The New York Herald Newspaper, September 22, 1857, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBEK 22. 1857. NEW YORK HERALD. trrrcr » begs pee "PO THEATRE, Broadway—A Gaxe or rece Ph ae ig 4 OCUCUMBER—OW TO SETTLE ACoOUNTS fern Your Lavwonxss, FIBLU'S GASUBNK, Bruadway—Tiont Bore Fuats—Fi: Gaxo—Tum Cosomirt. BOWERY THEATAR, Bowery—SaLvarox Bosa—AsMo ore Hi epure Now, WALLAOK'S THEATRE, Brosdway—Meoei—My Prizen cron \THERHBAD. LAUKs KEanws THEATER Srosdway—Hne ay Law --Mopm or 4 Wire. NEW OLYNPIO FAEATES, Brosdwav—Rose or Kuan Wer—Bvy tt Dein, ‘Tis MADE OF CASIOCERE. ACADEMY OF NUSIC, Fourteenth street-Babamn or Savin. . BARNUW'S AMERICAN MUSEUM, Brostway—fonas ny fun Wree TINGALB—BQUaRiA, OR CORAN GakpEn— OVRIOSITINS, RO, OMSint t @ W0OU's MINSTAALS, 444 Srosaway Brsiovias MuMSTURLSEY—T HW ULD CLOCK, MBOUANIUS HALL 4/2 Srosdwey—Neowe Mavopime Aawpust AckOnaTS—BY Suyaxr's MANOTARLE SALOON, Brosdway—Miss Juurama Mar's Mails for Buxope. CHS WeW YORE ARKALD-—SPITION POR STROPR ‘The Ounard mail steamship Enrops, Capt. Lelteh, will gave Boston on Wednesday, a noon, for Livsrpool. The European maiis will close in this olty at @ quarter past one o'clock this sfernoon, The Koropean edition of the HARALD, printed in French and Kngtiab, wi be published at ten o'clock in the morn ug. Single copies, in wrappers, six cents. Subscriptions and advertisements for any edition of the aw Lous Eman will be reonived at the following pisces 2 Exroe: Larvon—Am. & Baropean Express Co, & King William a Came do, Plaoe de la Bourse iavuRPOOL—Do, do. 9 Capel eireet. AVaRHOL—R. Staars, 10 Exot angs street, Kast idavas—Am. & European Express 0o., 21 Rue Cornelile, ‘Tho contents of the Fur>pean edition of tne Hwmatp wil! pombine the news reoeryod by mail and telograph at ihe ethos during the previous week, and up w the hour of prabli avon, ‘The News. We place before our readers this morning some additional details regarding the Central America— which include the official account of Mr. Ashby, the obief engineer, and also his statement to the news- papers, together with statements of other parties. Onur list of the names of those known to have been rescued or lost entirely, is as complete as it could be made under the absence of more positive informa- tion. When the Central America left Havana, th Whole number on board was. Nan ber e1 eeerenes Number lost whose names are known. umber unknown... The steamship Canada, from Liverpool, had not arrived at Halifax up to the hour of our going to press. She will bring advics to the 12th instant, snd is now fully due. We learn from Washington that the State Depart- ment has received late advices from Mr. Forsyth, bat nothing in regard to the details of the settlement of the Tehuantepec question. Geueral Robles also received despatches of the same date, July 4, which | way that the Tehuantepec negotiations had just beea signed. The Gencral also received a copy of the railroad grant from Vera Cruz via the City of Mexi- co to the Pacific. The Attorney General has given his decision on a point of law submitted to him by | the Beoretary ot the Interior, regarding the payment of pensions to children of deceased revolutionary soldiers. The Attorney General decides that chil- dren bave no legal right to receive pensions granted to deceased parenta. All the Naval Courts of In- quiry were in session yesterday. tae Navy will probably make his award for building the new sloop-of war to day. miners reported unanimously in favor of one of our New builders, A Boa-d of Engineers will convene at Philadelphia on the 5th of October for the examination of engineers for promotion and ad- mission The trial of Michael Cancemi for the murder of Bugere Andersoa, was ¢ wmtuenced yesterday in tue Court of Oyer and Terminer. The whole of the day oempanelling a jury, and at the hour nt only six jurors were sworn. The yart ordered an ad titional pane! of 250, returnal on Wednesday morning, at 10 o'clock, to which time the trial was postponed. The gold snuff box came up again in the Board of Aldermen yesterday, on a resolatioa offered by Al dermaa Blunt that the conduct of Mr. Jackson in the matter was perfectly honorable. The resolution was tabled by a vote of sixeen to three. A resolu was occupied tion was passed appropriating #1000 to pay the | expenses of the Gold Box Committee. The report f the committee in favor of the removal of Crystal Palace from Reservoir square before next M want of a constitutional vote. The report on the organization of the Finance Department of the city unaer the new charter was laid over until the next meeting of the Board. Majority and minority re- ports were received relative tothe removal of the steamboat landings, but no action was had upon them farther than ordering their printing and inser tion on the minutes. The ordinance re-organizing the legislative departments of the city was reconsid- red, and passed unanimously. An ordinance was flso adop'ed in favor of paving the Bowery with the Beigian pavement. The Board of Councilmen occupied the session iast evening in amending the ordinance of the Special Committee on redistricting the city in con- formity with the new charter. It was adopted and vent to the Board of Aldermen; bat as it is proba, ble that it will undergo alterations there, we refrain from publishing it til it is finally corrected. A special committee of five was appointed for the Purpose of reporting to the Common Council the sames of suitable persons for inspectors of can- vassers at the coming elections. The Board of Supervisors met yesterday after hoon, but no basiness of special importance, beyond iv | alowing cach Justice of the District courts two oifi- | ers, Was transacted. The speci mittee of the Board of Council. Men, appoin'ed