Evansville Journal, Volume 18, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 10 February 1868 — Page 8

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THE EVAKSVILLF IXAJl Y .TOT'RKA? : TVION v FEBRUARY 1, l'8

;,THECITY. epubllcan County Conrentlon.

CBAXB RlLlIlXfi-'OFvif HEf INIOX HOSTS, THE OLD ENTHUSIASM RE Powerful Speech, Eloquently Uttered. The Republican County Convention met fcursuant CO can, on oaturday, in tie Court House famous- CreSceri City Silver Band calling the "hosts of freedom together bytheir incomparalUs music. 1 '.'i-V.''-u''M--The Court House was densely crowded, notwithstandingthe unproyituoua weather, aud the. character of She'audience, embfacing 'as it 'did, large .delegation 'rpuv thi- ppuntryj was-a pieasiug ana siguiucauy mature, and the .enthusiam that i prevailed fressaged hopefully for thefuture.n:,'. Joseph P: Elliott;'' Esq.f Chairman afke Executive; iCojunittes called &e'5house'tof-;order'Varid':tBdnjiriated Philip Hornbrook,' Esq;, '.a Chairman,' at the same time stating the object of She meeting to " betp select delegates So the Republican? iStata Convention, lo nieet in. IpJ,ianappli8,.QB, jthe rSOtli inst.," an'd: to" appoint a new County Executive Comrnit'tee'!'1 ' 3Ir. Hombropk,v on., taking, t the. Chair, expressed his gratification at 3ccing so' many "people assembled", and nly regretted that,, ihere.- was, npt room in the house for more. " The aarnestness manifested to-day," he said, "was an evidence of victory in the eoqung campaign. s The enemyin;tiie rear'Tiad beea comparatively quiet for some time but a few partial sttcoeeses iad given them ourage,: -and they had again begun to Vliow-'tnlr 4 copperleads, and this Pall'lt would be necessary to Crush te last, remnants ft. the enemies of tbe' country fromfhe' He-;tEe4:,,harik.edT tV me'ejting:'. .foiKj the honor conferred. '. jipon1 hinlVftnd, declared the Convention ready i' for . , ,i am .jut .ii. - s r-.t i ... . susmess. .i:i-i."-v;i Capt. Isador Esslinger" and J.N. silverta-orr were cnosea oecrerartes m thfqnventKJH. . f i.f.o OS Mr. F. M. T.hayr mqved the ap pointmentof a committee of three to prepare a fclaSfotwof pri'aeipes; 'ahfl the Chairman. .vappoiotedaFtr r. M. ?TrJ feS? WHill, as Faitf (Jommittee. Mr.jJii;HMcN8y'.'riMfvod the Appointment of a Committee of . .five from the city and five from the out Townships to fix the number of delegates to which each Townshin would be entitled in the State Conyentipn, to select the names of delegates and suitably pauses lo, serve as a 0juatT Executive Committee, to act until superceded by a future Convention. The I fol&wibg'named-i gentlemen-5 were selected to serve as, such commi t tee: From the City. James II. McNee!y Aiatider Darirng,? rVrfW.' Cook, A. W. Chute, and Wm. Heilman. f. ( . . From the Country. Jas. Watts, of Union; Joseph Woodruff, of Perry j A. Eglerof'GbTman George Longbine, of Center; and Wash. Scott, of Scott. Wilson Collins, of Knight, and Joseph Bixler, of Armstrong,' were added,, that .,H j the - townships might be represented. As the committee retired, the band struck up a'li'v'ely air, after which the Chairman introduced ColoneJ T. II. Nelson, of Terre Haute, who, after thanking the (JJiairra in for the brevet title of " General,".: which-r he had conferred, proceeded to address the meeting in a speech of over two hours m length; but so full of rich oratory, beautiful diction, telling , truths,1 incontrovertible' logic,' ple'aVinY anecdotes, and apt illustrations, that but

