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ted. and endeavozcd % convince Mr..
Southland that the true interests Of the
navy repaired the investigation. and
that the Department. acting on the q
bundant infofmaiioo which was n IL,
disposal. ought itself 20 become "tbe
champion Of the wrongs Of the whole
service" The only reply 10 this re.
moastrsnee vzs IN order 10 proceed 10
SEA torthxithi His almost needless 10
add that th~ of6eer resigned and rctir-
Cd from the navy IN disgust"
A GRAPHIC SKETCH
TAs bss~n q .s>s>n-,f vii End souss
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Cs..naioafef for fse Bal. Pafriof.
THE CONVENTION.
The Last days proceedings Of the
celebrated Van Burea Conventiou
we're much the most edIfy ing and q
mu<ing Of the three took my seat
with the delegates II an early hour
The Convention vas called 20 order,
and q clergyman ascended the pulpit
and made . long Prsyer. II was the
first real bona fde. thick and thin, Jack
son-Van Buren, prayer i had ever
heard- Some members near me wink
ed Al each ether. al ITS conclusion and
remarked that they had nothing left %
do.-the Parson had settled the whole
business for them; whereupon a mo-
sion was made for recess until IL o..
clock II was agreed to-so ue all
took our hats ard started. There Was
some little eaucussinx TO be attended
to--This was finished by IL. and we
took our scats IN Convcntion again
Now came on the entertainment One
Of the Vice Presidents, North Caro-
iInizn. rose. pale and agitated, and pro-
posed = reconsideration OF a previous
vote for the purpose Of making il ne
ccssary that candidate should receive
txo-thirds Of the votes Of the Couven-
ton before he could be nominated
He Was \ tri6e dashed At first, but after
getting little excited he spoke very
well. and entertained the Convention.
Alter HIM, the droIiest little fellow I
ever sag. one Of the North Carolina
Delegates. jumped up and commenced
sPouiIng Al q great rate His eyes
sparkIed ike an ozrs- He said he
was NO Po,itician-noofEc s-hoIder-no
ofhce seeker-not acquainted with
DanAsenent-he came fIezh from the
PeoPse-he preferred William C. Riyes
10 Richard NJ. johnson when he came
into the Conventicn-(here the Little
gentleman was called TO order and re-
minded that the names Of candidates
and their relative qualifications were
not 10 be named and discussed) this
quickened has So I'M little; he then
said he bad preferred the txo-thirds
candidaie-eveFy body knew who the
fwo-ihirds candidate wa-but he
would so Eor any man who would car
~ out the principles Of Andrew Jack
sons Administrafion-he knew there
vas Partizan feeling displayed in the
Couvenfioa-he had heard some de-
clare that Virginia would secede ifthe
twO-thirtis candidate was NOT nominated;
he had heard others saw "damn Viz
gInis, who cares how Virginia voseS'-
there the little GsIlOw was called To Or
der BY City vOiees. when up be Jump
ed into has seat and went on With has
eyes daahing vengeance and fire ,l-he
would not be put down by any body,
nos by all the kissing and hawking and
noise they might mske-he had the
floor and the night 10 speak. and he
meant 20 Speak the minds Of has con-
siIsuents-EhoeveF dared call him to
order should repent of It-be had As
many personal and political friends in
his district a. any man an the whole
Co0yeniio0-be would noa be put
cown-he dared and challenged any
man, all The men in the Convention.
10 useet hI8 N SINGLE combas--he
would LEI them knOw that his Tizha was
a. good as that ofaay other man there:
he vas fOr the principles Of Andrew
Jaekson's Admiisntrsf5on. and 50 forth.
and 50 On.
The President thunped and hump
ed again, and nodded has heal and
entre1aed the delegate to sc down
he whole C0avensioa was IN an M
roar-and af lasa The valiant Etiie
49, tAtG hEaa 14Sean VT people nfd
sit down The ConventiOn breaihed
easier agaiB- Finally the EnosiOn was
earned. Next The votiaz commenced
foT candidate for Presssient. Then
the announcement thst Afr. Van Buren,
had al The votes Was made, and Il set
us an cizPPing ike 80 many suddenly
peoPle Then caue on fhs |
voting fog q candidate euT Vice. John
.oa 20 a. The New Workers set I'D |
iFemendous shosstl The friends oil
Riyes hissedt An was ooafusions an |
upsosri The viEginisns psosssssd a. |
yaiast he BorninaasOa ~ = FesolutiOn
written By the Prvsident q the Con-
Seoiinn- One a. The delegates said,
n behalf ~ he colleagues, that they
you'd M saPPost che bOninsison
hat tuginia vent 81 principles. add
not for Richard ~. johnson. BY =
pod DEAL ~ this. Col. Lyle, 81
Ohio. Whispered b SIR. Holt, az XIV.
? - immediately srose and sung oai
: Mr.. President. TIE PrsISena ia not
= II