The Sun. — London, England, 1868-06-10 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, The Times declares that there is no doubt that the new Press Law marks an epoch of considerable progress in France. As M. Pinard puts it, the French press is now of age. Every citizen may print his journal as he may carry his pocket-knife. He is only responsible; for the use to which he puts either weapon. There is an end of pre vious " authorisation," of all the discretionary powers of the Government. The equality before the law is fully established, and the only disability which can arise is in the case of persons too poor to afford the rather heavy caution money. The use of the press is allowed ; its abuse is punished ; and the proper limits between use and abuse are to be fixed by the, ordinary tribunals in every case that the public prosecutor ir ly see fit to bring before them. The Minister of Justice inveighs with some warmth against those who have expressed any doubt as to the fitness of the French magistrates to deal with offences against the Press Law. There is no innovation whatever, he asserts, in their jurisdiction. For the last fifty years they have taken cognisance of written as well as of spoken libels, and their impartiality has been at all times above suspicion. We, indeed, always thought the integrity of the French magistrates so well established that the Minister's apology seems a work of supererogation. But it is not emancipation from the courts that the French Liberals were clamouring for. All they wanted was that prosecutions of the press might be tried by jury. In all differences arising between public writers and the authorities they wished for the opinion of plain citizens rather than of lawyers. They were afraid of that letter of the law which kills ; they longed for that spirit which saves ; they dreaded that inexorable technica lity of interpretation which is apt to numb the lawyer's brain. The control of the Government being thus strongly esta blished, the Ministers seem sufficiently willing that it should be fairly and even temperately exercised. "The Govern ment," says M. Baroche, " will ask of the magistrates, as it has invariably done hitherto, only well-grounded, logical, and impartial sentences. Nothing is further from its intentions than a jealous and restless surveillance of the slightest slips of the 1 ;s. The criticism and discus. sion of political and administrative acts should suffer no hindrance." The Tines does not think these words have been spoken without earnest and deliberate meaning. Nay, it is convinced they convey the Emperor's mind, and his whole mind. Compatibly with the exigencies of what he calls " order," the Emperor is bent upon countenancing freedom of opinion. The criticism which a Frenchman cmild hitherto freely allow himself in the pages of a fort nightly chronicle may now be reproduced in the columns of a. daily paper. The principles to which he could give A witolesale utterance in an octavo sheet may now be retailed in so many paragraphs of a few lines. The French will have a fight for it, no doubt. What the Emperur intended for the benefit of his subjects was not a ready made liberty ; it was a liberty to be earned inch by finch. Had even the bent of his own mind inclined hix.a to the acknowledgment of unlimited popular rights, he -was well aware of the strong and stubborn array of illibta - alism he had to deal with on his own side. We know the trouble he had in dragging the so-called "Arcadians" after him even so far as he has gone; we are not sure how much further they would have followed him. The bane of his whole existence—his own irresolution more than anything else—has stood in the way of his generous impulses. Between his desire to come to terms with the men of progress and his anxiety to compound with the men of " order," the Emperor was as embarrassed as he has so long been and still is between a policy of peace and the partisans of war, as he has b , 3en at all times, and will, perhaps, for ever be, between the champions of clerical ultramon tanism and the advocates of a national and independent Gallican Church. With sli his hesitation, however, the new law on the Press is one step, and a very significant aone, that he has made. "So much won from the enemy," the French Liberals may lay. It is not by the amount of the gain, but by its solidiiy and permanence, that its im portance should be valued. The Herald maintains that the debate on the Telegraphs Bill .was one-sided. The arguments of the Opposition were,-with one exception, confined to the time when and the manner in which the object should be accomplished. From the leaders of the adverse section we heard nothing that is not perfectly consistent with a settled purpose on their part to bring in a bill of their own whenever they have a chance of doing so. Hence they avoided enuncia tions of principle, and enlarged upon hypothetical practical evils. The scheme was commendable, and its adoption might possibly be desirable. But what was to be done were best done slowly, and, indeed, 'twere better not done at all, by the present Parliament. The only good, hearty, thoroughgoing opponent was Mr. Leeman, the honourable member for York, a gentleman in whose bosom the fine gold of patriotic ardour seems to have mingled wonder. fully well with the baser metal of regard for the railway interest. He hates espionage, and he loves block signals. If, by the bill, all the telegraphs in the country are placed under the control of Government, we may possible be scandalised at finding private messages stopped in transitu and laid upon Prime Ministers' tables. Again, if railway companies have to pay for their messages, telegraphic instructions for moving 40,000 waggons and carriages daily can no longer be forwarded, The anti-climax is really touching. The sanctity of private messages, and the easy moving about of railwfly vans ; the old English hatred of espionage, and " the modern directors' " unwillingness to pay for the privilege of using the wires ! When such names conjoin, and such considerations concur, who can stand against them, or fail to follow where their enunciator and expo nent leads? The only difficulty is in ascertaining exactly which way he is going, because he seems hardly to have made up his own mind upon the point, seeing that he began by moving that the bill be read a second time that day six months, and ended by moving that it be sent to a select committee. In dealing with the same subject, the Standard charges the Opposition with using factious tactics to get rid of the bill. Just as the leaders of the Opposition strove to burke the Reform Bill by talking against time, and devising one scheme after another in taking it out of their rivals' hands, so do they meet the Telegraphs Bill with pleas for delay. Mr. Goschen, for example, was compelled to admit that he was " rather favourable to the Govern ment proposition," and Mr. Gladstone himself " believed the principle to be a practicable, perhaps a desirable one." But neither of the right honourable gentlemen appeared able to act upon their beliefs and convictions. Strangely enough, both those ex-Ministers were sensitive and apprehensive about the possible influence of the telegraphs on a general election, " when priority in the transmission of messages might involve the most serious consequences." The same argument might, and may still, be used against the State monopoly of the Post Office. Our trust in both cases must be in the influence of public opinion to prevent any abuse of this kind ; and when we find two leading politicians at once so anxious to postpone the bill which they do not venture to oppose in toto, and so apprehensive about its possible influence upon an election which is now not far off, we cannot help being reminded of the proverb, Qui s'excuse, s'accuse. The Telegraph has no reason to be dissatisfied with the nature of the debate on the Electric Telegraphs Bill, since the course recommended by the Government is precisely that which it suggested a fortnight back. