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fred three hundred guns tonight in honor
Of their victory in North Carolina.

Indiana.
FORT WAYNE, IND, Aug. 6.--The Lib
eral Republicans and Democrats held a
very enthusiastic meeting at Hamilton this
evening. L. M. Ninde, Liberal Republican,
Jno. 9. Conner, of Texas, and j. E. Neff,
Democratic nominee for Congress in the
9th district, were the speakers. The hall
was densely packed.
Michiganders.
DETROIT, MICH, Aug. S.-Col. VIM. NJ.
Ferry has issued call for mass conVen-
ton of National Democrats, to be held in
Grand haven, Aug. 20, to elect delegates to
attend the proposed convention at Louis
vile Sept 2.
The District.
WASHINGTON, Aug. S-There was q
torch light procession tonight with trans
parencies and fireworks and firing Of can
non in honor of Greeley and Brown. A
ratification meeting was subsequently held
in front of the City Hall, which was
brilliantly illuminated and festooned with
flags. Numerous speeches were made and
resolutions adopted endorsing the nomi-
nees. There was large assembly of audi
tors.
Fatal Fracas.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. S.-Last night party
OF hve or six roughs attempted to force
Capt. Jno. Stevens into political contro-
Versy at Carsonvile, 10 miles from here.
Stephens declined, and some insulting re-
mark being made to him, he knocked one
OF the party down. The ruffians then at
tackled and beat and kicked him to
death. Stephens was an old well known
steamboatman, 90 years of age. He leaves
a family. Two men named Butts and
Murphy were arrested.
Grants Reasons for Running a See.
Ond Time.
Special to the Cincinnati Commercial.
NEW YORK, Aug. Elm conversation
with a Herald reporter, Grant expressed his
personal indifference in the present cam
paign in these words: 81 was not anxious
TO be President the second term, but con-
sented to receive the nomination, simply be-
cause thought that was the best way of
discovering whether my countrymen or a
majority them really believed all that was
alleged against my administration and
against myself personally. The asperties
OF an election campaign will give my polit-
ical opponents and my personal enemies ar
opportunity and excuse to say all that can
be said against NE. That opportunity do
not grudge them, and depend on the peo-
pie to condemn or to indorse me as they
see tit. All those who have treated me un-
fairly have now chance to declare them
selves"
Correspondent-The l may say YOU
do not personally covet the position any
longer?
President-NO, sir, the mere fact of nv
having occupied the position l have already
enjoyed, was an honor to me, which trust
l duly appreciate, bat attacks were made
upon me long before had fulfilled nv term.
reluctantly consented to enter upon this
second struggle, and would not have done
so at all if L did not feel desire to know
whether the majority of my feIlow-citizens
were willing to aid my enemies in fastening
slanGers upon me. Besides, am anxious
to ascertain whether the Republican party,
whose choice sgain happen to be, is to
have its politics sustained or not.
The New Scheme of the Grant PoIiIi.
clans.
The Daily Telegram this evening saws:
"We are told that Grant politicians of this
State have laid such plans as will effectu-
ally detach forty or fifty thousand Irish
votes from the Democratic party and trans
Ter them to Grant, thus imperiling the
chances Of Horace Greeley in carrying the
Empire State. The leading genius in this
conspiracy is Tom Murphy, assisted by De
coy Bliss, William A. Darling, Jas. O'Brien
and several prominent members of the
late Tammany Ring, foremost of whom is
Bill Tweed. The indicted ring members
are TO have suits against them dropped by
the Republican Attorney General, and 9th
er favors besides, in consideration of ser
vices. at the present moment this scheme
is being matured, and Murphy and the
gang declare they will take such a slice off
the Irish vote that Grant may count on
majority in New Y ork from twenty to thir-
ty thousand. Radicals, and Grant himself,
have great faith in Tom Mnrphy's name,
lineage, brogue, and general low cunning,
but they ignore the fact that every Irish
man in New York of the least intelligence.
sees as fully through Murphy as they do
themselves.
Favorable from West Virginia.
Special to the Louisville Courier-Journal.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 7.-Senator
Davis, of West Virginia, was in the CITY To-
day. He reports favorably of the canvass in
West Virginia. He says the Conservatives
will carry the constitution and State ticket,
The constitution is opposed by dissatisfied
Bourbon Democrats because it lndorses the
Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth
amendments, and the Grant party are sun-
porting these candidates in order to over
throw the regular Democratic organization
The Administration have no candidate. but
are supporting Jacobs, a sorehead Demo.
crat who refuses to say whether be is for
Greeley or Grant. The prospects are that
next week will open with an animated can
vaSs in West Virginia.
About TO Declare for Greeley.
1t is stated here on authority that Con-
gresham Kelly, of Pennsylvania, is about
to declare for Geeeley.