The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-01-08
THE STATE CAPITAL.
THE GOVERNOR AND SPEAKER TAKING R1sT-
uoRATIo SEYMOUR ON FISH.


ALBANY, Jan. !, ls7a
The hotels are deserted, ana the capital silent
as the tomb of the Capulets Speaker Hustled has
shut himself up for rest His days and nights OF late.
have been busy and wakeful and his repose is well
earned Governor Tilden is devoting all the time he
can spare TO brisk carriage riding in the suburbs
on the upland behind the city, where the
breeze Is bracing and the breath Of health
forever blows He rides alone behind loosejointed
pair Of bays that grappe the rough cobblestone pave
ment with unerrng certainty and move up and down
hill with and celebrity. The Governor is bent on
laying in stock OF hygiene that shall last him beyond
his present dreams OF ambition.
Ex-Governor Horauo Seymour has just come after
being ndisposed while met him all alone in the
Executive Chamber to-day, and he asked
for news with all tho simple curiosity
OF one who had dropped down from the moon He
knew nothing about what going on nothing about
Bixbys charter-in fact nothing about anything ex-
cept fish, There indeed he was eloquent and at home.
He spoke Of brook trout until the mouth watered and
the heart throbbed for dozen of the gold and
slvered speckled little treasures smoking hot
white plate under a snowy napkin His report will be
ready 10 send into the Legislature, ana it will de-
tail the great progress made in stocking the streams
rivers and lakes OF the State with fish, His eyes lit
with enthusiasm as he spoke OF the interest given to
fish the streams Until this year they never gave
out brook trout from their Matching houses In Roch
ester but year they hope render every stream
in the State alive with them. He described as none
but himself or Bob Roosevelt can describe the ways
OF the sha the salmon the carp the eel and the brook
trout How the former 90 down to the sea and get
fat the spols of and then make their way up
stream TO spawn; how the eel gets tat up stream and
goes down TO the TO spawn and how the little brook
trout only wants his running pool of fresh water
TO feel happy and at home Governor Seymour
hopes the Legislature will pass law pro-
hbiting the wholesale and ndiscriminate capture
of shad IN the rivers at all times of the
day and night and wear Give them chance for
day TO come up the rivers where we can hatch their
eggs and in place Of 900 that gave last year.
we shall have 500OO,OOO
A TRANSITION.
Passing from fish TO politics is abrupt transition.
The forthcoming week will be made busy wrepullng
and pipelayng; no doubt prevails but that the
charter, aud the spring election for New York
will stir up lively times in the Legislature.
The thing cannot be ignored When the subject is in
troduced Tuesday II will degree OF
tion such other matter that possibly
up will New York is fourth part of the
State in population and its necessities cannot be easily
overlooked by any congregation of rural legislators
II New York suffers from misgovernment the State
must sympathize as all the nerves OF the body SYM
pathize with the pain that a1licts New York
must be heard If the heavens fall
TIKI AUDITORS REPORT
will be sent in Tuesday Mr. Schuyler who succeeds
Mr. Thayer, recently suspended says no shall let the
report go in as his predecessor framed it, Most OF it
in the hands Of the printer when he appointed
Auditor and only few verbal changes have been mado
in the text IL will show fact clearly, that the low
failed of their object The business has actually dimn-
shed and a considerable deficit from the receipts
OF last year will be exhibited The idea in the heads Of
of the sapent Solons who urged and carried the
of low tolls based the assumption that
the revenue and business OF the Post Office were
vastly enlarged by the reduction of the rates Of postage
reduction Of tolls would work equally wonderful
change In the income and traffic OF the canals There
Is no analogy between them, however When the tolls
lowered the railroad freg ht also lowered
that a falling of IN the revenues resulted while
the business that was expected to follow the reduction
actually diminished and went to the railroads The
truth is the law passed in the interest of number
of boat builders IN Ithaca and along there. large
deficiency which must be paid up by the people of the
State will be shown by the report 1t will also make II
patent that the lateral canals feeders the Erie do
not pay and are decided loss TO the State but then
they keep host OF idle two footed cattle in clover and
woe TO the Assembyman with canal constituency who
darcs TO talk of selling them 70 the highest bidder
PARDoSs AND CONSULTATIONS.
The Governors Message TO the Senate containing an
account of all the communications pardons and reprieves
during the past year, and which is in the hands Of
the printer, is Interesting document II appears
from 1t that the total number OF convics confined in
the three State prisons and pentenares at the end of
the year 1875 was 5,l63 The total number who
ceived pardon or communication OF sentence during
the same year 50. The following the number OF
comm uations and pardons granted by the different
Fenton. $500 1913 Hoffman, 1869. los
Fenton, 1S67......... l42 Hoffman, 1870. III
Fenton, 1868 ........ l47 Hoffman, ls71....... ll3
Dix, 1Sl3............. 81 Illden, lsI6......... 80
DIX, 1SI4...... ...... "
In the three State prisons there over 100
victs imprisoned for life The Governors report
gives in regular form the name Of each committed