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ATLANTA, OA., MAY 14,18T2.
VMrhcM »praka.
Tehee Qxeie, Jmu., lUr 5.
Tlie foilowin- telegram frora Mr. Voor-
hir» i« farnklied (be agent of (he Audited
Presa by the editor of the Terra Haute Jour-
ual p
Washington, D. C., Mij 4,1822*
7a /'Attar of the Tare Haute Journal:
The Democratic party tv ill meet 1& usual
ir. national convention, ud through Its au
thorized delegate* nominate its candidates
and declare its policy. Unit then no man
has the rizht to commit the part j as to its
future action. Iu organization and prind-
p! m should he maintained at all bazsrcHL
(signed) 1). W. Voorhees.
TKttfUE HAUTE EOT LIBERAL.
T'»c Li'jeral movement hu oo perceptible
s’i'-.gib here, both parties repudiating It
vv ith utmost entire unanimity.
Crop Hcp trt* for Ap II.
The report of the Agricultural Department
f«*r April does not indfentea fair condition
of the printer grain crop. The severe weather
in nearly all localiti?' has reduced I* to a far
ie*3 than the average condition, excepting on
the Pari !c const, wh re it is looking remark
i* 1 ry welt The repo .1s from Pennsylvania re-
f* r to the severity of the weather and depth of
freezing. The fly w reported in several conn-
ties. Lack of weather protection caused
\ ere injury in Delaware. South of Maryland
:<t! Virginia little wheat Is grown, and are
m duly for winter p i lures. The returns re-
cvh.-l from those States generally represent
» •** th in the average condition of the grain.
T . : ac tants f >ia other places South are
v > smM promising; others gloomy. In
T'-ta-* there are indW'ieiw of increased at-
teniion to cereals, pointing to an enlarged
am to 1»n harvested this season.
Georgia (.'rap >•««.
Widtiici 1 county.—Corn planting nearly
d nc; cjru up sevsral inches; good stands.
Fi ii * pr. wpect ne ter liner. Wheat yield will
\,i the largest ever knovn, says the Citizen.
No rain in three weeks in Southwestern
Gvojgj,, says the M tcun Advertiser, and
everything drying tip.
Thomas county.—Corn, cane and small
Kr on look well, fc*ys Hie Savannah Republi
can. Defective cotton seed will reduce the
cor Pm acreage some.
McDuffie county.—Crop praspects flatter*
in,?, H'iys a correspondent of the Angusta
Constitution!! tot
IJ mgherty o .11 nty —Thrao-fourUls of % foil
I .n rrr.p U|., thongh .lying at a fearful rate
.1 re .Kin .hle kt*cd is t xptclcd. Th« avenge
U above J. ,t year. Corn crop not
promising. Not enough planted to aupply
»ne county, «ay» the Alliauy Newa.
I-;. ..tiding a n ily—Drought hurling crops,
• iys the Star.
Hancock county— The Sparta Times baa
found the laud better prepared and more
corn planted than exte-oted. Cora looks
well. Cotton coming up beautifully, and
cotton planting nearly HnUbud.
Coweta county—Corn pretty well up, and
d .in" lloHy. W heat and oats look finely,
alwve a.ici,
A v. ry inijMirtant decision wss enunciated
by ll.e Supreme Court on Tuesday.
The ease of M.nely vs. llogg frum Pike
county was upon a note lor the hire of a ne
gro slave given in November, 1801. It was
dismissed in the lower Court under the pro-
v* *ion <.f the State Constitution of 186S de
nying Jurisdiction to the Courts of tbe State
of late claims.
The Supreme Court of Georgia reversed
tlie ruling of the lower court dismissing the
ra-rf! and enforcing the Constitution. Judge
Warner based his opinion on the ground that
ti.e provision of tire Constitution denying
t 1 . < mm.'* jurLulirtion of such pUimi wtis
in H Hirl void U*fauM> in violation of the
< .. Motion of the United States which de-
cl ri * tiiat "no State shall pass any law ini-
pairing die oh'igatioo of contracts.”
JmlgcJIcCay agreed with Judge Warner
io the ruling, but based his opinion on a
cent decision of the Supreme Court in the
< rise of White vs llart, deciding that the
provision of tlie Georgia State Constitution
was void, end the State Supreme Court was
hound by it.
Tima is lids large data of cases reopened,
and thus does the Radical Slate Constitution
begin to cnimblo,
The decision is nne of immense spread.
A great many of such claims are barred by
the Mature of limitations, however.
Cincinnati Con vent lan~Gcor|la’s
Vmrt In the Same.
in another column will be found an ex
citing account of the nomination at tbe
l Incinnatl Convention, in which it is stated
that '• Georgia first broke the line in favor of
Greeley," and which resulted in his nomina
tion. We have inquired about the agency
of the Georgia delegation in this matter and
give it. Before the result of the first ballot
was announced, Gratz Brown appeared on
tlie stage and w ithdrew his name as a candi
date, and In favor of Greeley. This was tire
nrevasary result of a set of circumstances
beyond Ids control. The withdrawal of
Brown left the field to Adams, Trumbull
ami Greeley. As the ballots progressed, one
of lite Georgia delegation continued in spite
of Brawn's withdrawal to vote steadily for
him. Earnest appeals were made to him
from all parts of the House to drop Brown
so a- to enable Georgia to concentrate her
vote either on Adams or Greeley. To all
these appeals he turned a deaf ear, and still
continued to vote for Brown, the favorite
Suit hem Republican candidate for President.
Tlie result of the fifth ballot, S09 for
Adams, and ”tl I for Greeley, making it evi
dent that the sixth hallo! would result in the
choice of Adams and thereby defeat Brown
even for a second place on the ticket, he
resolved upon a move which resulted in
Greeley’s nomination, and which secured
Brown the nomination for Vice President.
He proposed that the vote of Georgia be
ca t solidly for Greeley on the sixth, and for
Adams on the seventh ballot, to which the
delegation agreed.
It should be liorno in mind that the vote of
Georgia had in previous ballots been divided
la-tween tbe several candidates, while Ala-
bams, Arkansas and California, who had
Ken voting steadily for Greeley, did not nt-
tr.u l particular attention, but when Georgia,
with her 23 volts, previously divided, de-
- r: -i for Greeley, it flashed over the house
M;e lightning. Other States rapidly fol
lowed Georgia's lead, and Greeley was
nominated.
Tills secured 11.own on the ticket as Vice
President.
Probably the ticket is the strongest Re
publican one that Ihe convention could have
put forward *
We ineulioa this incident to show how
cool dear headed man, rising above the ex
citement about him, can oftentimes exercise
a controlling influence. The tenacity with
w.-ich he dung to Brown, after his with-
draws], and agam*t the urgent and almost
angry remonstrances of friends, until the
proper time ha 1 arrived to carry out his
pi m. was very remarkable, evincing a degree
of resolution and sagacity rarely equaled.
* A letter (rent Sir. Greeley.
A friend in this city, ttys the Nashville
Union and American, of the 5tb, hat favored
us with the following extract from> charac
teristic letter from Mr. Greeley, written just
after the conclusion of the late war. It
•bows him to have been at that early day,
when tbe whole North was furious because
of tbe ctsaiwluxfinn of Air. Lincoln, doing
bit utmost to have “mercy mid magnanimity”
the ruling attrihutca of the -«»b—.1 policy
and willing to "labor and suffer reproach in
toe service of Heaven bleaaed charity and
mercy
Orric« or the Twecse, )
Naw Yoke, May 16, 1833. )
Mr Dita Sra: I have yours of th- oth.
for which I thank yen. * • * I
heartily concur with your view of wbat
should be our national policy, and am doing
roy utmost to have mercy and magnanimity
its ruling attributes. Only let tbe lauTiosur-
gents join with ns in saying slavery is no
more, and I think we shall mould tbe public
to our views. Just now tbe amassinatton of
President Lincoln has made tbe North fu
rious ; but wc shall outgrow Utah I shall not
hesitate to labor and sutler reproach in the
-crvice of Heaven, blessed charity and mercy.
Yours, Houses Greeley.
H. W. Brown, Esq., Nashville, Tenn.
Let it be remembered to Hr. Greeley’s
honor that this letter was psoned while even
Andy Johnson wss declaring that traitors
must be punished and treason made odious
TUB GKEEi EV TltSEl’.
our Interesting- Parts * bout It.
OII> BlLTlnOBF. LETtEB. i
The CInc'nnati ."toir.Inrrv—•Ilo-.r
Stiali We “Take the Pelltlcal Tide I .
at IU Flood.’’ j'
• ' — -Bsr.TlHnitK, May 4.1872. I
Elilort Conatitution: The topic of tbe day j Hew the Nommiiticn Took i’-ace.
here in political circles is the nomination of J » ■
Greeley and Brown by the Ciociunati Con- j Tri^nphx rorr—.jK.iwicT:ce -Va-hii.g-on raUt-M
veuii-m. Many Democrats (perhaps the trot-1 CIXCIXHATI. t ay 3—7:42 P. M.— Greeley's
j rfitv) ear that they never can sun ort such i nmninatioo may be ettij to have been ctuae>l
usmmucs. They nj -ice, how
nomination ob one account: it makes a divis
ion in the Republican party so certain that
tbe Democtnta can elect their candidate.
*“• r f —* ..;.euiviJ 0 vc imv tAinwvti. As * * it
vote changed was cheered by the New York
delegation with a sort of wdd enthusiasm,
which operated magnetically upon the States
p, , ^_„^,| . • . . , that followed. When the sixth ballot Corn-
Other DemocraA counsel acquiescence if-, nunced. Adams led the poll fifty-one votes,
What has been done in Cincinnati as the surest j anla'l the indications pointed to hia suoces-,
method of overliirowing the odious dy nasty and the contest did no: grow animated
now in power. There can he no doubt that “ ' * "
tbe true wisdom of the South is found in
taking advantage of this division in the Rad-
ical ranks. How can lie done 7
Was the division sufficiently serious and
could it be regarded a permanent estrange
ment the Democrats, if they nominated a
conservative man of their school, would have
a fi ts pros.iect of electing him, and 1 should
decidedly favor such a nomination. But
every body knows that squabbles among
friends tutd even among enemies may be
healed in tbe presence of greater evils. That
tbe men sow sustaining the Cincinnati Con-
vention would prefer a man of their own
party—though offensive as Grant—to a
straightout Democrat, I have but little doubt;
and m the West of the latter some method
would be devised for healing the breach.
