New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-26
FROM ALBANY.
from Our Special Correspondent.


DIVORCES.
The Assembly, on Saturday afternoon, recon-
sdsred the bill IL Ie.a ion divorces "hich NHs oe
feated some time ago and passed. 1t. lhe pl erea'!
enlarges the faoi for obtaining divorces an" > ~
o. much public importance as 10 Warrant "S Puoic"'
ton u has yet TO go to the Senate Inc Dill If AS
follows:
s,c7,o, Divorce. rasy be decrced aud arrsge' ay he
boisS law ,bs supreme Goar', whenever theo has been
~ufc and continued ion OF "le oY he hnDano or o.
buhsnd by his wife, for nae consecutive NSi next lr-cra-
s,s r onencemci Of tie acton and the deserted parry
W.. a, OF such deeron and AZ me nm 81 we com
~, The ns shall be bad and all proceedings ken In
sr.inF under tins act, n the is now
qovied By in actions for divorce on the ground Of sdu
II the oaense charged in the plaintiff. complain, be
admitted by the deienaAnts snswer OF the compliant %
token confessed assnst the defendant the Court shall refer
die matter referee, with directions to take proof Of the
tcc. charged and to report the ~ the Court with M
opinion and the shall be heard such proof
,d report before any tina, decree shalt be proouuced
SEC Whenever a marriage shall be Dissolved, rsnsnt 10
IN, oviion, Of th sct lie prtg m whose Che divorce
4, dece-d may marry again during the lifetime OF tho other
party but The party against whom the divorce ocioou
shs marry again nn sneI the death Of ihe party Al
whose favor such divorce decreed-
SIC s. The defendant IN An action brought Under tue ~"
visions OF this sy be permitted to set up a. defense N
his her and 20 prove IN his OF her usuh me
III conduct OF the complainant winch may lave indaeed TN
ssesed de-rtion hi part and on estao nng sven
defense to the satisfaction OF The Court the complaint shall De
ssc : Tais act shall take effect immediately
Mr.. Rdgewsy spoke in favor Of the bin.
Mr. Gleason opposed the bill. He said it was in op
position to the public opinion Of this State.
Mr. vedder favored the bill. He said il it did no!
pass parties would they always have done seek fer
divorces in other States He said that yrtuous wife
abandoned for i've ears by brute of husband should
be entitled TO absol tie divorce. lie hoped the bill
would he passed
Mr. Ridgeway said the present aw of separation only
spilled to wives, not husbands. The proposed law
would place wives and husbands on the same level.
The bill was then read third time and passed.
Yeas 20. nays 81.
METRuPoLIrAN CONVEYANCE COMPANY.
Tie Assembly on Sat rdsy passed one Of the numei-
Gus bills for inoorf Grating passenger and baggage com
papes which have b en- introduced at the present
sion The following is he mate is part OF the BILL
SECTION ]. william 4. Whee er Isaac Ames. William c.
Martin fTsncs r. Dana John hOu xhta'in, Geo. L. Corw H.,
Nat Hiye Chslles NJ Nsndevoort snd e and
,s'gns hereby auhorzcd and Empowered TO associate
thsseye. together with the requiem oi
ion s; Of al act entitled An act to authorize the formation Of
purposes passed ebfa y I'm 1896 10. tHe pnie o.
forming Metropolitan Public Conveyance COMPANY for me
metropolitan police district OF the STATE Of New ork such
Company hen formed 70 be body polite and corporate
and pcsses. all the powers privileges sud advantage and
b. subject to all the restrictions duties and ahie named ma
sid ct and the vaIio acts amending aid extending tie same
a. II organized tLcreunoer.
la section Of tbs aci shall De IT liberty, and they ae hereby
shOrzed to keep AMI employ sucn Couveyenoes ryhe
rsensers baggage packages and reichads ~ and ON a
point within tie sd nesrooltan ponce district a rate not
T. eIc-d twenty-five cents for any distance not exceed
mites and tWehyse ccnts Tor adi nsl ns ior
eeL passenger cow ed ~ the rates for each boS
truuk package of merchandise conveyed when sad pack
article shall than twenty and not exceeding
hundred pounds e,o that baggage pack9:rs carried
be 0nder twelve year, OF then said Company shall not
eNge exceed neen ceus pc mile for each person so
sou7yed escep that for children und'T i've years age
., large nall be mad,.
The bill has already pi ssed the Senate. but win have
70 be considered there again in consequence Of uu-
uerous amendments introduced in The House.
TsTATIs or IDIOTS, DRUNKARDs, ETC.
Senator Murphy's bill amending the Revised Statutes
relative TO the estates ofdiots luuatics etc. which has
aresdy passed the Senate, passed tie Assembly this
morning. 1t is as follows;
SECTION Section invent Of ie second chapter Gnh
pet second Of tie Revived statute entitled Of the custody
aud disposition the e,ities Of idiots and uustcs and per-
Of usound mind nd drunAad,, IS hereby enaed ~
SIC - In Gaze Of the aeah Of any idiot atc person Of
uuso4nd mind person iicspsbc II conducting lis affair
go, 49, md, ri, t.l Se,.o and H. real SO ,
Scsnd 10 us lirs, hnd lis persoua estate De distributed
seordns to law the as If he had b OF 'oand mind
sro. . iii. act shall take effect imm,dis'ey
COILS or HARLEM BRIDGE.
Tie act 70 provide for the pleion Of the Harlem
L Bridge which passed The Senate fortnight ago.
tbs morning had ts third reading and passage in the
Assembly. Its provisions given when it vas be-
fore the Senate
CENTRAL RAILR0AD.
"A unsuccessful effort was made in the Assembly
Gis morning 10 order The Central Railroad bill "a
third reading out Of It's order. Before the question
sond be put the hour Of adjournment arrived and the
Il Speaker declared The House adjourned.
The following the yeas and nays on tie vote 70
make the Central bin a special order on Saturday.
Democrats voted against the motion aud Union iof
/ Il without much reference to party ties;
YEAs-AIesus ANGEL BrrDis Bowel Bookstayes. Bud'it
4 Coe Cooper, Cutns. Chapman. W. y tlalb, trsndhl
(rowelL Daniels. Edwards IdIedge Fcnde, iiaenhecs
Hsstrouck. Haynes Hollis Howard, HuneeroTd lneratal.
Isuguer Lewis lockwood, LoufTcl Matthews. NJ totsA
Mcneil Merssreau, NirEer-on, Non. Olcotf Oliver Flat
Rsnkil. Richardson RID way, BobtrOn Rouse Root an
ssriord sumner. shepard Shook, shus j. H. smith
hquilts SanGrd IOInsr Turner AaIfr Nsd, eaycr
| Weber. Weed. Worth and hiifn4n--'i.
| NAYs-Messrs. Andn.. hefkcy, b.ldcron. Bonham.
Bauvelt nsndrrh j. ". Brown bruuson, Burus. tsrpsr
tts, olEs y. CLARK Close Cieomer Ed,frOn, Geug1an
Godfrey, Gleason Green. ul.e Humphrey Kellogg h.ss-n
hmhs ia pLau. Leic'er. lee lord. AaDf. hict & No
MORAY Palmer J. J.. f-fscr Perry, IckHd, PTts Post
he'd Reed Roger. seebs ner. Severance SHAW"
spealer j.. :. Smith ~qoor >ahord, stewart, strong 1l
Lrghss IOplih Van BuIeu, teeoeT Weller and " ood-v
| Work Before the Legislature.