New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-17
dent whether for the whole Of life, N any shorter

dent, whether for the whole Of life, n any shorter
term. l .. ..
NJ Muproe qave notice of bill TO authorize the
c,n.rurtop of Railrusd in Ssveuth avenue and other
stJeets of the City Of Ne~-fork @.4
PRO RATA. ~.
The d;gouesjon on the Pro-Rata Freight bill was
continued in the Assembly last evening ana ;ana,
and will be resumed this evening. The noel inPor-
ron, ameue NJ ents which have been adopted IN Con-
n;ttee of the Whole 80 far have been one Porutsls
tbc railroads TO change their tariffs az ofen ~ QUO
every Eve days instead OF once I I0'nnd sonosnv
original bill; one excluding the Long Island company
from the operstops of the bill, and aDotner sIAln5
ont the provision which permits private uosggrsstu
partiet 10 sue railroad companies Ior 'ioi'ons !" ~
act and rocket such fine IS msy be recovered sisyl
the provision which makes RAILROAD ~ o.
cases responsible for the acts OF their agents or ser
wants who sha violate the PROVISIONS OF the PoPo'eu
law. - ,,,,
PROPOSAL TO RE-EsTABLIsH SLAVERY IN hE"-fohA.
Mr.. Mcleod Murphy presented petluon 10 INC
Senate last evening" signed by perhaps one tnoustnu
prominent business irms merchants, &C., Of the Ciy
Of New. York sskng the Legislature to Ieenact inc
old law which permitted Shareholders TO BRING toeu
ebony cbaites 10 this STATE remain he with tuem tor
nine n onthf, and then return with them 10 tnen
homes Among the names of those who thus ask the
Legislature to reenact Slavery in the Empire Safe ior
The con yen'eD of Southern brethren noticed
these of Richard NJ Hoe, Hoe and Co., Charles
Leland OF the metropolitan i1Otel, DtifuOnlcO, lluhuJ
& Co., the Park Bank, aud nearly all the merchants
of Warren and Chambers streets.
BARBARIsH IN STATE PRISONS
From the Annual Report of tie Inspectors OF state
Prisoi just out gather the following facts relating
P,,.or No eliminates. No. Of Pun'hnsn',.
Sing Sing. ol
Auburn ................... eil ~
Nearly ten Punishmeuis per week in sung sing, four
in Auburn ard the same In Clinton, with half - many
col yicts "a Auburn Whence this disproporton! The
kinds of punishment dark cell shower-bath,
buckng, yokipg and ball and ohan. The ark ceu'
prevails most-249 in Sing Sing; shower-bsrh next
55-one d week. A large proportion OF tue oilebses
are disturbances at night How many OF these pro-
coed from Lsans conyicts
AT Auburn the shower bath appears to have been
abandoned since JAN l. 1859. Bot there are - pun
isbmehts by the yoke-a moot cruei anu oarDarOuS
MEAN, of torture. -
At Clinton the shower-bath was used 62 times, on 40
prisoners; at Auburn 10 times, on 8ll prisoners at
Sing Sing 81 timsr, I'd prisoners. think 1t
would be well for the inspectors 20 examine Carefully
into this m,iter of punshmc1ts." Compare sys-
tenn with that of Massachusetts or Pennsylvania; or
gee how the laws OF S4 relating to discipline OF pris-
ons ia observed by fhcers. That prescrbes very
different mode from one now pursued. The people
so ought to critcse closely the annual reports OF the
Inspectors and that the credit OF the Empire state
IL not imp aired by systems belonging 10 the dark ages
sss uScS ,et o %a' s. d
anticipated By the Telegraph 80
ALBAsY, Wednesday, Feb. Is, 1860.
PRO RATA.
After the debate on the ProRats bill, in which the
speaker stated that be had been that corrupt
Influences had been invited against the bill, and the
Committee having Iisen and reported progress for the
purpose Of instiutlng an investigation,
Mr. ,Jagues of New York 10 question of privi-
leoe az afsraa the following resolution with few
PREDATORY remarks:
Rorea That Committee q Eve g appointed By the ch.
and any ~hai aenpt has been influence Oy corrupt
the action OF member OF TINS House upon the
Pro Rata freight BILL and that sid Committee have power TO
Pie Spenker then repeated what he had said, as
pubIahed m THE TRIBUNE yesterday morningl
Mr. Starles moved to lay the whole subject on
the table, which motion was negstved, % TO 49, as
follows:
man Finch Fuller Hail. Johnson. Kennedy Law, Nc
Fadden heQr.es. massOn, siogiion lAu'tin Myers A
sSR. Ssn saI 5sit @sipps' wcoddsss
NAis-Mss;ls o. Alsa, AIsaarins Barnett Beebe BI1by
j. Clark Coleman Coles Cons Cooper Crane, Croker Gull
yer Darcy, Dishin;on Do.sch, DSwp. Dwight Er Ella
ioconb hosAins Aossa Asbben yshws{ Jaqas; Jsaerd:
& a.ASs sSsI Merrill sSi
Miller hiikeL hiinston Morgan odsii O'Rourke Palmer
n 1 & sspa. ssr ssh pesHss
Tsbe Tsgssrt Tucker Van Asiyne, vaan Vermye, Vcor
hees, Wslsh, Webster, Wiley Williams, Yeury.-ss.
Mir Calcot moved thar the bill be laid aside until
the Committee reported. Lost, aud Mr. Jaquess
resolution was adopted.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
Until within few days it supposed that the
Judiciary Committee of the Assembly TO whom had
been referred a large number Of numerously signed
petitions asking FOR he abolition Of the death penalty,
" ould report bill in compliance with the prayer Of
the petitioners but it finally ascertapeo that the
Committee could not agree the provisions of biz
"a port on being in favor Of an unconditional aboh-
ton OF the gaSws, While others preferred TO report
bill making two degrees of murder, one punishable
with des,h aud the otner with imprisonment bat with
provision, of murder IN the first degree, that
no execution shall take place till after the expiration
OF year from the time Of conviction and sentence
and not then til after the Governor shall order the
execution. This would probably amount to pract-
cal abolition of cap tai punishment a similar law
has resulted in the State OF Maine where it has been in
force for ten or fifteen years.
IL this view Of the case and in Difference to the petit
op.r. and the strong sentiment OF the House in favor
OF abolition, the Judiciary Committee asked 10 be dis
charged and that the subject be referred Special
Committee, who could give it that careful considera
tim y hich its great Importance demands. Accord
irgly, the Committee discharged from the further
consideration of the subject and t referred
able Select Committee, Of which air. Van Horn Of
Niagara is Chairman, and who is now industriously
engaged in writing report, which he will present
a few days.
UsURr.
The Shylocks don't seem TO make very great head
way in efforts repeal the usury laws rather
g. modify those laws that the money changers can
shave aud skin the needy borrower without the risks
of personal loss which Low attend those interesting
operations.
n NE weeks ago Mr.. Milliken introduced bill
which fixes the legal Of interest at per cent
at present. and prvvides that where greater
interest than per cent is taken agreed upon be-
tween borrower and lender the party lending shall
forfeit the entire neres but not the principal as I'M
Ger the existing statutes This bill was discussed in
COMMITTEE OF tina Whole last evening by Messrs Mil
liken, Barnett, Wiley, and others.
Dir. Millisen insisted most strenuonsly that the
object and purpose Of his bin TO protect the money