, 1866-09-18
THE CLEVELAND JOHNSON
CONVENTION.

Il Gathering Of Hopeless Military md
Civil OfRcc.SccIkcrx-ts1Inve Tou Got
Your Promotion 4ss-f:cncrnt John E.
Wool Accepts tho Temporary Chair
nlnnsllip and Makes the Opening
Speech-IKc II Followed by General
Ewing, OF Knn%na-The Convention
Promises Little Debnte- adjournment
Till Ten O'Clock To-day.
Especial Dlspatca, to tho Chicago Tribunc.7
CLEVELAND, september II.
The Illinois delegation consists thus fas Of bnt
len gentlemen, Six Of whom are from Chicago. In
their case, Us in that Of all other delegations It is
given out thai "More arc expected tomorrow"
No ono Is hers get from below tho Illinois
River. The delegates arc General seatcs, Of
the Custom House; General Wallace, Of
the leycnuc office: Colonels Jason March,
". v. Uegood. Avery, Rogers aud Joliet:
Major Van Buren, and Captains Lowe and
6 Scnei.l @ % sestes Is Chairman and Gai;tain Barnes
~ Secretary. Colonel Mnssh will be named to-
morrow MS one Of the permanent vlcc Presidents,
esa Gcacis SS1l Ws1laee ~ Sc @ .bs Illinois @ e%Ss! oi
The Committee cn ic.o1atiens: 1hc delegates
In numbers md 80 feeble In force.
SECOND DESPATCH.
Especial Despatch 10 this chicago Tribunal
CLEVELAND. September IT.
Major General Wool was escorted to the pIat-
Of oSo e 'eeefed af h. cse
vcatlon were given 10 Custer and Roue.
sean, and they were vcEy. hoarty., Then camo
III sa5 s: Y
tios, 1hitt <ix s!a'ss,: aensTal john E WOOL,
wcnk. Then. after pause, three each were award
cd 10 Generals t;sant, Thomas and Steadmau. At
Iris point t1e cheering became much ,ecattcrcd,
hN;4frtrn4 cnrh fc}r-nf1on
Al thrrc o'clock Governor R1n1,lcstc Introduced
llr election, proceeded to read hts address IN a
very low voice aud with great hcsitancy q
speech Tie General VA: dressed ia ,.;,a9 FL!
rapidly In the past year. Dut few conld hear his
nddrcts. and 1t consequently excited no cn-
1t its conclusion the Rev. Iii. Turner offered
Two Secretaries were then appointed, one from
| Kentucky and tho other from Maine.
There seems 10 tc an earnest attempt to eoncil.
u" CoIonei i. Campbell oa+rcd, not tho umal eag,
she proper committee, moi, only wi.hon, debate,
oul lW!ihout reading Us we'll.
orcan,zasion, and The regular business 1t lhc day
" u e motion s q cslonc, Campbell Genera, 1nem
e1tct, a. Gy piestons. arrangements hc WAS 10 do
es es aaa and i "a. aeEysieea IN
mort impressive manner. 1t srcmed, while th!
General xss speaking 10 be- ens one, cs so best 9!
iSs sss. ' ss sss tS"' ts ss 4 t. ssne's' ;i''nssi p
Iiauec. - plain was that nndeansd eoo|se.
: johnson lad been Il. iisnlAed a. this speaker
dulInE BIZ senr. tho johnson party would hay !;
hccn lar stronger to-day: The a4dseeh Al IL
| c1o&A Wnb loudly Arrlaq1u1.
Nothing tcttcr viii be done In Tho conrontio!
An adjournment till morning followed TIL
| speech.
They were BRAVE 1ncn In ths acld. The Doollssas
Of Wisconsin. ha* also arrived, as we'll as tsennE.
| crcEs. Two Of ltoussca2.* seconds In tho Gil
> nell duel are OIL the ground. nnd General X.
Barber has turhrl lp 2xaiD.
DELEGATES a. wcgc expected, and ID fact. ron il
6rnt. there has been an alr of disappointment os
o thc whole arair. All seem to dud II tiiAcult
= e,agger nnder the load Mr. johnson has rnt ups
Tbe reception Of the citizens h.. Secn treezln
y - Only fou. ilags have been used so-asy-two OF
hst*s. which arc ssnsfs,;. Nj p;,sc one .GS tSm :,
1c@ 'sp 'hePt ons eoaia
~ seen among Tug shipping, aud ba' tSw C Sss TX
g Ing. Cleveland IL hidng BACK II Indignation
D. uos which ha'ehed ikis one, sna. liz Patlsd 44
ia1Ions Of joy when these johnson apoloEista
+ defenders hayc gone and the Southern Lo5aib
r. arrive, Is they VIII on Thursday ntsht: n~
At three O'Clock In lhc morning, The bn1
Ne delegation, three 10 lumber, headed " hal
ur marched up from the.a:pot to thctr hotel, y
o. drcnching r.!a., They MARCHED With millt
~ Wfih their drcnchcd boavcr hats and linen d.
an ers, looked most ludrIcous. No citizen "