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, who moved the second reading, an nounced his willingness to have the measure handed over to a select committee for detailed examination ; and Mr. Leeman, who led the opposition, also preferred that form of inquiry to the risk of defeat by moving a distinctly hostile amendment. The Ministerial recommendation will, no doubt, be adopted by the House at a future day ; and we shall be much surprised if, out of the testimony that will be adduced before such a tribunal as a select committee, conviction do not dawn on the minds of some who are at present hostile to the plan. The Star has not the least sympathy with Mr. Leeman in the wholesale hostility which he displays to the Govern ment scheme. It is absurd to suppose that the railways would be deprived of any facilities essential to their busi ness, much less of any facilities essential to the security of life. Indeed, it is not to be supposed that, under Government administration, any conspicuous short coming in the p u bli c telegraph service would be permitted by Parliament, which would have con stant opportunities, as upon all other subjects, brin g of forward abuses. Th e real difficulties do not lie in the direction which M r . Leeman indicated . There may be in the very nature of the work some thi ng w hi c h unfits it to be undertaken by Government. There may be temptations in it for Government which would inevitably create scandals. The enterprise may be too colossal The financial a rrangements may be too onerous. 01; these and many other points there may be reasons for pausing and for investigating. But there is no r eason to suppose that the railways will suffer, or that ordinary private messages will be eit her dela y ed, or pried into, or ul-delivered. Who could have imagined, exclaims the Daily News, that whenever the time should come for the Russian Government to propose practical reforms for the advantage of foreign commerce, it would find its measures resisted by the English merchants on the spot? Well, anybody who knows what a British factory is, and al wa y s has been, would have imagined it. A factory is a commercial trades union, and its members invariably judge every public measure by its real or supposed bearing on their interests. The changes which the Russian Government has lately made are in the spirit of free trade, as they climinish local charges on commerce. But time merchants, who have for half a century resisted this, go to the Minister of Finance, and ask that they may be rescinded, professedly because they wish to retain a necessary hold on the shipmaster, but really in order to protect their own exorbitant charges. They have been long accustomed to levy a kind of black mail, and are naturally indisposed to relinquish the practice. We trust the Minister of Finance will stand firm, and not allow the wise and liberal mea sures to be defeated by an interested combination. The St. Petersburg factory was abolished by Act of Parlia ment, and has never been sanctioned by the Russian Government, and it must not be allowed to rob the ship masters. Their coalition is one "in restraint of trade," and is injuring trade daily. Their proceedings may be found to require the interference of her Majesty's Govern ment ; in any case, Lord Stanley would do well to keep his eye ILINII thew. DEATH OF A WIFE FROM NEGLECT. On Monday evening Mr. Richards resumed and con cluded an inquest, at the Windsor Castle Tavern,Victoria Park, respecting the death of Ann Arnold, aged 61 years, who died from the effects of neglect. From the evidence it appeared that the unfortunate deceased was left a widow by her first husband seven years ago, and she then had a competency of £7OO in money and a beershop. In a year after, George Arnold, a shoe finisher, with a family of several children, came across her, and she married him. Her money was soon squan dered in drink, and for some time past she was reduced to a state of the most abject misery. Latterly she became bedridden, and her husband and his grown sons used to go out at five in the morning, and leave her alone all day with her daughter-in-law, who was an idiot and a cripple. She was short of food and allother necessaries. On the 17th of May the husband left the house altogether, On the 20th the neighbours caused the deceased to be taken to the workhouse, and she was ad mitted in a dying state, dressed only in one garment, and covered with filth and vermin. There was a wound in her head, which was at first supposed to have been caused by a blow, but which was in reality the result of neglected abscess. Worms crept in and out of it. Death eventuated in two days from the effect of pleurisy, accele rated by want of food, of medical attendance, and of ordinary comforts. The coroner's officer stated that every effort had been made by the police to trace the husband, but hitherto without success. The coroner having summed up the case, the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against George Arnold for killing and slaying, , Ann Arnold, his wife. The coroner issued his warrant for the appre hension of the accused. THE EXTRAORDINARY IRISH WILL CASE. This extraordinary case is still proceeding. His lord ship, on taking his seat, referred to a statement of counsel for the defendant, to the effect that either the whole will or none of it should be established, and said that on going into the evidence he thought it right to observe that there were features in the case in which it might become possible to sustain or set aside a portion of the will. Evidence for the defence was then given, and the first witness examined was Susan McGuinness, who had been housemaid in Johnstown Castle, and was now in the service of Lord Granard. She deposed to the state of health of the testatrix at the time of signing the will, and that after she had heard it was signed Lady Esmonde said, " They made me sign that, but lam sorry, as I had some alteration to make." On cross-examination, she stated that the will was not men tioned, but she understood that was what was referred to. Sally Fitzpatrick deposed that she entered the late Lady Esmonde's service forty-one years ago, and continued in it until her ladyship died. She said : When I heard of Lady Esmonde's illness I went up and saw her. She was in a most exhausted state. She did not take a " bit of notice of me." That was on Fri day, and witness remained at the Castle till the death of Lady Esmonde. Witness added that the deceased was very weak in her mind. Early on the Monday morning she saw Mrs. Deane Morgan in the room, who said to witness that the deceased was going to sign a paper, and witness left the room. On her return Mr. Meredith, the Rev. Mr. Hughes, and Mr. Browne were there. When the deceased was dying she said to witness, " I am ashamed to say I signed the paper, though I did not know what was in it." After the will was signed, witness was told by Lady Esmonde that it was her desire to build a hospital for invalids in Wexford. Deceased always expressed great affection for Sir Thomas, and wished him to be by her bedside. That gentleman was frequently impeded going into her bedroom by Mr. Hughes, Mrs. Deane Morgan, and Mrs. Dunne. Mary Morgan, a housemaid, heard the deceased say " They made me sign that paper, and I am sorry for it."—Dr. Boxwell said that he asked the de ceased if she wished to have her will signed, and she said, " It would be a great comfort and relief to my mind if it was." The evidence fur the defence being closed, the court adjourned till yesterday morning. On the reassemblingof the court Mr. Sullivan proceeded to address the jury in support of the defendant's case, after which the court again adjourned. LAW AND POLICE ACTION FOR INJURIES SUSTAINED.