few oftn;i tvist audieniTfi nn Art'the other side, when the first cheered,

. VXM ot whom 6tood all the tiiie realized that half that ;time had been 'occupied, aod altwbuld have gkdly listened with likeViaterest for an h.mr longer His' ppeech was'1 wholly. .'sxtem'iJdr. aneous and slightly 4iscursiva tfnd we can not irttfrnj ro give niofe tjian s faintest pmline of ,it .', .f, - the He alluded briefly to hii sojourn'in' Chili as.representative of -the United States ,4Dg .the progress of the re. bellion, and spoke of, the. sentimeoti. of th-fepof that- Republic ther " nrst fruits eft the American -Revolution.', f Kjeryinhahitant jof at Republic sympathized with the. United States in her struggle with rebels and traitors.! ft t .it

He Darrated with thrilling eloquence the scene attending the reception of the news of the fall of Richmond, and the surrender of Lee and Johnson's armies. The news was borne to him at 2J o'clock in the morning, by the venerable Pre.-4dcnt of the Bdi public, and the wildest demonstrations of joy prevailed. The following

day. was. proclaimed , a feast day," .an. a procession of 30,000 people marched in triumph under the United States flag .through. the street .of Santiago, whirettfe Star SpangW' Banner and Hail Columbia were played on . two hundred instruments. The war in which we had been engaged had developed the strength of a republican form of government, and showed that while we we're "po werful to wage foreign war, which had a tendency to concentrate 'public sentiment, we also' possessed the inherent strength to suppress rebellion and domestic insurrection. As the Chilians rejoiced iu our triumph, they sympathized with us in defeat, and when the great Lincoln fell, that whole nation was in tears. ( ( t , .Ilio" speaker then ' paid a just 'and most touching tribute to the martyred President, who in life had been his warmest and most intimate friend, and whose life so fully represented the genius tf eu; jpstifuQons. But the death of no one man, or the treachery of no one man, or any number of men, could check the development of the great idea to which Lincoln had devoted his vlife, ortop the. chatiote wheels of civilization. ' x ' On his return from South America he had found, to his amazement, the same fell spirit of treason and disunion prevailing, and that the war was only transferred from the field to the forum and the battle-box.; The. same battle that had been fought in 1864 and 1866 had to be fought over again in 1868, ., 7 , ... . v The Democratic ; patty J whieh bad once teen a great National party, was dead. Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation had killed it, acd though son.e of the fragments show occasional signs of vitality as: a .great political; organization it "wis forever 'dead! : The Democratic leaders did not like to have their past record alluded to, but would come with the eentle eloquen.ee of, a. .cooing dove, pleading to let -bygones Wbj-gso&r," a nq to now talk the sweet eospel of peace and C friendship. They claim to be the Union party, and par excellence the white man's partyT "By their fruits ye shall know them." Show me a rebel, a traitor, or a draft sneak. .throughout the . whole .l,ecgta ,and -f breadthiAf-'tbei 4ad--thatqi-not a Democrat, and I'll give up the whole Question. V ho first talked of disSunioa? Who haif-draftedthe ordi nance of secession ? H ha had led the re bel;armis tolbattle against their own country? " Deutoc.rats,r:every one of thj?rn:': South CaroiinaHucj; John C. Calhoun first taught disunt6n.but Jiickifiia, .the: truepatriot and" tried soldier, summarily heokd e'f machnaations." i fr. j r- h v Hfr illustrated h inconstiteTrcies of the Demjjcracy Dy-"the diqjogue betweeif llamlot and Poltoniu tffid Said the Democratic party had bwrta weasel, a whale or a caml, as best itserved their-purpxsesir r"l THey were "for slavery but. had been for free soil, -and tpeir last" candidate (for Governor had threatened to remove the capital... of. Jhe nation if slavery was not abolished in the DIstrif t of Columbia. '.The brains of the party had been in the South, and never had slaves more cringingly obeyed their .masters than had the Northern' Democracy their leaders at the South. They declared the Constitution was founded on slttv-ery tht 4avry -waitnational' and freedom seotional,apd iad finaily repealed" the "Missouri Compromise, which was the cause of ail our subsequent difficulties. While? the Democratic ? leaders it the South were pianning the rebellion, the Democratic leaders at the North were fighting the, friends of the GovernmeD4i!in the ear.- They smiled at, Union defeats, and wore faces sour as vinegar whea they heard of Union victories. He painted in glowing colorsVrbut mpiNt truthrf ullyr tWit treasona"ble ebrtdAic't io'this State th Sous of Liberty, the contemplated assassination of :f3fpjrtou, and, tBo attempt to give up the State to outrage and pillage, by turning loose in pur midst the rebel I jwrisoBera Jhold in'the State!" In the canvass in Kentucky where the parties'' were" arrayed," the blue coats on one siae ana tne gray on ,.ArtAi ;jn . Siierman, and - Thomas, : and the iuthers the names of Davis, Lee, and Stonewall Jackson, where did the Democracy; pf- Indiana, and 'Ohio stand? Bayless W. Hanna went to Louisville. and, spoke for, Du vail, : aud Voof bees wrote ,!o them thatthe doctrines they taught were' the' retfuine' ld, Jacob Towosend sarsaparella of Democracy. -f.. , n. .. '. Colonel Nelson'spoke briefly on the subject of Reconstruction, showing that the terms offered by Congress were the most lenient, just and mag nanimousever .pffered to a .defeated enemy. ' The South,. "at the -olpse of the war, were ready to accept'any conditions to save the lives and property tfcey knew; they', had,' forfeited and would have glady accepted the terms offered bat for the interference of the iJorthera Democracy. .The constitutional amendments simply guaranteed

