, 1866-09-19
CLEVELAND JOHNSON CON-
EENTION.

Second pny'~ se~sion-!A Disappointed
Crowd Permanent Organization
Cheers for st Dixie Observation-Disclosures
from Rebels and Coppcrlacad<-.Thc
pFe4fdln.. Officer In n N1uddlc-The
Re~o1utIo1s-Thc Philadelphia Plat.
form Ehlor~cl-Elnal Adjournment.
: ~ Especial Desnatch 10 the Chicago Ttlonnc.l
CE=:ELA,p, September IS.
No te1fGEarlic account can convey IN i2ca Of
tic magnitude Of ;;lc great failure here to-day,
deeply felt to bc such uv Ill tafr1nn+d delegates
There was only leg Superior street, and
l1Iat At pswnhr0Ic-'s window. True 1t rs,;ucd,
but Philadelphia fhouc rcd with flags hy the
1i:h:n;ng fashcs at midnight. Org weather wa$
rot in 70 great de3.und Is enthusiasm. Halran
hour aflcf the appointed time Of meeting thcr,
wc1r four huEdred and sc1auty .swo persons in tho
tent besides the band. 0nc-thf1l orthcu1 werc
visitors.
Tic Convention I:l. on motion Of Crn 7ral C.l.-
t,s, adjourned YESTERDAY. to vail fJt HOE. dele
@uica before organizing. This morning :lcy Ia!
1ei come. Atter play!ag several 1uues, tte ba7ti
struck up Dixie" About i.alf present chccfcl It,
and some fire or SIX h1ssel. Then there va4 loal
call Tor s. Rally Ronnl tue Flag" but cycn .lis
was not cLccrrd. However,, when ths band struck
mp. hc9e was hearty response from must 1t
Waa noticed that nearly half Of the Tennessee
delegation never App!auded' the name OF sfa:lc
JEfon ofncero- aug one Of the nstlona1 airs.
Al forty minutes alter time the Convention ycaz
called to order, The eeats, hundred aud scycn-
ty-fsc, cnpable Of hn.linE eight nine EACH be-
it. possibly two-tAi:t}s full, and sone one hun
died and flty vis:ios* being present.
General Denver, wEo resides in Washington.
and las not been considered Californian for
ycate, ns representa-: that Slate, nl1de tic report
from the Committee OF Permanent Organization.
About half ctecreI the announcement OF General
Gordon Grancct's name as President; fally rs
many checFcd General McCoo!x, when announced
rs one Of tie Vice Presidents.
The McCoos name will never be forgo.sca by
soldiers.
The exceedingly Il}Itesate East Tcnnc.sean, who
opened tht Convention with prayer, was ann nm
ccL a. permanent Chaplain. Eccche7 and Tsus
were not referred 10.
Co1ancl Campbell was The fret man 10 present a
resolution for fcAt3ing aud reference to tho Cam
1eittcc on Resolutions. he forgetting that ty nf4
1rsolution yesterday nolhi.'G conll be read, anl
:lso overlooking the fact that tue cat and dried
committee had moi been announced. There w.a
much laughter at the. for sold!crs Nil! see joscs
Next a despatch waf received from one of the
loyal Eou.hc1ners. aging lie had become dfrcn-''
row to expose those i.c had been co-opcratins
with. This YVES loudly cheered, hut no ar.i,i,
:aken upon i EXCEPT, NJ one delegate remarked
Tie name Of III en3ienfr E c.MEcrtc9 man wse
read asU. &. Morton. hi none nf thc twenty re-,
1o1cTs at ,hc table, who @ wetc in Piiisdelphis. M
conEd recall him. ii must have ben ,eiesraphc6
Gofdon Granger Vas ~ ,hen escorted to thc cha1,
by committee appointed for lhe purpose, con
sistIng Of Colonel +, D. Campbell, General stead
1uan and General Custet. Steadman introduced
,!t{tu. and about t:yo .tAi-ds a1ptauded. Quo Ten
nessecan histed
Anniher tanric then occurred, by Colonel Camp
teli nIoceetIins upo;, die SUPERSTITION tat SOM,
laiura. aiscady deler1niucd upon, had beer, tianc
whjc6 causcd ceneI1l and most uproarions lsush
f.r. iSe commItirc. "a nyoId tbc hiunIer. n
tj,en annnunce6. fron, which il anntared tb1t Gen
cTn1 Etc. who renrrs,.nfrii Ncw Ncxiro In Ia
Aurntt 3nnyentinn rror,sc1rcd thc Dfs.rIrt n
C:of1mh1a in this. @''~
The matter Of thanking General Wool vn
ncxf thoc-h. of. cnd fhon-h ia:e. haulsone!
done. '