—In the Bail Court the case of Storey v. Ashton has been heard. It was an action brought by the father of a child to recover compen sation for injuries sustained. The plaintiff is a letter sorter, and the defendant a wine merchant, and it seems that the cart of the latter, when being driven by one of his men, ran over a child of the plaintiff, as it was playing with some others in the City-read. From the evidence given on behalf of the plaintiff, the driver, in the language of one of the witnesses, was " too jolly to care about what he was doing." After the accident the vehicle was driven at a very rapid pace, and would not have been stopped but for a gentleman driving after and overtaking it. For the defence it was contended that the servant was using the cart for his own business, and, consequently, the defendant was not liable. The judge reserved this ques tion of law, and the jury found £BO damages. FICTITIOUS CLAIMS TO PROPERTY.—In the Court of Exchequer, Mr. Jones, Q.C., moved, on behalf of Mr. Alfred Leigh, a solicitor, for a rule calling upon the Incorporated Law Society to chew cause why his name should not be restored to the rolls of the court. Mr. Leigh was struck off in 1864 for inducing certain persons to commence and carry on a suit for the recovery of some property in the North to which they had no title. The Court refused the application on the formal ground that the affidavits were in the Queen's Bench, whereas the matter properly belonged to this court.—Baron Martin observed that, particularly in the North, claims of a fictitious character were constantly being put forward to property ; such proceedings ought to be stopped if possible. POST-OFFICE ROBBERY.—At the Central Criminal Court, Benjamin Spall was indicted for stealing a post letter containing a£s note. It appeared that on the very same day the letter was missed the prisoner changed the stolen note at a public-house in Pentonville, and he wrote his name upon it, and when he was questioned he said that his uncle had given him the note to get changed, which was proved not to be true. Subsequently the accused said that another deliverer on an adjoining round had given him the note to change ; but this also was proved to be a false statement. Having been found guilty, the prisoner was sentenced to six years' penal servitude. ASSAULTING AND INTIMIDATING WITNESSES. —Cases of this description having been so frequently before the magistrate at the Marylebone Police-court, he has given notice that in future all persons charged with offences of a like character, either against witnesses or the police, will be committed for trial. THE LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER RAILWAY.—Be fore the Lords Justices the directors of this company ap pealed from a decision of Vice-Chancellor Stuart, where his Honour overruled the demurrer to the bill in this suit. The bill, which was one of immense length, in volving very complicated transactions between the railway company and their contractors, Messrs. Peto and Co., was filed for the purpose of setting aside Some securities upon alleged surplus lands of the company, which were given early in the year 1866 to secure £135,000 to the Imperial Company, and two sums of £lOO,OOO and £llO,OOO to the General Credit Company; and also to have the accounts between the railway company and Peto and Co. taken. The General Credit Company put in a demurrer to the bill on the ground of multifariousness—that is to say, that the suit related to a great many transactions with which they had no concern, and that they ought not, therefore, to have been made parties to such a suit. The Vice- Chancellor overruled this demurrer, and the General Credit Company appealed. The appeal was dismissed. MORTGAGES ON A COMPANY'S TOLLS.—Before Vice- Chancellor Giffard, the case of Hopkins v. the Proprietors of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal Navigation Com pany was heard. The plaintiff, a mortgagee of the above named company, instituted this suit to compel them to pay his mortgage money. The company insisted that so long as they paid the plaintiff's interest they could not, according to their Act of Parliament, be compelled to pay the principal. The Vice-Chancellor directed accounts to be taken, and appointed a receiver. In the Isle of Wight wheat has been in ear for the last forthight, and harvest there will, it is expected, commence in the middle of July. This will be unusually early. In Dorsetshire the hay harvest is now at full swing, the crop of meadow grass will be light, but the clover crop will be a good one. The late barley wants rain. The early and wall-fruit crops in the south of England are failures. The apples have suffered, but owing to the quantity of blossom there will, it is believed, be a fair crop. - - - - The surplus of the Indian collection, exhibited at Paris last year, has, during the last six days, been dis posed of at the rooms of Messrs. Christie, Manson, and Woods, in King-street, St. James's-square, by order of the agent for the Government of India. Subjoined are the most important objects :—Four splendid square Cash mere shawls, of various colours, produced 165 guineas, and six others, 385 guineas ; a magnificent Cashmere ball carpet, of large dimensions, made at Srinuggur, of the finest Caslimere wool, with exquisite border, brought 150 - ME "TIMES" AND THE CECUMENICAL COUNCIL. The Times, of Tuesday, contains a won derful article• concerning General Councils, wonderful for the rare ignorance it displays of the chronological facts of Church history. We are not unaccustomed to see in the pages even of the leading journal blunders of the most extraordinary character concerning Catholic doctrines, or even about contem porary events, in which the Catholic Church, the Pope, or Catholic Archbishops are con cerned ; but when a writer in the Times ventures to lecture the Pope, and to remind him warningly of events in Church history, he ought at least to be correct in his historical facts, or, to borrow the words which he applies to the Pope, "he ought to know what he is about." "He (the Pope)," says the Times, "should consider that more than three centuries have elapsed since the last General Council was closed at Trent ; he cannot forget that one must go back three years further for the date of that fifth Lateran Synod, after which no other reunion of the same nature held in Rome was deemed to be of undisputed authority throughout the States of Catholic Christendom - . Why is it that Councils have been so long out of date ?" According to the chronology of the Times, then, no General Councils were held for three hundred years prior to the Council of Trent, at which date it puts the fifth Lateran Council, but in reality, as every one except this heedless writer knows, the Lateran Council was held not three hundred years, but only fifty years, before the Council of Trent. Moreover, in the three hundred years preceding the Council of Trent, there were, besides the fifth Lateran Council in 1512, various other General Councils, such as, for instance, the Council of Lyons, under Pope Innocent IV., in 1245, when the Emperor Frederick 11. was deposed —as that of Lyons under Gregory 1274, of Vienne under Clement V., in 1312, and of Florence in 1439. The Pope, therefore, has not, as the Times asserts, to go back three hundred years further than the Council of Trent for the date of another Council enjoying undisputed authority throughout the States of Catholic Christendom. If we cannot depend even on the historical accuracy of the Times, we are not likely to feel in any way compelled to place reliance on its guesses as to the Pope's purpose in convoking