The New York herald., 1872-07-07

Brsckinndzs and sk for GUTHRIE OF Kentucky
That night In the regular Convention. August Bel
tse, and David Tod, afterwards the war Governor
OF Ohio, presided over the AMIR alter Cushing's 70
urement until Douglas had been nominated.
The enect or Douglas nomination was In very
great part to incite the Northern democrats, many
OF whom from that moment secretly favored the re.
Ossels Ra ~sh iac 8 Sressy ..' no"
a0w THE BALTIMORE BREokINRIDGERs BEHAVED ID
This Seceders' Convention took on the Duik or the
names assembled in the Maryland Institute we can
the famous rebel % Secretay; % Augustus schel, the
present Senator Hamilton, OF Maryland bradiey
Johnston lncw 2 great Greeleyitel, Barksdaie, Of
Kentucky, and the arch Yancey HIMSELF These
adopted o platform OF only seven resolutions, OF
1a the
the protection abroad OF naturalized citizens ana
the building OF the Pacific Rail, otd. knssen. OF
wheeling. Virginia, presided until Cushing arrived
amid storm OF applause, and there were no
delegates from ten States Yancey made . long,
rambling and ill-bred speech before tlis Convea-
alst ballot to Daniel S. Dickinson 8 24, and
was pronounced unanimously nominated 20
Lane was also nominated unanimously i0r Vice
President, while Fitzpatrick, OF Alabama, who was
us he heard OF the compliment, and Mr.. Johnson,
OF Georgia. was pasted to the ticket by the DoIg.
las National Committee, assembled AZ the Natl0nal
Hotel, In Washington City.
Such is ON outline OF what happened il Baltimore
Baltimore CITY contained fity thousand less people
than At present, and Charleston was one or the
Mirest cities In the land Cha lesion Is now sown
with grass and full OF ruins. Baltimore, preserved
by Its geographical position In spite OF tho en-
deavors OF Its own mob, thrived upon the war
ton OF time has a population to-day IN favor
OF Horace Greeley, while Governor Orr, OF
south Carolina, and many men as violent
as himself, are supporting General Grant
and asking for Ku Kiux legislation. 1t needs
no m0e tnan this to tell that revolutions OF temper
than any ywhere in the world. Having torn up the
Northern Central Railroad track burned the bridges
on tac road to Philadelphia, kept In perpetual con-
fusion the long line OF the baltimore and Ohio Rail
road, on the border line and 10 ced the national
troops to go to their capital by way OF Annapolis
sne cy o %n mas 'te to
Washington, and the journals which were locally
printed here in favor OF Breckinridge and against
Douglas are now for Mr.. Greeley.
A Sketch OF tho Delegations to Balti-
more-Personnel Of tho Unterrihed-Ex
Rebels, Loyalists, War Democrats and
Old Copperheads.
BALTIMORE, July S, 1872.
About sixty delegates are now in the city. The
feeling is almost universal for Greeley, and few will
listen to any propositions Of avoiding nomi-
nation.
eve mean to force the recalcitrants to take po-
sition or go out of the organization" said Msss-
sippian to-day "Leave or help Is the alternatlve.r
THE GREAT OFFICERsHIP5.
For temporary President, the grandson Of Thomas
Jefferson, T. Jefferson Randolph, is mooted; and
for permanent President either General McCler-
nand or w. II. Coolbaugh, OF Illinois; General
James Shields, OF Missouri; Senator Doolittle, OF
Wisconsin; or Charles G. Greene, Of Boston. The
South comedies everything but Greeley.
PEOPLE OF NOTE AS DELEuATEs-GwN.
The Convention does not show more remarkable
portrait and biography than in the case OF william
M. Gwin, OF California. He Is now beyond
threescOre and ten, with perfectly white
hair, red face like one who never stlnted
himself IN good living, large, Punchike
nose, protruding from his face like q
knob and plentifully warted, roguish blue eyes
and fine cranial Developments Ho is OF prOdigiOus
size, perfectly preserved in bonhonsnlie, and,
although he played such eccentric parts In the re-
belon he is popular with all the business people OF
whatever faith on the Pacific coast. Gwin has been
several times rich and again penniless but Scotch
TACT force OF character and inaenable friends set
him up again, and at present he is doing well, both
In the mines and at law He is the most popular
democrat ON the Pacific coast, and the
utulOCTdllC pOlltlCtduS tucIc dIc BcucIdily MIulu
Of him. He has an interesting family and
spends most of his time in or near San Francisco.
This old gentleman served in the United States
Senate and at the outbreak of the war was seized
on a steamship, while he was making toward the
rebellion 10 give 1t his help, and sent to prison.
ACCESSORY BEFORE THE FACT AT QUERETARO.
He afterwards went to France and was one Of the
most prominent parties to induce Napoleon to enter
into the Maximilian scheme and was made duke
by that unfortunate Prince Gwin has been ac-
cused by the republicans of being the wire-puller
In the movement which led to the death Of Brod-
erick, and 1t is well known that Broderick was
always anxious to have duel with Gwin, but
the latter preferred that somebody else should take
up the matter. The Southern wing Of the demo
cratic party does not appear the surface in Cali
fornia now, and Gwin is the only landmark Of the
past ON that side.
John G. Downey, OF the city OF Los Angeles, who
is said to be an Irshman by BIRTH leads the Cali
fornia de egaton. Downey Is small, wiry,
good-natured fellow; cool and shrewd in
politics. who became Governor OF California
by the resignation of Governor Latham, who pre-.
ferrcd to go to the Senate, and thus Downey be.
came the war Governor Of the State, and behaved
with prompt decision on the side OF the Union. lie
was entirely popular at the beginning with the
Unionists, and has quite recovered his standing
with the democrats SO that he must be
WORLDLY AND POPULAR MAN.
He has bank in the city of Los Angeles, and is the
correspondent there Of William q. Ralston and the
Bank of California, which would seem to place him
In opposition to the financial interests Of his old
associate in the executive oice Latham, who is the
President ofthe rival bank at San Francisco Dow
ney Is married to native California lady, one
of the original Spanish propretors Of California.
The city where he lives Is the capital OF what
are called the 'Chivs''--otherwise the Southern
chivalry. Downey's neghbors in the snug little
city of Los Angeles are son Of Albert Sidney
Johnston, General Stoneman of the federal army,
Pho Pco, the last native Governor of California and
great number Of the original settlers OF the State.
CASsERLY.
Eugene Cassery, or this delegation, Is q small,