The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-16

Ian as untrue to the Southern cause,
and knocked down on the floor OF the
convention the man who ventured to
doubt it, sssgos 81 sfacW s
Virginia sends long list, most of
the members being men in the rebel
Congress or army, and all pledged to
obtain the repeal of test oaths and
other odious restrictions.
North Carolina sends eighteen ex-
rebels; one of them, Judge MANLY,
has decided the Presidents recon
struction convention and the ordi-
nances abolishing slavery to be IN
constitutional.
South Carolina sends among others,
JAMES L. ORR, late of the Rebel
Congress. Georgia is represented by
ALEXANDER Ell. STEPHENS, Vice
President of the defuEct Confederacy;
the author of "Slavery, the Corner
Stone" and other Rebel Office hold
ers.
Alabama has among its. delegates,
JOHN FoRsYTHE, the fire eating edit
or of the Mobile Register, and twenty
six other supporters of the Con-
federacy..- .-
In the Louisiana delegation is to
be found Gen. Dick TAYLOR, brother
in-law of JEFF. DAVIS, and distin-
guished Rebel General; Judge
ABELL, who charged the Grand Jury
to indict the members of the recent
Convention; j. AID. RAzTER, one of
the leaders of the New Orleans riot;
KING, editor of the New Orleans
Times, renegade Yankee.
Arkansas sends ALBERT PIKE,
BrigeGen. Rebel army COL FLANA-
GAN, Rebel army, and Rebel Govern
or; Gen TAPPAN, Rebel; Maj. BELL,
Rebel; Maj FELLOWS, Rebel; BAB-
SON, of Rebel Congress; Surgeon
LAWRENCE, Rebel; E. G. BoUDINoT,
half Indian, Secretary Rebel
Convention. altog 5oos aag xTaa ~ ~
7 Texas sends DAVID G.. BURNETT,
ex-President of Republic OF Texas,
and ten other Rebels.
Kentucky sends two, sets of dele
gates, who were lately engaged in such
fierce strife, one charging the other
as rebels, and they in, turn as radicals
Now in the meekest of harmony they
come together as friends of the Presi-
dent. The HoBsoN party send Gov.
BRAMLETTE, Gen. ROUSSEAU and
men of that stamp. The DUvALL
party are represented by such true
loyalists as our neighbors LAZARUS
w. POWELL, Judge TRIMBLE and
others. .'tn qta-79a Fg4a iiinD A-A
Indiana sends a speckled brood,
reading about as follows KILGoRE,
HENDRICKS, Ros1, BAYLEss HANNA,
Sol. MEREDITH, BOWLING, GooDING
and PIDGERN.
Ohio has a delegation about as va
riegated. They were more successful
in inveigling a few aspiring federal
generals into the movement. We
find on the list PENDLEToN, MCCLEL-
LAN's Vice President;. Gen. STEAD
MAN, the Presidents man Friday"
GEORGE w. MORGAN; LEW. CAMP
BELL, who holds wandering com
mission to the Mexican Republic;
WILLIAM ALLEN, peace delegate to
Chicago, and last though chief of all,
C. l.. VALLANDIGAM, the immaculate
patriot
The Illinois delegation is an mex
trlcable confusion of 'Copperheads,
sore-head Republicans, War Demo-
Gratis, Peace men, and all shades of
the Opposition.
Wisconsin sends Senator DoobIr4
TIE, "Bread-and- Butter RANDALL"
and Democratic delegations of not
very distinguished characters. ~
Iowa has among its number the
rank Secessionist III. CLAY DEAN,
who, after getting to Philadelphia,
declines to go in, because he has
not yet concluded to abandon the
Democratic party"
California sends Senator MCDoU
GALL, noted most for his drunken
vulgarity.
The Convention is composed of
about one-tenth fossilized Wings and
sore head Republicans, three tenths