inherent natural rights to all. There was no negro suffrage in it. Making a man a citizen, did not make him a voter. There was nothing in the amendments by any means as exceptionable as the 7th resolution of the Philadelphia Convention of August, 1866, giving to the enfranchised slaves all the ritrhts of person and property en'

JiSyed by other citizens, and lor which, IMr. Hendricks, the Uemocratic candidate for Governor, voted. The Democracyaid the negroes. were too ignorant to'vote,1 but if you; establish the status of intelligence-as the basis of suffrage, what would become of the Democratic party? " " In Virginia alone there were 70,000 white adults who could neither read or write-,' and 50,000 in like condition" in North Carolina. :- -.:. Democrats would be for negro suffrage if the negroes would vote the Democratic ticket the Chicago Times and New York World, the two leading organs of the Democracy, having advocated negro suffrage "till it was demonstrated by the Tennessee election that they would not vote for Democrats. Negro suffrage, he said, was not a vital question in Indiana, and could not be made so without a change inj the Constitution. "We g"ive more at length his views on the subject of . , ''-" THE PUBLIC DEBT.' ' In regard to the public debt, Mr. Nelson said he was sure that no honest man , would . oppose . the '. payment or the honest debt contracted to maintain the best Government1: God -had ever 'vouchsafed to man. . The. faith of the Government, the faith of the people, .was solmnly pledged to repay that money, without which the war could not have been conducted three months. Money is the sinews of war. It was sub scribed by our patriotic people, at a time when all Europe, mocked at our calamity, and beheld , . us, as they thought, in the last agonies of dissolution. That money fitted up. our gallant navy, and made us the first power on the ocean. It was paid to our soldiers -in the field, whose victorious arms saved the nation's life. Shall we repudiate it now?. Shall we repudiate that debt which purchased our nation's' existence and vindicated frepublican institutions? The faih,, of; the nation is pledged to-its dead as' well as, its . living defenders. It is pledged tO" the widow and, the orphan, and : the maimed heroes, who will go down to their graves with the marks, of rebel buj letsj jn their" persons. Shall that faith be broken? But that , faith, will be. broken if. yoa permit the Government to pas from loyal into traitor hands, Hence it is that. we urged in 1866, and urge it!aow:upon the people of the Southern States, to place the validity and bindins obligation of the mblic debt into our' "organic- law.' I .During the .Jwat.i thet Democratic party,, in and out. of Congress, tried in every way to destroy the nation's credit, and to preYent'.s'ibscripiions to the loans necessary to parry on the; war. l ny voted to a man to supject the public bopds to State and municipal taxation, riot that they cared for the: revenue that might be derived in that way. but,, to injure the. Government, and stop the war by preventirg the s'lle'of these bonds. No prudeDt man would have invested his money in the public securities if they had been subjected to local taxation. The Democratic. Legislature of 1862, to strike a blow at the nation's credit, would have taxed them at the rate of twenty-five per cent., if that had been necessary to prevent their sale. They declared "the' issue of legal tender nofes tinpawTul and unconstitutional. Greenbacks were " ragsworthless rags '' and it is said a distinguished leader of that party refused to take his j pay ; in such " worthless trash,"' as Judge- of the Supreme" Court.' Nothing 'but hard - money would suit them, and they spoke ; of the good ' .Old .times, when, as Col. Benton used to say, V the yellow boys phone s- through the interstices of their purses." But now, when party elegancies. rpqairo it, a maiden changre. has come .over the sp ritjof their' dream" and nothing is s6 beVutitifpl in Democratic eyes as those "worthless rags.' V -Venus, as she rosev-fifrom-t the foam "of "the sea, Jias-notymoBe lovely" .No; painting 'of 1'aphael or Titian, is so exquisite in beauty; as a greenback. So -much "'do tey' Ipva them. that they want , the whole country flooded with greenbacks, and by some sort of hocus pocus they expect to wipe" out the entire debt by the immediate