The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-12-12
The East.

Gold closed in New York on the 9th a,
113A@113S.
The remains of Horace Greeley lay in
state in the New York City Hall on the Sd,
and were visited by nearly forty thousand
persons. The coffin and the catafalque on
which it rested were strewn with flowers,
many of which were carried away as me
mentoes.
In the case of Woodruff and Clafin theil
bail was reduced on the Sd to $4,000 each
and they were liberated.
The wills of Mr.. and Mrs. Greeley leave
all their property to their two daughters.
The National Democratic Committee have
issued the following:
HEADQUARTERS OF THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC
COMMITTEE, New York, December B. {
The Democratic National Convention did in Ju
ly, 1872, with an unanimity unprecedented in the
history of the party, nominate their candidate
for the ofice OF President of the United States
Horace Greeley, of New York. Six States cast
their electoral votes for him at the late election
and millions Of men in other States where failed
Of success testified their appreciation of his noble
character and the great service he had rendered
the country, by voting our Electora ticket But
Horace Greeley is dead, and the splendor of the
political victory achieved by his opponents is now
diminished b. the sorrow which this sad event has
cast upon the people whom he loved, and who re-
garded him as one of the best, truest and bravesi
The lessons of his pure and blameless life viii
long remain impressed upon the age in which he
lived. Every beat of his great heart was in sym
pathy with humanity in its broadest form. He
aoysd a. the GoseTnmsIt he l I his feow men
condition of mankind No struggle Cor liberty civil
or religious, was ever made on the surface of the
not afectionately sympathize, or to which he failed
to give faithful and powerful aid Every day of his
life abounded with acts of kindness, of charity of
forgiveness, and of love. Not his stricken family
alone, but stricken people, sorrow for loss VIII oily
iqscrutablc and almost unparalleled The Nation
Democratic Committed hehalf n
great party who achieved honor by their faithful
efforts to elect him to the frs. Office in the Govern
ment, will do all in their power to honor his name
ard memory. AUGUSTUS ScHELL,
Chairman National Democratic Committee.
The following letter, written by Horace
Greeley to Hon. Charles Lanman, is at this
time peculiarly interesting:
New YORK, June 81 1871.
Friend Lanman;
Received yours of the 25th instant have all
my life been doing what people called vastly fool
ish and impolitic acts, and do not dispute their
judgement only said that what I did seemed to
the right thing. III should die before election
or be beaten therein, please testify for that do
not regret having braved public opinion when /
thor -ht it wrong and knew 1t to be merciess.
1Signed,) HORACE GREELEY.
At general meeting of the Centennial
Commission in Philadelphia, on the 4th,
Commissioners from twenty-seven States
were present. The report from the Execu-
tive Committee was accepted, and a design
for seal adopted.
Mr.. Ward Hunt,swho has been appointed
to the Supreme Bench of the United States,
to I'LL the place resigned by Justice Nelson,
Ia prominent lawyer of Uaca, N. Y, where
be was born in 1910, and where his whole
life has been spent. He is graduate of
Union College, and of the law school at
Litchfeld, Conn.
The Presidential Electors chosen at the