Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1876 — The National Republican Convention. [ARTICLE]

The National Republican Convention.

FIRBT day’s PROCEEDINGS. The sixth National Convention of the Republican party met in the Exposition building in Cincinnati at noon on the 14th, and was called to order by ex-Gov. E. D. Morgan,of,New York, Chairman of the Republican National Committee. The attendance was greater than that at any previous similar gathering of the party. After prayer by the Rev. Dr. Miller, of Covington, Ky., ex-Gov. Morgan made a speech, and nominated Hon. Theodore M. Pomeroy, of New York, as temporary Chairman, which nomination was concurred in,and Mr. Pomeroy was escorted to the chair, and returned thanks to the Convention for the honor conferred upon him. He delivered a somewhat lengthy address, after which J. M. Bean, of Wisconsin, and Gen. H. H. Bingham were chosen temporary Secretaries, and Gen. E. W. Hickes, of Michigan, Sergeant-at-Arms. The roll was then called for the presentation from State and Territorial delegates of the names of members of the different committees. Several resolutions were offered and referred, including those adopted by the recent German Republican National Convention held in Cincinnati. George William Curtis, of New York, sub. mitted the address of the Republican Reform Party of New York City, ana moved that it be read to the Convention. Objection being made, the motion was put and carried. Mr. Curtis then passed to the platform amid great applause, and read the address, portions of which were received with cheers. In response to loud calls for the following named gentleman the Convention was addressed by them in the order in which they are named, their speeches being generally heartily applauded: Gen. Logan, of Illinois; Gen. Hawley, of Connecticut; ex-Gov. Hayes, of Ohio; Rev. Highland Garnett (colored), of New York; ex-Gov. Howard, of Michigan; and Frederick Douglass, of New York. The Committee on Permanent Organization then made their report, which was as follows: - President—Edward McPherson, of Pennsylvania. Vice Presidents —Ankan i s M. W. Gibbs; California, George S. Evans; Colorado, Henry McAllister; Connecticut, Martin J. Sheldon; Delaware, David W. Moore; Georgia, R. L. Matt; Illinois. Johu Rinaker; Indiana. James Fraser; lowa, W. T. Shaw; Kansas, Wm. Martindale; Kentucky, E. B. Weir; Louisiana, George Y. Kelso; Maine, J. B. Brown; Maryland, James A.’ Gary: Massachusetts, P. A. Chadbourne; Michigan; Henry P. Baldwin; Minnesota, L. Bogen; Mississippi, M. Sh&nnessee; Missouri, G. A. Finkelburg; Nebraska, H. S. Kaley; Nevada. Thomas Wren; New Hampshire, 8. A. Straw; New Jersey, Wm. A. Newell: New York. Marshall O. Roberts;North Carolina, James H. Harris; Ohio, Benjamin F, Wade, Oregon, J. H. Foster; Pennsylvania, J. Smith Futhey; Rhode Island, Henry Howard; South Carolina, R. H. Gleaves; Tennessee, Horace H. Harrison; Texas, A. B. Norton; Vermont, George Howe; Virginia, R. H. Carter; West Virginia, W. E. Stevenson; Wisconsin, James Biukliff: Aiizona, De Forest Porter; Dakota. Alexander Hughes; Idaho, Austin Savage; Montana, Benjamin 11. Tatem; New Mexico, Samuel B. Axtell; Utah, .James B. McKean; Washington, Elwood Evans; Wyoming, William Hinton. Principal Secretary—J. M. Been, of Wisconsin;'one assistant for each State The committee further reported that they had submitted no names of Vice-Presidents or Secretaries from States where there was a contest. After the report of the Committee on Credentials those vacancies could easily be filled. After brief discussion the report was adopted, and Mr. McPherson was escorted to the chair. He was received with cheers, and returned his thanks to the Convention for the honor conferred upon him. The Convention soon after adjourned until ten o’clock on the morning of the 15tn.

One of the curiosities of this country is the vast beds of chalk. There is a large house built of chalk bricks at Trego ana it surpasses anything in the building line we have ever Been. The chalk is sawn into bricks smooth and regular, and the whole structure has a handsome appearance. Mr. John Henry, the proprietor, infortarus that he had some of the chalk analyzed by a chemist of Chicago with the following result: Ninety-eight per cent, was pure chalk, one per cent, waa moisture and one per cent, was a limestone. This for purity far exceeds the English chalk which is now in general use. Mr. Henry informs us that in his vicinity there is an immense supplv of it—enough to build a large city. Undoubtedly Western Kansas will become celebrated for its chalk productions.— Hay a (Kan.) Sentinel.

—One of the rules of the Mount Holyoke (Mass.) Seminary, forbidding one lady from introducing a gentleman to another lady, was avoided the other day by a Northampton girl, who, when her father came with a trunk to her room, while her friend, a Miss Blank was present, “Father, I am sorry I cannot introduce you to Miss Blank, of Blank, but the rules forbid it.” “Yes,” said the father, shaking hands with the young lady, “and I am sorry, too.” —The reward of kindly deeds is thus taught by a Persian Seer: Hatig had a dream one night and saw a man held in unutterable torment in the yonder world for his selfishness, indolence arid cruelty. Every limb suffered —only the right foot had occasional restraint from agony. Hafig asked the Seer why it was this foot had relief. “This ipan suffers continually because, he was never known to do a good deed,” said the Seer, “except that once he k icked a tuft of grass to a tethered ox standing in the hot sun. For this one act that foot has its reward.” —Sneaking of the oriole, its habits, songs, and tractableness, the Ogdensburg (N. Y .) Journal says: “Am old bird which should happen to be trapped would probably quit singing on being deprived of liberty, but one caught young and fed from the human hand will make a most delightful and tractable pet, and, happiest when closely surrounded by people, will sing marvelously sweet notes and trills! We know one of this sort that, when liberated from its cage, will go to the hand of its owner, assist in threading a needle or ripping a seam, nestle on her shoulder, stand on her hand, and bathe in a bowl of water, and when it has had its liberty of the premises to its heart’s content it will go back into its cage and sing its merry tune. It will eat fruit, cake, bread and milk, potatoes and sugar, lean meat, nuts and eggs, and is especially,-fond of house flies ami small angle-worms and Insects, and will catch anything tossed to it just as a smart dog will a cracker.” —Say what we will, the rich and the poor have to struggle on together through the world, and the sooner those who have not wealth learn to make the riiost and best of the means they have*, and suppress every feeling of jealousy and‘envy toward their more fortunate neighbors, the happier for everybody.— N. T. Graphic. Ah, now, that’s the talk! If the poor would only silently declare their independence and live sucli lives as the rich might envy; if they would study to be skillful and devote their spare money and spare moments to books; if they would cease in every way to imitate the absurdities and vices of the wealthy; if for idle and wicked gossip they would substitute the exchange of their best ideas; if, efc., etc., etc., trie jich would very’ soon come to attract so little notice that the poor man would censure himself for his coldness toward a small class of his fel-low-beings whose only offense was the inheritance of a few paltry collars.—Louiavilla Courier-Journal.