a General Council, or in its predictions as to the results likely to be attained. The (Ecumenical Council to be assembled on the eighth of December, 1869, is naturally a matter of speculation, and we are not in the least surprised that it should engage the atten tion of a journal to which every Englishman looks for early and sufficient information con cerning important events. The Times, in no unfriendly spirit, naturally turns to Archbishop Manning to see what he has to say on a subject peculiarly within the sphere of his knowledge, and seems surprised at his pre dicting that " the Council would make an epoch in the way of reaction against the anti- Christian revolution in Europe." It is not, however, as the Times suggests, a new or sudden idea in Archbishop Manning to attri bute to the coming Council a political import ance. On the contrary, in a Pastoral letter, published last year, entitled " The Centenary of St. Peter and the General Council," from which, in another page, we extract the passages alluded to, he points out, among other things, the probable effects of the Council on the poli tical state of Europe. The Times, it is evident, has not as yet given its mind to the consideration of the political importance of the gathering together under the headship of the Pope of the leaders and representatives of the Catholic world. Such an assemblage of men of one mind, with one purpose in their hearts, whose zeal and love of their Church is, as even their enemies concede, beyond every other aim or object, cannot meet together in council at Rome under Pius IX., without being inspired with a new and indomitable energy, and a united deter mination, as the representatives and leaders of two million Catholics, to put down, wherever it is to be met with, that small but intensely active and, for the moment, dominant party which usurps in too many countries of Europe leadership over the peoples, which arrogates to itself the right to speak in the name of the age in which we live, which, in violation of eternal justice, has set up a new standard of right and wrong, imposing its own will as law over th e vas t ma j or it y w h o are quiescent only because they have not as yet fully realized that they have but to speak out with the, determined voice of men, who will take no denial, in order to see this tyrannical anti- Christian Revolution—which now rides roughshod over their rights and over their religion—fall like the walls of Jericho before the trumpet. Both for good and evil this is an age when ideas are spread with marvellous rapidity. Great changes are now-a-days sudden. The (Ecumenical Council, before its results even are forecast, may give an impetus to the minds of the vast majority of the peoples, may re kindle in many countries the slumbering embers of religious zeal, until on a sudden Europe may again witness a new crusade arise to rescue religion, justice, liberty, and the Holy See of Peter from the tyranny of the modern enemies of the Cross. Under the actual circumstances of the peoples of Europe, tyrannized over for the most part by the Revolution in possession of the Governments, it is sheer folly in the Times to speak of the vast majority of the people of Italy or Austria "as almost hopelessly estranged from the creed of their fathers." The Times is not more happy in this reckless asser tion than in its ecclesiastical chronology. The very reverse is the case. The vast majority of the people in either country is deeply attached to the creed of their fathers. Apathy and fear are not to be reckoned on for ever. Apathy may vanish on a sudden, fear may change into courage at the dictates of faith; and what more likely than the approaching General Council to bring about, as Archbishop Manning predicts, a " reaction against the anti-Christian Revolution in Europe ?" Westminster Gazette. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 10, 1868. THE CHICAGO CONVENTION. The Convention assembled in the Opera House, much regret being expressed that a wigwam had not been erected, as the building only held three thousand, and a full third of this number claimed seats as editors. Few ladies were present, and hundreds of strangers could not get in. Massa chusetts and Carolina entered arm in aim, black and white. Governor Trask, of Springfield, ap peared as one of the South Carolina delegates. All Southern delegates were accepted, notwithstanding the Constitutional doubts, as well as those from Colorado, in spite of President Johnson's veto. At noon on Wednesday, the 20th of May, the Conven tion was called to order by Governor Marcus W. Ward, of New Jersey, who spoke briefly, after which Bishop Simpson offered prayers. General Carl Schurz being temporarily voted to the chair, eloquently reviewed the history of the Republican party, declaring it to be the work of the future to secure the fruits of the past and adapt the country to the changes wrought by the war. "We mourn our loss," he said, referring to Lincoln's death, " by what be left behind him." While true to their prin ciples, Republic?.ns should be true to their party, and he counselled wisdom and justice to the Southern minorities, to the coloured race, and to our national creditors, closing his speech, which was a perfect platform in itself, in the midst of hearty applause. B. R. Cowan, of Ohio, Luther Caldwell, of New York, and F. J. Richards, of Tennessee, were appointed temporarary sect etarie?, and a committee of one from each State was ap pointed on credentials. The Committee on Per manent Organization was as follows : —W. E. Lovett of Cal., John Evans of Col., A. H. Rying ton of Ct., Wilson L. Sumner of Del., B. E. Chamberlain of Fla., W. H. Watson of Ga., Amos V. Babcock of 111., George B. Buskirk of Ind., Seth A. Crane of la., John A. Bartlett of Ks., Oscar H. Burbridge of By., George C. Penance of La., Wells Hubbard of Me., Alfred R. Field of Mass., Hampton Briggs of Mich., P. C. Amberly of Minn., C. E. Stevens of Nebraska, John Bailey of N. 11., Thomas H. Bartlett of N. J., Hamilton Barris, of N. Y., William R. Meyers of N. C., Israel Green of Ohio, James Horne of Pa., Lysander Flagg of R. 1., B. F. Whittemore of S. C., L. C. Hank of Tenn., 11. H. Langley of 'lexas, William H. Grant of Vermont, and N. 11. Peck of Nevada. Maryland declined to name a committee man until her contested seats should be settled. The committee on resolutions was as fol lows :—David C. Upton of Ala., William Morse of Ark., J. W. Woodman, of Ct , C. S. Taylor of Del., H. M'Coy of Ga., Herman Ruster of 111., Ried \V. Thompson of Ind., George M. Dodge, of lowa, B. F. Simpson of Kansas, Charles Eger ton of Kentucky, W. B. Benson of Louisiana, Eugene hall of Me., Francis W. Bird of Mass., M. 0. Holmes, jr., of Md., Robert R. Beach of Mich., R. M'Laren of Minn., Robert T. Venhorn of Miss., R. W. Turner of Nebraska, C. E. Delong of Nevada, James F. Briggs of N. H., J. John Davison of N. J., Charles Andrews of N. Y., L. D. Hesse of N. C., John C. Lee of 0., 11. R. Kincaird of Oregon, S. E. Dimick of Pa., Rowland G. Hazard of R. 1., B. 0. Duncan of S. C., \Vm. G. Elliott of Tenn., G. W. Paschall of Texas, W. 11. Johnson of Vt., Lysander Hill of Va., Robert C. Brown of West Va., and Horace Rubles of Wis. A motion to admit the Territories was op posed on the ground that committees that cannot vote in the election ought not to nominate, and it was referred to the Committee of Credentials. When California was reached in the call of States for the committee, Mr. Sears rose to make an ex planation, showing that the gentleman who con tested the seats of the Californian delegates voted a Copperhead ticket at the last election in that State. He and a few others had met in a back room, and had selected delegates for the Conven tion. "We polled 40,000 votes and represent the Union Republican party of