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Desporte & Williams) Proprietorm] A Family Paper, Devoted to Science, Art, Inquirv, Industry and Literature, [Terms---$&O0 uer Annum VOL. V11d6 WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNES)AY MORNIG J 78. N T1 Il I E FAIRFILD lEiRAD 18 P ini.1811K) W EEK 1.Y PV I1ESPO It'ElCS & WILLIANIS, 'Wrn-T. -I F iIaI. 11 publishIMI Weel y in tle Town of Winnsboro, at 9i.00 i, varialIl in advance. 0"" Alt transient, advortiseiehis to I paid inl ldvance. Obituary Noticesand Triiules $1 00 pc all 'tare. Froiu our Baltimore dorrespo-ddnt. July 9th, 2 P. M, The gods, in preseuting their gif to Epimotheus, could have scarcely re ceived more pleasnre from the sight o their prescut than the honest peopb of the United States this day do, i tle conviction that they,and not poli cians1, are reposerited in the sterlinj ex p'onenlts oaclh moment ar riving in thil city. For the first tirme in many year the anomily is presentted of uiellisli nees in politics. This execeptionlt Cas, of political heroism shows, I appre hendi that patriotismi has not died on in the South, but that the same spiri which has hitherto aiiiimated it, st il exists, and m ani fe:-t its fruition il the forgetting of pr(ejuidier s, and generous ,acritica of party predilec tions for the good of the whole coun I ry. Manflent 11es tiyi mO'entis it cr taiii, and its pulbaticus are exhibiteo in the stern determination of each o the delegates to reinstate honesty am redeem" the fallen prevstige of th Uinion, T sitlint to thlie call of the Natioia Excutihe Conuintee, the Niation a Jeimocrat in Colvention ltt to-dy Ford's Grand Opera louse wIa splendidly decorated for the oceasion A mr.guilimeit triumphil arch a dorni the spacious entrance while the in terior was tasteftilly cmbellished wi strea ets and splendid coats of arm (of the dil'er ut 8ta.tea and Territorics ''he reserved orehestra chairs were as sliled to the resIpretive delegates Z the name of their States incribed ii letters of gold on handome blue ban era-s. Sout h Catrolina was horimre< With on1e of the most eligible itua ting. Ample telegrap1hic facilitie wei cotivetiiciitly atrraiged, with a fil corps of operators, arid wter Afty di teLt n ies, C)nnect ifg the build in; with all parts of the Union. TI pres of the countay was represente< by over 180 reportrs, who were com foi tably accomodated oil tile rear o the stage. Your corre potdetif how ever, was fortunate in secu.ring a sea in one of the cotamodious and elegan opera buxcs, which besides being motel cooler, was eqpcially desirale f o A' eing and auditory purposcn. Th, large lons3 was crowded to saffoca tion, ail the unique and origina 4i e4e-y -fbn; were kept ill constan rottio. Within the da'.,, 1 notie )[on, A ngist Hi olment, Gov. Swam Geo. iline, Recv. Ileury Sliecer, an< o ti er distinguished gciitlemcn. While the prelinimonaries weic beinj rrianged, a tall itately woman wa lkei uinnediately in front of the stage ani prercited hur e dn(ti.ds to -ic of th :o comm)iittee, it was whi.gjer ed amon, the crord that she was Mlrs. Cadyv Stn ton, susan Anthony, 'rennie 'Wood bu . and soon she was gretezd will con~tiud till alhe took her position ii herear armong then rtporters, Afte the laughiter antdexime ha in a meitasulre subsided the imino-r ale Angunst Jiohnliont cal led thle C on veton to order and spokot at som, 9 e said substantlially asr follows At tihe last Nationali Convention 0o 'Jh July, I1868, lie predicted that tlr, integradunal usulrpation) of all th fo)rced( by the bayonets of a mnillitar the people of thne United States ha wi itnessed with grief' and aorrow th corr ectiueis of that riction,- an withlul fea r and apIprehlenIsion 10ooke forward to thle great danger wvhio threaitens if' the present hread of th pairty is re-.electod, aind tihe poliey o the party is cont1inued. That the th!in king men of both pnt: ties havoebcme ali'.o to the facot ths a military despotism is overriding thi civil authorit les in many Sta tes < lie Union, andi that by a deprave maljoirity inl Congress, tho rights c these States are infringed and tr'am pled upon, and that ('Calaism an central ization are- uniderminin<g th very foundations of our federa '1s temt, tind areO sweepinlg away thin con stitutional bulwarks erected by it wisdom of the fathec's of the republi, Theso abuses have becamo~ so gla: ing and obtruaive that the