The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1865-09-11
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The Nculvork State Hcmocratic Convention
semblcd iaYlbany yesterday, anu transacted coH-
siderable 1,,:siness but lid not reaohthc adoption
OF platfoT.n or the nominations q candidates.
which mat crs will be disposcd'cf' to-day, When
another e,sion is to be held. ?Tle Tammany
delegation were ADM! Ted and reo 'gnizcd in Il
resolution.adopted as:ihe only prppar represents
tiyes of the Democracy Of this city Tho contest
among the Kings county DcmocratssSas dispos3o
of by atl,1f ting the del Agates representing what
is known sa; tho Citizens Committed, headed kT
,Tunis G.: Eorgen Tke:grcatcst hanlalony prevails
in the convention. Though the platform resolst-
iions huve:not yet been presented, tts understood
Ihnt they i'll endorse Frcsdcnt Joh and I.is
reconstruct ION policy, aintain the S1onroe loe
.frine aid;S ate sovereignty, and isslounce mil
tary rule IL, the State, military arrests, and trials.
and nesre Suffrage. It3Y said that MSj General
:Slocum, nav commanding in A1ississN,pi, will he
non,ina atad u Secretarycf State, and L,dSe Allen
lis thoughtAo stand the best chance fS. the Attor-
xney-Gcuerai candidacy.
Adyices from Brownsville, TeNas, to tthc 26tl OF
August Iopoa the arrival at Vera Cruz of the re-
bel Gcnernl ieauregard. An imperial ragon train
iUam. Monterey for Matamoras was attacked and
driven back b. the republicans, and rciIGarcemcnts
SAINT from the latter plaeetcr the mperislsts were
rouoed by Coriinas' men In the fighting man
1Shc,was o Cobonel in the 1ht: rebel arms Mas kill
ed. "a large :Grce is being recruited Alons ,the
botasr by the Mexican sepablicans. il said
thatsh a ball recently gyepsiy United Ststes Off
cersusa Brownsville to the Imperial officers sta
tionetl ION the opposite sidacF the Rio Grande
GeneassSteele taasted the EXC peror Maxaaailian
Observation-Disclosures recent naueters out OF soops
Gen. .aks;idnn hes still larssasrce in Texas.
The irasult Of the examination Of the aff.irs OF
the yiggihla Banks by the commissioners appoint
ed for thcPuposc Ely Governa1ssi ierpont, shows
allt.conditios of those inststutions. Their
resoureesiis- some CAGES consist otsGnons Of Con-
fedcrate IRnnds, .apd,only fow dL,usand dollars
in specie. kn important report ,sxi the subject
will shortly ibe issued.
negro msss meetiIg-n strange and signif-
cant feature iia Alabama polities-+eyas held ut
Kuntsvillc, Ialanama, August 23. About two thou
sand former slaves were,Eresont. They were ad-
aapessed by General Fisk, ,sCf the Frceslnens Bu-
Ieaii, who told them that,sshatever wss.detrimen-
tai to the black man was llet imental aEae to the
white man. He hsd hopei to be able ito lease
some:fs5andoned plaitationat 10 them; but ls Presi
dent laanson, lie believed, twas going tS,i)ardon
a:therdoels," their prespeots were not good in
this respect as they had been: lEe advised them
TO live ponsly, to work on shares, and to dissbuse
fhesr minds of the notion that their old masters
estates Were going TO be emf mp amongst them.
He told them that they shonld have justice a,d
fair play but Otherwise they must awssk out thar
own salvation" The conduct Of the :eJsemblage
is stated to have been une1ccphonable. and the
Generals speech produced good effass on all
present.
The Cunard steamship Scotia arrived at this
port yesterday, with two days later news from
Europe.
Tue political intelligence is singularly destitute
of interest
The Austrian and Prussnn Convention still
cansed commotiou among continental politicians,
and a minor stir had been raised by the assassin
alton of n servant Of Prince Arthur of England,
by Count Eulenburg, nephew of Prussian Min
lister. r..
In China stirring events were in progress. The
demand made by the United States Minister for
the surrender of the American citizen, Burgwcinc,
arrested by the Imperialsts, had been refused and
it was feared rupture between this country and