The New York herald., 1871-02-03
THE STATE CAPITAL.
LIVELY DISCUSSION ON AGaCuL LTURE.
A Cruel Fling at Theoretical
Farmers.
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"A THEATRICAL INCIDENT.
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New York WOrkingmen and
COOlie Labor.
THEATRICAL INCIDENT.
John Chinaman's Prosecutors in This City
Getting Ready for Him.
ALBANY, Feb. Q, 1871.

G5ltmg Ready for Him.
ALBANY. Feb. 2, 1871.
The culture OF the tender cabbage and the proper
care OF the stately beanstalk subjects which have
crazed more than one pnilosophicaly vegetable
mind since the time Adam first acted as his own
gardener. Is 1t to be wondered at, then, that even
In winter time, when the hills are snow-clad and
not potato top is to be seen the entire
land through, that the subject OF agriculture should
get wise and deepthinking legislators by the very
ears9 Certainly the philosopher OF Printing House
square would have opened his eyes inI astonishment
had he been present in the Assembly this morning
when the question Of renewing the charter OF the
State Agricultural Society came up for pelting IN
Committee OF the Whole. Had he been able TO hide
his aristocratic form In some out of the way place
In the galleries, where he could have seen and heard
oil that was worth seeing below stairs, he would
have espied Alvord rising In his seat when the first
section OF the bill was read, and heard him talk
loud and long about Horace's favorite hobby,
THE TILLING OF THE SOIL.
This he would have relished but how he would
have taken Alvord's wind-up hesitate to say. 1t
was In these w0rds:-'I know very well that 1t is
intended to place this society in the hands Of men
who can talk farming from night till morn, write
essays and do everything but take care Of
farm-men whose names are familiar to
the people Of the State They are great on
paper. Their theories are magnificent; their
practice Is nothing. The president and executive
committees OF the society are but ornamental
ngureheads, The hard-fsted farmers OF this State
ought to have word to say in this matter, and
should not be showed aslae to crafty bungllng
permentallsts" Doubtless the philosopher would
have rubbed his eyes little after this to see II 1t
was really republican admirer OF his who was
thus knocking the foundations from under his own
works; but what would he have said when Mr..
Fields asked Mr.. Avord II he referred TO the author
"wHAT KNOW ABOUT FARMING"
when ne referred to men who could write essays on
farming, but whose theories could never put into
practice, and when he latter replied "He is one OF
the persons refer to- but he is not the only one I"
Who could help admiring the delcacy OF this willy
answers Probably the philosopher could; for it may
not be very delicate thing after ALL after calling
man fool, to say that he is only Of many In
deed, this agricultural subject which at first blush
one would think was the very last to create any
hubbub in the House, really the only thing that
broke IN upon the dull monotony or the morning
sitting. The New York members, who do no farming
outside OF
''sUNKEN LOTS"
in New York city, which pay certain peo Pile better
than following the ploughsnares where brown stone
fronts are not PLENTIFUL took part in discus
sion. 1t altogether too deep ploughng ror their
metropolitan understandings, and SO they left the
matter to the exclusive pOwwowng Of the ruralites.
Westchester, Hustled and scrlbner were particu.
larry anxious that an amendment proposed making
a member no. entitled to vote until he hal been a
member for thirty days before the annual elec-
OF osweso. supported p'I the amendment ia'0HIi IN
q vigorous speech. .Whne delivering 1t
ing up the members who were trying to get asleep,
II was supposed that Jacobs, who sits In front OF
aisle, where he stood until the CHAIRMAN made hun
get out OF
THE LINE OF VISION
of Mr. Prince, OF Queens, who was anxious to note
Lntiejohn's angular gesticulations. The member
from oswego however spoke 50 loudly and
was attention before he had said !aSri. aSrg
culture" dozen times Getting excited at
dency OF legislation Of nowadays is toward central
ization OF power and the building up OF huge mo.
nopolies and so long as nave a voice in a matter
OF this klEdred shall raise 1t against It's passage.
This tendency must be checked; for 1t 49, legisa-
ton, following Its bent makes the powerful richer
made Itself heard at this stage; but the
winch left the friends Of the bilI in its original state
IN better CONDITION TO appreciate MIR. Littleohn's
"a last frn remark which was Il and nave
hidden under this, and that Its object Will be to
compel
CERTAIN VALUABLE LANDS
to be sold to This society eXorbitant pricesn This
shvered the last timber OF the original bill So after
1t had been severely amended, so as to meet the
wishes OF its opponents in its first FORM the COM
mlttee rose ana reported progress upon It, Who
will say after this that the ssnard-fstedn farmers
haven't friends in the Legislature
LEGISLATIVE THEATER GoERs IN DUDaEoN.
Quite an amusing scene occurred shortly after the
disposal OF the Agricultural bill Mr.. JACOBS, OF
Kings mas an idea, quite just one too, by the way
that the Legislature does not work little harder
than II does to get through with the hundreds of
bills tnaJ are beginning to accumulate at fearful
rate many important measures Will have to be
gwen the go-py when the final adjournment takes
place. Wen, to make his idea worth something ne
has made It his special business from time to time
to oppose the usual weekly adjournment and to cur
% TAN it IN some way Last week the New Workers
wanted to adjourn until Tuesday morning. but
Jacobs again showed his hand and had the time
shortened to Monday evening"
PREACHING AND PRACTICE
are TWO ulIerent things, even with legislators, and
when Monday evening came there was no JACOBS;
but tnat neither here there. Sulce 1t to say
Inat ne again proposed to-day that II the House
wanted to adjourn on Friday 1t should hold an
evening session tonight. There was q howl on the
part OF the theatre.lovng New Workers at thls and
cries Q. yes, yes" No, no' rang out through the
cnamDer. NOW, Tom Fields had hired
BOX IN THE THEATRE
ior onlgnt ana he saw his nun Knocked In the head
py the motiOn II carried; so he got up He began
Dy eXpatlatlng upon the merits Of the ''great &C.
notwltns!andlng his heavy weight into the realms
0I tne nlIalutln on the tragic art that the whole
House burst INTO loud roar Of laughter. Finding
the descriptive useless Thomas resorted to the an.
peallng mood. This way of gettinh favor Is q
strong one, and In minute or SO Denny Burns was
Wipng stray tear from his lett eye, while even
composed by reading an Official report on DRAM
ages Larry OBrlen got excited and sat down on
ms desk instead of chair, for he, too had hired
seat rignt close to the footghs. Even the Speaker
looked sympathetic while Tim Campbell eyed Jacobs
as though he felt half inclined to wiring his neck. |
ontre got out OF his chair and placed himself near