to examine and report on the expe dency of a ferry from Jackson street to Hudson avenue, Brooklyn, met yesterday afternoon, The committee adjourned until Friday next. The Street Commissioner controversy was yeater- day adjourned until Saturday, for the accommoda tion of counsel on both *Mes. A notorious thief named Low guilty, in the General Sessions yesterday, to grand larceny, and was sent to the State Prison for five years. Rachel Selby and Wm. Smith, two of the gang who have flooded our city with ¢ vunterfeit bills, were each sent to the State Prison for two years. Prescott F. Harris, the publisher of the Broadway Belle and other equally obnoxious publi cations, was arrested on Sanday, by officer Walsh ‘and placed at the bar for sentence on an old indict ment. His Honor remanded him for sentence until next Baturday, for the purpose of iaquiriag into his history. The City Judge intends to have no mercy on whoever is guilty of circulating obscene works. He has ordered the property clerk to burn the Prodoct of the recent seizure at Frankfort street. Somes Williame, charged with assaulting Michae! Nagent, intending to rob bim, was convicted of as fet and battery, Penitentiary one year and fined 10. The City Jadge will give his decision on the validity of the indictments against the alleged vio iators of the Sanday Liquor law on Wednesday, Counsel for Patrick Daffy and Henry Drake, in dicted for the murder of Salters, the negro, appear- | The Secretary of The Board of Ex- | was not adopted, the motion being lost through | Gemmel, pleaded | ed before Judge R issell, at his cha nbars, yesterday, and moved to have them admitted to bail. His Honor will look into the case, and give his decision this morning. Thetial of Benjamin Cole for shooting Samuel Salspeugh and Peter Cole at the Steep Rocks fish- ing grounds last spring, is progressing at Pouga- keepsie, and will probably terminate to-day. The stern post of a new flag ship forthe Russian. navy was yester jay raised at the yard of William H- Webb. There were present a number of distin guished Russian officers and gentlemen of this city, ‘and the ceremonies were very interesting. A fill account of the dimensions of the ship and of a breakfast given at the Clarendon by Baron Sioeckl, the Russian Minister, in honor of the occasioa, will be found elsewhere. ‘The German Singer and Turner Societies of Long Island, numbering some three thousand persons, held their aunual festivities yesterday at Bowvrons ville. Spanish advices from Madrid, dated on the 3d of September, state that Qaoen Christina had written ‘ober daughter, Queen Isabella, that she should have the greatest pleasure in being with her at the period of her accouchement, but tbat she neither could nor would go to Spain while the Duke of Va- lencia was at the head ot the government, The brig Ocean Wave, from Triaidad de Cuba, which arrived at this port yesterday, reporis the joss of her second mate, Augustus Perkins, of New- castle, Me., and a colored seaman name} David Free- man, who were washed overboard in the tremendous hurricane of the 11th and 12th inst. the stock, while prices woro unchanged. Some boiders were tosking shipments to Liverpool. Flour was firm aiigbt advance, wbi'e sales wore pretty freely made tothe do neatio irade, with eome parcels for export. Tho eaypl, of wheat was largely sugmented and freely deelt in, closing firm for all good to prime desirabis sbipping an’ milling qualities, while common grades of Wosiera anv Southern were heavy, and sales in some cares made at lower rates. Corm was in light supply and caler were Itmited, at 800, for Wovt mixed, Pok was unseitied and sels limited, with sales of small lois at $25 30 for mem, and {nove case as low as $25 vas accepted, which was considered to bo somewbai undo- ibe market, Adout 1,00 RogeacAds Coos muscdvado sa g8rs ee old, abont baif in bond for ex ort, an¢ 170 boxer at rates given tp another colnmm, Ooffes wae tol at prices given elsewhere, Thee was more freight cifer ing for Englisch porta, and about 50,000 a 60,000 rashels of | whoa) were engaged la bulk and bags at Sd. aéd, 1,490 | bales of cotton at 6.324 , 600 nogeheads wugir at lic. 64, | and 1,£00 a 2,000 bariela flour at 1s, 64. To Loadoa 600 | bags ol! cake at 22a, 64., amd 1,000 barrela crude turpen- | tine at 2s, 9d. | MHansas Constitutional Convextion—The Sin- very Question—impartial Kxpose of Ar faire. The intelligence sent by Kansas correspondents to newspapers North and South has been, since the commencement of difficulties there, and still continues to be, entirely one sided, and therefore unreliable. The letter writers for the Southern journals have universally taken the ultra pro- | slavery view of all questions that have come up | in that Territory, aud have either distorted facts, | misrepresented or exaggerated them. The cor- | respondents of black republican and other North- | ern journals bave, on the other hand, with some few exceptions, adopted the extreme abolitionist view of the sume questions; aud so, between the two sets of correspondents, it was impossible to anderstand the true condition of things in Kan- sas, This arose from the fact that both sets—as is the too common habit of journalists—identified themselves with party politics, and thereby either became incapable of seeing things clearly and unbiassedly, or elee were led to sacrifice truth and independence to partisan prejudices. The correspondents for Northern journals be- The sales of coon were resirictod by tho smallness of | eepeciaily the lower grades, acd the market close! at a | to the extens of a »0ut 700 bags of Rio, end 100 do. Usyloo | | came ultra abolitionists, and established them- | felves at Lawrence, the headquarters of that