New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-06
NEW YORK LEGISLATURE,
ASSEMBLY ALBANY, March o. 1861.


The SPEAKER announced rs the Select Committee
ON thu amendment OF tie Excise lsw-hessls. FISH,
HARDY lisDsine, Hyatt, aud Nickel go,
The PougbCeepSie and AewpaliI Ferry charter 2I
came uD lor third reading and was Bad GA the bp'
EVENING SESSION.
The Assembly met n O'Clock.
No QUORUM being present, d call Of tue House was
ordered but suspended upon the aTrSal OF quorun,
Mr.. HI fGHiNb, by consent, repcfLee laNoiasP
the bill O. increase Che number Of judges IN the Su-
pFene Com, Common Pleas, and Marine Court OF
New-lork.
The hiIls on general orders were then taken up in
the Committee Of tue Whole.
The Lilt 20 amend tho law for the Incorporation OF
Companies Navigate Lakes and RI, ers, was oruefed
10 a third reading.
The bill reating 10 Executions Processes. and other
proceedings against inFolvcnt Debtors, wa taken VI
aud debated BY Mess.s. Bingham and kornan against
the bin on the grounds that It destroys the laws by
which contracts existing prior 70 its etnen can be
enforced aud is therefore unconstitutional as virtually
inpaiIng the contract.
Dir. BiRDSALL argued in support ofthe biii.
motion % report progress was carried.
A bill dividing the Eleventh Ward Of Brooklyn ard
creating rev Wand wss ordered 70 third reading
Adjourned.
l'O-' WV ALB,Ny, March D. 1861.
The House IN Committee OF the Whole, Mr.. Doc
e ia the chair considered and reported progress On
the bill h. amend the act ia relation 10 lroIs, and the
appointment and duties o. 60 Commissioner OF Jurors
IL KiB.s County.
r6rrIy~ ivy RAILROADS.
TheLil 90 impose tolls on property transported over
die Now.Yofa Central ln1 OsHego and Sy .acJ &C. and
tire Ncw.Gork and Ere Railroad was taken ny.
Mr.. Msy Il Albany moved % strike OUT tho Eric
Road.
Mr.. Prsudefgast OF Cllg.auqua moved an amend
nent restricting the OPERATION Of Tie hi 30 fer ~ Y
relates 70 ho Ir9 Road to property transported over
IL which may be received from beyond 9nc oc.dLea
20 point. on Ne Of tho state Il New-Nork
M Finch oppressed tine emondments and favored The
original biz. Mr. May read from the Message ot tho
Governor, rfc0umenGHE tho reimpcsing oils on no
raiIr0ai and 9rgrgd that Ire Gd not mean the tre
rad IA that road had mover tCcn reqUirts 70 pay tolls
1T ell. How then, cOu.d the Legislature rsnP5te
tolls on the Eric road. -
MIR. II. Smith Of Chartsvau ma bad favoTed toll bi
AID Wa. SIN! in ie'or o. iciIn8 rosd5 conEesns Sl'a
he ca1's; but "a, mech a. ho |eriTed 10 &c su'o
b n1, sed nc cOu3 no. vote for the one before the
ii ouse, rnlcra to- amendment Of his colleague Ar.
Prsndcrgras., o. something equivalent to 4, sh0ld
Mr.. t,hapnan Of Onordal,a was in favor Of toline
ts railroads. en- ii nothing better colld be dovscd,
b. should vote 20. the bill reported froi tho Con-
rr,teo IIc insisted that tolls never sh0nd have been
taken on he Cel,rl railroad. Tho Legislature shord
have kept faith Wal BE PEOPLE. When the people
Were askcd 20 loan Ne!r Crcr for Tie purpose OF build
irq he Canal f. was under The promise bat is revenues
Should pas Tie interest, rciu5ulee the Qr ncpal, ard
pIOluc, revenue fr al tine which should, 10 GER
lain extent rriicy tie PEOPLE from ts-a ION for oror
ius expenses OF fhs State Government. Tire credit Of
same uud'r ,aG1iug. ln3er these ciIenLstalces TIE
State Layi.lGtuTc hal no right, especially while TIE
Canal Deb. rCI ned unpaid O. h1tt uQa ry3l l1 the
form Of q Ea0al running along the LIE % the
glunk Canal 90 draw of tho business Of that Canal
and thus divert revenue into The pockets Of gan.