wicsd ani the best men of tho Republican' part have severed themselves from th power which is now tr3 ing to faste atnother four yours of corruiption an dlespotism u-pon- the country nt whatever indi'vidual opinions may e: wecro and mnuat bo united in the con mon purpo..o to reinstate honest That we must hook to principles n Imeln; that, no personal bias (hkuld d ter us from dichiarging our duty to the Ainerican people. Clen. Grant's war record was good, and ho had been generously rewarded, In accepting the highest olice fron the people, his mtentionus may have be1en good, but he has most signally failed in the di.i. charge of the high trist imposed upon himi. Ile Is at this ioueit the very r per.-onibeatieon of the misrule which is oppressing tvs, atid bia c-election is frauiht with the no.t deplorable con sequences dangerous to the hbertivs of (ho people. That, on the other hand, Mr. Gre. lby did not deserve preferenco cit his hands, not only from his vio lent personal attacks on hi ciself (the speaker), but for his oppo-i tion to the Domocratio p irty yet at the same time, Mr. Uree ley repreents the national and constitutional principles of the Cincinnati platform, and has shown Sitl his manly letter, he is fully alive . to their spirits and if elected, fully intends to carry them out honestly and faithfully. Should the Conven ' tion decide to pronounce in his f:kVNor, ' the speaktr f. r ono would cht erfully SIury aill past differenues :ind libor t for his election with the sm ne isal and energy with which lie has sulIpurted and ever will support the canriilates of the Demoertic party. In eairnest words lie inipressed ution hi.i audience the necesbity of disearding party tra dition, if the selection of a good aind wise Ian outside the lparty presented better ehances of success. f'hat they iwere assembhl-d not as deniocrats it as citizens of a com mon country, and that no snerifice cotild he too great which she demanus at their hands. In conclusion, he feelingly ,ff red Shis re.Signation US Chairnil and eCX pressted a ideterminationii that tho' lie would no longer occupy the proiinen t p position that tor t welve years ho had held, yet. his zea abiould never abate. i Mr. Iciont is an earnest, energet. Ie speaker anel received the marked nttcntion of his hcarert. lHis allnion Wt a uiiloin with Liberal lIepublicans and his commendation of the Cincin nati platfortm was received with great applause, and oh his allui-ion to Greeley, the enhiusicasin wai tre - mundous, ladies, deleg:itcs, vi3itors, ush-ers, p.ges, every one, cheeredI most vigorously. Mr. llelmnuit conoluded by ifitro. duiig lion, Tio.. tefhr*on itciandolph . a t10 porary chairinan, who a fter an appropilte a1pecelh proceede.1 ill the orgaitiatien by appointing 0flicers and cAlling on eaehI deiiegation to - present t~'o members to form a com f nittee on credentials and fesolutions. ,lThe thqlfcs of the States werb called in alphabetiual order, and then S3otuth t Carolina was c tled she received en tlinsivatic applause ; a generotma syml pathy as it were, from her sister states for her unforttunate condition. The - . onvention (hen adjirined till 4 1. M. I will report further proceedings to-mcorrov, and hasteir to close fur fteinoon micail - AJAX. Nl.-t uon~ x, ,July iltli 1872. Whr.tever be the resu't of the cam' plign, the events of yesterday wil over occopy a prominent position iu our palit ic. history. That the thous ands present fere fully alive to the stic ring events that were about to take thleeg wans manifested at quite ain early hrour hri the morning. F'ully two hours before the appoinited time for convening, unfort undte deleg~ates were on eiery side impo'itunately .so licited for' the coveted tickett, aind t~ fort unate recipients in solid streams . were soon wending~ thir way to the .. scene of act ion, 'I hrough the enrer a geti-e efforts cf chficient piolicemenC, a niarrow space staa kept clear fo'r the .u.eehising arrivals, and not hing 0c e~ ur red worthy of note, w.ith tho ex a ception of a very butngling attempt t toi pick a pocket, which resulted in -the speedly capture of~ the would be y' r-rtist. P'hmnon must havme boraoweod - A pollo's~ chariot and s otmewhiat hiate y deviated from the aceoustomed course, f f'or it was especially and partieularly a warm,- and the surging, swelling e c rowd (lid nots materially contribute :1 to make it cooler. llowever, the el