The New York Herald Newspaper, December 13, 1857, Page 1

THE NEWLYORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 1773. IMPORTANT FROM NICARAGUA. val of the Empire City at New Orleans, 0 WEEKS LATER FROM CALIFORNIA, 2t50,000 in Treasure en route. essful Landing of Gen. Walker in Nicaragua. ATTENPTED SEIZURE OF THE FASHION, &., &e., &e. New Orveans, Dec. 12, 1857. The steamship Empire City, from New York 2d t via Havana, is ashore at the Balize, but will robably be got off to-night. She connected at Havana with the steamship Star the West, from Aspinwall, with the California and about two and a quarter millions in trea- ure for New York. ‘The mails per Empire City will not be up to-night, put in their absence we have the following abstract her news, which is highly important, by the telegraph line:— General Walker, who it will be recollected took his departure from Mobile bay on the 13th ult., in ithe steamship Fashion, landed at Punta Arenas, in Nicaragua, on the 25th November, with one hundred and fifty men. Not the slightest attempt was made to prevent the nding, and in fact the purpose of the expedition ppeared to have not even been guessed. The United States sloop-of-war Saratoga was lying in the harbor, andthe Fashion passed under her tern at full speed, with only ten men on deck. ‘The whole party were landed at Scott's wharf. Gen. Walker had, it seems, sent fifty men up the iriver by other entrances, before making his appear- lance at Punta Arenas. After landing the expedition the Fashion took ber departure for Aspinwall, where, at the depar- tare of the Star of the West, she was taking coal board. Commodore Paulding, of the United States frigate Wabash, attempted to seize her at Aspin- wall, but, on examining her papers, found them eorrect, and consequently could take no further steps against her. ‘The British and American naval forces had sailed from Aspinwall for San Juan, and would very probably take part in the scenes in that vicinity, fer at least prevent the landing of any more filibusters. ‘It was supposed that the difficulties between Cos- ‘ta Rica and Nicaragua, alluded to in previous ac- ‘counts, would be settled without a resort to hostile Measures, A The news from California by this arrival embrace; no points of special interest. ‘The public were much excited with regard to the seaworthiness of the Pacific mail steamers. The following vessels had arrived at San Francis- co from Atlantic ports since the departure of the steamer of ta 5th November, viz.:—Sierra Nevada, Aurora, Old Colony, Goddess, Herald of the Morn- ing and Sancho Panza. OTHER DESPATCHES. Naw Oxveans, Dec, 12, 1857. ‘The Fashion landed General Walker at Greytown with four hundred men. The ordnance which he ‘expected to find there had been disposed of. He ‘will receive an additional force of one thousand men, which will leave Mobile this week, ander the com- mand of General Henningsen. Walker stock is up tonight. Moniie, Dec. 12, 1857. ‘The Fashion landed her passengers at Greytown on the 26th of November. Coroners’ Office. Svicroe wy Takive Morrame.—Coroner Perry held an inquest yesterday, at 124 Chambers street, on the body of @ young man, named Joseph |’. Needham, who committed muicide by taking a dose of morphine. The deceased, it ‘appeared, came on from Buffalo, about three or four days ago, and took lodgings at the above number, His object im coming to New York was to procure a situation. In this he was unsuccessful, and, as it is supposed, committed @uicide while laboring under a fit of melancholy produced ‘by the disappointment. On Friday he did not make his appearance at the breakfast table, but as his room was found to be locked the inmates ht he had gone out of the city for day, and took no further notice of bis absence. Yesterday, however, they became at hie absence, and determined to effect an entrance to his room. The door was burst open, when a horrible stench itted through the entire building. The deceased nd to be lying in bed, and so discolored by putre- that he looked more like a negro than a white Dr. Finnell made a post mortem examina the body, when he found evident traces in the system. The deceased was ying on hie face, and had no doub: died from while in that position. Upon searching the of letters war discovered. One, directed B. Duta, of this city, showed clearly ‘that de: intended to commit suicide, although at the samo did not assign any reason for the commission of h act. The letter wae directed to C. H. , Buffalo, and the third one to Messrs, Palmer & Batchelder, bis former employers, in Boston. Besides the above letters deceased left will behind him in which he made provision for his nearest relatives by dividing ‘among them several thousand dollars. The jury in this cane rendered a verdict of « Suicide by taking morphine,” ‘The deceased was twenty-three of age, and was a native of thts State, FATAL Resvit ov A Stanmive Avrray.—Yosterday af- “@ernoon the Coroners were notified of the death of Patrick Danley, the man who was stabbed in the grocery store, ‘corncr of First avenue and Forty-fifth street, some days ago. Dunley, it will be remembered, got into a fight with aclerk in the store, named Frederick, Hopka, when the latter = a cheese knife and stabbed hie adversary fo the lower of the abdomen. An attempt was made Coroner Hill to hold an ante-mortem examination in case, but the patient was not in a fit state of mind to admit of euch a proceeding. Hopka was arrested at the time of the affray by officer Burke, of the Nineteenth ward police, and was committed to prison by Justice Brownell, to await the result of the wounded man’s inju- ries. Coroner Hille will bold an inquest upon the body of deceased ine B Donley was about 30 years of ago, was a native of Ireland, and was a laborer by occupation, Farat RAtRoan Accrpent.—Information was feceived at the office yesterday that a young man named ‘Theod had died at the New York Hospital from the effects of injuries received by being ran over on the Fighth avenue Railroad on Friday afternoon. An inquest will be hefd upon the body of deceased to-day. Deceased, ft appears, was attempting to get on car No, 18, of the above line, by jumping on the forward platform while the car was in motion, when he missed his footing and fell gnderneath the wheels, which passed over his body, near ly cutting him in two. The accident happened in Kighth avenue, near Twenty -cighth street, , De Surcrpe Case IN CORTLAND StreET.—ConREcTION.