California, while the party this man represents only polled 2,000, out of whom they could not find ten men to accept the position he occupies. We a sk this Convention to give us our seats as they of right belong to us, and not cast a stain upon us and raise this man to the dignity of a contestant." The person alluded to, B. R. Nickerson, of California, rose to reply, stating that they were prepared to submit the ques tion to the Committee on Credentials, to whom it was referred at the request of several delgates. The rules of the House of Representatives were adopted for the government of the Convention, committees on permanent organization, resolutions and rules were appointed, and a motion adopted that all resolutions be referred without debate, after which a recess was taken until 5 o'clock. At the evening session, Hamilton Harris, chairman of the committee on permanent organization, reported the name of Joseph R. Hawley of Connecticut for per manent President, and the Convention received the announcement with tremendous applause. The President was conducted to the chair by ExsGover nor Solomon of Wisconsin and ex-Governor Brown of Georgia, amid great cheering for Hawley, Brown, and the retiring chairman. General Hawley ad dressed the Convention as follows :—" Gentlemen of the Convention,—l tender you my most grateful thanks for the high honour you have conferred upon me. Deeply impressed by a sense of the responsibility of the position, I earnestly solicit your indulgence and your aid. We come together charged with the momentous duty of selecting the chief rulers of the great nation which leads the world in the pro motion of freedom and equal rights. (Applause.) The indications of your purposes add spirit, already given, assure us that you will maintain the noble character of the Republican party. We unavoidably recall at this time the Convention of 1860, with its profound anxieties, its fresh, pure, and glowing devotion to liberty, and its enthusi astic acceptance of the wager of battle, tendered by slavery and secession. (Applause.) It now seems clear to us that God then ruled our council. He made our declaration of principles manly and severe. He gave us Abraham Lincoln for President. (Tre mendous cheering.) God send us like - wisdom and success to-day. He tested us in a manner and to an extent which the liveliest imagination could not have anticipated. Posterity, we hope, will decide that we stood that test with the spirit worthy of a free people. Countless treasure and 300,000 lives offered were the evidence that we were solemnly in earnest. We offered our lives and our property, but it was not enough ; we laid our prejudices of race and class on the altar ; and the consciousness that we, at least, deserved success redoubled our nerve. The same high resolve rules to-day, and the honest men of this country are ready for equal and even greater sacrifices, if they be indispensable to the declaration on this continent of liberty and equal rights to all. We learned the first lesson when we found that we must make all men free and call them to the battle-field. We learned the second lesson when we found that we must still move and give impartially to all men a part in the government we were endeavouring to restore. (Great applause.) \Vial a clear and fearless expression on the essen tial and important questions at issue, which the people will understand, and no ingenious device in words can obscure, or avoid, passing by all per sonal and temporary controversies, working in per feet confidence that the American people mean to do right and will do it in the end, we may feel sure of triumph. The power of a nation of forty mil lions must be behind the just claims of the poorest working man of whatever race, and to recover his just wages its majesty must be felt wherever the humblest loyal man appeals against personal vio lence and oppression. (Cheers.) Every dollar of the national debt the blood of a soldier is pledged for. (Enthusiastic cheering.) Every bond in letter and in spirit must be as sacred as a soldier's grave. (Renewed cheers.) We must win, gentlemen, and we shall win. It is the old fight of liberty, equa lity, and fraternity, against oppression, caste, and aristocracy. It is the old fight to make the world better, with malice towards none and charity for all. (Loud applause.) We may halt for a moment, or change the direction, but the good cause always goes steadily forward. It is related, and whether true or not, the incident is well invented, that on the evening of that awful battle of the Wilderness, when the legions of the Union army had fought all day, rather by faith than by sight, in the wild , woods and tangled brush, that some man asked General Grant to step backward a little and reorganize, and that he replied, "We have done very well. Gen tlemen, at half-past three in the morning, we move forward." (Long-continued cheering.) We accept his spirit and his words. Perhaps lam not antici pating in saying that we shall accept him again in person as our leader. (Loud cheering.) Thanking you again, gentlemen, very heartily, for the honour conferred, I await the further pleasure of the Con vention. (Applause.) General Sickles, entering Warner the hall here, was rec eived with c heers, and the remaining perm anent organization were then announced as follows :—Vice-Presidents —Gen. ifi e r s o f of h Ala.te, WA. Donald of Ark., James Corey of C a l., J. B. Chaffee of Cal., W. F. Pierson of Ct., Lewis Thompson of Del., 11. H. Moody of Fla., Foster Bloddgett of Ga., Jesse K. Dubois of 111., Walter J. Gresham of End., G. M. Hendrick of la., S. S. Prouty of Kansas, Joshua J. Speed of Ky., W. P. Kellogg of La., A. D. Fessen den of Me., Henry Stockbridge of Md., D. W. Gooch of Mass., Henry Waldron of Mich., Horatio P. Vanclerc of Minn., Thomas L. White of Miss., A. J. Harlan of Mo., B. Saunders of Nebraska, N. Walker of Nevada, E. Gould of N. H., John S. Irick of N.J., Chauncey M. Depew of N.Y., Albert Dockery of N.C., N. C. I\l‘Farland of 0., J. Failing of Oregon, J. K. Morehead of Pa., G. Green of R. 1., Carlos J. Stolbrand of S. C., T. A. Hamilton of Tenn., J. Burch, of Va. ; S. D. Karns, of West Va. ; and Edward Solomon, of Wis. Secretaries—Thomas D. Foster, V. Dell, C. B. Higby, F. B. Solomon, B. Beal, Joshua T. Heald, J. Rhombeur, G. G. Wilber, J. P. Root, C. R. Hogete, J. 11. Easton, Lewis Viel, W. C. Goodlie, Col. C. W. Lowell, Stephen D. Lindsley, E. F. Waters, George G. Briggs, W. W. Scott, A. Worley Patterson, J. C. S. Colby, L. Maxwell, G. N. Collins, Francis B. Ayer, Robert C. Bellville, Luther Caldwell, J. W. Holden, C. Kinney, M. Ramsey, A. C. Harmer, Mr. Fahter, W. E. Rose, J. I. W. F. Horne, Col. J. D. Ringan, Edgar Allen, Joseph T. Hoke, Charles Seymour, J. H. Longnecker. Mr. Swift, of Indiana, attempted to nominate General Grant, but was suppressed. The committee from the Soldiers and Sailors' Convention charged to present their proceedings was announced to be in waiting, and the following gentlemen were elected to receive the delegation :—General Coch rane, of New York; General Carl Schurz, of Mis souri ; Colonel Craig, of lowa ; Mr. Crippett, of West Virginia ; and Mr. Sweet, of Illinois. Gen. Fairchild, after the delegation had been conducted to the front of the platform, presented the resolu tion that nominated General Grant for the Presi dency, and was received with loud applause, and was accepted on the motion of General Cochrane. Governor Brown, of Georgia, whose presence was notified by Mr. Conway, of Louisiana, was invited by the chairman to say a few words, which were as_ heartily received as those of a " reconstructed and repentant rebel," and were in truth the words of a brave and honourable soldier. Gen. Lee, of Louisiana, chairman of the committee on credentials, reported the names of the delegatesfrom