■-me.tr for Cerobrn-aplaal
gilla.
Alenin.
MV 1- un there have been several very se
vere rises of this much to be dreaded and
fa: »1 disease recently in Dr. T. W Sims’ prac-
ttee: One, a negro girl, was taken while in
th- field at l>hmi Weaver’s, a few days since
•al earn 1 .. -uj insensible. The Doctor
oc'ug sent i r t,-. o'nee, found her neck and
si i 1 i- i stiff as a board. Having used
,: h • rent, lies for twenty-four hours,
ti ,nt: n: i utinuel to grow worse tm til she
a .. to a -t it * of collapse; then as a
I i-t r . the Doctor applied a red hot iron
t > .a: o, * of ft. h .’ nnl down the spine,
tilt :u - -kiu was well charred, and in ten
m ,j-e, U ■ symptoms all passed off, and she
j, u iw we!!, extr-pt the effects of the burn.
Or/ay.' in Ksfeyriu.
Special dbpstcb to the Dally Monitac Newv.l
Washdjgtos, May 7,1872.
An import nt conference was held in the
Capital this morning for tbe purpose of dis
cussing the availability of Grant as tbe aom-
iaee of the Philadelphia Convention. There
were present Colfax, Cookling, Morton, and
other Administration partisans. The result
of -heir deliberations is kept strictly secret
The confidential manager of Jay Cook A
Co, of thia city, la authority for the state
ment that Jag Cook and other prominent
parties held a conaniution with Secretary
Boutwell in New York laat night, for me
purpose of urging tbe latter to resign tbe
Secretaryship of the Interior tmd become a
candidate for the Preaidem-y bofot e the Phil
adelphia Convention, tiled ing in hia fav»r
the influence of the N-iiiuual Banka and
moneyed institutions. The conference, is said
to have been successful, and Boutwell will
resign*
Tlie project of throwing Grant overboard
in Philadelphia, and substituting some one
upon whom both factions of the Repu'dioan
|>artjr can unite, i>* being boldly canyiHsed—
especially since the nomination of Greeley
and Crown, and the favorable reception
given the ticket by :be Democratic press of
different parts of the country.
It is stated pr.dthdy that if Grant is nom
inated at Philadelphia, Sumner will support
Oreelev, no matter what platform is adopted
at Philadelphia
After the Philadelphia Convention, Sum
ner will come out in a letter or speech, de
doing his position. In die meantime, he is
doing all he can, in a quiet way, for Greeley.
During the session of the Cabinet to-day,
it was decided to remove Assistant Secretary
of State, Charles Hale, for alleged trading in
State secrets on the Alabama question.
Skhkoli.
A *Ift.E*T SAJI* ■
deail licence off President Grant
P. la SU Louis Democrat.]
At the outbreak of the war General Grant,
then an unpretending colonel, had his regi
meat stationed in some of the upper eountie*,
its special duty being the guardin? and pro
tecting of the North Missouri Railroad. He
was often in St. Lonfo; and one morning, in
citizen's dress, tlie inevitable cigar ablaze, he
presented himself at Ihe up ti.>wn depot, tell
ing Mr. Moulton, our present City Engineer
—then Superintendent of the North Missouri
—that be bad occasion to vhii the road, and
asked if he coaid be sent out. “Veryensily,”
said Mr. Moulton, ‘*and now. There stands
an engine with steam up. I will have a car
bitched on.” “No,” said the Colonel, “I
don l need a car. JWk out your engine, and
I’ll ride on the tender.”
SosaiJ, so done; anJ the Colonel, king
seated on the woodpile, added, M Can’t vou
come np with me, Moulton ?” It so banned
that the superintendent bud business to I.iok
after along the line—for luis or oilier cause,
the invitation was accepted. lie relates sind
that it proved a dnil ride indeed, and dull
companionship. The locomotive shot out of
the city, into the woods athwart the prairie's,
but save the succeeding volumes of c’gjir
smoke, nothing issued from tbe Colonel’s lips
the Superintendent modestly waging the
while the whim of his gue^t. They crossed
the Mi-souri, end spetl away beyond the iim
its of Si. Charles county, w!:en Ihe moody
Colonel, breaking silence f«»r the first time,
said, “ 1 believel’i) ar»pl) fora brigaliier^lbip, ,
and subsided.
The su|M*rintendent, determined h> im
prove the omiortunity, and wiih a desperate
effort towards good’fellowship, remarked:
**i should say. Colonel, with your military
education, and your cxperierce in Mexico,
you ought to have no trouble in getting pro
motion now.” “Yes,” returned the Colonel
“I think I conld handle a brigade—in fact
feel pretty certain of it.”*'Then ensued
another gap—a long one—unbroken for sixty
twite* or more, when the express reached its
destination, the Colonel was set afoot, mut
tering something which sounded like “much
obliged” as he walked towards tbe entrap
ment, and the engine rattled on its course
with the superintendent.
About two months after, Mr. Moulton w«<
crossing Fourth street, near the Planters’,
when lie was met by Colonel Grant, who
crossed in the opposite direction. They
merely saluted, but as the superintendent
reached the si-it-walk, some one back called,
“I say! ” He turned; it wits the Colond; “it’i
all right; I got it last week.” And so they
parted again, no question being ni-ked and no
explanation being given; but the superin
tendent readily r« uit mU ring his dfcmzl ride
and brief chat of two months before.
(3«or«ia
This body i* iu iv-siou in C«>!*i.ule»s. They
recognized tin? ch of nanr* of St.
8te|)bea*s (linn!* in thi<« city to :
Messrs. Footm m mid Ju1ib»'hi were ap*
pointed to report tifiort «h': * xp’*d* Mioy and
methixl of cel«*br iting tUe .V>:h anniversaiy
of this conventi«>u, in accord too- \% h ajerO-
lnUonof las: c -uvenii
Among the dcbnr.itcs we nolle • Clearies H.
Coley, A. J. Drys'ialc, U W. B. Elliott, W.
E. Epps. J H. Go»»rg»% \V. C. Hunter, Joshua
Know leu, J. J. Finki rton Clias. W. Thomas.
St. Janies’ Church, Marietta—B. R. Strong,
Samuel Lawrence.
Emanuel Church, Athens—R. D. Moore,
John A. Meeker.
St. Peter's Church, Rome—W. P. Hall, W.
P. Kramer.
St Phillip’s Church, Atlanta Par
sons, Merton Smith.
St Get rge’a Church, Grifliu—N. C. Mur*
roc.
St Luke's, Atlanta—Gen. Walker.
Ascension Chnreh, Cartersville—A. M.
Hail.
St Paul’s, Atlanta—Dr. Benjamin Croin
WvU. _ _
Scots |by Telrgr.pl*
Washington, May D.—At a meeting to
night, Fred. Douglass presiding, the follow*
ing from the Vice President was read:
Vick President’* Chamhkr, )
Washington, May 7,1972. )
Dear Sir: Having voted recently in the
Senate upon the question of civil rights, to
which y u refer, I neetl not make any ex
tended statement as to my views upon ft, for
actio* s always speak more loudly than mere
word?-; but if that vote needed justiticMion,
as ituota. iu»t, the traveling expenses of your
delegates to the National Colored Conven
tion at New Orleans, as detailed by Fre :er-
ick Douglass, Sr., in the National New Era,
would be its fullest vindication. If orderly,
j-ober citizeus of the United States arc enti
tled by its Constitution to equality under the
Uw, cannot obuiu food and lodging at pub
lic hotels like the rest of mankind, or even
.sv^rage accommodations on railroad trains,
after paving first class fore, we should either
acknowledge the Constitution a nullity or
should insist on that adherence to it by all,
and protection under ir t** all which are alike,
the right and the duty the harm-led as well
as the most h U •«’!• ’ *ht -ughonx the lanti
tcarur.u
To E S. Arkir.-^u. G. T Downing,
F. Dou^la.<s, Jr, J. W. Ik ianey, F. S. Bar-
badoes, Committee.
Washington, M.:y S.—Numerous mom-
bet* of Congrvsa express ic «-pinion that
no tariff hill r?!! ’*? r -! :A tlie present
sfssiou of Congress, hat liiii the internal
revenue laws will be so changed s • as to re
tain taxes on spirituous, fermented and malt
liquors, banks and tobacco. The also sny
the prospects is that Congress wil adjourn
on the 29th of May.
Among the items : n tV miscel’aneour rp-
propriatiou bill rejMirted io the U hjsc to day
ore three hun«:rcd thousand tlo’l-.rs ftir the
New Orleans Custom House, and three mil
lions for courts and expenses on the enforce
ment act. The appropriation involves over
seventeen million dollars. This is the last
appropriation bill.
The SenateComuiitte on C.tmmerce r.*p »rt
the House bte*mb.^it bill with amendments,
restoring the old law regarding tbe inspec
tion of boiler iron, and striking out many
items of the House bill against which stearo-
U*atmen have pndested.
rusps uie ma- \ viauianati. * ay o—«r. m.—on*>_iey a
cun ort such i »n may taosid to have been ciuse>1
i oce th*ise storms of passion to wMih
CT "> in ,.^ c al: popular asatmbhgcs are exposed. E«*n
And if no reconciliation could be effected, it
is to befeArei that Brown and Greeley couid
rot withdraw sufficient strength from the
Kvpublican party to secure the election <.( a
Dei. ocra*.