— ‘WH onr report of the suicide at the Western Hotel in Cort- Jand street yesterday, wo stated that the deceased was nephow of Alderman Griflths, of tho Tenth ward” We were in error, Ex Alderman Griffin, of the First,ward, wes the uncle of deceased. mi i* t pal Our Washington mee. Wasurneron, Dec. 12, 1857. The Case of John McKeon—A President not to be Mr. Buchanan is already opening the eyes of mem- bers of Congress to the fact that in him they have a President who, having a mind of his own, has the frankness and manliness to avow it, and adhere to his views despite all outside demonstrations. In fact the President is developing a trait in his character for which he has not heretofore had credit—firmness and decision. In this respect, since he has been ii the executive chair, he more nearly approaches the Jacksonian standard than any President since that day. Mr. McKeon and Mr. Stanton have already dis- covered it; and a few more of your New York office- holders will be apt to participate in this species of information, unless they can show @ clean bill of health. On Thursday a deputation of New York members and others called on the President, principally to talk over the position of the New York office- holders, and the rumor (at that time, but since a fact,) that Mr. McKeon’s removal was con templated. Mr. C- » an amiable gentle- man, but somewhat inexperienced as a@ politician, undertook the task of deprecating the President’s wrath against the late District Attorney. Mr. C. good naturedly suggested that the election of Mayor was not viewed by some democrats as a party mat- ter, and that perhaps Mr. McKeon, in the active part he took against the democratic nominee, was not aware that the President felt any interest in it. “Sir,” said Mr. Buchanan, “it is useless for you to say anything to me on the subject; my mind is made up. A municipal contest in the great com- mercial metropolis of this country cannot be con- founded with the bickerings of a village or hamlet. It was a political contest, and as such mit no officeholder of mine to set an example of disor- ganization and violation of party rules. As for the plea of ignorance you set up for Mr. McKeon, it is not sustained by the facts. He knew very well I had written a letter expressive of my views on the subject, but because, I suppose, it was addressed to Mr. Richard Schell, he saw fit to act contrary to my wishes.” Mr. C. replied that he only appeared as a mutual friend, and he supposed the President would like to know the feeling of the de- legation and have their endorsement. The President at once straightened himself up: “Sir,” he rejoined, “J alone am responsible for the removal and appoint- ment of my officials. I donot shrink from that re- sponsibility, nor do I desire to share with any one a uty which my office and the oath I have en im- _ on me. Ihave decided upon removing Mr. Keon, and I shall not hesitate to remove any offi- cer of the government who, in my ju ent, is guilty of insubordination.” The effect of this decla- ration on the by ders was electric. It at once proved that in Mr. Buchanan there was different material from poor Pierce. The conversation then was directed to the choice of a suesessor to Mr. McKeon. The President said he would tender the position to Judge Sutherland, so as to gig? mark his reasons for removing McKeon. Mr. James T. Brady’s name was sug- gested. Mr. Buchanan remarked that he had no objection to Mr. Brady if that gentleman’s friends could show he had actively exerted himself in behalf of the democratic nominee for Mayor. Of course this ruled Leggs a i A question was asked as to Rynders’ conduct during the election, and in such a manner as led to the inference that the Marshal would probably never reach the Senate, unless he could furnish some un- doubted proof that he was among the faithful. I trust that any apparent impropriety in thus pub- lishing an account of the interview will be more than compensated by the motive which leads to it. It is but proper that the ge of the country should know that the President is no puppet to be pulled back and forth by the so-called “ leaders” here; but a live man, who, having been elevated to the highest, office in the gift of his nereg is determined to act up faithfully to his oath and the requirements of his position. Wasutnaton, Dec. 12, 1857. The Congress Printing—Some Light upon the Subject, and upon the Lobby Gamblers. The world outside of this city knows very little of. he inside history of the recent struggle for the printing of the Honse of Representatives. It is generally and correctly understood that the printing is very lucrative, and those so fortunate astosecure it can take care of themselves and their friends. But, itis not as generally known that the combination which defeated Wendell is composed of an organized band of hungry fellows, who, after in vain offering to sell out their pretensions to Wendell, set to work and successfully joined the incongruous material representing their friends, and thus secured the whole plunder, which up to the last moment they had been willing to share with the old printer. The whole manauvring is disgusting in its details, and should of itself be a sufficient reason for a change in the mode of printing and the establishment of a government printing office. Let us particularize. Steedman and Banks, who have been elected, are both adventurers, without a cent of money of their own—without any material necessary to do the printing—and who are obliged to ask Wendell, the old printer, to do the work for them and share the “profits. Steedman is from Ohio, where he was con- nected at one time with some country paper. When Mr. Buchanan was Seeagueetes he was an early applicant for a bureau in Washington, but fai ing to get ithe went home. There the nected with the Cincinnati Jnquirer got of him and induced him to be put forward as a candidate for the public printing. A Sage was formed with Fe ind the support of Ju Douglas secured. the ited themselves in week or two before the opening of the seasion and commenced their work. 3 Hoger A. Pryor, the r A. ’ ing about fi oe which st be ing for an; it floating around. He faa keln at Congress for Clerk of the House. The fact that a Southern man would be elected ker at this Con- rendered it certain that a man would selected for Clerk, so Mr. Banks, Micawber |i something i had to look about for else to turn up. With the aid of and some other hungry Vi nians he in getting the pledges ota nom ber of Southern men in his favor; for be it remarked, en passant, Southern representatives are only asa thing rigidly honest when a person from their own section ia hot the reci it of the largesse. Besides, office seeking is a chronic disease in Virginia. Thus all the Virginia members, with the ae of Faulkner, went in for young Banks —a beardless boy, who has never done the — service for his party, and whose cx ex was the presentation at Tammany, by him, ofa cane which had been presented to Prooks for his assault on Sumner, and for which even Tammany—not con- sidered remarkably nice—deservedly hissed him. But neither Steedman or Banks separately had strength enough to secure the nomination, and they, therefore, separately — to Wendell to sell themselves and their nds for $20,000 apiece. Wendell, too sanguine by half, declined the offer. They, therefore, combined their forces, and Wendell was laid out in short metre. Now Wendell, whilst public printer, has succeeded in establishing the finest and largest printing office in the country, at a cost, it is said, of nearly two hundred thousand dollars. The whole amount of the rinting for the House, exclusive of the cost of paper for the last Congress, was about $400,000, and an ual amount for the Senate. 