The Placer herald., 1872-05-11

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the people in congressional districts wild
cheering and derision; Congress thrown
wholly free of executive interference and die
taton; maintenance of the public credit
against repudiation in every form; speedy
return to specie payment; recognition of the
services and sacrifices of soldiers and sailors
against further grants of lands to railroads or
other corporations; declare that in foreign
relations the duty Of the Government is to
cultivate friendship-demandng nothing not
right and submitting to nothing wrong.
A voce--"Three cheers for the second
Declaration of Independence. Great cries
of "Question overwhelming the few who
tried to get the floor to speak.
The Chair put the question, and the re-
port was adopted with loud and continued
cheering. The Chair announced the vote to
be unanimous.
The next order of business was stated by
the Chair to be the nomination of candidates
for the presidency, without formal presenta-
tion of candidates.
THE BALLOTING.
CINCINNATI, May Sd.
On the first ballot Adams received 203;
Trumbull, 1OS; Davis 92a; Greeley 147:
Brown, 9S; Curtin, 90; Chase, q; Sum-
ner, l. Before the vote was announced
Gratz Brown, by unanimous consent, took
the stand, thanked his friends for their sup
port, but withdrew his name and asked his
friends to support Greeley. Cheers with
many persistent Kisses. A number of dele
gates then changed their votes and the Chair
announced the result
Second ballot-Adams, 2O3; Trumbull,
no; Davis, 92l; Greeley, 147; Brown,
95; Curtin, SO; Chase, %; necessary to
the chair. A resolution to give a vote to
the Territories, was tabled. Mcclure with
drew the name of Curtin and asked leave
for the Pennsylvania delegation to retire.
Granted. The Missouri delegation retired
for consultation.
At the call of the second ballot the vote
stood Greeley, 239; Adams, 243; Trum-
bull, 14S; Davis, 81; Brown, 2; Chase,
1. California changed her six from Davis
to Greeley, which left Greeley 245 and
Davis IS. The whole number of votes cast
was ia; necessary to choice 357.
Third ballot-Greeley, 25S; Adams, 264 !;
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Fourth balot-Adams, 279; Greeley,
251; Trumbull, 14l; Davis, Al.
Fifth ballot-Adams, 800; Greeley, 26S;
TrumbulI, 81; Davis, 80; Chase, "a;
Brown, Q;
Sixth ballot-Amidst the most intense
excitement ever seen in public assemblage
the balloting proceeded, the vote standing;
Greeley, 4S2; Adams, 1877; Chase, 81;
Trumbull, 49,, Pennsylvania and Indiana
did the business.
The convention then proceeded to nomi-
nate a candidate for Vice President.
Gratz Brown, Trumbull, Cox, Cassius NJ.
Clay, Julian, Upton and others were named.
1'rumbull, Cox and Clay were withdrawn.
Governor Brown was nominated on the
second ballot, receiving 425 votes.
Committees were appointed to inform
candidates of their nomination. The custom
ary resolutions of thanks were passed and
the convention adjourned sine die.
After adjournment Schurz and Julian
were called out and made short speeches.
ANCESTRAL WISDOM. In Pennsylvania,
not many years sgo, there dwelt the descend
ants of Peter Van Schrenbendyke, who had
cleared his own farm, guarded carefully
from the attacks of the Indians, and willed
it to his son Jacob. The farm was trans
mitted in regular order from father to son,
and at last became the property of Heinrich
Van Schrenbendyke-a good natured, stolid
Teuton, whose son, Johannes, bright live
" youth of sixteen years, was told to saddle
the horse and ride to mill with a grist, and
hurry back The grist was on such occasions
placed in one end OF bag and large stone
in the other end to balance it. Johannes,
having thrown the sack across the horse s
back and got the grist evenly divided, had
no need of the stone to balance it. He there
fore ran to his father and cried:
"Oh, father, come and sec; we don't need
the stone any more.
The old gentleman calmly surveyed the
scene, and with a severely reproachful look
said.
johannes, your fadder, your grandfad
der, und great fadder all went to de mill
with the stone in one end of de pag, and de
grst in de odder. Und now you mere poy
sets yourself up to know more as dey do.
You put de stone in dc pag, and never more
let me see such smartness like dat"
"Too THIN. This is one of the latest
slang expressions. According to the
Oakland Nelcs it is found in the twenty
seventh chapter of Smollett's "Peregrne
Pickle" where Amelia attributed her tears
to the effects of hot tea. "This pretext.
says the author, "was stoo thin to impose
upon her lover" Peregrine Pickle was pub
lished in 1851, so that ".oo thin," if not an
elegant expression, is of very respectable an
tiquity.
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PENSION FRAUDs.-The Secretary of the
Interior recently stated, and bis statement is
confirmed by The Chief of the Pension Bu-
reau, that "fully one-fourth of the pensions
now paid are frauds" As the total amount