The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-04

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! all disposed to vote for Greeley, but Nigh,
possibly vote for the Louisville nominee. Hf
seemed TO tie honest, and was inquisitiyc
about Duncan, and. being told who duncan
WAS. regretted that he had lost his railroad
fare. This morning your correspondent was
| called upon hy an officer Of Louisville who
| had commanded battalion raised in Ken
| tucky, sent to the Confederate army in Vir
! ginia, at the same time duncan had raised q
! battalion and joined the saue army.
COLONEL EITzHuGH
s,id that shortly after Duncan's battalion
came TO Harper's Ferry some lady IN Balti
more bought a quantity of blankets and prc.
>ented them to the said Kentucky battalion
| shortly after making tho present the lady il,
| question came to liarper's Ferry and In.
quired OF the troops about the blankets. She
was told that Duncan had sold the blankets
Ton Sn much piece To the soldiers. Pushing
towards Duncan's quarters. the inquirer
| found that Duncan said the troops owed him
some money personally. and he had sold the
! blankets in order to reimburse himself. This
| ID to one Of the scandals against the Con.
icder,fe cause. The rdiionu'c of southern
politics i Of the highest interest to northern
readers at present. What the Greeley move.
ncut las been to the Republican party
| liher'lizing-thr example Of Greeley has
| l'ccn to the South. The South is extremely
! ?}oor. and the only persons making money
| nero are those who have obtained Il mo-
| nopoly IF transportation. forwarding, etc.
and who arc factors of large northern mer.
chants or capitalists. Ii Greeley is defeated
the better men South stand prepared 10
roaiescc. organize. and solidfv q Liberal
party in this section which would
! PROTEST AGAINST BorRBoNIsM AND OLD CoNsER-
| rA1lSM
of ali kinds, and be ready to keep up the al
lance with ths northern Republicans whu
| have reached forth helping hand. The Sc
rnudarv energies of all these people of the
better classes are being u>eu to perpetlmte
the present coalition. even despite Grants
election. This Duncan movement is more
offensive 10 Democrats South than to politi-
clans Of any class in The North. Ii i, to them
It deliberate and msrcenary selling.out Of all
good designs tor the reclamation Of this south
ern country.
| TAS FIGHT IN THIS SECTION
| i, for the next five wears, and not for the
next three months. 1t Grant be elected, and
! RourhoniSm in Kentucky and Tennessee cry
! aloud.
| "YOr nIp TuIS THING.
| = great majority of the Democratic parry is
prepared 10 say, We did we accept de-
icat. and we propose to try it for some years
to come ! am not uhle to say from mn in.
yestigation of matters here that there is any
paralysis in the Liberal ranks among Demo.
crats or Republicans because
GIANTS rRosrEcTs SEEN IMPROVED.
Blanton Duncan is looked upon with con.
tempt aud disgust by all property holders in
Kentucky, and this makes no change in his
condition. A sharp notorietv-secker, of in.
different courage and Of very little account,
he will be snuiied out hy the Convention OF
bis own raising. and viii build an altar at
| Louisville on which BOurhoni>m will burn
Itself.
Great distress has befallen one Cummings,
cf ohio, II prominent light in the Straight
out movement. He was unable t. stay away
from Louisville when he heard of the Con-
vrntion about to assemble. lie came here
some two weeks in advance and put up at
ono oi The hCtclS. After hc had been on the
premises about two weeks
TIE PROPRIETOR SENT IN HIS ELL.
/ Cummings slid he was himself short Of funds,
l. 1T would take the bin over to Bianton Dun.
cin. and nc doubt he would have it cashed.
He returned in few minutes very diSconso-
late Duncan would advance nothing except
opinions. and would not cash anything what.
ever. The proprietor then took CummiuT>'s
: KEY away from him and bid him an affection
ate adicu. Cummings continues to remain
ID thc>: parts. expressing his opinion q!
HIanton Duncan. ana Louisville enjoys itac!
over the episode. Amongst the rubicunG
and rotund objects to be seen at this free
; lunch is
CHAUSCEY BURR. OF NEW JERSEY.
iiurr- fnvoritc attitude i. leaning with ont
= arm on the counter of the Gait HOUSE, look
ing up into the faces of visitors who enter
their names in the register, as if he expected
presentIyto be addressed by them. A Heraic
man interviewed him to-day without any
grcat success. That elderly fossil s. +
Bayartl. of New Jersey. WAS also inspected
hy IL Herald reporter, but the yield in poin
Of news was exceedingly small to the amount
. oi taik. Louisville people had been quite
uppr. hrnSivc that the influx OF SO many
newspaper reporters Of the country wouiC
give this movement an Importance a
f distance, but tonight everybody /:
, happy. About fifty loafers are assem-
: blcd in the rcstibule of The Gait House
: some wearing one suspendcr and other:
wearing II portion of Il lmper-cOllar Tht
DotcI I)TOpTlSluI HUNS aShalIl ul'oIi tHia Sati
crng, and has ordered the baggage Of tn,
sid guests to he measured and heftcd, il
crder to ascertain whether nc has any
security for his board bill. Great crowds o
Louisville people lett church after the morn
inc and evening services and came into tht
Calf Hotel and walked around the natona
guests very much as it Il set of gyp>;cs bat
arrived and encalnped in the front office O
the chief hote! in the city.
i Blanton Duncan bas excited great disgust
among the labor retU,lners by gal!irantins
around soMn with double team and 4
cuacslnun IN livery aud purple cushions, and
with tile aristocratic gOut III one toe and
red slipper conspicuously put forward. he
Is truly an Object Of alarm and apprehension
to the aforesaid labor reformerS.
A telegram from New York city says that
| Mir. Charlie. O'Conor. while indorsng the
nroject of nominating regular straigh
Democratic ticket for President and Vice
President, declines to be the nominee, and
has already written letters to that effect to
the leaders of the Louisville Convention.
| icy Telegruph.I
Tho ~straissat-Gut Movement.
srE,rlATIuNs REGARDING THE NOMINATIONS
| MR. u'cONoR'S LETTER.
| New York, September 3.-A Louisville
sprrial saws il U'Couor will accept, the ticket
| viii be U'Conor and j. q. Adams; II not, 1t
will he Adams and Hancock. Very much
| curiosity is manifested to ascertain the con-
| rSx -, ,lnffa ~ written