The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-06-21

| z Cenvesfiea 49,
| Ine Republican National Couvept,ou NJ Phils-
ae'pn'a sdjournsd on Thursday evening. after hav.
..s ae"mafed for the Presiderey and vice Pres.
iaeney- Col John g. Fremont. the nominee for
tne hisnest ONCE, was born at Savannah. Ga. lam
nary 2'ss, 1873, and received his education A.
charleston. D. G. His father was q Freochm.n,
ana MS mother Virsinian He was first ernploy-
cd BY the United States Government on tba s,ooe
OF war Natchez then as lieutenant In = corn or
Engineers. In ls4l he ran away with one Of Col
Benton's daughters, and married her. In 1870 he
| made his first expedition TO the Rocky maintain.
his second in 1919, and his third IN Iss5. n. v..
shortly afterwards Court Martialed and dismissed
from the service for refusing to obey Colone,
Kearney's commands. President Polk offered him
. new commission, but he refused IT, He then
made his fourth and most disastrous expedition
across the Rocky N ountains and was left in Cali
fornia just as the gold excitement commenced. He
| took prominent part in public affairs-he came
one of the richest men In the Union. and mem
Der of the I. 8. Senate He shortly after return
ed to private life.
Hon. VIM. l.. Dayton is . native and resident
of New Jersey, and represented his State years
In the U. 8. House of Representatives He is a
lawyer BY profession and was one of the strong
est opponents 70 the Fugitive Slave Bill He is
an old line whig in politics.
L
an account of the closing scenes OF the Conyention
The President announced as the first business
in order the adoption of resolution for Young
Mems National Convention in New York. SONS
time in September next, to be called by the Re
| publican National Committee.
The motion was adopted with loud applause
Messrs. VIM L. Dayton, of N. J., Wilmot. of
Pa, Collamer, of Vt. and others were nominated
delegate from Him nominated Abraham
| Lincoln, of Illinois. He would only say of him
that ne was good fellow, firm friend of freedom
and an old line Whig.
MIR. Archer, of lllineis, spoke in favor of Mr.
Lincoln, whom be had known from childhood and
| who was pure patriot. He thought with Lincoln
| they could carry the State, beyond doubt, for
| Fremont. Illinois would be safe without him,
doubly SO with him. He was worthy, estimable
| and safe man.
| Judge spaulding. wish to ask question :
| Can Mr.. Lincoln fighta
Mr.. Archer. Yes, sir He is a son of Kentucky.
and tall man. whichever way you can FIX it,
Cheers and laughter)
An informal ballot was then had
Mr.. Elliott of Massachusetts,, said that In view
of the result of the informal ballot for Vice Pres
| dent, Massachusetts desired to say a few words
| She had three candidates for the nomination. AT
early meeting of the delegation they had agreed
| to support for President, N p. Banks He had Al
| that time, through a friend, withdrawn from the
contest, and sgnifed that in the present condition
of affairs he would not allow his name to be used
| for that high office.
Since then, Mr.. Banks had telegraphed that be
| would not be a candidate for the Vice Presidency
i He felt all feel that the most useful place fol
| him vas where he now ID. He had been also au
| thorized to withdraw Mr.. Summers name Massa
chusetts could not spare him from the Senate cham
Der. Immense applause, and three cheers fol
| Sumner.l He thanked them for the honor paid by
| these cheers, not to Mr. Sumner but to the cause
| He was also instructed to withdraw the name Of
/ ma whose merits were known to all and who
desired that another eandidate should be on the
ticket, Henry Wilson loud applause
| Thaddeus Stevens, OF Pennsylvania said thai
| Pennsylvania had not been able to agree If she
| presented any name, 1t would be David Wilmoi
| but at his request he had now to withdraw thai
! gentleman's name. (Cheers
| Mr.. Root of Ohio, said he had conversation
with Gov. Ford, this morning. He said, .'the boys
may be troubling you with my name; don't lei
them do it. want to fight this time, and will moi
be ON the ticket" He, therefore, withdrew Mr.
| Ford's name. They wanted him in Ohio this time
| for home consumption. Loud cheers and laugh
Itr]
/ The Convention then proceeded to take for.
| N al ballot for Vice President
| The New England States led off for Dayton
| New York gave him 81 out of 100 votes. Penn
| Sylvania cast for him n votes out of 81.
When this vote was cast, a delegate from Illi-
nns rose, and in handsome manner, Withdrew
| Me-. Lincolns name Illinois asked nothing for
herself in the contest In November next it would
be seen how nobly she would support the ticket of
Fremont and Dayton. Loud cheers for Illinois
The ballot then proceeded, and at the close every
State that had given scattering vote came round
unanimously to Dayton.
| Kansas said she would follow the manifest des-
/ ti1y and vote for Dayton.
/ Each change was received with loud applause.
| Before announcing the vote, the President
/ named. as the committee to draw up the address,
+. p. Blair, of Virginia; George T. Brown, of
| Pennsylvania; E. G. Spaulding, of New York.
| Notice was given that ratification meeting
/ would be held in the evening.
| The vote was then declared to be unanimous In
| favor of Mr.. Dayton for Vice President, amidst
| scene of intense excitement and uproarious ap
| plause, nine cheers being given heartily for the
| entire ticket
| A delegate stated that this morning largo man
| ufacturer in this city had taken among his
hands, every one of whom were democrats, and
| every vote had been cast for Fremont Applause
i A motion to appoint committee TO inform the
| nominees of the result Of the Convention AID re-
ceiye their acceptance, was adopted
| Calls were made for several persons to speak.
delegation from Psnnsylvania said that the
| German paper of Philadelphia having the largest
| circulation had this morning hoisted Fremont s
/ flag Cheers)
| Calls were made for California and Illnais
| Mr. Schneider. editor of q German Democratic
/ paper in Chicago obtained the floor, and said he
| could pledge the whole German population of the
| West for the ticket. Most of their papers had
already declared their intention to support FIRE.
| mont.
/ of projecting free labor against slave labor
(Cheers) He could pledge Illinois for 10000 ma
| jority {cheers). $3.50
DR. Jas Grimm, editor of the German paper ST.
Clair County, Illinois, heartily endorsed the nomi.
| nation and pledgedthe support of the Germans Of
| his portion of the State for the ticket
/ Mr. French of Mich desired 10 read dispatch
/ from Detroit-( Cries read hD
The dispatch stated that 100 guns were being
fred by the sailors Of Detroit In honor of the noi
1 hot ant nd had ranAy