4 an arrangement with the Senate printer, Judge Nicholson, formerly editor of the Union, and now a Senator elect from Tennessee, Wendell also executed the Senate printing, and, by combining the work, was enabled to make it prota But for any man to go to the expense of buying a printing office at a cost of $200,000, in order to execute the House inting for two Pag Ay be certain ruin. At he end of the time he would find all his profita more than swallowed up in an investment of old types and printing presses, which he could only jispose of at a ce, which must. necessarily place him on the wrong side of the ledger. For this reason Steedman and Banks have been obli to make terms with Wendell, and so the only effect been to divide the plunder amon, t number of cormorants than before, and, as will be seen, to in- crease the probable sum which will be wasted in = useless numbers of still more worthless on The publie printer, ander the law which established a —_ nt of public printing, has nothing to do with the purchase of the paper used. He receives a certain specified sum per for all matter set up, and so much a thousand for the number of pages printed. The prices were fixed after a pretty tho SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1857. nerally than is ‘ork; but where pop ty at onl it o qy one great source of ronite iL is ics ead Chane laren rofit is made on the “long” numbers of copies prin’ this reason that the friends of the public printer upon every occasion try to get the greatest number of copies of every document printed; and hence the vast accumulation of worth! documents which cumber the reoms of the Capitol, flood the country, and give the grocers and needle and thread stores of Washington such an inexhaustible of cheap wrapping paper, in the shape of useless public bee investigate the present of committee to inve: ite the present system pabte print has been raised, a they have it in heir power to gurate an improvement by which a t leak in the public treasury will be stopped, and at least one source of corruption dried up. Let them rt in favor of the establishment of a gov- ernment printing office. There is no reason why the government should not do its own printing. Government builds its own ships, makes the musket and munitions of war, erects ite public buildings and does its own clerical duties. As well might the argu- ment be used that the work in the departments shall be done by private individuals—that the duties of the soratel ureaus fase ba ies out by contract 2 irresponsible parties—t navy yards, arsenals and workshops of the cog should all be abandoned, as to pretend that government should not do its own printing. Let a national printing of- fice be estab! , and the motive for orderin vast quantities of useless documents will cease, the cor- rupting bait of what may now be justly termed an Ringers ond fund for broken down party hacks will be withdrawn, and at last government will have its work done creditably and equal to the public print- ing of other countries. England and ice both have their national Pe offices, and the system there works well. The United States, on the con- trary, leaves it at the mercy of private sunlaity, and the works generally are as disgracefully executed as their contents are trashy and discreditable. Under | a system of government printing we would hear no more of such unmeaning trash as ‘Gillis’ Chile Re- port”—a quarto work in two volumes, containing not a single item of valuable information, interspersed with colored pictures of parrots and monkeys, each one of which cost the ment almost enough to stock a managerie. Wilkes’ and Perry's reports, Saas» little better than Gillis’ unmitigated trash, are instances of wasteful extravagance for the benefit of the po printer. All this would cease when it was no longer the personal interest of any in- viduals to have the work done. A national printing office would at once take away the temptation There is a strong feeling in Congress at this time in favor of its establishment; and there is no doubt, ifthe Heraxp will press the subject prominently and continuously upon the public attention, that its efforts will be crowned with success. Meantime, mark the members who pi to print large num- bers of documents, and it will be found in every instance that they represent the interest of the pub- lic printers, who thus manage to fleece the Treasury. Recruiting for the British Navy—Kidnapping American Citizens. ‘The following particulars of an attempt made to compel an American seaman to enter the British navy were furnished us by two of his mates, named John Clarke and Henry McDonnell, who were his companions during a voyage from this port. James Doyle is a native of this country, and resided in New \ ork for a period of eighteen months immediately preceding his shipping in the ship Ca- roline, as seaman, on the 14th of last September. The Caroline was bound for Glasgow, and eight days after her arrival in that port, Doyle proceeded to a pnblic house in which the rendezvous is held for shipping sailors for the British bert Doyle went in for the LT ps of having something to drink, and meeting with some of his acquaintances. Having called for some whiskey, the peame of the house informed him that he mus' y for it before he should put it to his lips, and, to make his words more em- hatic, an oath to the insulting observation. Doyle's resenting the insult, some words followed, and the matter off for the time. A few evenings afterwards Doyle went ashore again, and was this time arrested by bd eerg on a cha: made by the landlord to the effect that he"was a de- serter from the British navy and that he fully identi- fied him as a sailor whom he knew to have been