Under these circumstances I go with the
Democrat c minority here, who prefer Horace
Greeky. He is not my choice for the high
tiftlre. There arc many men, even in the
Radical ranks, whom I would prefer. But I
desire the overthrow of the administration at
whose hands the country generally, and tht
fcou'ti especially, has suffered so many and
sue i gx ievous al»nse?, and if there be a
sire nger pra?*billiy for securing thia result
by rallying to the standard of the late nomi
nees, there I shall go. Mr. Greeley has been,
for ti c moat part, a Radical of the strictest
sclriol; but he seems to be a mau of some
scn*e of justice, an 1 riuce the w*r he has cer
tainty show a a kind spirit towards the South-
era
THE STAMPEDE WAS CKSEUAL,
until it mulled ia un overwhelming victory
for Gredey. The us ’al formalities were
quite forgotten in tbe nproar that ollnwed
the motion to make the ncxniuaiion unarii-
xnous, which cauxe from a New York dele
gate. There tre e none of the customary
►pitches, pledging lives and fortunes.
Brown’s nomination as Vice-Piesident was
PART OF THK BARGAIN
xaade last night with Greeley's friends, anJ
intended to defeat the proa ram me which
•^cbmz had made up for Trumbull, but utter
ly failed to carry out, from inability to de-
1 iVi r the votes which herounted with reck
less certainty. Brown undoubte<IIyi
C NSIDiUtED HIMSELF BLTii-vVED
by Sdxurz. and came here iu person to take
his revenge by the proceeding which gained
him a nomination. Per.nsylvani.i’s pi.rt in
thia busiuetrs was anyliiing’but cretiiuble,for
after having vohintuitiy pledged her support
for Davis she betrayed him, *nd finally came
out of tiie convention without even the
merit f f having determined the chole*e. Ohio
WAS VERY SOLEMN
over the defeat of Adams, for his support
had been manufactured here with extraordi
nary effort and by large expenditures of
money; in fact, it was entirely artificial, and
the whole experiment was created by a lim
ited combination, having control of large
means, and a few energetic newspapers.
Tlie Jree Trade League are in despair;
they mourn over tlie loss of both platform
and candidate, and the singular fact is pre-
v na »P ,m lo ' vuras rented to public view that a Convention call-
- ^ n . autt xam I860, ■ c -d in the interest of revenue reform lias noin-
wlu n the Republican party was threat- J i nA ted ihe most leading protect ion bt, and
tntijg the .^Qth with war and j ?l dopttd a tariff resolution which substantial
ly repudiates the Missouri declaration.
the boath with
subjugation if they attempted
ion. Greeley boldly declared that there
“nothing in the Constitution of the
United States which justided the government
in compelling any respectable number of
States who might wish to retire to remain in
t!u? Union.” It is true that he afterwards ad
vocated the “snbjugation of the rebels” and
Xurtcd all his powers to tffect their de
feat; but in this respect he did nothing
more than Frank Blair did, who wus sup-
f orted as the Democratic nominee for Vice
’r< dideni in 1868. He did nothing more
than thousands of Northern Democrats, who
promised their Southern friends that when
war was declared they would be found fight
ing by their Southern friends—a promise
kept, indeed, but the fighting was done iu
Federal uniforms. So that so far os the war
is concerned. Mr. Greeley has as good a record
as that which can now be shown by multi
tudes of accepted Democrats.
The war cloned, Mr. Greeley has been the
rerdstent advocate of universal amnesty.
He has constantly denounced the reconstruc
tion policy which enfranchised negroes and
disfranchised white citizens. He went to
Yiqrinia and put bis name on Jeff. Davis'
bona, for which he suffered bitter vitupera
tions from his Republican brethren. Though
be lias done many things since the war which
I condem, I must give him the credit of
evincing a conciliatory temper towards the
South.
It is to be remembered that the support of
Mr. Greeley by Southern Democrats would
develop and strengthen every friendly feel-
iug he has exhibited to the South. Under his
administration I believe that Georgia would
cujoy, unmolested, eveiy right guaranteed to
ber by tbe Constitution, and that her political
status would be in every respect as comforta
ble as it could be under a Democratic Presi
dent of tbe most prononn^d opinions. I
write these views in utter ignorance, of
course, of the opinions of The Constitu
tion. They are my sentiments, and I thought
I w ould throw them out for your considera
tion. _ Baltimore.
A Day In Netvnau,
h htors Constitution—
“Vi e t*prir.g with purple lips
Uatnj>refiacd the earth and kissed t*oth plant and
Ai>d now. like flvme, upon the rose f rcc tiva
Doth burn the buds again.”
Oo Friday, the 3d instant, it was our for
tune, with a small party of ladies and gentle
men, from the city and West End, to attend
a picnic in the thriving city of Ncwnau.
If such eyes as those which met as at tlie
depot were always to
“Mark oar coming and look brighter when we come,”
life’s outlook would be far different and more
enc mraging than now.
We were welcomed at “College Temple”
by President Kellogg and his ac omplished
lady. Ab! the freshness which such a place
hud for people accustomed only to brick
walls and railroad whistles and rumbling
drays.
\Ve never before saw a Female College that
had such a woman’s air about it—literally
embowered in evergreens and abounding in a
great variety of choice flowers and fruit
live*— it looked as if it were more a home
than the isolated and prison-like place where
young ladies are osually drilled into the con
ventional accomplishments. This is a pri
vat«; enterprise, which, though interrupted by
tbe war, is yet again in a prosperous way-; and
the number of students in attendance—about
1.0—bespeaks well for the citizens of the city
and county. In an age almost mad with
ni >aey-getting, they considerately lay by
enough to educate their daughters. Poverty
if bad enough, but it is wi.e to save it from
the depressing influences and disadvantages
of ignorance.
Wc cannot forget the pleasant surprise
which we experienced at the announcement
of breakfast, hot coffee, strawberries and
cream, and the welcoming smile of the grace
ful hostess.
After lingering awhile among tlie charm
ing grounds and inbaling the odor of rose
flowers, we went to the grove where the
children of tbe various Sunday Schools had
assembled. The day was cool and pleasant,
and everything most delightful. The lunch
eon just such as only i>coplo in places like
Ncwnan know how to "prepare. 'I he pres
ence of so many beauiiful young ladies made
Us almost, too sentimental to do justice to the
tempting things oiTered us.
But yon should go to Ncwnan before the
spi ing is over. Eveiy body has flowers; such
a profusion you can scarcely find anywhere
The grounds are tastefully laid out, and we
a ho think a few roses now great treasures in
Atlunla are overcome by the abundance of
almost every variety that is know n.
“So fnir. eofiaiL wi:hal bo ser.tiiiv*—
Would the little flow: r» were bora to live,
Co*-clous of half tbe pleasure which tb* y rise;
Not to the mountain dai- y’e self were kn«>wn
Tlie beaut j of its star-tbaped shadow 1 brown
AaoM the smooth surface of the naked stone.”
In the evening we were entertained by one
of the charming belles of the place, and un-
t l a late hour music and conversation and
bright eyes made the moments fly on rapid
feet.
“There are sera* happr mo-neuts in this lone
And d«-ol**c wort * of ours, that well ref-ay
The toil of strug,;liii£Uiroagh it. aad ato. e
For many a Ions, sod nit?: t and weary day.
They come upon the mind like some wild air
Of distant ma?fc, when we know not whir--.
Or whence, the sounds are brought from, aad thsir
Ttougl^brief, is boundless.” ••••
Wbut the Radicals Did at Macon.
Oo the State Central Committee—From
toe State at Large—Hon A T Akerman, Ben
C-onley, D A Walker, Wm Markham, 'Jeorge
Wallace, T W Thurman, W m Findi, H P
Farrow.
First Distri t—S M Coleman, John Frew,
Js*ac Seely, J D Enos.
Second District—C W Arnold, T F Hamp
ton, D Burwald, Thomas Crayton.
Third District—Hon J Bitby, D C Gresh
am. J M Ward, W H Noble.
Fourth District—'J R Robinson, S F Gove,
J F Fong, George Ciower.
Fifth District—J M R~ed, W 31 McWhor
ter, E Tweedy, W H Harrison.
Sixth District—A T Lytle, R S Taylor,
Madison Davis, S A Darnell.
Seventh District—J L Dunning. C D For
syth. Mitchell Ca gyle, James Adkins.
’ As delegates to Philadelphia^—From the
State at Urge—Hon A T Akerman, Beni
Conley, D A Walker, W S Bigby, W II Hale,
R H Whitcley, T J. Speer, J F Quarles. W B
Higginbotham, 8 31 Sims, WT White, Philip
Joiner.
First District—A W Stone, L 31 Pleasant.
J T. Shnftbn.
Second District—A C Bell, Elbert Head, F
F Putney.
Third District—J 31 Hagan, J H Anderson,
DCGrabsra
Fourth District—S F Gove, J F Long, G
Wallace
Fifth District—C H Prince, Edwin Belcher,
I S Fortran.
Six b Di«trfcr—A T W Lytle,Madison Da
vis, J W O’Neal.
Sever: !i DL-iricl—Geo P Barnett, William
F«"eh. t> D Snyder.
INt.n —The above list contain* only thir
teen Federal office-holders.]—Jlaron Tele-
graph.
RjLiLii iAD Earnings.—The gross earnings
•*f the N; shville and Chattauooga Railroad
during the month of March, amounted to
between $170,000 and $'.75,000. er about
$70.0.0 more than ws earned duriwg the
same month of the previous year. — l /* on.
Jealousy and personal an bition have de
feated the expectations that were formed of
this movement.
It is, perhaps, fortunate for Trumbull that
he did not succeed, as his brolher-in-law,
Jayne, promised more seals in his Cabinet
than twenty administrations coiltd redeem
Virginia ail-1 other states me prepared to its
tify, from direct propositions made lu them
that more
BnAMKrUL BARGAINING AND JOBUilltY
of votes took place hen than was probably
ever before witnessed in a i.oiiiieal conveii
lion. Many of tbe delegations were fraudu
Icutly made up, and
THREE WASHINGTON BUMMERS
represented half of New Hampshire. The
nominations have not made much serious
impression, and whatever may be Greeley’i
hold on bis party, this experiment was hardly
expected by his most ardent friends when
they proposed to compliment him with the
vote of New York.