par- | ty, while the correspondents for Sourthern journals adopted the border ruffian creed and ad- Greseed their letters from Atchison, Lecompton course of the Constivutional Convention, Aa opwion, however, prevails that in such a contia- gency a quorum ot members will not reassemble, end that the whole movement will be abaodoned, leaving to a subsequent Legislature to take the appropriate measures to call another Convention | for the framing of a constitutioa. It cannot be | pretended that this Convention representa the people ot Kansas, The sixty delegates of which it is composed represent merely the border coun- ties, where the population is very thin and almost exclusively proslavery, while the other counties that are unrepresented contain four-fifths, or per- baps vine-tenths of the whole population of the Territory, which may be classed as generally anti-slavery. The latter had declined to recog- nise the Territorial law providing for the Cyn- vention, and consequently the whole number of delegates provided for were apportioned among the former. These represent altogether some 1500 yotee, which are supposed to be not more than one-tenth of the whole vote of the Tersi | tory, It is therefore morally certain that what- ever action may be taken by the ‘Convention in | framing a constitution it will be ignored and nuili fied by the people, and thus shows the absurdity of fu:ther action on its part, The Convention, if it reassembles, will be | placed in one or the other of these dilemmas. It will have to decide for or against submitting the | constitution to the people. If it decide in favor of submitting it, then there will be an end to the whole thing; for however unobjectiouabie tha groaud of the Convention not represeating | the people. If, on the contrary, it decide | against submitting it for the rejection or ap- | proval of the people, the result wil! be tho same; for the Congress of the United States would | aever dare to admit a State under a constitution so formed, in defiance or disregard of the wishes of nine-tenths of the people of such new State. venting themselves on either side, a syheme has been talked over among the delegates, aid may definite, but to adjourn from time to time, thus keeping its organization permanent, and prevent- ing the aseembling of any other Convention for the seme purpose, It is not bkely, however, that this or any other ecbeme for defeating the will of the people will gates, though ostensibly pro-slavery mon, are really at bottom desirous of seeing Kansas admitted as a free State. Such may be safely as- serted at least of all of them who are peoperty holdere in the Territory, and who are, therefore, our correspondent assures us that there is litile or no sincere desire on the part of any of the residents of Kansas to legalize the institution of slavery there. Most of those who are ostensibly and profeseedly pro-slavery men are not sincere in their professions. They have but ideatified themselves with, and become in some measure the tools of a set of miserable politicians, who, early in the history of the Territory, took up the ery of “justice to the South,” and, as that seem- ed to imply elavery in Kansas, aregard for con- sistency indaces them against their own interests, and the interests of the whole Territory, to carry on the delusion. There are but two parties there, as here—the black republican and thedemocratic The former, strongly leavened with abolitionism, make it an ieeue that Kansas shall be a free State. The latter bas bad to take ground somewhat op posed to that; and, consequently, democrats who never bad any idea of being slavery extension. ists have seen themselves placed by circumstan- ces in the position of appearing to beso. Our | correspondent, however, aflirms—and we believe or Leavenworth, the towns where that creed has | | mort believers. In view of the manifest uoreliability of the | statements in regard to Kansas affairs, with Which the country has been flooded from both these sources, and ia view of the importasce at- tached to the Consfitutional Coaventioa which assembled at Lecomptoa on the first Monday of this month, we despatched to that town a special correspondent, on whose judgment and freedom from bias we could rely. His detailed reports of the proceedings of the Convention during the five days it remained in session have not yet reached us, although they were regularly mailed day by day—a practical proof of the beautiful | efliciency of our Post offize arrangements. But we have received and publish in another portion | of our columns to-day, his general review of the | Convention, of the policy which governed it, and of the real sentiments of the people of Kansas in reference to the question of slavery or no sla. very. To thie letter we call attention as pre- eenting an entirely new view of affairs there, and alt gether different from those presented by partisan journals on either side. frame a constitution for the people of Kansas was in session for but five days, when it adjourn- ed to meet again on the third Monday in October. During its short sittings the only business done | was to effect a permanent organization, to diecuss and reject the application of persons claiming to be delegates from two free State counties, and to parcel out to committees the various heads or chapters into which a State constitution is divisi- ble. The gentleman chosen as the presiding officer is Mr. Jolin Calhoun, the Surveyor General of Kaneas and Nebraska—a man of moderate abilities and moderate views, Strange | to say, too, he is ® Maseachusetts man by birth, | and has lived most of his life in the free State of Hiinoie; tut he is a protigs of Benator Douglas, and hence the vote which he received for President of the