private boxecs were asi comfortable as h could be expecteid; andi beyond the eitmitiael nmptomes on the par t of 'very ; Ipre tty y oung lad y to- fuini., who aft er wards th-ought better of it, thero was rainhing to indiem'te liut that tho andi c enec were satisfkcd with the situation. e After stirring, patri-otiu stri'ins f from the dhi!erciat hauds atnd the rI tibsidee of comnmotion, the conven C Lion opened with prayer, -Mr'. .lurr, o:- Connecticut, for' the d cominittee4 offered resolutionsembiody. e ing the prmeiiples of the Cincintnati c. pla form,-~ which, as they were' sever. .ally road, were onthusiastically up opla uded. . M.hlurr then moved the adoption y tion). o Mr. Bayard, of Delawaro, an enoer n getic, positive, decisive speaker, in d arising to a qjuestion- of order, charac d .terized the previous question as but r- -another word for ga'g lain, and begged II to be allowed to tadd ress the conven. v. Lion for ten rninutes. He~re therc y. was quito an excitomnent, severa ot speaking at once anid speaking persiet Si~entiv. Mr. Doolit tlo. who is proba bly the Lest presiding olicer in tihe United Siat e, by his vigorous, dcter minate ruling, soon rostorcd drd er. A call was malde fr it vote by States wiich resulted iii the previous qius tioti being sustained by a vote of "53 ye a to 176 inays. The Chair, in answer to an apnoil, iuled that by this aloption (,f the resolutions, thdiro could be no amend. Mr. B1ayard then ad]dresed the convention an la-] tid : If 1:e knew aniythiig of tle organtization of hu. ma1 faffal-i, it 13 that parties have tno justification except inag that, they are tteans to an abstract ond. Ile adveited to the necetity of or ganization for reachiig honest ends, and said t hat a desire to elevate hun esty eouid only bo done by ai appeal to all that is high and tioble in ha111nman nature. After cilogizing tihe Demo cratic party atd its expotlentts before him itseetbled, lio taillcaled to the body if it should not be allowed t free expre:ssion of its own feelings, and hopead to (1oud it would not allow the action of other men, cut and] drie'a, 'o b'c ftreed down the r throats without digestion or imaticat'on. lie evi dintly enlisted te y q pauthy of his leni-rs, and w;:s grectedi (hraaongh ait wit I stronag and continual ouhur a'ts of apphlauso.. Mr. B3.ayiad conatiitied in th Same statin until (lie expiratioa of his time, bait was regtested to speak as 1ong11 as Ic chose. Mr. Jackson, of Illinois, desired to know in what te peat tie 'elutis wvere improper or undenii~cratio ; thAt the speaker .ahuld specify. 101! had tnot 1o1ne s) 3et Mr. Bayar d in a an ta ly, vigorcus reaply sa id that. le would tnot he eate chised by anly one, he a.-kedn io favor, that 1.e would choose his own (ou1re; h is own w IV, his own timie. [Lcat appl.aite.] iat it w-is oaly by a cenic.t of honiest op. iAins that j 'istioe and good saeise could be arrivel at ; thit the contlention would have done nuch better to adept its own sentiments ratler thani those of others. That thet tronlbl.o that t-d]IY putts the country morally inl chains, is tao intei forence Ly FederA. doverniiert in tire .Ul .1concileaof the Stats, tial akecd if it wasa not ty atnnay atad tiurpat ionti dar the garh of Cotinsii tutiin1:. ataeindmens, under the garb Of Stat utes pa d ii a lged ie co r lice wit h1 t hose rnernd!cnts which to-d:ay throttlcs tle Voic!e of tile A e inrica C lw opl1e. That the Fourteen th mil Fifteenth amanl ments were the piiie motor of tle causes which are now prostrating the unthappy Soul b, Give us, said lo, the great point, give us a free election ; give ut ai ilee tioa und i ishiu rhedl by le leral money, threa t, ofi a ls, riand hayoette, and th in wt bball .ave i * rs wh-o shall bring us p 1ace a:a put ala en I t> tlese qlestions whih noltiw agitiate th1 count; Ilie co;t inued aIt sIomI I -igth .ndm a i grected with cntiinu. ons applanse. Mr. O'Gnnor, or Charleston S. C. rep-ied au-l his eOTart was the lh11p. piet of thle whole nCet in.:. South Carol inta1 whom he charicterizad ats the freland of America the Niobe Stat e, ha: good reasonts to lbe proudl of 1. is manuly mastorly add ress. W->uld rthat space peritted eveni a brtief syuopsis, but we ecan :>l) say tha t it was ai miost comlplt3 sutccess andc wtas receivedl with tremndouscan shots end storms of ap1platiuse, n'ntd most manti feet apprecition and approvail. Afte:- taueb disacussioin