Cincinnati, May 3—10:10 p. m.—On the
sixth ballot, amid much cxcilcmcm and coo-
frsion, the solitary again begun to call the
8 ates. As the call proceeded, and one State
ai ttr another increased its votes for Horace
Greeley, the wildest cheers and shouting in-
It rrupted the procec lings.
When the vote of ludiada (19) for Greeley
w as announce 1, the cheers were entirely
overwhelming; the delegation from tin. tS ate
and many others rising to their feet nrd
swinging their huts with the greatest '
thusiasm.
Tin* Illinois delegation was absent, not
having cast their votes. At this there was
considerable surprise and feeling manifested.
Without the vote of Illinois, the vote stood,
for Greeley,318; Adams, 293.
Tbe Missouri delegation changed two votes
from Trumbull to Adams.
Illinois, on reappearing, cast 27 votes for
Adams, which was received with the same
tumultuous cheering and swinging of hats
that tlie previous votes for Greeley had re
drived. Afier order had been restored Illi
nois added 14 voles for Greeley, and 1 for
Trumbull. . *
The wildest <li*or ler now prevailed, as one
State after another began
CHANGING TnFIB VOTES,
veiybody being on their feet, and the presi
dent Uf-ing the gavel with all his vigor.
Eveiy Slate seemed resolved to change its
vote. Hisses and applause pervaded the air,
w hen, Anally, with the aid of tlie gavel, the
chairman brought the gentlemen" to their
senses. Penns* 1 vania finally got her change
in to six for Davis and fifty for Gre< ley
which
SECURED TUB NOMINATION OF CRUELLY.
Th^n confusion and tumult reigned supreme
for some minutes. The vote of Indiana was
hanged to 1 vote for Adams and 27 forUreu
ley. 31inn< sopi desired to have her entire
vote cast for Greeley; Kansas followed iu the
Kune way; and Vermont made a solid change
«»f her vote to Greeley. 31r. Clay finally got
iu a change for the Mate of Kentucky to 1
for Adams and 23 for Greeley. The c nfu-
Him and cheerirg were so great that the
chairmen of delegations found it necessnry
to crowd up to tlie Speaker’s stand, in order
to be recognized. Illinois changed her vote,
announced that tbo entire vote was for Horace
Greeley. At this time a delegate from Illi-
i ois got the floor, and protested against thu
announcement, as his vote was for Trumbull.
The Chair announced that the secretaries
lnd not been able to keep a record of the
changes, and proposed to read tlie vote as
first given, and give an opportunity for each
State to make its changes. This was agreed
to, and i he following results were announ ced
The names of Trumbull and Davis were
withdrawn; Greeley received 482 votes.
| Great cliecrj}.] A voice—“I move to make
the nomination of Mr. Greeley unanimous.”
Cries of, “No, no.” The motion was finally
put; but while there was a loud and
general aye, there were
and Itie ( hair decided that it was not unani
mous. He decided, however, tha* lion.
Hoaace Greeley was the nominee of the Con
vention for President of the United States.
THE KEELING AT WASHINGTON.
Special Dispatch to the Louhril’e Lodger ]
Washington, May 6.
The nomination of Greeley and Brown
continues the topic of discus ion in all politi
cal circles here. Grant and the Administra
tion lackeys profess to hold the matter
in derision; but the more disinterested mem
bers of the Republican party say that the
effect may prove disastrous. They fear that
the Democracy will retuse to iudorse the
nominations, and will present a regular tick
et, in which they admit that the chances will
lie ngaiDst Grant. They say that before the
Democratic Convention the feud will have
assumed such proporilion as that it will be
impossible to cany back the ma ses who
stand behind the Liberal movement to the
support of Grant, even though Greeley
should withdraw, and the leaders fall back
into the Radical line. Though the Demo
crats are cautious in the expression of their
views, it is evident that the decided opinion
of the leading men of the party is favorable
to the nomhiation of a Democratic ticket,
and this feeling is daily growing.
Already prominent Radicals are discussing
the propriety of abandoning Gran?, and nomi
nating some man at Philadelphia upon whom
the Liberals can unite, and an influential
Radical member of the House this morning
said to me that the wiwt thing the parly can
do at Philadelphia would be to nominate
Greeley and Coitax.
Cincinnati, May 6.
GRATZ BROWN INTERVIEWED.
“Well, Governor, now that the nomina
tions arc over, what do you think ot th
prospect ?
*‘l have not” he answered, “any more
doubt of the result of the approaching elec
tion than I have that the election day will
dawn. I am sure that the ticket nominated
ycslerday will be elected ”
“What do you think of the platform ?”
“The p at form is wholly satisfactory ...
me, and I do not c ce how a:.y good citizens
can object to it, whether he be iu t!:e . orth
or trouth, East or West There arc factions
which may affect to didike it 3iuny would
have a stronger free trade plank, and many
others, equally pa'riotic, would prefer a
straight protection theory. All cannot be
satisiied. The aim should be to satisfy the
greatest number.”
“Then you think the elements of success
are with you.”
“Yes. I have been assured, and I believe,
that New York and Pennsylvania will go
with us, and I am very sare that Mr. Gree
ley wili carry the South entire, and I believe
Illinois and Indiana will give him a major
ity.”
“How about Missouri
“Well, sir, the State thf.t elected
handsomely «*s Governor, against the * florts
of this administration, will, I a:n vain enough
t > believe, double, and even treble, the n
jority for me for the vice-presidency. Y
need have no fear of Missouri.”
* But how about the Gurmar. vo'e. Govern
or? I hear that the uew ticket will be bolted
by the Genuaus, especially in tbe northwest
Does not Senator Schraz say sl .
“As regards the German v»»tc, I have no
fear of it os a body. In Missouri it is a great-
and g >od power, and I am sure our ticket
will receive it. As for Senator Schurz, he
will support the noininatioia* with great
earneeinctf*. He preferred another ticket,
but he can be relied on. I talked with him
last night, and I amnUiafied wk$ hispodtiou.
Yon will see where he stands in a very short
time.’*.;- J . rt
“Doyou Intend to go in*o the oanntes ac
tively f Do you intend to take the stamp ?”
“That cannot be determined yet. I pre
sume I shall rake part in the canvass; I have
lone go heretofore, and I shall try to do my
pan-in the *|*prouching campaign—but I see
1 have scare ly time to reacli the train. Good
bye !’ rr - • .r —
A rut st bei.monx’b view.
Aug si B Ici'-nt was interviewed last S it
urday on the subject of the Cincinnati nom
inees, and was thus non-com inil tu): “ This is
but a bomb shell. Wc mus: trait tm?*1 we
see its effect oa the press, the people, ana in
fact on many ;hiugA It must go further
It mny be policy to adopt the ticket Mr
Ortdejr, in my opinion, will ma very well in
liie Soutiiun Sla'eit, but, as I said, it is too
soon to judge yet
I will do mo«t anything to defeat this ad
ministration, not that I have anything against
Mr. Grant, but I don’t like his idea of gov
ernment Tht Philadelphia Convention must
meet yet, Lnd then the Democratic party will
have to act wisely. It is my opinion thattlic
Liberal ticket'will lie withdrawn in Septem
ber if the Democrats make a' good nomina
tion. In the meantime I judge it better for
th* party to say or do nothing. That is bet
ter. We might siy now wha( might be pre
sented or turned against us when the nomi
nations are made.
From the N Y Journal of Commerce, Saturday ]
WIIAT WILL HATPSN.
He has a following in New York strong
enough to render the success of any other
Republican candidate in this State quite
hopeless while he keeps the.field; and if
those represented at Cincinnati c.ing to his
fortunes he will turn the scale also in many
another State now r.k- ned Republican. This
will place, a grave reaposibility upon the
regular-Republican convention to meet in
Philadelphia, if ’he nomination is then con
firmed by that body, and he is elected, it will
throw the whole patronage.gf the General
Government into the hands of those who
have heretofore been in a disaffected mi
nority. If his claims are wholly ignored,
and Grant is renominated, the running of two
such Republican candidates' would aim wl
certainly bring the Democrats once more into
p-rwer.
From the N. Y. Krenlof Express.)
THE DEMOCRACY WILL DO GOOD.
We are asked every few minutes in the day
by anxious Grant Republicans, what the
Democrats will do. Well, we think they
will meet in National Convention, to be called
probably next week, just where and just
”.»hen, (< hough probably in July.) we pretend
not to know. What they wilt do in Conven
tion will depend Upon the delegates, most
of whom from this State, are yet to be*
lccted. . We have not that gift of spiritual
ism which enables us to say what men wil!
do at a Convention yet to be called, and by
delegates yet to be elected. But t! is much
is certain, the National Democratic Conven
tion will do that which will confer the great
est good to the whole country, without regard
men, sections, or diversity of opinion.
BOUTn CAROLINA.
Charleston, 3Iav 0.—The Conservative
press of South Carolina heartily indorse the
Cincinnati ticket and platform as eminently
acceptable to the South.
ST. LOUIS TIMES (DEMOCRATIC.)
St. Louis, May 5.—The Times of this city
says: “We shall support Gredey and Brown
cheerfully, by laboring for an indorsement of
th-tr candidacy by the Democratic National
Committee; because, first, we believe they
can be elected; second, because if
t-heted, they will free us forever from
setni military despotisms like that cf
Grant; third, because both are able and
honest men; fourth, because there is no
prospect of doing any better, and great dan
ger that we might do much worse; fifth, be
cause, if elected, there is hardly any danger
of such a ticket being counted out by the
methods so well known to the Grant parly.
We predict-that not only will the Demo
cratic party indorse that ticket through their
national convention without dissent cr divis
ion, but that it will acquire new and unex
peeled strength, and finally be ratified by the
largest popular and electoral vote given to
anv candidate since 1852.”