Convention. His speech, on taking the chair—published in the Heraty a few days since—would show that he is in favor of submitting the constitution to the people of Kan- eat; but as the language employed by him is capable of @ double construction, his epeech is pertectly non-committal, and he may hereafter take either side of the question, as circumstances may dictate. It would appear, from the letter of our corres- pondent, that the real object of the Convention, in taking a five week’s recess, was that it might ascertain, at the election to be held on the first Monday in October, the relative strength of the pro-slavery and anti-elavery parties, and regulate ite course accordingly. At this election a dele- gate to Congress, members of the Legislatare, and a number of Territorial officera are to be chosen: and the free State men have resolved, for the first time, to come to the polls and partici- pate in the election, If there be no importation 4 Missourians, and if the election be otherwise fairly conducted, the result will show the real strength of the pro-lavery and froe State parties It reems, however, to be universally conceded Unt under those conditions the free State men will show an irresistible numerical superiority to the proelavery men. In that event it {8 impossible to say what will be the | constitution for Kapeas t« not the true and le- It appears that the Couvention which met to | such to be the case—that the number of those who sre really anxions to make Kansas a slave State is miserably small, compared to the bulk of the population, and that they are either poor, mise rable politicians, who want to make political capital out of the question, or « baving no intention of becoming ac‘ual perma- nent residenis of the Territory, aud having, therefore, not much interest in its future. The Kansas question is thus presented to usin ® new, and we believe a trae light, Assuming there views to be correct, then the inference isin- evitable that the Convention assembled to frame gitimate exponent of the people’s views; that designs are not to represent, but to thwart the will of the people; that its action—whatever it may be—will result in nothing: that it cannot expect to receive the countenance of Congress or | of the weneral government; and that, therefore, the best thing it can do for Kansas orfor the coua- try is to assemble after the recess and adjourn one die, without attempting to do any other busi- nesta. A new Legislature will be electod two , Weeks henee, under a more legitimate expression of the popular will than has yet been had in Kaneas, That Legislature will probably take the proper measures for having @ constitution framed in consonance with the will of the people; and under that constitution, whether it be pro slave- | ry or anti-slavery, Kansas will be admitted into the Union as a sovereign State. In the mean- time, Jet us have no more border ruffian or aboli- tion outrages in Kansas; bat let the people of | that and other Territories be left to form their | own institutions in their own way. That is all that is required to make Kanras what she is dee The Central America—Heward for the Ree cuers—An Investigation Demanded, On the record of marine disasters there are few, if any, instances of aid being rendered to | tined to be—a great and proxperous State, pot wt whew wntinnd | | | the unfortunate passengers of a wrecked veesel in which courage, coolness and humanity more challenge admiration and command respect. tuan in the case of the late appalling calamity—the loss of the Central America, In the height of a terrific tempest we see the little brig Marine, Capt. Bart, herself disabled and hardly able to bear up against the elements, promptly running to the rescue of the sinking steamship, and after receiving on board all the women avd children, lyiug to in the trough of the sea all night, in the hope of rescuing some struggling wretches whom the daylight might re- veal. Nor was the conduct of Captain Johnson, of the Norwegian bark Ellen, less commendable in remaining steadfastly near the scene of disas ter until he eucceeded in picking up the last euf. ferer in view. Had these brave seamen listened to the prompting of selfishness, or had they been lees daring than they were, it is probable that not a eovl would have returned to tell the story of the ill-fated Central America. It should pot be forgotten that the efforts of these gallant ships to rave the poor castaways would have been partially ineffectual, for want of provisions to keep them from starving, had not the barks Saxony and Cuba, and the ship Eaphra- sia generously given the necemarics of life from their own somewhat scanty stores, To one and all of the comamnders and crews Aware of the insurmountable dificalties thus pre- | be carried out. for the Convention to do nothing | be successfully carried out. Many of the dele. | interested in its progress and prosperity. Ia fact, | 2 are persons | nl of this little fleet, whose miseion on that voyage seemed destined to be one of hamunity and mercy, pablic gratitude, public honor and muniti- cent reward is due. We trust the underwriters and mail steamship Companies will at once com- mence the good work by placing a handsome sum at their disposal; and we are well assured that the public, not alone in this city, but throughont the whole country, will cordially follow the ex: ample. It is meet that these gallant seamen should know bow grateful their fellow coanity men are for such disinterested services, s0 nobly performed, and it is eminently desirable that all sueb deeds should be honorably acknowledged and rewarded, We perceive that subscription lists have been opened at various places for the relief of the suf- ferers by the wreck. Yesterday