antd speeches by (ov. Houffiman of New Yoark anrd others the vo was taken on the~ mo tiona to adopt rthe platfoci m, anad was carried bay (;77 yeas,nays 62. Go0v. Ilolltman thena desired to pro. sent a commitunicat ion, (50 feet lotng,) anid signied byv 15,000'Oct eu n aeri cansofa New York eity endcorsing thle nomineesaO0 and palatf'ormu of the Cincin - niati Convationt tt. It '.as r'eceivedh withi greait apptlan-e. [lorace 0 reeley on the vote for l'r'esidenat of liiteda Staates received, ott a call of the Staites 686 -opposi tion 6, ofC whichtl .1 were east bay G eorg i and 2 by Florida. O mtjin ti tth noinat Iona was maado unlaitnimous,' andh at thae same Ltime a curt a in I ose ini rear ofi thea stage antd preosenited to thte view of (lie excited d elegates na argo antd eapitalI picturFe of the White Hanu e. Thoi baads struck up ' Hail to thie chief"' anid the' viiasi tafed only to he ineceasc'l-. ''The Convention, atfter a pproprto reso lts, thlen atdjoutrned. TVo fot maally ratify thte naomainees the argzest antd maost imptitnaat g a sscm-i bly ever before conv'enaed ittnthis citya met on monumnent square in the even ing. 1'Te spacious granid 5tanid was gorgeouisly (decorated anad the thtous antds of gas gets, forming e G}reeley" reveaing distinellhy the countenancvica of 15,000 liee8s Eloquent speeches were made by Gov. Whiyte, of Martyland, Gov. Rin' dojlh of New Jeoraey. lon. Samn'I Ca soy of Ohio ; lion. Mr. Jiannia, of 1i diana. Your correspotndent paid par tieular attetilon to Ex. Gov. Vance of North Caroliina. ie said, amiiong other things, that ho would give .the peCople the reason to sutpport, G reeley. llThe people of the South wanted to get. r ut of hell lire. Our wag<-n is st ick in the tinn aid we donit care whether it is pulleu out. by i roo ho. se or a j ick-iss, [A p. plaise.] That we aro going to bitl: llorace GreCley. to it 01n4d we mii pu1,sh1 the wheels along. ['we'll e it,' W n eIl do It,' applause I Thi lt the rad cal puo-w-r was re.ssin , dowi and i'apinl: th South, anid *be only way to prevent, the f rom steal inig i t.) tiat it as (ho D eluCo:1na didi to C.I 0re his dog of st.op killing-he cut ('I a )Co (i h;s tail j-ist behinid hI ca r, aiitl h rover klIeid any, more 0hceep, [LiI)glcr.] In a for ibIn iiincr he menii:ziid -tie ahlw'r of' plow t'-tie Souiit, the sittspelnSion of ila bt ns Corpus, UIXCs, packed juries, etc., ete. Ile satid that an honest, frank, cre. my, says thatli he is tire. of oppressioni anrid exte ii his hand. to heli, why Should not we Tsp it, ["Tha' s'' I'hat Ilorneo 'ree y liad beeni the first man to hiol 1 :p his hain aid crv. "nougIh. 'Thit Hlorace Greeley woutld not receiv- bull pIps by express or donate pubpi. patronage gratu tily i.e,, for a pc.'uniary con ider i, Sion. That thii was bit a h:idy cap rce, fihe four mile he:ut would come [ll iii Noveml)er. Like thoe Feeral j'idiciairy in N. C., wheii lilked for the rt o f H a be C~l8 -1rpus1 , he f)was Ie . 1:.1ho,"adb did not wishl to (di-, by fi I ther exertio.is, he mur t Coicluile t" after -,everai anecdotes lie gavc waV to Ilii. IId inia, of' indiana,who re 'iv'd g'ra:it aPPLa c, hen aming the1 other ienmarks lie fiid Horaeo Gree l ,v propo'ed to e malni jate 13,000,, [O) wilt% e i-lavcs. Other airrin-r -peeclits "ere made. Ai Ml timore aIl Wa'*Vs has sone exeilelmenit, the next i the b':i.,A is the coinig hklieiIzr, st kal, Colm) leninig Mioidav. 'The:C estial Ir as cr iwn) 1ow'~ded and piopui li ar, an] %%ill especially be so d1ii1 irig tihe "nung week as the, SOrVices of IIth fa meKaiier Fiang i renadier Dhad lias been sceured, 't a Cost of i co:00 or threo days. Tie liffercit rail roads have is.iuel excuision ticke.ts mid fully :20,000 peiople are exjpeoctedi. 'l3ack I-liday !" i., beingj '.erlh:d viih i good east at the ll.iday St heaitro. Tlie aethtg as well as i. eic dset.l is lia. T Ie' philhsop'ier is in. troilviaed, who en every wVay, wilite-naL.t, Coat, walk, aniid genl 0 I 1 p pea rance, Uihiistakablv Sh ow s his identity. in reply to "I. hat did hbe knriowi a .t frmig,. in moa.iO r A tonev:i F.] lide would .diow, ol his ar li'al at Washi ngioni, by rootiig up Ihe dead-beats;, which had vegetated there. A J AX. LiltCai1's lIcatt in .1 'lnre. It has been a matter of regret to many good toen that I n coln Cle to his tragic end i a theatr, Jhit i: lhe eireinlltaiees of' his going there were fIlly known, it might relieve