Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-08-10
General Political Intelligence.
MAINE.

MAINE.
LEWISTON Me-, August "a salute of fifty
guns was fired in the city park last night by the
republicans in honor of the North Carolina cleo
ton. a similar salute was fired by the republic
cans of Auburn. Johnson's band played patri-
Otto airs through the two cities. Large crowds
OF people united i'll the rejoicingS.
EAsTPoRT, Me-, August 9.-HOn. F. A. Pike
spoke here last night to large audience of DEM
ocrats ami liberal republicans.
BELFAST, Me-, Aug. "a large Greeley and
Brown meeting here this evening was addressed
by Hon. J. r. DoOlittle of Wisconsin, followed
by Major James Haggerty of New York.
BANGOR, Aug. 9.-The republican mass meet
ing in this city to-day was most successful, not
withstanding the intense heat. All railroads
run excursion trains, % loaded cars coming in
by the Maine Central road, IA by the Piscata-
quiS, and 20 by the European and North Ameri-
can road, besides those coming on the regular
trains. The various clubs from abroad, headed
by the young mems Grant and Wilson club of
this city, with the Bangor cornet band, and pre-
coded by company of mounted truckmen,
formed a procession under command of
General Daniel White of this city as
chief marshal, and marched through the
principal streets to Centre park where the
meeting was held, presided over by Hon. John
A. Peters, and eloquently addressed by Hon.
Geo. S. Boutwell,, Hon. John A. Bingham, and
Gov. Perham.
In spite of the heat which was almost un-
bearable, some four thousand persons stood
during the entire afternoon, with no shelter
from the sun, listening to the speakers. In the
evening, torChlight procession was formed,
numbering nearly 2000, and paraded the streets
during the entire evening, at the same time
meeting was held at Centre park, and addressed
by Judge Bingham and Gen. John l.. Swift,
and John A. Peters, until nearly twelve O'Clock,
when the meeting adjourned, with cheer upon
cheer for the day, the speakers and the candi-
dates.
The park was densely filled, and all through
the streets and squares of the city was dense
mass Of humanity, whose frequent cheers rent
the air. The city wore fine appearance from
the immense number of flags with which the
buildings were adorned, and during the even
ing many houses and stores were brilliantly il
Illuminated. a salute of one hundred guns was
fred during the day for the victory in North
Carolina. The gathering to-day was probably
the largest ever seen here except upon the occa-
sion Of the reception of President Grant last
fall. The republicans are highly elated with
the success of the affair.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Aug. 9.-The republic
cans fired one hundred guns on Lincoln hill
this evening for North Carolina, and had a pro-
cession, with music, and speeches from various
prominent gentlemen, including eX-Goy Good
win, Hon. w. IL. T. Hackett and Hon. E. IL.
Rollins.
NEW YORK.
egations of Tammany liberal republicans and
German democrats, yesterday, a committee was
authorized TO make arrangements Tor Greeley
and Brown mass meeting.
The proposed joint discussion between Saun-
ders and Garnett will not come off. Garnett in
sSts that there is not time enough to get up a
meeting tonight, but is ready to name Monday
night Saunders will not agree to this and
leaves tomorrow for Maryland.
SARATOGA, Aug. 9.-The president and party
reached here at half past three this afternoon,
and were received by committee of citizens.
At halfpast four, the president and General
Sheridan he Id an informal reception at Con-
gresS hotel. The parors and piazzas were
crowded, and over three thousand persons shook
hands with him. Mrs. Grant was too much
fatgued 10 appear. The party started south on
the 80 train.
VIM. H. Wickham, chairman of the demo-
cratic reform general committee, in letter ten
ders his resignation, and declares for Greeley
and Brown.
NEW JERSEY.
New YORK, Aug. 9-GOvernor Jewell adj
dressed Il large audience at Orange, last night,
and at the close of the meeting was escorted by
enthusiastic citizens to the cars.
New YORK, Aug. 9.-rhe liberal republica n
state committee of New Jersey today resolved
to indefinitely postpone the appointment OF
member of national executive committee for
wsJersey, in place of james NJ. Scovel.
session in Jersey City, to-day, agreed to call the
state convention for September 18th, at Trenton
OHIO.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 9.-The republican sew
enth Ohio congressional district yesterday re-
nominated Hon. John I. Wilson for congress
by acclamatiou, and the repuh leans of the tit-
teenth OHIO district renOminated Hon. VIM. =.
Sprague by reclamation.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 9.-The liberal republican
and democratic congressional convention of the
twelfth Ohio district to-day nominated for con-
gresS Hon H. j. Jewett on the hundred and
sixth ballot.
DETROIT, Mich, Aug. 9.-Col. William Nj.
Ferry has issued a call for mass convention
Of national democrats, to be held at Grand Ha-
ven, August 20, to elect delegates to the ma
tiOnal democratic convention at Louisville.
INDIANA.
NEW YORK, Aug. o. A South Bend (lndi-
anal special says that Senator Wilson addressed
q large audience there last night. lie said that
the present administration was an honset tetorm-
atOry one, and was better than that Of Lincoln's
True, some mistakes have been committed, but
the treasury and interior departments were
managed honestly and economically, and the
country knew it. Gen. Grant had done the best
he could. The laboring men of the country
could not afford to have him defeated now.
ILLINOIS.
New YORK, Aug. "a Chicago special says
Jacksonville, yesterday He claimed that he
had been an emancipationist, but not republic
can, in the party sense. The exigencies of the
hour, he believed, demand such a man as Hor-
ace Greeley for president.
LOUISIANA.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug 9.-The democratic and
reform committees proposed that the liberals
ratify their nominations for governor, lieutenant
governor and attorney general, and that all
other officers on the ticket--state, congressional
and electoral-be given to the liberals. This, as
final offer of compromise, was refused, and
the liberal convention nominated D. B. Penn for
governor. The convention adjourned until to.
morrow. Nothing of importance TRANSFERRED in
the Pinchback convention to-day.
MONTANA AMP UTAH.
SALT LAKE, Aug. "a dispatch from Monta-
ma says Maginnis is seventy-five ahead. Re-
turns are not all in yet.
Beaver county in the southern part of Utah
is the first county ever carried by the gcntiles,
Maxwell having majority of sixty.
Letter from Hon. andrew -. White.