, 1866-08-22

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MASSACHUSETTS At rHILApELPnfA.
sent you by telegraph the names Of the
prominent Massachusetts dclerates to the
ph,1ode1nl,,o Convention hut ti,a nrom1nnnt
,,.,ocotcs ia M 90 ~ pbtl.5c,, III.
uS,esates Wo noi ~ to 1h1'auelpn'a.
the certain termination Of the whole affair in
a future In which It were wise not to he too
c1csc1v identified or ,xl,etbcr win 1sz;ncss
s,.,,,>1s .s,,.,a,ss ~, ~. 49,. ~ - s,sa,s.s
Muaeu poA.ieIans ate no' "vn' " ulsp'aS,
thcy were 10th to leave their cool seaside
cottages and quiet rural retreats for the heat
au3 hustle of the Convention II Is inpossfblc
o.. ....at, ~ =. thot R,hort r, VT
~ say oas :, WI ta'n ~ - .u"' A'o'.
throp ard ueorge Ashmuu and the others
them. all STAYED stubloruly at home. and
onlv thc srco,,d ,atc Democn,tic hacks ard
on'5 1ns seoAo ."'s Neo~,.tA. 1'eAa ..uo
s"cn samples o4 tne eoIeao'a1o-putteF ialty ~
john L. Swift, were there to take part in thc
rrand 1ablcau which was the distinguishing
EG,.t,,,o ~ tho r,onvcr+top Tho chivnrrous
Sa,,th cs.,,,..,,ss ~ H., t,,a nsns.a nsus.s ..,,sss
soa1n ca1olan'ahs' ene osrs aua fetTss, whose
names havc some national significance, are
almost to DC commi5erafed for having to as
The ingenious theatrical device o. intro
ducing "NMssachusetts and South Carolina
| arm In arm" to the Convention, originated
with alr. Richard s.Spoilord, ihs only Young
nau Of any ability in the whole conscrya-
| Caleb Gushing, to whose similarly pic
turcsQue Imagination We are indebted Tor the
| provcrbta1 - man on horseback" Mr.. Spot.
ford appears quite proud Of Ills bit Of stage
trick. the reporters Of the Boston Detilo-
critic papers, acting probably at his request,
having been careful to give the credit Of It
distinctly to him. But on the whole, the
success Of the contrisancc does not seem to
be very great. The loyal North promptly
saw the absurlity Of taking such men rs
Sp6fIord and Judge Abbott Us representa-
tiycs Of Massachusetts IN any sense Of the
word the differentiation itself was not per-
feet, one Of the South Carolina men giving
his Massachusetts friend punch III the eye,
as the final settlement OF little argument
as little satisfied as the !Sortl with the SYM
bol Of alliancc,-for q Richmond Enquirer
before me- denouuccs tsoycrnor Orr for con.
scntns to be connected with the most
l.rs,gmatical Of the Puritans." anu inquiries
II he meant 70 eontf:s that his State lag on
MS Massachusetts. and that she Was Al, equal
oHcnder?"
:dpropos Of this opening scene Of the Phila.
delphia bnrlctta, I have just heard Of q char.
the subject. Some one said 10 him, when
the despatch announcing 1t arrived, "ES'
tremes meet" "Yes,' responded tic Gen
eral, curt,y, "extresnes meet when dos
puts his taft in his mouth; but it Is all ths
game dog after air"
POLITICAL MATTERS GENERALLY.
IL Now that the Convention las adjourned
We htar. Us it was promised we should, thu
tlud Of the gufllotinc. Postmastcrs ant
revenue officers and inspectors Of custonl
; every day brings batch Of appointments
, john L. Swift lias already been rewarded 70
his energetic service by the rift Of the nos
. Of SayaI officer at this port, the incumbcn
removed to make room for him being !s1r. D
bcr Of Congress during the war.
One Of The hardest hits the President,
/ party in Massachusetts has received wa
given by General Cosswell, who was ap
, pointed Postmaster Of Salem in place Of
: eoldierly letter, declined the position a
Z tending to identify him with party wit
= which he was not In sympathy.
q The fall campaign opens briskly Acre, tn
: Republican papers, Of which the Daity .l4
/ arrlittr stant1s at the head, working faithful
: no jot from her standpoint hitherto taken o
a the side of progress aud freedom. The RI
I publican State Convention Is TO be held q
= fremont Temple in this city. instead of Il
. thirteenth Of September, and General Butlt
3 will preside. Both our senatars will prob;
e bly, be present.
c The changes In our delegation In the Low
l. House OF Congress will be very few AIR.
g probably send General Butler, who does M
c live within its boundaries, but, having besu
the construction ct sumnHr house on II
. sea shore there, will probably be consldcre
~ by stretching a point, TO have gained lc:s1
+ residence. It Is not quite certain wheta
# Mr.. Eliot will care to go back : if not, c.
~ Governor Clifford, who Is counsel for II
e Government in the case Of JEFF. Davis, wi
!: euccccd him: In the Third District, whit
E. includes large portion Of this City, Il
enp syattm ea i saa tae Z ST.
e e &C cepts tue nomination. the Repnbtfcans s. "
:, hardly combine in his support. aud u
e result will probably be the election Of h
of district, also, the johnson men have son
r very faint hopes Of accomplishing som
n thing; hut they will not succeed. NJ
re Hooper proposes to return, so that cx.Gu
h crnor Andrew, who, with his friends, scel
y tcct of his claims for a seat either In 1fou
- or Senate. will hare to wait a few yca
10 10 longer. ID the Worcester District there
n some discomfort with Mr.. Baldwin, and
n. ~. 1t should come to a head within the ne
r. = | month. either General pevens. who has /
II bly retrieved his political errors of {;
~ ~ iempts 10 draw him into the johnson raul
he or non. p. E. Aldrich, who was u 1eadi
~ | member Of the Legislature last winter. v
W W he sent TO Wnshinwton. The ether dfstrfc
~ ~ Represented by Wessfs. Amcs. Banks. b.,
= Tell. Wn.lll,urn and Dawes, show no iut1i,
-; tious Of clapce.
~ ~ LITERARY,
u. ~ Nj. Edmund Quincy has made. GOOD n,
ae rress viii, his iIfc Of lis father. The late,
siah Ouinrr. and the hook VIII nrobab1y
y. - i.sned In fine fnr the fall with d
"a h;nara 1,1,cr ~ W tS,c " hsstorr Of snch n career
N fhaf of .Iostai, nuincy' connecting rs It Ii
~ thc Teyn]nifnn of ii7f nnti tic rebeiif
Of ISL; eo1,id not l,cip being most intere
/. inr. md Mr. Edmund Quincy has never be
uc dill in h5s lie,
trho ssTnnnf;rn 1ife,s of srr William,
&C. uowclrs erst o,1r Consul ut Venice. and M
assI,tnnf editor nf The sitionf;e Mon,6fu. il
" " nn unfinished ncxt weck. Thr t7reater NJ
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