in the a some twelve months before. Doyle was forthwith whirled away by the police to prison, where he was kept for some days and then placed on board the receiving ship at Greenock—the principal naval station for the English fleet on the Scottish coast. The last that his companions were able to learn of him was, that he expected to be sent to London in order to be tried for rtion, although, to the per- sonal knowledge of the other two seamen, whose names we have mentioned, he is entirely innocent of the charge, having actually boarded in this city at the period it is alleged he was in the service of the British government. Clarke and McDonnell, being the only friends he had near him, represented the case to the American Consul at Glasgow, and also to Ag tn Lather, commander of the Carolin, but both these gentlemen took little notice of the matter, each stating that he could do nothing towards effect- ing Doyle’s release. Thus the matter stood when our informants left Glasgow—James Doyle's fate being now, as it probably ever will continue to be, unknown. Is this a solitary case of this description? Affairs of the Central Park. WHAT COMMISSIONER GREEN AND THE SUPERINTEN- DENT SAY. The Committee on Lands and Places of the Board of Aldermen met on Saturday—Alderman Wilson in the chair—to further investigate the affairs of the Central Park. Mr. Hoae declined answering any questions rela- tive to the resolution referred to this committee on the 11th inst. He said he never asked parties inside of the Park to vote any particular way, nor used any influence with the workingmen in regard to their political predilections. Axprew Gregy, one of the Central Park Com- missioners, said the first appropriation was $50,000; that they had never had but $80,000; $58,000 had been paid to laborers and gardeners and none of it to salaried officers; $1,900 has been paid for tools. We supply the tools. ‘They are par Executtve ‘Committee—Dillon, Buterworth and Gray. Miller delivers the tools. He is the property clerk. He is responsible for what becomes of them. All bills must be certified and properly passed the Audit- ing Board and the Commissioners, and then I pay it. Twenty-five thousand dollars have been appro. for trees and plants. Mesers. Hi liot and Graham are the Committee on Trees and Plants. Bui have been taken from the Park and sold, the of haga oY ee otady credit of the Commissioners. bin A coins 6 from the bank is signed by the Commi and the ‘se ° vouchers for payment is with the Conipt , laborers are = ed by the su tendent, and if they are in duty he them. foreman makes an affidavit as to the amount of time the laberers are gngaged. Messrs. McIntosh and Miller pay the men. The Executive Committee are generally in the Park more than any other committee. vidual mem- bers of committeed are on the ground more than committees as bodies. There are from eleven to twelve hundred men employed on the Park now. The smallest number of men employed at a time was twenty; they were gardeners. Under the first appropriation about 700 men were pen in get- ting that App riation $7,500 was lost. It is the in- tention of the Commissioners to keep as many men to work as possible. No single member of the com- mission receives any compensation, but each man is allowed $300 for carriage hire, and not one of them has drawn a cent of it. There is a fortnight’s pay due the men, which will exnaust the $12,000, and then we cannot employ any more men until another appropriation. The cash on hand will be exhausted this pa; ib; it might have been a by nao. He (Mr. Greene} Seveeabed s man as is vote. Mr. Ostrap, superintendent of the park, said there are 1,120 men Yer the laborers receive $1 a day, the foremen $9 per week, the stone break- ers 9 cents per cubic foot. The way they ascertain- ed the amount of work done by stone ers was by measurement. He desired that they too should have ot ace én tree ge A lowest, wages, 19 cen’ iy ined and begged to be fet to work in, 0 he is now at work, There are many men oy LY stone; the majority of the men ig stone 6 $1 a day. hen the Commission decided to give nine cents per cubic foot the dollar a day. calculated the men could make a ine centa a foot for breaking stone is higher wages than any one else pays, but our stone is broken smaller. Men are by the day when peaeing wally building wall will last all win- ter. No political influence with men came under pepo oe 3, subje the call ie committee then adjourned, subject to of the chair, firma at this season of the year; but notwitl PRICE TWO CENTS. INTERESTING FROM KANSAS, pag Constitution. (Lawrence, K. T. (Nov. 3),) correspondence of the Democrat. pro: bas issued two proclamation, speci which the élections ball beacld cat atfmensens relating thereto. In the first of there documents, the Regent no- Fibes the people of Se ts No hae as 2ist of purpose uu Lause ibe oonsibaion leheytes Ho also gives the names of the county commissioners whom he has appcinted fo: each ce In proclama- No. 2 his would-be Sian announces that the 6 Ria parte gy 4 do anenny) Be levtion for ol rs. le also'publishes the wnt under which the State re ig to be order: . igive the proclamations in fer PROCLAMATION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL ELKCTION. cently agreed upon, by the dalaton tos cunsutetiona yy legates to @ constitu Statiaiia, saarmniol im Lecompton on the bth day of ptember, 1857, in confomity with law, the people of rritory, in said covention represented, having ‘me the duty 0: giving public notice that on Monday, ‘2st of lecember, 1857, an election shall be holden in all cowties of the paid Territory, to determine whether the consttution to be submitted for of me, further, to county of the Territory, whose duty it shall be to appoint three fig es of election in each existing election district, or such other districts as may by said commissianers be established to enable the people to vote thereon.