New York, May 0.—John 31 itchell’s Irish
Citizen, the Irish Democrat and the Irish
People, all Democratic papers, strongly in
dorse the Cincinnati nominations.
GREELEY CLTB3.
Pittsburg, May C.—Two Greeley Clubs
have been organized in this city, comprised
principally of Democrats.
Washington Special to SL Louis Republican.]
Pendleton and Hendricks, the great Demo
cratic leaders of the West, will be hearty in
their endeavors to prevent Jibe election of
Grant by the prevention of a straight out
and out Democratic liomiriirtlon. Hoffman
and Seymour and their co-laborers in the
Bast, will exert themselves to the same end.
The Democracy of Pennsylvania and of the
>outli will do the same, and it is already
assured that the passive policy will prevail
at SL Louis or wherever else the Democratic
Convention may be held. The first Demo-
rratic State Convention occurs in Tennessee
»»n Wednesday next, and the views of the
Memphis Appeal and other influential papers
in that State are hailed with greti satisfuc-
:on by the friouds of the Liberal ticket,
treat praise is given to the Commercial of
Cincinmti, which is one of llie most poten
tial influences in the country, for bold’y
t aking up the banner of revolt in spite of the
1 ratal antagonism. The course of the Chicago
Tribune and Springfield (Muss.) Republican
is freely commented upon'in the same way,
mil the Grant party is thoroughly and ladi
cally alarmed.
(Tbe Cincinnati Conveviion—Balti
more Papers an Greeley-Wathluf-
ton matter#—General Young, Etc.
Baltimore, May 4,1872.
Editors Constitution: “Greeting and at
suclx a time.” For this is a time of consider
able excitement in this city. Base bull
which for several days previous to yesterday
had absorbed the attention of Almost the en
title community, has succumbed to the inter
est excited by the unexpected fiction of the
Cincinnati convention. Of course the Ameri
can, the organ of Grant and the extreme
Radicals, is anxious to make it appear that
the Democracy cannot support 3Ir. Greeley.
Indeed the American hopes the Democrats
will not accept him, for in that event we (the
Democracy) must make our own nomination
and then Jlr. Greeley will withdraw, thus’se-
curing the election of Grant, or the Philadel
phia nominee.
Tlie Gazette (Democrat) has a leader this
morning headed “Not for Gieeley,” in which
it assumes to speak for the party, and in
which it is eo unjust as to characterise Mr.
i vreelty as “vindictive.” But this journal has
very little influence with the masses of the
party. The Bun, also Democratic, and deserv
edly popular has a very sensible editorial,
which it concludes by predicting of 31 r. Gree
ley mat •‘the South will uipport him beyond
tioubL” This seems to be tlie opinion as well
us the hope of a majority of the most influ
ential and consistent Democrats with whom I
nave conversed. While there are some tilings
in the platform or declaration of principles,
which are extremely distasteful to me ns
Southern man, still it is unequivocally sound
ou iLooc all-important subjects (so vital to,
not only our section, but the entire couulry,)
the removal of disabilities, local self-govern
ment, supremacy of the civil over military
authority, and tiie non-suspension of the
nabeas corpus. Bui the Democracy must
speak through her representatives in conven
tion assembled, unlrumeled by the uicta
of self-appointed guardians, sucii as the New
Yoik \\ orld, Baltimore Gazette, and August
Belmont. May the good Lord grant us wis
dom in this crisis.
A few days since, while on a brief business
visit to \VushmgLon, 1 bad a \eiy plcatuu
interview wuii Ueu. P. 31. B. Young, our
quiet but hard working Representative
Congress. Before meeting the General I was
graliii'-d to learn tlmi lie is quite popular
ihe House, and that he is exerting great in
fluence for g'Hxi »t h(ie Capi»oi.
You will remember that Gen. Young was
admitted to Congress in 1805, anu conlinuec
so for three months. At the expiration
that time Georgia w:.s declared out of the
Union, and he out of Congress. He wus
again elected in December, 1870. Iu Janu
ary, 1809, if I ara not mistaken in dates,
introduced a till fur an appropriation
erect puo.ic buildings in Atlanta; and since
ihat lime he has persistently, aad, if the
jieople in Washington are worthy of credit,
w tu great energy urged this appropriation,
securing premises irour many members
Congress to aid him a hen bis bill shall come
up lor co. siueration. Borne months since '
introduced ano her Dili, oskiug for two hun
dred and fitly diou-uml dollars, an! still
another bill to make Atlanta a port of entry,
lie nas ably presented this matter to tbe
Committee on Public Building? and Grounds,
and they have finally detailed to report
unanimously in favor of die appropriation.
To my mmo, the course pursued by our rep
resentative is highly commendable, in tha;
he bas l-ikeu no pm i in the dt--cuasTcu of po
liticul questions in the House; made n-
speeches for 4 1 un ombe; ” but l;a»di
i?is time and taliub» i*» acquire an iatiu.at
knowledge of ti.u working of mean
through which Vviii niuUjboly benefit Ins ci
»iitueutg. 'inis knowledge can only be ob-
!:;:r.e*l by cfo=e and |*eran*tent apHicatb
No mm, however brilliant, or be 1*«; ever
S4> great a genius, can achieve these in
di.-peiis.ibie requisites by quietiy sitting
his plac.-, nor t»y making showy speeche*
admiring galleries and sleepy members of
Congress. * Georgian.
Speech from B. Gratae Browao-HU
Rclad-aaswlth Carl Scfinrz.
giikeley’s administrative capacity.
Jefferson City, Mo, May 7.-—The fol
io wing.is Gov. Brown’s speech, delivered
lo-nlg it in r> spouse to a serenade:
Fellow Citizens, Friends and Neighbors:
Many thanks to you for the kind greeting
and congratulation whic h I know to be sin
cere, and r.ot merely formal, because of mul
tiplied evidences of granl will in the past.
That the result of the Cincinnati Convention
has not been exactly, such as your partiality
would have d;. fated, 1 am well aware; and
yet we rau«t frankly admit that so far as
Missouri is concerned, the compliment to our
it te. first in thu selection cf Senator Schuiz
to preside over the ablest political convention
that ever assembled in America, and second,
of according a nomination by so flittering
an un infinity for the second office in the
government to one of your citizeus, i.»
my own humble person, leaves no ex
cuse for caviling or tiiacoutrnt on that score.
The first and most im iterative to be obtained
success, in order to rescue the administra
tion of national rffr.rs from utter wreck, an
object to which many minor considerations
and partialities must be sacrificed; and in
that light, my deliberate judgment is that the
selection made for the head of your ticket is
the strongest that could have been fallen
upon. You wili u»»t expect from me any ex
tended speech this evening, or that 1 should
enter at large upon that argument which
will be set forth during the coming canvass,
to convince the people that such is the fact,
ot only in the interest of success, but equally
i that of hon« sty and honor. Thb I under
stand is designed rather as a personal compli
ment. Such being ihe case, let me hope that
rou will not toae it amiss if i refer very
iriefly to some personal mutter*. Before
going into Action, it is usual to clear away
the undergrowth in front of opposition to
leave no cover for concealed enemies. It is
not very heavy work, and vet it wav be none
the less opportune us well as needful. For
nearly a quarter of a century I have been a
citizen of this State,constantly aid acrimo
niously involved in all those political contests
by which some strange destiny have ever
given shnuc and charter to the advent of na
tional politics controlling the government
That during the fierce heats of partisan bit
temess I should be assaih d in all ways and
by all means, in purpose, iu method, in repu
tation, was not to be wondered at With the
frankness of onr Western life when the con
tests were ended, the calumnies were also
buried. Thus it has f lien out 'bat with &o
many tokens of unchanged confidence and
regard, I recognize even iu this hour that I
have a character which I prize above any
preferment and honor, which has been un
stained by auy blot, and a place in the affec
tion of this people that could not have come to
me hail auy of these vile slanders been true;
and now as it will devolve upon me again to go
forth into bitterness in a still wider and per
haps moie envenomed conflict than any
of the past, I have only to eay to you, my
friends, who know so well the conduct of my
daily life, and can testify whether it be that
of purity, of virtue an J self-respect, and to
the people of 3Iissouri, who have with ever
increasing faith so honored me so highly and
so often, I shall leave the defen-e of my good
name against any vituperations that may as
sail it And now to another point I see
that already the press of tiie opposition are
seizing ypon some of the incidents of the
late convention, distorting their significance
and seeking to sow the seeds of jealousy and
mistrust between those who have been co
workers thus far in the course of Leberulisra.