MONOPOLY md leave the people OF the State many -
whom were nos ~ oil benefited by the Canal, and
some Of whom were actually injured by It, % Gy the
Canal Debt b. Jar. TAXATION. Inc r. ogie L3a no,
only the ple3ac Of tie Legisi1tUo which bad used
thcir credit fOr Canal purposes but ho state Cols.'1
tim lad saorelly 60 apar the Canal revenues Tor ne
Payment Of tho Canal Dgtt. Tor these gel sons me
Central road never should have beer permitted 10 have
carried freight without pay ing tolls lhe legislature
which n nutol = Dad betrayed the IigAt1 az the frO-
ph, and 70 long gs succeeding Iegiaa-CrCs storld
permit this wrong to continue, they were gull y OF
Ttn wrong could only BE- Sghted ly the TcCs.abhsL-
ment Of slr0ad tolls.
Mr.. Barber OF Iioga thought i. might, perhaps, be
difficult to oOll.,t the olls from the Erio Road, should
they no enforced, since TIE Income II that road Is iu
sufficient to pay the interest on lie debt.
Mr.. SanfoTd Of sswegO spoke against tho amcnd-
ments and in favor of he bill reported from the
Committee. or general principles, he was opposed TO
tong railroads, bat under nc peculiar circumstances
Of the case lie WIS disposed 20 lock upon Ibis
as Just fable and proper.
~. Robinson was opposed 70 tolng railroads if t
could be helped IL was o2po9 60 toibng any tilngh
il could be helped Ho would Lie 20 see no canals run
free Of tolls Fl Il could be dorc; bot It couldn't. Mr. r.
endeayored to show by figures that the idco which
seems generally 20 prevail that the railroads hadrun
away with tho frci1hting business which legitimatey
belongs to tho csnalp, i mistake. That The freight
ing business OF tho railroads mere bagatelle COM
pared with the business o he canals. Inc tynnagS 81
the canals had gone steadily NJ % rapidly aud more
rpi Nv tnce the Central Railroad had been permitted
10 cnrYv reght than before. The reason why the
nal revenues had not met Inc expectations OF the PEG
Die and the rC1uiTement5 Of TIE Constitution, was that
The Canal Board had reduced tho tOs 20 p)in, next
b nothing Il the tolls had been kept up 10 tho proper
thfsf. .lfflN f.flculfy
canal revenues meeting The requirements OF the Con-
stituou. JIG iii not question she rgl; OF the Leei-
uFo 70 impose tolls, no osry, OF the Central Road,
aud on Az rog6s yb oh were chartered with condition
fst thev should paw tOlB or shoud not carry freight.
The Question was whether tho canal revenues
properly mana gel could be mace sul.cicnt 20
meet the demands u bo COnst ui9n IN regard y tnc
Canal debt without resort 20 ne leyying 0f tolls Oh
the roads. Ou this point be somewhat in doubt.
Bu: thcre was and could b. lEstjable reason Tor
imposing toIB on the Aewfork aud Erie Road, which
had been chartered for the purpose OF doing freight
ING as we'll passenger business, and without any M
dcrstaning OF expectation that i; would DO 70 red 10
nay tolls Much stress, said Mr.. Re- had been placed
upon tine IN that the state had contributed - 100000
toward the construction o. the TIE RAILROAD The
State should ave done Ibis and more FOR tho develop
mont of the .oule tier Of counties. She had already
expended millions and millions IN tho construction OF
the E16 C6pll which bad greatly enriched TIE central
canal with thriving di.es ard yil2ges. The southern
counties bad freely contributed their quota toward this
great improve ment, which, while cnTiehiag another
portion OF the State, had not benefited bat rather in
iured the SOUTH 1t wns therefore due 70 thai portion
OF tho State that something should be done 70 develop
lee resources and 70 provide ioF taxing It's surplus pro-
duco 10 market
Mr. Prendesgas. argued a, length in favor OF bis
smendment, and finally, on motion 81 Mr.. Rioe, tho
Committee reported progrcss and the bill was MADE
Epeoial order OF Wednesday evening If next week.
The bill granting certain privileges 70 tue South
Side Railroad Company OF Long Island, was ordered
90 third reading. Tho privilege granted by the bill
Is that Of evadn the Geneyai aO Dad net lar as 10