The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-08-18

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General John A. bis was nomi
natel temporary chairman In ae
ocptlng The appointment, he said
az fegard this Ne q Convention u No
ordinary character, moi only On o.
count Of The high social and political
standing II the gentlemen composing
II, but because u IL a Convention u
the people of all the States of this
Union lapplausc,l aud bccausc We
can not doubt that, II Ia proceeding
are conducted with harmony and good
judgment, II will lcad,to most import
ant results. II may be said that no
body Of men have met, on this con.
%tinent, under circumstances "a mo-
mentous and 80 important since the
year 1856 [applausel the year when
our ancestors assembled in this city
10 form n better Government for the
States which comprised the old Com
fcdcration--a Government which has
been confirmed and made more en-
during, as we trust, by the fearful
trials and perils which il has cncoun-
tered and overcome. Applause.
Ten OF the States have, a. YET, nc
representation in the Legislature Of
the country, and against this wrong
we have come here to protest, and ~
much as Is in our power, to redress
When the President Of the Unitet
States declared the war had closed nj
, States had the right of representation
The existence of new conditions i
~subversive to our national liberty ant
dangerous to public peace, loud ap
!, plause, and the Government whicl
our fathers fought to establish, an'
which we fought to maintain. ii
trusted, he said, that in the Conven
, ton the main idea would be to chang
$ the complexion of Congress, to puri
J fly the Republic and bring it back I
!, its original standard. Our countr.
and flag, and our Union of equa
States" After the appointment o
; Committees on credentials, resolution
and organization, the Convention ad
! journed until noon tomorrow.
/ Senator Doolittle has been nomi
mated in the Committee on Organi
zation as permanent Chairman.
Vallandigham sent a letter to tn
Ohio delegation declining to go int
the Convention. Il will be read to
morrow before that body.
NEW ORLEANS, August l4.-Th'
Tines Matamoras advices Of the iii
say that the French evacuated Mon
terey on the 2sth ult., spiking thei
cannon and destroying their ammu
milton.
The Liberals occupied Tampico Oh
the LIST.
|, The Matamoras correspondent o
/ the Tines says a brigade Of Esoobed'
! occupies Monterey.
! The Imperial garrison at saltill
, spiked their guns, destroyed thei
ammunition, and went 10 reliev
, Monterey, but rctreated to San Luis
Potosi.
All northern Mexico IL now aban
doned by the Impcrialists, and Sal
Luis, Potosi, is invested by the Re
publican Governor Of that State.
{? The French iron steamer was sun
: in the channel below Tampico, by tn
Republicans.
!, General Lew Wallace had arrive
, at Matamoras with arms and ammu
!. milton for the Liberals.
ST. LOUIS, August l4.-Fifty-nin
cases of cholera are reported by III
Board of Health for the Iwenty-fo u
hours ending at noon yesterday, twer
4 ty-six of which proved fatal.
The Continental arrived q no1
9 from the South, and il anchored J
e mid-stream. This steamer passe
: Cairo last night with a dct lch mel
Of the 58th United States cplpreI il
!, fan,ry, and had sixty case- on trar'
IS induced by eating raw Cuba sug,
Her Captain reports tifty-nine deatl
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