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pA1p,cH: FRIDAY, JUNE II. 1864. !
.ss BALTIMORE CONVENTION. Nc" IolA
u.roM Of late date contains full account OF the
,on,h,;can convention at Baltimore, that nominated
.t-.A.n, 1;ncoln and Andrew johnson for Pres'-
dent and Vice President The States OF Name
New HAMPSHIRE, Vermont, Massachusetts fsnooe
Island. Connecticut New York, New Jersey, Penn
.sv,x.nia. Delaware, Maryland, louisiana, Arkan-
.sss Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, California
Oregon, West Virginia, Kansas, Nebraska, Colora'y
ado and Nevada are reported as having been repre-
scented in the Convention; and 427 votes were cast
for Lincoln, and the vote of Missouri, ~, Tor >en
Grant The vote for Vice President was johnson
,4e2, Dickinson II, Hamlin 8.
The Herald says the first resolution Of the plat
form demands the suppression OF the rebellion oy
force of arms the seconddeclares against any com
promise with armed rebels except on condition OF
tbpr unconditional surrender the third insists
that slavery be extirpated from the soil OF the Unit
ed States, and calls for constitutional amendment
to that end; the fourth thanks the soldiers ana
sailors for their services; the fifth approves LIN
coins emancipation proclamation; the seventh de'
mands full protection to the soldiers OF the onlon
without regard to color the ninth goes for Pac'pc
Railroad; the tenth pledges the national faith tor
the redemption Of tho public debt; and the eleventh
declares for the Monroe doctrine -....
We have published elsewhere the letter OF accep-
lance of John c. Fremont, the nominee OF the more
radical republicans. -.'
The Democratic National Convention Jill meet at
Chicago on the 4,h day of July. Gen. Mcclellan
will probably be nominated for the Presidency.
We deeply regret to state that Gen. Leondas Polk
was struck by cannon ball on the l4th instant,
and instantly killed. He was on the field OF battle
some twenty miles west of Atlanta,rn IN company
with Gen. johnson and other officers. Gen. Polk
was native of this City, His death will he gen
orally and deeply deplored. lie was gentleman
and Christian, and a true soldier Of the South.
We learn that the "Paroled Prisoner" who has
been writing falsehoods about US in the Fayette-
vile Observer, is a. Captain in the service who
"dodgedabout" good deal after be was exchanged; ;
and that he has brother who ought to be ain the
war; but does not go. We thought as much. In
nine cases out of ten, when you hear man abusing
the Standard you may set him down as a specula-
tor, or a detective, or a government officer, or a
skulker, or of one of Gov. Vance's shade officers
who are buying their necessaries and luxuries at
government prices, while the families of the SOL
diers are suffering for food and clothing
We have seldom witnessed q more malicious or
cowardy attack than that made ~ the Conservative
of this City Of the 14th instant Mr.. Pennington,
Of the Progress. Gov. Vance tried to buy Mr.. PEN
nington and failing to do so, he ridiculed him in
his speech in this City ss vender of lemonade in
circus &c. This slander-for there is no truth
in the statement-was started by John Spelman,
and the Governor has shown himself, in repeating
it. an apt scholar Of that scurrilous blackgqard.-
"That .tat son of old Mr.. Pennington would serve
the country better by selling lemonade than in any
other capacity" says this organ Of Gov. Vance.
Why this allusion to the venerable old man who is
seen every day our streets, and at the Progress
office, with his honest countenance and his gray
hairs? Is there nothing too sacred tS be besmear.
ed by the dirty pens Of these grovelling mercena.
ries2 What has Nh. APthningtons father done, or
omitted to do, that he should be dragged into the
rewspapersa ., y -.ns.@
The truth is, Gov. Vance is responsible for all this
low personal abuse He began it in his Fayetteville
speech, and has continued it in all his speeches.
!Hehas set bis followers the example Of repeating
private conversations and indulgingj in low person
aiities. {" Like master like man." Eavesdroppers,
detectives mercenares retailers of private conver.
sations, and assailants of inofensive old mepI No
other State in the Confederacy is infested with such
= termin. So far as We are concerned we seorn and
defy them all Let them do their worst We ask
them no odds By the aid Of generous hearted,
liberty loving and loyal people we shall beat them
in August next; and then they, will aKn on US Is
they fawn on Gov. Vance But .se KNOW them.
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RANDOLPH AND learn that oW.
ing to the heavy rains the attendance at Liberty,
Randolph, on Saturday last, was not as full as it
would otherwise have been. Dr. Thomas Black
was agreed upon as the CANDIDATE tor the Senate,
and Messrs. Jordan and Ashworth for the Commons
in Randolph. These gentlemen are tried and true
Conservatives, -,:i - t-,ai .
The Supreme Court Of this State, iu session ii in
this City, has made the following appointments :
State Librarian, Oliver H. Perry Marshall, James
Ltehford. Rsportsr, P.trick H4i'winstensA
suPKEME coURr. The following applicsuts hive
received licenses from the Supreme Court now IN