the several States. In re ference to Pennsylvania, he said that there appeared 59 delegates, whereas that State was entitlA to only fifty-two votes, and the committee recom mended that the fifty-nine delegates be admitted to seats upon the floor, and that they be authorized to cast the fifty-two votes to which the State is entitled, such being the, wish of the Pennsylvania delegation. The committee recommended allowing the delegations from the several territories the right to seats upon the floor and the privilege of casting each two votes, the same as was accorded to the District of Columbia. In relation to Maryland, the committee recommended admission of the Creswell delegation, but they accorded seats on the floor to the contestants without the right to vote. The committee recommended the admission of the re gular delegates from California, beaded by Corey and Sears. In response to query, the chairman of the committee said that the delegates from the un reconstructed States were entitled to seats and votes. The 'committee considered that the action of the Convention in the morning effectually settled that question. The report was then adopted. Mr. Barker, of New York, from the committee on the order of business, reported the following rules : "First • Upon all subjects before the Convention the States shall be called in alphabetical order. Second— Four votes shall be cast by the delegates of each State, and each congressional district shall be entitled to two votes. The votes of each delegation shall be reported by the chairman. Third—The report of the committee on credentials shall be disposed of before the report of the committee on the platform and resolutions are acted upon, and the report of the committee on the platform shall be disposed of before the convention proceeds to the nomina tion of candidates for president and vice-president. Fourth —ln making the nomination for president and vice-presi dent, in no cas3 shall the calling of the roll be dispensed with. If it shall appear that any candidate has received a majority of the votes cast, the president of the conven tion shall announce the question to be, "Shall the nomi nation of the candidate be,unanimous ?" But if no candi- Alate shall have received a majority of the votes, the chair shall direct the'vote to be again taken, which shall be re peated until some candidate shall have received a majority of the votes cast. Fifth—When a majority of the delega tion from any two States shall demand the vote to be recorded, the same shall be taken by States, the Secretary calling the roll of the States in the order heretofore stated. Sixth—ln the record of vote by States, the vote of each State shall be announced by the chairman, and in case any State shall be divided, the chairman shall announce the number of votes cast for any candidate, or against any pro position. Seventh—When the previous question shall be demanded by a majority of the delegation of any State, and the demand is seconded by two or more States, and the call sustained by a majority of the Convention, the question shall be proceeded with and disposed of, accord ing to the rules of the House of Representatives in such case. Eighth.—No member shall speak more than once upon the same question, nor longer than five minutes, without the unanimous consent of the Convention, except that the delegates presenting the name of a candidate shall be allowed ten minutes tharefor. The rules of the House of Representatives shall continue to b&the rules of this Convention, so far as they are applicable and not inconsis tent with the foregoing rules. Ninth—A. national Union Executive committee shall be appointed, to consist of one member from each State territory and district represented iin this Convention. The roll shall be called, and the de -1 legation from each State, territory, and district shall name, through their chairman, a person to act as member of such committee." Mr. Thompson, of Indiana, its chairman, stated that the report front the committee on resolutions might be expected early, Thursday morning. The Convention then adjourned till ten o'clock, Thurs day.,,,, lay 21.--The Convention was called to order at a quarter past test o'clock, Mr. J. P. Gulliver of Chicago offering prayer. As the Committee on Resolutions were not ready to report, Charles S. Spencer moved that the resolutions of the New York Union League Club, presented Wednesday, be placed upon the records, and proceeded to make a speech in support of his motion. The resolutions were read, and the only one creating any sensation was that denouncing the Republican Senators vot ing against Impeachment, which was received with great applause. The motion to recall the resolu tions was tabled, having been decided out of order, under the rule requiring all resolutions to go to the committee without debate. Mr. Hassaurek of Ohio, formerly United States Minister to Ecuador, made an eloquent party speech, and was followed by General John M. Palmer, the Republican candi date for Governor of Illinois. General Palmer's declarations that Andrew Johnson stood in the way, and should be removed, were greeted with hearty applause, which was increased when he said, " But w e propose to submit these issues again to the people, for decision at the ballot-box, and obtain a verdict which will place the question beyond all dispute." In conclusion, he urged that a man be nominated for the Vice-Presidency who should have no temptation for the assassination of General Grant, saying that " if the Baltimore Con vention had made no mistake in. 1864, Abraham Lincoln would have been alive to-day to wel -1 come General Grant on the fourth of March next." Generals Thayer, of Nebraska, Cochrane, and Sickles, of New York, Lyman Tremaine, of New York, and Colonel Forney, of Pennsylvania, were invited to speak, but successively declined. General Cochrane, however, took the stand, bat just as he was commencing his remarks, the Committee on . Resolutions entered and reported as follows :—The National Republican party of the U n ited States, as sembledin National Convention at the city of Chi cago, on the 20th of May, 1868, make the following declaration of principles : " The National Republican party of the United States, assembled in National Convention in the city of Chicago, on the 20th day of May, 1868, make the following declara tion of principles ;—First. We congratulate the country on the assured success of the reconstruction policy of Con gress, as evinced by the adoption in the majority of the States lately in rebellion of Constitutions securing equal civil and political rights to all ; and it is the duty of the Government to sustain those institutions and to prevent the people of such States from being remitted to a state of anarchy. (Cheers.) Second. The guarantee by Congress of equal suffrage to- all loyal men at the South was de manded by every consideration of public safety, of gra titude, and of justice, and must be maintained, while the question of suffrage in all the loyal States pro perly belongs to the people of those States. (Cheers.) Third—We denounce all forms of repudiation as a national crime (prolonged cheers), and the national honour requires the payment of the public indebtedness in the utmost good faith to all creditors at home and abroad, not only accord ing to the letter, but the spirit, of the laws under which it was contracted. (Applause.) Fourth—lt is due to the labour of the nation that taxation should be equalised and reduced as rapidly as the national faith will permit. Fifth —The national debt, contracted as it has boen for the pre servation of the Union for all time to come, should be ex tended over a fair period for redemption ; and it is the duty of Congress to reduce the rate of interest whenever it can be honestly done. Sixth—That the best