, 1866-09-03
FIRE AND EXPLOSION NEAR
BOSTON.
Deary Fire in Meridian, Conn.
PHILADELPHIA LOYAL. CON.
YENrION.

Who Hare Already ArrIvcd-T1lc
pron1'cct-1nhs Prayer Meeting. Of the
Dcic=u1c*-1farnlony- Of
the InaugurnIng Ceremonics-The
Nationnl Executive Committee Some
Resolutions, &c.
Tspccsal Despatch 10 tho Chicago Tribunal
pnt1ADELPu1A, September ,.
The enthusiasm throughout the city Is rapidly
Increasing. Inspiring ns Tho carly promise was,
the reality Of cac!, successive hour proves that
the movement has been moderated. 1t now
seems certain that with the Borde: States, the
Southern delegates will number five hundred,
Willie The honorary delegates from the North arc
pouring In in large numbers. Senators Lane,
Wade, Harris, Fowler, Howard. and Chandler
have arrived; auu Senators Yates and Crcsswe!l
are expected during the evening. Govcrnors Copy
Of Maine; Fletcher Of Missouri; EaIrca!ld Of
Wisconsin; Wntd Of New Jersey, and Hx-Gov-
crnor Thomas OF Maryland, are here. A
lsEgc number Of the members Of the House Of
Representatives will he present. 1t will be I'm.
possible to give even fair proportion Of the
ramc. Of The delegates 1Il the Convention assem-
b1cs, 60 many of tlcm hare been captured by the
citizens and taken to private houses. Hon. Il ".
Thompson, one Of Johnson's collectors, with c.
II. Allen, are two Of the prominent delegates who
Lave thus ta7 arrived from Indiana. t'enes
Srheuck and Coswin are among The Ohio men.
lion. Burton C. Cook, thu Illinois member OF the
National Committee, bag arrived, and says his
state will be fultv represented. lion. Jas. speed
II here, froa Kentucky, and lis whole heart Is In
The cause. The Tcnncstcc delegation now num-
bers 1eI. Texas will have twelve or fonrecn dele
gates pEct. nl- Both the Maryland and New Jc1-
scy delegation wifi be very strong. In
fact, tho Convention bids FAIR TO surpass, both iu
magnitude and Importance all that the 1nust hope
fal anticipated.
The CHEF feature Of the evening has been =
sEass prayer ,neeting Of tlc Delegates. It was held
!, The tuotus Of the Union State Central Commits
tee. Senator Harris, Of New York, led thu meet
irg, and many OF tic leading delegates from both
sections, including Senator Lane Of Indiana,
Lieutenant Governor Bruss ofIlinos. Horace Nay
na1d and Judge Potter OF Tcnncssee, assisting. Rev.
D:. Ncwr1an Ut Ohio followed. It wa. onc Of the
largest rrayc, meetings ever held in the country
The building was crowded. aud the pavement md
stscet IN front was partially llcd. Every State iu
The Union wa* represented.
There bns been no caucusa!ng through the dag.
1hcrc is no one to be 1unzz1rd expelled and tbs
question ho:T to secure harmony has
troubled no one. Each one ecelns to feel
he has come to Convention where
views arc to be expressed fos comparison
and not where rules 10 be enforced 10 tue WILL
Ing or unwilling. The exercises tomorrow will
attract the universal attention Of the city. The
Union Jcasuc- the largest and mosl powerful Or
EanizaIQn Of the kind In The country, will assem-
HE nt lime o'clock, and proceed to Independence
Square, whc:e the Southern delegates will be wei
colncrl, and escorted, ftet tn the Lcagne Rooms,
and icnce TO The place where the Convention viii
Mtct the '%boys In blue" The Republican In.
sinc:bles. the Fi.c Department. the Nniiona
Cnion Club and several Other org anlzaslons Will
join in the procession.
! Tie Press ofllis morning contains four columns
Of calls to tho various societies which arr 10 turn
out. The call tic Union lcasncFs, gotten MP
as 4 splendid displayed poster. IL significant as
expressing the views Of the most powerful 1ol,.i
cal society in the city and S,ate. It calls for all
Glasses OF citizens to continue their nub]ic de-
1punetrattony on "Wednesday nicht and c]oses A.
follows; .Ceme all 1oyal men who rallied round
..,hc old t:ac, come and erect true Sonthern mel,
"in conuctl. licaz their w.oncs. learn how uar.
"loprd rcbc1s arain den1nllv acorn tbs ,1nion
..insult the in. and tramplo on law, Justice aud
'.luuauity. Como, cvesy man who loves libet,
"and good government, and unite in aron*snx
"lhe people 10 the new changes which thecateI
tbe nat{on from uaurnetop of fhe mr. man ,oxn,
'sRcmembes the ;.lo,y 81 your revolutionary sircs
land the priceless he.itasc they LETT remember
"thc more recent clories Of vIckshuts, Atlanta
| uGcltyxburc. and the Wilderness: ile heroc,
sdcad On the neld of batt1c; the horrors Of tabh,
~prison and AndesonyilIc; The ma,tyrdom o
| =. Abraham tInco}n: remember al the ,,,st nv.
~ Years: Ill your blooi.boue.t riphta- n11 xou
&shcroIc sacrifices. all YOUR rt.nltinr tlntfes mi
'.ptoclaim in thunder tuncs that fcb~s, routed h,
the baJonct, shall not ru1c by tho ballot, Vet
=. erans In freedoms holy cause, come in te.r,cs
".anks,. LIT the electric echoes Of vour rcsunnd
"irc t.amn a-ain n,surr thc nron1c th,, w,
"a,e once mora marching 10 The iran
..io ..ro fhs n.,,o, ,nd snrrro tha +,,ht
| uor man. Tr,rl,rrv n hi1h n1,re. ~, o-.-,r
"lzed The rebels YOU snbdned in f1obt. and The