, 1866-09-04
NUU ulQltlt uV1nu1U1
q CONVENTION. |
Welcome to the Delegates
by the People Of
Philadelphia. |
Temporary Organiza-
tion Of the Con-
vention.
Speech Of Hon. T. J.Du'
rant, Temporary |
President.
Adjournment Until Ten
O'clock Today. |
! Out Door Meetings Held Last
Evening. !
F.: THE PRESIDENTS ELEos
qI0NEERlNG TOUR.
Messrs, johnson and Seward
Talk to the People
Of Buffalo.
The Party to bs in Cleve-
land To-day.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Interesting to Union Soldiers
Wanting Artificial
Limbs.
Public Debt Statement Not Yet
Ready.
FROM EUROPE.
LAST EVENINGS NEWS
BY CABLE.
Austrian Army to be Reduced Il
a Peace Footing.
Bismark Figuring for an Alliance
Between Prussia, Austria
and Russia.
Last Years Atlantic Cable RI
covered.
Communication Between Heart
Content and the Great
Eastern, via Valentia.
THE SOUTHERN L0YALIST'
CONVENTION
Communication Between Hearts
Content and the Great
Eastern, via Valentia.
THE SOUTHERN L0YALISTS'
CONVENTION.

Hearty and Enthusiastic Reception
The City Draped with FlaEs-TAc
Grand PFocession-0pcntn@ Of the
Convention - Temporary Or.@nniza-
tIpn-Adfournmentu until Ten O'clock
To-day-Out.door Meetings Last
Evening.
Especial Despatch to the Chicago Tribunc.]
PHILADELPHIA, September ).
Philadelphia Las ontdonc a1l her previous ef-
forts. At an carly hour, this city htossomcd with
Gags, and the streets were filed with enthusiastic
crowds. 1teecned As II every citizen who owned
ting had hung 1t out, ind Is II al1 owners Of Gags
were around inspecting the eject Tie points Of
greatest interest were Independence Square,
where the delegations met; the Union League
Houne, where The Southern men wcrc formally
welcomed, and National Hall, where the Coaren-
ton finally organized.
soon nflcr eight O'Clock The entrances to 1nde-
perdence Square we're closed to all except dele
gatee, those who were appointed 10 receive them,
and The members OF the prese- As the delegations
arrived theypassed through Independence Halliuto
the Square IN the rear Of It, The Tennessee dele
CATION WAS the n.bt On the ground. 1t WAS con-
Quoted inlo the hall BY Judge Kelley, and vel
coined in bE1c{ and eloquent speech. Al the re-
quest Of the delegation, Hon. Mr. Trlerson,
the Speaker Of the Tennessee Scnstc, led In fer
vent prayer. The eccnc was most Impressive, and
touched all who witnessed 1t very deeply, a.,
amid olI those precious memorials Of the first war
for nationality, the solemn petition assembled for
firm Unfon based on right The Tennessee dele
CATION then paesed ouk into the equarc, where It
was received with Of. repeated. hearty cheers+
Governor Brownlow WIS very feeble, and acfns-
toned as tho old hero has been TO scenes OF ex-
c1scmeut, this Vas toe much even Tor Ills brave
paturc.
AL were crcat,y aree.ed by the passing Of the
success sire Southern delegations. There Wetc
men from rebel domlnious-from the scenes o1
The Memphis not, from The bloody murders Of New
Orleans, from the very Fpot where Andre" John
son proclaimed his fidelity to the Union, and
which spot is now unsafe for Union men
The multitude seemed to. eel all these things, and
while they c.ee.ed these men till voice failed tt
cheer. yet there was an apparent reverence a. fo
men who Ind for the Union long walked band II
hand with death.
a. the 7stious Northern delegations camc IL
they were must enthusiastically chtezed. and tn
constant c1J in all parts Of The ground was, tire
cheers for this name or that atname-all mighty one
In the Union cauec- Now 1t WAS Butler, MOI
Burnside, now Geary. then Wade, an
Lane, and Wilson, md Howard. chandls
md Spsacue, Czcsswell and Harrt
wcre.talnted time and aga1n ~ Senators Of IN.
Congress which Nr. johnson ignores. Then II
crowd would sing ont the Governors. and the
The cries were for Cony, Smythe, Andrew IN
fnu1hy ftnrn4f3N CuffIn and Ward EH1fChil
~ f,c,,tcn.nt Gorernor Broes. md Fletchcr ap
Brownlov. oye. again. Then the Southern me-
Trrr .iehted out SECOND tint, md Hamilton an
she-raod' Dnrsnt snd Bottg, STOKES md spec
NsTnard and A1pell, and = dozen Others We
.han,sd in M n1aise. md ali .iaosc shouts were !.
echosd h.cE from great crowds In the stree
.,onnd everyvhere. Fred. Douglass. III
rsIEed Win Theodore 1il,on, excited unch
+.ntinn. H. wa of1eu cordially chcered, and hu
dr-.a. rrowaed arouna to assure him ofsympath
Whrn ,he dtjeratfon had finally formed, q,
,.r,n n ro,rcb ont into The at,eeis, tte orcanix
t,or. whfc1, ,xerr on the r1ound TO net "A ctcor
sns ~ t,.-,,r. ,bic}, bad r,theretl To see. hui
~ tr+o -,-,1o,,r+a rb-ers. women waved Ii,
~sseo.oc frn,n eyr,r window and every step, F
ro{1r. thu rn.rrh ras In The shadow Of UnIun da{
T-c+n, sh- ,.. narrow sn.ce c]eared for t1,e ptoc
aim. ,be strrcta md nayemeuts were hacked
~1ort- the line Of march, Sixteen binds furnish
~ co1nrnn will ,nusfc. At It's bead GANG
--r1srn onrcsnr tbe ,xav. Than CANA twentv.f
Fs.tocna NJ 1oss in h1nc, Nhohad iii served in
K1.e1 .rnv. .Fo1loY<inr thc1u thew had Ii
.1,s - cnmrades In earriaees. Then ca
.-s,e 1,,.toont Of tolfd rnass Of r
sS sss;a,t.ns .comp1is,uc the Union League, 4 b,
ren,fsrn.inr 4. much wealth, worth, and inluc
...ny body Of the same number anywhere in