policy to diminish our burden of debt is to so improve our credit that capitalists will seek to loan us money at lower rates of in terest than we now pay, and must continue to pay so long as repudiation, partial or total open or, covert, is threatened or suspected. Seventh The Government of the United States should be admi nistered with the strictest economy, and the cor ruptions which have been so shamefully nursed and fos tered by Andrew Johnson call loudly for radical reform. Eighth. —We profoundly deplore the untimely and tragic death of Abraham Lincoln, and regret the accession of Andrew Johnson to the Presidency, who has acted treacherously to the people who elected him, and the cause he was pledged to support ; who has usurped high legis lative and judicial functions; who has refused to execute the laws; who has used his high office to induce other officers to ignore and violate the laws ; who has employed his executive powers to render insecure the property, the peace, liberty, and life of the citizen; who has abused the pardoning power ; who has denounced the National Legis lature as unconstitutional; why has p,rsistently and cor- ruptly resisted, by every measure in his power, every pro per attempt at the reconstruction of the States lately in rebellion ; who has perverted the public patronage into an engine of wholesale corruption, and who has been justly impeached for high crimes and misdemeanours, and properly pronounced guilty thereof by the vote of 35 senators. Ninth—The doctrineof Great Britain and other European Powers, that because a man is once a subject he is always so, must be resisted at every hazard by the United States, as a relic of the feudal times, not authorized by the law of nations, and at war with our national honour and independence. Naturalized citizens are entitled to be protected in all their rights of citizenship, as though they were native born ; and no citizen of the United States, native or naturalized, must b 3 liable to arrest and impri sonment by any foreign Power for acts done or words spoken in this country ; and if so arrested and imprisoned, it is the duty of the Government to interfere in his behalf. Tenth.—Of all who were faithful in the trials of the late war, there were none entitle 1 to more especial honour than the bravo sol Hers and seamen wbio endured the hard ships of campaign and cruise, and impE.rilled their lives in the service of the country ; the bounties and pensions pro vided lay the laws for those brave defenders of the nation are obligations never to be forgotten ; the widows and orphans of the gallant dead are the wards of the people, a sacred legacy bequeathed t the nation's protective care. Eleventh.—Foreign immigration, which in the past has added so much to the wealth, development, and resources, and increase of power of this nation, the asylwn of the oppressed of all nations, should bo fostered and encouraged by a liberal and just policy. Twelfth.—The Convention declares itself in sympathy with all the oppressed peoples who are struggling for their rights." Mr. Spencer, of New York, immediately moved that the report be adopted, and called for the pre vious question, which Ohio seconded, and the re port as presented by the committee was adopted with only two or three dissenting votes. General Carl Schurz then moved the adoption of an addi tional resolution recognizing the Declaration of In dependence as the foundation of a true Democratic Government, and commending the magnanimity to the reconstructed rebels, who now support the Go vernment, and favouring the removal of the restric tions and disabilities imposed upon them, just as rapidly as their loyalty justifies it. The chairman of the Pennsylvania delegation and Mr. Gooch of Massachusetts seconded the resolution, and it was unanimously adopted. Another resolution was also adopted, declaring that adjournment would not effect dissolution of the Convention, but that its organization should remain in force, and that it should be called together again at any time and place that the National Republican Committee should designate. A motion was then made that the Convention proceed to ballot for a candidate for President, and Gen. Logan of Illinois said, " In the name of the loyal people and soldiers of the Republi can party, I nominate Ulysses S. Grant for President of the United States." The whole Convention rose to their feet amid great cheering and waving of hats and handkerchiefs. The applause was prolonged, and ended in " three cheers for Gen. Grant," and the band played "Hail to the Chief." The States were then called, and each in succession voted for Grant. The vote of Georgia was announced by Governor Brown, who said " the Georgia Republi cans, many of whom were originally Secessionists, recognized the maxim, Enemies in war, in peace friends.'" During the progress of the call, each successive vote was received with great enthusiasm. Gen. Sickles, on rising to cast New York's vote, was received with cheers. The Territories were also called, each having two votes, except Colorado, which was allowed six. The chair announced that six hundred and fifty votes had been cast, and all for Gen. Grant. An indescribable scene of enthu siasm followed, and a curtain was suddenly lifted and a fine portrait of Grant displayed, supported by the figure of liberty, with the White House be hind. On one pedestal was inscribed " Republican Nominee of Chicago Convention, May 20, 1868 ;" on the other, "Democratic Nominee of the New York Convention, July 4, 1868." Above was a scroll, on which were the words " Match Him ;" but the " M" being badly formed the New York Tribune fell into the error that the word was " Watch Him." At the same moment a dove with its wings painted red and blue, its body represent ing the white, was set at liberty, the band playing " Hail to the Chief " and " Yankee Doodle." The excitement which had been on the increase at last found vent in song and accompa nied by the band the Convention gave " Rally round the Flag." A solo and trio campaign song, music by George F. Root, entitled, " Fight it out here on the old Union Line," was sung and received with great favour. When the excitement had some what subsided, the president was direcre I to tele graph his nomination to General Grant, and Mr. Schofield, of New York, moved to proceed to the nomination for Vice-President. Mr. Lane, of Vir ginia, named Henry Wilson, seconded by Lieute nant-Governor Claflin, of Massachusetts ; Mr. Lane, of Indiana, nominated that tried and time trusted patriot, Schuyler Colfax, upon which there was great cheering, seconded by Mr. Parker, of New Jersey, as the candidate and representative of the young men. Mr. Dutcher, of Michigan , also supported Colfax, whose name, when mentioned, was always hailed with cheers, and Mr. Brown, of Pennsylvania, spoke enthusiastically for this can didate, although interrupted by other delegates of the State, declaring that he would vote Colfax first, last, and all the time. Mr. Hassaurek, of Ohio, presented that " champion of human rights, Benja min F. Wade, the child of the people, a self-made man—(wild cheers) —one of such incorruptible viatue that the people know him as honest 11,,,n. Wade. Let the Convention say to him for the people,' Well done, good and faithful servant.' " Carl Schurz, for a large majority of the Missouri delegation, seconded Wade's nomination—(cheers) —and said "If he is nominated there will be no temptation to assassinate Grant." Mr. Spalding, of Ohio, said that for the first time his State bad united on a candidate, and would give Wade 42 voted. Mr. Jones, of North Carolina, declared his State was ready to "Wade in," and would give its support to the old Roman veteran. Mr. Tremaine, of New York, named that State's favourite son Reuben E. Fenton, and was ably supported by