nearly four thourand dollars were eubscribed in Wall street; a subscription was also taken up among the guests of the Stevens House, on Broadway. This is right. A catastrophe in- volving such an extent of grief. of agooy and destitution, is a common misfortune, which appeals to. the sympathies of the whole na- tion, But while we pour oil and wice into the wout de of the sufferers, let us not forget those by whose timely aid they have been rescued from the gloomy fate which has unbappily overtaken so many of their feliow passengers. And while we are on this subject we may as well remark, that if an investigation of the cause of this calamity be undertaken, as promised, it is desirable that it shall be entered upen boldly; that it shall be full and open to the public; that there shall be no shrinking, no concealment, or attempt to evade responsibility. Tae direct pe- cuniary losers by the wreck of the Central Ame- rica are the underwriters, who suffer by the loss of the specie, and the company who owned the vessel. But the elucidation of every point cou- nected with the disaster to tae full sa isfuction of these two parties, will not satisfy the public ‘Therefore we hope that the investigation will take place with open doors, and that reporters will be admitted, so that the public may know what is trauspiring, 21 be able to jedge for themselves as to where the error lay in this untrtunate affair. Wou'd it not be 9 good plan for the Board of Undereriters, the ship owners and merchants, by | common consent. to establish some kind of an Ad- miralty Court, for the express purpose of investi- | gating such terrible calamities as this; a court that could, without fear or favor, institute the most rigorous inquiries into everyshiog connecled with the loss of a vessel; her condition; the effi- | ciescy of her crew and officers, and the incidents attending her loss? When the disaster was proved to be the coneequence of neglect, recklesmess or coverdice, the delinquents, whether owners, masters or seamen, could be punished in such summary manner as the Court may agree upon: If the fault be traced to the ship owners, let a | heavy ine be imposed; if to the captain, let Lim be | tabooed, pronounced unfit for his positioa, and | deprived of all chance of employment in a simi- | lar capacity until fature good conduct may re- | store him. Some such striagent measures are ne- | ceseary to render life and property safe upon the high seas. We have had to record many fearful Gisasters which have been followed by nominal investigations; but what good has come from them? Have the guilty parties been punished? | Have calamities at sea become less frequent in | consequence? No, It is very easy to get up an | Javestigation, to smother facts, to shirk reepoasi- | bilities, and then bush up the matter forever; | banish it from the memory of all, save those | whose hearths have been desolated and whose hopes in life have been blasted. We sincerely hope this will not be the case in | this instance. Now, while the horrors of this | re among us— | | lest most fearful catastrophe walking abroad on every biguway and sitting down with us at every board—let us have an honest, an open and full investigation. Mean and others interested to establish a lay Court of Admiralty for their own protection and the tria! | | | Daoanway TAavarks = A Gane of Speculation,” aco mody by Mr Siingeby Lawrence, to oh Me, Charles Mathews hat erch a long run of ensoeen & few seanoor ago in Landon, was produced Inet eveniag to ancther crowded house, Thero ware largo array of fastionablos present, these performapoes of Mr. Msihews betng apparent’y ton vogue, Amcogst the notabilides we aoilced tae Sritish time. we suggest to the underwriters, ship owner | | | persons of their own causes, | THE LATEST NEWS. Ron-Armival of the Cauada, Haurax, Sept. 2!—10:90 P.M. ‘The weather is cloudy aud very dark, wih @ light northncet wind, fhere ie no sige of the RM. svamebip ‘Cavade, now about due from Liverpool, with dates to the 12D ina Nor-Arrivals of the Steamers ‘iaihoan and Canay ba at Rew Urieans, Naw Ostman, Sept. 21, 1887, ‘The s/eamer Calhoun, from Pensacola, due here on Fri- day inst, has not yet arrived ‘The steamebip Cohawha, from Now York via Havana, also due, has not yet made her appearance, Interesting from Washington, PHE TEBUANTBPEL QUs8T10“—RALLBOAD FROM VERA CBUZ TO THE PAC(FIC—THS GUURYS Or NaVai Ln- QUIsy—MAwTING OF THK NAVAL BOAKU OF BNGI- NSRRS--PENSIONS TO CHILDREN OF DACBASED RBVOLUTIONABY GOLDIERS, BTO., BTC. Wasninctox, Sept 21, 1857, The State Department hay reo!vel s letter from Mr. Foreyth, dated July 3, but no details are given as to tho Tet uan epeo settlement, Gen Robles has alao recelved a despatch, dated July 4, which msyz tbe Tehuantepec negotiations haye boou juss tigned. Not time to seud copy or statement of detail: Gen. Robles bas receirod a copy of tho re!troad grant from Vora Oruz, via vhe City of Mexico, 10 tho Pacific, He tof for New York *bis aftern son. Lord Napier ts aow in New York. Bofere Oourt No. 1 to-day, the care of Lieut, James M. ‘Watron is still in progress. Capt. Piereon sod Oom nandors Osboun, Marchand and Jonklns, were examined cn the government’s behalf, Before Osuri No. % tho one of Mr. Gray wan again up this morning, end af.er some time spent in tt was neces ‘serily postponed on socount of that goatleman’s sickucrs Before Cours No 8 to-day the case of Commander Cal- hocn, retired on leave pay, was iaxen up and counlated. Tho oUlowing gentlemen vere examined tn It, viz: forthe government, Uapt. Tatuall, Commanders Wm. Groon and Kenrecy, and Lieutenant 8, W, dunter; for the apolloans, Commodore Szipgham, Captains Twinall, Molatosh, Poar- top, Boarman, and Commodore MeKiastry, All