their mintlds .somewhit. It has been said that Nirs. Liicolni urged I- r hi11.s. bInd to go t tthe th;tre llg iin l hi will. This is II't so. Oin t le cont ia ry, she ti iedi to pe rsu adC hiii n notto go. bu.t he insisted. I have this stait limeit fromll .I1S. Linlcoln lie: self. !I1 said, I 1mu11.t lave a little rest. A large pr ocession of excited iiiid over j iy'ed people will visit mue to night. My arms are now im) -y shalk ing hands ithI the ml l tiud, andi t he pe~ople will pull n'e to pieces.' lie wi'eit to the t lieat red, nlot becausO hyo was interested in thec play, bit be' eanise he was i careworn an~id wea ry, and needed qiet and repiose. Mr's. Lincoln iniformeod me thait, lie seemned to I ii no notice of whalit wa~ s going oni ~i 1 the. tate from the timei' he eniter' oil till disch.rg'~e of thi, fata.I1pistol. lHe wans ovoijca ed at the thought that woiild he no ft rt her d est ruetioni of lhi man life, SThe said the last, day lie lived was the haippiest of his lilte. The v.er'y last moiimts of his coni eius lif e were spe nt ini convierst ion wit~h his wife abont hisi future plans, and wh-i.t he wian ted to do when hiis term of' (tiee had1 expeired. lIe said Ite wan'ted ho visit 110ly lLandi, aind all these lacesL hlloweid by our :Saviouri. ile wais sayinii that th'i'e was noi city hie so muei~l: de::ired to seoas Ji erusai nl, and with that word ha'f spoken on his tongue the bullet from the pi' tol of the assa.i ontrd hi'i Ii1. rain.' fiy Poii .onilng. PTe beM remnedy f'.r i y pisonring is said tr be swee nt spirits of niitre. ]hl.rh thet parLtL iaffecteiid freely withI lthis flnid t bree or four times duin inig thle diiyr L anI t lie llext Ino'rning 'Ca rce~i ly ainy traice of pisonf will bC found. If thbe bli ater be brikeni, so as' tIolo the nit re to pen~ietraite the ent iee, ai single applienition will he snuicnt. Thei spiitjs of niitre im~y beO plrepared by dissolving one pairt of nlitrou4 ether in eight parts of comn (lPoitatoes !" cried a darkey pedlar, "Hush diat racket-you distracitsi do whole neighborhood," caime froim a colored womani in a doorway. "Yot kin hear mue, kini you t'" "'Ilear you' I kiiin hear you a ieI."' "Thaiink G~ot for dat-l'so hiollowin to be hecard Tfatoes !" Whalit rort of' asIcent is a decent A trin up. for it brinus you down. 1 per Si () Vi::I Jr UIoltEic. G xrTt.r~~ i av 11e. iii6 Coe v r.: rr o N I thank you for :his great hoinor, ords etin hard ly tell h wniuch, but 'poua will allow jne to pass at once fron what is perP mal to speaki of tho grea. occasion the dily anl the pur D )e ub ich brineg us; here. T tVo years --carl live yeari--after the I loody p riod of (te ivil wa-;r hadl closed, tie Liberal 11tpublicans of Nlis-ottvi, tapplau] feeling keenly !l the evil of (lt prmeription, tle test oath, the ha1ite's Un1d tIe stifs, tal the piusNioins of the wir whioh hal been Ieft upon I then, lung afer the war i4e'f had eeneed, aNd feeling keenly the exmcu live and federal power in i heir leval Cletlein, deteinaii" to orgnize a movement to retre cequnl lights to All our citiNN 'applen'.] white as well as black t |' pphutIe.] to restore local seaf-nerninnt, nd to arrest the furthor centralizati'm of fo leral poe:wor. [.* ppl1ause]. They I hel s-aid tLis thing has gone far < n ugti, it iot already too far. The Imi iue Ih e when hone:t, and ptiteIpbi~n must way " 'h Jlt :", ;;,a ll t u eas-o, t thle vital I N-e Af llepubbean1 igovernmint. that, undler the C mhiu ti-m, the I mi:s of th Fderal (Uv clenmenet are d li:icl and lltud, |ap pe1lause, ai -I eis of rl , col P "d! atel thatt ih 11 .(110 of1' the 't etes liav: the Ihut Io o crn t helm. selves imi iir own dem, stic aWfiis. upon the I"is oif the t ehlility f all the States before Itho higher law bewor the Constitutien-ad the " itality of all ien lofore the law I *lauie ;] lo alty, aueuiiesty, s1imrrage and; peace ; takiiig o slt bek b tarl tiling' 110 r:ht :1-d frauebim wh had been securad to the blac. liueg inig themselves to support them all in their vigor they at the seime dem-inded in the n1amie of peauc in th i too liberty in tVi name of Rep1ubli Ci:ca G.overnm ut en t itself, audt f idom intel einal 0'g hts Shonldto! b-e( r ostorcl to l1ce whitte peic ple.