Tlie attempt is made to place the
most distinguished and barilliant cam
pion of our cause Senator tihurz, in
an attitude of humiliation and defence, and
to imply that as between him and myse f
there has been some bad faith and recrimi
nation. I know this is delicate ground to
•ravel over, and yet I feel it due to the right
tha' justice should be done, and .by no one can
that be with more knowledge than myself. I
have therefore to state to you all who are our
mutual fi-ieuds that su^h reports are utterly
without foundation. As to policies and plat
forms there 1jhs been perfect accord; and hold
ing the conspicious position which his genius
and energy assigned him, earnest first of all
for the success ol the convention, he did not
feel at liberty to make himself the advocate
of any candidate, and least of all, one from
ids own State. I appreciated and concurred
in the elevation of sentiment which die-
tiled this course, and have to say that in
all his bearing, so far as I know, it was
manly and sincere. What he contributed to
the inauguration of the magnificent assem
blage of the independent thought of the Re
publican party, ‘the world knows, and if in the
honor of such achievement then can be de
feat, then 1 know no* the meaning of the
term; and to those of the opposition who
may be comforting their heurts with the
thought that he enttrtaios any such feeling
himself, to those who know so well that
when he enters upon the arena of popular ap
peal, one blast of the bugle horn is worth a
thousand men, to iliose who fear the tffect of
his eloquent pleading, I am glad to be able to
give this assurance that from now till I'Jovem-
ber he will be found in the front of the fight,
upholding the nation and the choice ot the
Convention. Although not intending to
enter upon any general discussion, yet there
is one matter of sufficient interest to us here
at home to demand a moment’s reference. It
was thought by many tiiat the question of
revenue reform Would be shaped into some
practical form us a part of the platfoitn, and
surprise has been felt at irs omission. But I
am sure that all doubt on this point wil!
vanish when it is considered that the action
of the convention iu referring this industrial
topic to the people iu the Congressional dis
tricts pledging the Executive to respect that
will, was the nee* ssaiy ami logical consc
quenccof an opposition to the centralizing
tendency of the general government It is
therefore proper that such matters should be
undecided, unbiased and uninfluenced by
Federal influence, and it is thus, and thus
only, that the people can best indicate the
reforms they desire and are entitled to Lave
curried out. National parties are, in a large
measure, types of Federal authority. To
subordinate thus an expression on tariffs, or
any other of those inter-domestic policies, is
sure to be at tbe expense of all truth of utter
ance. A determination would thus be imposed
in advance upon the people. It would be adapt
ed to party exigencies, and would not come
freely forth as rite well canvassed sentiment
of the nation. It was deemed wisest, there
fore, to get rid of such centralization
influence, and make a reference of these
matters and all others of like import to
localities for expression, and with such a
course, those, surely, of all others, who be
lieve most sincerely in the necessities of
revenue reform and its ability to commend
itself to tbe confidence of our citizens, will
have the least reason to find fault It is
local choice we demand as to all matters of
local concern, and local expression as to all
matters of national concern, uninfluenced
and uncontrolled either by Federal author
ity or its organized partisan type. That we
must first contend for and achieve. Friends
and fellow-citizens, I cannot conclude with
out urging you aguio, as I have often done
in the past, to be tip and doing if you value
your litierties. They are threatened more
seriously than many of you realize by mili
tary ascendency laying its lines for the con
trol of popular elections, bv corrupt parties
aud official intervention. On the other hand
you have presented to you, in the person of
the distinguished candidate for the Presi
dency named at Cincinnati, a guarantee of
peace, amnesty, reconciliation and a re
f Tmed administration. No man has ever
dared to say that Horace Greeley wus not an
honest man. Be mav not be what some
would call a fine gentleman, of elegant man
ners and rinished app arance, and he may bo
addicted to what are considered by them as
low or common pursuits, such as farming,
stock-raising, looking after the indigent,
gathering supplies for the starving abroad, and
i lusirating iu a*l ways philanthropy at
home. But. I tell you, my friends, that
“old while hat” of his covers the
largest brain and shadows the softest
heart in America bt me add, moreover,
and be pardoned for saying it, that as to
the matter of Executive ability, I believe
that the Ilian who lias served out a long life
in the conduct of a great leading journal,
requiring administrative talent of tbe highest
order, and giving i*ody. and form to public-
opinion upon the most in’ricate questions of
foreign complication, will be found better
qualified for the position to which he is so
sure to be exalted, lhan any other who may
l»e selected from the camp or the Congress.
Renewing my thanks to you, my frn-nds,
and pledging myself again not to be unfaith
ful to this new mark of confidence which has
inen conferred upon me, 1 must close this
hurried response.
OUR DEAD COMRADES.
A DSC3RATKMC POKE.
In ih* valleys, on
Rating in yoor bloody enroous,
Ca< oi’led by fanny cloud*;
I'nm- we to yoor reefing place,
8 -d of thought and eloxr of puce,
B^srtos ofrr ng* to yonr tom\
Flower? of beiuty's vernal bloom.
Seen in darkuca* from a
Death, the Date and tileut ghost,
Ma itorts nil yonr quiet hoeta.
Vain onr vreetlngs to the dead.
Not a word that can be raid
E'er out call that st ent band
From that far and mystic laud;
Bat iheir memory lives to-day.
Fresh and sweet, and will for aye—
Long as earthly flowers shall bloom
Ycur.y shall we deck their tomb.
Rose and nr rt’e. eglantine.
Herewith Ivy's tendrils twine,
Fiora' crowns a* d shining s ems.
Nature's fair and fra? ant gemt.
Symbols of the lasting fame
wreathed with every hero's name.
Strew iheae mores in blooming ahowera,
Tear-bedewed memorial flowers.
T.
Every star In heaven to night
l *wcrs that crown th**lr bed;
And the weeding sky shall stn w
O'er these flowers <he rp^rkllng dew;
Here through a 1 the silent hours
Still sh .ll bloom memorial flowers.
atloua* Agricultural Convention.
This important body meets in the city of
St. Louis ou the 27tli day of May. Mr. O.
Jones, of Atlanta, is one of the Vice
Presidents of the Convention. An interest
ing session may be expected. This is the
great National Representative Congress of
those powerful and important people, the
farmers, and its deliberations will be looked
to with interest
The facilities for attending the Convention
have been fixed admirably. The railroad
fare for the round trip will only cost $25
from this point This affords a magnificent
opportunity for visiting the great city of the
West at a most pleasant and opportune time.
Those who wish to attend the sessions of
this important body can have the advantage
of the veiy liberal railroad facilities by com
municating with Mr. Jones, the Vice-Presi
dent
It will be a sight well worth seeing, this
convocation of the representative farmers
and agriculturalists of the whole broad land
xVnd their interchange of views upon the
mighty theme of our agricultural interests
cannot but be profitable as well as interest
ing.
We are glad to see such gatherings in the
interest and for the advancement of the prac
tical vocations of the country. They come
in refreshing alternation with the political
assemblages. They induce a broader broth
erhood iii'the grand industry tlsey represent.
And they should in pire earnest zeal in all
the friends of progress.
VUEblEL
Personal Opinions of the Nomina
tion ttlgbt After It wax Made,
Here are some opinions: Gratz Brown says
Greeley is the chivalrous spirit of tbe peace.
To write three columns a day, six days in the
week, and be so little of a fool, is statesman-
6 Judge Brinkerhoff says Greeley is a nuis
ance in the way of all reforms. He has no
logic, no reason, only a smattering of the
odds and ends of things. The country is not
safe with him. Grant is a failure, but we can
trust him.
Col. Wm. Grosvenor, of Missouri, says:
We are discouraged, i he Germans do not
like it I retire, to sleep, if I can. Perchance
to dream.”
Fitz Henry Warren, of Iowa, says : “In
our Slate we can easily make a combination
with the Democrats, and carry the State for
Greeley.”
Carl"Schurz says: “I have no discourage
ment ; I came into the convention, and by
the convention I will abide.”
Horace White says: “I am not feeling
well; I will try to feel better over our affair
tomorrow.”
David A. Wells says: “The cause of free
trade is set back twenty years. I will go to
Europe and do nothing to help Grant. How
can l be happy ?”
Edward Atkinson, of Massachusetts says -.
I want to go a fishing. 1 am sold out Pro
tection, like a victorious nightmare rides us
all”
J. B. Grinncll, of Iowa, says: “Greeley is
the most popular man in the United States.
He will carry Iowa.”
Dr. Jayne, brother-in-law of Senator Trum
bull, says: “I support the ticket It is the
choice of the convention. Let none be dis
couraged.”
Ward H. Lnrnnn, of the Davis forces,says:
I am for the ticket personally. I am beat-
n, but cannot lie wheeled in for Grant ”
Long John Wentworth says he is first-
class. The prairies will be on fire to-night
very where for Uncle Horace.
Frank Sterns, of Richmond, says: “It is a
noble ticket and will sweep Virginia and all
the South, rebel or negro. It means peace.”
Col. A. K. McClure says wc shall have to
make a big fight in Pennsylvania, but we can
win with these men.
Air. Dorslieimer, leading free-trader of
New York, says: “I voted for Greeley every
time. He will be the next President.”
Judge Casey, of Washington City, says:
It is an amiable and able ticket N ever fear.
Everybody agrees that the presidency of
Carl Schurz, the Secretary, Air. AlcClean. of
Indiana, and the platform, were admirable.
A meeting of leading editors supporting the
Literal Republican movement was held in
Cincinnati this evening. It was definitely
resolved to support the nomination of Horace
Greeley all the time. This news going over
city to night gives encouragement to all. It
It is believed from advii es received here that
the New York Herald will drop Grant and
push Greeley vigorously. Up to 84 o’clock
to-night there was a sense of disappointment
about the nomination. Later in the evening
the good feeling revived, aud now, nearly al
midnight, the town is full of enthusiasm over
Greeiey and Brown.
The National Democratic Convex*
vtlom
New Yerk. Alay 8.—The Democratic Na
tional Executive Committee met this after
noon at the residence of August Belmont.
Eight States were unrepresented—California,
Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana,
North Carolina, Oi egon and Wisconsin. The
places most prominently mentioned for hold
ing the Convention were B tilimore, St. Louis,
Louisville and Indianapolis.
After a secret session of some hours, Balti
more was finally fixed upon aa the place lor
holding the Convention.
The proceedings began shortly s-.ftcr two
o’clock. Mr. Belmont occupied the chair.
A motion was made, but lost, that the call for
the Democratic Convention should be indefi
nitely postponed.
Next came the question as to the time for
holding the Democratic Conven i >n. . A great
diversity of opinion prevailed on this point,
a large number of delegates expressing their
opinion that the convention should be held
on a day anterior to the Philadelphia Con
vention, while others urged that in the pres
ent disorganized condition of the Democratic
party, the wisest plan would be to fix a date
which would allow of the result of the Phil
adelphia Convention being known. This
opinion prevailed and the 9:h of July was
determined on as the date at which the con-
vetion should be held.
Next came the question as to where the
Convention should be held. Baltimore, Cin
cinnati, St Louis and Louisville were the
contesting cities. The choice was carried iu
favor of Baltimore by a vote of three to «me
the principal ground urged being ih*t in that
city less undue outside influence would be
brought to bear on the proceedings of the
Convention than in any of the others.