sho wit neates ou doth rides concurred to ihe statoment that Com mander Calhoun was an efficient offloer in every respook submited to the Court withoat ranark by A Board of Nayal Kagineers, cousisting of Unief Bagi neers Williamson, Wood aud Follaasoee, nas been ordered oomrene at tho Philacel shia Navy Yard on ths Sfjo proximo for the examination of engineers for Pscaouon, ‘and alto Candidstes for admiesica into tho corns, The scz-atary Of the Iniertor recently aubmiited tothe Attorney G tac 208 lon Whotuer the practios here- tofore preva.ling in the /snusion ("08 Of allowing tha ohi! den of revolutionary eoldiars to races the portory which thelr deceased parents might have redélyed, wes according tolew. The atiorney General to-day rendered hin cpitton, deotaring that the practice has no logal found ation, acd that meither childrea nor grand onhildria bave any such right under the aos of Congress, The consequence of this will be to reverso a precise «f the Pension Office which bas continued for twemy five years. The Aliorue; General gives the law, bat deciines foray wheter tho law should abolisb the practice or the Practive dofeat tbe law, leaving (bat ss aa administration question to the Scoreiary bimself. The opizion is an able oue, The Secretary of the Navy to-day opened the raport of the Board of Examiners of tho new sloop of war. He will probabiy make the award to morrow. The Board reort- ed unanimously in favor of au emisent New York ship bullder, who will dcubiless get ihe comract The cone, bas been a very animated one. From Albany. Aumany, Sept. 21, 1857. At a meeting of the Exrcutire Commitios of the Siata Temyerance Society today, the following preamble ant Terolutions were adopted :-— Whereas a convention of the friends of the prohibition hay been calied by she Exe-ntive Commiiee 0. tha Slee Tempe raxce Society, to me: omer resolution 94 nnder autbortty of od wae Inst meeting of the siate Boeiety, and om anpposidon that no eall for a stato Frowttory Convention 4 taeae from ADy otaer aourw; fad whereas, another convent of ice frieade 0” prokibidion sas been calied at Sy Seas, on the thof Ovtober by a com mittee formed ai a Sitin Conventia (wo Fears sluce ant whereas the State Temperance Sostety deem twy cue? conven tins tpexpe tens. and na they earnenily desire to promote the beat interesta of the cause, (beretore Rerolved, That the Convention of Prohi>itionia’s oa led to mecta: Roo eoer on the nb wit, la ber-Ly pom pouel. Resolved, That the friends a? prom ht ta all the of the State’ be reques ven fon called io mee! i] | | already inaned. | | | al Walker and Colonel Kewen, New Onckasa, Sept. 19, 1857, The difficulty between General Welker and Coloae! Kowen bas been enurely explained away by a lotior from Walker. Horrible Aifatr THLRTY SEVEN PHRIONA POISOKRO—OIX OF FIxM DHAD—TEBR PLE PUNISHMENT. AvoveTA, Ge , Sept. 20, 1857, On Sunday last, io ke coumiy, Alabama, wirty-sovea 0 poisoned, six Of whom are dead. A negro Cook mixed arvenio with ‘be foo of the family at the (nati. gation of s Hengarian pamod Cos! Thomas Frasall, ‘he overscer’s Wile, two ebildrou, Mre, Claad aud Frasoil’s grand danghter are dead, end \be cthors aro in a orttical condijon, The nogro woman was burnt, and Coakiua me fale on the following Moaday, Baurax, Sopt. 21, 1857. The Uniled States surveying sivamer Arctic, Capiain Berryman, which has been engaged in the Atlantis tole graph enterprise, arrived hero on Aatarday night. Her Britanio Majorty’s sloop Cayoan arrived en Sunday tbe exchanged salates with tho citadel and the Admiral’s flag ship this morning. Land Warrauts Stolen, Mintater, Lord Napler. The comedy. sl:boagh of sieador corttruction, 1s #9 completely ideatified with tho arietic pecnlarities and persons! cironmetancor of M> Mathe er thet his efforts alone ‘elong with the mont briltiag roers In the inimitable eootnors, tact and goot hamor ioh Mr. Affable Ha vk man“gor to rise abure tho P ry a 4 and ombarrarsmente which crow! en him, we realize the qonlities by whicn the nc! yr Arid misfortenes that woold have croshet sny ordinary nen, hee ovtrived to maintain both bie eqaantmity and Prpolarity, | Apart from the taieres: of this ently of te icra! ant the eal, the peryermance of Mr. Mithows {e 90 e finished, and bie mode of producing his offerte in So ruly artistic, that it ie quite an intellectaant treat. Thowe who de ire to wiwese tho only correc: Kogtien vor- non that bas yot bren nan of the pacaliar exeaiiencien of the French stage ahould go and see this inimitable artis sabi ampbint bp gece Bog me coer iene o's, em.nent artirte, conducted by Mr. H.C nd Trial of Cancem#, for the Murder of Police- man Anderson. COURT OF OTER AND TERYINER. Before Hoa Judge Roorerelt. Sere 21 — The Penple vs Michael Cancemi.—The prisoner in his case, Michael Cancemi, aged 96 years, a native of Sicliy, Palermo, and @ bookbinder by trade, was indicted for the murder of Fagen? Anderson, a policeman of this city, the particulars of which beve been freysomily revort- ed to, The court room was densely crowded, @ largo ms- Jority of there present being foreigners by birth. The pri- ener wes Cefenced by Mosers. Ashmeade and F Blank man, who were aseigued by tho Mourt Kad as Pallipe wna srvoctatea wiih Dhatiet A‘tarnay Hal forthe Mths ekr® proceeded to ll the poits jary. Miaaty-& c « 5 Ave non etlending jivore were fined $26 rach’ a Bumber were excxred for varioon cavacs, the mejority for having formed aod expressed an opinion on Yue traavaction; for domanve reavone, tuck a ap- SS ia @ family, imperfection of hearing, or ‘ing laborers and the ovly means of export for (ber fe miles Bome peremptory chalengos were exercised by tor pr inguer's counsel, Ue te quarter 10 2 o’slotk there wore bat Cre jarore eran