The New York herald., 1870-04-28

ALBANY, April ~. 1870.
sweet Auburn, whose ionesomeness has been i'm
mor'ahzed ~ Oliver, the Goldsmith would he CON
silered lhicsly populated town in comparison to-
TINS CITY OF the Hills today The major portion or
,he members and politicians left here early this
morning bound Tor Rochester and the few who did
NOT go that way hurried TO their homes by the later
morning trains. great deal OF
AMUSEMENT
Will be had during the year by those who
have been here during this session. recall
ing some OF the dongs and sayings that
have been seen and heard IN and around the
halls Of State. How the Shoe. Fly Brigade and
the Black Horse Cavalry managed 10 get along,
squeeze in their little bills and squeeze out the COL
lateral in various quarters viii furnish food for fan
and speculation. Then that Snowy report on the
Indians and that speech OF Van Steenburgs--"Tako
your paws or this State and take your feetso or tho
constitution" Then there are many little Incidents
which occurred in committee meetings and In tho
cloak rooms in two three rooms in the Deavan-
Then the expressions or honest Indignation on tho
part OF Hasbrouck, of Ulster Lyons Of Orange, and
few such like. Then the Brooklyn boys have
good laugh ON "Crosstown Carey" Then the clos
ing night will long be remembered with the
vALEDIcTORY
OF the neatest most evidently heartfelt prettiest,
manifest In solt one OF the be t. efforts Of the kind
ever heard In the Assembly Chamber. The members
with the exceptions OF very few rose to their feet
while he speaking, and showed that they felt
the man and fellow laborer was talking to them as
men AMI fellow aborers-talkng without prepara-
ton and with but little effort from his heart 70 the
hearts OF his hearers
There has been enormous amount OF work done
ani II is safe to predict that the laws passed by
int,t uatah
dinary sized legal volumes Charters for almost
every city ana town in the State, the military
code, amended col OF procedure and other ponder
Gus matters will remain to snow that the Legis
OF 1870 has been by no idle But while its fe
was going out peacefully one Of lis dying acts VIII
remain aS a Dot upon Its memory Just az II WAS
passing away 1t must take up and pass the
ARCADE ABoMiNATIoN.
The struggle over II briefly given In the HER
AID or yesterday. bul tie bitterness with which Is
was carried on was something remarkable that to
be fully appreciated 1t shoul have been witnessed.
Speaker ltchman fought nobly 10 have the names
OF Alexander T. Stewart and James Gordon
n nne wses voies og own the Seaa fbs,
the names OF representative and responsible gentle
men. Then though jim Irving wanted the name Of
Jon Smith inserted: but nobody had ever heard
OF that name, and as the countrymen had heard OF
one Me vile q. Smith, and bad eaten apples with
him, ana had seen telegraph blank, On which
somebody had written him, ''Will be up tomorrow
with
and had signed the name oi Henry Cews thereto,
they thought, therefore, that this Smith was
Qutte enough 10 be allowed 10 ruin tho leading
| tho 0oughiare In the metropolis 80 they voted John
| out 1t was very evident thai the passage VI the
bill had been decided on, and it was freely asserted
that
FIFTY DOLLARS FOR VOTE
was paid or rather promised last evening In the
House. Irving, Fields, Hitchman, Burns and Mitch.
ell were lighting too hard against the bil suit Tho
| ideas Of the
BLACKMuL BRIGADE
Jobs were put up tile old dodge-0f sending pages t0
inform them that there were gentlemen in the
| cloak room wishing TO say word 20 them, and thus
ff.t.. 1pf Af oil An tl.n uAtn
while they were 0ut-was tried over and again.
but it did not work this time. They were irm, but
that nrnneSs avaed nothing, as the bill was bound
| TO go through. Everything considered
| 1T IS WELL
| that the bill has passed. Now the Governor will
have chance to place his veto against 1t. Tho
speeches made against 1t are all very well, but they
are not long remembered. but the veto OF tho
! Governor, coming after the Legislature has ad-.
journed VIII he read ana DOndered In every
ton Of the State With such veto message as Gov
| ernOr Holman can give before the eyes Of tho
people OF the State future legislators cannot dare
place themselves on record against the executive
head OF the State government In favor OF the apple
Drained concoction
THE TAX LEvIRS
have finally been signed and sealed ana fled I'm tho
Ohice Of che Secretary OF stale. Now speculation
Will begin among the place ho.ders under the city
made by individuals to have their claims placed
the preferred lists. that they may be ''1yod"
before the appropriations give out There will un-
GREAT HOWL
In many quarters Wnen the PROVISIONS OF the levy
are published in full. by several amendments the
power and patronage Of the leaders Of the late 0ppO
sitiOn faction are entirely destroyed. For instance
| THE SPECIAL SESSIONS COURT,
over which there was such fight, will be entirely
changed IN accordance with o section OF the levy.
| The Mayor has now the power to designate two OF
the police magistrates 10 hold the court and 1t Is
safe presume that he will appoint those who Will
| apply the lash on the roughers and tumblers who
| may be brought before them.
| STREET OPENINGS
VIII no longer be channels through which friends
NAV Inv fhn fu Ynn ssG
the city. The work will now be entirely attended
| TO Ivy Board Of Commissioners, composed OF the
| ration Counsel and Commissioners Of Public Works
! There Will be
| AN EXTRA TAX COMMISSIONER,
so that the board VIII consist OF iye and they alone
will have the power to make any corrections in the
lcvytng OF taxes. This power formerly belonged to
the Supervisors but, by provision in the levy, the
Tax Commissioners must do the entire work. In
| gelation to
THE COMPTROLLER AND CORPORATION COUNSEL.
1t claimed by many that by tne charter lately
passed both these officers were legislated our OF
fight In the fall SO the clause was inserted empoW-
erlng the Mayor to appoint Comptroller, and
another clause was inserted retaining the present
efficient Counsel TO the Corporation In Office untal the
expiration OF the term for which he was elected.
There several other amendments 10 the items Of
the levy, but these the principal revolutionary
ones, and they enough for the outs to coRttato
| and speculate upon for . few days.
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