INTERVIEW WITH storey, OFJTHR CHICAGO
As a matter of general interest to our
readers, we give the vote of all the Southern
States, in the Cincinnati Convention, on the
sixth ballot, by which Mr. Greeley waa
nominate I:
Alabama.
Giedey
Arkansas.
Greeluy. ....
Adams
Florida
Chase .....
Kentucky.
A^ams
u let Icy
Adams
Trumbull
Alai
.. IS
Adams..
South Carolina.
Chase 1
Greeley—
Georgia.
Greeley. I
Tennessee.
Trumbull
Greeley 1
A***™*'Virginia.'
Greeley -
Ciut-e
Ch»*e
Davis
TnE United States Circuit Court.
The Clerk informs us that the following
cases were disposed of at the term just closed:
Common Law—Sixty-four trials and ver
dicts, t»-n cases marked settled, fifteen dis
continued.
Criminal Docket—Seven bonds forfeited,
three cases quashed and not prosecuted.
Equity—Twe ve final decrees, seven decre
tal orders, two e..c-s discontinued, five
marker! settled.
Besides, hearing on a great number of mo
tions at? 1 questions of law, eta
At no term since the war have so many
cases been determined, and tbe t.lerk thicks
that if parties are ready for trial when their
cases are set, the entire docket can be cleared
at tbe November ter n in three weeks.—Sa
vannah Ju puit’io • n.
R. C t . H u ’iuey. marshal, shot C. Jumbus
Rose in a personal rencounire, the Lodi shat
tering tiie left jaw-bone. Rose, it is thought,
will recover. Judge Cooke has decided in a
hapeas corpus case that on the separation of
man and wife, the nzlit hr the possession of
the children vested in the mother equally
with the father, and that she was entitled to
their possession as between herself and a
third party.—Fctonan Herald.
VtB ILLINOIS LETTER.
Political Statement* Etc.
Bunker Hill, III., Alay 7,1872.
Editors Constitution: The agony is over
The Cincinnati Convention has presented the
claims of Greeley and Brown to the Ameri
can people. What do you and readers think
of the nomination * What will the
Democratic party do? These are ques
tions which must be auswered. It
is a ticket of great strength in the
West. What will it prove to be at the
.South is the question for the future. The
fact that New England is against it is the
ijeat reason to suppose that the South wili
indorse it I know that Greeley is a pro
tectionist, but then Brown is a free trade
man, and will have quite as much to do
with the tariff, if elected, as Greeley.
Then the platform refers the whole
question, where it properlv belongs, t
the people. Besides, Greeley lias said
that “whatever his private views, he will in
dorse the opinion of tbe people as expressed
by their representatives.” This is enough.
You and I, as old Democrats, hated the v er-
name of Greeley. He was the father of the
Republican party. lie did more than any other
man to marshal the North against the South.
After the war, however, he was the first man
to advocate universal pardon. He, at a
time that it was dangerous to do so, in
dorsed Air. Davis* bond He has always
maintained that intelligence should'rule at
the South. He has. like'a true friend to the
black man, told him to keep aloof from “car-
p t-bag” influence. Do not ail these facts
endear him to your people ? Besides he has
no large array of relatives to become pen
sioners upon his bounty. He is old,*lis true,
but nevertheless honest and capable. If elec
ted he will be governed by no rings or cliques.
Should the St. Lou s Convention and the Dem
ocratic party im tors** li.m, I feel certain that
that support will not be ignored in the forma
tion o! his Cabinet. Whether this supposition
be true or not, he w ill never have such constitu
tional advisers as the debauched Alorton, or
tbe spoon thief, Butler. The West b in a
blaze. I shall act in accordance with the de
cree of the party. Respectfully,
Calhoun.
After the session of the convention a rc
>orter interviewed Mr. Storey, the delegate
rom Illinois and proprietor of the Chicago
Times. He si>oke very frankly on the whok
subject In reply to a question as to whether
the proceedings had been of a harmonious
character, he replied that as the meeting had
O.ily to deal with the question of lime and
dace for holding the convention, there was
ittle scope for any expression of opinion on
the great issues involved.
Reporter—Was there any expression a
desire to indorse the nomination of Horace
Greeley ?
Storey—Well, yes; the delegate from Kan
sas supported by the delegate from Tennes
see and some other States expressed them
selves in favor of indorsing Greeley, and a
lengthened discussion took place on this sub
jecL The difficulty was ended by the chair
man insisting on a return to tlie strict ques
tions as to the time and place for holding the
convention.
Reporter—Was there any expression of
opinion, either publicly or privatclj*, ns to
who would be the probable nominee of the
Democratic parly ?
Storey—None; the meeting could not deal
with that question.
Reporter—What b the sentiment in the
West in regard to the nomination of Greeiey
by the Cincinnati Convention?
- Mr. 8torcy—My belief is that the Democ
racy of the West will not support Greeley.
His whole political career ha- been such as
to make him unpopular with men who hold
such decided Democratic view's as those held
by the Democrats of the West
Reporter—Who do you think will bo the
nominee of the Baltimore Convention?
Mr. Storey—Well, the Baltimore Conven
tion may not nominate a Democrat. It is
not unlikely that Judge Davis will receive
the nomination. It is certain tiiat he can
carry New York, Arkansas, Indiana and
Pennsylvania. If he had been nominated by
the Cincinnati Convention there might have
been no necessity for a Democratic Conven
tion. __ _
GOV If. Git ilZ SHOWN.
Biographical and Political Sketch
of the Liberal fttepnbt can Now
iaee.
The Lioeral Republican candidate for the
Vice Presidency is a Kentuckian by birth.
He was born in Fr nkfort, in the year i826
lib father was the lute Judge Aluson Browm
of Frankfort, a noted lawyer and jurist.
Judge Brown was the son of Juo. Brown,
the Aral Senator that Kentucky sent to Con
gress, and who held the position for three
consecutive terms.
Gratz Brown’s mother was one of four sb-
ters, the daughter of the celebrated Jesse
Bledsoe, of Kentucky, who was abo a Ken
tucky Senator and a Democrat. He was the
rival of Henry Clay as a lawyer, hb equal as
a speaker, and-his superior in wit and educa
tion. One of the four daughters married
Frank Blair, the old editor of the famous
Washington Globe; one married Judge
Brown; a third married Mr. Uemy Bodley,
a prominent and respected merchant of St.
Louis, who with his wife, is still living; and
a fourth sister married, wc think, a Air. Hart,
of Kentucky, who was one of the volunteers
in tbo ill-fated Rabin campaign, and never
returned from that disastrous field. It was
never known whether he had been killed in
tlie fight, or carried off a prisoner by the suc
cessful Indians, and lortued to death.
Gratz Blown, it will thus be seen, is close
ly related to Alontgoincry and Frank Blair,
the latter of whom spoke of the Governor the
other day to an tntei viewer as foLlows:
“He is .a double cousin. On hb father’s
ride he b my father's cousin; on hb mother’s
side my first cousin; but that has nothing to
do with my choice. Governor Brown would
resent a political suggestion from me ai tub
period as quickly os' from any Democrat”
The Governor derives his name of ’Gratz’
from a prominent Philadelphia family of
that name who came originally from Ger
many. An aunt of the Governor’s matried
a Mr. Benjamin Grata, aud the ueph.w
named after the uncle.
It may be well enough to note here that
thb Gratz family were of Jewish descent,
and one of the European daughters of the
iiouse was reputed to have been Walter
Scott’s origin d in hb description of the beau
tiful Rebecca in * Ivanhoc.’
Gratz Brown b a kinsman of a number of
»ld families besides those above named: the
Alssons, of New York, the Breckinridge*,
Prestons and Baylors, of Kentucky.
Young Brown graduated at Yale College
in 1847; studied law and removed to SL
Louis. He soon became prominent in 3Iis-
souri politics, in connection with Thomas H.
Benton; was editor of the Missouri Demo
crat In 1861 he was prominent, in connec
tion with General Lyon, United States army,
in the attack and capture of Camp Jackson,
near St. Louis. He there commanded a regi
ment of militia, which he had orgaoized for
tbe occasion, and b reported as having be
haved with marked gallantry and coo.ness.
During the first year of the war he com
manded a regiment of Missouri volunteers,
but resigned on being elected to the United
States Senate.
When hb Senatorial term expired, Gratz
Brown retired from politics, and devoted him-
,-elf to professional pursuits and to the enjoy
ment of domestic life with his family. In
1800, sooner than any other Republican states
man, except Horace Greeley, he proclaimed
the doctrine of “universal amnesty.” In
1870 heading the Liberal Republican move
ment in Alissouri, in opposition to the straight
laced Radicals, he, as candidate for Gover
nor, was elected by an unprecedented tna
jority, and enfranchised fifty thousand pre
non At/E cueeley.
Tbe llk«ral Fepubllcan Nonalnea
for trie Prcaldoncr.
31 r. Greeley was born at Amherst, N. H.,
;a Fetmi.ry, 18 1, ami
second year of his ajr- in
ttoor farmer, who removed to \ ermoot tn
IHSI. It was at East Poullncy, in Uwl Stale,
iUkI he learned Ihe art of prinui.f?, and there
_hi Zk'iurcly in-
^ Ilfc rmUwl to E.ie,P:i., where h-
-midovmcnt for several tnnnths at hia t««H-
(n August, 1831. he sought worn, in Hey
York city, arriving there w ith only ten dol
lars in his pocket Having no Incuds or at>
qualotauce*. «n.l It’s dress being very odd and
shabby—a n pioseu II has often lucl
later yeurs-il was v,i.h o.UKuhy he obtain, d
employment. . . ,
For ovu a ye. r ho was engaged &s a |oar»
ncyntan printer, when, in J .uuury, 18ti3, he
became a partner of Francis St ry, ana be
gan the publication oi the Morning Post, the
first daily penny paper ever bsned. lt lived,
however, but a lew weeks, lu Match, 1834,
the Ne* Yotkvr, a weekly literary
neutral in politics, was founded by Wrcney
& Co. Mr. Greeley wrote the leading edito
rials. Tins journal lived for seven years,
during which time it became quite an inUu-
entini paper, but waa not probuble to the
PU lu they tar 1£36 Air. Greeley married Mbs
Cheney, of North Carolina, and he then re
lumed to bis trade as a journeyman printer.