lied and ihe provabiliiy is tiet the aamber will not be oemp'eted (hie day. ‘Two of three gentlemen on being asked why they were not competent lo eerve, repi'ed thai they oxproseel a very dreited opinion v9 to the prisoner's guilt, om randing the harraive W the soourronce im the ne: They expressed regret bat the infuriated muititade, who pur feed the prisoner bad notcsoght bim and aim'nistred summary ponishment. Ono of Oar oitir sme aid, “thet be | bad ot me by hepa Te Bod well if the iawyers did'nt go ‘high,’ (morning if they did not make ge of classical or Lain Dewcqua, Sept. 21, 1867. On the night of the 16th imst. the Rogistor’s office at Falrbeult, Mipnesote, was entered, and land warrants to the amount Of 39,0€0 acres wore stolen, A reward of $600 \s offered for the detestion of tho thicf Destructive at Cnarieston, Cu amimeros, Sept. 21, 1867. ‘The most extensive fre that we have had here for years ocurred yesterday. Johnson's hotel and many other buildings were destroye’, Loa $50,000, of which one half was insured, princtpally in Ssuthern offices. — Fire at Camden, Gampas, Ps, Sopt. 1, 1887, The chemical works of Meters Pot & Kitt, at Jooper’s Sener ere OF Be ten cig The SE The Southern Mail. Wasuitorom, Sopt 21, 1867. ‘The maile from all pointe Sou'h, ay late aa dus, ara to baad, but they bring n» news of importance. The James Adger at Charleston, Ouamimerow, Say 19, 1857, ‘The United States mail steamthi» samen Adgor, Catalin ‘& U Turner, from New York, arrived hore th's afternoon four 9 clovk. Market, PHULADELPHIA STOCK ROAD. PHLADELraiA, Sept, 21, 188, Siooka heavy. Ponn. 6's, 80; Reno , BL; Morris ‘anal, 43; Lone island Raliroed, ; Poon, Railroad, 40 The meney markes ie tighter than ever. There are Tremors 01 Beavy failures among tne dry goods deaers, New Onieass, Sept. 19, 1867. Cotton—Salee to day of 1,300 baler at irregular prices. Reoripie oi concn Floar atyaaced 100. Storiing exchange cent preminm. 68 woe Bevvaro, Sept. 21—6 PM, 1y Nolte sales, 2,000 bois, as $5 | 96 28 WS Ad Por ry a Floor firm and eu brands Mich’ tre , Chi and Lodiana, and $5 76 8 $9 four double eure, Wheat—A moderate tupply tid govt demand at firm ; aloe, 20,090 bawhels, at $7 ior Chicago spring; FL 16 for rod Onto and Indians, and $1 $8 for waite Cron dian. Corn market quiet and hardly «0 drm; sales, 28 000 behets, at 64360 660, monty at the outalde figure Oats 40 a 870. Whitkay to Bice boo At 22%" Canal frelghts lower; % tn cara end Lia. on wheat to Albany: 105. eure antigo hone end! at poon to day—3,7 vaahele what, I 499 busbels coh, four it bbls, flour, 18,840 1,800 custels case. ourt—Spectal Term, Ron Jndge witebell. Sart, Tin the Matter of the es" Tneurance Come pany —The report of the reverse shoald be contrmoet, and the rdor di the nowpany Incotvent and die. solved be declared to ‘valid aod binding, and that whe in dissolved and wae dissolved on tho day of that Bapreme ¢ Before MODEL RUSSIAN FRIGATE, interesting Rasian Ceremony of Rabing the Svern Post of tne sew Bassian Frigate at the Sard of Wm. fl Webb~ Extraordinasy Pimensions a.d Capacity of the Proposed Vessel—Over Une Miilion Dollars to be Eia- pended in her Coustraction and Vutec. Breakfast to the Disungulsned Gacets pre- sent. Tae thi tieth anniversary of the birthday of the Grand Doke Constantine was sigualized yesterday in Abie elty, by the raising of the stern posi of m new tinguhip of the Russian Lavy, to be built atthe yard of Wim. H. Wen, There wore present to witvess the interesting ceremonies poouiler o (he Ruselan custom, the fullowing dlsungulehed gcntlomen:— Baron de %ooce!, Russian Minister at Wash- pgp; Capt, Sbestaboi, wao ls to be commander of the new frigate; Capt Schwartz, Capt, Wastshonko, Capt. Crown, Capi. Trelenfeldi, Lieut, Mazayske, Lieut, Sclinekoff, Lieut, Belavenetz and Liew Kolobiin, of the the Ruselan navy; Capt Charles H. Mar sball, Boory Grinnell, &-q.; Mr. Parrot, of the Weat Potm foundry; Mr, Wm. Lobach, Russian Agent; Mr. De Not fatal Pook, Usted aon Naval Gout n00 oa, Mays Wiese, ow John McKeon, Hon Sdvarc Crovwoll and of ive note. Mme Shestakoff and Mme. alo present Just adjastes on ike biccks. Tho Into the wat rat bigh tice, and around it, leaving suMfciens epace to adjust the stern pos: im tte place, a plaivform war erected for ihe secommodation of the spoo ators. The stern post Iny ready to bo hoisted into ite place, aad ‘aboot baif past clevea, everything belog in the coremor fer commenced In the absence «f the clergy man, Capt. Bolavenots utter- od tne Pater Nosev, while the «) ys roverer ually ua. covered ther Desde. Saron Mtocck! then pisced im the cavity of the kee) a silver plate, bearing the following in- scription {a the Rosaian ianguage:— \e reventy gun ebip GRAND ADMIRAL, Commer cot Zeptomber 21, 1857, in Now {n the sence of Baron S.ceckl, Rarnian Mioletor fo’ the U: Sites, on tro plan ot W.H Webb, amerioaf snipbutider, of New York. ‘The Barca then enncivted the plate with raortar, when the workmen raves the Born post to It place, and com ple'ec tbat pari of the esemooy, The = F: Gee» of driving the Brat bo t was ther oommenoed. The builter, Mr. WH Wobv, giving tho lira sirowe with the hammer, Bar m Sweot! girtog the se on! stroke, and each of he guests wh chose etvl: ga stroke tn hla turn, the workiren (nthing the po formencs DESCKIPT{ON OF THE VRS?BL. Tho frigae is w be csiec the Grand Ads. re’, after the title of tie Gard D ke Cvoptentina, She suip ci the Russian feet docth, she ie to bo build o_o. oAe ‘Femme ‘nelpal timbers of live oak. The koe! 3 wa. 77" Was ever beca laid in Now York, 04 is of white Ose a timbers are of onnenal lengrh, aud bavo bsen lu course af collection by Me Webb for tue lust throe yearn. The one: treet for thé ably hay born ta existence afro 