issue of greenbacks to the extent of our national " liabilities. Th:, : of course, the more candid among them will admit would result in repudia tion, 'ana. the piUis only suar ooated to deceive the people. That scheme would, of course, flood the country with irredeemable. ' papar, .destroy all values, all cOu fidence, all - the , com mereial, maoifarifirrg, "and" "Jn'deed all j the industrial operation of the country.' '.' , .. ,. , .... The Democracy denounce fheholders of the publi bonds as" aristo crats," "Shylecks " and " swindlers;" and yet with perfect Democratic consistency, j at ;Idianpolis, ;thft pthtsr day, for President, Governor and Lieutenant Governor, three of thte same " Shylocks" were enthusiastically nominated;, two of whom-have been sharp enough to avoid the payment of a' dollar of taxes upon their bonds, frpm which, they say; they are deriving so enormousaa income. ' Si: 1 he great body ot the Republican

party demand an increase in the' VoNTon their face, should be paid in law-

ume of circulation sufficient to supply ine wants ana necessities ot the coun

try, but they do not favor a scheme which would inevitably result in the destruction of the nation's credit. But what has made an increase in the volume of the currency necessary? Why is it that business is so fearfully paralyzed, and ruin and destruction threaten almost every department of business? Why is it that so many of our mechanics and laborers are thrown out of employment, and can scirceiy raise means enoueh to buy provisions for their families? Why is it that the farmer has difficulty in; paying his taxes? In many localities property is rapidly depreciating. But .the other day, a sale under execution of real estate occurred, for forty cents an acre, which last year rented at three dollars per acre. What is the cause of all the distrust which now exists among business men, and betokens a general financial crash? The answer to this, and all these questions, is to be found in the mad and mischievous contraction policy of Secretary McCulloch, backed as he is by President Johnson, who in turn is endorsed by the Democratic party. Under this insane policy $100,000,000 have been withdrawn from circulation. The amount remaining in actual circulation is really less than we had before the war, although the business of the country is more than .trebled. Such a' policy cannot be otherwise than . ruinous, and if persisted in, would as certainly result in repudiation and National and individual bankruptcy as the scheme o flooding, the country "with irredeemable greenbacks. . " ' ' . Is the Union party responsible for that policy? i A majority of the Union members of Congress voted against it, and if you will examiqe the legislation of -Congress in. March, 1866, you will find that every Democratic Senator, including Hendricks, and every Democratic member of the Lower House voted in favor of this contraction policy.! A minority of the Union member-', aided by the undivided Democratic vote, made that policy the law. It was by virtue of that law that Secretary McCulloch issued interest bearing bonds, not taxable, to take up more than $100,000,000 of the greenback currency of the country." Andrew Johnson, instead of vetoing it. as be did all the; wholesome and patriotic legislation of. Cpngres8, wrote his name at the bottom of if April 12, 1806. ; "Ajroved, Andrew Johnson.". Congress has at last put a stop to that ruinous policy, (although Johneon has not yet i approved the bill.) and it is to be hoped that that bodv will, by , proper legislation, , at , once' authorize a" sufficient increase in the volume of the currency to supply the requirements of trade and industry. The question of the time and mode of discharging the public debt is now engrossing thei minds of. our ablest financiers and statesmen. , It is a difficult and complex question. Mr. Ciay bnce said that the IJnited States had produced but two financial, statesmen Alexander Hamilton and Albert Gallatin yet every Democratic politician can ' discuss and Kettle financial complications, that would have staggered these great intellects, in less than twenty minutes. " There are no less than nineteen different kinds of loans and securities, 11 of which must be providsd for, and should be consolidated in some way, perhaps in the shape of a long taxable lpan.. The present generation has expended in