—Now, therefore, Be it known to the people of Kansas Territory, that on the said 21st day of December, 1857, polls wiil be opened in the several election districts of said Territory, at which the actual bona fide white male inhabitants re- sident in said Territory on said day aforesaid shall vote for or against the future introduction of slavery into said State of Kansas in the manner following, as required by said constitution: ‘The voting shall be by ballot, and those voting for Kan- Bas a8 @ slave state | vote @ ballot with the words “ Constitution with slavery,” and those voting for Kansas as a free State shall vote a ballot with the words, “Con- stitution with no slavery.’” The judges of election are, by virtue of the authority aforesaid, required to open polls in three several precincts and appoint two clerks to keep a per record of the ‘votes polled, and within two days r said election, make ‘a return thereof to one of the commissioners herein ap- pointed, whose duty it shall be, within eight days from the closing of said polls, to deliver to me at Lecompton, the seat of government of said Territory, a true statement of the yotes cast at said election, and to rotain a copy thereof for inspection in each of said precincts. The commissioners appointed in and for each county of the territory are required to appoint judges of election for each precinct now by law established in their respective counties, and for such additional precincts as, in their judgment, they may deem advisable, and for a full, fair, and honest expression of the lar will. ‘The commissioners appointed by the authority aforesaid, in the seveval counties of the territory, are as follows — In the county of Doniphan—S. P. Biair, C. B. Whitehead, B. O'Driscoll. For the county of Atchison—V. T. Hereford, Eli C. Ma- son, James Adkins. For Leavenworth county—Oliver Deifendorf, Robert ‘Thompson, Marion Todd. For Johnson county—T. H. Danforth, A. J. Campbell, James Evans. For the county of Lykins—Henry M. Peck, Jas. Beets, L. D. Williams. For the county of Bourbon—Thos. R Arnett; Sam’) H. Williams, John H. Little. For the county of McGee—W. A. Frasier, T. C. Head, William Hinton. For the county of Dorn—James M. Linn, Jobn Lernons, W. J. Godfrey. For the county of Linn—Briscoe Davis, Willis M. Sutton, ©. L, Fleming. For the counties of Shawnee and Richardson—Edmund L. Yates, John Martin, James Gordon. For the county of Davis—C. 1. Lanford, Fox Booth, Robert Reynolds. For the county of Douglas—Jobn Spicer, Wm. F. Wells, Parish Ellison. For the counties pf Breckinridge and Wise—A. J. Baker, Wm. Grimsley, H, W. Fisk For the county of Anderson—Samuel Anderson, James Hi. Howser, Epliraim Coy. For the county of Franklin—Joseph Merritt, Jesse B. Way, Jacob Marcelle. For the county of Coffee—Hiram Hoover, John Wool- man, Hardee McMahon. For the counties of Madison, Butler and Hunter—G, D. Humpbries, C. Bunch, L. @. Brown. For the counties of ‘Allen and Greenwood—B. W. Cow- den, T. H. Bashaw , J. Jobnson. For the county of Riley—George Montague, 8. B, White, J.8. Randolph. For the county of Pottawottamie—A. J. Chapman, G. W Gillespie, Robert Wilson. For the county of Calhoun—Samuel Boyd, Sen., John Christy, Henry D. Ouden, For the county of Jefferson—H. A. Lowe, James Had- dox, George M. Dyer. For the counties of Marshall, Washington and Arapa- hoe—F. J. Marshall, Peter Valentine, J. P. Miller. For the county of Nemaha—Cyrus Dolman, David M Lecknane, A. Brown. For the county of Rrown—Il. Smith, J. Whitehead, Samuel Brown. The Commissioners aforesaid are requested to meet in their respective counties at as early a day as practicable, and arrange the precincts, appoint the judges of election, and give notice of the time and place of holding such elec: ton. J. CALHOUN, President of the Constitutional Convention. Lxcomrtox, Nov. 21, 1867. PROCLAMATION OF THE STATE ELECTION. Ttis required by the constitution recently adopted by the delegates to a constitutional Convention assembled in Lecompton on the 5th day of September, 1857, that an election for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of Stato, Stato Treasurer, mombors of the Legislature, and one member to Congreas, shall be chosen by the qualified voters under #aid constitution on the first Monday in January, 1858, and the people of Kansas Terri- tory, in said Convention represented, having imposed upon me the duty of giving public notice, by proclama- tion, that such el would then take place, and that returns thereof should be made to me by the judges of snid election; Now, therefore, be it known to the people of Kansas Territory, that on the first Monday of January, 1858, polls will be opened in the several election precincts of said Territory, at which tho qualified voters under said consti tution shall elect a Governor, a Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of State, State Treasurer, mem. Congress. bers of the lature, and one member of Said election 1 be conducted in the same manner, and by the same judges appointed to conduct the election on the constitution, on the 2lst day of December, 1867, and returns thereof made to me at Lecompton, the seat of government of the Territory, within eight days of the day of said election. It is provided in said constitution as folows — ELECTION DISTRICTS. at bee: og ae pee — the conatitation, for mem! ‘State L ure, the representattye and senatorial districts shal! be as follows: — ire follows a list of the diatriets.) qualified voters will therefore, in their respective districts elect members of the legislature under the above: mnt. J. CALHOUN , President of the Constitutional Convention Lecomrtor, Nov. 21, 1857. A mass: was beld in Leavenworth on the 27th inet. A series resolutions were passed, one of which calle wu the members of the Territorial Legisiature to assemble at Lecompton at an early day. The object is to hold a rpecial session of the Legiviature. This te done in the faith and belief that Acting Governor Stanton will re. cognize @ Legislature so convened, If that worthy has ever given such assurances to free State men it was with a design i decsive them. Joe who originated such a oliey will find, if it is adopted, w are pursuin, Ygmis Jatwus, which will lead them still further towarda eek to avoid. From all parts of the Ter ritory have been received accounts of mass moetings of the citizens, at which spirited and high toned resolutions were passed. The are getting pretty well aroused, and if they will back their good resolutions with proper action, their success is certain. Several Territorial papers which have always been ultra pro-elavery in sentiment, have lately cofhe out in opposition to the Lecompton constitution. Among these may be named Governor Walker's special organ, tho Na tional Democrat. It sounds strange to free State ears to hear there papers accusing the convention of unfairness and illegality in ite proceedings. It looks decidediy like satan reproving sin. A call has been issued for a demo. cratic Territorial convention to assemble on the 24th of December. The object is to ask to pass an enabling act, and ie resorted to as the only means of securing a peace ful settlement of the preseet difficulties. Leavenworth, K. T., (Nov. 28.) correspondence of Missou. ri Democrat, Twenty four hours’ rain does not make the newly graded streets of Leavenworth the most inviting place on