[ ! eat Tpi.1hi.] They oliganiz. ee twarly fotty heosatl tront :iil call up:n . ratz Brown .p. plaus.] to lead the emieno enuilt ; tIy placed bim in n:nicatioin fir (becr nor; lion what Ulc wd ? eigh: v hou. S:n d DeinoerU1atS :iUd lH-PUflicanM, (ACheQ lkingC upon" thN ;o 0' CfS1 that tinvement 1 a.3 lov :ilny !:I ty tlilinop,lll (cheecrs,) roeilved to sr tain it wath their whio strenpth. nv of country, I ma of Ih-nlicnean Liberty, love Al' t.e rpial righ:s cc' i !d 'iC.n, inspired that union an taght. uin to aet, together io ha becen pohiticeally oploed..e tt e Cli o'tler all their lives upon Ather <ite.-tim s lid inl o'lic. tiles, nd withouti vioht iing honor, logie, con;scieCncCO (r coin It-iiten.y on it her side. This pe riee i unittl was bWed upon higher pgwunds than ordin.$erily voilrol peditical actioni. [G :eat :plu-:111-v j E.Iven thon who had feught against eCah other in bo tie, chsped hadris ever llte blooly ebasmn, [uaewed applauswe.] ind sido by -iiei, like b)other ;, with heC.-13a beting in unitson--bating stmong with the same high pImpo0o-,teIy helped to hla r P; f ;g to a glmimie v141 heey. Tha'. geiitlemen, is I ihe. ral mti d that it; Ihtmoetatie Republicani.iem. [GeIat enlT.sicm.] Th . victory w hi ch camoe fronit thlt unio111 n was the etiel of prot-einptiian andt te st. oathli, of panin mte) siu ifc, aund ef all disloyalty; inl at wor d, the iretl endc cf the eivil w.ercatte- with that. victory, and did not1 comte unitil itei int 3hi-smari. [loteese apphale]. It rc~eemnedc that Suite1 ; it gave the right of frtee meet to 70,000 t tient wth hal beeni b u nil andti( fettered. 31 issoeuti is ti a free IState ittn this Uni, with till lier' rg-, dignity atnd ecpamlity tunder' itnur oh d i.tleyalty is anywhtere hteard.c By that ituint for freedomtt, tederal die. tatin int 3hiseouri, ini heri local tle.. tion', wasici overtlthrw, aetd by t at untti, .-t rife1n haet" e hve giveit plae to peace ande to good wt ill bcy thtit uttnion licity, wiithi equpl I igh~!ts, havo given to the St:itei ant unbceunlded prosperity etnt teo its peOple~ a jiey tti-ontk tble'. tage..a wa the jy eandt( comttplt e their sulccess theat the Lil'erl liepubi lias of.- t t hat Statie were tnt withtt iteaking ant efect to extenud tI I sanio tull'cn ofLerl andie :ii Iliim eratin tlie. publicas te i wc~ith it the satmeho Ito all the othter Statte. l' tiun. of' iapplause.)~ Aceordinegly ini Stalte ( onenmt ionsm on the '. Ih of 31 :r chI Ilat, thei y .e.olvo.l to invito lie .Libe ral epulicasit all the8Ste.s to Ciinnateiti til the 1st day of' May. Th'Ie itvititioen was atcetd ; the're wasne ideedl a yleint rt~4ponse ; they camte hiy thin -sands ill ttch vast nitm-n bers thint a d e! egat ion ConttveCnt itt of thet reprer acnnives of cell tho St at eq wacs fo rmecd, bcoth fromi p rinte cple andi noctadtiy, to give formi to its proce. d inigs. 31any of thea abllest men itn thte coun1)try, h t ely leaders ini the t-pub Sicatn pa~rty3, wer t~othero atndt took part in its deliberationts ; they wvere as sured that a largo inmber of Liberal ltepubliecns,in every State, atid fromt atl po ItLions of theO country, stood1 be.. hitte ready to susetain theni, amid they were morally certatin that if the tmil. lions tt htomio we this dany represett would only Come to their tuppoi t, the numaber of Liberal Repnhnbien would reach half million or more. (Great chieers.) That Convet-tion presented c1nd idates to the country for Presi dent, lloraco Grecley, (Long mnd continued checring,] and for V ice i'resident, B. Gratz Brown. IMore enthusiasmi and that Cohivention for the promoting and success of the ptinl cip-les3 declared on that platform, thero enunciated , ahd the support of the catiolidates nominated by that Uouvcnition. have cordially welcomed the co-operatiion of all patriotio citi zens without regard to previous po. litical opinions-these principles wcre clearly and conci-scely iatied ii that platform itself, and rested on tho let ier of acceptance of llorice Greeley, jmore cheering,] and they are so well known to you I , I will not restato tlem. For weeks that platform and these candidaten have been before tho oun try. Me1vanwhilc the Convention ealed to nominito GOeneral Grant, [ hisse], antd to eidorse and continue Ah prineiples, pr:!ctices, and policy t1 h1 ad minitration, has ,dono its woIk. [IIi ses. J As between the LIlliherl 1 Ill S and the follow rs f.1. ti 0 6rait. adi inl.trat ion, the s'le i.i clIarly up. It, is G rant or 4 ree'y. Elmen cilse entlhusiasm , and ori of "(lreeley."] While these event u were tranispirinig, the Demo ecatie