1863, whem fh was concluded by Mr, Wed> during his vt ts to % Pouore- on which sho Koel ta lal, owing 46 veauel, bas oocupied cor ® manth io conetruction » and forms no aight portion of (59 work. The frigate wil! be a screw steamer, with two ongives, and the design i to etinin a greater apsed than auy thor war foto D@ as groas as me- In addition to Ber magslve, vesrel lu the world. Her strong: fond tmbere, the’ te tare tree running wlld timbers, ahe v8 ttrepe diagonally fore and afi on the outeide—an entirely given ont. The furaitars, crockery, plate ani adorn menus are to be in the most oortiy style of regal spleador. It 1s estimated hat over @ million of dollars will be ex- pended om ner, aside from her armamont. Tho oatire ar- Tabgement: sre under the control of Mr. W. H Webb, who hus covtracted to have the ehip launched in 1968, aaa finished ready to sail in the epriog of 1669. =_s Ld third sbip constructed for the Jaa pivy in tne'Unied *. Mr. Webb is also building for the Russian LJ oorvele (yropeller) of ten gous, destined for service ab the Russian porte in the Pacific The dimensions rem length 220 feet, width 37 feet, and depta 18 feet, BBs will be aw oe two oscilla ing cngines from Novelty Works, of 30 borse power, and three fost with cylinders 64 toches In ameter der consiramon wil be very strong. She will havo a light draught of oaly 13 or 14 fees, to enable ber to move easily among wavcrtof the Rrsrisn Paeils ports. Th= vessel (which will be full rigged) will probably be resdy for leat early next year. Though tae dimensions of the hy eo 14 vessel provited for bot od Web at that tavadvieat the Adoption of « plan for o@l two tiers, and \nie hae dally deen tettlod (nm The guns se dispored tn ner 90 the Merrimac, Wabeah. snd cther - cently added t> ihe American navy The 268. two in cumber, wit ke of 8 fest O laches, with or tine dors about 64 uones In ciameter ‘Vessel will be fall rigged Ta giving tue G miract for this vessel ome 0’ owt clizeus, It ee the of three Were of gui BREAKFAST AT THE CLARENDON. ‘The ceremonies voing conciades, (20 guene, by invite- tion of Baron Stoeck!, adjourne) to 4 déej-uner at toe Ole. redoa, #bich Mesers. Korner and Biro Propriaters, served’ ta recherche style. a0 uacal © contre of the tabo was oruanented with a pesniiariy D.ton tovktng: | Oran, built of » & SpecimMeD of the naval 8 chitectare of Me. Kervor, She the Kw arch aad Americas 6 floaed in & #weetees of confectionery Dae jas- Og Dern done w the ei sod driokables, the meot of all beirg greatly oananced by pitelity Of Baron Sweock!, the fodewing tonsa Were proposed and drauk wih ali Wwe heaore = Tho Emperor of Ru ied States, Teo President of to The Grand Dake Constantine, The Grand Admiral Captaly Smet aKory 1 the health of Baron Stosokt. Barcn StomcK! sated be should not make @ epecok, ‘at hat was bo pari of diplomacy; Be would propose be lih of Msyor Wood, +f the city of New York. Mayor Woon said that, following the examoie of hie {rious predecest-rs, be should not iniict them ¥ ech, bat son! torn bis sincere thanks for thie plimenl. He woole way that it af rded to have been present to day aad moet ‘Be doubs thes tho vessel in Whose honor it mit they bad ssecmoled, would moet ibe expoctations of tee bol cer, which he kuew to be vory bleh, and (be contdems Aniiclpations of tne government of Russia, whion bee hovored the American sbipbotlders by ha ounat acted a: thie port (Apolaase ) The Rassian Uonsal, Mr. Norram x, was a fellctous roepoase One of the gueria, Mr. W. H Gnay asked the Of offering « wast. ' {bis was, be said, a dered by the arte, sad by tha reciprocal people of Rassla and Amerios. Ii was scurons colachdemen eee Ameria were frei yee! may [ the Great wot own ship baiting in Holland. He wad obecrved, aad would not rar it with reverence apectally to thie that in this coun'ry I appeared to he the practice, om osoariens where the geni-s of an American meshanle ‘the real cause of tho arsombingo, that his name almost universally omit od. = fr pardon, | tho floor. I speak of Mr. Webo as the ship builder, for I never saw him be fore. [peak of him as the representative of the at of thip building in 4 wad - ne, — \merefore bog to propose hia Capt SamTacory exproseed bit perfect soquiescence in al thet the previous er bed sald, dab be could explain the mattor satisfactorily by ‘an ance tore Peter tho Groat once reprimanded commander of a fort wh) had nogicated to Commander ropliet that ho bad thirty Omission, the first of which was that be had Tho greal bing aid nat further rena van wore oR: scaraney. So, iN appeared to this loniance that #r, Webb had requested thet be should wot be tomsiod, which was the yy AO that Ir. Wenw stated thas it was by his json te omiein tac been meds. ng eesegrabte Mr Firmrraxorr then propased tho health of Mr, Webb, to which Mr Wodb reayondes tha: ve should endeavor to const Tota model whip for the Ra-iaa navy, aod do bie ‘Gimost to ture out ae Yankeo spin. Mr. Lonactt proposed the hoalth of Captain Lee | after sbich the company soperatot, mach pleased the day's exercites, and with ploarant monories of the stern post of the Rowian flag sbip Grand Admiral, Tem Acaraxy oF Momo,’ Risa p'AsOR®.""—Domt- roUN's brilliant comle opers of “L’Rlletr a’ Amore” wae produced at the Academy inst night for the first time in five years. The cast on this ooonsion wae uncxonptionabie, ‘The music was quite within the comoaes of Frozsoltai's yoloe, and she sang throughout the opera with case and pre claton ; while her eminent qualities a¢ an actress had fall play tn the graceful ooquettish character of Adina. | abooetia cemod quite restoted after his recent indispoaition, and overed himaclf with ronown by his admirable rendering in tho last act war de lolonsty