The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-09-01
owing delegates, who were appointed at Union
meeting held in Austn:--
DELEeATEs.
a. Wiley, o. Caldwell.
f. NJ Pease,. IN \ Ha,Jg,D
J. A Pasohat - - D"iu"ihs.

f. M Pease, y n JJaISawSSls S0Ss,n
1. A. Paschal, ~ o D1'u"in'
HAMILTON, the leading spirit in the Conyen.
non, Is native of Madison county, Alabama.
where he was born in 1915. His early years were
SiVued between attendance upon common
SCHOOL and labor on his iathers farm For
several years he was engaged in business as a
merchant holding the position of Clerk of the
Oncult Court as well. He afterwards studied
law, and was admitted to the bar. Removing to
Texas IN lS46, he was frequently elected to the
Legislature, and served also as Attorney General
OF the state. In 1859 he ran for Congress as an
independent Democratic candidate, receiving
If,IsS votes, while his competitor, Waul, the
regular Democratic nominee, polled I6007
Ourlng the last days of this Congress he served
as member of the Committee of Thirty-three
on the perilous state of the country. On the 7tb-
OF January, 1861, he voted with the Southern
minority, in disapproval of the course of Major
Anderson In withdrawing from Fort Moultrie to
fort Sumter. On the 18th of February he voted
In ravor OF laying on t., table bill for calling
out the militia of the UldOn to suppress insur.
rection and repel invasion. On the I'd of March
s~e voted against censuring the Secretary of the
NaVy for the acceptance of the designations of
ofhcers from the Southern States. But on the
f1th OF February, in opposition to nearly every
other Democrat, he voted in favor of the con-
struction of seven new steam screw sloops-of-
war. When the line between Unionists and Dis
unlonlsts came to be distinctly drawn he was
FOUND on the Union side, position which he
mas maintained to the present day, regardless of
tBe personal sacrifices that have been required
at MS hands. In 1862 President Lincoln COM
mlssloned him as Military Governor of Texas
and on the 18th Of June, 1865, President John
son appointed him Provisional Governor of the
same state Although during the latter part of
ms administration he was but poorly supported
by the Federal Government, he retained his
position, nominaIly at least, for several months
after all the other Provisional Governors had
given place to their civil successors
u. w. PAsCHAL Is a Georgian by BIRTH He
mas resided for many years in Arkansas and
Texas. in the former State he was Judge of
the Supreme Court Since lSi7 he has pracused
law In Texas. As lawyer he is considered one
OF the most accomplished west of the Mississippi
lie is an untlinching Unionist, and although he
renamed quietly at his home during the war
ne became very obnoxious to the ebHautho-
fitles. On this account the chvalrous Magruder
threw him into prison at one time
SHERWOOD is New Yorker by birth but for
several years resided in Galveston, Texas. He
mas Oeen member of the Legislature of that
state, from which body he was expelled in 1858,
on account of his anti. slavery views So violent
was the opposition to HIM that he was forced to
leave the Stale, to which he did not return until
the close of the war, and then only for brief
period. He is man OF fine abilities, and one
OF the best constitutional lawyers in the State.
He Is now, an out-and-outradical. and thoroughly
comprehends the present situation and its re-
qurements.
SABIN, New Yorker by birth has been a resi-.
dent of Houston, Texas for several years, en-
gagged in the practice Of the law. Being
staunch UniOnlst, he had a disagreement with
his neighbors early in the war, and found it
necessary to take his departure from the State,
to which he returned after the suppression of
the Rebellion.
WILEY is Georgian by birth, and lawyer of
high standing. He is a radical Unionist, and
suffered imprisonment during the war;
PEAsE is a native of Connecticut but has been
a resident of Texas for thirty years. He served
two terms as Governor of the State before the
war, and enjoyed great popularity.
/. A. PAsoHAL is native of Georgia, and a
brother of George W. PSschal. Before the war
he had been member OF the State Legislature
and district judge. He has been loyal through
out but remained quietly at home during the
secession reign.
CALDWELL is a native OF Tennessee. He is a
lawyer, and has held the position of district
Judge in Texas. He remained in the State
during the war, and suffered Imprisonment for
his devotion to the Union.
BALDWIN is a native of New Jersey, but for
thirty years he has resided in the Sop4 first in
Arkansas and afterwards in Texas. During the
war he was imprisoned by General hagruder on
account of his loyalty to the Union, aud finally
sent INTO exile. After the war he returned to
Texas, with his commission as United States
District Attorney of the Eastern District of the
State.
Virginia.
From this State the following are the
sIGNERs OF THE CALL.
John Minor Bolts, w. j. CoWing,
LNwnwn Inhn IA Inu