The New York herald., 1862-04-27

providing for the enrclp ent thirty thousand in
times OF peace. This OF the most mr"rtant
measures of me session, AMI one that has b1el Iy
considered Il pro'.id that each county shall furnish
to the militia an Srmory and likes ths highest rent 70 De
paid IN the County also in cities. IL also provides ior
camp INSTRUCTION for ten tAoussnd men each year. anu
thus divides mp the be paid dollar day wne
IN camp The price Of the 2niforr is nSed ana 80 ar
=, :. a sp stsps Will be imms mn,
di.ely taken 20 organize the militia under .-.- 10,
me northern tiers OF counties and all those tas
have no regimeutal organization In thVse u' We. er
where there are regimental organizations, but OH
TO the war, nothing viii be done a. presehh.
The precise EXPENSE OF this bill am unable AZ 'ho
present writing say but much depends ior the hss S
year upon whether the state has To iuiHsn IN & VIC
uniform the militia man himself. This IS uhques'
tionaby of the Important if not the most I'M
porant, os the session II meets with the ap
prova Of the best military minds Of the State Its pas
will make active times among the militia throughout
the State
The next measure of importance is that FOR the
punishment OF those who commit murder aud
arson. The famous Gridiron Legislature Of 1850,
noted and regarded the most corrupt that ever
assembled Albany, repealed the law punishing
those who committed murder. and enacted =
s'thing' as a substitute The result has shown that
white there laws the statute books providing Tor
the punishment of those committing all other crimes,
naa could walk forth in broad daylight, kii the hrst
person that he mot aud yet there no actual punish
ment provided for him by law. THIS Legislature has
repealed that law aud enacted another IN Its stead, when
the approval of all law abiiipg citizens IL
hanging murder the irst degree divides
and Classics murder n its several degrees and provaes
for the punishment of each class In this acton OF me
Legislature there is much 10 commend, and the bill IN
its detail is well arranged
The bill passedby of 1860 relative TO the
rights OF husband and wife has also been modihea ana
the loose and Objectionable features repealed ny TINS
Legislature Here another i'm step IN advance,
and that all the people of the State are interested IN
The temperance question has been one oi considerable
excitement. II first came up concurrng in the reso
luton that passed the last legislature submitting the
question Of amending the constitution prohibiting the
Of Intoxicating liquors. There desperate con-
test the Assembly over this question The leading re-
publicans many instances taxing sides IN It's favor,
and the democracy against IT, The subject was defeated
! 10y decided The next point Of controversy on
thissubject that Of the Excise bill Tbs measure
before the Legislature was bin SUPPLEMENTARY and
alnsndatory the present Excise law u was introduced
IL the Assembly by Mr. Averd at an early stage oi the
session. and after its appearance n tho House
presented IN the senate and was considered IN that
body and under the advice of some New Yorker, the
Sunday and other clauses we're inserted n tnc Dial whle
before Senate and considered satisfactory to the
men, and not 10 the better class
Of liquor dealers and passed that b1dy Mr.. Caldwell,
Of syracuse, Secretary of the Liquor neaers Assoca
tion, got up the bill after cano 10 the AS
semby In this caucus Mr.. Pierce agreed press
his bill aposning the Excise law bus urge the pas
OF The bill that passed the Senate as the best thng
that could be got. Numerous attempts were made to
make this bill the special order. itaied the republicans
generally, majority Of them, opposing il. During the
last Two three days the regular Standing motion Was
60 into the Committee OF the Whole the Excise bill
but Of avail. Temperance WAS made test question
the part OF many OF the republicans, aud Excise was
| lost
There was long, spirited contest in the Assembly
over the new Assessment law Several days spent
in considering it, finally 50 modified to pass
no inn t9 consider a Sen.missee, Composed OF good
men Vas appointed by each house examine into the
question report bill to the next Lcgisia dreiroba
bly, about wise disposition could be made Of the
subject by that time the effect Of the national tax will
| be known.