blood and treasure, for thejife 'of the nation, quite;., its full proportion. Let something - be left for our children to do, so that the 'greater part of the' burden of .taxation may be removed from' us.';', Let the reconstructed Southaid iflLtbe .payment of the public debt, . as well as he millions who will seek our shores from foreign lands. What the people need and demand is a just and equitable adjustment of our public indebtedness, explicit in its terms and unoppressive'iti its rate pf interest. Confidence will then be restored, business will, revive, . ur exbaustless resources will" ber developed, aud our country will resume its onward career of progress1 and prosperity A - careful t comparison of propositions and opinions will no doubt result in theadoption of- some plan which will comprehend all these interests, and 'at ;the same time;, eave the credit of the'n.ition. This and all the great questions growing out of the, war, should be settled by the party -which saved the life of the nation. With, the uetive co-operation of Northern Democrats, the warould have tended 4n one -year, and millions upon millions of dollars Would have been 'saved, and thousands of -precious . lives. ' The Democratic party is responsible for the war and - all its ' terrible consequences. But for that party, the nafioual'debt would be comparatively insignificant. It is now as much opposed to' !the prosperity and perpetuiLy ui iub uuvernuiBui, as it was during the war.. As to whether the public securities should be paid in gold or greenbacks, Mr. Nelson said, that he was sure he reciprocated the views of the great body of the Union party in sayiiig tharttrey -sh-out l be paid "according to the terms of the contract under Which they were issued;: He said the tiue position on this Vulject was taken in a letter he recently received .from that eminent statesman and patriot, Hon. W. D. Kelley, member ot Congress from Philadelphia, which he most, cordially li.doraed.- " The financial question ia a difficult one, and I think that' the idea that the bonds and other obligations of 'the Government, which do not exr pressly stipulate for payment in coin j 'ml money, is the' correct one: Let people talk as tbey may about what

