The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-30

Maracaibo Sugars continued firm and 500 q 800
hhds changed hands at nj price there was a
moderate business doing in FIRE ghts al rates given
in another column.
The Soft Shell State Convention met at Syracuse
yesterday, and very pretty time they seem to have
had of Robert Kelly, of New York. was selected
to preside, and Sanford e. Church was appointed
chairman Of the platform committee. But said COM
mittee appear to have encountered considerable diff
Guilty. They could not agree, and double-headed
report is predicted. There was desperate struggle
between the oficeholders and the free soilers The
admission of General Nye-who is looked upon as
the leader Of the antiNebraska element-struck dis
may to the ranks of the friends Of the administration
In the evening the lobby members INDUCED in
slight pugilistc encounter, which may have the ef
feet Of bringing abont some sort of an understand
ing between the belligerents.
The proceedings Of the Know Nothing State Con
vention at Binghamton yesterday were unim
portant. In the afternoon a mass meeting was
held, at which Messrs. Barker, Scroggs, Hammond
and several other prominent members of the Order
made speeches, a synopsis of which we give under
the Geographic head.
Late news from India states that the British gov
vemment was about to collect Crimean reserve
force from that country at Cairo.
The whig city convention met last night at the
Broadway House, to nominate candidates for city
Offices. The following are the candidates they will
go into the election with, together with the nomi-
nees Of the Know Nothings made last week =
Wing: Kno~ Notai"9
Comptroller ......... Rob. J. Haws J. ). Giles.
Commissioner Of Streets James Dewey Joseph s. 1ayior.
'1 Sa1s a@a srp les Dodge. j. s0uhwor'h
Ctiy Iarecto, C. W. Schaffer Geo. W. Morton.
Aims Eouse Governor, DIR. J. R.Wood J. G. Oliver
Corporation Counsel T f. Tomlinson Louis NJ Glover
The selection of this ticket seemed to surprise and
annoy the outsiders, who evidently expected en-
dorsement Of the Know Nothing nominations. It
was charged that the convention was packed by
Know Nothing politicians who had failed Of a no.
mnation themselves, and took this method Of being
revenged
Mr.. Sickles speech u the Hard Shell Convention,
reviewing their resoluti0s and address, and deve-
Looping the policy Of his resolution Offering the
soits half the candidates upon their accepting the
hard shell platform has been in type two days, and
unavoidaby crowded out by the pressure Of foreign
news and advertisements upon our columns. 1t viii
appear tomorrow, and read in conjunction with the
doings Of the Soft Convention will furnish clear
and instructive view Of democratic movements in
both branches of that happy family
Judges Lecompte, Elmore and Isaacks, Of the
Supreme Court Of Kansas Territory, have rendered
decision upon the question OF the legality Of the
acts OF the Legislature during the late difficulties
between the administration and legislative branches
cf the government. The Legislature are declared
to be in the right particularly with reference 10 the
temporary location Of the seat Of government.
bill providing that all local officers to serve for The
next six years shall be elected by the present Lcgs
lature had passed, and the elections were going on
at the last accounts.
We publish elsewhere late news from Utah, IN.
GLIDING the programme 0: the obscquics Of Judge
Shaver, who recently died at Great Salt Lake City.
The -ayages Of The grasshoppers had for the third
time destroyed the crops, the supply of seed had
nearly failed and starvation or removal seems to be
the only alternative open to the Latter Day Saints.
The Commissioners Of Emigration have dismissed
twenty-five more persons from their employments
and reduced the salaries OF several Ct their officers,
thereby making reduction in their expenditures of
s400 ner month. This movement has been necessi-
tated by the financial embarrassment Of the COM
| mission whose debt il now nearly $4,000. The
Board continues TO hold secret meetings. and ii is
difficult 20 tell wha. business they really transact.
The trial Of the six negroes who are charged with
assaulting Colonel Wheeler, our Minister 10 Mica
ragua, at the time his slaves were abducted, COM
nenced yesterday in Philadelphia.
The steamship America, which left Boston yester.
day ior Liverpool, took out one hundred and thir-
teen passengers and ss47, 400 in specie.