The Congressional Apportonment bill redistrcting the
State into Congressional districts finally passed and be-
came law although a des perate effort made
postpone consideration for the purpose Of obtaining
session. New York city has six districts n this ali
| by itself.
ii4tta tlor
peal OF Brooks, Putnam and Company Ecclesiastical
Tenure act passed in 1885, under the Know Nothing
regime. inis measure made party question in
1855, and the test Of party loyalty and, might almost
add The OF loyalty 10 the country. bill intro
duced at an early stage Of the sesioa by Senator Con
molly repeal IT and after spirited debate passed the
Senate, with but few votes against it, taen 10 the
Assembly and passed there without dissenting voice
| When being voted upon one IneInbeg asked
what bill it 10 that Rev. Mr Pryne replied that it
bill 10 wipe from Tie statute books the last yesge
Of NOW Noihilgism. What a change in pubic senii-
ment in the pace of seven short years In 1858 its
passage helalded as the great question which
rested the welfare Of this country Now It has been re-
peaed ,and excitement feeling attending the
pubic MI take II matter OF course. Itwas engineer
| ed through by Senator Connolly.
The have large nurnber OF bills rasSed ox-
tend the time tie complexion Of dilerent railroads
the state that have been commenced purposed,
all oil which have gone through without any particular
| opposition Aid has been asked for several railroad
p0ieets but the only that has met with any par
ticular favor is the Albany aud Sdsfuehanna, which
pass the fourth time, and was vetoed by the Cover
nor Mr. Morgan has vetoed tha, bill every he
has occupied tho Executive chair ana each time er
fort been made Jass IL his veto but failed
either house the other The Eric Railroad has
been very furtunate IN legislation this session. Three or
four bills affecting the interests of that company a. ked for
by them have passed, meeting with but little opposi-
ton The Central Railroad asked for no legislation
was there any very strong effort made TO egslate
Next in order the long list OF canal claims Some sixty
odd bils Labelled canal claims, rushed through.
covering The noghborhood II hundred
thousand dollars. These bills came from the centre
OF the state, anu il was somewhat singular mon
dghtng agains, some polr wotian's receiving half
dollar extra pay for cleaning out the legislative
halls, and nut ON the awiuicst face Of economy
when such slight appropriation made, under
the idea tiaer would 90 forth 10 the world that they
~ fpr economy Yet when canal claim was
a9ahed they would jump for it like horse bis
oatsn fact could smell It before IT came from le
committee and advocate 1t being holy righteous
denounced those who opposed them as being
unwilling pay the debts Of the State when is noto
that at least one-third OF the claims are bogus and
have merit IN them No session within the last five
years has passed so many danal claim bills as this.
These, believe, make about all the OF any
particular public Importance. The results Of the inyes
gation have been commented upon extensively tha;
further comment is unnecessary. II te appro-
pirate state before closing this article. that n no
Legislature within knowledge have the committees
sbored 80 zsalousy as those OF the two houses this
winter. Early and late have they attended their du-
ties and the bills have OF their hands in better
form than usual. The Senate local legislation has
been far more conservative than the House and MANY
bills OF this class Of Objectionable features have passed
the Assembly and had quieus put upon them in the
Senate while on the other hand some of the wisest and
best that have passed the Senate have been
in the Assembly Take for instance the bill
TO enforce the responsibility OF stockholders Of nsovent
banks and the County rressurers bill Both of these
measures passed tho Senate with but little opposition
The former referred to committee the majority of
whom were bankers; and as might be expected they
killed H. the other wss defeated by direct OF the
House.
About hundred and sixty moro laws will b,
placed the statute books by this Legislature than the
last Three hundred aud foryone were all that
became laws last year. This session has pa sed nearly
i've hundred, and all but about dozen will become
laws This dozen which the Governor considers TOO OBJ
ectonabe TO approve were all passed during hurry
and hustle Of the last lew days q the session
During the rst forty days Of the session but little sso
done but tk and IN tact, there general dis
position TO enact bat few laws All Of sudden change
took place grinding committees appointed in each
house and about all they did grind out bills ana
read them the third time Tho result " that not more
than one member out Of ton tell anything |
about those bills that have passed, excop,
those from their own district. Fortunately how.
ever, the two grinding committees were composed
Of good mon there is no telling the evil that
have rnsutad and thu real reallt