Government agents said the 5-20s would be paid in, every lawyer who carefully considers the question, will see that the Government did not bind itself to redeem them in anything but lawful money. The law,therefore,is with your proposition, nor does equity or sound morals conflict with it,' for the purchasing power of a. greenback, .is for every other commodity than gold or food, (the supply of the latter having been diminished by successive seasons 'of draught and a great war,) vastly greater than it was- when these bonds were subscribed for, and is constantly appreciating." . ' . Col. Nelson closed with an encouraging prediction of a brilliant victory in the coming campaign, and an exhortation to stand by the great principles of the Union party." His speech was frequently interrupted by warm applause. ' . .-'' ;,: ', : '' At the close of his remarks, the Committee on Resolutions submitted the following, which were unanimously adopted amid great enthusiasm: Whereas. It required four years of war to crush the military power of States in rebellion ' against the General Government, aided as they were by the Dem6cratic party;, ' And vbereas, Three years of, patient, lenient and faithful effort have nftt been Successful in 'placing said rebellious States in harmonious relations with' the General Government, because of the hopes aroused in the hearts of thepedplc 'of those States by Andrew Johnson 'and ' the Demo'-, cratic party, that persistence in their1 treason, will result in' their restoration to their former supremacy in the Gcvernment; therefore, - ' 1. Resolved. .That' as the Republican party was unintimidated by' any disaster during the war, and unawed by any manifestation- of: treason, North or South, until it was triumphantly terminated; neither does it now despair of reconstructing the seceding States, and preserving the Union and Government upon principles of loyalty, justice ana freedom. 2 Resolvedr That we arraign the Democratic party for nploying all of its power, and ingenuity to defeat every plan : for the - reconstruction of the rebellious States, precisely as it opposed every effort ot -the Government to destroy the' armies of ' the Confederacy during the war. - . 3. Resolved, That - while the difficulties and burdens imposed lipon the people by -the war; inaugurated abd conducted ;by the 'Democratic party, against the Governnent,-are necesi sarily grievous, we will - meet thein with the. 6aaie spirit and determinaJ, tion that characterized 'the Union soldiers in their arduous campaigns, and in their loathiome prison pens.' ' 4. Resolved, That honor and patriotism demand that every obligation" assumed by the . Government to suppress an iniquitous rebellion, )be met according to the letter thereof; and we: are in favor of paying the , entire indebtedness of the i Government acs cording-to. the, written terms', upon which lfwaSi contracted rin the legal currency of the, country when not otherwise specified. .i I "i . ': 5. Rts-lvedt That we hold the Democratic party to a rigid accountability for tjie burdens , of taxatipn under, which the people groan for the crip

picu ana aiseasea patriots ana lor tne thousand of widows and orphans in all parts of the land all the direct and terrible results of the rebellion and war inaugurated, encouraged and conducted by that party. 6. ' Resolved, That we expect the Representatives of the' Republican party in Congress, and in office everywhere, as they are true to the party, to inaugurate a most rigid system" of retrenchment and economy; and we believe that for the purpose of taxing fees, every statute or ordinance should receive a minimum construction, and that we oppose with the bitterness of hate all official corruption and extortion by color of any office. 7. Resolved,Th&t in Governor Baker we recognize a fellow citizen whom we honor and respect; an executive officer o rare judgment and. energy; a Jsoldier of tried courage and zeal: and a patriot of. unflinching loyalty aud "fidelity;; therefore it i with pride we recommend him to the Republican party of the State as its nominee for the office of Governor. 8. "Resolved, That, wo recommend our ouce tried, and favorably known fellow cit zen, of Vigo County. A. L'nge, to the State Republican Convention as a suitable candidate for tbe othce.of Auditor of State. The Committee on Appointment and Selection of Delegates to the State Convention, submitted the following reportwhich was concurred in : report. Mr. CJfiirm ni: , ' The Committee appointed for the purpose of. fixing the apportionment of Delegates under the call tor the State. Couvjntiou of . the 20th of Februaryj for reporting t the Con yentiou the nnmej of suitable persons to act as Djlujpites, and to organize a new County Executive Committee, would ret-pjctfully submit the t'ollowiutf report: -. There was cast for Colonel Trusler,' for Secretary of State, in 1866, the following vote:' ' ' Pigeon Towuihlp 2,022 Kui tU 86 trA'Olt 'i ..,.' to7 Center-' " iifii (ierraaa ArmslrooS " , . 4H Perry , " M Union ,. 125 ' Unde', the call fo- the State Convention, the vote for Col. Trusler was

