaary,
| and encouraging.
The friends OF the original measure did not wish to
| be considered as putting themselves in opposuon to
| the healthy reform which this substitute VIII secure
by opposing it. They therefore yielded their more
thorough measure in the expectation that the whole
| opposition would sustain the substitute ana tqat
| would receive such a in the Hopse as would com
mend it to the favorable consideration oil the cena.e
and the approx alton of the people. lie assured gee
| men that, in his judgment, great reform woua Ye
secured by the passage OF this bnl-tnat III iacs
all the objects sought by the original bli wouu 9e &C.
| cured by this Ii was substantially the law OF Mnne'
Massachusetts and Vermont, where, unuer .s IT, Ia
ton, crime had greatly decreased anu eAo0""' ~
| become exceedingly rare. ., Aha ANNA
Mr.. Wiley pitched into the suosti JUG ~ n $1,000
furously -theoiop cal manner in when ne nad as' s'
the oroit ri bill distributing tho thunderbolts Oh H9S
| wrath with an energy almost equal to that OF ~.
| Cheevey but l Judge thar ne aia nos iS .bint n
friends of the measure much, as they 9un ,aS
worth while to answer num- oa. n,on 10 recommit
the previous question, when the motion " 10 the
was carried and the substitute was paS'ou W '"'
Overwhelming vote of 9ito9, as fon9ws. R.,aen B.r
YEAsMs,. Allen o. ALEU- sriss, Bayas Butler.
TaS,cT Carter Chittendep Clark ooems ,ocss, Cnvsr
PSsh Fihef Fai.on tiSls CorT Gray HaH Harris, Hei
comb HOhs' hOSss ha Kelsey RortSgAf srArbSI Nc
SsSSss. Meonsde. Mcyesn Msihe, Manson; Merritt Me
M s; MT h 1, Newell 6Reayk PsitOn Rsoan Rich
aon Rider Rsbis,Cn sssTs Smith sI sosa, sso T T
Iasra Van Alsiyne, Van Horn, Voorhees, Wais' Eebss
WsS hPYPsMssss De,ey Decker, Euertck Jsnning r. s.
Kelsey KennsSy Plumb Ticker, Wiley.
| PASSAGE OF BILLs
A large number Of bills vera read third time ard
passed Ia the assembly to-day among which vera tina
following;