a ing their unpropitious condition yesterday, a large concvurse of the citizens of thie place met pursuant to notice, in Market Hall, to discuss and adopt such measures as the meeting might deem important in the nt political struggle. Judge 8. N. Latta was called to the chair and John McKea chosen Secretary. The Committee on Resolutions made the following ro- port, which was unanimously adopted :— Whereas, A bare ity of the constitutional conven- tion, recently assem! lees’ than one ; whereas, twenty Ave members of the eaid foonvention, elected by less than six hundred voters, have attemy by an unworthy contrivance to impose upon the of this Territory a constitation, withont consulting their wish and against their will: and whereas, the members of enid convention have refused to submit their action to the approval or disay of the voters of the Territory; jue acting, they have defiled the known, will of nine-tenth of the voters thereof; jand whereas, this action of a fragment of the said constitutional conven. tien, representing, as they did, a pitiable minority of the voters of the Te , Fepudiates and crushes out the distinetive principle of the ‘Kansas Nebraska Act,’’ and violates and tramples under foot, the right and the sove- reignty of the people; and whereas, people of this Territory, at the regular election in the month of October last, elected members to the Legislative Assembly, by over Gye thousand majority iy fayor of making Kansas a free State, and therefore opposed to the action of said con- vention; therefore é Resolved, That the people of Kansas in mass conven- tion assembled, at Leavenworth, November 27, nests of said Legialsture to meet at Lecompton on the third day yr next, at 12 M., to suggest euch measures and an such action as the crisis 5 [ano was loudly called for, and took the stand amid shouts of applause, He made such a speech as none butJim Lane oe ee, when the sprees of peat wane are in jeopardy, and was a] » eloquent argu- mentative, and emphatic tehienddress, After the conclusion of the General’s speech the meet. ng was addressed by J.C. Vaughn, Judge Johnson and ol =, Tae following resolution was unanimously Resolved, That we have full confidence in the wisdom and integrity of the delegate convention to assemble in Lawrence on the 2d of December next, and we hereby pledge ourselves to co-operate with and sustain them in such action as they may An adjournment was then carried till 7 o’elock P. M. At the appointed time the citizens assembled and orga- nized, and elected delegates to attend the Lawrence con- vention on the 2d of December. The following resolutions were offered :— Resolved, That we ty call upon his excellency , Acting-Governor F. P. Stanton, to convene the Territori Legislature forthwith, and that we do so because we trm- ly believe that such action is necessary to prevent inter- na} beet - civil see ae : Resolved, That the chair appoint nine active persons whose duty itshall be to serve, personally, a copy of these resolutions, properly authenticated by the officers of this convention, upon cach member elect of the Territo- rinl Legislature. Resolved, That a special messenger be sent immediately with a copy of these resolutions, endorsed by the officers of this meeting, to his excellency, Acting-Governor F. P. Stanton. ‘After the necessary messengers were appointed, Gen. Lane introduced the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted, amid loud and prolonged shouts from a determined 10 — Resolved, That the people of Kansas, in mass conven- tion assembled, assert, that in case his excellency, Acting- Governor Stanton, declines to convene the Territorial Legislature, that no other course will be open to the peo- ple but putting the Topeka government in motion, and that we pledgo ourselyes to adopt that course, and to stand or fall by it. The mecting was nobly addressed by several prominent citizens of Leavenworth, and adjourned to awaitthe result of the delegate convention at Lawrence, when it is ex- pected some course will be decided upon to overthrow the work of the Constitutional Convention, which be dog coi “We sl E ble Administration desires to foree upon us. see what we shall see.” {From the St. Louis Democrat, Dec. 9.] IMPORTANT FROM KANSAS. A gentleman who left ee, Kansas Territory, on the 4th instant, reached this city Fag tong morning, and says that just Defore starting for the East he saw a Law- rence paper of the 3d instant, which contained a procla- maiion from the acting Territorial Governor, Stanton, call- ing for a meeting of the recently elected Territorial Logis- lature, to be held at Lecompton on the 7th. This move- ment is, no doust, made to antici the proceedings of the self constituted provisional Governor, Calhoun. A letter from a merchant at Leavenworth states that should there be any interference with the meeting of the free State Legislature it will be the forerunner of hot work in Kansas. If the information given above should ve correct it looks as if a eollision between the United authority and the bravos of Calhoun might take place. Murdews in New York. LIST OF THOSE UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH AND CON- FINED ON THE CHARGE OF MURDER. The appalling increase of crime in this city can not be more fully exemplified than by the fact that there are now confined in the city prison, on the charge of murder, and under sentence of death for that crime, a larger number of persons than has been known for several years. In order to give an idea of the number and character of these crimes we sub- join brief sketches of the various cases:— ‘THE MURDER OF POLICEMAN ANDERSON. The sentence of death having been passed by the Court upon Michel Cancemi, convicted on his second trial of the murder of Eugene Anderson, a member of the Fourteenth ward police, there is no hope that he will escape the penalty of the law. He is con- fined in cell No. 6 on the first floor of the City prison. He seems to fully realize his situation and the fact that his life is to be forfeited as inevitable. His manner, however, is cheerful and kind, and there is nothing in his personal appearance to indicate that he is a man who would be guilty of taking the life of a fellow being. He is visited al most daily by Padre Sanguinetti, an Italian priest he being a devotee of the Romish religion. Our re- porter has obtained from an intimate friend of Can cemi, the following brief statement of his history:— Michel Cancemi was born in the year 1819, at Palermo, in Sicily. His parents were in good cir- cumstances and moved in a high circle among the Sicilian families. He was early placed under the tutelage