made the basis of apportionment, and it was recommended that each county be entitled, in Convention, to one delegate for every one hundred votes, and an additional one for every fraction over fifty votes. Accordingly, Pigeon Town-hip is entitled to 20 delegates; Knight Township 1; Scott Township 2 , Centre Township 2; German. Township 1; Perry Township 2; Union ' Township 1; Armstrong, it will be observed, .only cast forty-nine votes, but we have named a delegif from that , township as a complimeut to the staunch Republican-Union 'mem 'there. " The following are the delegate selected : ' JJiaeon, 7'ownship'-iiamiel Orr, Matthew. Henning, Fred. W. Cook, Wm. Baker. F. M. Thayer,. Charles E. Marsh, Alex. Durling, Jams II. McNeely,: Joseph P. Elliott, Philip Hornbrook, Philip Decker, William HeilmaD, Isidore, Esslinger, C. Tomhemelt, Robert A. Hill. Christian Decker. Emil Bischof. Wm. Reavis, CoK J. F. (Jrill, 1). D. Dou?hty. Knight Towtiship- Moses Aiken. Seott , Township John G.' Potts, Washington Scott. ' Centre Township John Whitehead, Levi Eiskine. Gernuin Township John Bumf. Armstrong Township John Bixler. Perry Townskip-J oha Rheinlander. Philip Ivpch. Union- Townshi'2-Javaea Watts. The Committee Teisommend to the Convention that the Chairman of the County Executive: Comnjittee t i authorizqd to fill all vacancies that may occur in the delegation, in order that the county may be as fully,' represented as practicable. ' ' i We would alr, in view of the importance of the Executive; Committee, ask leave" to select the , members of the Committee aud ;to organize it hereafter, when we can do so with , more care,' and to either report? our action to a future meeting or publish the same in the papers. Kespectfully submitted, James H. McNeely, Chairman. Mr. Albert Lange . was oalled for, and made a few remarks in English, exhorting, tbe, Union men to stand firm and fight, for a new victory. A defeat at the .ballot nowwculd boto lose the results , of i . the ' victories achieved in the field.' He thanked the Convention for the honor done him in recommending him' for nomination for Auditor 'of State. , The Convention then' adjourned, with' three ' rousing 'cheers, each, for General' Grant, the Union, and the Republican' Party. yi1 " " r Tna iMEETiNa Saturday NiiiuT An " Eloquent Gekmajc Speech. ,The i exceeding inclemency, of i the weather,' on . Saturday eight,, rather curtailed the numbers assembling to bear I the '. speech of i Albert Lange, Esq but still the audienc was highly' respectable, in numbers, and there was no lack of enthusiasm. " We were unable, of course, to understand the words of the ifipeeeh,-which was delivered in German; but the fervor and eloquence with which he fpoke, and the hearty applause with which it was received, gave evidence of its effectiveness'.' Mr. Lange is one of the most finished scholars, on of the purest men, and most sterling patriots in the; country, and is exceedingly popular with German Republicans all over the State, and will add strength to the State ticket, if nominated for Auditor. ' :

Another Mysterious Murder.--On Saturday morning the body of a negro man was found lying partly in the water in the Bayou above the city. An investigation by the Coroner developed thei fact that the negro had been shot through the head, some distance from the spot where he was found, and had been .dragged thither by the murderer or murderers, with a view to throw the body into the water. The name of the murdered man is given as Tilford Brown, and it isundcrs,todd that he was seen the night previous in possession of eighty dollars in greenbacks. We do not learn that suspicion rests on any one in connection with this mysterious murder. ' ',".', Captured'. We find the following in a Nashville paper, of last Thursday: "Married On the 5th instant, at the house of the bride's father, by Rev. Dr. Baird, Mr. Henry Miller, of Evausville, to Miss Emily Piittuan. 1 of this city." The paper then congratulates our ; friend 31 tiler upon his,' good fortune in wooing and winning one of Tennessee's fairest daughters, and we do the same, hoping that a life of perennial jiJys- await them. Personal; Judge R. C. Gregory, of Lafayette; and W. Watkius, a distinguished citizen of New Albany, are in the city, stopping at the Sherwood House. Judge Gregory holds Court in this city this week," to try the case of the State, va. Victor Biscb,. for charging exorbitant fees as County Auditor.