New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-21
THINGS IN NEU.JERSEY
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TREyros, March Ie, 1851.
III, Jegistature Adjourned on Friday last, after a
session OF nine weeks, during which thev passed 10"
laws, nine Of which were charters for new railroads,
five FOR turnpike and horseca roads and three Tor new
gas comraG,ss. Ae. .y half the remaining act, were
for D-yate urposes for NewJersey has IN no.ersble
amount Of his l.nd Of ceislation. TIE Republican
fays: the presant sessien hae been very evenIlul
oucoac that has worked deep hupiiis'iol 10 some,
" ard added much 20 the strength Of Gthsis.' The
closing cehes ~src marked By crest crowding Of bod'
hess and confusion especially il relation "a dsEctng
tic State for the next zen years. lhs BILL instead OF
ors mating IN tho House, whose members only were
affected By IT, was got up IA the ocaat, aud though 50
y,ly important, "a kept back until the las, moment,
when &c was rushed IA with vCTy lizzie tine %
devote T. It. only 2 few houH, s. far o. can now %
seen, The effect viii be % give future Legsia'tres 70
the Democrats uncgs greater cha1cs Of political ol IN.
ion occur hereafter At heheel OF every session
The Incidental biz, wherein ell imaginable kinds Of
debts arc provided FOX. Iris year il contained item
Of - COS for .uterlg hing President Lincoln three hours
and Al SO for footing the bll run up al Washington by
or Peace Commissioners 10 the lac CnC-hoIso Con-
grcs The moilbeIs of tho Legislature src accused Of
TIE most shluelcss r-oigacy in voting themselves PER
qu:tes 20 make up io he mean Pay about slC each,
Which they receive. Thus they voted themselves
s2Jl0 worth or POSTAGE stamps and then larger gum
was voted for stationery being knives &C., for almost
every cutside freni VINO wanted one. ILes2 ABUSES
have beon increasing ANNUALLY bot his ycag oyegopped
them all.
~ near ~ eau unders and The railroad es's,gton,
the Canlcl ani imLcy Company has obtained al that
i, desired, while thoss who oPposel j failed 70 gel
what they wanted IL Il M: much either way, no
through lines beug created tut mostly short cuts or
spur from existing roads. There one bill, how
over which excl I'd general asonishment when atteD-
lion was directed 10 H. It was for authorizing the
leasins and scng Of any railroad in tie State; gave
any railroad The power to with any other road
or to enter INTO s1y contract Tor the leas-g operating
or managing it, as well as 10 purchase il. IL was, in
fact. huge omnibus BIZ for swallowing up ali our
railroads into compact, consolidated monopoly.
Strangely enough the bill passed tic House without
suspicion OF rylar ro one appearing 20 it.hcr i, or
know ANYTHING sioRt wfer, Il from. Il received
.ts 1qetr- n "a, nate TIE friends ol beth he gest
railroad powers icriel FL ownership Il THE bill nor
did either Of them Oppose H. Al.oge,ner its appear
ance and .tatus are among he mysteries Of the sesson
The city has socn les suffering among tho poorer
classes tis Winter than for several years past There
has been iar sbare Of work doing in al our nuner-
ous c:fishnents and we are hopeful Of holding our
own during the year. II The Republicans sub0'it to
the evacuation Of Sumter they DO Of necessity, feel
ing that tina Administration hss been made the scape-
,oat of the ast Bnt az MRorA ndorson isweli known
here we give no ereli. TO he stories OF his having
played false 10 tho Union by anything he mey have
sid OF done. ehtT ii or ont Of she f5rt. lie is not
man for double.delling.