of the best educational institutions of the Sicilies, and was taught the usual branches studied by gentlemen's sons. When he became of age, he entered into the business of a money broker, at which he continued for several years with ‘I success, until the breaking out of the revolutions in 1848. At the po- pular uprising in the Sicilies in favor of republican- ism, he took a prominent stand in favor of the re- public, and so highly did he commend himself by his eocial status and his intelligence and bravery, that he was made a captain of the Manicipal Guard of Palermo, and during subsequent struggles he dis- tinguished himself by his bravery and judgment; but when the reaction against republicanism took place, and the authorities had regained their power, he was obliged to save himself by fight, and in 1860 he came to this city from Palermo; but after remaining a few days, he left for New Orleans, where he en- gaged in dealing in fruits for nearly a year. Find- ing his ignorance of the language a bar to the suc- cess he desired to achieve, he for Mar- seilles, in France, where he remain ral months, living on the means he had been enabled to save on hie flight from Palermo. He then went to Genoa, azd began business aa a dealer in fruits, wines and provisions, where he met with fair success. in Genoa until 1853, At that time, roclamation was issued by the Ki of the Two Sicilies, commanding all political fugi- tives from Sicily who were then remaining in any of the Italian States to leave Italy, under severe penal- ties in case of non-compliance; and as by the comit; of the States this proclamation was ac aieeoed in by the other Italian rulers, Cancemi had no resource left but to leave the country. At that time a large number of Italian ret were shipped on board of a vessel and sent to New-York. An attempt was made to force him to leave the country on that veswel. He refused, however, on the ground that he had means of his own, and waa not compelled to accept of a passage under condi- tions so degrading to what he conceived to be his dignity asa man. He accordingly took on board of oe pee ship, in the cabin, and arrived in this city a little over four years since, being joined at Genoa by Nunzia Emmeti, who for fourteen years had been living with him in the relation of a wife, though not legally |. Soon after ar- riving, seeing that his limited means would soon be exhausted, except he availed himself of some indus- trial occupation, he made an application, through an Italian bookbinder, who was employed in the es- lishment of Mr. Shaw, on Fulton street, for an pportunity to learn the business. Being highly re- commended, Mr. Shaw gave him employment, at which he continued, with but few interruptions, and these caused by the slackness of work, until the time of his arrest for the murder of Anderson. The witnesses for the defence, upon his trial, testified to Cancemi’s uniform good character, to his prover- bial industry and attentiveness to business, he being always the first to arrive at the shop in the morning and the last to leave it at night, and often taking work with him to his house to do in the night. He still denies, emphatically, his guilt, though ap- ee the fact that he must forfeit his life. tle pds to his original statement, that he went early in the morning, as was hia usual custom, to Centre market to poe provisions, and was midway across Grand street, on the west side of Centre, when the pistol was fired and Anderson fell; and that, frightened by the occurrence, he ran rapidly to his home, taking the course through Grand and down Elm, in the confusion of ideas which pre@®uiled in his mind at the moment. When his counsel were con- fy 3 as to the line of defence that should be followed in his case, and having in view the inte- reste of their client, it was suggested whether it would not be betfer to bap ng! his presence at the scene of the homicide; but he said that he should permit nothing of the kind; thug if he conld not be acquitted with the whole trath of his connection wi ith the affair known, he would prefer to abide the result, however fatal it might be. THE TENTH AVENUE MURDER, James Rodgers, the boy who is under sentence of death for the murder of James Swanson while the latter was walking with his wife in Tenth avenue, is confined in cell No. 5 on the lower floor of the Tombs. He is small in statare, not weighing over 115 or 120 pounds. He has fullness of form, and a well developed muscular temperament; his hirge eyes are of a grayish hue, and his hair is inclined to be sandy. There is nothing in his appearance to in dicate a vindictive or revengeful djsposition, and his retiring manner rather evince characteristics direct. ly the opposite. He epteytaivs hope of « commute | tion of his sentence to imprisonment, the genera? feeling being opposed to his execution, in view of his extreme youth. Rodgers was born in Ireland in 1840 and at the time of the murder of Swanson was not yet 17 years of age. His father is still living, and resides with his wife at No. 24 ‘West Twelfth street, in this city, He has four sis- ters,one younger than himself, a very attractive youne lady, and who feels deeply interested in the fate of her brother. He has also an elder brother, residing on Tenth avenue near Sixteenth street. The three elder sisters are married, one residing in New Jersey and two in this city. The elder sisters and brother came to this country first, and were followed by the parents, who left James and a younger bro- ther and sister in the care of some soeuennaent in Treland, where they remained until 1851. At that time James and his sister came to this A the brother having died in Ireland previous their departure. On arriving in the city, they joined their parents, and soon after James went with them on a visit to Woodbridge, New yereey, the residence of one of his elder sisters, wi had been married. After eee oe a short time on a visit, he returned to New York. He was then sent to school nearly nine months to a Mr. Sih. 200 vas regarded by him asa quiet, 1 boy. bony cd imxelf says that he never quarrel in his life. His term in school being finished he went to Woodbridge, where he was Poa by his brother-in-law as a teamster, and there re- mained until about five weeks previous to the mur- der, when, being taken sick, he came to the house of his pnts in West Twenty-fifth street, that he might be cared for and need by his mother. When he had sufficiently recovered ‘he sought employ- ment, and on the second day he succeeded in 4 a situation in the tin store of Mr. Hines, No. 135 Bowery, at a remuneration of three dollars and a half a week. As this