Repulblicanl s.i wl1hoimi we rc p re ent , hel.1 their coiventions in all tihe States. The LibeUralimoveet--the ex:IICle of Mi.sutii--ths Cineinnati Convention, its plat form, its candi dates, with their lettetse.fcteptanco, were bC o th es. Conl vellions, which wi very largely attended by their aibl.t men, awld the parainint ques tions before tierce (%nventions were, salll we accept this invitation to co operate with tie IiberCallepuliblicans? [IGreat. api lause."]j Shall we adolt, the platform ? [,oud cries of yes, yes, and some cries of never.] ShaIll we nominale tihe s:alne candidates Yes, yes.] Andal s.hall we elect thm ] Yes, yr. ; loud ceiiering.] Or shall we co-op-matc and iomilait other candi. (a1tes [Ino, no ; U reeley, 0 recley, and trive to elect them over both tho othelr tickets which are already inl the hlid. Uitleimien, these ar the (m nest ions which you are to decide, il, :.2're. Thai.t, you will de-ido (hum wisely I cannot doult, nor can a ny one douib, w1he looks orer this body of m11enl, who, represciting, as ticy do, three mnillions of citizens, to11l who feels as every one here must eel, tile high aIl aiti iotic purpose w hich iispiresyou getlemen. V hatI ucaii this great IIIu1e'mentit u% hich we eveirywh e Ie ! V.*t, la meains this proposed nuion of thrco millions of Deinocratie Repuilicans with a mil lion, nlay be, of I iberal Republi caIs ? What i.eans this union Upon a coaiioin platform, and thil pro polsttd union upon tle e.ndidate, I 111i011 SO s udde, so 0 com acIII t, and so earnt, as to surprise its friends and in confounid its enemies. [A pplauic.] Which meS a.l the winds com;ie which to borrow a f.gure, overwhelms the ord i nary currents of pub!ic opinion as the great storms always run to the hfirfio currents. What 11mans aill this I There tiro somc things gentle1men it does not mean. It means no abandon ment of what is rue, of what is jnst, of what is good j i huan govenun iieit . [ Applause.j It means11 no0 u1nion of the dead upon deadl issutes, but a urnion of the living upo l'~tho living issues( of the present. It icants noc uniion for the spoils of oljie. [A\ dlause ] lUut it cian aL uionil ot mni with the same faithI upcon thie great and paramount isniuo of the pcreseit hour-a fi anik, manly, hocttora ile, and .ecjuald union)1 of mdil whot have thle sagacity to see aind the moral cuailge to~ accept the situation; "Goodii!,'' "GIiOotl ,' ' ad (lou1d el cer ing.] It mieans aL union of meniwh have the saigacity to see what is past andi' to deal withi the issues of the preent, riind for the future to do thleir duity to I heir* counlt ry, their God, and th'ei r fellow men. Thle issue0 to-clay is not the repeal of the Missouri Comi promise, nor tho question oif ilavery ini lie Territories, upon which alone thle lIepucblican party was organized ill 1853. [t is niot upon01 that whi:ch folod IOVlw hen the LecomlOpton1 C'on t ituation, for Kansas divided the D emnocratic plarty in twain and elected A\ hbamia facmoln to the P'resideney iin li160. It is not the (questionl of so cessioni nor (of war to puit down tile rebel lioni, nor the aboulit ion of slavery iln the S1ates b'y mnilitary order or by const ituLt iinal amndmend n1011pon whIiich Mr. L inln wasi re-elected in 1861, nior yet i5 it the que~stioun of recon truction, then 141th or 15thi amendme1(rn, nor the question of negro suff'ragc, nor the establishmnit by federal power of' univcersali negro suff'rago as a condition precedent to the States of the South havinig rights or any existence even as Sinates in tihe Union. [t is n'one of theso questions1 thiat is now in issue ; all these have been issues of the past-great issues sufficient in themselves to cnreatc) and dIissolvo political part icr, oceauso ideas are stronger than men or palrA ties ;- but they are all past issues, tiboy have beeni fought out andi fought, to the'end in the forum or in the field, atid they are no more in issue to-day than the Mexican war or the wvat of the Sr ebellion, (scpplause). We could note reopen them if we would, and they falsely misrepresented our purpose; who say that . we wduld tb.open them If wo could. This great unions therefoi-o, moans no stops backwardi [checers.] Forward, is the word, I loud cheering] and first of all i6 imoans to;day for all the other States of the South what ithas already dond in Missouri. Instead of proscription test oatths, suspension of the habons