The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-24

The News.
The New York State Council, the j" Great Body"
as it is termed, of the Know Nothing party, met at
Geneva yesterday, to appoint day for holding
Convention for the nomination of candidates for
State ofeers and for the transaction of other bust
ness. One hundred and forty delegates present
and according to report their proceedings at the
outset were not Of the most harmonious character.
After the usual preiminares G. A. Scroggs, of Erie,
was chosen President; Amos H. Prescott, of Herki
mer, Vice President and James W. Hustled of West
chester, Secretary of the State Council. It was re-
solved that nominating Convention be held at Utica
on the 2lst of September next. The republican
Convention will be held at Syracuse on the 9TH OF
September, so that there will be ample time for the
wire pullers to work in the interval between the
two meetings The Council appointed Erastus
Brooks and Lorenzo Burrows delegates at large to
the National American Convention, and after seve
raj speeches adjourned. Schenectady was selected
as the place for the next meeting of the State
Council
The European mails to the 10th inst, brought by
the Hungarian, at Quebec reached this city yester
day, and we publish in to-day's HERALD number
of extracts from foreign files that will be found
interesting.
The Canada, due at Halifax with European ad-
vices to the 18th inst had arrived at that port
up to eleven o'clock last evening.
By an arrival at this port we have have accounts
from Port au Prince, Hayt, to the 9th inst. The
local news is unimportant. The republic was per-
fectly tranquil. President Gefard has been chosen
"Grand Protector of the Order of Freemasons.
The Kansas border rufians are in arms again,
after brief season of inaction. Late accounts
state that considerable uneasiness felt in the
Territory, and renewal of the old disturbances
was anticipated.
The diggers in the Kansas gold region, acting up
to the doctrine of squatter sovereignty have adopt
ed State constitution. portion of which has just
been published. The niger question has in this
instrument been ignored entirely while the right of
suffrage is restricted to the whites. The latest ac-
counts from this gold region speak Of new and very
productive discoveries of the precious metal
A Geographic despatch announces the death Of
Hon. John A. Davis, of Indiana, formerly Speaker
of the United States House of Representatives
The case of John A. Underwood and Others
against the New York and New Haven Railroad
Company, to which alluson was made in our edito
rial columns few days since, came up in the Su
preme Court, special term, before Judge Ingraham,
yesterday. temporary injunction restraining the
Board of Directors and Treasurer of the New Ha
ven Railroad Company from paying the semi
annual dividend until they should show cause had
been granted the 18th inst at the solicitation of
plaintiffs Defendants counsel yesterday moved to
dissolve this injunction and the case was argued at
Some length on both sides, during which great
portion of the celebrated Schuyler frauds were
again dragged into light Counsel for the plaintiffs
commended that the payment of the semi-annual
dividend should be restrained until correct and
reliable separation of the genuine from the spurious
stock could be obtained, which he alleged had
never yet been effected. In any case the Board
of Directors, who are themselves stockholders at
whose instigaton the former examination of the
accountant, Mr. Wilson, respecting the over issue
Ofthe stock, had been made were not com petent to
decide as to who the holders of genuine stock
and who of the spurious No decision has been
rendered on the motion.
race for premium" of 81 900 took place at
Boston yesterday between the celebrated trotters
Princess and Flora Temple 1t is estimated that
twenty thousand persons, al least a tenth of whom
were ladies', witnessed the contest, and urged on
the gallant steeds with cheers and the waving of
handkerchiefs. 1t is very evident that these trot-
ting mares have created quite as great sensation
In the modern Athens as was produced by the
pirouettes of Fanny Elsser or the warnings of
Jenny Lind. The race was a spirited affair, though
not equal to the exhibition of speed on the Ecpse
Course recently. Flora won the race in three
straight heats The time was-frst heat 2:33: Sc
cond 2:263; third, 2:34.
Else where we publish in full the will of the late
Colonel Herman Thorn, to which reference was
made in yesterdays paper Its provisions dispose
OF over 81 900 in real and personal estate
The Board of Supervisors met yesterday, but
transacted little business of importance The bill
of Dr. Doremus, for chemical ANALYSIS of the
Stephens and Fourteenth street poisoning cases
was passed.
The Washington Grays of this city arrived at
New Bedford yesterday morning where they were
cordially received and entertained by the civic and
military authorities and the citizens generally
The American Telegraphic Company have OBJ
tanned permission from the Secretary of War to
open marine telegraph station at Fort Lafayette
in the Narrows, and they will proceed Immediately
to lay cable from that point to Fort Hamilton,
where it will connect with the Brooklyn line, which
stretches to New York. This line will give the
company unequalled facilities for reporting marine
news, night and day, as it will also connect with
the line already constructed from Sandy Hook.
The saes OF yesterday embraced 700 bales
cofng quietly at the quotations given In another column
Tie receipts at the ports the LIST September
amounted to 100000 bales, against 3o75 900 1885,
100000 in 1857 BASE 600 in 1866 The exports have
reached 2s75 900 bales against 900 i'd 1885, 224o
600 In 1887, and 2,siSooo 1856. The stock on hand
amounts to bales against e6 900 in 1853 72ooo in
1857 In 1885, and 1l2 600 in 1856 Flour was rain
In good demand yesterday, ami closed at an vancs NJ
FULLY Sc q 1oc per barrel. Good TO prime neu v,a.,
was beld at &C. &c. per bushe higher which tended
% check sales. Corn was scarce and firm. With
moderaes sales at full prices. Porx was more active
with some transactions speculation sales of nev
mess were made at $l4 rs SIS and of prime nj slo or