was not enough, however, to enable him to do anything for the support of hia father and mother, he ‘tated that if he could not get more promt employment he would £ back to Woodbridge. He remained with Mr. Hines about three weel Soon after leaving him he states that he waa informed that he could get a job on the cor- ner of Hammond and Bleecker streets, and on the Saturday the murder was committed he left his mo- ther’s house to visit the place and ascertain whether he could obtain employment. While out he states that he met McGivney, who importnned him to drink, which he did several times, and after that he " ‘9 has no recollection of anything that t1 ire: Late that night he found himself at hia mother's house, and his mother and sisters undressin, and putting him to bed, which is the first ci stance that he can call to mind after the perma with McGivney. During Sunday he was quite from the effects of the debauch. THE GREENWICH STREET MURDER. Maurice O'Connell, Daniel Pembroke or “ Sailor Dan,” James Toole, and William Hagan, are confined under indictment for having,a few weeks since, in a Greenwich street io bier saloon, bratal- ly murdered Teresa Spitzlen, an old Swiss wo- man, after violating her person in the most shock- ing manner. THE WATER STREET MURDER. Francis Vardell is confined on a charge of having been engaged inthe recent murderous affray in a Water street dance house, when Richard Barrett, Susan Dempsey and Andrew McManus received wounds from which they died,and Arnold James barely recovered from his injuries. THE WILLIAM STREET MURDER. Michael De Lorenzo is confined on a charge of having been one of the party of three Italians who murdered Francis Vincent, the keeper of a wine cel- Jar in William street, a short time since. THE CANAL STREET MURDER. John Maroney is confined charged with the recent. murder in Canal street, in a restaurant, where he had an altercation with a manfwho was in company with a woman, whom he had been following, and im the quarrel Maroney shot his antagonist. ‘THE AVENUE B MURDER. Michael Barrett was on Tuesday committed to pri- son, charged with shooting John Skelly on Monday night last. The deceased was one of a party of row- dy boys who were scuffling in Barrett's store at the time of the occurrence. Besides the above, there is a man named Patrick Frestin, indicted for manslanghter in killing his wife; the negro Robert Matthews, awaiting the result of injuries inflicted by him with a knife on a German grocer in Anthony street; and the parties who lately committed the marderous assault on policeman Sanger, from which he has not yet recovered. Alto- gether the list makes the greatest number of persons confined on the c! of murder that has been known for a number of years. City Intelligence. Atoet ax Acctoent.—A May's Lire Save ny roe Fle RALD.—At a Meeting of the resident graduates and mem- bers of the Chi Psi Fraternity—which consists of chapters at Union, Hamilton, Princeton, Williams and other col- leges—held on Friday evening, at the residence of Mr. Meeks, No. 21 West Twenty seventh street, while the mem- bers were in the main hall, preparing to depart, an over- coat, containing @ heavy loaded revolver, fell from one of the racks; the pistol wax dikehargel, and the ball pene- trated through the over and under coats of H. M. Neod. ham, Faq., of 74 Wall street, one of the members, at about the centre of the left breast. The ball then meta bundle of law papers and a copy of the Hxnatp, and glanc- ing upwards, caine out at the top of the shoulder, through the coll of the coats. Strange to say, no flesh wound was inft Leaving firearms loosely in this way is a most dangerous practice. The almost miraculous eecape of Mr. Needham should be a warning to those who are in the habit of carrying pistols in this careless fashion. FIRe iN BLERCKER SrumeT.—Between 7 and 8 o'clock ‘Saturday evening a fire broke out in the show case manu- factory of William Brunner, on the second floor of thetwo story frame building No. 68 Bleecker street. The alarm was given, when the firemen were quickly at the premi- ses and extinguished the fire before it extended much be- yond the place where it originated. The damage done te Mr. Brunner's stock will be about $600. Insured for $400 im the Hamilton Insurance Company. The flames extend_ ed into the second floor of No. 66 Bleecker street, damag- tng the stock of cabinet furniture owned by Mr, J. F.C. Viekard probably to the amount of $700. Insured for $400 in the Rutgers Insurance ¥. The first floor of 5 66 Bleecker #trevt and No. 1 bong Fs « by Jamer Wilron as a livery stable. stock ia # damaged by water and covered by hg meng The €6 Bleecker street is owned by Mr. Wilson, Tt is about $160 and insured for $500 in the Citizens’ Insurance ‘Company. The first floor of No, 68 Meecker street cupied by Peter Dailey as a porter Beam as a bouse and «ign paint sbop. no insarance. The first of No. 70 is occupied by toine Miller as a segar store; stock sii damaged water; insured for $300 in the hy 3: ? i & owner and insurance could not be ascertained. The ori- gin of the fire i not known at present, but it will be inves. tigated by the Fire Marshal hereafter adopted for the tof the assoeiation Acommittee was appoint wo the names of now members, all who served in the ‘Mexican war being elig!- gible. The meeting then adjourned to the 17th inst. Poltee . TO THE EDITOR OF THR HERALD. According to a statement in your paper of December 12, 1857, you charged me with receiving stolen goods from F Wehrmann, formerly clerk with Jolley & Tiers, and die posing of them; furthermore, that I had been arrested and locked up in consequence. This accusation, however, is entirely wrong, as [had koown F. Wehrmann but « few days, and the which he handed over to me for sale were retui Jolley & Tiers aa soon aa I found ‘out that there w: ething wrong about them, As for my character and honesty, I can bring forward the bestot testimonials; and you Soest rer Sen Ctl 8 Bp eae in your ne . A stag omg EBERT WELLMANN, We endorse the above a# being correct—Joumy & ‘Tres, 43 Maiden lan Reavwrrion oF Sprom Paywents wv Araany.— All the banks in this city, we learn, have ie payments. The New York city banks have theo resumed; and asthe redemption of éoumtry notes is regularly carried on in New York, there is a practical resumption throughout the State, and it may be Fed predicted that this movement be it t attended with no inconvenience in quarter, as it has been Lene about by a nai and healthy contraction and preparation. The in this city, we believe, have in every instance during the “sua. pension,” met all | them for specie—Albany Journal,