Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-07-15
N0TABLEs AT TUE DEMOCRATIC CON-
EENTl0N.


Prominent in the list of delegates from
South Carolina is Gen Wade Hampton,
the noted leader of the Hampton Legion.
a brigade Of rebel cavalry organized ex
clusively in the Palmetto State. beu.
Hampton's beautiful residence at Colum
bin was destroyed by the Union amy in
1868, and be was otherwise much dam
agod BY the war which be aud his conf
patriots aborod so faithfully to BRING
about ard to render glorious to the cause
of slavery and treason. From the same
State come ex Gov. B. f Perry, dem
o,rat of the strictcst sect, and ex Senator
james Chestnut, who was one OF the org
iual sacessionists. and was often honored
by his constituents. He resigned his
scat in Congress on the 10th Of Novem
Der, 1860. on the same day on which he
Sou,h Carolna iegilla ture authorized
the banks to suspend specie payment, and
appointed the Dist ct November as the
day of humiliation and prayer. At this
tine the State flag was waving from all
public places. and the Stars aud Stripes
were nowhere to be seen A p. Adrich
is also delegate from the hotbed of
secession. He it was who. while
number of the Sonth Carolina Legisla
ture, ia 1850. offered a resolution to cx-
pol all free colored men from the STATE.
and who first suggested the holding OF
convention Of the people to decide upon
secession from the Union Gen NJ. J..
Bonham Of the Confederate army. now
dlsbandsd, a military man CT but little
note outside of the district in Which his
constituents reside, and who represented
them once or twice in the State and Ma
tional Legislatures. is another delegate
Two cx-Goveruors of Alabama will re
present the Democracy of that State in,
the Convention - Lewis Parsons and
John A. Winston. neither of them very
prominent even in their own common
wealth Another delegate is G. c. Lang
don, for number of years editor and
proprietor Of the Mobile Advertiser,
moderately Influential Journal. which. in
l844. advocated the claims of Clay and
Freliughuysen with much ability.
u IL Hill. senator in the rebel con
gress, and Gen ]. B Gordon of the rebel
army. have arrived from Georgia and
among the most distinguished of the II
linois delegation is VIM. A. Richardson
once a military hero, but not the Gen.
Richardson killed in 1868. while fighting
copperheads in tho field. Among the
delegates from Indiana are Dan. w. Voor
hoes and W. L. Flblack. two great ia
volites with the Indiana democracy
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One of these will be put in nomination
for the chairmanship of the con vention
From Kentucky GENES g. T. Bnckner,
who surrendered Firt Donelson, and OF
whom it has been said that be shows in
gratitude in not going for Grant seeing
that chieftanin once went SO unhesitating
ly for him
Missouri sends Gen Thomos L. Price
one Of tho best officers ia the Western de
partmept Of the rebel army: from New
York comes az array Of Democratic "a.
lent most bewildeiing to contemplate
First, there is lIpratio Seymour, who
fought vaiantly for secession and treason
with his tongue, while those whom he
helped to lead into rebellion were riskine
their lives in battle. Then there isls.m
ucl J. Fiden. who wrote the famous
New York secession letter in October,