The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-07-18

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voice evidently Grant Postmaster. 10
the gallery, answered NO" and the nom
nation was declared unanimous.
oLD.FasnloSgD ENTHUSIASM.
Then the storm, The preludrs Of which
only We had experienced. burst in force.
and for the space Of five minutes q scene OF
wild enthusiasm such as has been rarely
witnessed Oh the continent was presented.
First cheer went from the parqaettc to
be caught up aud repeated BY balcony aud
gallery, Flags and streamers, hitherto To-
visible. lsapsd from every circle, myriads
of white handkerchiefs, in the bands Of
fair ladies, Autterei out like a flock OF
white doves Of peace, and hid from view
the mass Of enthusiastic humanity behind.
Business was per force. suspended fo'
Eve minutes, and everybody yielded to the
noisy enthusiasm Of the hour When the
frs. storm bad subsidized the President call
ed order and made an effort to pro-
coed with business, but only again to be
interrupted The signal for the second
utburst was the simultaneous appear
nuce in the gallery of large banner bear
ing the names of Greeley and Brown. aud
huge picture of the White House in the
rear Of the stage.
THEN THE CONVENTION WENT WILD.
At this junciure the bands struck up
Rally Round the Fag, Boys" and fol-
loved it with "IIail to the Chief, which
added to the enthusiasm, aud gave fresh
impetus to the noisy applause, and it con-
tinued for some time, in spite OF the earn
est efforts of the President to secure order
A ripple Of applause would start in New
York, be caught up by Ohio, re echoed on
By south Carolina, re enforced from lndi
ana, aud finally taken up in grand chorus
By all the States and Territories save the
townships of Bayardaud Salisbury, whose
puny force sat sulen and silent. After
Grceleys domination the interest Tagged
GRAFT BROWN WAS NOMINATED.
BY Convention Of partially empty
benches Ills nomination was greeted
with enthusiasm in proportion to the mem,
bers present., the West and South being
the most demoDstrative. as usual The
winding up business was then transacted
by the usual sumll portion of party mem
bers, and the Convention adjourned sine
die.
TIE DUNCAN vAN.ALLEN PARTY.
Met today and went through the farce o I
appointing Committees for States and lssu-
inv a call for Convention at Louisville,
September Sd They were put to it to
ful enough men in the different States to
make Committee men, and the probability
is that their call for Convention will not
be heard or responded to until Horace
Greeley is elected,
NJ. sEY GIVES IT rP.
| had an interview with the guerrilla
Mosby tonight, and even he does not take
stock 10 the Ducan movement. lie seems
to be pretty good sort Of a country shys.
ter, but cannot class him as an inlelIec-
tua, or even man Of ordinary ability
lie gives it up that Greeley will sweet
the South, aud that his, and other of hi
like opposition, will no more check 'h'
Greeley tide than do the pebbles on tn
shore of the Atlantic Ocean.
A GREAT RATIFICATION MEETING.
10 Monuments Square tonight was address
ed by distinguished speakers from all parts
of the country Fully $4,000 Pcopl"
were present, and the enthusiasm was IN
bounded The only speakers from Ohio
we're s L Cary and j i ValIandigham
Mr. Cary's speech created great deal OF
enthusiasm
Mr.. Vallandigham said: Fellow citizens,
you might as well try to dam the waters OF
the great Mississippi with bulrnshes. o.
level the gigantic heights cftne A'lcshan
les with paper knife, as attempt to stay
the tidal wave of popular feeling which j,
bearing honest Horace Greeley upon it,
topmost crest into the White House
Just as Mr. VaIlandigham finished hi
sentence, the rain commenced pourin.
down, and he proposed three cheers for
Horace Greeley, and subsidized A nun
Der Of other meetings were held in thr
city to night, all Of which were largely at
tended, The outpouriog population, and
the attendance Of strangers, attest the pop
ulari;y Of the nomination. Almost every
body comedies the election Of Greeley and
Brown.
Greeley for President.