Mr. Storrs, of Illinois, who declared Mr. Fenton to be the standard-bearer in the canvas for defeating Horatio Seymour. General Logan said that Illinois would cast 15 votes for Fenton, 11. for Hamlin, and 3 for Colfax. Mr. Warmouth, of Louisiana, sup ported Fenton. Mr. Wood, of Kentucky, nomi nated ex-Attorney-General Speed, of that State. Mr. Sands, of Maryland, nominated John A. J. Creswell, of Maryland. He said that he had asked his delegation to refrain from obeying the instruc tions of the Maryland Convention, but they de clined peremptorily. lie must acquiesce, reserving the right to cast his individual vote for Wade. (Cheers.) Mr. Forney, of Pennsylvania, as chair man of the Republican committee of that State, nominated Andrew G. Curtin. Mr. McClure presented Governor Curtin's claims as the represen tative of the hundred thousand Pennsylvania Repub licans, reminding the Convention that as the State cast her vote next November so will be the decision of the canvass. (Prolonged cheers.) Mr. William son, for lowa, nominated James Harlan, and Mr. Whittemore, of South Carolina, indorsed Mr. Wil son. (Cheers.) Mr. Crafer, of Alabama, named William D. Kelley, of Pennsylvania. (Partial ap plause and boisterous laughter.) Mr. Seymour, of Wisconsin, supported Hannibal Hamlin, but stated that his delegation gave Fenton seven, Colfax six, Hamlin two, and Curtin one. Personally he thought it wise to retrieve the mistake made at the Balti more Convention, when Hamlin was displaced. General Shepley, for Maine, nominated Hannibal Hamlin. (Cheers.) Mr. Souther, of Pennsylvania, supported Governor Curtin. He said that the Con vention ridiculed the asserted opposition to him. Mr. Humphrey, of Alabama, said that his delega tion respected Mr. Kelley and Mr. Wade,. and the other nominees, but part of the Convention sup ported Wilson. Mr. Roster, of Illinois, seconde I the nomination of Hamlin. lie said that Hamlin would unite the party of the whole nation. Mr. Hubbard, of West Virginia, called for a vote so that the delegations might show their hands. (Cries of " The vote ! the vote !") Mr. Martin, of Kan sas, nominated Samuel C. Pomeroy, of Kansas. Gen. Sickles, of New York, who was greeted with cheers, supported the claims of Gov. Fenton, as one of the group of war governors who supported the patriotic Secretary of war, Stanton. (Moderate ap plause.) As the call of the roll for Vice-President proceeded, there was much splitting of delegations, and the vote was declared as follows :—Whole num ber of votes, 648 ; necessary to a choice, 325 ; Schuyler Colfax, 118 ; Benjamin F. Wade, 149 ; Reuben F. Fenton, 132 ; Henry F. Wilson, 119 ; Andrew G. Curtin, 52 ; Hannibal Hamlin, 30 ; John A. J. Creswell, 14 ; Samuel C. Pomeroy ; James G. Speed, 22. On the second ballot, Mr. Speed's name was withdrawn. Wade bad 170, Colfax 149, Fenton 140, Wilson 113, Hamlin 30, and Curtin 45. On the third ballot, Wade had 178, Colfax 161, Fenton 139, Wilson 101, Curtin 40, Hamlin 25, and Curtin's name was withdrawn. Oa the fourth, IVade had 204, Colfax 186, Fenton 144, IVilson 87, Hamlin 25. On the sth ballot, Colfax had 224, Wade 196, Fenton 137, Wilson 61, Hamlin 19. Before the Chair announced the final vote the delegations from all the States, with the ex ception of New York and Ohio, declared unani monily for Colfax, and the final vote was then an- iconee.l. The total number of votes was 650; neces ary for a choice 326, of which Colfax had 522, 'enton 75, Wade 52, and Wilson 11. The Chair then announced Schuyler Colfax as the nominee for Vice- Presilent. General Sickles of New York moved that the nomination be made unanimous, which was seconded by Ohio and carried amidst enthusiastic applause. The following national committee was appointed :—James P. B. Stowe of Ala., E. F. Rice of Ark., George C. Gorham of Cal., Daniel Wider of Col., 11. H. Starkweather of Ct., Morton Edmunds of Dacotah, Edward G. Bradford of Del., B. Conover of D. C., S. J. Bowen of Fla., J. H. Caldwell of Ga., John C. Henry of Idaho, J. Rus sell Jones of 111., Cyrus M. Allen of Ind., J. Flet cher of la., J. A. Martin of Ks., Allen A. Burton of Ky., M. H. Southworth of La., L. Barker of Me:, C. Chester of Md., W. Clafin of Mass., Mr. Giddings of Mich., John T. Avery of Minn., A. C. Fish of Miss., Gen. Bean Loan of Mo., S. Wil son of M. T., E. P. Taylor of Nebraska, Charles T. Delong of Nevada, William E. Chandler of N. H., James Gospell of N. J., Horace Greely of N. Y., IVilUana Sloan of N. C., R. R. Cohen of 0., H. W. Corbett of Oregon, 'William K. Kemble of Pa., Lyman Frieze of R. 1., Joseph H. Jenks of S. C., William B. Stokes of Tenn., A. J. Hamilton of Texas, W. Burke of Vt., Franklin S. Carnes of Va., Samuel D. Kurns of West Va., and David Atwood of Wh. The Convention then adjourned with cheers for the ticket and platform. FOREIGN TRADE OF FRANCE. The Board of Trade has issued another part of its new series of foreign trade accounts. Ths principal imports and exports of France in the-first quarter of 1868 are given. The list of imports begins with the item of second-hand apparel, of which France imported 41,566 kilogrammes, of the value of 498,792 f., two-fifths of it from the United Kingdom. The world, however, takes a great deal of wearing apparel from France. In the three months underclothing of the value of 11,045,052 f. was exported (much of which went to South America) ; new dresses, &c., 8,048,603 f. ; millinery, 5,298,8641. ; haberdashery, chiefly of puresilk, 4,962,490 f. ; artificial flowers, 2,137,4321.; while the general item of textile fabrics exported in the quarter exceeded 174,000,000 f., the import of textile manufactures being below 24,000,000 f. ; mercery or small wares exported amounted to 58,482,5391. The quarter's import of rat wool amounted in value to 46,165,155 f., and the export to 5,092,882 f. of raw, 5,556,303 f. carded, and 2,353,180 f. waste. The import of cotton was valued at 134,202,3091., and the ex port 22,879,801 f. The import of wheat reached 75,766,5301. ; of coffee 23,088,375 f. ; of hemp and tow (chiefly from Belgium), 22,858,104 f. ; of coals 29,120,140 f. ; of copper ore, 2,354,849 f.; and of copper, first fusion, in blocks, bars, or sheets, 10,011,001 f. ; of lead ore, 1,561,190 f. ; and of pig', bars, or plates, 3„043,912f. ; largo hides, 9,722,8301., and small skins 13,221,780 f. ; machines, and machinery of all kinds, 2,852,675 f. The steam engines, fixed and marine, im ported were of the value of 65,2001., the import from Belgium amounting to 61,0001., and from the United Kingdom to 3,1001. ; but agricultural ma chines, and machines for spinning, weaving, 801 were chiefly from the United Kingdom. The im ports of cotton, linen, and woollen manufactures were also chiefly from the United Kingdom, ex cept in the items of unb!eached linens, plain, which Belgium supplied to the amount of 2,210,530 f ., and the United Kingdom only 211,7031. The ex ports in the first quarter of 1868 of French pro duce and imported articles, classed as such, cool prised—wine value 47.158 ; 890f., the United King dom taking to the extent of 9,555,000 f. ; brandy (pure alcohol), 16,648,0101. —to the United King dom, 11,625,500 f. The export of salt butter reached 10,616,503 f. ; eggs, 5,797,7621, ; table fruits, 2,528,729 f. ; oxen, 1,417,7911.—f0r all these four ar ticles the United Kingdom was the chief customer. Swine valued at above 1,000,000 f. were sent to Switzerland. The export of leather wares amounted to 19,981,7921. ; hides, 3,399,845 f. ; curried, 9,600,484 f. ; gold jewellery, without precious stones , 2,059,343 f. ; French books, 2,489,9901. ; clocks , 1,014,453 f. The export of cotton fabrics exceeded 10,000,0001., linen cloths below 5,000,000 f., silks above 98,000,0001., woollens above 60,000,00 0 f. 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