corpus and military despotism, It means the personal freedom for the in. dividual and Republican good for all. [Loud applause.] Instead of nogrq tipretnaey, upheld by prosorption and the bayonet, it moans equal rights to all mnen,, it'h Ita as well a black. [Loud applause.] Instead of thioving Governmnts organized to plunder subjugated States, it means the dominance onco more of intelli gence and integrity. Instead of trife, hate and robbery, It means iti.stiee, liberty. peace, loyalt.y, good will, and, gentlemia, for our whole ,ountry, EaM, West, North, and South, it means inistead of a war President, trained odly in a military school, atid whose whole character has leen formed in the ideas, arts, habits ai. despotism of nilitary life ; in. stead of this, it moans thlie elotion of a peace President [clieers,] trained id tlie ideas, arts, blessings and repub. lican simplicity peace and universal freedon. [ Lond cheers Of a peaoo not enchainied, of a liberty not under arrest, awaiting trial, sentende and execution by a drunihead courtinar. tial ; but that liberty and peace which the Constitution secures by placing the civil law above the sword, by pro ,erving in full regard the sacred writ of hMaben corpus and by the right of trial by jury. [ Applauso.J It means another thing, and perhaps the most important of them all. I. imcans to arrect the centralization of power in the Federal Government. I Loud cheors.J It is to assert ' thd vital principle of our Republican ;ystem in which it nicans and has its very being that constitutions ard made by the people in their noverign. aapacity, for tho express purpose of. iefending and limiting tlho powdrs of Govern mout. [Applause,j powers of all Goternments, State or National. It means that we nra determined thaA Prosidents and Governors, CongrosU ind State Legislatures, and overy do. )artmont of the Governmont shall ,bey tho Constitution. [Prolonged, tpplause.j Mr. Doolittle concluded, gentlomeni [ have thus briefly stated the sittia ion, thme duties the purposes lichi bring us hare. A great re ponsibility rests upon this Conven ion. If ita ntiots shall be such, I loubt not it Will bo, as to put in and md this misrule which fcr the past ew. years, afflicted our beloved coun ry, this generation and generations 'o como after us will remember vith ripile and gratitude the Conven ion at Riltimoro of thi 9th of July, 1 872. [ Amid loud and continued pplause, Mr. Doolittlo took hid eat.] A Stralge ll.d to DliCh h. Un F iday last, as the up freigh6 rain passed Annapolis on the Arkans a bianech of the I. M. Rt. R., an atoxicated nian who had been at ~vorkc on the track juimpedl aboard the sabhooset car', and saying that he had )uid for hIs ticket, refused to get of'. A~t l-fogan Mountain, the train wad 'livided, and four ears loaded with Inmber and the caboose were lef6 there, white the engine and the rest >f the train went up the grade,' in lending I e come back after thcso ears. While the conductor was giving or.' 'hers to some of the inen a head, this iutokioatedl inan camne out of theo 'aboose anid loosed the brakes. The' aarg mtarted, and began running by rav itation so fast that the conductor' sould not overtake them. Faster anid Faster they ran, the craz/y man at the helm alone, apparently enjoying his h'ree fast ride. On they went nine' miles, when the~y met the up passen.. seniger train, producing a tremendoud concussion, smiashinog up the caboose' and hrenakiiug up~ the engino'and killing the man. The moan lived long enough' to atate that he let loose the brakes; ad the coroner's juigy found that his dpamth was caused by lisa own act. None of' thme passengers were hur.-' S1. Louis .Dcmocra(. tmped to Death by a Hlorse. The Liberty (Va.) News sayd thaLl Mr. Thomas N. Lee, living near Claramnont, in lledford county, lost a little boy last week by a kick fromn a vicious horse;' SomO horses got into' a- lot of oats and the little fellow, who' was about five year's old,' without' being told vWent to drive t'lieua out. Among thorn was a' mare with'a' colt,' which was' attacked by at dog. ,The mare becaime vicious and stamped the ohild. on the head crushing idi' the skull'. He'lingerod sevoral days and died on last Sunday morning. A dyi'es from Eurog' id'dicat'e tha6' there will be a heavy harvest gone. ally,- the growing crops looking unu4r suttlly wdll. The ladies of Odage,' lows, hate' # Hlomc 11usband Club:'