The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-09-03

Aug, GA good re-
Ception was given tonight at the Union
League Club House to 4. j. Durant, of
New Orleans, Gov. Hamilton, Of Texas,
Hon. VIM. ID. Kelly presided.
Broad street, in front of the League
House, was crowded and the reception
was i'm every way enthusiastic, The
League House was Illuminated on the
portico with a bril- liant jet of gaslights.
In the course of Mr.. Durants remarks,
he said the unfortunate whose eitGdms
stances permit them are flying from
their homes in the south to seek refuge,
h0Spitalities and {freedon of voting and
discussion in the north. How long is
this to continue9 How long is it be-
fore the loyal people of the Union Will
give the loyal men in the south gov
eminent here every one Is free, where
every man shall have the right rs ex1
press his sentiments in vote and words,
when he shall have the and privilege OF
communicating in every respect fully
what he thinks and what he has to say.
Do You not know that now the liberty
of speech and the liberty of the press Is
dead in New Orleans and that AInerf-
can citizens were slaug htered in the
streets of New Orleans under the
American flag without proyocations
Ex-9ov. Hamilton also spoke. In
the course of his address he said.
Hprepafe Your hearts and your arms
too perhaps, for another conflict,
You know the wicked element that has
produced this feeling, and It is with
deep regret that make this prediction
after the sad and loomyi events of the
last four year; but are we to ignore our
friends North and South Whatever
has been my prejudices in the past, q
am not ling 70 ignore the black man.
any longer IS i,e. q
Governor Brownlow said he came TO
listen to Mr.. Durant. He had often
read of the hero of New Orleans, and
he desired to hear the hero of New Or
leans. Heihad just concluded a jour
ney of one Thousand miles in fOrty-
eight hours, and came at the head of
htty loya ltsts Of Tennessee. They came
70 q convention of what was termed by
the Executive 9mean whites and poor
sneaks, but II was q convention where
1t would not be necessary to caucus in
order to exclude any of the delegates in;
order to produce a harmony, nor would
It Ebei necessary 70 mlzzle any of the
delegates. He begged pardon for
having been the man who placed
Andrew johnson in nomination,
and God had forgiven him.
He hoped the people of Pennsylvania,
would also forgive him, but he would
say II would have been better IL the
whole of the Tennessee delegates had
been in Libby Prison instead of Balti-
more. ECheers and laughter.l In re-
gard TO the South he would say, sc the.
spirits OF. the South and the -rebel1ious
spirits combined with the treachery of
the coppefhe dism Of the North, should
bring another war upon this country,
and force youG to leave your wives and
nhil dren, your homes and parents, to
invade the Southto put 1t down, want
to have something 10. say about the die
vision of the forces Let there be three
divisions; let the first go armed accor-
ding to regulations, with small arms
and artillery, and letthem do the kill
ing; let the second go with pine Knots
and burning torches, land let them do the
burning;i1e the third and last go with
surveyors compass and chain, and we
VIII sell out the land to payst expen-
aes of the war, and settle the country
with men lWhOIFill honor this Glorious
banner. [Cheers. eA i6stk.4i-t5
tPHILiApBLPIIIAfE Sept 1.-The dele
gates 70 the Southern Loyal Gonven-
ton are rapidly arriving in this city.
About 800 delegates had registered
their names at the Union League up to
tonight. The foll0wing programme Of
proceedings was issued this AFTERNOON !:
The ppthetn d legate will meet ut the
rooms of the National Union Club, No.
los Chestnut street, at half past nine
O'Clock, Al. IN. I, and proceed rom thence
conference delegates Will meet at INDIE
pende nce Hall at half pas mine o, clock,
A. NJ : Alltlted dell atesNliu be escorted
from independence Hall to the Union
League House, according to the order
ISSUED by. Gen. Sicllles, CHIEF marshal,
where they will be received and vel
coined by Charles Gibbons, Chairman
of the Committee Of Reception, ON be-
half of the League. After thaaddress
iof welcome and the reply, the Southern
delegates viii che escorted to the Ma
tional HaIl, where the escort win be
lldismissed. 6
10 prevent confusion, no person will
be admit to the oonventio on on Nom
day, as members thereof, except the
delegates from the Southern States The
iconference delegates appointed by the
Governors of the north ern States. or
other So duly authoeized e Iepfesent
them IN the Convention VIII meet at
the League House ct one O'clock, on
Mondays for temp rnfyp organization.
Ihest bodies viii be united in ma
tional convention ut such time as the
loyal UnloniHtS Ofthe South NAV desiR-
nate. The union will take place in
front Of the League House In the pfds-
lience OF the people, of which due notice
will be gi9ens Charles AGeClintoclS, OF
the Philadelph Press, Is appointed. to
furnish g commiit tee OF the convention,
with the names oftlle several reporters
in aftendamce at the ven 81. and
the papers they represent. Tickets 3oi
admission VIII be issued to thereport-
ers named on the official list but 70
nope others on Monday morning at
~. o'cloeki AT the League House. 81 I.
PHILADELHEIIA Sept, 81 nong the
more prominent Of the dele who
have arrived, are the following. Elk
Attorney General 81 sd. Fletcher, OF
Missouri; y ami ton, 81 se1as
Gov Bogemans % West Va; Gov.
i3roNnloWj OF Tennessees Gov FAIR
child Of Mississippi; Gov. Grape, Of
Al1ch1gani SENATORS Harriai Nye and
/ Lane Of Indihna5 Gressgel1, oil Mary
land; Cong men rank Thomas, OF
Marylands Paine, of Wisconsin,; Jno.
Minor Bolts OF Y einia; Nj. CLAYTON,
of iEelaWare. Attorney General Speed
and Soy. Fletcher are spoken Of fof
presiding ohcers. The chair win prob.
Tic ClloleEa.
NEW YoRIz, Sept In There were S
new case and deaths from cholera re-
ported in this city lyes terday: two 81
the deaths were cases that had been
prey ionsly reported The news from
lBlaelSwe US Island Indicated that the
the lnstitution tlie last cholera ma
tient being conpal cent There were
tlYe case and two new deaths IN Brook
lyn during the past q hours.
llEsW YoRft. s. 1T Only two cdSe
OF eholera reported in this city TO-
Three On rs we're efofted IN SruoitIyn!
CIrcIliNlAII, Sept. There were 6as
NJ NV 9I2LEl ANS, lA1 8. N inc deaths
yes terday rom ellolera and two from
yel low Fever 4
llslIntt1si Sept -The cholera Is