The Van Buren press., 1870-09-20
The Prussian's Letter,
Especial Correspondence Of the Prcss.)
FoET SMITH. Ark, Sent. II. Y

Especial Correspondence Of the Prcss.)
FORT SMITH, Ark, Sept. 17,'70.
am not aware that this beautiful city
come now, don't any of you Crawford read
ers' curl their lips)-has fancy name. The
appellation Of Smith is good and being nu-
merous may be considered popular but GER
tainly its mostardcnt admirers will not claim
for it beauty or euphony; therefore, ! vent
ure to propose that in future TT Smith be drop
ped and that in stead oar terrestrial Paradise
shall be known rs the Convention City. Nor
is it unworthy of the name, for not less than
ten Conventions have here assembled within
the past month, and before another moon we
are promised two more. The coming bodies
will be the result of the disgust which Messrs
Hodges and Brooks created among the white
members of the Boles Convention. 1t has
now leaked out that the esteemed Penitcntia-
ry man with his Reverend colleague waXed
wrothy when they discovered majority Of
the white Delegates favorable to the Craw-
for county Resolutions. Britton claimed the
control of these Apostles Of the new light
and besought his friends TO be aisy,n declar-
! ing that he could " fix it, but he soon discov-
cred that the spirit evoked by Mcconnell
could not be controlled and the fixing, eonse-
! quently consisted simply in placing no libcr
al Republican on any committee and whencv-
er one of the number get on Lis legs, the
President (the Rev. Joseph gave sweet
smile and recognised some one else. The re-
suit was platform, peculiar in its grammati-
cal construction, idotic in its revival of dead
issues aud snobbish on its approval of the at
tempt made by the Royal Prussian to subju-
gate Republican France. No one said word
| against the resolutions for the same reason
that John, that friend Of our early days did
not partake of the evening neal which you
may remember, for you're not so dreadful
old even ii you do wear glasses.) was that he
didn't get Il chance. 1t was the old game of
the gag law--with colored improvements
the gemmcn in swallow tailed coats: high
hats and gold headed canes shouted Aye;
the Liberal Delegates looked collectively as
amiable as so many bears with very sore
| hcads--whlst others of their number more
| impetuous made audible requests that some
one (tor did not hear any person in partic-
ular speciiled) take the d. platform and ride
to h on it, Nobody voted Nay for the OBJ
ylous reason that u negative majority would
no more have been recognized by the Rev.
President than the doctrine Of good faith in
politics had been regarded by his hackers
That these are facts, know, for ! myself wit
messed their occurrence and they can be
proven by reliable gentlemen, who we're
members of the Convention.
Since then both wings Of the Radicals have
been much troubled with their respective
candidates, and the leading men in each cx-
press desire to be rid of the large elephant
that both has in hands. am informed that
Dell, Schneider Spradling and others OF the
Searle crowd are anxious for new Conven-
ton, which feeling IS shared by llargrovc.
llulsey, Ullery and Others of the Boles faction,
The particulars oft, | am ofcourse, unable
to give you, but learn that a caucus was held
here this week, at which 1t was determined to
commence the movement forthwith. The
honor Of opening the ball, WILL am told. be
given to your own county, the Republicans
of which propose to ignore Boles for the reas-
on he ignored their resolutions, and am
told that meeting Of liberal Delegates to the
Boles circus was held inyour city ON Monday,
which was attcndedby Kirtlcy ofPopc Beth
cl of Scott, McWhorter of Clark, Pcshall Of
| Montgomery, whcreat Mcconnell aud Hay
man proposed that a Congressional Couyen-
| ton be called TO nominate a new man on
Universal Suffrage Platform. Numerous other
active Republicans ere on hand, and from
what hear in these regions, the movement
will have u plentiful support. Yonlcy,
Churchill, Dell aud Bishop have all been
named In connection with this new nomina-
! tion. so soon
Threll be music the air. -
II is curious TO observe the effect this new
| fight will have on Senatorial matters as most
of the previous hostility to Clayton has
changed into a furious crusade againsl Brother
BROOKS Elm PREussE,
E1- Bismarck was asked, "what will
tho var cosi 2" His r.,ix vns c,,ly