From March, 1838, to March, 1839, hc luAtd
the Jiffereoutan, a weekly paper, pubtsked
under the auspices of the WhigX/tiural Com
mittee of the Slate off New 3ork. About
May 1810, he began the publication of the
Log Cabin, a weekly paper which supported
General Harrison for President bo great
was tiie popularity of this paper during the
celebrated “Hard Cider” campaign, that its
circulation numbered over 80,0c0. It lus
Ihhju remarked by Air. Part on, hb biographer,
tiiat thb paper “gave Greeley an immense
reputation in all parts off the country «* an
able writer and zealous politician.
In April, 1841, A!r. GrecUy established the
Daily Tribune, price *»nc c-nt, 8 Journal that
speedily became a political power in the land,
and to still so. Mr. Greeley s ill writes for it,
though he b not the managing editor, Mr.
Whiulaw lticd holding tiiat position. In
1844 Mr. Greeley advocated the election off
Henry Clay to the Presidency. In 184-9 be
was elected member of Congress to fill a va
cancy for a term which expired in March,
1849. In 1851 he visited Eurotie. He sup
ported in successive Presidential eh-ctiona.
General Scott in 1852, J. C. Fremont in 850,
and Abraham Lincoln in 1800, having exert
ed hb influence a;ainst the nomination of
ex-Secretary S » ard at the Chicago Conven
tion of that yerr. _ t „ . ,
He was the first to proclaim “universal
amnesty and universal suffrage” at the end of
the late war, and offered himself as bail for
Jefferson Davis in May, 18U7, for which he
was much censured by many of hb North
ern friends, but greatly approved by tk«we
who saw in it a proof of magnanimity and
moral courage. _ . . ....
He has been an author of books—publish-
tohing after a trip across the Atlantic
“Glances at Europe;” abo, a “Hfatoiy off
Slavery,’* a “Histoiy of tiie Late War,” and
a book on political economy. He has been a
lecturer on many topics, and a zealous advo
cate of manufactures anti the interests of la
boring people.
Of course Mr. Greeley is known tiie world
over for hb opposition to slavery and hb
supi>ort of the doctrine of home industry.
His course since the war has very much com
mended him to the Southern people At the
moment of the terrainUion of the war of
blood he proposed an end of the war of sec
tional prejudice and hate by general amnesty.
* ) a proof ot hi® liberality he became one ol
me sureties of Air. Davis, President of the
late Confederacy, and he lias consistently
urged upon the Government the policy of
clemency and amnesty.
No man has poured out such bitter
and scathing invective U|K»n the car|.et-bag-
gers who have plundered the South as Air.
Greeley 1ms. Every Southern paper has
spread widi W his denunciation ot these un
worthy people.
Soon alter Genera' Grant came into pow
er Mr. Greeley sat about ref arm. ng the civil
service, hunting up abuses and misappropria
tions of money, and brought to the attention
of the administration many delinquencies
and outrages. But there was no apparent
disposition to lbtcn to his suggestions. The
first open rupture he had with the adminis
tration was with regard to tlie suggested
changes in the New York Custom-house.
From that time the breach has widened, un
til there came the union of a few Republican
leaders, with Air. Greeley at tlie bead, for the
purpose of opposing Grant’s re-election. It
was but a little stream at first, but it has
grown to a great river, and the party thus
begun has placed its ticket in tbe field with •
Air. Greeley at the head of it He certainly
has been the Promethean spark that gave
it life, and by bis persistent and bold policy
it has been brought to its present tomlilion,
so gravely threatening Grant with defeat ami
promising the establishment ol a better gov-
scribed “ex-rebels,” who lived in Mbsoun on
bare sufierance.
Gratz Brown is vciy popular with tlie Gcr
mans of the West He is the friend of C*rl
Schurz, aud may be considered the author of
the movement that has resulted in the Lib
eral Kepub.ican Convention at Cincinnati.
In person Gov. Brown to of slender build,
a little be*ow middle height and of nervous
organization. The Cincinnati Commercial
says of him:
His most noticeable charac*eristics, next
to vigor and directness of thought, are bold
ness mi decision in action, thorough ganic-
iicss and great capacity for long continued
labor. His speeches and public papers evince
scholarship, and are always pointed and
forcible. His manner in debate U arid to bt
very impressive and attractive.
Georgia Crop
Floyd county—Rain needed to give young
corn and cotton a start, says the Rome Bulle
tin.
Morgan county—Ibiin needed. Drought
hurting wheat Corn not growing. Planters
cleaning corn well. Cotton not flattering.
Few have a stand, and not one a tolerable
stand on his whole crop. Some who bad
fair stand a. week ago, have not half a stand
now. Some are siding aud chopping cotton
to secure a stand, says the Madtoon Appeal.
Gwinnett county—Vegetation going
Corn making a fine start Early corn doing
well, a good stand generally reported, says
the Norcross Courier.
Spalding county—Rain needed. Corn
wheat, and oats doing well. Cotton lately
planted suffering. Farmers well up with
work, says the Griffin Sur.
Terrell county—High lands needing rain,
and bad stands of cotton. Corn-doing well.
The low lands in this county and C.dhoun
county not finished planting yet, the fanning
area having been so much submerged, says
the Journal.
Wilkes county—Not a gre it deal of wheat,
but growing crop looks well. A little rust
Fruit trees overloaded says the Gazette.
Newton county—Crops looking well, but
rain needed says the Enterprise.
Muscogee county—Despite drought corn
and cotton look remarkably well, and have
suffered, save when baked ground kept
plants from coming up gays the C’olcmhus
i Enquirer,
eminent for the Union.
Greeley and Grown
From the Boston Post J
The remarkable assembly that was con
vened at Cincinn; ti to imitate the work of
reform in the administration of tiie govern
ment, allowed tiie spirit of com bias tion to
obscure its clear vision in reaped to lac press
ing needs of the country, and wrecked a
noble opportunity by tlie most strangely un
fortunate misdirection of its situs. Pro
posing lofty results with which tiie people
every where were iu at tive ty mputlo» when
it came to the application of iis mean* it
failed miser; bl>\ Few (lert-un^ in their sober
senses will • eny that the selection of Horace
Greeley, by an assembly to powerfully
equipped with the pcpular hcnliincnt,
as a candidate for tbe Presidency, is
a disappointment for which they were
not prepared. There to an unexpressed
fitness demanded in all sections, great
and small; but when expectation had
been wrought so high, w here the stake was
so heavy and the opj>ortunity so unparalleled,
an exceptional fitness was to lie carefully
studied, and the grt atne-s and gravity of the
occason deserved to be fully matched by the
character chosen to embody its meaning.
Air. Greeley fails nt all points to answer to
tbe conditions of this great and promising
movement He may be in the fullest accord
with it: he may be its most effective advo
cate ; he tuny distinguish himself above
others iu his personal devotion to if; yet the
common sense of the couulry will ri*l>omi
that be is the last man to riuc it as a cuudi-
da;e for the Picakk-nty. The Convention
failed to heed the warning of its sagacious
President against making a nomination of
mere convenience or combinations that
should fortunately balk the country of its
fixed purpose.
* * • • •
The result devolves a diflereut set of con
siderations upon the Democracy, who have
awaited the termination of these proceedings
with open expressions of sympathy that were
scarcely dl&tlnguktiable fn»m promises of co
operation. Aud they may still be justly in
terpreted as such in respect to the high pur
poses for which the Convention was held.
On these there cm be no substantial differ
ence of views between the Democrats and
the Lilreral Republicans. But as the latter
have suffered them-elves to be practically
disarmed of the most effective weapons in
their hands for the cause of reform, it only
remains for their expectant allies and sup-
f >rlers to take up the work io their own way.
he Democrats will now apply themselves
arduously to the task made more difficult
than it need to have been. Thty are to hold
the advanced position already gained, and
push on in an aggressive temper to the dis
comfiture of the (rower that has converted
the Government into eutrenchmcntit. ’I he
brunt of this three bailie is to fall upon
them.
They will assemble and consider the situa
tion thoughtfully, take their position with
judgment, ruvilu ail lioeral citizens of what-
ever party to join/ui the final work of te. cue
and restoration, and if possible achieve ^victo-
ry for and with the people. The old banner
must be held as high as ever, inscribed all
over with the motu es of reform. I his press
ing work to not to stop here. As wc have
said many times before, the Democracy con-
stituc the great reserve on which the country
relies. Let them come up fearlessly and oc
cupy the ground which the Lii>eral Republi
cans have won, and the contest shall lie full
of promise for victory. The same generous
spirit that was displayed at Cincinnati, ex
pressed in a similar platform and with the
strongest candidates possible to place on it
will yet rescue the recent Convention from
the results of its own error, and crown the
contest with a clear triumph for free govern
ment under a pure administration.
To the Editor of the Few York Herald :
As the Hon. Horace Greeley has been nomi
nated by the Cincinnati Convention for Presi
dent of the United States, 1 wish to make
three propositions: First, I will bet $5.1*90 he
will carry the State of New York; second, I
will bet $5,000 he will carry tbe State of
Pennsylvania; third, 1 will bet $5,100 he is
elected President of the U uited States, pro
viding tiiat the Democratic party make no
nomination, one-half of the amount (|«,5U>)
to be put up when the bet to taken, the bal
ance ($7,500) to be put up thirty days before
the ehciion. Above propositions <q*cn for
ten days. John Morrissey.
The Augusta Typographical Union, on
Tuesday afternoon, elected Mr. A. J. Goulcy,
of the Banner of the South office, to repre
sent them at the approaching session of the
International Typographical Union, which
meets in Richmond, Va., in Junv n« xt.—Au
gusta Chronicle and Sentinel.